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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
NEBRASKA FOURTH
STATE TO TRY ONE
HOUSE LEGISLATURE

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (UP).
Nebraska is the fourth state to
experiment with the onc-housc
legislative system. Pennsylvania
was the first and attended its first
session 16l years ago.
J. Paul Selsam, assistant pro-
lessor of history at Pennsylvania
State College, said that when rep
'resentativcs met in Philadelphia
in l776 to draft their first conSti-
tuition as an independent state
they adopted the unicameral syS-
TEN of Legislature by following "a
precedent set in 1901.
One of the strongest support
ers of the system, Benjamin
Franklin, acted as president OF
the convention to frame the state
constitution. 1t worked 80 well
that Vermont and Georgia copied
the legislature Of Pennsylvania in
adopting their original state con-
Stitutions.
"The value of the system was
never really tested i'm PennSyl-
vania, however," SclSam eaid,
"for it was bitterly denounced by
the "rcactionarieS' of that day and
was abandoned when a new CON
stirution was framed in 1890.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
DESIGN FOR A PAIR OF BOOK.ENDS

-,'~--.. 1900 $50
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Story of a Girl!

Broadway'S m lost publicized
showgirl in recent years, Marion
Martin, returns from her tour
with the Follies Cwhere she re-
placed Gypsy Rose Lee), to open
at Mario'S Mirador as the featured
commed ienne. Currently she is be-
ing tested for the screen. She had
: her chance some years back when
q Metro executive, impressed with
her beauty and her platinum
: blond hair, offered her $3.50 to go
to the coast. He told her he would
telephone the next day for an
answer. The girl-then 16-de-
cided she ought to have business
manager take care of the deal. He
did things in big way-I mean,
he promptly asked for a thousand
dollars q week. Marion never got
the phone call. Months later she
met the same Metro executive at
q party. Reproachfully, he said:
miss Martin, you were silly not
90 come to terms with me. Your
agents demand was out of all
reason" why" exclaimed the
girl, that's funny, thought $3.50
was an excellent offer. I'd have
been tickled to death to CO." your
man asked $1,000" explained the
executive. $50 we had to sign an
other 'girl-of your type.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Coincidence!

Mr.. James Kahn, one of the bet
ter sports writer's, feels something
like Mr.. Harris may have felt Wed
nesday night. Eight years ago,
Jim met quentin Reynolds and
outlined the idea for a play.
''Write it," urged Reynolds. "It
sounds great" Mr.. Kahn's idea
was to take ferryboat and a
dreamer-captain and send them
with an assortment Of passengers
drifting off to sea.
= Mr.. Kahn made up his mind to
write that play each year. He
never did. He never even con-
a fided the idea to anyOne-save
Mr.. Reynolds. Mr.. Kahn will
never write that play nOW-be-
cause it has been written-and
very well written by a young
gentleman who never knew Mr..
- Kahn. The play is Excursion"
selling out nightly. 1t is just one
- of those Broadway condolences
and MIR. Kahn, when he thinks
Of it, feels very sad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Mite Club Trend!

Sports have invaded the night
-clubs-with no threat of censor
ship or dread of excommunication
by Commissioner Moss. Thus, the
. New Yorker introduced amateur
boxing bouts on its dance floor
and now offers ice skating. At
.Riley's Arrowhead Inn, frog-jump-
ing contests are staged. The Holly
wood Restaurant presents a spirit
ed basketball game each night, and
Leon & Eddie's has boxing cats.
The Village Barns novel gesture
Is roach race, and the st. Regis
comes through with fencing and
roller skating. The Surfside at
Atlantic Beach will try to top this
by introducing famous aquatic
stars in swimming and high-diving
meets. AS for me-give me a pair
Of skis and let me leap from the
Rainbow Room.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Story of a Play!

It is no closet secret today
that wednesday night brought
to the Cort Theatre one of the
seasons most hilarious plays,
Room Service" Our John And
erSon halls it as funnier than
boy Meets Girl Richard Watts,
IT., is certain that it is five times
as funny as Three Men on a
Horse" The other erudite gentle
men of the press sang out their
hosannas with no attempt a. dig
nified restraint. This. depart
ment agrees Room Service" is
q piece of inzanyity doomed to
give its authors and producers in
come tax troubles for many
months to come.
Among those who surveyed the
frolic was Sam Harris, freshly
laundered cheek and shirt. pic
ture of health-hack from Ari-
iona. During the intermission,
Mr. Harris stood outside. A friend
halted to speak to him for a sec
ond. Great play, Sam, don't
you Think" Mr.. Harris smiled
and replied, gently: Great
very great" Another Broadway
tte hailed him. What a play,
Sam. Good for a million" Mr..
Harris observed amiably: It'll
make a lot of money. A lot"
Mr.. Harris then returned to
inspect the second act. 1 do
not know what took place in
his mind. I do know that a
couple Of seasons ago Room
Service" now thu towns new
est smash hit, was in MIR. Har.
ris' pOssess.Nn-that he tried it
out in Philadelphia-but never
brought it to New York. This,
therefore, become a Broadway
st0ry-an astute producer lets
milliOn-dOIlar property slip
from his hands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Watch Form,
By IDA JEAN KAHN

Donald LOOMS. who directs the
exercise Of the stars for Metro
Goldwyn-M Mayer, demonstrated for
me the specific calesthenics by
which the stars perfect their
measurements. If you will take
your exercises as seriously and as
regularly, you, too, can have a
lovely figure. Here are the spe-
cific exercises to correct every
figure fault:
A double chin? Throw back
your head and draw your chin up.
Do this exercise is times:
Chew like a bunny, with short,
upward movements of the chin,
using the lower jaw and neck
muscles. Keep right on chewing
and turn the head slightly to the
right side, to the front again, and
slightly to the left side. Fifteen
nibbles in all are plenty for a
starter. Now stop chewing, but
keep your head back and rub an
ice cube from the pit of the
throat upward to the tip of the
chin until it melts-the ice, I
mean.
mo one need have more than
one chin, and that one lovely"
says Mr.. LOOMS.
For the buffalo hump" as Mr..
LOOMS calls that aging fat pad
on the back of the neck, try this
exercise:
stand back from the wall
about two and one-half feet,
arms stretched high overhead
and palms turned forward. Fail
against the wall, catching the
weight with the arms and touch
ing the chest to the wall. Keep
your chin up! This exercise is
also excellent for pushing the
shoulders into a lovely straight
line"
The next LOOMS exercise is a
combination which beauties chin,
nape of the neck, bust, arms and
shoulders:
Tilt the chin back in the air,
so that you look up toward the
ceiling and have the arms out
stretched at the sides, shoulder
level. With the arms, make large,
backward circles for IL counts.
I asked Mr.. LOOMS to give the
best exercise for a person with
time for only one. His favorite ex-
ercise taperS the thighs, Sims the
hips, tones the abdominal muscles,
and stimulates the circulation gen.
orally. Here it is:
Position: Lying on back On the
floor, arms folded across the chest
and feet resting on chair or day.
export, two feet off the floor. Keep
the knees stiff.
Movement: Raise the hips right
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Times TobIe
TODAY

8 P.M.-Meeting, the George
town Citizens Association. at st,
Johns Parish Hall, Potomac and
o Streets Northwest.
8 PM.-Meeting (finaD-North
Capitol Citizens Association, at
Mckinley High School. Speaker,
Miss Sybil Baker, director. Depart
ment of Fairgrounds, District of
Columbia.
8:15 P.M.-M eridian Bridge
Club, open game, cash prizes, at
2400 Sixteenth Street Northwest,
directed by Maxwell l.. Johnston.
TOMORROW
1890 P.M.-Luncheor, Civitan
Club, Mayflower Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Optimist
Club, Mayflower Hotel.
7 P.M.-Dinner, Chestnut Farms
Dairy, Mayflower Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

SAASSSNSS
has a habit Of bobbing up in what
later becomes great music" And
so the endless circle goes round
and round, and perhaps the Mos
cow News was not so far from the
truth as compared to the accepted
ideas concerning the classification
of music.
The Union of Soviet Composers
recently held a six-day convention
and, braVely facing the official
government attitude toward the
composer Dmitri Shostakovich,
urged that attention be paid to
the development Of Shostakovich,
especially as the last movement
of his Symphony No. 4" Is said
TO reflect changing style and
experiments in a new direction"
The Girls Glee Club of West
Virginia University will give its
Washington concert tonight at
Central High School, at 8:15
O'Clock. The concert is sponsored
by the Washington West Virginia
State Society and the Washington
Chapter of the West Virginia Uni
VerSity Alumni.
The Glee Club is one of the out
standing musical organizations of
the State, having been organized
10 years ago. The present mem.
berShip is $50 singers under the
direction of Lydia Irene Hinkel,
and accompanied by Virginia
Chrisman McWhorter. Helen Mil
Ter Rose, contralto, and Eleanor O.
White, violinist, will be presented
as soloists.
The program follows: 9TH e
Winds in the South Today"
(Scott), THE Little Shepherds
Song" (Pickering), nina" per
golesi-Saar), "Chanson de Marie
Antoinette" Jacobson.Andrews) !,
THE Chime" Romance and AT
Evening" (Debussy- Fine): "Night
Beloved" (Bracelet-Harris) '"Tally-
Ho" OeonD; Winter Night in
the Valley" and Autumn Sunset
in the Canyon" (Warren); and
Hills" ia FORGE.
Miss Roses group will include:
THE Moon Behind the Cotton
wood" (Cadman), Transforms
ton" Watts. "Habanera." from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
. THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl-
To Edna St. v. MiIIay!

Where are the loves you gave the
world before?
The star-eyed youth that sprang
from your swift pen?
Have you fOrsaken them for
death and war
And politics and lines on
famous men?
Where is the heart that once In
warm sweet tongue
Sang high to heaven Of re-
membered joy,
When all Of life was glad and
all life young
And nothing mattered save the
current boy?
Too much is said of wars and
laws and tears
land the daily press will bear
me QUIT;
Let our illusions rise above our
fears,
And us believe that beauty's
still about.
We purchase information at
newSStands.
Let us have romance from your
able hands!
WILMA CRITTENDEN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

Carmen" (Bizet). Miss White
will play: "Scherzo" eleanor C.
White), "Nocturne in c Sharp Mi
nor" (Tschaikowsky), and Tam
bourin ChinoiS" (KreiSler).
Everett Stevens, Washington
pianist and composer, win give 9
recital tonight at 2021 Massachu-
sets Ave. N. W., at 8:45 O'Clock.
His program will include a con-
certo and several shorter works
Of his own composition.
The program follows: "Organ
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
Bach-Liszt); Moonlight Sonata"
(Beethoven); Three Intermezzi,
Opus 1T" CBrahms): "Scherzo''
from Sonata in B Minor" 1.-TWO
Mazurkas," "Nocturne in B Major
Chopin "Gnomenreigen" QLiSzt) !:
three imaginations, "a shepherd
tells his little lamb a story" ''If
you can't buy new shoes wear
your old ones" 'It's q no-good
end for the chapshooter," and
Concerto for Piano and Orches-
ira" (Stevens).
Madame Marie Zalipsky, former
prima donna of the Imperial Opera
Company Of Petrograd, Russia,
and more recently a leading figure
in Washington music circles, will
present a group Of singers in
scenes from operas - especially
featuring Russian operas-at
Pierce Hall next Wednesday night
at $50 o'clock.
Madame zalipsky will be as
sisted by Eugene ShaSten, famous
Russian authority on stagecraft,
who comes to Washington every
spring to direct her singers in re-
hearsals for their annual perform
ance. The scenes will be given in
costume.
Lila ZalipSky, brilliant young
dancer, who has studied for some
years under Theodore Bekefi in
Washington, and who has recently
Joined Mikhail Mordkin,S ballet
company in New York, will appear
in an operate scene in the pro
gram. She will also appear in the
annual spring recital Of her for
mer instructor June 10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
Boys Club President
Goes on Radio Today

Aims and activities Of the Met
ropolitan Police Boys Club will be
described by James E. Colliflower,
president. in a radio address today
over Station VOL beginning at
5:45 p. m. The broadcast is in
connection with a campaign to
raise $4,000 for the clubs ex-
penses this year. .
A silver cup, to be donated an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

tie Prescription beneficial tonic. Read thiss
Mrs. Barbara Barber Of 1918 Lennon St,
Baltimore, Nd, said: "Some years ago was
miserable / had to force myself to do my
work about the house, suffered from head
aches, and was dreadfully nervous, all duS
to functional disturbances. After i had used
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for q TINA
! was much improved. Ny appetite was bet
ter and gained strength and suffered very
little from backaehe or headache"
New size. tAbA. Soc. Liquid $1.00 Z Sl.3S
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
kin shocked
CHICAGO, May "a (IN.s.

CHICAGO, May "a UN.S).
News Of the death Of John d.
Rockefeller did not come to his
grandson in Chicago until some
six hours after the financier had
died in Florida.
The grandson, j. Rockefeller
Prentice, o lawyer, was shocked
when he learned Of his grand
fathers death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

THOSE women
who suffer every
month - who have
feminine weakness,
sideache, headache
or nervousness, Ire
ritability and dis
comforts associated
with functional dis
turbances, will find
nr Pierce's Eavor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

off the floor, arching as high as
possible. Lowering, touch hips to
floor and arch again. AS the hips
are raised, inhale deeply, exhaling
as the hips are lowered. Start
slowly with the exercise, perform
ing only six times. Later increase
to IL and finally to 80 times.
When you are in good condition,
perform the exercise 80 times, rest
five minutes and repeat 80 times.
This exercise will do more for
your figure, Madame, than any
other!
asked Mr.. LOOMS to name the
M-G-M star with the most beautiful
figure. His selection is a composite
one, and here it is: jeanette Mac
Donald for the lovelieSt throat;
Joan Crawford for general SYM
metry and lovely hipline; Rosalind
Russell for posture; Ele amor
Powell for shapely thighs, and
Jean Harlow for a well-turned
calf and ankle.
Variety and regularity in exer-
else are the keynotes of beauty for
stars and Stenographers alike!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
By CARL L. DENIES

Serge Prokoff has been properly rebuked by the Soviet
press for dividing Soviet music into "grea music and Emusic
for the Masses For other great music
only be distinguished many years after it composed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24
World Of Music
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First Theme From Hungarian Rhapsody No. g., by List
"A suggestion of using prescribing daily
Many teachers music appreciation adUise their pupils clip
paste them 3r5 filing card Dth the composers
and file them in alphabetical orderJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

Ida Jean Kain's leafIet,
"SpOt Exercises for Sym
metry," will help you to &C
quire q measurement-perfect
figure. Write for this leaf.
let, inclosing a stamped, ad-
dressed envelope. Address
your request to Miss Kahn, in
care Of The Washington
Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-24

AOV"l OoIlOI 1os TUT O1'-' % 10 . = TITO
smash cooked carrots. Mix with
whipped white of egg and bake in oven
until set.
Your Daetitian,
IDA JEAN kahn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-25
that the operators evidently heard the
officers approaching and fled.
THANKSGIVING DAY
TOM WALLS LAST.
Mecklenburg Negro Dies In
Gas Chamber Tomorrow
For Burglary
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
"a. fHn Cir Walter HkteA1


Raleigh, Nov. 25.-ThiS is Thanks
giving Day to almost everybody, but
not for Tom Wall
For him it's the eve of the greatest
adventure of them all-death. Tomor-
row the State will choke Tom with
acrid poison gas. Governor Clyde II.
Hoey yesterday cut off his last
chance for life by denying his petit
ton for clemency.
The Mecklenburg Negro will go to
the gas chamber for first degree bu-f
glary. a crime for which many are
prosecuted but few die in North Car
DINA. No exact record is available
but veteran capital observers say
there has been no execution for bur-
glary during the Gardner, Ehringhaus
or Hoey administration.
What Tom did was to enter Meek
lenburg home in the dead of night
and when cornered, slash savagely
with knife at Peter Gilchrist sor
of the owner. Mr.. Gilchrist wa:
scratched across the abdomen ant
stabbed deeply in the leg. Only pure
chance, or whatever it is that rules
such things, saved his life ss the Ne
gro was obviously ready and willing
to kill.
Mr.. Gilchrist, however, doesn't wan
Wall to die for the attack. He wrote
the governor deeply moving lettel
asking executive clemency.
Tom Wall is only %, but the lons
criminal record he has compiled il
that short span of existence is send
ing him to his death tomorrow. HI
has previously been convicted for mu
der, serving four years. Houseereak
ing and storebreaking convictions ais
mark his court records.
Wallis lawyers used every legal 'wea
pom available for his defense, ever
carrying his case to the United States
Supreme Court. Everywhere they lost
Yesterday they lost their last chanc'
Today is Thanksgiving, and Ton
Wallis last day on earth.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-25

county ABC officers Joe Joyner, w. j..
Huff and Person. were called by MAJ.
J. C. Dempsey, of Raleigh, member OF
the Federal Alcoholic Tax unit, and the
group visited the still site, conflscat-
ING steam outfit of $50 gallon cap
acity. and destroying 1856 gallons OF
whisky at the still.
Officer Champion stated that the
still had Just completed it's run, and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-25
VANCE OFFICERS
HELP RAID STILL

Vance County ABC Officers J. c.
Champion and L. A. Jackson assisted
in a still raid yesterday afternoon
about 1 o'clock in Durham county
near the Granville county line.
The men, together with Franklin
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-25

although they were actually below
1926, which hitherto had been his de-
clared objective.
HE followed this by doing every
thing in his power to discourage in
vestment in capital industries of the
United States"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-25
NEUTRALIZE QUICKLY
EXCESS STOMACH ACID

Acid stomach causes heartburn, gas
and indigestion. You can neutralize
this acid quickly by taking spoonful
of Bismarck in glass of water after
every meal. It is delicious tasting.
Buy bottle of so doses for SOC today
at the Rexall Drug Store-Parker's
Drug Store
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-25

Worthiness as purpose in life is
perhaps of more Importance thar
happiness.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-25
Roosevelt Laced By Conser-
vative In British House

tContinned from rage One.)
Evening star., 1937-04-12
SEARS NOMINATED
. FOR TARIFF BOARD
Former Representative
From Florida to Fill
Stevens Post.

President Roosevelt nominated Will
liam J. Sears, former Democratic
Representative from Florida, today to
be member of the Tariff Commits
sion.
He was appointed to fill the I'M
expired term of Raymond B. Stevens
Of New Hampshire, who recently re-
signed. The term will run until June
16 of this year.
Sears, Jacksonville lawyer, served
in the House from 1915 tc 1929 as a
Representative of the fourth Florida
district and from 1888 to 1887 as a
Representative at Large.
He is 50 years old and a native OF
Smithville, Va.
Robert Lincoln O'Brien. chairman
of the Tariff Commission for the last
six years, is planning to retire within
the next few months, it was learned
today.
He said today he had not fixed the
date, but that he now is II and feels
the need Of relinquishing official
duties He will continue to reside in
Washington.
A Republican, Mr. O'Brien was ap-
pointed to the commission by Presi-
dent Hoover in 1881, and reappointed
by President Roosevelt last year.
Chairman O'Brien formerly was
editor of the Boston Transcript and
the Boston Herald.
AS young man he was personal
secretary to Grover Cleveland in the
New Workers. second term in the
White House.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
DEFALCAT|0NLA|D
TO BANKS CRASH
Sisson Says He Took Funds
to Meet Assessments
on Stock,

Robert A. Sisson, a young assistant
cashier of the Hamilton National
Bank, who pleaded guilty Saturday
when arraigned on Federal charges
OF misapplying funds, today blamed
his downfall on the bank crash of
four years ago, as Federal Bureau OF
Investigation agents delved into his
bank records to determine the exact
total of his alleged defalcations
Arrested Saturday at the bank by
G men, who accused him specifically
Of misapplying $3.50 on March 81,
1895, Sisson, 30-year-old father of
three young children, told United
States Commissioner Needham C.
Turnage he has been playing the
stock market, the commissioner said
He was released on $4,000 bail.
II want to get it over with as soon
as possible" Sisson declared today IN
an interview, as carpenters hammered
on an addition to his home in
Bethesda. Md
e. c. Graham, president of the bank
cut short trip to the South on learn
ing Of the arrest. On his return here
yesterday he estimated the total short.
age at from $4,000 to $4,000.
The bank holiday, Sisson told a re.
porter, toppled him from the vice
presidency of the Washington Saving.
Bank, of which he also was cashier
into the ranks of those confronted
Evening star., 1937-04-12
Freedom of Press
Held Unabridged
By Labor Statute

The Supreme Court ruled today in
5-to-4 opinion in the Associated
Press case that being subject to the
national labor relations act does not
abridge constitutional rights of free
press. The decision also held that the
press association is engaged in inter
state commerce.
Five justices concurred in this
opinion upholding validity of the
labor relations law, the decisions be-
ing read by Justice Roberts.
Dissenting, four justices Joined ir
declaring that application of the Law
to the press association does abridge
the freedom of the press.
Interstate Commerce Ruling.
Making their pronouncement that
the news organization is engaged in
interstate commerce within the mean
ing of article /, section 8, of the Con-
stitution, the majority elaborated their
belief as follows:
ut is an instrumentality set up by
constituent members who are en-
gagged in a commercial business for
profit, and as such instrumentality
acts as an exchange or clearing house
Of news as between the respective
members and as supplier to members
Of news gathered through its own
domestic and foreign activities.
These operations involve the con-
slant use of channels Of interstate
and foreign communication. They
amount to co6 mercial intercourse
(See MINORITY, Page A-2.)