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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-26
HAMMER RoUTs BANDITS

Toledo - (UP) - As Arthur Me- Mann, of inchester, Ky, re- turned to his truck with a can of gasoline, he saw bandits in a car holding up his companion. He quietly approached, hit one of the bandits on the head with a ham, mer, and the holdup car sped away,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-26
Court Orlando

urer, Ferdinand Bachmann. The installation will be held July 9.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-07-17

lay heavy dough, have been up there for
a decade. One minister, dead for three
years, is still preaching in a certain
church. I'm still trying to figure that
one out for Ripley.
can remember the day when a ticket
agent could give you ticket before YOU
could say Greyhound. Zip! just like that!
Now you have to wait until he throws n
switch for the 5:15, and unload a truck
full of baggage And then, when he
gets around to you, he must consult
a timetable and railroad Bible to give
you the tariff. That / think is the
tops for false ecOnOmy-especially in
these days when a guy is always in a big
hurry going nowhere in particular.
And so I've come to the conclusion
that what the railroads need is not sos
much publicity concerning their 100000
per year pioneer presidents but a can of
paint. In other words they should make
the railroad stations attractive and Gre
ate desire for mugs like me to go places.
on the new spetd trains. A fellow GER
tainly hates to wade through swamps
to go in swimming.
And now that I've got that off nv,
chest I'm going right out and buy
couple of railroad tickets for weekend
trip to the mountains.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-07-17

to please. But the point I'm trying to
make it this: The railroads are not sell
Ing their wares to the public! For in
stance:
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-07-17
I'M TELLIN' YUH,
BROTHER!
By ZIM

By ZIM
During recent years we have been
hearing a lot about the bus companies
taking business away from the railroads.
1t seems that we had heap OF pity III
our hearts for the choo-chOo boys because
when we were kids we We're sold on
engines and those mile-lOng freight
trains. And we promised ourselves that
when we grew up we would take ride
in passenger train, and if we had any
money to spare, walk right into the diner
and order ham and eggs, or sumpin'.
Trains are still fascinating to US!
l must confess that there has been
a speck of hate in my heart against the
big trucks numbering through Hagers-
town. l figure that that business should
20 to the railroads. But I've come to
the conclusion that the truckmen are not
to. be criticized-its the railroads.
They're suffering from sleeping sickness.
I've Just returned from a trip which
took me through three states. And what's
more, l rode the trains, and, having
nothing to do, coming and going, tried
to figure out the difficulty. It's easy to
tell the other guy how to run his bust
ness, especially if you don't know any
thing about it. But in this case, paid
cash for the ride, and I've always been
al %ha+ Aho~ r1Cfn iC
especially if he happens to be a cash GUS
toner.
The way I dope out this vicious COM
petition between the buses and the rail
roads can be explained in one word, to
wit and viz: Progress.
From time to time / read in the pa
pers about this and that president who
has been head of a great railroad sys-
TEN for thirty or forty years. Well,
Judging from the trip I made recently,
the railroads need few monkey gland
operations. Some of these presidents
have gone Rip Van Wrinkle on the job
While these birds are sitting on the
same old roost, wailing about business,
the youngsters in the bus game are
shining up their luxurious machines and
going places.
About the only thing left on the rail
roads today, is courtesy. You gotta
hand it to the white boys in blue and
the black boys in white. They sure aim
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-07-17

They're spending millions on stream
lined trains, electric engines and air.
conditioned coaches. On top of that they
nave dropped the rates to two cOppers d
mans country, but i'll order to get on
these high-ciass trains, you must first
buy ticket in railroad station. And
that's my rub!
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-07-17

And another thing 1 noticed, was the
Church announcements. Some of 'em. I'll
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-07-17

Some of these stations evidently
haven't been painted in fifty years. They
look more like places you run for in case
of rain. And believe it or not in one
of 'em saw a sign mo Smoking. That
was placed there years and years ago
when the female of the species frowned
upon the filthy weed.
In another station / saw recent
photograph of New York and the date
on the print was 1910. For a moment
though / had walked into museum.
Age-old telegrapher's equipment, long
since discarded, are still in evidence in
the small-town stations, and spittoons
(cuSpadors to you) made probably dur
ing Sherman's March to the Sea, ale
resting comfortably alongside the tobac-
cO-stained walls. In one station / tried
to look out Of a window to flag the
battle-ax, but it was no dice. And the
reason that window was a stranger to
soap and water was due to the fact that
it was nailed shut to keep it from fall
ing out.
And another thing I noticed. was the
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-07-17

About the only thing left on the rail-
roads today, is courtesy. You gotta
hand it to the white boys in blue and
the black boys in white. They sure aim
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-07-17

The way I dope out this vicious com
petition between the buses and the rail
roads can be explained in one word, tC
wit and viz: Progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-11

|Keilbar.R einohI
Enaa9ement Told

Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Retnohl Of Silver
Spring, Nd, announced the engage
ment Of Miss Dorothy v. Keilhar Of
Baltimore to their son, Mr.. Richard =.
Reinohl. Announcement was made ct
. dinner party Saturday evening.
Among out-of-town guests ct the
party were Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Grit
nth Of Baltimore and Mr.. Otis Dorian
Of Greenwich Forest, Bethesda, Md.
Mr., Reinohl, who, recently was ap-
pointed assistant accounting manager
Of the General Motora Acceptance
Corp. in Baltimore, has been associ-
ated with that corporation for eight
years. Dick, as he Is known to his
friends, was, before his transfer to
Baltimore five years ago from the
Washington office, actively associated
with the young peoples affairs Of the
Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church.
He attended George Washington and
Southeastern Universities.
The date for the wedding has not
yet been selected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-11
EDWARDL. BURNS
DIES IN NEW YORK
Deceased Formerly Was
Shoe Department Man.
auer in Palais Royal.

Edward L. Burns, go, native WASH
tngtonian, died yesterday of heart
attack at his home. In New York,
where he was manager of the shoe de-
partment for the John Wanamaker
Store.
Mr.. Burns, the son Of the late Ed
ward L. and the late Mrs. Mary A.
Burns, was educated in public schools
here. He formerly was manager Of
the shoe department of the Palais
Royal. He had been in New York
about 10 years.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Caroline M. Burns; three sons, Edward
L., jr., and John I. Burns, both of this
city. and Charles Burns, Long Beach,
Calf; three daughters, Mrs Ralph r.
Raynes. Mrs. Clyde w. Smith and
Miss Elizabeth Burns, all of this city;
two brothers, William Gait Burns, cir
culation manager of The Star, and
Harmon Burns, also of this city, and a
sister, Mrs. John c. McCubbin, At
lanta, Ga. He also leaves five grand
children.
Funeral services will be held at 9
am. tomorrow in Holy Comforter
Catholic Church, following brief serv-
ices at 234 Tennessee avenue north
east, where the body is resting. Rev.
Joseph Dengen will officiate. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-11
Mrs. Wyatt Hostess.

Mrs. Walter wyatt entertained at
luncheon Wednesday in honor Of Miss
Mary Senate Howes and Miss Martha
Talley, debutantes of this season. The
luncheon was given in Mrs. Wyatt's
house. on Kalmia road, and the guests
included other debutanes Of this
year, Misses Gloria Grosvenor, Jean
Grimes, Henrietta Talbot, Nancy
Wright, Mary Young. Carrie Roper
Fulton, Elizabeth Lynch, Conchita
Gonzalez and Laura Belle Wyatt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-11
Cabinet Officer
Feted at Dinner

The Attorney General and Mrs
Homer s. Cummings were among the
guests at dinner last evening Of Mr..
J. r. r. O'Connor, controller Of the
currency, who entertained ct the
Shoreham. The other guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce Kremer and Mrs. VIII
liam N. Tuohy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-11
Mrs. GOheen Guest,

Mrs. Jane Corbett Goheen, a resi-
dent of India for the last 20 years,
will be the guest of honor tonight at
the meeting of the Washington alum
nae Of Kappa Alpha Theta. Mrs.
Thomas r. Taylor will be the hostess
In her home at 1905 Jocelyn street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-11
Islands Part of Vanished Land.

The West Indies are the highest
points on a great submarine ridge that
is all that remains of land that has
vanished.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
M0T0RMAN BLAMED
IN FATAL r. CRASH
Brakes of Train in Good Order
Official of Transit Com.
pany Asserts.
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED PreSS.
CHICAGO. November 2s.-Bernard
J. Fallon, operating head of the
Chicago Rapid Transit Co. told a City
Council investigating committee to-
day that the motorman of a North
Shore and Milwaukee flyer which
crashed into an elevated train, killing
10 passengers and injuring So others,
should have been able to stop his
train within 600 feet"
After the accident Tuesday night"
Fallon said at public hearing in the
City Hall, "the North Shore train was
backed to the Wilson avenue yards.
Several stops were made en- route and
the brakes seemed to work all right"
IF, as Grooms, the motorman, said,
he first saw the elevated train while
1000 feet away, he should have had
no trouble in stopping his train." Fal-
lon said.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
SEALS SALE DRAWS
RESPONSE OF 5000
Annual Drive Enters Its First
Full Week-Chest Link
Again Denied.

The annual sale of Christmas seals,
sold to combat spread of tuberculosis,
entered its first full week today. Dur.
ing the first two days of the cam.
paign, which opened Thanksgiving
day, the District tuberculosis Asso.
citation received more than 5000 re-
sponses.
DIR. William Charles White, presi-
dent Of the association, said yester-
day a number of letters received from
persons who returned the seals indi-
Gated the writer's are still under the
impression the association obtains
some of its funds from the Community
Chest.
DIR. White and his associates on
the Board of Directors said they
wished the public to understand that
for the past three years the Tuber-
culosis Association has not been q
member of the Chest and that 1t Is
wholly dependent on the annual sale
Of the penny Christmas seals to
finance its program.
Public booths and self-service sta
tions for the sale of the seals will
be operated in all sections Of the city
after this week and the sale will be
further aided by private and pa
rochial schools.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
TENANT DISPUTE
PLAN TO Be AIRED.
DR.. Schmeckebier Will Dis.
cuss Program Before
Housing Committee.

A comprehensive plan for the set.
tlement Of landlord and tenant dis.
putes in Washington will be discussed
by DR.. Laurence r. Schmeckebier,
political scientist of the Institute for
Government Research of the Brook
ings Institution, at q meeting of the
Washington Committee on Housing
in the United States Chamber OF
Commerce Building Tuesday evening.
The meeting, which begins at 9
pm. is open to the public.
DR.. Schmeckebier's plan, it was said.
will be supplementary TO the pro-
posals advanced by Judge Nathan
Cayton IN his suggestion for establish
ment Of a small claims branch OF the
Municipal Court. where landlord
tenant disputes could be heard In an
atmosphere less formal than the usual
judicial proceeding.
Judge Cayton's proposal. now under
consideration by the judges Of the
Municipal Court, will be discussed by
William A. Roberts, former peoples
counsel, in the absence Of the Judge,
VINO Is out OF the city.
The purposes of the Committee on
Housing and the program of. this
Community Chest agency will be out.
lined by DR.. Anson Phelps Stokes,
canon of the Washington Cathedral.
who is chairman of the committee.
Mrs. Florence D. Stewart. executive
secretary. will tell of the accomplish.
ments of the committee during 1896.
James Ring. administrative assist
ant of the Alley Dwelling Authority,
speaks on AN Experiment in Extra.
Judicial Settlement" and James A.
Cobb. formerly a judge of the Munici-
pal Court, will tell OF the present
judicial methods of handling land.
lord-tenant controversies.
Leifur Magnusson, director Of the
Washington branch of the Interna-
tional Labor Once, Is chairman of the
subcommittee arranging the meeting.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
|P|NKHAM CONTROL
DISPUTE IS TRACED
Feud Resolves Into Effort to
Gust Male Directors,
Master Says.
ey the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
BOSTON, November 28.-The So
year-old battle between the three men
and three women directors for control
of the So .000, 900 patent medicine busi-
ness founded by Lydia Pinkham went
to Superior Court tonight with mas
ter's declaration that the women have
tried to force out the men.
In a 14,000-word report on the facts
at issue, Master Charles F. Lovejoy
found that Miss Lydia Pinkham Cove,
granddaughter Of the founder, assist
ant treasurer of the concern, and
spokesman for the women, entertained
desire to acquire ali or some Of the
Pinkham stock land 50 gain control
of the corporation"
Grandsons on Other Side.
The Pinkhams, Arthur w., 59-year-
old Lynn banker and president of the
company, and his brothers, Charles
and Daniel, are the male directors. All
are grandsons of the original Lydia
Pinkham and for years all have been
embroiled with their female co-direc-
tors in dispute which originally con-
cerned the amount of money to be
spent on advertising.
Because each faction controlled the
same number Of shares of stock,
neither could gain the upper hand.
Because the women refused to at
tend the directors meeting, the Pink
them to do so and Lovejoy was ordered
last Spring to determine the facts in
dispute.
The women insisted on spending,
over objections Of the Pinkhams,
greater sums upon advertising in pro-
portion to the current gross sales than
the company has previously spent,
Lovejoy found.
Cites Advertising Figures.
He cited figures to show that the
average which the percentage of ad-
vertising bore to the gross sales of the
year was 4s.6 per cent from 1908
through 1929, when the company made
large profits. In 1880. the percentage
Of advertising to gross sales amounted
to IS and the company lost money for
the first time.
This money was spent at the Goves'
insistence and for the sole reason of
forcing out the Pinkhams, the master
found.
Referring to a petition for receiver
ship which the Goves brought last
February in Maine, where the COM
pany is incorporated, the master found
that the immediate cause Of the Pc
tition was the refusal by the Pink
hams Of the Cove offer to purchase
their stock.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
BY the Associated Press.

oS tHc hSqpCldtco EteoSs
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, November
28-Alaska, which for decades
tolerated gambling as an essential
part of the gaudy era, has turned at
last against the professional gamester
The United States marshals Office.
aided by police in Anchorage and
Juneau, announced the launching Of
a drive against the professional CO.
horts of Lady Luck.
The suave, steel eyed, taper
fingered gambler, quiet about his past,
who appears and disappears like a
ghost in a fog-his number is up in
Alaska, and the chips are stacked
against him.
ITS the boys who make a living
that way that we are after" Chief
Of Police S. S. Daniels said today.
Daniels ordered his police to aid
deputy marshals in the drive
The first roundup here netted IS
men, some of them suspected as pro-
fessional gamblers, others merely
being customers
Brought before Assistant United
States Attorney w. S. Stump. they
were warned to cease gambling ac-
tivities or face charges.
There is no intention to interfere
with purely social or friendly game
Of rummy with reasonable stakes"
Chief Daniels said. but there have
been complaints fishermen and work.
men we're losing their stakes Oh
salaries. Merchants complained men
Evening star., 1936-11-29

wife Of the French Ambassador; Mrs.
Chauncey Depew. Mrs. Lucien Mer-
cier, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mrs.
Anthony Drexel Biddle. jr., wife of
the Minister to Norway; Mrs Harold
Stephens, Mrs. Francis Weller, Mrs.
John Francis Crosby, Mrs. j. B. L.
Murray, Mrs. Joseph Tumulty. Miss
Elinor Ryan. Mrs. David Forbes, Mrs.
Francis Murray, Mrs. Dean c. Howard
and Mrs. Arthur Drury.
In addition to cards. Mrs. Robert
Whitney Imbrie. president of the
guild. had arranged a program of
organ music by Sid Willoughby.
The St. Gertrude's School Of Arts
and Crafts has an enrolment of 80
girls who. through some physical or
emotional handicap, have not kept
pace at other schools. No delinquents
are admitted.
Handmade articles will be on sale
in booths at the card party.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
INVALID MOTHER ADMITS
ATTACK STORY FALSE
Woman, 27, Says She "Remem-
bered Nothing" After Physician
Administered Sedative.

Ey the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 2S.-A 81
year-old invalid mother of two chill
dren admitted today, Police Capt. Pat
rick O'Connell said, a story she told
last night of being attacked and
slaShed in her home was a hoax.
The woman, Mrs. Genevieve Rich
ards. said she remembered nothing
after $50 pm. yesterday, OConnell
said, when she claimed she called a
physician and he gave her a sedative.
THE next thing I knew the police
were questioning me-" O'Connell
quoted her as saying
O'Connell said police had been sum-
n1oned to Mrs. Richards home seven
times in recent months. He said she
suffered from heart attacks and dizzy
spells.
At first police believed the man Mrs.
Richards reported attacked her was
the same one who last Saturday raw
tshed and mutilated Miss Anna
Brasy. 80.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
LIVE STOCK SHOW
|SBECUN IN WEST
Junior Raisers First to Com.
pete for Prizes in Chi.
cago Show.
ey the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 2s.-Young
America led the way today in farm
dom's great contest for honors and
prizes at the Thirty-seventh Interna-
tional Live Stock Exposition.
Junior live stock raisers were first to
have their names on the winners
sheets as their elders prepared entries
for competition in the worlds largest
agricultural show. Warren Held Of
Hinton, Iowa. took the first blue rib
bon with shorthorn steer in the light
class.
Scattered over acres in the $2,-
100000 International Amphitheater
were millions of dollars worth of the
finest farm animals and the pick of
grains from the United States and
Canada. More than 100000 prizes
will be awarded.
Farmers pointed to sleek animals in
vast halls allotted TO cattle, swine
sheep and horses and long halls lined
with glistening grains as they decried
suggestions the Summer drought had
impaired the quality of exhibits.
Display Is Hailed.
B. E. Groom of Fargo, N. D., chair
man of the Agricultural Committee Of
the Greater North Dakota Associa-
ton, which sponsors that States en-
tries, said their display was the equal
IN quality and size of any in the past
Interest in the grain show was
heightened this year by the return OF
three widely known kings" of the
farm world to competition after three
years of rest in keeping with the three
year retirement rule for major title
winners.
By Monday night the grain crowns
will have been placed again. Around
the exposition halls farmers asked
whether they would go to the big
three" who have come back-Herman
Trelle, the wheat grower from Wem-
bley, Alberta, Canada; C. E. Tr1yer
the La Fontaine, Ind, corn raiser. and
M. v. Gillett of Lexington. Nebr.
former "hay king"
But the king" that gets the most
attention-the grand champion steer
never comes back. The Sticky
combed. perfectly built animal thai
will carry of the purple ribbon viii
be named Tuesday
King Steers Glory Short.
The king steers glory is short lived
After a few days exhibition he goe!
to slaughter house to yield the mos
expensive steaks Of the year-beei
that for two years has sold at 50 9
pound on the hoof.
Meanwhile several hundred enthusi.
astic youngsters arrived for the flf'
teenth national All Club Congress
the annual demonstration of juvenile
farm industry.
More than 1000 followers of thu
four LEAF clover. symbol Of the Az
clubs, we're expected tomorrow nigh
from As States.
For the next week they will be ir
whirl of competitions, tours ano
entertainment.
The farm youths in the junior
live stock feeding contest led forth
their prize baby beeves, hogs and
sheep. The All Congress was helc
in conjunction with the live stock ex.
position. A special building was SCI
aside for All exhibits.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
GUILD Will HOLD
CARD PARTY DEC. 7
List Of Socially Prominent Pa.
tronesses Announced by St.
Gertrude's Groun.

A list of socially prominent patron
esses was announced today for the
annual st. Gertrude's Guild card
party to be held Monday, December 7.
at 2 pm. in the Wardman Park Hotel.
Proceeds from the affair will be used
for the st. Gertrude's School of Arts
and Crafts in Brookland
The patronesses. by whom a large
number Of tickets already have been
taken, include Nine. de Laboulaye.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
Youth Organization
To Help in Listing
Security Enrollees

National Youth Administration
workers were modified yesterday
in the Social Security Boards
drive to enroll $4,000. 900 workers
for the old age benefit program.
They will help distribute
hundreds Of thousands OF social
security posters to be delivered
early next week to the 1,100 first
class post ofiices cities for display
in stores, banks and public build
ings.
Evening star., 1936-11-29
Alaskan Var on Gamblers
Launched BY y. S. Marshal

who owed them bills were losing their
money to professional gamblers.
THE games have gone beyond the
amateur or social status into the
professional class"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-15
Times Table
TODAY

CONGRATULATIONS Associa.
ton of Dyers and Cleaners of the
United States and Canada-Ex.
hibit, Wardman Park Hotel; 400
p. M, Fashion Show.
900 P.M.-Meeting, Izaak Wal
ton League, Raleigh Hotel.
$50 P.M.-Dinner, Meeting,
Exhibit, Edgar Morris Sales Co.,
Willard Hotel.
TOO P.M.-Dinne r, Women's
Civic Clubs, Mayflower Hotel.
1880 P.M.-Dinner Dance, Sons
of the American Revolution Ga
dies Night), Mayflower Hotel
800 P.M.-Meeting Washing
ton Philatelic Society; Carlton
Hotel.
$50 P.M.-Bingo Party, by
Federal Chapter, No. 38, o. E. S.,
at Chestnut Farms Auditorium,
Twenty-sixth Street and Pennsyl.
vania Avenue Northwest.
Note.-Today, 4:45 P .M.-Broad.
cast over Station VIDAL (Balti-
more, Md, Congress of Parents
and Teachers, each Wednesday.
Speaker, Edgar M. Gerlach, SUI.
pervisor of Social Service Bureau
Of Prisons, United States Depart.
ment of Justice. Washington topic,
Juvenile Protection.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Midweek
Luncheon Club, Hamilton Hotel
$50 P.M.-Dinner, Washington
Association of Credit Men, Ham.
ilton Hotel.
TOO P.M.-Dinner, Texas Oil
Company, Hamilton Hotel.
800 P.M.-Washington Bridge
League, Shoreham Hotel.
$50 P.M.-Supper Dance, South
Carolina State Society, Shoreham
Hotel.
TOMORROW
All Day-Meeting, News Dealers
Association, Hamilton Hotel.
All Day-Meeting. Direct Mail
Advertising Association, Raleigh
dOCel.
CONGRATULATIONS ASSocia-
ton of Dyers and Cleaners of the
United States and Canada. Elk
hibit: Wardman Park Hotel.
9 AM.-Meeting and luncheon,
Pennsylvania Railroad Traffic De
partment, Shoreham Hotel.
10 AM. - Meeting, Iota F..
Delta chapter. Delphian Society
Shoreham Hotel.
10 AM.-Meeting, National Bi,
luminous Coal Commission, Carl,
ton Hotel.
10 A.M.-Board meeting, Ma,
tional Association of Dyers and
Cleaners, Mayflower Hotel, dinner
at p. m.