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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-01

4. OLD COLDS PUZZLE CONTEST is open to everybody
with the exception Of the employees Of p Lorlsrd Com
psu Inc and its advertising and sales promotion agencies
group Of not less than 90lpuzsles which will become in
creasngy difficult the contest proceeds will be offered or
solution Each puzzle win represent in come definite way
contain clues which will convey the idea OF name Inc
name may be that Of person, book song movie city, state
or nation The earlier puzzles will be more elementary IN
order to assist contestants in faarzng themselves with
the principles for solving this particular kind OF puzzle
3. OLD GOLD will pay First Prize Of 10000 and 800
other cash prizes grand total Of 1000 prizes aggregatng
$780, 00O to the one thousand contestants who by their
submissions achieve the thousand highest scores through
solving puzzles they called upon to solve under these
rules, and who in all other conform to all OF these
Official Rules
A. The puzzles will be issued for solutions In weekly series
Of six and contestants asked to solve and submit so
tions EACH WEEK The LIST Weeks Series OF puzzles bears
the release date Of Monday, Eeb l. 1887 Each Monday
for fourteen additional weeks there Will be another weekly
series solve. Contestants should solve the puzzles and
submit solutions during the week following issuance
date Of each SERIES In submitting the solutions for any cur
rent SERIES contestant IL privileged to submit solutions
for preceding SERIES Thus contestant entering the contest
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-01
PUzzLE-cARTooN NO. 4


Henry Clay Pocahontas.
Wiley Post Walter Raleigh
Diamond Jim Brady James Ofethofpe
Left Ericsson Russell Sage
Thomas Jefferson Robert Fulton
Julius Caesar Thomas Melehan
FL. e,.sa In ss ..sy sovy,kd 1887 On LorHayd
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
C2aude SzvanS0n MAY
See Mavy, Virgln1a Game

Doctors orders are keeping
Mrs. Claude Swanson, wife of
the Secretary of the Navy,
pretty close to her S Street
home these days. For the past
two weeks Mrs. Swanson has
been a victim of "Old Man
Flu"
However, if tomorrow is
warm and sunny, this irrepres-
Sible Cabinet hostess is hoping
to journey down to Annapolis
for the Navy-Virginia football
tussle-a game that she would
be loath to miss.
Annually this football classic
rolls around and annually Mrs.
Swanson is torn between two
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
HAIRLESS Hosts

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Har-
ris entertained at dinner last
evening at their home on Wood
land Drive in honor of their
daughter, Miss Aileen Havlin
Harris. The guests present we're
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett, jr., Mr..
and Mrs. T. Humphreys Horror,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Maxwell Ar
NOR, jr., of Baltimore; Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter M. Edwards, Miss
Margaret Lee Ferguson, Miss
Pomona Vincent, Miss Ella
Jesse, Miss Katherine Weaver,
Miss Mary Kathryne Spinks,
and Mr.. Cecil BeaSley, Mr.. Linus
Geyette, Mr.. Ralph Dement,.
Mr.. Charles H. Ruth, jr., Mr..
John S. McColl, and Mr.. JUDI
son c. Dimling.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
.eenn Girls
Plan Debut

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Grant
Meem will entertain at tea on
November "a from to o'clock
to present their daughters, Miss
Ann Carroll Meem and Miss
Eleanor Eastbourne Meem, to
their friends in Washington.
They are also planning a dance
in the Christmas holidays for
the debutantes.
Although the two girls are not
twins. they look alike, dress
alike, have always shared their
pleasures and activities, so it is
fitting that they should come
out together. Their debut will
be an event of interest to Wash
ington's cave dweller" contin-
gent. Mr.. Meem, president Of
the washington Loan and Trust
Co., comes of a family which
has long been prominent in
Washington. Mrs. Meem, the
former Louise Hill, daughter Of
Mrs Peter Henry Hill, has lived
here all her life and traces de-
scent fror some of the early
colonial settlers of nearby Mary.
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hopper,
on Bon Air, Va, accompanied
by their young daughter, are in
town for few days and are
occupying an apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel.
Doctor and Mrs. Jesus Maria
Ysturiz, of Caracas, Venezuela.
are spending a few days in
Washington and are staying at
the Roosevelt Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Knowles,
Of Glen Ridge, N. j., will be at
Wardman Park Hotel while in
town for a brief stay.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Johnson,
jr., of New Castle. Pa. who ar
rived in Washington on WedneS-
DAY and have been staying at
the Carlton Hotel. left last night
for a few days in ANNAPOLIS.
They will return to Washington
for the weekend.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08

cloves" Having indisputahle
Virginia connections-she was
one of the Lyons girls" bellies
of the Old Dominion-her 10y
atty to the Navy wavers just a
bit at this game.
OF course, Mrs. Swanson, II
she attends, will be sitting on
the Navy side of the field, but
Douglas Hall, her son, will be
cheering in the Virginia stands
with group Of his friends.
Capt. and Mrs. John r. Bear.
dali will accompany Mrs. Swan
son to the game. They will at
tend Admiral and Mrs. David
F. Sellers party-given every
year-before the game.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Bethothal Known

Acknowledgment Is made Of the
engagement of Mrs. Miriam
Hawkins Dole, daughter of Mrs.
william E. Hawkins, of viii.
mington, Del, and Lieut.. Comdr.
Eliot Hinman Bryant, U. S. N.
Lieutenant Bryant is with the
Bureau of Engineering of the
Navy Department here.
The wedding will take place
this fall.
The Secretary of the Yugoslav
legation in Washington, and
Nine. Perazic are stopping at
the Ritz Carlton Hotel
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Fete.
Engaged Pair

Mr.. and Mrs. Preston w.
Grant entertained at a dinner
party at the Shoreham's Blue
Room last evening for Mrs.
Grants sister, Miss Frances B.
Ridgeway, and her fiance, Mr..
John Warden, of GLASGOW, Scot
land, whose marriage will take
place tomorrow at st. Marga-
ret's Church.
The dinner followed a re-
hearsal, and the guests were the
principals and members Of the
wedding party.
Ambassador Here
The Ambassador-at-Large. Nor.
man H. Davis. arrived in Wash
irgton yesterday from New York
City for another brief visit. He
is staying at the Carlton.
Mrs. Thomas D. Johnson, Of
Tulsa, Okla, is spending a brief
time at the Dodge.
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Return Today
To Executive
Mansion
BIZ Flora Macdonald
Anent the Roose-
Ill -1.I


The President is back at
his desk in the Executive Of
flee this morning attacking
an accumulation of work,
which has piled up during
his rather lengthy absence
from the Capital. Returning
with him to Washington
from his Hyde Park home
were his son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Roosevelt, who will be get
ting settled again for the
Winter months in their
Georgetown residence.
Following his trip to the
West Coast, on which he was
accompanied by Mrs. Roose-
welt, the President spent
several days at Hyde Park.
She, in order to keep several
engagements in New York,
flew back from the Coast and
has been on the jump ever
since her arrival.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Honeynnooners Here

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Clayton
Snavely, of Lebanon. Pa, who
were married yesterday in Balti-
more, are at the Shoreham for
a brief stay. They are on their
way to Mexico City to spend the
remainder of their honeymoon.
Mrs. Snavely is the former Miss
Katherine Millard Tyson, Of
Lebanon. The wedding took
place IN the First Presbyterian
Church.
Gen. and Mrs. Charles Bur-
nett have moved to Wardman
Park Hotel, where they have
taken an apartment and will
make their home during the
coming months. They have WIS.,
iting them for a few days Mrs.
W. j. Hanlon, of New York City.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Dav1las Plan
Mexico Trip

The Attache of the Mexican
Embassy, Senior Don Juan B.
Davila, accompanied by Sonora
de Davila, will leave for Mexico
by motor tomorrow.
They will spend a months
vacation at their home in So
nora, Mexico.
Senorita Lupe Davila, niece of
the Ambassador, and Sonora de
Castillo Najera will accompany
the attache and his wife on
their trip.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Due Tomorrow

NAl D ANOOSCNS1U pans "
come to the White House
early tomorrow morning, in
time to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Harry Hopkins,
whose untimely passing is
great sorrow to her host of
friends. On Monday Mrs.
Roosevelt will hold her first
press conference of the fall
season.
Still another Mrs. Roose-
welt is expected back in
Washington the end of this
week or the first of next.
She is Mrs. Henry Latrobe
Roosevelt, widow of the
former Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, whose newly
m arri I'd daughter, Mrs.
Reverdy Wadsworth, the
former Eleanor Roosevelt, is
becoming acclimated to Chi
cago, her new home.
Since the wedding. which
took place early last month at
SkaneateleS, N. Y, Mrs. Henry
Roosevelt has remained at her
summer home. but with the
coming of autumn she has
ordered her Georgetown resi-
dence reopened and will be here
for the next several months.
TO OCCUPY NEW HOME
And then there are the Thee.
dore Roosevelts and though
their plans do not involve
Washington at the moment, it
is of interest to learn that they
are soon to occupy their
pretentious new home. which is
being erected at Cove Neck,
Oyster Bay. Long Island.
Colonel Roosevelt, who has
served as Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy, Governor General of
the Philippines and Governor
of Puerto Rico, has just been
nominated by the Quentin
Roosevelt Post Of the American
Legion of Oyster Bay as COM
mander Of that post.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who recently
returned from the Orient,
where she had been travelling
with her son, Quentin, a Har.
ward freshman, spoke yesterday
before an audience of about 400
women at the first fall meeting
of the Greenwich Woman's
Club in Greenwich, Conn. on
her Chinese Holiday Under
Fire" relating some of her ex-
periences in Shanghai during
August.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08


whimsical story of the very wise
old man and the peach which
he always carries in his hand
and then showing us this same
old wise man done in porcelain
and telling the belief Of the
Chinese that If any mortal
stroke his very wide, intelligent
forehead good luck will follow
them Always. And just when we
said goodnight to Jur hostess
and a perfect evening, we
touched the wise mans head,
very, very gently and so-we
will see.
YOUNG JIM oDoNNELL.
i son of the well-known
banker. James O'Donnell, Of
Baltimore and Washington, will
be married, as everyone al
ready knows, to pretty Anne
Steffey, in the Cathedral, in
Baltimore today. But-what
some people don't know, was
the very definite departure Of
Jim's ushers from the usual
bachelor dinner for the groom
to-be. It seems that Jim had
been complaining that his bride
to-be WIS being deluged with
showers and consequently pres
ents and he felt more or less
left out. So, believe it or not.
his ushers gave him a lingerie
shower" instead Of the expected
dinner, and at the moment
young Jim has every piece, de-
scription and material Of I'M
derwear that mortal man has
ever known!
TOMMIS SIONER MELVIN
~ HAzEN has the incest sense
of humor which spills over onto
and into all occasions, and re-
Gently during a very serious dis
cussion about the forthcoming
Inter-American H orSe Show,
when executive authority was
being given to various members
of the committee, the Commits.
sioner stopped, and, looking to-
ward the well-known Tom Nor
gan, remarked that nothing
could be given to Tom, "for he
thinks he owns this horse show,
anyway" Before anyone could
say word, he continued with a
chuckle, land I wouldn't be sur
prised if he does, after all, he is
the treasurer and has got all the
money"
mol. CURT SCHIFFELER, in
~ his spare moments which
surely must be very few, ad.
mires, buys and collects paint
ingS. While Colonel Schiffeler
considers his collection good, he
has never been in a other Of
excitement over any one of them,
except to appreciate their ex'
cellence Of color, theme or work
manship.
However, not so long ago, the
Corcoran Art Gallery got ex-
cited over his picture titled
1.-THE Awakening" and done by
a wellknown Polish painter.
Promptly they went to Colonel
Schiffeler's apartment in the
Raleigh Hotel, asked to see this
painting and asked the loan Of
it. to hang in the Gallery, and
receiving permission to do first
one and then the other, did
both! The picture is now in
the Corcoran Gallery.
$50
Leave Today
Mr.. and Mrs. Coke B. Carlton,
jr., whose marriage took place
yesterday at Christ Lutheran
Church are at the Shoreham
and will leave today for a wed.
ding trip to Asheville, N. c.
They will make their home at
1865 Kennedy st. N. w., on their
return Mrs. Carlton is the for.
mer Miss Vura Field, Of Silver
Spring, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. P. Tillett, Of
Charlotte, N. c., are at the
Dodge.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Miss Lock
Is Bride

The wedding ceremony Of
Miss Elizabeth Lock. of this city,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lock. of Mason City, Iowa, and
Mr.. George w. Mehrtens, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George R. Mehr-
tens, of Brooklyn, New York,
took place at the Foundry Metho-
dist Episcopal Church on Six
tenth Street this afternoon.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Frederick Brown
Harris. the pastor, in the pres
ence of relatives and friends of
the couple. The bride had as
her attendant Miss Elizabeth
Schmidt, also from Mason City.
The best man was Mr.. Walter
D. Landry.
The bridegroom's parents and
his aunt, Mrs. Payne Dean,
came from New York to attend
the ceremony. Mr.. Milton F.
Lunch served as usher.
The bride wore a tailored
dress of maroon, trimmed in
white lace. Her corsage was Of
orchids. Music was played by
the church organiSt.
Miss Lock attended Park Col
lege, Parkville. Missouri. before
coming to Washington. Mr..
Mehrtens is a Washington news
paper correspondent, for the
past three years associated with
the Columbia Press Service. Pre-
viously he was a New York news
paperman. He is a graduate Of
the Peekskill Military Academy.
The couple will make their
home at the SedgWick Apart
ments.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Marry Tomorrow

The marriage Of Miss Oma
Battaille Scott, niece of Miss
Mary Jane Wintree to Mr.. Regi-
Maid Carroll Power will take
place tomorrow at the All Souls
Memorial Church In Washing
ton at 3 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
PETER CARTER
Roosevelt Clan Begins to Gather in Washington
Says

N inner at nine-with Dorothy Lee Ward
~ as hostess for Senator and Mrs. Claude
Pepper of Florida overnight guests with her house. which
is rare combination of rich comfort casual elegance and
treasured pieces gathered in faraway China, In festive
mood blooming with flowers lighted with the soft shade Of
myriad lamps and the wide front door, with true Southern
hospitality slightly aar that arriving dinner guests had
only give gentle push to find themselves inside, leave
their wraps with attentive maid and then up to the
step the Threshold close their eyes, open them
and believe they were in bit Of the coorfu Orient
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Mrs. Wells Returns

Mrs. j. Bevan Wells has re-
turned to her apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel after a
summer spent in Europe. Mrs.
Wells was in Warsaw. Poland,
for two months, where she was
the guest of the United States
Consul General to Poland and
Mrs. Thomas H. Bevan.
Mrs. Bevan accompanied Mrs.
Wells home and will be her
guest at Wardman Park for
several days.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Minister Arrives

The Yugoslav Minister ar
rived in Washington last eve
ming after spending the sum.
mer in YugoSlavia. Nine. Fo-
itch and small daughter, Pola.
who remained in Paris, will join
the Minister here the latter part
of this month.
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Mrs. j. Truman Bidwell and
her mother, Mrs. Charles Kane,
Of New York City, are at the
Carlton Hotel. Mr.. Bidwell will
join Mrs. Bidwell here shortly
before returning to their home.
The Washington times., 1937-10-08
Envoy To Be Guest

The Ambassador of Mexico
and Sonora de Castillo Najera,
will be guests at the banquet to
be given October IL by the Span
ish Committee in Defense Of
Democracy. The Ambassador
also will address the guests.
The Counselor Of the Mexican
Embassy and Sonora de Quin-
tanilla also will be guests of
honor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

TIME WAS when detective characterized by
with flat feet and conspicuous taste in dress Times have
changed Todays detective, especially in the Federal Blu
Of Investigation is likely to be studousooking chap
in laboratory white For science married to the art
Of seuhng and knowledge of precise nature is proving
powerful weapon in bringing criminals to book.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

ers Of this delicious morsel Of
oral seduction, that we are plumb
fresh out Of adjectives when it
comes to Evelyn.
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Matt windsor, We old accord
ioniSt and general all-around dis
penser of things musical at the
Volga Boatman, wants it known
he has fully recovered from his
excursion into New Deal terri.
tory a week ago, when he threw
his entire musical battery at a
bunch of important perSonages
gathered III the white House.
AL Sakol communicates with
this writer in an effort to locate
the lid which we reported last
week he lifted each night with
his swing tunes at La Paree.
We gave the operation as the
reason why La Paree has no
cover charge.
AL reports the lid missing and
bIlC La RAJ &C 1OPOA 10 QUILL Az
cover, leaving everyone just
about where they were before it
came out.
We have to record for our
readers, too, the protest of Oscar
at the HiHat Cocktail Lounge,
who denies it is he who appears
with a cooling Side Car when
we bang down all our typewriter
keys at the conclusion Of our
daily stint.
oscar, who greets people at
the Ambassadors oasis. says it
must be someone named George
or Herman. M
Lots Of people, too, are flocking
to the Cafe of All Nations in an
effort to congratulate Jack Camp
bell, pianist, on the completion of
his Tooth week at that spot, most
of them unable to reach the lad
because of those who came earlier
Pete Macias, who waves his
magic wand at an interesting
group of musicians on top Of the
Powhatan Hotel, wants it known
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
G. u. GRADUATE
FETES BEGIN

Georgetown University received
a radio message yesterday from a
tiny coral island in mid-Pacific,
$500 miles away, containing con-
gratulations on its commencement
exercises, which start today.
The sender was DR.. Paul A. Nc
Nally, S. j., director of the George
town Astronomical Observatory,
who. for the second successive
year finds himself far from his
alma mater. He is a member OF
the United States Navy-National
Geographic Society Eclipse Expe-
dition at Canton Island, one Of the
Phoenix group.
When last years commencement
exercises were held, DR.. McNally
was in Siberia on a similar mission.
From a hospital bed, the Very
Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. j.,
president of the university, sent
the explorer a reassuring message.
A requiem mass for deceased
alumnuS was celebrated at 8
o'clock this morning.
The graduating class Of AIT
members, as well as visiting
alumni, will be guests at the presi-
dents annual reception, to be fol
lowed by the alumni dinner to
night. The college quadrangle
will be the scene of senior exer'
cises and awarding Of academic
honors at BIS p. m. John Don
nelly, class president, will deliver
the Cohonguroton grafton.
DR.. Robert I. Cannon, s. j.,
president of Fordham University,
will deliver the commencement
address tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

his hang-out has been 0ulSing
lately with fellows and satiny COM
panions who arrive gasping
from sidewalk temperatures Ind
promptly sprout frosty boards as
they sit under the spell Of his
music and the sky. y,
And the Raleigh's Pail Mall
Room prospers and the Wardman's
Metronome Room blooms and the
heat undulates in its intensity and
the patrons smoker at it from be-
hind tinkling glasses, which is
what we wish we were doing but
know we won't be for some little
bit yet.
From the roof Of the Cafe
Riviera, near the Airport Pool,
patrons cape foolishly at upgoing
and down coming airplanes, as
though in unbelief that people
could be leaving the vicinity OF
such an interesting place. T.,
Miss Joan English, who Is en-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
We Never Stopped Vaudeville

We never started it either. Our shows
have been called so many things we'll Just
let it go at that. But you're bound to
have night of fun down here and you'n
rave about our drinks and hot-cha. No
cover or minimum. Drinks served on Sum
day. Open every Sunday until 2 A. N.
OASIS CABARET
Baltimore St. at Frederick, Baltimore, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

Jonay, roses and violetS In a
poetic offering we made up all
ourselves especially to fit the
occasion. Roses are red and VIC
lets are blue, ETC., ETC., is the way
it went, if we recall.
The poem made an instantane-
Gus hit-doubtless because of its
orig1nality-and so did Roberta,
as we knew she would. Roberta
was in no small measure respon-
sible for the auspiciousneSs with
which the Shoreham Terrace in
augurated what we hope will be
an suspicious season.
This seems to be a day replete
with announcements. Comes the
next one from Casa Grande,
out on the Washington-Ba Baltimore
Boulevard, to the effect that Bus
ter Hewitt, master Of ceremonies,
plenipotentiary and extraordinary,
has returned to this popular spot
for the expressed purpose Of mas
tering the ceremonies.
This job at Casa Grande con-
sists in the main of keeping in
control a troupe of female imper,
senators who fairly run away with
themselves at times.
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Now pretty thOrO ghly
wedged into the cOnvivial side
of the Districts night life, the
Uptown Restaurant enters on
its second month Of operation
minus the stigma of q single
complaint as to the quality Of
its many offerings.
* *%
Continuing in our announcing
vein, we want to cali attention
to the appointment Of Stanley s,
Gardner as manager of the Hamil.
ton Hotel, which assignment, it
is supposed includes the general
supervision of the Rain b o "
Rooms extra tall and extra. de,
licious Tom Collins pleasant
sort Of task. if we may be per.
mitted to say so.
X 4
There isn't much we can say
about Evelyn Knight that hasn't
already been said either in this
column or in others appearing
elsewhere and dedicated to the
appraising Of singularly beautiful
voices.
It is therefore with something
of regret that we advise patrons
Of the Lotus Restaurant, employ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
Coso Gronde
Calls Back
Hewitt
By FRANCOIS

George Stein, popular music.
master at River Bend. begs leave
of this department to remind
patrons of after dark spots in Viz.
GINA that the Old Dominion State
has recently lifted its ban on the
Sunday sale of beer. The announce
ment, ironically enough, comedies
with the presence here In Wash
ington Of large numbers Of W. c.
T. U. delegates gathered in inter
national conclave; which presence,
George opines, may or may not
have had anything to do with
the Virginia decision.
Another club benefited ma
terially by the Sunday beer deci.
sion is Boulevard Farms, whose
powerS-that-be announce increased
patronage due, they believe, in no
small degree to the lifting Of the
Sunday prohibition.
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Announcement Is made here
of the opening Of another roof
garden at 3134 Fourteenth St.
N. w. This latest sky rendezvous
blossoms under the name Of the
Arcade Roof Garden and with
the exception Of Mondays will
feature dancing to the tunes Of
Paul Schwartz Orchestra. Ger
man food in all it's TeutOnic
taStiness Is ballyhOO-ed and will
no doubt lure those who may
have searched in vain for some
thing along this line.
i =
We spoke in our last column
Of the sweet qualities Of Roberta