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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-03-10
Let There Be A Fair Investigation

There should be fair impartial investigation into the state
The has only expressed approval OF
such Investigation has that be made The
with ended last week by the
the house The that ended because obvious
bias The bitter eud between the and the
should have place the investigation This committee
dssented everything the does attempts do
Such reports published concerning the investigation
have had rngtoo generaes with much the
tone OF political stump speeches. to carry much weight
What is wanted investigation such would inspire pub
tic confidence and with investigators whose only would be
the real truth and mot keep
somebody public office drive somebody out The
has made plain that he welcomes investigation No OBJ
lection should be made to it in the
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-03-10
Bank Reserves Increase

Total resources of the 462 state
banks in Ohio increased $685., ,781
in 1887, when compared with the
1886 resources of then 466 banks
according to report issued by Su-
perintendent Samuel H. Squire Oi
the division of banks and banking
The total resources for the tws
years were 81, 1,479,191,145 and ST..
473,235,362, respectively. AL
though there was a decrease of $12.-
399,685 in individual deposits, saw
ings deposits increased $39,657,-
sos. During last year the state
banks retired $5,564,275 on capital
notes or debentures. Cash and re-
serves of the 462 state institutions
at the close of business on Decem.
ber 81 were listed at $284,514,356
which represented an increase oil
$13,551,712, Superintendent Squire
related.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-03-10

Sunday at the Chester Tharp home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Tharp and
little daughter of Columbus were
Sunday visitors at the B. HI. Petit
and Chester Tharp homes.
Mrs. Dennis Argo is in poor
health
Chester Tharp and son Wilfred
of Columbus visited over Sunday
with home folks.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
North CarOlinianS Plan
Harvest Ball on Saturday

The North Carolina Demo
cratic Club will open its fall So
cial season with a harvest ball
on Saturday evening, october
IS, dancing from $3.50 to l
o'clock.
Young M. Smith, president Of
the club, announced that the
following prominent North Caro-
linians have been invited: Chief
Justice of the North Carolina
Supreme Court Walter F. Stacy,
former Governor and Mrs. o.
Max Gardner, Undersecretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. John
Ianes, Associate Justice of the
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia and
Mrs. Justin Miller, Chairman of
the F d eral Communications
Commission and Mrs. Frank r.
McNinch, Chairman of the Fed
eral Trade Commission and Mrs.
Garland R. Ferguson and Execu-
tive Assistant to the Secretary Of
Labor and Mrs. Turner w.
Battle.
Also planning to attend are
Assistant Administrator of the
Wages Hours Administration and
Mrs. A. L. Fletcher, Director of
Bureau of War Litigation and
Mrs. Julius C. Martin, Brig. Gen.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

she could her husbands (Henry R.
Luce) business Che owns Life mag
azine) in her witty piece, kiss
the Boys Goodbye" cause one
of the lines reads: "Send those
pictures to Life magazine and
they'll give you a big spread" -.
THAT a foreign matron on a visit
to Washington once got little
mixed up in her English and said:
&c. these Washington gold-dig-
gers" instead of e. these
Washington cave-dwellers"
and that nobody in the audience
thought it was funny!
THAT the inhabitants of Lam
beth, a suburb of London, protest
that they don't walk like the Lam
beth Walk! THAT "Who Is
Afraid of the Big Bad Wolff" was
inspired by Adolf Hitler .. THAT
in Soviet Russia it would be news
for a paper to say: "No official or
general shot today in the U. S. S.
r." but THAT that will happen
only after Stain is shot! -. THAT
they don't call them debutantes
any more, but debu-tramps!
THAT Tommy Letter once hired
a purple ambulance to drive him
and his party from a New York
mite club to a house party in Lon
guyland, and that on the way home
he awoke several prominent Lon
guy-landers with the siren and the
bell of the ambulance THAT
Jock Mclean was once rebuked by
Mrs. Joseph Letter for wearing
a black tie at one of her parties,
and THAT at her next party he
appeared with a white tie three
feet wide.
THAT Senator Arthur Capper
sends autographed pictures of HIM
self to all the debbies he dances
with THAT James Farley (the
chief postman) drinks only cold
milk when he goes to nite-spots
... THAT Jean Harlow's favorite
tune was Melancholy Baby" and
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

Cne year is over 1nA1 OV,OOV
little boats and yachts have been
destroyed during the recent tor
nado up North, driving the insur-
ance companies crazy THAT
before Frank Shields, the tennis
player, knocked down Stetson Cole
man, ex-football player, in the
lobby of Ell Morocco, in New York,
Frank was dancing with "Addy"
Moffett, the warbler That the
Princeton Freshmen will be &C
cused of being Fascists and against
democracy, cause they voted Ne
vile Chamberlain the worlds
greatest living person, and, second
(only one vote behind) Herr Hitler
.. That Princess "Ketto" Michel
azde, the smart New York Roosh-
ian, was granted a divorce the
other day from her Danish hus-
band and THAT a surprising
announcement is expected soon.
THAT George J. Atwell, jr., the
poloing millionaire, and his bride,
Peggy" Carlisle Moffett Atwell,
were DEFINITELY disagre-e-ing
about something the other night,
at the Stork Club, the New York
joint THAT the 22nd of this
month has been selected as the
night for a big dance in Washing
ton in honor of the Chilean and
Mexican riding teams THAT
Clare Boothe helped as much as
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
By igor CaSS1ni

THAT when she visited Washing
ton Gust a few weeks before she
was stricken) she had MARTY"
Rubin at Height -Ho sing it over and
over again until 7 o'clock in the
morning >. THAT Pete Macias,
the piano player, doesn't know
how to read music and never took
a lesson in his life! THAT
Guy Lombardo, the famous orches-
ira leader, stood for years in front
of his band with a violin with two
strings on it and never played it
because he didn't know how! ..
THAT President Coolidge once
went to the kitchen Of the White
House and raised such fuss about
a burned chicken that the cook
had to replace it at his own ex-
pense!
THAT the South American dip
lomats in Washington are GER
tainly not the best dancers, not
even in their native rhumbas and
and tangoes! . THAT only one
reporter in town noticed that when
the President of the Texas State
Society was putting the Texas
flag up (during last Sundays New
York Giants-W ashington Red
skins football game), in front of
$4,000 spectators, the halyard
broke and it brought bad
luck to Sammy Baugh and COM
pany! THAT Mrs. Roosevelt,
Eleanor Meem, Peggy Townsend
and "Babe" (Mrs. McLean's great
dane) are the most important peo-
pie in town, according to Spur
Magazine, in the next issue of
which they'll all appear MRS.
Roosevelt separately THAT the
New Yorkers are getting awfully
tired of that exaggerated Southern
accent and Honey Child" stuff of
people who have never been below
the Mason-Dixon Line and
THAT l am getting awfully tired
of my editors (pardon the impu-
dence) screaming for this column
every day just when I am enjoying
my 40 winks!
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Larqe Citrus Grove

Even though his ship docked
at Naples. MarseilleS and Glib
raltar, Judge Fish is proud Of
the fact that he didn't set foot
on any soil from the time he
left Egypt until he landed in
New York.
He will leave on Friday for
his home in Florida to look over
his 50O-acre citrus grove, which
is located in Deland, and spend
some time with members of his
family. His sister, Mrs. E. M.
Galloway, who with her hus-
band and her brother. Pen F.
Fish, lives in Sanford, Fla, was
q recent visitor in the Capital,
coming in connection with club
activities with which she is
prominently identified in her
home State.
Judge Fish, who has been at
his post in Egypt for five years,
has grown to love his adopted"
country and has filled his lega-
ton there with treasured art
pieces. beautiful rugs and tapes
tries being his main hobbies.
He plans to remain in the States
until Christmas time, returning
to Washington at least once, if
not twice, before his return to
Cairo.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
From
Miami Feted

Motoring through the Virginia
countryside bound for Green
way" the attractive estate OF
Mrs. Frances Allen Lindsay near
Leesburg, was the pleasant occu-
patton of a group OF Washing
tonians today.
Mrs. Lindsay entertained at a
luncheon in honor Of her
mother, Mrs. Bethel Blanton
Tatum, of Miami, Fla, who is a
guest at "Greenway" for sew
eral weeks. In the company
were Mrs. William A. Morgan
and her mother, Mrs. Ogilvie
Shumate, Mrs. Charles Stanley
White, Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H.
Ellis and George c. Carter, OF
Loudoun county.
Miss Kathleen Fletcher,
daughter of Mrs. Kathryn B.
Fletcher, has selected June II
for her wedding to William Ma
comb, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
than Gilbert Macomb. of Terre
Haute, Ind.
The ceremony will take place
at $50 o'clock in the Dunbar
ton Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church with the Rev. Walter
Franklin Atkinson officiating.
Miss Helen Fletcher will be
her sisters maid Of honor. The
bridesmaids will be Miss Lee
Macomb, sister of the bride
groom-to-be, and Miss Eleanor
Seville.
Mr.. Macomb will have as his
best man his brother, Gilbert
Sutton Macomb, and ushers will
be Kent Davis and Richard Sc
vile.
Col. and Mrs. Frederick
Eugene Porter and Col. and Mrs.
Henry L. Larsen are among
those entertaining at dinner
this evening at Hotel Twenty
Four Hundred.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

Consuelo Vanderbilt Davis and
many thanks"
HELEN MARX, daughter Of
IL the Leroy Marks, is wear
ing the most gorgeous piece Of
French jewelry-a ring Of square
crystal, set in onyx and a lace
like setting of tiny diamonds and
so large that it reaches, very
regally, over the knuckle Of the
third finger!
A NNE ARCHIBALD, dynamic
"A executive Of Pan-American
Airways, is not only a charm.
ingly feminine person, with Q
flair for clothes and witty com.
ment, but she has the most ex-
quisitely graceful hands which
even in the dead Of winter are as
soft and white as chiffon velvet.
WHAT DIVORCE and subse-
w quent remarriage of a GER
tain well known matron here in
town, about the middle of Janu-
ary, is going to create no end Of
commotion and maybe quite q
bit Of mud singing?
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
FrenChEnvOy
Host Tonight

The French Ambassador,
Count Rene de Saint Quentin,
will entertain at a small buffet
supper this evening at the en-
baSsy following the showing of
the new French film, Grand
Illusion.
The film-which incidentally
is banned in Italy and Germany
was shown at the White
House last night and witnessed
by Mrs. Roosevelt following her
birthday dinner.
Grand Illusion, produced by
Jean Renoir, son of the famous
French artist. is based on world
peace and brotherhood of all
nations. The show opens at the
Belasco tomorrow night.
This afternoon a preview Of
the film will be given at the
BelaSco for clergymen.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Pryors Return

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel F.
Pryor, jr., have returned to their
home in Greenwich, Conn, after
a short stay at the Shoreham.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Pack Of
Oak Lane, Philadelphia, are
spending part of their honey
moon here and are at the Hotel
Raleigh. They were married
Monday and will continue far
ther South on their wedding
trip.
DR.. and Mrs. Gail Soper are
in Washington from Evanston.
ILL.,, and are staying at the Hotel
Raleigh. DR.. Soper is attend
ing the Medical Convention in
the Capital this week.
Il x
Miss Margaret Zuill has come
from Bermuda to Washington
and is a guest at the Hotel Ra-
leigh
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert GriggS,
of Wilmington, Del, are stay.
ing at the Hotel Roosevelt.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
In Town

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Hamilton Nc
Cormick- -Goodhart are in Wash
ington at present and have
taken an apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel where they
will be in residence during the
next few months. They will be
in town until the first Of the
year when they plan to leave
for Florida to open their home
there at Hobe Sound.
q +
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Stansfield, Of
Manchester, England, are stop
ping at the Dodge.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Engagement Told

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Cohen,
of Richmond, Va, formerly of
this city, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss
Clara Libby Cohen, to Myer Mil
Ter. of Detroit, Mich. Mr.. Miller
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin Miller, of Detroit, Mich.
The wedding will take place
IN the near future.
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

Lean has been
offered two
million dollars
cash for her
Eye S tre e t
h o u s e .
THAT Caro-
line Cecil, the
p r city last
years bud, will
be given a ring
by T o m m y
A d a m S, her
devotee, before
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

OF the town newspapers.
MRS. JACK MARSHALL, who
AVA detests inactivity, has
started off on a career, to do
with photographs and news
events for a well-known concern
here.
A MY HARRELL and Mildred
"A Blanton,s both clever execu-
tives, in q Florida bank, stayed
just long enough in Washington
on their way to New York to
make several new friends and
leave everyone regretful when
they left. Amy is just as
blond and fair as Mildred is
dark and golden-tanned, both
have a delicious Southern drawl
and wear their clothes in the
chic, modern manner, particu-
larly when it comes to Swagger
fox capeS.
MRS. LOUIS CALDWELL is
NA wearing, beyond a doubt,
the most exquisite dinner en-
Semble in town, so far, and
with her white hair and young,
glowing face, the effect is mar
velouS. The dress is crepe and
plum colored with a graceful,
hiplength jacket, collared deeply
with blue fox. It was designed
by MolyneuX, and Mrs. Cald-
wells only ornaments consist of
two diamond bracelets and a
square of diamonds at the
throat.
MARIE AND peck" WETH-
NA ERILL, who are one Of the
incest and most popular couples
in this town, are nearly ready to
retire, before the real season be-
gins. All because friends keep
dropping into town from every
where to stay only long enough
ia say "goodby." And-Peck
vows that if he says "goodby"
twice more, he will have to go
into Seclusion to save what little
health he has been able to retain.
KATHRYN FUQUA, who gave
IN gay luncheon the other
day before the Elizabeth Arden
style show at the Shorenam, is
always exquiSitely groomed but
that especial day she looked ex-
tremely smart in an all black
nit whose sleeves were fash
'oned of clipped black fur and
her tiny cap-like turban was a
tanning geranium red!
7 OY LEWIS, who adores dogs
IL and has several prize-win-
ming Dandie- -Dimmonts, is all
agog over the coming dog show
at the Old Dominion Club in
Alexandria, Saturday, and the
st. Margaret's Hunt Club Show
in Annapolis on Sunday.
10y is planning to show three
dogs, Robert Dellorain of Rus
scot" who is without doubt, the
snootiest .Dandie D m m o n t
we've ever encountered and per-
haps justly. he is the son Of
Champions, also Nadia and the
most fascinating bit of femme
dogdom in town, one "Demi-
monde" who, not at all Incl
dentally knows perfectly well,
how lovey she really is.
Mrs. Richard Johnston is also
showing some of her prize-win-
ming dogs, including a wire ter
rier who invariably wins every
thing. Recently, at the Whining
ton Dog Show, given on the Hal
leck du Pont estate, 10y Davis
was just finished showing her
dogs when an excited young
woman rushed up to her and
said, "Please, will you take my
Skye Terrier into the ring and
show him, just can't" Nat
urally 10y did and when she
came out, and gave the dog back
to the excited young woman
she wondered who on earth she
might be. She didn't wonder
long, for the young woman
thanked her and said, II am
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Washington Times Staff Photo

and Mrs. Albert L. Cox, Director
of Soil Conservation Service and
Mrs. Hugh H. Bennett, Mrs. w.
N. Evans, assistant director
Women's division national Dem
ocratic committee; Judge and
Mrs. N. A. Townsend, national
Archivist, and Mrs. Robert D. w.
Conner,
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
POINT

THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
SAID, BUT NEVER WRITTEN
.. That Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Nc
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
PETER CARTER
Says:

TOCK SOBOTKA, who has been around town lately
j with too many pretty girls is rumor would have
one believe engaged Well this column, which has many
rumor and fortunately they have all held nicely will bet
hundred (and the column nor us possess either
amount) that Jock will be still happy bachelor well into
1945.
Dick Dear is right well thrilled assignment for
him which has do with weekly piece of writing for
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
New Egyptian Minister Receiued By President ~
United States Envoy to E Egypt,
Bert Fish, Capital Visitor
En- Route to Florida
Bu Flora Macdonald

wo have with us this week Ministers and from the land
Of the Nile.
The newly arrived envoy of Egypt Mahmoud Hassan Bey
presented his credentials yesterday afternoon to President
Roosevelt He accompanied by the members of his staff,
the First Secretary Mr. Hussen Rady the Agricultural At
tache Dr. Mounr Bahgat, and the Attache Mr. Mohamed
Awad Ell Koni.
GETTING Settled in New Home
With Nine Hassan Bey and their two small children the
Minister getting settled in their home, the attractive
legation on Sheridan Circle The youngsters are son. Amr
who at the age of l. speaks four languages uenty and MS
small sister Nawan who just 21 old Hassan Bey
formerly represented his country in Sweden
Nine Hassan Bev who with her flashing brown and
black hair will be an interesting addition to the diplomatic
chatelanes speaks English with and anticipates gay
and exciting winter in the Capital
The Washington times., 1938-10-12
Gettino Settled in New Home

Today the Minister had as
his guest at luncheon at the le-
CATION our own American Min
lister to Egypt, Bert Fish, who
arrived in New York Saturday
after a leisurely trip Of 81 days
on the President Adams. He is
now in Washington for a few
days stay and most of his time
is being spent with calls at the
Ctafa anoTtnant
The Washington times., 1938-10-12

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Evening star., 1938-07-03
ACE TRIBE TEAMS;
OF PAST MATCHED
lajoie's Maps of 1908 and
Speakers 1920 Indians
to Battle Today.
By the Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press
CLEVELAND, July 7.-Cleveland's
pennant-mad fans tomorrow will zee
members of the city's two greatest
baseball teams Of the past In . full
nine-inning game.
The batting eyes may have been
dimmed and the pitching may be a
trife slower in this game between
Larry LAjoie's 1908 Maps and IRIS
Speakers 1920 Indians, but time
hasn't dimmed memories Of the great
stars.
Lajoie's outfit came within a half
game Of winning the pennant and
Speakers squad took the league crown
and won a<World Series.
Original Lne-ups Start.
A feature will be both original
starting lne-ups.
The 1908 team will include Joe
birmingham. Harry Bay, Bill Bradley,
Bill Hinchman, Elmer Flick, Georee
Stovall. Terry Turner. George Per-
ring, Harry Bemis, Mig Clark, cy
Young, Dusty Rhoads, Ed Walsh and
Glenn Liebhardt.
Speakers squad will have Charlie
Jameson. Bill Wamby, Elmer Smith.
Joe Wood, Larry Gardner, Doc John
ston, Joe Sewell, Steve ONeill, Paddy
Livingston, Stanley Coveleskie, jim
6agby, ST. and jr.; Walter Mails, Raw
Caldwell and Sam Jones.
The batteries: Coveleskie and O'Neill
Tor the "youngsters,' Young and
Bemis for the veterans.
Proceeds will be for unfortunate old
time ball players.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
CHAMPION SOFTIES,
DR.. PEPPERS CLASH
Capital Stars Are Hosts to Briggs
Ten of Detroit at Griffith
Stadium Tuesday. .-.'

The world champion amateur soft
ball ten, Briggs Beautyware Of Detroit.
will play Tuesday night under the
lights at Grifith Stadium against Dr..
Pepper, the outfit which indirectly
helped 1t to win the title.
Last year in the championship tour
nament at Chicago DR.. Pepper, then
known as Ehrlich Poultry. played the
longest game In tournament history,
an 1S-inning contest, in the quarter
finals, which 1t lost to the Sapulpa,
Okla. Oilers, so. In the final the
Oilers, softened by their grueling
quarter-final contest, were defeated BY
the Detroiters, 10.
The Plumbers at present are play
ing series Of games with the strong
est teams in the South. To date they
have won 20 Of 23 in 10 cities. 'Df.
Pepper, playing in two leagues, has
lost two games Of A, only one Of the
setbacks occurring in league competi-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
HARRIS PREDICTS
YANKEE PENNANT
Champs Impress Griffmen's
Manager at Expense Of
His Own Club.
By . Stan Correspondent Of The Star,


NEW YORK, July 2.-on the
strength Of recent performances and
the graphic evidence they presented
the Nationals In sweeping the two
game series here. Manager Bucky Har-
ris tonight nominated the Yankees
as his choice to capture the pennant.
They're getting the pitching now"
said Harris, "and they're hitting. on
what Cleveland has shown US, I don't
see how the Yankees can miss re-
peating. I'm surprised they aren't
leading the league now by seven or
eight games"
They won't get any more right
hand pitching from US though" in
formed Harris. "1'll throw Ken Chase
and Chief Hogsett at 'ein Monday and
see how they 60. You can bet your
life they won't overpower us like they
did up here"
Play Athletics Today.
The Mats hoped q train Immediate
ly following the game and headed for
Philadelphia. with the first Of two
double-headers in two days slated
tomorrow at Shibe Park.
Dutch Leonard, pounded by Boston
IN his last start, and Monte Weaver,
who hasn't started q game since May
30, will hurl for the Mats.
Washington has slumped amazing
ly in the last three days. The Mats,
scoring three runs in the last n in
nings. have collected only II hits over
that stretch, Is Of them being singles.
The sag in the middle Of the line
up chiefly has been responsible for
the feeble production Of runs. Sammy
West, Buddy Lewis, Al Simmons, Zeke
Bonura and Cecil Travis couldn't
manufacture hit among them today,
with only three balls hit by that
quintet travelling beyond the infield.
Luck With Wright
Pinch-hitter Taft Wright, who has
doubled in his last two trips to the
plate. bounced his hit over the FIRST
baseman's head on each occasion.
Lewis, Travis and Rick Ferrell
hardly increased their chances of
crashing the all-star lineup under
Manager Joe Mccarthy at Cincinnati
July 6. Each collected only . single
In the two games with the Yankees.
McCarthy's Red Rolfe and Bill Dickey
meantime were more impressive and
the New York pilot hardly figures to
1avor Travis over Joe Cronin at short
stop.