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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
FIGHT RESULTS

At Chicago, Aug. 24.-tPU)-sam. my Angott, i32 Ia, Louisville, Ky. deeisioned Jimmy Christy, i52, Chi- cago, d0; Carl Vineiauerra, ie7 omaha, kayoed Fred Douglas, ie2 Springfield, Massfih dD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
PROBABLE PITCHERS
(By United Press) NATIONAL

 Chicago Gee i2e)s at New York (Hubbeil i7-O.
 Pittsburgh Bowman S-el at Bos- ton (Turner i3-)e, Cincinnati tHaiiahari 3-0) at Philadelphia (Passeau i0-i3). St. Louis tWarneke i4-D and Ryba e-3)eat Brooklyn (Cantweil 0-1 and Hcyt 4-O-two games.
 AMERICAN New York (Hadley 7-D) at Chi- cago (Whitehead T-6). Philadelphia Caster o-lD and Kelley 10-iD at Detroit. Bridges lies and Wade 6-g)-two games.
 Boston (McESain s-s) at Cleveland (Hudiin ii.7).
 Washington fAppaston 0-1o) ct St. Louis (Koupal 3@6).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

England has contributed Oscar Bradley, Lyn Murray and Alec Templeton to the radio Armament. France came through with, Lily PonS, Andre Baruch and E. Robert Sehmitx. Russia was the birth. place of Boake Carter, Igor Gorin, Al Jols0n, Andre K0stelanets, Jacques Renard, Rubinoff and Mark Warnow. ,. Emery
 Deutseh isn't fo0llng when he plays soft gypsy music. Emery halls from Budapest, Hungary. Joe Penner may use American gags but he also can remember celebrating early birthdays In Budapest. Ray Block, CBs plan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
 Games Yesterday (No games seeheduied).

Games To-day Philadelphia at Detroit (2), WashIngton ct st. Louis. New York at Chicago. UoHton at Cleveland,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

4 State Theatre Of Opera and Ballet viii Dc established in Sim. faFopoi, ifi the Crimes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
20O-.WDRC.. 33O

sVVssWDhCssHartfOrd-sl33V 33V ri,CSS-pob Byron, 4l5-Noveiteers. 4SO-sing and swing--carietoH
 Keisey's Orch. hi00-Ray HeatheFtoH. 5d5-Nai'i Amateur Golf TouFna.
 ment Summaries, b;3O--T0 be announced. 6;4Q-"Pauls Leg" blb-News Service. e;Og-Dinner Dance Music, ele-Yodling Jim ingaiis. O;S5-Daily sports Column with
 Paul Douglas. 6;45-George Halls Orch. 7;0O-Poetic Melodies with Jack
 Fulton. 7lS-song Tlme-Rutb carhart
 and Bill Perry. 7:30--Famous Actors Guild Pre-
 sents-Heien Neuken. S;OO-Blue Velvet Music with Mari
 Warpow's orch, M s:s0-chicage Civic Opera Band-
 from Grant Park. 9:00-Watch the Fun Go By-Ai
 PedFce and his Gang. e:sO-Benny. Goodman's Swing iO;OO-issadin. and writin'-with Ion5--iighIieSts in Conn. sports
 GiI MartIEo. 10:30-Husgell DoFr-Barit0ne. f0:4B--Four Stars. ii s00--EpOrta; News. 11:lB-Flunny Befigan's Orch. itss0--Nnt1 Amateur. Golf T0nrns
 ment gummarieg-Tsd |i3i90- Bsff niocks orea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

ist and arranger, was born in Ale Lorraine and can tell many fascinating stories about the Fran. COG German conflict over that ter- ritory. Jessioa Dragonette first saw tho light of day in Calcutta, India,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

New York, August l6th--Which Is the most successful program for the sponsor--the straight musical show, the variety program, or the drama. tio seriess Argument against the first named is that people read, talk or play bridge during the music ard won't listen to it attentively enough. On the other hand, Wayne King has helped make his sponsor one of the most successful manufacturers of cosmetics In the world, by playing music that never intrudes on any. thing else you might want to do at the same time. Few people concern trate solely on the radio when the set Is tuned on, That's why comics and dramas have Go be consistently top-notch to hold the public interest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

Canada must not be forgottef either. From across our northern border hall enough players for an all star broadcast. What sponsor would. n't like to have Deanna Durhin, Beatrice Lille, Qogo De Lys, Guy Lombardo, Arlene Harris and Carl- yle Stevens on his pregnant And 90 1t goes the foreign born claiming the United States as home and making good (often with new language) in Q new entertainment medium,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Standing
aanea To-day

Games Today pIttsburg at Boston, Cincinnati at ph!Iadsiphia, Chicago ct New York. SC, Louis at bFo0kiyn (sl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Gamen Yesterday New York -PhiiadeiphiH (rain). BoHto Brooklyn (rainl. (Only games scheduled).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

the sea to gain fame in the United states,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

Caspar ReardOn, harplst In Rob- ert Emmet DOlan's orchestra on the Sunday Night Party, has left for the coast Co pursue . solo oar- eer In the movie capital Ills place has been filled by Laura Newell. Dolan has the only band on the air with two harps, The other haFplst Is verlye Mllls. They are the only gals In the band. Wlll somebody tell us why women make the best haFpists?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

Jane Pickens' mother has been quite m but now Is recovering nicely and talking about writing . book concerning her experiences raising the gals known as the Plckens sisters.
 Did you hear Mark Warnow's ar- rangement of the Merry Co., Round Broke Down" on last Saturdays hit parade2 The song had been plugged unremittingly until we were ready to cry "Unelev, but Warnow put . new zip and polish on 1t that made 1t sound entirely different.
 Victor Bay, who not only con. duets the music for the CBS Shakespearlan series but also eomposes and arrahges it, studied musical composition under the same teacher In New York that George Gershwin dld. His name Is Joseph Sehilllnger, famous Rus. sian musleologist, Another one of his pupils, paradoxieally enough, was Benny Goodman.
 American radio programs may be the best In the world but many ot the leading stars came from across
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

Bernie CumminS' schedule from the Hotel Biltmore will make his band audible over NBS Sundays at 9 P. M., and Fridays at i2 midnight, EDST. He will get q third spot later on. Bernie has replaced Horace Heidt at the Hiltmore and Is doing Q bang-up job.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25

leaders of the mine workers Wis
tied the surrounding mining coun-
ties last night offering gasoline
to miners who would join in the
demonstration.
Thousands of men gathered near
the vast Cambria works, shouting
encouragement to the pickets and
defiance of Bethlehem Steel.
Wish To Show Strength
A threatened march on Johns
town by 10000 miners last Sun
day caused Gov. George H. Earle
to proclaim martial law. Later,
charges were heard that any dem
onStration of that size was a
"hoaX." It was believed the min
erS were anxious to diSprove that
charge and show their strength
today.
Pending an agreement as to the
type of protection to be granted
workers returning to their Jobs,
company officials held plans for
resumption of operations in abey-
ance.
It was estimated that at least
10 days would be required to re-
sumo full operation since furnaces
were banked when Governor Earle
proclaimed military rule and Or
dered loyal Bethlehem workers
to evacuate the mills.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
PAY
HEARST HONOR

Honorary membership in the
International Rho Pi Phi Phar-
maceutical Fraternity has been
unanimously conferred upon
William Randolph Hearst for dis
tinguished service on behalf of
the nations 100000 druggists" it
was announced today by Maurice
Goldsmith, chairman of the 1887
service awards committee.
Mr.. Hearst, according to the an
nouncement. will be honored for
"instituting Your Good Health
radio programs, a weekly broad
cast sponsored by the American
Druggist, of which Mr.. Hearst is
president and publisher, and for
his active work in enlightening the
American public as to many and
varied health services rendered by
druggists"
The award, which was made
after a special meeting of the
executive committee of the fra
ternity, which comprises a men,
bership of more than 5000 drug
gists and pharmacy students
throughout the United States and
Canada, will be made at the in
ternational convention Of the fra
ternity to be held in Boston, July
%, 90 and 80,
The Washington times., 1937-06-25

utter word as he was led from
the court.
After being lodged in a cell he
remarked to jailer:
"That Is certainly a nice gift"
Powell was arrested May "a,
accused of burglarizing approx
mately 40 homes in the Arlington
county area, from which loot
totaling nearly $4,000 was stolen.
He was indicted Monday on 81
counts Of burglary and entered a
plea Of not guilty. He came into
court today, however. and
changed his plea to guilty.
His arrest was made by Wash
ington and Arlington county po-
lice in the 1900 block of Thirty
sixth st. N. W., when he jumped
from a second-floor window of
his rooming.house home in an ef-
fort to escape the officers.
Approximately $1,000 in loot
has been recovered, most Of it in
Maryland and Virginia pawn
shops and District secondhand
stores.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
GETS
18-M0NTH
TERM
Hamilton EmpIoye Is
Sentenced by Gordon
For EnbezZIenent

Robert A. SiSSon, former aSSiS-
tant cashier of the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank, who pleaded guilty a
week ago on two counts of embez-
Element and making false entries
on the banks books, was sentenced
today by Justice Peyton Gordon,
in United States District Court, to
serve from 18 months to three
years in prison.
The former cashiers peculations
exceeded $1,000 and his indict-
ment covered six counts of embez-
element and three of making false
entries to conceal the embezzle-
mentS.
In the latter counts, he was
charged with entering false notes
through the bank, on the banks
books. to cover illegal Withdrawals.
He pleaded guilty to one
embezzlement count and one
false entry count and was given
sentences of 18 months to three
years on each count. Justice
Gordon, however, permitted the
sentences to run concurrently.
SiSSon told Department of
Justice agents who arrested him
that he had used some of the
money in speculation and
applied the rest towards pur-
chase of his home in Bethesda,
where he lived with his wife and
three small children.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
Burglar Speechless
At l35-Year Term

D. A. Powell, 20 years old, Ar
lington county's most notorious
burglar, will have to live twice the
allotted Biblical time if he expects
to outlive the sentence meted out
to him today in Arlington county
circuit court.
He was sentenced to a minimum
of 1876 years in the Richmond
Penitentiary on 27 burglary
counts. 1t was the longest sentence
ever handed out for burglary In
Virginia. court attaches believe,
and is one of the longest on record
in the United States.
The sentence was a minimum
Of five years on each of the 81
charges.
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy told
the mans attorney:
This man is mentally def
cient. He should be locked up
to protect other people"
So durnfounded was the prisoner
at the sentencs that he did not
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
CLIO. Is FOrn1inQ
white Collar
Union Here

Another C. I. o. union is being
formed by bookkeepers, stenog-
raphers, typistS, clerical help Of
all kinds employed in the District
of Columbia.
Steps for its formation were
taken last night at a meeting held
in the offices of the Interprofes-
sional Association. 808 Seven
teenth st. N. w.
Members will be sought among
employees of the Washington Offices
of the Committee for Industrial
Organization, the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor and their aftiIi-
ateS.
More than so attended the or.
ganization meeting last night,
most of them members of the
present BookkeeperS, Stenograph-
ers, Typists and Assistants Union,
an affiliate Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The meeting voted to apply for 4
charter to the United Office and
Professional Workers of America.
Plans for a campaign here will
be laid by provisional committee
which will meet next Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
CHAIN STORE
TAX FIGHT
RENEWED
Civic Leaders Brand
Proposed ImPost
Discriminatory

Civic leaders today renewed
their attack on the chain store
tax as passed by the House, brand
ing it unfair and discriminatory
Alfred D. Calvert, president o1
the Lincoln Park Citizens ASso
citation, declared:
"The proposed chain store tax
is one of the most infamous
ever attempted on the citizens
of Washington.
81 have made a careful study
of the chain stores, and do not
believe they are harmful to the
small merchants, but play All
important part in the business
life of the city.
'1f additional revenue is
needed. it seems to me a sales
tax would be far better than
this discriminatory chain store
tax"
Miss Eta L. Taggart, president
of The Washingtonians, said:
81 am opposed to every prin-
ciple of placing an increased
tax on those least able to pay,
and that is what the chain
store tax would undoubtedly do.
"FOr such a tax would raise
the cost of food, increasing the
cost of living and passing the
tax on to the consumer"
William A. Maio, president OF
the Southeast Washington Citi
zens Association, also voiced OBJ
lection to the measure, saying
81 am opposed to the chain
store tax as being discriminatory
to other business. Such a tax
would hit the small wage Garner.
believe some other means
of raising revenue should be
found"
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
SIMPLE RITE
FOR I STARS

HOLLYWOOD, June 25
GN.SD.-The wedding tomorrow
of Mary Pickford and Charles
Buddy" Rogers will be one of
the simplest known to the screen
capital.
Not one celebrity-except, of
course, the principals will be
present.
That was the announcement
today as all was in readiness for
the nuptials of the famous
actress and the orchestra
leader.
The ceremony will be per
formed in the home here of Mrs.
Lewis D. Leighton and only
members of the brides and
groom'S families will attend.
Later a reception will be held
at Miss Pickford's home and the
couple will leave for a Honolulu
honeymoon.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
HANF0RDS
W0ULD-BE
VICTIMS
G-Men Capture Gott,
Who Asked ST. 900
In Death Threat

Pleading guilty to charge
Of attempting to extort $1,000
from Mrs. Henry G. Hanford,
widow of a prominent Washing.
ton business man, under threats
of killing her and her son, S.
j. Hanford, Earle William Gott,
%, was held under $4,000 for
action of the Grand Jury fol-
lowing a hearing before United
States Commissioner Needham
c. Turnage today.
Gott was at the point of col.
lapse, following the hearing,
which was held behind closed
doors, and will be transferred
to the jail hospital, deputy United
States marshalS said.
Mrs. Hanford, widow of the
assistant to the business man.
ager and assistant auditor of the
Evening Star, who died last
January, received the extortion
letter through the mail last
Monday at her home, 3706 Mill.
tary Rd. N. w.
COnfeSSeS to Note
The letter indicated that there
were three men in the extortion
gang, but Gott, arrested by De-
partment of Justice agents, con-
feSSed that he wrote the note and
that he alone was involved.
Mrs. Hanford was instructed to
get $1,000 in unmarked bills, place
them in a package and give the
package to the doorman at q
downtown hotel on Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock, instructing
him he was to turn the package
over to an individual who would
call for it.
She was also instructed that II
she agreed to this she was to place
an advertisement in a Tuesday
morning newspaper and threat
ened with death if she failed to
comply with the terms of the de-
mand.
G-Men Spring Trap
Mrs. Hanford notified the De.
partment of Justice of the letter,
and the agents arranged "a trap
for the extortioner, instructing
Continued on Page 2, Col. II
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
JOhnStOWn Invaded
BY Coal Miners
STEEL MAKES MEM

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, June IS Il
N.SO.-Thousands of soft coal
miners poured into Johnstown to,
day to stage a sympathy demon,
Stration for striking steel workers
as indications were that with the
lifting of martial law the vast
Bethlehem steel plants here will
reopen Monday.
1t was estimated more than
1000 automobiles streamed along
the highways into Johnstown.
swelling the population of the
steel city with thousands of men
who congregated at the Bethle,
hem mill gates.
Soft coal operators in adjoin.
ing counties charged the suspen,
sion of work caused by the mass
exodus of the miners was a VIC.
lation of their contract with the
United Mine Workers of America.
In addition to losing a days pay,
the men should be fined, they as
serted.
Police Hard Pressed
The sympathy demonstration
began peacefully, although the
200 State police left here and
municipal police were hard-pressed
at times to preserve order.
James Mark, president of Dis
trict No. 2 of the United Mine
Workers who has taken charge of
the C. I. o. strike, denied he had
ordered the miners to converge
on Johnstown. It was learned
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
Capital Faces Heat
Wave While Other
u. ). Cities SweIteI

The first of the seasons heat
waves was scheduled to move in
tomorrow from the Middle West,
where temperatures as high as
lis degrees took a toll of 80 lives
yesterday.
The Weather Bureau forecast
partly cloudy conditions tonight
with fair and warmer tomorrow.
The crest of the torrid wave from
the Plains States was expected to
reach here about noon. Possible
relief was forecast from thunder
showers tomorrow night.
Nine persons perished in Chi
cago from the abnormal heat,
which topped the 100 mark for the
first time this year. The ther-
mometer registered 81 in Chicago,
but its suburbs reported marks
of 102 and lis.
The mercury climbed to 109 at
Wishek, N. D., and Mitchell, s. D.
Cities in Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma,
Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and
Minnesota also sought relief from
the killing heat.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
Pigs Is Pigs and FIeas
Are Animals, 0pines
Postmaster FarIeV

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me-,
June Is G.N.SO.-Fleas are "ani-
mails" and it is okay to send 'em
by mail. The authority is Post
master General James A. Farley.
Settling a transcontinental dis
pute, Farley informed Mayor Alvin
A. Lucier, of Nashua, N. H., that
John T. Benson, animal farm op-
orator, would have no more trou-
BILE obtaining fleas by mail. Ben
son had complained the San Fran
cisco postmaster refused to send
the fleas by air mail on the ground
they were insects.
With the flea problem straight
ened out, Farley motored here
and told 800 delegates attending
tn New England postmaSters' con-
vention that by 1910 the anti
Supreme Court reform Democrats
woHld be back in the fold.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

By JAMES L. KILGALLEN
WARREN, Ohio, June Is (IN.S0.
Two bomb explosions, one of which
imperilled the lives of eight Ma
tional Guardsmen, shook the en-
virons of the strike-sieged plant of
Republic Steel Corporation early
today, increasing the tension which
has gripped the "steel town" of
$4,000 population.
A man giving his name as John
Borowitz, %, was arrested in con-
nection with the first explosion,
which was of mysterious origin
ana occurred shortly before mid
night near the west open hearth
CT the steel plant,
The second blast occurred at /
a m, when a man in an automo-
bile hurled a bomb at a patrol car
containing eight militiamen at the
South Main Street bridge, which
ICoNo OOWdAN GAIC 4OCRANAAS k4oS4AV'
Rocks Countryside
Nearly everyone in town heard
the second explosion which rocked
the countryside for miles around.
Police headquarters and the
sheriff'S office were beseiged by
telephone calls from people awak-
ened from their sleep.
The International News Service
correspondent, accompanied by A.
A. Blaschak. a resident of Warren,
were riding in a car within the
police lines near the open hearth
section of the plant when the first
explosion occurred.
Our car quivered as the blast
reverberated across the country.
side. Steel-helmeted guardsmen
carrying rifles and tear-gas bombs
rushed to the area in trucks to
investigate. A patrol soon picked
up BorowitZ, whom the military
authorities said is a C. I. o.
striker. He told them he had
been employed in the plant for
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
Reich Bishop Accused
As Spy Of MundeIein

BERLIN, June Is G.N.SO.-Dr.
Ludwig Sebastian, Catholic bishop
of Speyer, today was indirectly
charged with being the main in
formant of Cardinal Mundelein
of Chicago, recent sharp critic
of the Nazi regime.
The official German news bu.
reau, in a report from Franken.
thai, in the Saar, also alleged
that Bishop Sebastian violated
the papal concordat by misin-
forming Cardinal Pacelli, papal
secretary of state, regarding Ger
man domestic affairs. The bishop
denied the charges,
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
Mattern Tests Plane
For Flight TO Moscow

LOS ANGELES, June Is Q.N.S)
Completing preliminary tests of
his new 100000 monoplane,
Jimmy Mattern today announced
all was in readiness for his pro.
posed nonstop flight from Oak.
land, Cal, to Moscow.
The plane, Mattern revealed,
will be called 1.-THE Texan" after
the fliers' home State. He de.
scribed himself as "tickled pink
over the planes performance. He
said he planned to leave Oakland
sometime in August and will re.
fuel in mid-air over Alaska.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25

E. T. Weir, of Weirton Steel, and
Tom Girdler, of Republic. Both
are Pittsburghers. Most steel men
come from Pittsburgh or sooner
or later go to Pittsburgh. Pitts
burgh is synonymous with steel.
Tom Girdler went there in 1914,
with j. & L. He left in 1929 to
take over Republic in Cleveland.
He and Guffey belonged to the
same clubs. He knows Phil Muir
ray. He knows John Lewis-or
could. Murray and he might not
hit it off. Both are too close to
Pittsburgh. He and Lewis might.
Lewis, graduating from the coal
mines, uses the kind of English
Girdler learned in college. Grid
Ter. graduating from Lehigh, uses
the kind of English Lewis learned
in the mines. They'd have no diff
ficulty making themselves under
stood to anyone-including one
another.
Girdler has a Cromwellian nose,
proportioned to his smaller stat
ure. He is neither tall nor short.
OF medium height, stocky, with
muscular legs and arms and a
chest which is larger than his
waiStline.
Fighter and Thinker
His chin is square, not jutting.
His eyes, behind strengthened
glasses, are keen, quick and sharp
and fearless. He does what he
thinks is right, says what, he
thinks, and doesn't give a damn.
You may or may not agree with
him. You may think him right
Continued on Page Is. Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-06-25

Make no mistake about it.
Those were not idle remarks, nor
were they a slip of the tongue.
Tom Girdler talks that way in
public or private. He has called
many men liars to their face.
Don't Like Guffey
AS for Guffey, who, according
to Girdler, flushed from his neck
up over the top of his head" when
the chairman of the Republic
Steel expressed his regret before
the committee that he couldn't
express himself under the COM
mittee's rule of courtesy, as he
would like to, in response to Guf-
fey's question as to whether he
had been asked to resign as head
of Pittsburgh's big Jones and
Laughlin Steel Company for Civ
ing confidential information to
Republic:
81 don't like Guffey. I don't
like chat -. 1 never have
liked him and never will.
Wanted me once to come to
his office and sit down with
him and Senator Wagner to
talk a lot of things over. 'Sena
tor Wagner's all right6 He's
good fellow and smart as hell
j told him / wouldn't do it. l
sat once with Senator Wagner.
He's not all right. He's not a
good fellow. And I don't know
whether he's smart or not. And
/ didn't go to his office"
STEEL MAKES MEM
Steel somehow produces person.
altities. First came Carnegie.
Then Frick. Then Charlie Schwah
and later Judge Gary. Now it's
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
FASCIST ORGAN
CRIES FOR WAR
International News Service

International tension over the
Spanish war neutrality contro-
versy remained at high pitch to.
day. Developments:
Reviling Britain and France as
"Our enemies" the official
Italian party organ, Regina FaS-
ciSta, today called for an ItaIO-
German war against them "whiIe
they are still weak"
Prime Minister Chamberlain
in London stressed gravity of
the crisis, pleading for cool
headedness, and paid tribute to
Germany for her restraint.
UncOnfirmed reports reached
Paris that "anarchO-OcmmuniSt
republic of Santander has been
proclaimed.
German news agency reported
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