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The Washington times., 1936-08-03
KELLEYGRAMS

Your correspondent gets back
at his desk in time to receive
DIR. M. G. Gibbs decoration in
the order of the blue derby. An
indigO-black bowler from the boss
of the Peoples Drug Stores auto
matically gives one place in the
front line of the fall fashion
parade. Thank you, Or. Gibbs,
and see you when the bugle
blows at Laurel. . Bessie Prichard'
billet dOuxs that the Roadside
Theater must now charge ~
cents each for passes. Seems
there's a Maryland tax as well as
Uncle Sans assessment on gate
crashers. And the niftiest and
most artistic brochure you ever
saw, with photo reproductions
worthy of the COrcOran gallery,
comes from Howard Benedict Of
R-K-O. "A special edition Of 225
copies of this "Mary Of Scot:
land" art souvenir was run OF
for editors and critics. TH.ey
cost S2.75 each SO that they Will
be preserved in your library.
So they are going to change the
name of Loew's Fox to LoeW's
Capitol. Still the pass hunters
will continue to ask Have you got
a couple for the Fox?". While
I was at Atlantic City creditors
were trying to strip William Fox
of the $6,OOO,00O nest egg in his
wife's name. A battery of law
yers is fighting his bankruptcy.
Fox, broken in health and out Of
pictures, sees his name being re-
moved from theaterS from Coast
to Coast, hears rumors that Twen-
tieth Century-Fox will soon aban-
don his tag in labelling its pic
lures. Others are making new
fortunes in Wall Street dealing in
Twentieth y-Fox stock
which has been steadily climbing.
They turned on the cooling syS-
TEN in the Fox Exchange screen
ing room on Saturday and Sam
Wheeler's bijourium will now be
q more comfortable reviewing
stand for the new pictures.
Rex Ingram, who they tell me
does a fine job as de Lawd"
in "Green Pastures" is being
impOrtuned to forget about re-
firing from stage and screen to
take up the role of Uncle Tom
in George AbbOtt'S mOderniZed
version of "UncIe Toms Cabin"
known as "SWeet River" due to
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
Wilson Line
Signs Band

Announcement was made today
by Harry H. Baker, District man
ager of the Wilson Line. Inc, that
George Kistner and his famous
orchestra, now playing at the Beau
Rivage, Sheepshead Bay, N. Y,
will begin a special two weeks en-
gagement on the steamer City OF
Washington tomorrow.
The orchestra features novelty
arrangements and specializes in
playing request numbers. They
will entertain nightly on the sunset
cruise, leaving at $50 p. m. and
the moonlight cruise, leaving at
$3.50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03

TONES 1T DOWN
Katharine Hepburn, who stubbed
her toe and lost some prestige in
Sylvia Scarlett," comes back
magnificently as a queen in ruff
files who wins in a woman'S way
and not by the sword.
Playwright Maxwell Anderson's s
blank verse has been tranSpoSed
into rounded and Smooth-flowing
speech in Dudley Nichols screen
version of Mary of Scotland" "
and extreme care has been taken
to relieve it of religious angles
that might prove controversial.
They speak of THE Faith" and
of religion, and the believing
John Knox'S TRADES have been
softened somewhat. And still the
story retains both vigor and
force.
Summed up, it is the history
of the bitter quarrel between Eliza
beth, the virgin queen of England,
and Mary, fair daughter of the
Tudors. Elizabeth's opposition to
her rival, as set down in Lord
Burghley's memoranda, is based
on:
/. That Mary has crossed from
France to Scotland against Eliza
beth'S advice, which may be &C
cepted as a slight.
2. That Mary has been crowned
Queen of Scotland, also against
the wishes and in defiance OF
Elizabeth's policy.
8. Mary is Catholic, related
by blood to the most powerful
Catholic house in France, which
constitutes a danger to Protestant
England.
4. Mary is next heir, after Eliz'
abeth, to the throne Of England,
and already held by Catholic Eu'
rope to be the r1ghtful Queen OF
England.
5. Elizabeth is held by Catholic
Europe to be a pretender, the IL
legitimate daughter of Henry VIII
and Ann Boleyn.
b. A Dellef ChaC as mary sue
ceeds in Scotland Elizabeth will
be insecure in England.
So Mary steps up to throne,
already tottering through plot and
intrigue, tries to win by love
rather than cold steel. Boutwell,
is not only her devoted follower
but captures her heart after the
death of her weakling husband
Lord Darnley.
Where the Theater Guild play,
and the Helen Hayes version,
dropped the curtain with Mary
the unhappy prisoner of Elizabeth
in Carlisle Castle. England, the
picture poses a more tragic finale.
1t shows Mary, mumbling prayers,
and walking up the long steep
stairs to the gallows.
Score one, then, for Hollywood
in ignoring the happy ending,
with its only triumph in tragedy
revealed in Mary'S refusal to ab.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03

go into rehearsal soon This
is running the gamut of acting
roles although Ingram's last
important stage role was as the
devil The Four Comets,
roller skating act at the Earle
Theater, are also doing their
act on the Metropolitan screen,
creating, as it were, their own
opposition Rosetta and
Vivian Duncan, better known
as the Duncan sisters and not
the "dunkin" girls, are due at
the Fox Theater Friday, in an
act where front row seats should
be at a premium. For the dun
kin Duncans pass out free
dOughnutS.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03

Critics Given a Preview of Screen
PIay From Maxwell Anderson Drama
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
VARY OF SCOTLAND' SCREENED z = VI II f",i: 5is; F
Katharine Hepburn Scores as
Unhappy Queen Who Ended
Her Life on GoIIoWs
Bv ANDREW R. KELLEY

ary of Scotland" brought back from vacation revels
to a sense of official reality.
screened Saturday afternoon with Katharine Hep
the aurng Mary Stuart and Fredric March as the
cloalswnging Earl of Boutwell,.
this picture Radio expects to realize its August Sep
tember and October dividends and think their trust is well
placed It happens to be dgned impressive and lyric
creation medieval history done in the best tradition of the
Theater Guild from whom it acquired.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
= HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
L Cover HOu yWOOd

'Shearer's Juliet, in broadcast,
instead of Leslie Howard. All Of
which is quite interesting, because
when Howard was signed for
Romeo, all and Sundry felt that
he would walk away with the pic.
ture, he being the only one beside
Rathbone who had had much of a
tussle with Shakespeare before.
1t so happens that, although he is
very good in the picture. he is
the least effective member of the
cast. Norma Shearer, who every
body thought could not master the
intricacies of rhythm of Shake
Spearean speech, turned out doing
it better than any Juliet has ever
done it before.
A cowboy, one Mr.. Arthur
Severn, who bit the dust in the
charge of the Light Brigade, 4"
by falling off his horse and break
ing his back, will be hospitalized
for one month more, after which
he will not be able to return to
the screen for another two months.
Such be giving ones all to art.
For our insanity department,
Helen Broderick brought two such
spirited horses that she has been
unable to mount them. Now she
Is in the market for an old plug,
who will take her on her daily
Jaunt Pat O'Brien has what
Is laughingly referred to as a
moaning room in his home. It is
completely furnished in little It'd
bits Mr.. OBJ got talked into at
auctions.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03

VOTE AM MERICAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
VOTE AMERICAN
Jiqqs Has Part

"Jiggs," the famous chimpanzee
who has appeared in all Of the
"Tarzan" pictures, has part with
beautiful Dorothy Lamour, former
radio star, in Paramount's Girl Of
the Jungle"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
VETS URGED TO |SEND TELEGRAM
Bonus Passage By End of Week in House Seems
 Assured

More than 200 members of Corp. Coyle post will De urged to send telegrams to Connecticut represen- tatives ,in Congress asking the pas- sage of bonus legislation aB the re. suit of action taken at Q district meeting of the American Legion last night in New Haven. While not ofilcially instructed, the two other major ex.servicemen's organ- izations here, the D. A. V. and VF.W., will also presumably di. rect 0 barrage of tclcgrams tt Washington urging that the bonui bill be passed.
 The three organizations have c. greed to unite in support of bonui legislation.
 The Western Union Telegraph company up to this morning had received none of the expected mes. sages. Tine Postal Telegraph cons pany reported "a few" Telografni to date, officials said, were incon. siderable when compared with tho number sent last year in response to the appeal from Father Coughlin for support of the bonus measure More than 800 telcgrafns were ads dressed to Connecticut congressman and senators at that time.
 At last nights g0ssion, attended by repregentat of both Corp Coyle post and its auxiliary, legion. iiaires throughout the entire dis. trict were urged to appeal direct ly to their congressional represen. tatives. ffb
 Waterburians attending the meet. ing included MAjor Newton Alexan- der, commander of the post, Mrs Margaret Dillon, president of the auxiliary; Miss vicloria Liebreich Miss Lucy ehanahan, Miss Mabel Casey, Mrs. George Blake, Mrs. Pau Reed and Mrs. Robert Y. ,Birt.
 Tho second district, which in- cludeS Waterbury, was commended for the generous donations made tc bereaved families of the ex-service- men killed in the recent bus crash in WaIlingford. Plans were also discussed for the annual visit to the Soldiers home in Noroton, to be made jointly by Corp. Coyle post and Clifford l.. French post Of Thomaston next month.
 Press dispatches this morning predicted that q bnus bill would be voted upon by the House Tate this week., apparently tomorrow. Demo. cratic leaders concede It's passage by 6 large margin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
RYAN WORKS FOR
 MYTHICAL GROUP
ThOmastOn M a n Claims Job in Assn. That Dis-
 banded Last October

How liquor organization that has been defunct since last fall can pay 6 "chicf inspector" salary of s3,Soo year for spying on restaur- ants to make sure that they gre obeying the law, Is . problem that liquor permittees and other inter- ested persons throughout the state were trying to figure out today.
 Y. Jackson Ryan, also known as Edward J. Ryan of Thomaston, storm center of liquor organizations for years, holds the spotlight again fin the present case. A few days ago, Ryan told 6 Hartford newspaper that he had been engaged by the Connecticut Tavern owners aSsocias ton to head 6 staff of inspectors and would receive $3,500 year. Ryan's Staff, he said, would check up on restaurants of the state and make sure that they were obcying the liquor laws.
 Ryan's announcement started quite G bit of thought in state liquor circles, and not few doubters re. called hearing that the Connecticut Tavern owners association had been diSbanded some months ago. Yesterday came an official an- nouncemcnt from Clifford Cash- man, secretary of the Connecticut Liquor Dealers association, that the organization which Ryan says hired him voted to diSband on oct. of last year. The affairs of the organi- zation were wound up Q few days later.
 To add insult to injury and to cause further wrinkling of the Ryan brow, Cashman also said: NO one has the right to use the name of the Connecticut Tavern Owners asgOciaLion."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
EIGHT PROJECTS
 WERE HAMMERED

Boston, Jan. 0.--(UP)--A strike of 2O00 building trades mechanics was called today, tying up eight PWA projects in Greater Boston. Strike leaders predicted that all PWA road and building projects in the state may be affected by next week. The strike followed Q walk out of 200 mechanics on PWA pro- jects yesterday in Waltham, Con- cord, Natick and Birmingham. Union mechanics instituted the strike in protest against preference given workers on relief or welfare rolls over union mechanics. Union cfiicIaIs claimed this violated agrecmcnts between them and the contractors.
 Government regulations, however, require that 90 per cent of the workers employed on PWA projects must come from the relief rolls.
 Although union workers coflpos- ed only the other 10 per cent uiiiof, oiiicials were confident the strike would be successful They claim the key men and supervisors who direct the organization and supply the real skill and technical traifi- ing required fin heavy construction work,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
What It Takes To Get Your Man
.Er-A-par'en me. ;"

The lot of . state trooper during the three months requir- cd training period, described by Lieut. William SChatsman, of the Beacon Falls barracks at the luncheon meeting of the Lions club today At the Elton, Is not exactly . bed of roses.
 During the short but rigorous training period, the rookie arises at 0:3O each morning, gees through . prescribed set of physical exercises, reports immediately after breakfast Co hls class room and spends tho day in the study of traffic reg. uIatlons and crime laws, accord- ing to Lieut.. Schatzman. Short periods are allowed for recrea. ton. <
 The present class of 20 men was chosen from approximately e,O0O applicants, the speaker said. Entering their course late in November, the class will Do graduated" and assigned Co regular duty In March.
 Plans were completed for the attendance of . local delegation to the Lions' zone meeting to- night at New Milford. The We. terbury group will leave by bus from In front of the Elton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
CIVIL SERVICE.
 PLAN ENDORSED

Hartford, Conn. Jan. 0.-(UP)- The Connecticut League of Women Voters campaign to replace the spoils system with q civil service system fin all branches of state gov- ernment, has been endorsed by Gov Cross.
 Both the governor and State Well fare Commissioner Frederic O.. Walcott signed cards late yesterday, petitioning. all parties to include the merit system in their platforms.
 T hope that you will bring pres sure to bear on the parties in this state. and perhaps you can get both Of them to put civil service plank in their platforms" the governor told league members. "It's worth whlle," he added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09

gTauClS I. FIlllllPS Ol CIiic CAt.
 Mrs. Webster stated today that she estimated that 20 or more local republican women would attend the New Haven school of politics. Wa terbury's city government will be the subject discussed by Alderman Phillips when he delivers his ad- dress on Monday.
 The school, according to Mrs. Frances l.. Roth of New Haven, will bc q strictly rion-partisan affair de- sigiaed to draw party lines more closely and bring fundamental is- sues out into the open. The set-ups of the various city, town. county state governmental units will be ex. plalncd by the various speakers.
 Opening Session
 Iii, opening session Of the school will take place at 8 o'clock toinor- row night at the New Haven Woin- ems club with Mrs. Robert Lincoln Ho7al of Douglas, Ariz., director Of tho women's division of the 2. o. ?. national committee, as the principal speaker. A talk on "Connecticut Women in '36" will also be given by Mss Katherine Byrne of Putnam, vice.chairman of the 2. 0. ?. state central committee and member of the 6. 0. D.. national committee from Connecticut,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
CONFERENCE IS
 NEARING BREAK

London, Jan. o..-tup).--A com- bined British and United States ef- fort to decide whether the naval conference should Do abandoned ai hopeless was reported today by Drit- ish sources. Norman II. Davis, head of the United States delegation, waa said to have conferred privately with
 Capt. Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, to decide whether the con- ference can continue or should be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
APPICELLO GIVEN
 RELEASE AT JAIL

Tn jail since Nov. 18th. Nick Ap- picello of this city was released to- day when Judge John r. McGrath reOpened the case and signed pa- ,pers giving him his freedom. Ap- piceIlo was working out a fine of eiO0 and costs imposed on him in city court when he was found guilty of breaking and entering.
 Since he entered the jail at New Haven. Appicello has been .ill and 1t was because of the illness tllal the case was reopened. Applcello has been placed on probation to pay the remainder of his fine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
Fl. P. CUMMINGS
 DIED IN WARE

Ware, Mass, Jan. D.--tUp).--
 Herbert P. Cummings, e4, founder of the II. P. Cummings Construction company, died suddenly ct his homo last night. A native of Ware. he received his carly business training at Springfield and in 1879 eatab- ilshed tho company which bears his fAine. Ho retired . year ago. Cum- tnings supervised building of wA. ter and electric power plants, schools
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
ATTEMPTED BREAK

An attempt to break into eaps Lunch, s7b East Main street, was made during tho night Patrolman John Walsh reported he found cvi- dences pf on attempted break and notified tho owner. Nothing was taken from the place. {.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
CHIMNEY FIRE

A chimney fro at tho home of Joseph Torrice, l72 sherman Ave- nue, brought out three companies of ilremen ct $40 this morning. Rire- men were out until O:S2. W.
 Most of tho damage was confined to tho chimney. gN ..,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
G.O.P.Women Leaders
 Open State Campaign
Mrs. Florence Webster, Mrs. Coe to Attend School Of
 Politics in Elm City

Mrs. Florence B. Webster, president of the local Wcmen's Republican Club Mrs Elizabeth ". Coe, former state representative, Mrs Rowley w. Phillips and Mrs. Dorothy Vandercook will be among the Waterburans pres en tomorrow when the school of politics. sponsored by the New Haven County Womens Republican Association opens in the Elm City. The school will continue Monday and on that day. among the principal speakers will be Alderman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09

Sessions will be resumed Monday morning at i0:30 o'clock at the Girls Recreation guild rooms and will come to an end Monday night. Besides Alderman. Phillips other speakers on Monday will be State Senator Kenneth r. Cramer Of Wethersfield, Mrs. Helen E. Lewis of Etratford. president of the Fair- field County Womcn's Republican club, and Clarence q. Willard of New Haven, secretary of the E. o. D. state central committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09

adjourned. It was believed Davis
 urged that Japan be asked either to show Q moro AHnenable spirit or
 assume responsibility for the hreak-
 down of tho conference. N,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09

American distributions of beer in cans is being watched by tinplate sskarests in wales with the hOp0 Of AFtgpdutiug the Idea Into their country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
'T have lOst track Of it In my mind"

and churches in every New England state and eastern New York. He leaves . sister, Mary Cummings ot Springfield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09

Kikuyua natives. at . mass meet ing in NairobA Kenya, passed . revolution Of sympathy with thsIr sAbyssininu hrotheEs."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09
Marriage Intentions

George Williams, Thomaston
 road; Rose stack, oakviile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-09

Export 8srpm the Rhilippines arc go pss cent above . ger ego <.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-02-20
Spiders and Stars

Spiders webs have many uses. With
out them astronomers would find it
harder to make accurate observations.
The eye pieces Of their telescopes are
marked into sections by very fine lines,
which are really pieces Of web held in
place by spots of varnish. Webs are
used because it is impossible to have
finer as we'll as equally distinct lines
by any other method. There are other
USES. too, for webs. An instrument
maker in York employs a man specially
/ to collect spiders and webs. Only
special kind of spider is caught, the
"eperira drademata," which is usually
found on gorse bushes and has a cross
on its back. The spiders are made to
wind their webs on special forks, each
insect winding@ about 40 feet before
the supply gives out. These webs are
used in the manufacture of the most
delicate types of scientific instruments.
-Tit-Bits Magazine.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-02-20
Shoyel-Tusked Elephants
Used Big Jaws as Dredge

Nature never made any real me-
chanical steamsho3els. except indirect-
ly through her agent, man, but 20,0OO,-
600 years ago, before the Cobb desert
: had reached it's present barrenness and
before man had put in his appearance
on earth, she had creation far more
remarkable. 1t was an animated
dredge-a great elephant whose tusks
had taken the form of shovels extend
ing from scoop-like lower jaw. These
mastodons dredged the muddy bottoms
of prehistoric. swamps for water lilies
and other swamp growths which
formed their food. 1t has been sew
eral years since their fossils were first
discovered in the Cobb DESERT but in
terest has reverted to them through
the discovery and Identification Of
plant fossils which prove that swamps
existed in the Cobb during their time
a fact previously doubted and which
doubt raised question as to these
animals food and the purpose of their
shovel tusks. This doubt, however, is
now cleared. Other discoveries have
shown that these long-extinct elephants
also lived in America and dredged the
swamps of. California Nebraska, and
Kansas.-Pathfinder Magazine.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-02-20
First Method Fosters Good
Will; Second Causes
Annoyance.

There are two ways or accom-
plishing things which one has to get
done. One is to complain that things
are not as they should be. The 9TH
err is to make constructive suggeS'
lions and request that they be fol-
lowed out. The first method is apt
to annoy the person conferred Wlth'
The second appeals to his sense OF
Justice and, If the suggestion is
good one and within reason, 1t is
generally needed. Assuming that, IN
both cases the thing gets done, IN
the first instance, annoyance pre-
walls, while in the second, good Will
is fostered. You will remember the
old adage that you can catch more
flies with molasses, than vinegar. In
other words you can get more accom-
plished by keeping good tempered
and sweet, than by getting annoyed
and sour tempered.
Getting Things Accomplished.
1t is we'll to remember these meth
DDS for family use, and for civic pur-
poses. 1t does not mean that one
can get things done merely by being
good natured. There must be
plus to it. There must be continual
effort in the right direction, until the
point is won. And when there has
been no hard feeling created, and
the matter is seen to, there Is likely
to be feeling of satisfaction on the
side of both parties, each being
pleased that a good thing has re-
suited.
It was by the recommended meth
cd that a woman succeeded in get
ting a bench put on waiting sta
ton platform. She appealed to the
correct authorities, telling of the
genuine need for such bench, as
tired persons found it almost more
than they could endure to stand from
ten to twenty minutes, more or less,
according to the connection of one
car with another at this junction.
At first, came a note stating that
her request had been noted, and for
mally thanking her for letting them
know of her wish; nothing more,
and nothing was done.
It was only after repeated appeals,
and continued assertions that the
company would be treating their pa
irons with consideration by putting
the bench at the place suggested,
. that finally she succeeded. And now.
not only are her own trips to the
city made less tiresome. but hun
dreds of other persons daily find the
seat blessing.
Another instance comes to mind.
Repeated accidents of major and mi
nor severity occurred at certain