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The Omaha guide., 1939-05-27

P. C.-Music is my every
thought and I wish to know If 1t
would benefit me just to continue
on practicing year in and year
out?
Ans: 1t makes you happy
doesn't IT, and you are the
Church Pianist now, so | rec
ommend that you do keep up
with your music. I don't pre-
diet a theatrical career for you
but you can arrange to teach
music if you like.
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-27

As far back as 1918 Rapee was
conducting Mendelssohn and other
classic composers in Broadway film
theatres. During his career he has
had various musicians in his c..
-Lo,&~.~ xsyho hava oouai
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-27

l. B.-Me and my old man quit
and he wants me to take him back.
He says he will do right about
me if | take him back and l
don't know what to do?
Ans: Due to the fact that
you aren't happy a 5 you are
now, you might try living
with him again. He doesn't
mean to do wrong. But you
both are actually at fault. Try
ito be agreeable instead of try
ing TO find so many different
things to fuss and argue about.
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-27

a log and cover
ing its ends with
goat skin, is the
mother in law
o ( S o u n d..
w hat S e
mother?
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-27

w. r. C.-The place where my
brother works called and would
like for me to come to work there
too. Should l go2
Ans: Yes, of course you
should. I will not hurt your
brother any, the reason they
called you wals because they
respected him.
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-27

Topsy : tnrUy
Grf, an u Sic!
Symphony bands
are tearing into
Turkey in the
Stru 10 and
spiu0 outfits =
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-27

tually clog the apparatus.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Three Pastors
HOnOred

Four anniversaries were cele-
brated In Washington churches
yesterday as ministers challenged
their hearers to enlarged percep-
ton of spiritual things to help
meet the demands of modern life.
First Methodist Protestant
Church celebrated its 10th year
Of activity with a sermon by a
guest speaker. DR.. E. A. Sexsmith,
president of the Maryland Annual
Conference and descendant Of Will
liam Sexsmith, Ole of the founders
of the church.
DR.. Andrew Reid Bird, pastor Of
the Presbyterian Church Of the
Pilgrims, observed the completion
of % years as minister in Wash
ington, with morning and evening
sermons.
The sixteenth anniversary Of his
pastorate at West Washington
Baptist Church was observed by
the Rev. Charles B. Austin, who at
his evening sermon was host to
the Potomac Lodge of Masons.
At st Andrews Episcopal
Church, the completion of seven
years service was celebrated by
the Rev. Arthur J. Wilder.
The Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman,
bishop Df Washington. installed
the Rev. Joseph A. Hauber as
pastor Of Ascension Church in
Sligo Parish, Silver Spring, Md.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09

firing little feather on the side,
but at a rakish angle.
The Douglas Fairbanks, father
and son, had nine guests at their
table. Mrs. Fairbanks, the for
mer Lady Sylvia Ashley, hostessed
in purple outfit. The small hat
had lots of veil and matched her
dress perfectly-and a bit con-
Servatively-compared to some of
the others.
She and Doug left for Cali
fornia today, although for a time
it looked as though the transat-
lantic phone call Doug had in the
midst of his coffee might change
their plans.
Mrs. w. Averill Hartman wore
a black hat trimmed with bits of
bright red and blue and green.
She was with her husband and
Maestro Eddie Duchin. We looked
up when she ordered a marsh,
or field salad" made to go with
her lamb chops.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Center Gives
OuriSn1Qn
Sd Term

Benjamin Ourisman was
elected president of the Jewish
Community Center last night for
a third consecutive term.
In his annual report, Ouris-
man paid tribute to two anon
ymous donors whose gifts made
possible a four-story addition to
the center Ito provide needed edu-
cational and recreational facll-
tiles" The center is now used as a
meeting place for 81 organizations.
it was reported by Edward RoSen-
lum, executive director.
Other officers elected we're Mil
ton King, first vice president; Bur
nett Siman, second vice president; i;
Dr.. Ivy A. Pelzman, third vice
president; Fred Gichner, treas
urer; Robert Rothstein, assistant
treasurer; Abe Shefferman, record,
ing secretary; Moses Gutenberg.
corresponding secretary.
The following we're elected to
three-year terms on the board OF
trustees. David Bornet, Morris Ca
fritz, Mrs. Sarah L. Dembitz, Paul
Himmelfarb, DR.. Jacob Kotz, Sid
ney Lust, Gustave Rirg, Harry
Viner, Joseph Cherner, DR.. M. A.
Goldberg, Harry Sherry, Nathan
Wallach and Isadore Freund.
Burnett Siman, chairman OF
The center's membership drive,
announced the first report meet
ing of workers will be held tomor'
row night.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09

elecIeQ 10 congress-.
The truth is, the electorate
hasn't upped Tilley while he was
asleep. It's simply that his ele
gantly fictional counterpart, The
Senator, is soon to blossom or
newstands locally. Perhaps ma
tionally.
Which is to say that Washing
ton is soon to have new periodi
cal in the frou-frou class, similar
to the New Yorker.
EVE ROBERT ON STAFF
Any number of the towns i'm.
peccable and unhurried Scribblers
will prepare papers for Harry
Newman's new publication. New
man is the present publisher OF
Judge. Ken Watson is to be man
aging editor.
Headlining (Eustace woul q
vince at the choice of words here)
the staff of ladies and gentlemen
who are to write for The Senator
is Evie Robert, who will not dc
things like Ewes Rib" as she does
for us, but probably a few Thur
ber-ish Illustrations, if the mad
ness seizes her.
The staff of The Senator reads
like circulation managers dream
of dying and going to Heaven, il
you will stretch a point,
PLENTY OF TALENT
George Abel, Carlisle Bargeron
John Jay Daily, George Durno
Hunter Osborne, Helen Essary
Maybelle Jennings, Richard Hark
ness, Ned Brooks Everyone. ap
parently, who is anyone, except
me and thee, and I'm not sure
about thee.
Just to prove more or les;
conclusively that thee mayst D;
amongst the salaried slaves ot
The Senator, there are many othel
assorted folk who'll add luster-
maybe polish would be a better
term-to the incipient periodical
For instance, count in John Rus
sell Young. H. E. C. Bryant
Charter Heslep, Mrs. Helen Fettel
Cook, Mrs. Josephine Horner
Evelyn M. Crowell and Norman
Rockwell.
For the front-office readers
Donald H. Small, formerly Of
Liberty, will be circulation man
ager of the Senator and Jack E
Smith will be advertising director
WHAT A MAN?
What is described optimisticallN
as "a composite of members of thu
Senate" will be the face adornins
the first issue of the Senator
which is due on the stands Janu
ary 20.
Oh. yes, and about the money
back of the magazine. Well
everyone connected with the Sena
tor appeared to be out of towr
for the week end. In New York
probably.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Sniper Fires
On 3 Autos

GLEN BURNIE, Md, Jan.
9.-Firing from a dark cOun-
try lane beside the Crane
Highway, a sniper sent bull
lets into three passing auto
mobiles within a half-hOur
last night, but failed to hit
any of the seven occupants.
County and State police
searched the scene, three and
a half miles south of here. to-
day for bullet shells. They
were unable to locate the
Sniper.
Police believe the marks
man to be an insane cOIOred
man, Henry Richardson, who
escaped from the Brownsville
State Hospital at noon yeSter.
day. The hospital is about
eight miles from the scene.
The bullets struck autOmO-
bileS operated by Frank, Vilk,
Baltimore; Raymond SauerS,
Millersville, and VILLA m
Buck, Severn.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09

the title of No. l "Manhattan's
mad-hatted," a distinction that
was untouchably Mrs. Munn'S in
hese parts, Countess Orssich, in a
mauve number with a single up
standing rose perched ON the
crown. was easily in the first
placers, along with Mrs. Marcus
Daily, who sported a drum majors
chapeau complete wit a ten-inch
feather cockade on the front, and
Mrs. Wally Harwood, whose
Roman striped pillbox supported
a black chiffon back-stop.
Elsa Maxwell, who shared a
table with Freddie Lonsdale, wore
a brown felt sports hat, with re-
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
j, S, TREASURER
AMONG SEVEN
HURT BY AUTOS
Five Children Injured in
Weekend Crashes

Seven persons, including the
Treasurer of the United States
and five children, were injured in
traffic mishaps in and around
Washington during the past "a
hours.
William A. Julian, the Treasury
official, is recuperating at his
home in Rockville, Md. from
lacerations and bruises incurred
when his car was in collision with
another automobile at Wilson
Lane and River Road.
BOYS SKULL FRACTURED
Most seriously hurt is Thomas
D. Floyd, 10, of the TOO block Of
Fifth st. S. E., who suffered a
fractured skull and possible
fractured spine when he ran into
the side of car in the 400 block
of Virginia Ave. S. E. He is at
Providence Hospital
Another child, Robert PoSS, 8,
of the 800 block of Fifth st. N. W.
incurred a possible fracture of tie
right leg when he fell from his
bicycle in the 400 block of 1 st.
N. w. He was given first-aid at
Casualty Hospital.
A third youngster. David Hitch
cock. 5, of the 1900 block of Sixth
st. S. w., suffered abrasions when
he was struck by an automobile
near his home. He was given first
aid by a private physician.
OTHERS HURT
Bernard and Laura Haroer, both
3 years old, incurred lacerationS
of the face and legs when the car
in which they were riding collided
with another machine on Benning
Road Northeast. Both children.
who live at Crome Station, Md,
were taken to Casualty Hospital.
Agnes Lycett. 33, of the 1900
block of l st. N. w., suffered q
broken shoulder when struck by
bus near Laurel, Md. She is at
Garfield Hospital.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
ST. John S DediCates
Justice Fuller Pew

With the dedication of a pew
to the late Chief Justice Melville
Weston Fuller of the U. S. Su-
preme Court, the congregation Of
st. Johns Episcopal Church
yesterday heard a sermon touch
ing on religious liberty in which
DR.. Oliver J. Hart, rector, declared:
"As goes the Christian Church.
so goes America"
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes and other members of
the Supreme Court saw pew No.
81 dedicated to the man who was
Chief Justice from 1888 to 1910.
His daughter, Mrs. Mildred Fuller
| Wallace, endowed the pew.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
NO SALES
Utilities Shares Kept
off Market in '38

G.N.SO Not a single issue Of
common stock of electric mad gas
utilities was offered for sale in
1888, the Securities and Exchange
Commission revealed today in
summary of utility issues sold pub
licly or privately from 1885 to 1888.
This compares with one common
stock issue in 1887, two in 1896 and
one in 1885.
All issues sold in 1888 totaled
1882 952,995 against $664,304, ,635
in 1887, $1,413,151,551 in 1886 and
81 1,048, ,686,4OO in 1885. The 1888
total included 36 bond issues ag-
gregating $500, TOT 900, of which IA
totaling $96, 100000 were privately
sold
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Indemnity Bill Drafted
100000 Mooney Gift Proposed
Bill Drafted:
Copyright, 1899, by International
Avo,urn Co-.r;ao \

lCOpyIlSnlr iSOJt ny
News Service)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. eff
the plan of a liberal California
assemblyman is fruitful, Tom
Mooney will be voted in excess
of $1,000,000" by the State legis-
lature for his % years imprison
ment.
The legislator plans to introduce
the indemnity bill at the present
session of the Assembly, but will
withhold action pending outcome
of the pardon application of War
ren K. Billings, MONEYS code
fendant, who is still lncarcerated
at Folsom Prison.
The assemblyman indicated he
would seek a similar indemnity
for Billings.
Both Mooney and his attorney.
George T. Davis, refused to com.
ment on the proposed indemnity.
Mooney related that he feared
that his enemies" have him still
marked for death" He said:
III LUe CTOWQS IIldL sur
rounded me after 1 was freed,
somebody handed me wrapped
cigar. And let me tell you 1 was
scared stiff. threw it away as
soon as I could.
And I made a mistake in
yesterdays parade. Somebody
handed me a glass of water, and
1 drank it. I'm not taking any
more drinks of water from any
more strangers"
Anna Mooney, sister of the erSt-
while most celebrated prisoner of
America" broke in on MONEYS
remark, saying:
Tom. you've got to be care
full! They may try to poison
| you'll"
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Hats on to Mrs. Num-!
400 WAUeS Fare WeU
Society Charmers
Now May Hope
To Catch Eye
By NANCY RANDOLPH

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-As soon
as word had gotten around that
Mrs. Orson Mum Carrie, of the
chapeau de luxe) was safely
aboard the Conte di Savoia, head
ing for Italy with an ample as
sortment of her hats, dozens Of
New York society's well-lidded
ladies jammed on their newest
birds nests, miniature flower
gardens and military numbers
and descended on the Colony
Restaurant.
Now they have chance to usurp
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
ConsCienCe-St
Youth Returns Loot

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9 4.N.SO.
A conscience-stricken youth was
held for morals court hearing
today after walking into detec-
tive headquarters last night with
the announcement that he had
stolen $3.50 worth of bonds and
diamond rings week ago. MY
conscience was bothering me and
l wanted to get it over with,
Jay A. Young was quoted as say
ing. He returned the loot.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09

COOSdu lOudy.
Jackie is putting all his house
hold goods on the block, following
the separation from his actress
bride, Betty Cradle.
THE Kid" who estimates he
made $4,OOO,O0O as Americas most
famous child star, AYERS now that
he is broke and without a job.
Betty, however, draws a $500
weekly pay check.
Persian rugs, three grand pianos,
Is Oil and water color paintings
by famous artists and costly period
furniture will be among the items
to be knocked down to the highest
bidder.
In addition to his marital diff
culties, Coogan is now suing his
mother, Mrs. Lillian Bernstein,
and his stepfather, Arthur L. Bern
stein, for an accounting of his
earnings.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
GAS, POISON
FELL 6; MAN
DIES IN AUTO
Coroner Rules Death Of
Accountant Suicide

One man is dead and five other
persons under treatment here
from the effects of gas and poison,
police reported today.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid issued a certificate of suicide
in the case of Walter R. Fisher,
AZ, of the 5000 block of Fourteenth
st. N. W., an accountant for a
local building supply firm.
Fisher was discovered Slumped
in the front seat of his car in his
garage by his wife. Mrs. Fisher
was at loss to explain her hus-
bands action, telling police he had
some financial difficulties but
mot enough for him to want to
kill himself"
HIS THIRD ATTEMPT
Robert o. Steep, 35, of the 600
block of H st. N. W., was found
unconscious in lunchroom In the
800 block of Ninth St. N. w. Au-
thorities declared Steep has tried
to commit suicide twice before. He
was removed to Gallinger Hospital
and is in an undetermined condl'
ton from the effects of a poison
Police are trying to get in touch
with the son of Mrs. Charlotte
Everette, IS, of the 1900 block OF
California st. N. W., victim Of gas,
who was found near a stove on
which all the jets were open. She
was taken first to Emergency
Hospital and later to Gallinger.
THREE OTHER VICTIMS
Authorities say her son, Will
liam, is on his way to Cleveland
Ohio. ATTEMPTS are being made
to reach him.
An unknown quantity Of a poi
son is said by police to have
stricken Annie Lawrie Echo, 80, Of
the 100 block of I St. N. w. She
was given first aid at Casualty
Hospital and later returned to hel
home.
SENT TO HOSPITALS
A disinfectant was the cause o1
poisoning in the case of Erms
Chase, 33, of the 100 block of N
st. s. E., authorities declare. She
is undergoing treatment at Casu
atty.
Elmer L. Barr, 25, of Fremont
Terrace, Riverdale, Md, was dis
covered unconscious in a down
town hotel. After he was taker
to Emergency Hospital he wa
transferred to Gallinger Munich
pal Hospital for treatment, aftel
taking a half pint of poison, police
said.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Two Artillery Units
Ready for Service

Two of the four inactive units of
the 260th Field Artillery, District
National Guard, recently author
lied by the War Department for
active service, have been com
pleted and are ready for induction
into service, it was announced
today.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Wins, But Loses

DENVER, Jan. 9 GN.SO-Colo.
radios Republican governor-elect
Ralph L. Carr, won and lost in
the recent general election, it de
veloped recently. Carr won the
gubernatorial post, to be sure, but
he lost 35 pounds doing it.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Meyer to Give Tax Talk

"The Income Tax Law and It's
ImpnCatIOns will be the subject
of an address by Joseph K. Meyer,
former chairman of the special
advisory committee to the Bureau
Of Tnter0nl Revenue, before the
~--'-o of Con-
trollers at Lafayette Hotel Wednes-
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
OTHER EXTREME

Because there are few manu-
facturers in Washington, we find
another extreme, namely, the
Negro who must apply for re-
lief, and these form three
fourthS of the relief rolls of the
District"
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
.YECGS REMOVE
SAFE, $500 FROM
GAS STATION
Third Such Robbery in
Two Weeks

parently lack the ability to open a
safe except by battering it to
pieces, last night took safe from
a building to crack it at their
leisure elsewhere.
A small built-in wall safe, con-
tanning about $500, was ripped
from a wall of Otis Service Sta
ton, 1900 block of Georgia Ave.
N. w., it was reported to police by
the manager of the establishment,
Joseph E. Bowman.
SAME GANG
Detectives believe the thugs are
are same ones that removed safes
bodily from the Trew Motor Com
pany's repair shop, netting S7OO,
and the Waple and James real
estate office, gaining $100. Both
crimes have been committed
within the past two weeks.
Another gang, with a crafts
mans knowledge of safe-cracking,
has also been operating here. How
ever, both of the stolen safes have
been found smashed open.
THIVES BUSY
Meanwhile, dozens of thefts and
holdups, in which the loot ranged
from taxicab to carpenters tools,
were committed in Washington
last night.
Five bicycles were lost by young
sters, all sorts of clothing from
overcoatS to shoes disappeared
from a number of residences;
radios and carpenters tools were
missing and one man was robbed
of all the tires, tubes and other
movable accessories of his auto
mobile.
TAXICAB STOLEN
Biggest amount of loot fell to
two men who held up William
Dockery, of the 800 block of
Florida Ave. N. w., and took away
his taxi and a 81 bill. Police
expect to regain the cab, however
Second largest theft occurred
when thugs broke into a store in
the 100 block of INLAND Terrace
N E. Morris Brown, proprietor,
told authorities the burglars
obtained a cash register worth
5000 and about $50 in cash.
CAFE MAN BEATEN
Third most important robbery
found Louis TrangaS, proprietor
of restaurant in the 1700 block
of Pennsylvania Ave. N. W., minus
$11O. He explained to police that
O man who hit him on the head
with a board as Trangas climbed
the stairs to his apartment over
the cafe was the winner in a
tussle that lasted nearly an hour
TENTH HOLDUP
Harry Lemmer, proprietor of a
grocery in the 1900 block of Fifth
st. N. W., was slugged over the
head by a youthful bandit who
took So from the cash register
today. Lemmer chased the youth
for a block despite the bump on
his head.
Police said it was at least the
tenth time the grocery has beer
victimized, but the first in which
the owner has been injured.
A man who stuck hard
object" in the back of Byron E
Richardson, a hacker, of the 510O
block of Kansas ave. N. w., got
$87 from his victim.
TOOLS STOLEN
Carpenters tools valued at 500
were reported missing by Richard
Fleming, of the $500 block of Thir-
teenth St. N. W.; clothing worth
$50 disappeared from the home of
Lena Hunter in the 1900 block of
Fifteenth st. N. W.; cigarettes re-
failing at SIS are gone from a
grocery store in the 800 block of
Upshur St. N. W.; and Frank j
Davidson, of the $500 block OF
Davis St. N. w., lost all the re,
movable parts of his car when it
was stolen from in front of his
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Jackie COogan'S Home
Furnishings AuctiOned

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 9-The bright red flag of the auc-
toneer waved in the breeze at the pata home of Jackie
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Celebrities Will Be On Staff of
Washington Periodical
By JOSEPH T. MOONEY, JR.

1t will something OF shock to Eustace Tey, one
of these unreasonable mornings when he pulls the velvet
beside his his manservant to find he has been
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Priest. Asks
For Social
Reform

Unless social reform is sped. to-
morrow may dawn upon a goddess
world, the Rev. John S. Cronin,
SIS, Ph.D., Acknowledgements eco
nomist, told more than SO men,
bers of the first session of the
Catholic School of Social Action,
which opened this morning.
Sessions are being held daily
this week at st. Michael'S Play
house, 1914 N st. N. W., from $50
a. m. to 1890 p. m.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
RACE PROBLEM DISCUSSED

Social and economic problems
of the Negro race in Washington
were discussed by the Rev. John
T. Gillard, ssh, Ph.D., assistant
to the superior of the Josephite
Fathers, who work exclusively
among colored persons.
He said:
"The social problem cannot
be disassociated from the ma
tional problem because our
economic, cultural and political
questions are so intertWined with
the so-called Negro question
that whole series of problems
has been produced for us.
THE Negro situation in
Washington is unique. We have
large group of Negroes en-
ployed in key Government posi-
tions and also in the Negro edu-
cational institutions.
Evening star., 1939-10-06
By the Associated Press.

Os WIG AoooSldtcu IIcSB.
OXFORD, Md, Oct. 6.-Miss
Mary Stewart, the Nations longest
serving postmaster, laid out her
rather plain" dressup frock today
and admitted she is excited at the
prospect of meeting the Presidents
wife-and maybe the President
next week.
Miss Mollie" at 81 has been Ok
ford's postmaster for 81 years and
will reach the climax of her career
next Thursday when she serves on
the Reception Committee at a
White House tea for visiting ladies
OF the National Postmasters' Asso-
citation Convention.
Over the long span of years Miss
Mollie" has taken the thrills and
toll Of her work with dignifed
placidity and she confessed she no
longer thrilled at the thought of a
mere visit to Washington.
But I know I'll enjoy meeting
Mrs. Roosevelt" she observed
And III be excited If 1 get to see
the President"
She's making no great splurge IN
her preparations. She described her
dress as rather plain-something
I can get lot of wear from when
get back"
Miss Mollie succeeded her father
who was appointed by Abraham
Lincoln-as postmaster. She has
served under 13 Presidents and has
come through smiling after numer-
Evening star., 1939-10-06
Plans to Meet Mrs. Roosevelt
Excite Dean of Postm0sters
Miss MoI|ie to Wear Rather Plain
Dress at White House Teu Thursday

GUS political efforts to have her
replaced.
The kindly, homely touches that
Miss Mollie has brought to the
post Office have endeared her to the
community. For years, she used to
leave piece of candy in the post
boxes of those who received no mail
But the number of clients" became
so great she stopped the practice
reluctantly.
Her only hobby-keeping dogs and
horses-also faded a few years ago
and she explained: Il got so sad
when anything happened to one OF
my pets" Even now, though, she
feeds all the stray dogs that come
around the Office.
Her own work offers Miss Mollie
the greatest contrast between mod
ern times and those of so years ago
Il never had any bookkeeping to
do in those days" she said. And
now that's one of the big phases of
my work. And talk of changes
When my father was postmaster he
kept all the money taken in at the
Office And We sent the mail by all
manner of transportation-sulky
horseback and steamboat"
Miss Mollie will spend Sunday
in Baltimore and will be on hand
in Washington early Monday when
the convention opens. She's certain
she'll have good time-maybe as
good as last year, when she got her
first airplane ride at Chicago, and
came home with handsome plaque
bearing the postmaster's creed, the
gift of her boss, James A. Farley.