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The Omaha guide., 1938-10-01

e. A. | think | have one of
the most inferiority completes or
one of the worst cases of emotion
al immaturity on record. l am a
shamed to admit at my age that
| am SO completely at sea about a
lot of things. What should | do
to understand myself better and
will l ever enjoy a state of mod
crate economic security through
my work or otherwise?
Ans: Young lady you are tax
ing life entirely too seriously.
You must get out and make
friends. You are going to meet
a certain individual this winter
who will changA your life COM
pletely and by this time next year
Life will be wonderful for you.
Create an interest in all kinds of
sports.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-01

l.. H.-Well, tell me if we will
ever make up, and does he care
for me yet, and. what must I
90?
Ans; Stop worrying and fret
ting about this boy for he does
not love you. Make up your mind
to spend your spare time some
other way-read good books and
will profit more. 1t will be quite
some time before you meet your
future husband.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-01


d. il am writing you to find
out if there is any way that yon
or anyone else can break up my
son from this other woman? |
am worried to death?
Ans; There isn't anything that
| can door anything anyone else
could do to make him give up the
woman he feels he is in love with.
Try not to become involved in the
affair for it will certainly end up
in a family fuss. It's likelyl that
no will see his mistake later on.
NJ. z. H.-The woman that lives
next door to me is she a friend ?
She makes like she likes me, does
she?
Ans: The woman means well.
She does like you and is only try
ing to be friendly. Don't feel
that she is taking advantage of
you in any way for she isn't.
d. L. s.-Will my mama ever
leave my husband ard nv husiness
alone?
Ans: Yes, but she is the type of
person who worries continually a.
bout something and your affairs
seem to prey on her mind. Don't
hold any hard feelings against
your mother for her faults-try
to overlook it and give her moth
ing to worry about.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-01

kind never works out favorably
Evening star., 1938-02-28
SENATE DOORkEEPER
IS HELD A SUICIDE
Virgil Healey, SO, Shoots Self
After Commenting on Gen.
Pershing's Illness,

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued certificate Of suicide today IN
the death of Virgil Healey, So, veteran
doorkeeper at the Senate, who shot
himself in the mouth yesterday after
remarking in commenting on the ILL
ness of Gen. John j. Pershing, that
'after a man reaches go he isn't much
good"
Mr.. Healey, said to have been suffer-
ing from a heart ailment, was found
dead in the cellar of the house where
he roomed at 2l5 Third street NV,
by his landlady, Mrs. Catherine
Mc1llvain. who went to investigate
when she heard shot. A .3s-caliber
revolver was found near the body.
Senate Sergeant at Arms Chesley
w. Jurney said Mr.. Healey had be-
come widely known and well-liked
among Senators and Capitol Hill en-
ployes during 20 years service as door,
keeper at the main entrance to the
Senate.
Unmarried, Mr.. Healey had lived
for 18 years at the house where he
took his life.
Mr.. Jurney said completion Of fu-
neral arrangements awaited word from
Mr.. Healey's sister, Mrs. F. B. Hoopel,
of Newport News, Va.
Evening star., 1938-02-28
WO0DC0CK URGES
PHOEBUS' CUSTER
Report Placed in Evidence at
Start of Hearing for State
Labor Head.
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Feb. GA report in
which Gen. Amos w. w. Woodcock
recommended to Gov. Harry w. Nice
that Harry T. Pheebus be removed
from the Office of labor commissioner
was placed in evidence at the start of
the Governors hearing today on
charges of maladministration against
Phoebus, Safe Senator.
Senator Phoebus," the report said
''had not the time to give to this
Office which 1t ought to have. =
recommend that you ask Senator
Phoebus to relinquish the Office so
that you may appoint fulltime
expert rather than exercise the right
Of removal"
The report was put in evidence by
the Governor at request of State SEN
ator Robert B. Kimble, who brought
the charges against Phoebus.
Phoebus Asks Introduction.
Harold Cobourn. one of Phoebus' at
torneys objected to introduction of the
report, but Phoebus demanded that it
be introduced and given to the press"
Gen. Woodcock reported that Phoe-
bus appointment of temporary boiler
inspector was "a clear case of irving
to find employment for some one with
entire disregard Of the technical re-
qulrements of the position"
Senator Phoebus admitted that he
had not read the law" Gen. Woodcock
reported. prescribing the duties of
his office"
Gen. Woodcock stated Phoebus
freely admits that he has not kept
regular office hours. He assumes =
the position is not considered a full
time one"
The job pays $4,000 a year.
Phoebus had invested money in a
plant which had been closed by a
strike, Gen. Woodcock said.
Labor Dispute Cited.
1T is undeniably true that the in
formation regarding the condition of
the plant and its possibilities came
to him solely because of his official
position and as mediator of a labor
dispute" the report stated. "As soon
as the mediator between the employer
and his employees has a financial stake
IN the plant. his interest leans to the
side Of the employer"
If the charges made are proved,
Phoebus. faces dismissal from his labor
post. Gov. Nice asked him last week
to resign, but Phobus refused and re-
queSted the hearing.
Phoebus asked States Attorney j.
Bernard Wells that a court reporter
take stenographic notes of testimony
so that If any cri9inal acts by either
party are uncovered, the notes may
be given to the grand jury.
Evening star., 1938-02-28
HAROLD A. BROOKS
H0N0RED BY CHEST
Named Chairman of Group Solici.
tation Unit for Next
CAMPAIGN,

Harold A. Brooks. vice president and
commercial manager of the Potomac
Electric Power Co, has been named
chairman of the Community Chest
Group Solicitation Unit for the Or
ganization's next campaign, it was an
nounced today.
Mr.. Brooks has had part in the
group unit work since 1884 as division
chairman, area vice chairman. area
chairman and unit vice chairman. He
also has been member of the boarc
OF trustees for the last four years and
member of the Chest Agency Income
Committee in 1884 and 1885. He has
been chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the Boys Club of Washing
ton for the last two years
He is first vice president of the
University Club and a member of the
Manor Club. Rotary Club. Congress
sional Country Club. Arts Club OF
Washington. Washington Chamber OF
Commerce. the Electric League Coun-
Gil and the Illuminating Engineering
Society.
Evening star., 1938-02-28
Burghers Polish
Dancing Shoes
For Murdi Cras
BY the Associated Press.

BY t1e ASSoclateo EreSS.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28.-All the
honest burghers polished up their
dancing shoes today because tomor-
row, Mardi Gras, they celebrate.
Tens OF thousands Of visitors will
be here to help them dance in the
streets. Clear weather seemed as
Sured.
Just to prevent q lag in the big
build-up for Tuesday. King ALA vi,
carnival King of Algiers-the suburb
across the Mississippi River from New
Orleans-arrived today at the head
Of river procession. Saluting him,
craft in the harbor made the city
dizzy with the whine of sirens and
the bleat of foghorns.
And tonight Proteus, God of the
Sea, dripping in gold trimmings and
glass gems, heads a huge parade.
From dawn to dusk tomorrow there
will be masking, and the general mer-
riment will 60 on into the night.
Rex, lord of misrule and monarch of
nonsense, will parade at noon.
When the city wakes after its joy
spree it will face Ash Wednesday and
the 40 penitential days OF Lent.
Evening star., 1938-02-28
Indian Patriots Murdered,

MADRAS, India. Feb. % (P.-The
discovery of their five bodies disclosed
yesterday the brutal mass Staying Of
a prominent Indian patriot and men,
bers of his family Chinna Swami,
founder of the Vellakoil Congress
Committee: his mother. brother, sis
ter-in-law and cousin were all shot
dead.
Evening star., 1938-02-28
BAlTIMORE'S OPERA
MAKES DEBUT TONIGHT
1.-THE Captive" Written by Two
Natives of City, Tells of Tragic
Love in Jamaica.

Love in Jamaica.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 28.-Baltimore's
contribution to musical history, the
grand opera The Captive" will make
its debut here tonight at the Lyric
Theater.
Written by two Baltimoreans, the
opera tells the tragic love of Ramona
for a Puritan mate in the Buccaneer.
ridden Island of Jamaica during the
17th century.
The music was written by Gustav
Strube. teacher at Peabody Institute,
over period of 20 years. The libretto
was adopted from the play by Fred
erick Arnold Hummer, which after a
road run became a cinema in the
silent days.
THE Captive" is played by a cast
OF 125. Ramona is played by Mar
garet Gilner. mezzo-soprano. who in
private life is a housewife. John
Barton, the Puritan. les played by
Brison c. Tucker, handsome bank
treasurer.
Evening star., 1938-02-28
Asks Railroad Labor,

The South Manchuria Railway has
asked the railway ministry of Japan
to send $500 men to Manchuria to
work on railways in Manchuria
Evening star., 1938-02-28

Fake gold buyers got away with
f,250.000 Of the yellow metal in
South Africa in the last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Great Britain Publishes
 Army Estimates To-day

minute warfare and anti-aircraft de- fense.
 Twelve of Is of the country's crack cavalry regiments have been mechanical, it was announced, and another is to be mechaniZed-leav- ing only two regiments with horses.
 It is planned to transfer anti aircraft defense, coast defense and searchlighst from the Royal En- gineerS to the royal artillery.
 The artillery itself will be split into two branches, of which one will specialize in coast defense ar- tillery, anti-aircraft guns and searchlights.
 Todays army memorandum ad- mitted that it had proved diff cult to persuade young men to join the army, but expressed hope that the problem would be solved.
 "A substantial advance has been made" it was commented, but there is still progress to be made"
 The regular army strength was established for 1888 at 10.73S off cers and l59,262 men, compared with 10,348 officers and l58,552 men during the current year. However actually, the army now is about l. 200 officers and 22,000 men below established strength. Furthermore enlistments of about 32,000 mer expire this year and recruits sb'e estimated at only 28,500 on the pres ent eniistmentS bass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
LENA N. B BROW N ESTATE S30,378
Inventory Was Filed To- day in Probate Court;
 Terms of Will

An inventory filed with Judge Dennis J. Slavin in probate court today sets the value of the estate of the late Mrs. Lena M. Brown at s3o,37843. Stock holdings and real estate make up most of the estate.
 Mrs. Brown was the widow of Frederick J. Brown, a member Of one of Waterbury's most prominent families. MT. Browns family owned the Brown building, ill Exchange Place. and he was a prominent local business man.
 Terms of Will
 Under the terms of Mrs. Browns will. admitted to probate several weeks ago, her estate is to be shared by two children, Leonie M. Williams and Hayden Brown. They are to share the residne of the es- tate after a bequest of $l,OO0 has been paid to Caroline Lee.
 Property on Hillside avenue IS valued at $10,980. A car is listed at s484, and household effects at $50. Bank deposits total $5,385.93.
 The remainder of the estate consists of the following stocks: F shares, Scovill Mfg. Co.,, $282; 100 shares, American Hardware O., $l,- 900: 20 shares U. s. Steel, $2,105; 20 shares, Utah Power & Light, s7OO: 58 shares, American Tele- phone and Telegraph, $8,381; 15 shares General Investment Corp. s7.5O; dividend due from Scovill Co.,, $3.
 Mrs. Brown died January 3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
OLD AGE TAX TO
 END SATURDAY
Delinquents Given Until That Date to Save
 $l Additional

Delinquents in payment of the old age tax today were granted period of grace until Saturday, which means that the $1 penalty added to the $J tax will not be imposed if payment is made before the office closes at noon Saturday. The pen alty was scheduled to go into effect today but tax officials, Tax Collec- tor William A. Ennis and Old Age Assistance Tax Collector George A. Stokes, decided to extend the per- iod for several reasons.
 One of the reasons for the ex- tension is the delay some persons are encountering in receiving their unemployment compensation checks from Hartford. Another is that there has had to be considerable re- checking of addresses and numerous tax bill have been returned.
 $113,000 Received
 When the office closed at o'clock last night, total of $113,000 had been received. Mail was heavy to- day, however, and payments con- tinued at both offices although the "deadline" of the penalty period had passed. The states portion of the old age assistance tax is $135 ,000 and officials are confident that this sum will be paid in before the end of the month.
 Meanwhile numerous persons who had not paid their personal motor vehicle tax for 1886, due last year, are bein refused new motor vehicle registrations until such delinquent payment has been made. Collector Ennis estimated that more than 800 persons have paid this back tax within the last two weeks in order to obtain their registrations. Unless such taxes are paid. the motor ve- hicle department refuses 1888 regis tration to applicants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
BY LEON l.. KAY
 n cAce C4o.~


 London, March 3.-CUP)-Army estimates totaling 100000 ($532,- 5O0.OOO) for the fiscal year begin ming April 1 were published by the government today as part Of $l,- 716,250,000 defense program for l938-with the peak year still to come.
 British government bonds de- clined on the stock exchange be- cause of the prospect of gigantic expenditures whose end could not be foreseen. War loan bonds broke IA of 1 point to l03 3-4. Consols fell 7-8 of one point to 76.
 The army estimates proper were for $426, ,785 ,O00. an increase Of $lll,- 1855 ,0OO over the current fiscal year But to this was added an allott- ment from the National Defense Loan which brought the total tc $532, 2,500,000, an increase Of Sl2l,' 63O,OOO over the present year.
 Tomorrow the navy estimates are to be published, totalling S770,l50,' GOO, it was indicated. Air force esti' mates, published yesterday, totallee S5l3, ,600,00
 A memorandum which accom- panied today'S estimates disclosed that for the next year 1t is pro posed to concentrate, as regards thu army, on further mechanization, in creased specialization in up to tn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
URGES POETRY BE MORE WIDELY READ

New Haven, Conn.,. March B. Edgar Lee Masters, eminent poet, today urged wider reading of po- etry as means of developing Amer ica "along the line of its original principles and ideals"
 In Francis Bergen lecture, Mas ters recommended greater appre- citation of poetry as "slow cultural remedy" in a world "of unsettled principles, and no principles, of cackling cynicism, of contempt for goodness and heroism, of lying criti- ciSm."
 Americans, Masters said, "need poetry, and I believe that if they can be approache l in the right way they will read it, as they already like it without knowing it.
 He condemned pulp magazines as lowering a readers cultural taste and urged a wider reading of stories in verse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
LIONS CAGE FOR
 TIPSY TIPPLERS

Woburn, Mass, March 3-(UP)- Blacksmith Harry Palace began work on a $500 custom-built lions cage for tipsy tipplers today while Mayor William E. Kane debated whether to accept a South Boston clergymans offer to act as Daniel. T will agree to ride in the cage with the lions (drunksj provided I may preach to them a sermon on the sin of drunkenness the sermon to last not less than one hour in length and to be started anew as each drunk regains consciousness" wrote the Rev. Louis w. West, pastor of Boston's South Baptist Church.
 As added props. Rev. West sug- gested a policeman and fireman.
 "In the Bible story of Daniel in the lions den,' he said, you will recall that the Lord sent an angel to shut the lions mouths Have you an angel on the police force whom you could send with me to perform that duty Ii any of the lions (drunks) when they came to, should object to my sermon? want fat angel.
 "A fireman could represent the bad place where drunks go."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
GEN. PERSHINC
 BATTLES WELL
Still Improves, Although Physician Warns Any=
 thing May Happen

Tucson, Ariz, March 3.-CUP)- Gen. John J Pershing gained strength today in his fight against Q damaged heart and poisoned kid neys, and his friends talked cheer fully of convalescence and ultimate recovery. Physicians and nurses guarded against a relapse, similar to two which Pershing survived ill the last week, A 24-hour watch was kept in the brown stucco cot tage in which the hardened soldier made his stand against death. and Dr. Roland Davison, his personal physician, remained within calling distance.
 Physician Warns
 Dr. Davison warned that con- tinued progress in the generals condition could not be expected that there would be fluctuations that should not, however, cause un- due alarm.
 While kidney function has beer established" the doctor said. ii has not yet been demonstrated ii function of the kidneys can be in- creased to a level sufficient to cleai blood and tissues of the poisonous substances which had accumulated in them"
 Pershing's sister. May, and his son, Francis Warren, remained near the sick room, but his nephew Frank Pershing, returned to his home in Palm Springs, Cal, con- fident that he would recover.
 Shaeffer spent several hours with the general who. he said, was in good spirits. Pershing summoned him to the room, he said, by tell ing a nurse: Gall my sergeant. You know, he's quite an old salt"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Door Leading From Cham= Der Has Already Been
 Put Out of Business
ELECTRICIANS BUSY
 DURING NIGHT HOURS
No DictOgraphs Will Be AllOwed-PhOne Lines
 Closely Examined

Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Alcorn moved today to guard secrecy of the grand jury proceedings which will start Tuesday in the third floor courtroom at the county courthouse here, pro- ceedings forming a part in the investigation of Water bury's affairs, financial and political. A door leading to a stenographer's chamber from an annex to the room ad- joining the courtroom was ordered sealed. Workmen labored there late Monday night, causing hurry call to police to see who was burn ing lights late on the third floor oi the normally unoccupied section oi the courthouse.
 Electricians Busy
 It was a group of electricians especially engaged, a reliable source informed The Democrat today. They were checking all telephone line! and the wiring system. They hae been instructed to see that no die. tographs had been installed tt "overhear" the secret questioning oi witnesses, scheduled to start Tues day after Judge Ernest A. Inglis charges the jury of IS Republicans and Independent Democrats" as The Hartford Courant described the jury's personnel.
 While Prosecutor Alcorn declined
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
WHIPPING POST
 TOO GOOD FOR HIM
Grocery Clerk Told That By Judge-Beat His
 Little Baby

Providence, R. l., March 3.-(UPl A 2O-year old grocery clerk was told today that whipping post was "too good" for him after he plead ed guilty to assault on his six month-old daughter and was sen- tenced to 30 days in jail.
 Harry Crarkjian, who said he lost his head" admitted to District Judge Maurice Robinson that he beat his infant daughter Irene, "be- cause she cried".
 "She cried and I hit her" Chark- jan said after he pleaded guilty to assault charges. T want just one more chance, that's all. If do it again you can cut my hands off I've never been in trouble before" !"
 Police, however, said that Chark- jan had beaten the baby thrice be- fore but had escaped prosecution because his wife failed to com plain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Movie ColonyGotSomeFun Out OfLos Angeles Floods

silken legs prettily af1utter, rode camera booms across the flooded streets of Paramount's lot. These de- vices are mobile derricks, which or dinarily are used to keep the cam eras focused on race horses, comedy props, and whatever.
 The melting of the imitation house was funny to watch, but it wasn't funny to 20th Century-Fox. It rep resented an ancient castle for use in the film, Kidnapped" and it dribbled into nothingness before the anguished eyes of officials, who es- timated it would cost $20,O0O- mostly in an expensive wait-to build another. Grand climax came when Miss Gypsy Rose Lee did her first strip tease act since she aban- doned burlesque in favor of the movies. She had on velvet eve- ming dress when she started for work only to see lake between her door and her car. With the grace of long practice, she peeled of her gown and waded to her motor-with a marooned milk man for audience.
 Miss Madelaine Carroll, playing the title role in a drama called "The Adventures" became exactly that when the storm battered hel home-near that of Capra-at Malibu. All roads were closed by landslides, the Pacific was too rougf for small boats. And Walter Wan. ger had an expensive production waiting. He appealed to the coas' guard, but that agency proved none too gallant. It said they did not intend to rescue any ladies ia dis tresS, not even the beauteous Mis! Carroll, until and if her plight be- came more alarming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN Copyright 1888 by United Press)

Hollywood, March 3-(By radio to San Francisco - (Ut) With a bogus whale swimming down the Los Angeles river, actresses riding on camera booms, and imitation houses melting down like so many pillars of salt, the movie colony managed today to inject some levity into southern California's flood dis aster.
 Many a celebrity wes marooned by raging seas on his front lawn and many an epic was postponed because there were no actors.
 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had to put of for a week its 10th annual banquet and awarding of prizes for the best pie lures of the year. This was neces- sary because President Frank Cap ra had no boat with which to leave his home in Malibr Beach. He didn't have current to run his cleo tric razor.
 The Los Angele., river, which or di.arily is dusty haven for jack rabbits, looked lik. Sam Goldwyns Hurricane" come to life as it roared past the huge studios of the Warner Brothers in suburban Burbank Down stream a piece, rescue work CTS rubbed their eyes at sight of a Sad-eyed blue whale wallow1ng among hot dog stands. rocker chairs and other floatsam. This sea-going beast turned out to be a, Warner prop, of rubber. which swam off an inundated loading platform.
 The Misses Sylvia Sidney, Doro- l thv T.amn'r and Mary Carlisle. with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
LEVINE RANSOM
 RUMORS INCREASE
Twelve=Year=Old Boy Is Still Held-Rabbi Holds
 Present ReinS

New Rochelle, N. r., March B. (UP)-Ransom to obtain the re- lease of l2-year-old Peter Levine, Kidnapped a week ago, has been paid or is about to be paid, it was re- ported without confirmation today.
 The report was circulated among investigators after Rabbi Abraham Nowak, reputed intermediary for Murray Levine, father of the hand some, blue-eyed junior high school student, returned to his home last night from what his wife said had been a "very private engagement"
 Nowak gave cryptic replies to questions by reporters concerning his movements. He was asked:
 "Is the report true that you paid the ransom tonight?'
 No comment" he replied.
 Will you deny that you are a contat or intermediary?
 No comment"
 "In view of the fact that you de- cline to deny you are a contact or intermediary, we assume you are.' Cannot Comment
 T cannot comment at this time, the rabbi replied. There will be proper time when you will have (Continued on Page A