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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13

one of them is found to be a mem
Der of the gang of sea raiders. Akin
Tamiroff is seen as the chief of
this cut throat band and he is so
realistic that you'll think he has
lived the part all his life. Miss La
mour and Miss Platt provide the
romantic interest, Miss Lamour be-
ing cast opposite Raft in her greatest
dramatic role and Miss Plat seen
opposite Fonda.
Another comical episode in the
lives of the Jones family will CO.
feature this program. Safety in
Numbers" is their latest picture and
all the previous members Of this
series will be seen In their respective
roles.
Both of these pictures are in
cluded in the movie quiz contest.
Evening star., 1938-01-17

always been British policy to play the
balance Of power, pitting one bloc
against another and staying out Of
wars until the final and decisive mo-
ment. Why should Britain and France
risk war to check Fascist expansion
II Fascist greed for the Ukraine and
the maritime provinces will lead them
to overstep themselves in war with
Russia? This Is as Machiavellian as
the history OF modern diplomacy. Per-
haps the Russians are wrong to believe
that history repeats itself. Right or
wrong. the Russians are going in for
isolation until they see the British
or the French pull out one Of their
own chestnuts.
Stain Demands Peace.
This is Litvinof's realpolitik, and
Stain has approved it with one minor
qualification. The Comintern, Rus
sia's organization Of communist agents
abroad. must continue to agitate for
peace and do all it can to create an
impression Of solidarity with victims
Of aggression. This Is necessary to
disarm Trotsky, keep communists
abroad from feeling that they have
been "sold out" and-most important
Of all--keep the sympathy of "pinks"
in every country since they are Rus
Sias friends
I think this Is minor qualification
because the Comintern in the present
phase Is a minor organization and gets
very little support from Stain. The
kind of bearded communists that some
Americans are always seeing under
the bed are held In contempt by Stain.
He does not like long-haired soap-box
orators; he likes strength. Stains hope
for peace and for the future Of Rus
sia lies in the Red Army. And the Red
Army IS not yet strong enough to do
any Jobs for anybody else.
tCopyright. 1888. Chicago Daily NewsJ
Evening star., 1938-01-17
Od Documents on Matters
Of District Government Found
Petitions and Memorials More Than
l35 Years Old Signed by Washing gton,
CeOrg &c T0lrn and Alexandria Residents

Congress ITO assume the jurisdiction
Of the territory in which we reside
and to frame such a code Of laws for
the government thereof as in your
wisdom may seem flt." This petition
had 204 signers. and among the names
were Daniel Carroll. George Walker
James Barry. Richard Barry, William
Prout. Robert Peters. Samuel David
son, William H. Dorsey. Thomas Beall
Of George Town, Thomas Hearty, Ed
ward Fallon. Peter Lenox. Benjamin
pbert, Archibald Macdonald, Patrick
'Deery. Rev. Arthur Caffry, Joseph
Hodgson, Augustine E. B. Woodward
Thomas Wilson and Collen William
son.
Plan Of Division Opposed.
There IS "remonstrance of sundry
inhabitants within the jurisdiction OF
the Corporation of George Town in
the District of Columbia" dated Feb
ruary 4. 1902. regarding the bill for
the government of the District of Co.
lumbia now before Congress" This
document expresses "disapprobation
particularly to the proposed division
Of the City of Washington, being
seriously apprehenSive that the interest
and prosperity Of the upper half will
become sacrifice to the rest Of the
District This "remonstrance" fur
ther expresses interest that the powers
OF the Corporation Of George Town will
be augmented, which to us will be
| most acceptable" and it is signed
| ''as in duty bound while praying
Daniel Reintzel, Thomas Corcoran,
Adam King, Charles A. Beatty, John
H. Baney, Alexander T. Peter, Peter
Paul, George w. Riggs, Edgar Pat
terson, John OFT, George Mcdaniel.
Henry Townsend, Richard Reingold,
Robert Craig. Joseph Clark. William
Lufborough. Elisha O. Williams, Adam
Wagner, Richard Emo and many
| others.
Most Of these old documents now
being brought to life were supposed to
be forever lost-gone up In smoke
when the British naval force under
Admiral Fishburn held q mock session
In what was then the meeting place
OF the House, and since for many years
known as Statuary Hall, and voted to
burn the Capitol.
Document Oh Election Interference. :"
One document which passed the
House Oh March IA, 1900, was con-
sidered in the Senate April ito
prevent the Interference of any mill
tary force in certain elections"
Dated March 8. 1902, is q petition
OF Sundry Inhabitants OF Halifax and
Mecklenburg Counties, Va, for a
post road from Mecklenburg Court
house to Person Courthouse, N. C..
There are series Of such petit
tions for post roads in New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts,, New Jersey,
Philadelphia and the Merchants and
Traders Of Baltimore, from 1901 to
1903. when they began to use printing
in the presentation OF such memorials.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
By WILL p. KENNEDY.

Petitions and memorials signed
more than 1875 years ago by residents
of Washington, George Town and
Alexandria requesting Congress to set
up government for the Federal City
were brought to light today after
having been lost for over a century,
just as Representative Jennings RAN
Dolph, Democrat, Of West Virginia was
trying to get Judiciary Committee con-
sideration Of his resolution for Con-
gress to divest itself of sole jurisdic-
ton over the District government.
These dust-covered documents, dated
1900, 1901 and 1902, were found in
basement room that had not been un-
locked for at least century and
which had been practically forgotten
Some of them are on old rag paper
and all are hand written, with the ink
undimmed by years. They are signed
with names famous in the Capital
areas history.
The records are being overhauled BY
an order of Congress, under the direc-
ton OF South Trimble, clerk Of the
House. and as fast as they are briefed,
catalogued. indexed and an adequate
record made they are deposited in the
Library Of Congress for restoration"
and preservation. They will then be
available to research students and
historians. The restoration work is
in charge Of H. Newlin Megill assist
ant clerk Of the House
Petition From Alexandrians
One Is petition dated January 26,
1901, from "freeholders and inhabi-
tants of the town of Alexandria in
the District OF Columbia" This says in
part: Being well convinced that the
growth and prosperity Of the town Of
Alexandria will be greatly promoted
by an uniformity Of laws within the
District of Columbia. your memorialists
are impelled by every motive Of safety
and interest earnestly to solicit Con-
gress to establish system OF legisla-
ton and government for the district
on principles Of national liberty and
free government and to propose to the
several State Legislatures an amend
ment 10 the Constitution of the United
States SO as to admit the citizens with
in the District to be represented In
Congress whenever their numbers are
sufficient to entitle them to representa-
ton according to the ratio established
by the Constitution OF the United
States"
This was in the Sixth Congress,
during the administration OF John
Adams, while Thomas jefferson was
Vice President, Theodore Sedgwick OF
Massachusetts,, Speaker, and John H.
Oswald OF Pennsylvania, House clerk.
One Of the most interesting OF the
documents Is dated February 2, 1901,
and is the petition Of 'slndry free
holders and Inhabitants Of the city
Of Washington" regarding = bill for
government Of the District. 1t asked
Evening star., 1938-01-17
Russia Turns to Isolation
As Foreign Diplomacy Shifts
Soriets Are Putting Trust in Red Army
More Than League-Comintern Must
Continue to CIun1Or for Peace.

League Council. Russia has been ex-
pected to aid the Czechs. This is no
longer true. Like France, Russia is
going to pass the buck to Great Bri-
tain.
The French have said privately
that they would intervene in Central
Europe only If the British intervene.
Now the Russians are saying privately
that their treaty obliges them to come
to the rescue of Czechoslovakia only
If France fights. This change of policy
is both racial and vital. but it is diff
cult to see what else Russia could do
in a period OF International brigand-
age characterized by Lord Halifax
Offering Hitler Czechoslovakia as q
bribe. The motto Of diplomacy every
where has become "sauve qui peut."
The same policy, of course, will be
followed by Russia in the Far East
Russia does not mean to fight until
she is invaded. The reason is obvious.
Russia must avoid at all cost the danger
OF being maneuvered into war against
the Fascist bloc-the danger that
Great Britain and France will use
Russia to weaken or defeat their
Fascist foes.
Germany covets the Ukraine; Japan
covets the maritime provinces. 1t has
Evening star., 1938-01-17
TOMORROW,

TOMORROW.
Breakfast Early Birds Club, Willard
Hotel, 8 an.
Meeting, Civil Service Commission,
Branch, Local No. 2, N. F Fl. E., Civil
Service Commission, IL noon.
Luncheon, Washington Interfra-
ternity Club, Wesley Hall, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Washington Committee
OF American Civil Liberties Union,
Wesley Hall, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Optimist Club, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, National Civil Service
Reform League, Willard Hotel, 1890
pm.
Luncheon, Women's National Press
Club, Willard Hotel, 1890 pm.
Meeting, Federal Bar Association,
Mayflower Hotel, S pm.
Dinner meeting, National Press
Club Post. No. 20, American Legion,
Press Club, $50 pm.
Dinner, Craftsmen Club, La Fayette
Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner. Washington Chapter Amer
lean Institute Of Banking, Willard
Hotel. Gas pm.
Dinner, League OF Laymen's Re-
treats, Mayf1ower Hotel pm.
Dinner, Civitan Club, Mayflower
Hotel, Z pm.
Dinner, Alumni Committee, Co.
lumbia Chapter, No. S68, 14l4 street
NV, 1880 pm.
Meeting, District Bar Association,
Naynower Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting. National Capital Display
Club, Mayfiower Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting and supper, Alpha Zeta
Beta sorority, Wardman Park Hotel,
3 pm
Meeting, Gold Star Mothers, Will
lard Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Monday Evening Club, Y.
". Q. A., Seventeenth and X streets
NV, 3 pm.
Meeting, Anthropological Society,
National Museum, 3 pm.
Buffet, Phi Alpha fraternity, La
yayette Hotel, $50 pm.
Lecture, Institute Of Criminal Sci
snoe. Wardman Park Hotel, $50 pm,
Bridge Party. Federal Bridge League,
wardnan Park Hotel. $3.50 pm.
Dance. Indiana State Society, Ward
man Park Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY,

Dinner. Jacoby Society, La Fayette
Hotel, pm.
Meeting and supper, District Bank
ers' Association. Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Hospital Guild Local, No.
:, N. =. F. E., 7l0 Fourteenth street
NV 81 pm.
Meeting. Knights of Columbus,
Fourth Degree, Mayfower Hotel, 8
pm.
Gard party and dance, Catholic
Daughters of America, Wardman Park
Hotel, 9 pm.
Evening star., 1938-01-17

what Is happening in purge
stricken Russia these days? The
Chicago Daily News sent one OF its
most experienced observers to Rus
sid to dnSper this and other pital
questions. His findings are set
forth In series OF articles, OF
Uhich this is the last
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
Yule
Prizes Set

Special committees Of every
citizens association in the District
were selected today to make Q
survey Of the decorated yards and
houses by which Washington ex.
poets to be the most beautiful
city in America at Christmas
time.
Fourteen prizes will be awarded
by the Patterson Newspapers on
the findings Of the surveying
committees.
There are no entry blanks in
this decorating contest. You
simply fix up your windows or
yard as attractively as possible,
and when Christmas comes it will
be viewed by the citizens associa-
ton committee Of your neighbor-
hood.
The committee will select the
seven most beautifully decorated
doorways and the seven most
beautifully arranged yards in the
city. Cups will be given to the
winners.
In order that all may have the
same chance Of winning a cup,
Washington and the nearby area
has been divided into seven zones
-four within the District limits.
and one each in Montgomery
county, Prince Georges county,
and Alexandria,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
DISTRICT WARS
ON EVADERS OF
BUSINESS TAX
Warrants Obtained for
20 Merchants

The District overnm ent
Cracked down" on violators of the
business privilege tax law today,
filing information on 400 delin-
quent merchants and securing
warrants for the arrest of 20
others.
This is only the beginning, the
District officials indicated, stating
that additional informations will
be filed against violators as fast
as data can be prepared to pre-
sent in Police Court.
SEAL ORDERS DRIVE
Between $50 and 400 firms are
violating the law, judging from
returns Of 1887 taxes, officials In
dicated.
The decision to launch the
wholesale prosecution was an
nounced following a conference
between Corporation Counsel FL.
wood Seal, Tax Assessor Fred D.
Allen and Allan F. Brooke, ad.
ministrator Of the business priv.
ilege tax.
Mr.. Seal issued the instructions
for the campaign on the ground
that the local business firms have
had sufficient time either to pay
the tax or to resort to legal meas
ureS.
SUBJECT TO $500 FINE
Under terms of the 1887 bust
ness privilege tax law, violatorS
are subject to maximum fine Of
$500 for each day on which they
operate without licenses.
Mr.. Brooke estimated that be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 is due
the District from the violators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
AID
OFFICE Wife

ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Dec. II
1N.S0.-The two children Of
Mrs. Fern Patricia Dull were to
take the stand today in behalf Of
their mother accused Of the pistol
murder of Attorney William Hol-
brook.
Lester Dull, IT, and his sister,
Gloria, Is, have been in the
crowded courtroom daily, their
eyes avidly on their statueSque
blonde parent as she testified for
two days.
Testimony of DR.. Harley A.
Sears. Kalamazoo State Hospital
assistant medical superintendent,
lent weight to Mrs. Dull'S repeated
assertions she remembered moth
ing of the events leading up to
and Immediately after Holbrook' S
killing.
Mrs. Dull, Holbrook's office
wife," had testified earlier the last
thing clear in her recollections of
the night he was shot to death
was the sharp picture of his fist
coming toward her.
Mrs. Dull'S composure was not
shaken when Prosecutor Edward
A. Westin raised his voice and
asked:
Didn't you tell the police
after the shooting I killed him.
He had it coming to him'?"
Il certainly did not, as far as
I can remember" was the calm
reply.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
Calls
Students

Trains leaving Union Station
today were damned with home
going students of Washington
schools and colleges.
Glasses halted yesterday for two
weeks at Georgetown University
American University, the Univer
sity of Maryland and many prl
vate secondary schools through
out the District.
The departing students were
bound for almost every State In
the Union.
Arlington Hall in nearby Wiz
ginia and National Park Semi
nary at Forest Glen, Md, were
deserted today, most of the stu
dents having left for home Wher
school closed for the holidays
Thursday.
Monday will see another exodus
of students when Catholic Univer
sity. Trinity College and George
washington University close.
Incoming trains brought many
students whose homes are II
washington. Among these were
several from Sweet Briar College
in Virginia, which recessed today
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
Girl LINKS
GIMP WITH
HOTEL TRYST
Pose as Model Mate
Shaken at Trial

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17-Martin
Colonel Gimp" Snyder spent sew
eral uncomfortable minutes on the
witness stand as a letter was intro
duced purporting to show he
hadn't always walked the straight
and narrow path.
But The Gimp, making his final
appearance before the jury hear.
ing his trial on charges Of kidnap-
ing and attempted murder. in
sisted he did not know the girl
whose name was signed to the
letter, hadn't seen the letter be-
fore, and when it was written I
was in the clink."
ARGUMENTS MONDAY
Ruth Fitting, Snyder's former
wife, and now Mrs. Myrl Alder.
man, also testified briefly. as did
Myrl, the radio accompanist, Sny-
der is accused of shooting because
of jealousy. When court adjourned
yesterday, the way was cleared for
final arguments to begin Monday
morning, with indications the case
would go to the jury by Monday
afternoon.
The Gimp's embarrassment
came when the State asked him If
he hadn't spent the night Of Octo-
Der IA with an Esther Schrieber"
in the Hollywood Knickerbocker
Hotel.
Snyder, who has pictured him
self as model of department, re-
piled:
II still don't know that name. I
met a woman in the cocktail
lounge and I was drunk and I
never did know her name. When
this letter was written was in
the clink. I never saw it before.
It's a sad letter."
SNYDER WINS POINT
Snyder gained a point, however,
when Spencer Moxeley, police gun
expert, disproved the States con-
tention that the gun the Gimp
carried had all numbers filed off.
Moxeley showed that a number,
perfectly intact, was under plate
on the butt of the weapon.
Called to testify about Alder
mans character were John Swal
low, radio system program direc-
tor, and Jimmie Fidler, movie
columniSt.
Ruth's testimony was brief. She
denied she swore at her former
k,,,cIooyod tho VoicI1f Of tho shooting
and beamed broadly when she was
addressed as Mrs. Alderman"
Alderman and Snyder's daugh
ter, Edith, were called to attempt
to refute the Gimp's account OF
events on that night. Alderman
insisted he was taken from the
radio studio at gun point. while
Snyder declared the other went
willingly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17

American institution like the
Washington Monument, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
or the Erie Canal"
Of Sally ever drops those fans
she could cover herself with multi
syllable wordS.)
WI STARTED AT Is
II started my career at the age
of 49," says Sally. That would
be about the time they were
bouncing you out Of the British
army, wouldn't it, Bill?
But by no standards Of
human longevity could I be con-
sidered old, aged, or aging"
Then comes the crack about
do you think you could keep UP
with me?"
Cries of Hear, heart" "Up
Sally!"
And what about it, Bill? Gould
you?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
He Pays $4,000
For Divorce
From Jayne

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. H.
Glamorous Gloria Baker, New
York society girl who is heiress to
millions, and Henry Bob" Top
ping, jr., who will inherit many
millions of his own, were all set
today for the wedding that has al
ready cost Topping 100000.
They will be married here Mon
day, it was announced, at the
home of Miss Bakers mother, Mrs.
Margaret Emerson.
The 100000 was paid by Top,
ping to his last wife, Actress Jayne
Shadduck. It was the settlement
he granted her when she divorced
him in Bridgeport Wednesday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
WPA Workers Face
Prison for Staying

CHICAGO. Dec. II uNSD.
Two former WPA workers, Benja-
min simons and Walter Wielgo-
reski, found guilty of manSlaugh-
ter in connection with the Staying
of their project superintendent.
today faced prison terms Of to
IA years each. The victim,
Charles w. Cummings. SO, was
fatally injured in a fight Novem-
Der 10 in WPA headquarters in
suburban Calumet Park. The fight
resulted, the prosecution con-
tended, from CUMMINGS dismissal
of Simons and Wielgoreski for
quitting work 80 minutes early.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
NO DANCE
Bugs Moran Seized
In Union Raid.

CHICAGO, Dec. II 0.N.S).
The Wholesale Grocery Workers
Union will not hold a benefit dance
February S.
The affair was cancelled follow.
ing a raid on union headquarters
by States Attorneys police. Seven
men were seized in the raid, among
them George Bugs" Moran, gang
leader of prohibition days.
It was suspected, police said,
that the proceeds of the dance
were to provide a defense fund for
Moran, who with two associates
is scheduled to go on trial Febru-
airy 3 on charges of conspiracy to
make and distribute $1,000, 900 in
fake bonds and American Express
Company money orders.
The raid was staged on com.
plant Of business men who said
they were being coerced into buy.
ing advertising in the dance pro.
gram.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
SUICIDE
Girl Can't Go Home.
Ends Her Life

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. is Q.N.S0
Pretty Helen Irene Cummings,
Hollywood night club entertainer
won't have to worry about not
being able to spend the Christ
mas holidays in her home town
OF Toledo, Ohio.
She was dead today, a suicide.
brought on, police said, by de,
Spondency because she couldn' t
return to Toledo for Christmas.
Officers also said she recently sui
fered injuries in an automobile
accident which impaired her
beauty, and this, too, was regarded
as a contributing factor to her
dependency.
Miss Cummings swallowed poi
son in her apartment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
Sally of the Fans
Tells Mr.. Douglas
Getting Old, Eth?
Well, Take That,
And That!

It is now up to Mr.. Bill Doug.
las, the washington Times col.
umnist, to get himself a pair of
fans and go to work.
If he doesn't, he's a three-initial
so and so, and you can take it
from Sally Rand, who hasn't
much to give away.
Yessir, our Mr.. w. A. s. Douglas
teeters his 200 pounds on the
brink Of being set down as an
utter cad. It seems in an un.
usually diSpeptic mood recently in
Rolling Along" he set forth that
Sally Rand is getting along in
years."
SALLY TO BILL
And Sally Rand read it!
Comes today a letter from Sally
herself to Bill; three neatly typed
pages Of barbed phrases. winding
up:
~ never felt younger in my
life. MY working day is gen
orally 16 or Is hours, but I have
yet to break an appointment be-
cause Of fatigue. Do you think
you could keep up with me'"
There is the challenge, in 50
many ladylike words. (Sally signed
her bill Of complaint Love and
Kisses" just between us kibitzers.)
HATH No ETIRV
Get a load of the woman
scorned:
Into the millpond of my
placid life, you have just dropped
q pebble Cor perhaps it is a
depth bomb that threatens to
ripple away my equanimity. :"
"You have thrown itch powder
on my fans, sand in my spinach
and you have me peeking into
more mirrors than in my wont.
All because of your recent col
umn in which you wrote, Sally
Rand is getting DID, Please,
Mr.. Douglas, was that a nice
thing to say about a young girl
trying to get along?"
29-OR MAYBE 80
About the middle of page
Sally tips her duke with a cracl
about being "a girl of 20 Cor 30).
Womanlike, Sally softeneC
Douglas up for the payoff with
such modest paragraphs as:
Maybe you have read so much
about me in the last five years
that you have Subconsciously
concluded I am a venerable
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
Sen. Radcliffe Aids Polio Drive

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Senator
George L. Radcliffe, of Maryland,
visited Keith Morgan, chair
man of the committee for the
celebration of the Presidents
birthday at Fight Infantile Pa
ralysis" campaign headquarters
here, and promised support in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
MD|VANI SISTER
DIES IN CLINIC

GENEVA, Dec. II Il. N. 81.
Death of Princess Roussadama
Mdivani Sert, wife Of Jose Sert.
Spanish artist, was announced to.
day.
The Princess died yesterday at
the Lausanne tuberculosis Clinic.
Through an error, it was stated
she had been placed in an asylum
for nervousness ten days before
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
H. A. Gordon Dead
Official Of Scouts

Harvey A. Gordon, Boy Scout
official, died Thursday in New
York, according to word received
here yesterday. A number Of local
Scout officials will attend his fu.
neral today in New York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17

drive to raise funds to combat
spread of the disease. Senator
Radcliffe described the polio sur
vey now under way in Maryland
and said he expected the State to
break all former records in the
campaign.