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The Washington times., 1936-04-27

and describing the first public
demonstration Of the Vitascope
said:
The feature Of the pro-
gramme last evening at Roster
& Bial'S Music Hall was the first
public exhibition ever given Of
EdisOn's vitascOpe.
This invention has already
been described in the Herald.
1t has been called an enlarged
kinetOscOpe, because it works
somewhat on the principle Of
that machine, but in the case Of
the latter one must look into it
to see reproductions Of pictures
about three inches in size,
whereas, in the case Of the vita
scope these same pictures are
thrown through a lens and ap-
pear on a screen magnified 600
diameterS. Moreover, the vita
scope reprOduceS all the cOlOrS
of q picture.
The vitaScope was the sew.
enth number on the program
last night, and it was nearly 10
o'clock when it was reached.
The house was packed, and as
picture after picture was thrown
on the screen the applause was
tremendous.
REALISTIC PICTURES
The first picture shown was
that of two dancers: 1t seemed
as though they were actually on
the stage, so natural was the
dance, with its many and grace
full motions. Next came q pic
ture Of q tumbling surf on the
Jersey shore. The waves were
high and bOiSterOus as they
dashed after one another in
their rush for the sandy beach,
over which they ebbed and
flowed. The white crests of the
waves and the huge volume Of
water were true to life. Only
the roar Of the surf was needed
to make the illusion perfect.
A boxing bout between q
long, thin man and q short,
stout one was the next picture.
The boxers were photographed
In their bout some time ago by
the kinetOScOpe. Every move
and step and blow Of the boxers
was faithfully reproduced on
the screen last night. A scene
from "The Milk White Flag"
was next shown. It was an ami
mated picture, which elected
loud cries Of ''BravO!"
JOHN BULL AND UNCLE SAM
''The Monroe Doctrine" was
the title Of the next picture. At
first John Bull was shown bonn
harding q South American shore,
supposed to represent Venezuela.
John was getting the better Of
the argument wh e n the tall
lanky figure Of Uncle Sam
emerged from the back Of the
picture. He graSped John Bull
by the neck, forced him to his.
knees and made him take off
his hat to Venezuela. This de-
lighted the audience, and ap-
pIause and cheers rang through
Che house, while somebody CRIED
"Hurrah for Edison"
The "sIxirt dance" was the last
picture shown and its success
euualed that Of the others. When
the dancer disappeared from
view there was q burst Of ap-
plause and everybody agreed
chat the vitascOpO was "wOnder'
eul."
Ten wears later came the frs
The Washington times., 1936-04-27

At Little

David Copperfield," elaborate
Hollywood production of Charles
Dickens famous story opened a
repeat engagement at the Little
Theater yesterday.
One of the major hits Of last
season, the film launched a still
The Washington times., 1936-04-27
Vaudeville Audience Shouted
Bravo and Wonderful
At First Pictures
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Very quietly last Thursday the movies became 40 years Old
So quietly the anniversary observed that not Carter
thought throw birthday party for the art
Yet it's fact that April %, 1896, the first motion
pictures shown at Roster and Balls Music Hall in New
York Incidental feature of vaudeville program They
called Thomas Edisons invention the Vascope, and
minutes at the end Of the stage entertainment
The Washington times., 1936-04-27

every minute. Shooting, Skee.
ball, penny arcade and a dozen
and one other features, together
with the rides and the hilariously
funny Midway" make a visit to
the park an event.
It's easy Of access by street car
or auto, with plenty Of parking
space for those who choose the
latter.
The Washington times., 1936-04-27

w. G. FIELDS
growing cycle Of beloved novels Of
the past generation.
In addition to Freddie Bartholo-
NEW, in his screen debut, the huge
cast includes w. C. Fields, Lionel
Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullican,
Madge Evans, Edna May Oliver,
Lewis Stone, Frank Lawton, Eliza
beth Allan, Roland Young, Basil
Rathbone and Jessie Ralph.
The Washington times., 1936-04-27
Keeps Original Name.

veda Ann Borg, Boston manne-
quin recently drafted to films for
Three Cheers For Love" and who
changed her name to Ann Noble
upon her arrival in Hollywood, has
returned to her original name.
The Washington times., 1936-04-27
SIS in Cash, Theoter Tickets,
In Love Letter Contest

Do you save old love lettersY Or do you burn them?
Which do you think is the best procedure9
The editor of this page offers $5 in cash and ten pairs Of
guest tickets to the Unguarded Hour starting Friday at
Ioews Fox Theater, for your answer.
The Washington times., 1936-04-27

Connecticut Yankees in person on
the stage, starting Friday.
Your answers must be received
by the Unguarded Hour contest
editor at The Times by noon
Thursday.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02

OLD PAPERS! Buy them by the bundle. Use them for starting fires. For Sale At the Nome Nugget.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
Passenger List Of s s Yukon
 North Today

:, Seattle, May 2-The Steamer Yukon of the Alaska Line, sailed
 at noon today for Seward and
 way points. The vessel carried
 two hundred and fifty two first
 class and two hundred and six teen steerage passengers. There was ninety-four passengers desig- mated for Seward. railway points Fairbanks and Nome as follows:
 Larry Calvin, Mort Powell, A.E. Wheeler, Pete Robbins, Gus Ma sick, John Lichtenberg, Harvey Grant, Jack Seidenverg, Stanley
 Whistler, Harry Forsgren, J. A. Frosgren, Miss E. Pattee, George
 Whaley, John Thompson, A w Hall, Doctor Louis Salzar, E. A Barrows, Doctor w T Barrows, Hugh Ford, B V Richardson, Mrs J M Anderson, Mrs Howard Scott Elois Pederson, Leonard Johnson, H E Wolc, Cal Brossius, w Strait, A F Kern and wife. Nor nnand Rudd, Everett Nyler, Pete Coulter and wife, Blanche Col Ins, Roy Randall, Jack Gibson and wife and infant, George Ganny, Roscoe Townsend, Flea nor Stromberg, Muriel Freak, Mrs, E, McCay, Mrs E. McLaugh- 1}n, R. Perlmann, Mrs M Moran, .Berda Cunningham, Mary Klam- or, Mrs A H Mcdonald, Mrs Flick finger, w L Roster, J l Mcdonald, Mrs R E Pratt and infant Octavia Pratt, J F White, John Mcleod, Harry Magnuson, Miss Alice Neu mann, Mrs F s Wallace, M C Streeter, Andrew E Nolen, Nick Skovitch, Jim Faulkn, and Louis Faulkn, Sibson, William Morin, L J Miller and wife, Mrs Grover Price, C A Bartloff, John P Dorsh, Mrs John Jensen, C Shea, H. Enberg, A J Wittkop, Cecil A.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
Weather Today (U. s. Weather Bureau)

Generally fair weather pre- vailed this morning over central and southeastern Alaska. Cloudi- ness was increasing this morn- ing this morning in western AL aska and westward over the AL eutians and due to an extensive area of low barometric pressure central near St. Paul Island.
 Temperatures continue some- what above the seasonal average
 Unsettled weather prevailed turnout most of the Territory. along Pacivc Coast states.
 AirWays conditions at II am. were as follows: Nome raining temperature 37 Solomon raining 40 Golovin cloudy 40 Nulato hay 48
 Kaltag cloudy A Unalakleet partly cloudy 42 Ruby cloudy 50
 Crooked Creek partly cloudy 43 Flat cloudy B Kotzebue clear 35
 Candle partly cloudy 52 Bethel partly cloudy 56 Fairbanks, coudy, 46
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02

Tables Nos. & Multimotored Equipment Table No. 3 Single Motored Equipment
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02

Wells and wife, Mrs Jessie John son, Lois Faulk, L D Learned, Albert Cooper, w A Strut, Ches- ter Nielsen, Irene Contner, A F Davis, Eino Seppela. John o Jala, w H Borsen, A C Kinsley, Char les Murphy, J F Faulk, wife and daughter, Alice Faulk, and Grant Reed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
MOTHBALLS FLAVOR
 MILK AND EGGS
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 Weslaco, Texas, Fred Rives, dairy and poultry far mer, had the idea that mothballs scattered thru his corn bin would keep aw ay insects. As a result the milk and eggs began smell ing like they had been in an attic trunk.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
81, SEEKS CITIZENSHIP
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated PreSs>
 San Francisco, San Francisco's oldest applicant for citizenship has filed his papers. He is Andrea Min- ciotti, 81 year old Italian salesman, who boasts he is 'on the job every day"
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
April Was Third Warmest Month
 Record In Nome
MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR APRIL
 1886.
Nome, Alaska, May l, 1886

Nome, Alaska, May l, 1886
 April this year was the third Warmest month on record here according to statistics compiled by the Nome office of the Wea- ther Bureau. Precipitation was above the average for the month while sunshine was about normal. The mean temperature for the month was 26.0 degrees compar- ed to the normal of 18.4 degrees, there being an average daily ex- cess of 7.6 degrees.
 The greatest daily range of tenn perature was 23 degrees on the 4th, while the least was 3 on the 18th. The highest temperature was 43 on the 30th while the low est was 2 below zero on the 10th.
 The highest temperature ever recorded at Nome in April dur ing 30 years of record was 48 de- grees on the second in 1922, while the lowest on record was 30 be- low on the 5th in 1918.
 Precipitation in the form of rain and melted snow measured 39 hundredths of an inch. Snow fall amounted to 6.9 inches, part of which melted as it fell.
 Eleven days were recorded as clear, partly cloudy 6, and cloudy B. The total sunshine observed during the month amounted to 228.8 hours compared to the pos sible amount of 454.4 hours, the percent of possible being 50 per cent. The total wind movement for the month was 6,923 miles during 720 hours for an average hourly velocity of 9.6. The max imum velocity for d fve-minute period was 33 miles per hour from the northeast on the 5th. Auroras were observed on the lst, 3rd. 9th, 9th, 2lst. and 22nd. Solar halos occurred on the 4th, 12th, and 24th, while no lunar halos were noted. A dense fog was recorded on the 20th while light fog prevailed on the 3rd, 20th, Fist, 23rd, 25th, 18th, and
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
SALESMEN WANTED

MEN WANTED for Raw leigh Routes of 800 famil- ies in Nome and Council.
 Reliable hustler should start earning 1925 weekly and increase rapidly. Write today. Rawleigh, Dept. SKB-17-S, Oakland, Calf.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
UPPER AIR DATA

The highest altitude reached in upper-air soundings at Nome, AL aska, during the month of April, was 32,775 feet above the surface on April 3rd at 6:35 am. The wind direction and velocity at this altitude was WeSt-southWeSt 6. The highest velocity reached during the month was 80 miles per hour from the north-north- east at an altitude of 10,925 feet above the surface at 11:30 am. on April 6, 1886.
 THOMAS B. HAYWARD,
 Meteorologist.
Evening star., 1936-05-09

steamship lines to prevent the escape
of criminals. Last year there we're %
students and this year "a, at the
sessions continuing from January 6 tc
March 28
Summary Of F. B. I.
In summary. there is this to be
noted about the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation:
1t is a federalized organization OF
national defensive resources against
crime, directed to the end of national
effectiveness without invasion of State
or municipal authority.
1t offers to the States Federal CO.
operation rather than compulsion.
With its police school and its sys-
tematized research and information
including, particularly. its quarterly
bulletin, it is national postgraduate
university of law enforcement for Of
ficials of the law.
It is designed both to meet the
immediate emergency in the success
full pursuit of criminals and to func-
ton in the wider field Of continuous
research as preparedness for the fu-
ture.
1t has been segregated from politi-
cal control and interference. Under
three Presidents, J. Edgar Hoover has
been called "a good Democrat in a
Republican administration, and a good
Republican in a Democratic admin
istration."
Mr.. Hoover isn't profane. But II
anything ever makes him swear II
will be a political fixer. He believes
this parsonage will be eliminated by
public education. He seeks public
cooperation and understanding in the
work which the F. B. I. is doing. He
has evolved a new type of police Of
ficer. He wants to see an end Of the
old "fiat-foot" slur. He knows he
can't shoot germs with a tommy
gun. He believes his G-men have
shot away a lot of the underbrush in
which hide the liaisons between kill
lers and courts. A plea for a new,
informed and aroused public atti-
tude toward crime and law enforce
ment is always his last word.
Copyright, 1885. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. IncJ
Evening star., 1936-05-09
HIT Mrntnrtant. .

GEDDES. PETER II. In sad but lovins
memory mem 9I our beloved husband and IA
ther. PETER H. GEDDES who passed
sTsy so0yy thirty years ago today. May o
His LOVING WIFE AND DAUGHTER. .
GREEN. WILLIAM X. In sad but loyins
LIAM K. GREEN NV Who 9esa departed 't this iife
two years ago today, May 8, 1884.
precious one from me is gone.
The voice loved Is stilled;
A place is vacant in my home
Which never can be filled
DEVOTED DAUGHTER. ANNIE NELSON
HILL. CoRDELIA HALL. In sad but loving
a aai & a1Li dsfF she tEeae c3a
life six years ago today. Nav 9. 1880.
ESvNa IeSfH 4 iENp fs pssY Moso IL ssss
HILL. CORDELIA HALL. In sad remem-
years ago today. May 8. 1880.
Gone but TsRsRsfrea; ERNEsf GARTER. .
HILL, CORDELIA HALL. Sacred to the
HALF HIIfi HILL 4 who 0 dsparsed sp this lie Six
years ago today. May 8 1880.
Sysd tSyfS n rRitN6 Hi Sfpf%ssSsa S%Ns j. okRfh ass
JENNINGS. LOUISA: Sacred to the mem;
JENNINGS. who entered into eternal rest
one year ago today. May 8. 1885.
Remembering you missing YOU.
Our first year apart.
h1 hER fa aSs EfG f q faS fai
SAMUEL AND ROBERT JENNINGS
AND SARAH JACKSON.
LEDBETTER, ELLEN E. In sad and low
ing remembrance of ELLEN E. LED
BETTER beloved wife and mother. who
departed this life five years ago today.
May o. 1881.
Friends may think we have forsotten.
And our wounded hearts are healed;
Little do they know ths sorrow
That is in our hearth concealed.
HER HUSBAND AVID CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
BOARD VAL|DATES
HOME WORK BAN
Anacostia High Schools
Test Held Province of
Officials.

Anacostia Junior Senior High
Schools experiment to eliminate
home work was given the blessing"
of the Board of Education yesterday.
The action was taken in spite of the
fact that the board held the expert
ment a matter wholly for administra-
tive officers and not for themselves to
act upon.
Elimination of home work came up
from three sources. Harry N. Stull,
chairman of the Committee on Educa-
tion of the Federation of Citizens
Associations, inquired what action the
board had taken on the Anacostia ex-
pertinent and asked whether any one
other than the board could change the
hours of classes.
The AnacoStia Parent Teacher Asso-
citation sent a delegation to the meet
ing to thank the board for the experi-
ment and to request them to make it a
permanent policy if the six weeks test
is successful.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent,
submitted a report from DR.. Stephen
E. Kramer, first assistant Superin-
tendent. and Chester w. Holmes, An
acostia principal, outlining just what
is being done.
The blessing" of the board came
after more than half an hour of dis
cussion. The board members indi-
vidually agreed that the addition Of
half an hour to the daily schedule
and the elimination of work to be done
outside school hours rightfully was
within the province of Ballou, Kramer
and Holmes and that board action
wasn't necessary.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
HERBERT A. CLARK
FUNERAL TOMORROW
Former Assistant Superintendent
Of Mails at City Post Office
Dies of Long Illness.

Herbert A. Clark, so, of 6713 Piney
Branch road, former assistant su-
perintendent of mails at the City
Post Office, died late yesterday in
Mount Alto Hospital after long
illness.
Mr.. Clark had been employed at
the Post ONCE more than 20 years
until he retired for disability about
a year ago. He began there as a
letter carrier. A native of Massa-
chusetts, he served in the Army be-
fore entering the Government service
as a civilian.
He was a Mason and belonged to a
Masonic club Of the Post Office. He
also was a member of the 1nde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows at
HyattSville, Md.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs
Pearl Price Clark: two brothers, Fred
r. and Harold Clark, both of Boston
and two sisters, Mrs. r. B. Coombs
and Mrs. Maude White, both of Prov
idence, r. I.
Funeral services will be held al
S pm. tomorrow at Hines funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street. Burial
will be in Albany, N. Y.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
POLITICIAN SOUGHT.
IN MAIL R0BBER|ES.
100000 Series of Thefts
Charged to Group Held
in West.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DENVER, May 9.-The early arrest
of two more suspects in a $200,O
series of mail robberies was predicted
today by United States Attorney
Thomas j. Morrissey, already pressing
conspiracy charges against IL persons,
including prominent Denver banker.
The prosecutor said the two being
trailed are well-known Denver poll
tician and an underworld character.
Thirty mail robberies charged to
the group were perpetrated in a half
dozen M:dwestern and Northwestern
States. Morrissey said.
Oliver P. Arnold, assistant vice pres
ident of the Denver National Bank,
who was arrested at his desk, denied
any part in the case.
Arnold contends that if any stolen
bonds were handled by him it was
without his knowledge or that of the
bank" the prosecutor said. I'VE are
charging him, however, with being a
party in the conspiracy"
Attorney Is Arrested.
An attorney, Charles Roberts, was
arrested on a street here. The prose-
cutor said he had only a small part.
acting as legal adviser to some Of the
men,"
Nine others were arrested here, at
st. Paul, Denison, Iowa, and Park
Rapids, MINI.
Morrissey said the group was Or
ganized by Jack Segar of st. Paul,
who "in some way obtained in Denver
a set of railroad switch keys to fit
registered mail bags"
Charges of conspiracy to rob the
United States mails and to dispose Of
the loot were filed against all the
group.
The others charged were Othello G..
Mcclellan, Ralph A. Clifton, Harold
P. Kennedy. Elmer F. Trower and
John M. Mcbride, all of Denver;
Winston Walker, arrested at Denison;
Harold Bailey at Park Rapids, Mimi,
and John Edwards, at st. Paul.
Assumed Name Used.
Morrissey said Edwards used an as
respectable Denver family"
After Segar obtained the keys he
went to st. Paul and recruited gang
consisting of Walker, Bailey and Ed
wards" Morrissey announced.
With the railroad keys and the
mail sack keys they could open mail
sacks, take out the registered mail
and. leaving things as they found them
inside the depot, flee. Sometimes the
robbery would not be discovered for
days"
MorrisSey said the bonds were
cashed at the Denver bank bond de-
partment. He asserted he had evi-
dence that Kennedy and the under
world character" visited in Arnold
apartment.
Arnold. prominent socially. was
named an assistant vice president of
the bank in September, 1928.
Kennedy is accused here in con-
nection with charges involving the
theft of nearly 100000 worth of
bonds IN Omaha, disposed of in
Denver
Morrissey said sometimes the rob-
berries were not discovered until the
person to whom the mail was ad-
dressed reported it had not arrived.
I'VE uncovered the plot when we
arrested John Mcbride, who was on
relief, as he attempted to dispose
of s100 Liberty bond" he said. An
investigation disclosed this was part
of the loot from mail robbery at
Clara City, Minn.'
Morrissey said that through tracing
the bond and McBride's associates
the trail lied to high places"
Evening star., 1936-05-09
FLORIDA PUZZLED
OVER SENAT0RSHIP
Lack of Precedent Causes Con-
fusion in Naming Successor
to Trammell.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May g.
Political observers watched today for
some official Interpretation to clear
I'D the puzzling situation caused by
the necessity for electing United
States Senator to succeed Park Tram
nell. who died in Washington last
night.
While Gov. Dave Sholtz has author
ity to name a successor to serve until
the November general election. Tram
mell's term does not expire until l94l.
Last Saturday was the deadline for
qualifying in the June primaries, and
would-be candidates for the post can
not seek the Democratic nomination,
usually tantamount to election, in
the ordinary manner.
Some thought the State Democratic
Executive Committee could nominate
a candidate, but question was raised
by others who pointed out Trammells S
post had not been at stake this year
and technically no vacancy existed as
occurs when candidate successful
in the primaries dies before the
election.
Others wondered whether an aspir-
ant could have his name placed on
the general election ballot by petit
ton.
Since a new Democratic Executive
Committee is to be named in the
primaries, there was speculation over
whether, should the committee be al
lowed to nominate a candidate. the
new or retiring group would have
the privilege.
At Washington Gov. Dave Sholtz
would not discuss the appointment OF
a successor.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
WORLD LAWS HIT
. BEFORE INSTITUTE
Sir WiIImott Lewis Suggests
Need of Restatement.
Hand Speaks.

The American Law Institute moved
toward conclusion Of its fourteenth
annual meeting at the Mayflower
Hotel today after hearing addresses
last night by Sir Willmott Lewis.
Washington correspondent for the
London Times, and Judge Learned
Hand, New York jurist and vice pres
ident of the institute.
After praising the legal society for
its part in clarifying and unifying
American judicial principles, Sir Will
mott suggested the possibility OF
improving international law by the
same procedure.
IT sometimes wonder" he remarked,
"if the world is not sadly in need of
restatement Of principles Of interna-
tional relationships.
The British journalist advocated
elimination of outworn traditions
which he said are making it difficult
to bring the legal system into har-
mony with the rapid evolution Of the
world. Many authorities believe that
treaties no longer deserve respect, he
said, because their conception Is
almost entirely juridical.
The feeling is growing" he added
that international compacts are nc
longer permanent documents, but
arrangements which must be periodi-
cally revised"
Sir Willmott was preceded by Judge
Hand, who gave an anecdotal review
of the history of the law institute.
The addresses were given at the
fourteenth annual dinner in the
Mayf1ower Hotel. Several hundred
leaders of the American bar and
their wives attended. George Wharton
Pepper, president of the institute. was
master of ceremonies.
Yesterday Chief Justice Sidney
Smith of the Mississippi Supreme
Court and Justice Augustus N. Hand
Of the Second Circuit Court OF
Appeals in New York were elected
to the council of the institute. They
will fill vacancies left by the deaths
of George w. Wickersham of New
York, former institute president, and
Federal District Judge william I
Grubb of Alabama.
Sessions will end today after de-
tailed discussion OF restaurants OF
tort law and constructive trusts, which
have been in the process of prepara-
tion for several years.
Evening star., 1936-05-09
MRS. SARAH R. LACY
DIES AT HOME HERE
Widow of Virginia Supreme Court
Justice Victim of Long
Illness

Mrs. Sarah R. Lacy, 7s, widow of
Benjamin w. Lacy, justice of the Vir-
ginia Supreme Court, died yesterday
at her residence, 1840 Kenyon street,
after a long illness.
Mrs. Lacy, native of Virginia, had
lived here for the last five years. She
is survived by two sons, Arthur L. Lacy,
Silver Spring, Md, and Ben w. Lacy,
Montgomery, Ala, and a daughter,
Mrs. j. j. Van Acker, Richmond. She
also leaves five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row in st. Peters Episcopal Church,
near Tunstall, Va. Burial will be in
the church cemetery. Until tomorrow
morning, the remains will be at Ives
Funeral Home. Clarendon, Va.