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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
Dear HeiskeII:

Dear HeiskeII:
would be the last one in the
whole wide world to doubt your
stories about the talking crow
and the trained canary, because
l. TOO, have a pet, almost as re-
markable as those you have
mentioned in your column. This
PET IS a snake captured some
years ago. | have trained him to
act as a night-watchman at my
nome. When he hears anyone
near the house, he climbs up the
pack porch, through the key
mole to my bedroom, wiggIes
over to the side of my bed, and
mere stands on his head, and
slaps me across the face with
MS tail until awaken. then
go out and chase away the i'm
'ruders, and Pete, my pet snake
again takes up his watchman's
duties.
TruthfuiIy yours,
nEAnER
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
ADDITION PLANNED
TO STICKELL MILL
Other Permits Issued At The
Office Of The City
Engineer

D. A. Stickell and Son were is
sued a permit at the office of City
Engineer Lyon for an addition to
their mill is by SO feet, 81 West
Baltimore street.
Other permits issued were: R.
S. Williams, concrete garage, 20
by "a feet, 239 North Locust St.;
L. D. Ringer, two story addition to
dwelling, "A by 81 feet, SAG Chest
nut street; Robert L. Downin, ad-
dition to dwelling and erection of
porch, 4O6 Wilson boulevard; Geo.
w. Mace, addition to workshop,
Rose Hill avenue; c. M. Petre, adj
dition to garage, 1901 Salem ave-
nue. and Daisy c. Hartle, garage,
1905 South Potomac street.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
~" NOTES

Harry E. Wolf, Boys Work
secretary at the "Y'' is on a two
weeks vacation, dating from May
l. Mr.. Wolf is on a trip to
relatives in Ohio.
The physical training depart
ment of the "Y", which recently
put on a circus, will benefit
approximately $50 thereby Not
quite all of the returns from the
sale of tickets are in.
Beginning next week the ''Y''
schedule will resume as usual,
after Music Week.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
NEXT YEAR AT THURMoNT

At the annual fellowship meet
ing Of the men of the U. B. Church
of the district embraced by Fred
erick and Washington counties
and southern Pennsylvania, held
at Frederick, Thurmont was chos-
en- as the meeting place next year.
Presentation of the preacher pen
sion plan by Hubert H. Schindel,
this city, was part of the program.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
ELKS OBSERVANCE
OF MOTHERS DAY.
Special Program To Be Rem
dered In City Park On
Sunday

Hagerstown Lodge No. 37S, B.
P. 0. Elks, will hold their annual
exercises in the City Park on Sun
day afternoon, May 8, at A O'Clock
in commemoration of Mothers
Day.
A very interesting program has
been arranged for the occasion.
Rev DR.. Scott R. Wagner, pastor
of Zion Reformed Church, will be
the speaker. E. Steuart Bushong
will deliver the tribute to Mother.
The Hagerstown City Band, under
the direction of Prof. Peter BUYS
will join in the program with ap-
propriate selections.
Soloists on the program will be
Donald Reed, James McGuffin and
Amos L. Harper.
The invocation and benediction
will be delivered by Rev. Walter
B. Mckinley, rector of the Episco-
pal Church at Lappans.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
CONVENTION AT YORK

The annual convention of the
Pennsylvania Branch of the. Wo-
mems Missionary Association of
the U. B. Church will be held in
the Fourth Church at York, Pa,
Rev. E. w. Leech, pastor, May 10,
II and II. This includes churches
of Hagerstown and other parts of
Maryland, all of which will send
delegates. The sessions will be
presided over by Mrs. George F..
Bell, this city, the president.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
OFFICERS ELECTED

The following officers were
elected by the Professional and
Business Women's Club: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Evelyn J. Bean; vice
president, Miss Kathryn McGraw !;
treasurer, Miss Mildred Barr; re-
cording secretary Mrs Mildred
Mask and corresponding secretary,
Miss Emma Dugan.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
LED ODD FELLOWS PARADE

The drum corps of the local Odd
Fellows, 35 in number, were given
the honor of leading the big pa
rade in Harrisburg at the recent
Tri-State Rally of Odd Fellows.
Approximately 1000 Odd Fellows
were in the line of march.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06

Possession of a camera by for
eigner in japan is almost tanta-
mount to conviction of espionage,
but things are different in United
States possessions, as may be
judged by this photograph which
shows an official Japanese naval
photographer shooting everything at
sight during a visit of his ship to
the harbOr Of Honolulu, Hawaii. He
is using an efficient camera in
highly fortified area, but mav3e he
just wants some snapshots for his
family album.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
RADIO CALL SYSTEM
MOTH is EARLIER

The cottling moth is reported
to have made its appearance in
orchards Of the county, especially
in the western section, three
weeks earlier this year, than
customary.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
Dear HeiskelI:

Dear HeiskeII:
You amt heard or seen moth
ing yet! Why have a pet cow
that meoWs and climbs trees
like a cat. My COW is an un-
usual pet, because no one ever
miIks her. All do is place the
milk bucket under her, tune in
on WJEJ's hot dance numbers
and she starts doing the Big
Apple and -presto!- there's
the milk, all ready for delivery!
HoW's that one?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06

Mrs. Louise Smith Thayer of New
port, r. l., great-granddaughter
of the late Rear Admiral William
T. Sampson, pictured as she off,
ciated at the launching of the new
United States navy destroyer, Samp-
son, named after her noted great
grandfather. The newest navy fight
ing ship was built at the Bath Iron
Works, at Bath, Maine, and is a
1,S5O-tOn vessel.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
MEMORIAL ENTRANCE
AT QUINCY ORPHANAGE

Plans are being made for the
erection of a memorial entrance
to the grounds of the United
Brethren Orphanage and Old Folks
Home, at Quincy, Pa, in honor of
Rev. J. H. Kitzmiller, who do
mated the first farm on which the
institution is located and who
subsequently was the superintend-
ent until his death few years
ago. 1t is expected to have the
memorial entrance ready for ded-
ication on the Annual Day, Thurs
day, June 2.
RADIO CALL SYSTEM
Edwin S. Guth and CLYDE f..
Brewer, street commissioners. and
Capt. Carl H. McCleary, of Hagers-
town police force, were in Wash
ington where they conferred with
the Federal communications Com
mission reletive to the install
lation of radio call system for
the police department here.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
HANGOVERS
BY LITTLE HEIsKELL

Ninety per cent of the people
in this country are skeptical,
and of this number Washington
County has its full proportion.
| have arrived at this conclusion
after reading several communi-
cations received from citizens
who scott at the idea that crows
talk and canaries ring the din
ner bell when pangs of hunger
tell 'em that soups on!
Now printed those stories
only after rigid investigation. In
fact | tip-toed over to Williams
port and heard that nine-year-
old crow laugh, swear and sum-
mon pups from far and wide
with his "yuyh, yuyh." And out
on Summit avenue distinctly
saw the trained canary ring the
gong at dinner-time. | was stone
sober while both demonstrations
were given, if you know what
mean. Furthermore, I'll admit
that lot of strange things hap
pen in WiIliamsport.
So what do | get for these un-
usual stories? Well, within the
past week my friends ~ have
given me the berries, the bronx
cheer and that "I-think-you're
balmy" look. Not only that but
few of this columns customers
have taken pen in hand. Sam
pies:
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
ERECTING ADDITION

The Superior Dairy is erecting
a concrete block addition to the
plant at Chestnut street and
Reynolds avenue.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
Dear HeiskeII:

Dear HeiskelI:
That talking crow and trained
canary might. be hot stuff to
YOU but you should see my
trained elephant. He can thread
d needle, operate a candid cam
era and drive an Austin auto
mobile!
Yours,
Miss PLLTELLoNE
An, the irony of it all! They're
slVlr NE the bridieII
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-05-06
AN IMPERATIVE RULE

The Hagerstown Globe is con-
stantIy in receipt of communica-
tions which are unsigned by the
writer's. 1t is an imperative rule
that everything for publication
must be accompanied by the
authors name, not for pubIica-
ton, but as a matter of good
faith. Otherwise the articles
cannot be published.
Bids were received by the Mayor
and Council for the concession
stand at the Municipal Swimming
Pool.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
University Women
Branches TO Meet

Problems dealing with social
welfare and education will be
discussed by noted authorities
on the subjects before various
groups of the Washington
Branch of the American Associa-
ton of University Women today.
DR.. Faith Williams of the De
partment of Labor will address
members Of the Social Studies
Committee at a luncheon meet
ing at 1:15 p. m. on Price and
Quality" An address will also be
made by DR.. Esther Cole Frank
lin of the National offices of
the A. A. U. W., who will dis
cuSs "A. A. U. W. and the Con-
sumner Education Movement"
A symposium discussion of
consumer problems will follow
the first luncheon of the group
held this year, under the leader
ship of Mrs. G. A. Charter Hes
lep. Mrs. Robert Olesen, pres
ident of the Washington
Branch, will preside.
Provisions for Research and
Planning in the Field Of Educa-
ton" will be the topic upon
which DR.. Frederick j. Kelly,
chief of the Division of High
Education, United States Office
of Education, will speak before
members of the Association at
the regular weekly tea held
every Monday at 4 p. m.
Miss Elsie Green, chairman of
the Educational Committee, will
have charge of the meeting, and
Miss Mildred Dean will be
hostess at the tea. Meetings
will be held at the clubhouse,
1884 I st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES

The Rage of Paris" Daniello Darrieux,
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.: start Cheer
ing." Jimmy Durante, Walter Con-
molly, Three stooEes. Tuesday and
Wednesday: Letter of Introduction"
Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds Edgar
Bergen, Charlie Mccarthy, George MUIR
phy; Little Miss Roughneck." Thurs
day and Friday: David Copperfield.
w. C. Fields. Lionel Barrymore, MadRe
evans, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edna May
oliver Lewis Stone, Freddie Bartholo-
NEW. Saturday: The Shopworn
Angel" Margaret sullavan: James
stewart; Border Wolves"
sTATE-sunday and Monday: LET
ter Of Introduction" with Charlie Nc
Carthy and Adolphe Menjou. Tues.
Day and Wednesday: Passport Hus-
6and'" with stuart Erwin; Rich
Man, Poor Girl" with Robert young,
thursday: "A Mans Castle" with
Spencer Tracy; THE Missing Guest"
with Paul Kelly. Friday and Satur.
day: Law of the Plains" with
Charles Starrett; Keep SmiIin ="
with Jane Withers; news.
SYLVAN-sunday, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday: "Aiexander;a
Ragtime Band" Tyrone Power, Alice
FAYE; FAYE, Thursday and Friday: Care
free." Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers.
saturday: Saint in New York" Louis
Hayward, Kay sutton; Safety in
Numoers," the Jones Family.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
CapOne. On Spot i'm Jail
COunterfeiter Says
Big Shots Sun
Has Set

bills, too, but another con got
them first. This character was a
go-between-from AL to the con-
nection-he had the goods on the
connection, and threatened to
loud-talk him, and the connection
gave him the four C-notes. This
con. since discharged, took the
notes out with him, too-but don't
ask me how he did it.
Less than six months ago, a
guard was discharged for carry
ing letters back and forth.
Whether AL had connections there
I frankly don't know. But there
was no reason why he couldn't
have had them.
Around this time, as I've limited,
Al'S trouble was getting worse, and
he kept blowing his top, oftener
and oftener over less and less.
Once he tore up his cell because,
so he complained, an old man in
the next cell was snoring. AS the
best way out, and because they
didn't want Al splitting in the old
mans face, they moved the old
man. But it was bum beef, and
the snoring continued. Al tore up
his cell again. The guards found
out that the snoring was coming
from one of AIS own boyS-So
they moved Al.
1t wasn't long after that that
he made the hospital.
When I left the Rock, AL was
still in his private ward, and at
tendants told me he was getting
the fever treatment. There is no
hot-box in the prison hospital, so
they were giving him malaria
shots. They make him plenty sick
so sick, I'm told, that the doc
tors gave him up on the night Of
September II, and again on the
18th and again on the 23rd.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
Episcopal
Washington Cathedral

A public service Of prayer and
thanksgiving in spiritual prepare
tion for the eleventh annual mobil-
ization of the go agencies affili-
ated with the Community Chest
of Washington will be held to-
morrow evening at 8 o'clock with
the Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
D. D., IL. D., presiding. Members
of the clergy representing local
churches and Synagogues, and the
presidents of the so agencies have
been invited to march in the pro
ceSSion.
After welcoming the congrega-
tion, Bishop Freeman will intro
duce three lay speakerS-MorriS
Cafritz, vice chairman Of the
Community Chest Committee;
Col. william o Tufts, former pres
ident Of the Washington Fedora
ton of Churches, and a leader for
many years in the Metropolitan
Unit of the Community Chest;
and Coleman Jennings. president
of the Community Chest and
member of the Cathedral Coun-
Gil.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
AZ Still Thinks
He's the Big Shot

But he's tough, and he seemed
to be getting along all right two
weeks ago. They were letting him
60 into the yard for exercise-in
the mornings, when nobody else
is there.
And they're not going to trans
fer him to the Springfield nut fac
tory, or to any other joint, be.
cause he won't let them. It is
common knowledge on the Rock
that he was supposed to go out
with the last shipment, in July.
He wouldn't stand for it, accord
ing to the story he spread around,
himself.
He said that if he went out of
there, people would say he
couldn't take it, and would think
that he's yellow, and that he was
running for protection.
You see, he's still living back
in the 20'S, and in his own mind
he's still THE big shot, and he
thinks the whole world is watch
ing him, and he figures he can't
show any weakness at all.
He doesn't know he's through,
and has been for years.
This is the concluding article
OF the series describing life i'm
ALcdtrGs Prison.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
Christian Science

Everlasting Punishment" is the
subject of the lesSon-sermon in all
the Churches of Christ, Scientist,
tomorrow. The golden text is
from Micah 1893 Rejoice not
against me. o mine enemy: when
I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in
darkness, the Lord shall be a light
unto me-"
Among the citations which COM
prise the leSSon-Sermon is the fol-
lowing from the Bible: But put
We on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
make not provision for the flesh,
to fulfil the lustS thereof" GRO
mans 1910.
The lesSon-Sermon also includes
the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, Sci
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:
Christian Science commands men
to master the propensities-to
hold hatred in abeyance with kind
mess, to conquer lust with chastity.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
Club Schedules S
Talk on Indians

Motion pictures of Indian life
taken recently while touring
Mexico will be shown by Mrs. E.
Morgan Pryse, president of the
Marietta Park Woman;s Club, at
q meeting of the group Tuesday
at her home, 6012 Fourth St.
N. w.
Mrs. PrySe will also exhibit
her valuable collection of Indian
rugs and pottery. Her lecture
will be Of more than casual In
terest, inaSmuch as she has
made an extensive study of In
dian tribes in the United States,
and will compare the American
RedSkin with the Mexican
tribes. In conjunction with the
lecture. a program of Mexican
songs will be presented by Mrs.
Charles Sterner. accompanied
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
Army and Navy Orders

The War Department today is.
sued the following orders for trans
fer Of personnel:
ARMY ORDERS
Col. Leroy P. Collins from General
staff to Field Artillery school, Fort Sill,
Okla. Lit. Col. John MilliKin. from Sd
Cavalry Fort Myer to General Staff, First
Corps Area, Boston. Maj. Ellsworth
Young, Coast Artillery, from Fort Han
cock. N. j., to Coast Artillery, Provi-
dence. r. 1. Capt. James H. Turner.
Medical Corps, from Fort Francis War
rem Wyoming. to Fort Sam Houston,
Texas.
NAVY ORDERS
Comdr. Robert NJ. Hinckley. from UsS
Pennsylvania to Naval Operations, Navy
Dept. Comdr. Harry L. Thompson, Dist.
Communications officer. 18th Naval
District. 1t. Comdr. Henry D. Baggett,
to USS Beaver 1t. COmdr. John P.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
CapOne NeDer
Wore 'ArmOr'

And Capone never went around
wrapped up in canvas armor. #
they ever found canvas on him
they'd put him in the Hole. The
only ,contraption he wears is a
a pair of arch supporters, built in
the prison shoe shop. When he
arrived, ne had an expensive,
made-to-order pair made of steel,
but they took them away from
him. They kept fooling with the
mechanical stool pigeon - that
phoney device that's supposed to
detect guns and knives, but catches
nothing more often than it catches
something.
Despite the stuff that's been
peddled outside, Capone was never
kept out of the yard, nobody ever
bothered him there. And until
he went to the hospital, he was
never guarded except by those
hyenaS who cut themselves in as
his bodyguard. They stuck to him
so tight that every time he
changed his cell they changed with
him; when Capone moved, Little
Italy went right along.
Capone liked it and expected it
and if he didn't get it he'd be
heard from. He'd fly into one of
those RACES which kept getting
bigger and better until he made
the hospital. He'd tear up his
cell-throw things around and rip
down his shelf and rave like a
maniac.
The Strangest angle to those
spells was this: He never got
punished for them. Any other con
would have gone to the Hole be-
fore he really got warmed up. But
AL was just quieted down. Maybe
The Washington times., 1938-10-29

they knew, even then, that AL was
going nuts; or maybe they were
afraid of him.
There isn't any doubt in the
world that some of the screws
were scared to death Of him. Re
peatedly he threatened to put
them on the spot, and some Of
them believed he could do it. I've
seen him cuss out a guard before
the whole yard full of cons, and
get away with it. Once, he stepped
over a deadline, established to
keep cons out from under the
yard tower, where they couldn't
be seen. The guard blew the
whistle and ordered AL back.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
Guards Afraid
of f'Er-CzGr'

Capone took the order, but he
raved and cuSSed and dog-eyed the
guard and told him right out that
he'd have him put on the spot the
next time he went to San Fran
cisco. Capone just couldn't get
used to taking orders instead OF
giving them.
Capone wasn't punished for that
either, yet other cons are being
put in the Hole and deprived Of
their yard and writing privileges
tor what the book calls dumb
insolence''-that is, wearing an ex-
preston that some guard doesn't
like.
These screws who believed Al
might be able to do just what he
said he was going to do had it
figured this way: The guy was
nuts, and had a lot of henchmen
outside who were used to doing
what he told them to do, and there
was no telling just what a nut
MIGHT tell them to do.
441Cy. A1AC" L1C NOuAA QUILL OC14
them; that he could get word out
to them whenever he wanted to.
He had connections, has connec-
tions, and will continue to have
connections as long as he needs
them. ~
The records will show that one
Of his connections was free man,
who was fired for carrying money
into the joint. The records won't
show that AL made other connec-
tionS right away.
It's common knowledge among
the cons that one of AIS connec
tions took him for $4,000. All AL
got for his three Gs was a package
Of chewing gum, box Of aspirin
and three bars of candy.
He would have got four $10O
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
Christian
National City

More than 40 years Of close
experience with the Chinese Is the
background Of the guest preacher
tomorrow morning. Born in Ire
land, coming early to the United
States, and then giving most of
his mature life to the Chinese,
DR.. Alexander Paul is beloved by
That people for his great help in
times of famine and flood. He
was a friend Of Ii Hung Chang,
one of the most noted Of Oriental
leaders. As executive secretary of
Oriental missions for the Disciples
Of Christ, in recent DR.. Paul'S
field has broadened to include
India, Japan and the Philippines.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29

MISS IRENE STEVENSON,
AVA president of Gamma Chap
ter, Beta Sigma Phi Interna-
tiOnal Sorority. charming CO.
operative and interesting. has
a smooth, creamy complexion
that is the envy Of any woman
is quiet, reserved in speech
and manner has lovely
reddiSh-brOwn hair and wide,
expressive hazel eyes pre-
ferS simple, smart tweed suits
for daytime wear and tailored
frOcks for evening was born
in Minneapolis, MINI. has
spent most Of her life in Fargo,
N. D. educated in public
schools of Fargo and attended
North Dakota State College
was former secretary to Rep
resentative Usher L. BurdicK
Of North Dakota en-
tered Federal service two
years ago as secretary with the
Works Progress Administration
Is fond of the theater, music and
sports, particularly horseback
riding has a deep apprecia-
tiOn of art and seldom misses an
exhibition at the COrcOran or
PhiIlinS Galleries Of Art
collects rare cook books and tea
pots is also a member of
Mecca Chapter (FargO), Order
of the Eastern Star and
the Washington Civic Theater
Group.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29

(san Francisco cOunterfeIter, who has Just
completed q fOur-year term ON AIcatraz)
Copyright, 1888, by San Francisco Ex.
aminer and the Washington Times)
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20.
Once or twice they've seriously
tried to rub out AL Capone.
BY they" mean muggs who
ran with gangs outside that didn't
get along with Capone's gang.
They tried to import their beef
inside-but they didn't do any bet
ter there than their gangs did
outside.
When Al first hit The lock,
they made passes at him with
poison. They used oxalic acid,
out Of the kitchen, and they used
lye. They tried to sneak it into
his soup. But he was too sly.
He'd never pick up a full bowl off
the steam table. He'd always pick
up an empty bowl and have it
filled under his eye.
Once he asked me to talk to a
good friend of mine in the kitchen
and have him see that they didn't
poison Capone in there. AL
thought they might slip poison
into his meat rationS.
That's about as far as it ever
went. In spite of Roy Gardner's
inside story, John Paul Chase, the
Sausalito pal of Baby Face Mel
son, never threw any window
weight at Capone. In the first
place, there isn't q window weight
on the Rock. In the second, Chase
is just a big, good-natured coun-
try kid, who hasn't found out yet
that he's doing life. He never
had o fight with anybody.