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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11

total deaths during the half year
occurred in the deaths from the
pneumonias. There were 2,6O9
cases of pneumonia reported dur
ing the first six monthss of 1899
with S13 deaths, in comparison
with 2,129 cases and $50 deaths
during the corresponding period
of 1898. II is too early to draw
conclusions regarding the effec-
tiveness of the newer methods OF
treatment of the disease. but q
drop of this sort in spite of an
increase in the cases reported, is
decidedly encouraging.
June with 1887 deaths had the
lowest number of deaths in any
one month, so far, in 1889, and
January with 2,017 the highest
number"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
PAGE SEVEN
EXERCISE

Two hefty men, who, from the
looks Of their clothes, had just
finished work of a rather rough
kind, were dining in one of Lon
don't all-night restaurants. One
of them was saving violently at a
piece of steak, each mouthful being
won by sheer hard work. At last
he came to a particularly tough
piece, and turning to his mate, he
said. in a hoarse whisper that
could be heard plainly: "'Tain't
the food wot does yer good here.
Joe; it's the exercise"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11

Mrs. Lydia Fifield of Putnam.
Conn, was surprised recently
when single child, a son, was
born to her She is the mother of
six pairs of twins.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
ROOFING - Thinning

l.. H. Miner, Johns-Mansville and
Carey Approved Roofing contrac-
tors; timing and sheet metal
work. Stag roofing, spouting, fur
naces, skylights, metal cornices.
Office at 35 Wayside Ave; shop
at Locust and Broadway.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
FOR SALE

Nice selection of building lots and
homes. Also full line of insur-
ance. Charles E. Fry, 100 Hamil-
ton Boulevard. Phone 2391-J.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
FOR RENT

Large store room, No. SO N. Po-
tomac st. Possession Aug. l.
Apply G. E. Fry or Chester R.
Hays at R. M. Hays & Bros.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
MARKETS

See Abe Martin for the best in
Meats, Groceries, Vegetables. Is
Public Square, Hagerstown. Tele-
phones 2510-2511-2512-2513.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11

The rest of the deaths were scat
tered among the remaining third.
Zone significant decrease in the
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
NOTIONS

We have a notions department of
Thread, Buttons, Hose. Toiletries.
etc. jim DANDY STORE, corner
Wayside avenue and Locust st.
adv
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
MONEY TO LOAN

Money to loan on first mortgage,
5 per cent. George D. Hicks, Ha-
gerstown Trust Bldg. Phone 3018.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
DRUGS, Etc.

Warren Pharmacy, Drugs, Pre-
scriptions, Cosmetics, Magazines,
Candy, Cigarettes. 240 Jefferson
st. Phone your order, 927.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS

Tive Per Cent Interest, 10 to Is
gears to pay. L. S. Spangler,
End. floor Second National Bank
Building. Telephone 1886.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
COFFEES, TEA, Etc.

See w. D. Cunningham for Kennys
Coffees; 48 hours from the roast
or. q East Franklin Street. Tele-
phone 488.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
FRUITS, VEGETABLES

Fruits, vegetables and all kinds OF
green groceries, etc. E. e. Cronice
81 West Franklin Street.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
POULTRY

Choice frying and roasting chick
ems, wholesale and retail. Foltz
Poultry Market, % High Street.
Free delivery. Phone 177S.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
Meet Your Friends At
M G. 70 R Y s
FIVE G. TEN CENT STORES
AUTO SERVICE, USED CARS

Diamond r Motor Truck Sales
and Service-Poe's Garage, rear
OF 115 E. Franklin st. Hagerstown
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
ICE CIR Fam

Mains Ice Cream for Quality. AT
your merchants.
Evening star., 1939-12-14

1t was the experience of playing, in
effect, female impersonater. &.
A wig, lip-stick, mascara, dress, silk
stockings and high-heeled shoes
were the Douglas costume for a
sequence in which, as a detective,
he must disguise himself as a
woman. II look ridiculous, feel
ridiculous, I'm not acting now, and
this is one time I'll give a truly
amazing performance" was Douglas
reaction to the experience which he
promises never to have again. {.
Paramount newsreels of the Giants
Packers pro-football championship
game reached the Earle and Met
screens yesterday. Trans-Lux's
screen, too. :. The same reels also
show the U. S. Gu. C. L. A. and the
Tennessee Auburn games. 4.
"Destry Rides Again" with Marlene
Dietrich making her sensational
comeback as a dancing dame in
cowboy night club, will remain
second week at Keith's, probably the
least surprising news of holdover
this season. June Preisser, niece
of The Stars Warren Preisser, and
one of M-G-M-'s up-and-coming
starlets will appear with Louella
Parsons act at Loew's Capitol start
ing December 20. Susan Hay
Evening star., 1939-12-14

ward, Arlean Whelan, Joy Hodges,
Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagon
are in the same company. ). June's
last appearance in Washington was
as a star dancer of that Ziegfeld
Follies show which played that
sitting hot May engagement at the
National two Mays ago. The
one that Manager Eddie Plohn will
never forget either. "Hunchback
of Notre Dame" Is Keiths next at
traction, whenever Destry rides out
Of there again. Three After
Three" with Simone Simon, Mary
Brian and Mitzi Green, opened so
happily in Boston that it will be
held on the road a few weeks longer
before going into New York. One
of the weeks. early in January. will
be spent at the National which this
year cannot say it is not getting any
musical shows.
Evening star., 1939-12-14

to Shirley Temples Little Princess"
the more gorgeous for its techni-
color, to DeMille's expansive Union
Pacific" the lusty adventures Of q
railroad, you Can't Cheat an
Honest Man." that resounding
comedy feud-to-the-death between
w. C. Fields and Charlie Mccarthy.
1t was impressed with the spacious
adventure involved in Heart of the
North" and the antic domestic
comedy of Blonde Meets the Boss"
and TOO Busy to Work." the latter
vivid chapter from the endlessly
exciting Jones family saga. Quite
as easy as the others to recommend
is the 18th picture on the list. the
Olivia De Havilland-G George Brent
vehicle, Wings Of the Navy" full
of action and romance.
Get yourself toy, pick yourself
picture, and see what it is to share
enjoyment with an audience 50 gen.
erously composed of enthusiastic
juvenilia.
Good old self conscious Holly
wood! Biggest bang to its sense of
Importance these days is that pro-
vided by the Lunts, whose Tanning
of the Shrew" stops completely when
a cinema celebrity makes late ar
rival in accordance with Hollywood
etiquette. While the celebrity goes
to its seat, the Lunts bow, Alfred
may speak few words Of greeting,
and Richard Whorf working in that
stage box speaks the sardonic things
that only Christopher Sly could say
without having his big nose Dashed.
Hollywood loves it, regards the
whole thing as something very
special.
What it does not know is that the
trick has been part of the show ever
since the Lunts did it the first time
four years ago; that it has been
used just as is-though never so
frequently during single perform
ance-in New York, Washington,
Pittsburgh and all points West.
Something new, and something
terrifically embarrassing, awaited
suave Melvyn Douglas in his role IN
''The Amazing Dr.. Williams" which
opens at the Earle tomorrow. i.
Evening star., 1939-12-14

UQe picture, one tndC mas an appear
to grown-ups as well as their Off
spring, is the major enjoyment of
the child at the toy matinee. The
adult, on the other hand, has the
twin attractions of the film plus an
audience whose like is to be found
only when the kids turn out en-
masse. That kind of audience can
make even a bad picture enjoyable,
although the pictures chosen for
Saturdays shows obviate any such
necessity.
AS an adult-so classified by the
Bureau of the Census, which should
make it official-this department
Nready has recorded its enjoyment
Of the pictures which any other
adult may see Saturday for the
price of one new toy, the same price
that children pay.
1t went virtually ga-ga over the
1unatic comedy of East Side of
Heaven" which made Baby Sandy
a star overnight, the same over
"Three Smart Girls Grow Up with
Deanna Durbin, Mickey Rooneys
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
and the same young gentlemen's
"Out West With the Hardys, the
latter being the picture which imp
ish 10-year- -old Virginia Weidler
stole virtually from under the
Rooney nose It reacted happily, too.
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showin8

National-"The Hot Mikado," with
Bill Robinson: $50 pm.
Wardman Park - Awake and
Sing" Civic Theater production:
$3.50 pm.
Keith's"Destry Rides Again."
Marlene Dietrich among the cow
boys and Indians: 1870 am, 1:35,
3:35, $40, TAO and 9:40 pm. March
of Time: 11:15 am, 1:l5, 3:15, $50,
7:20 and 9:25 pm. .....
4 Earle-"Rulers of the Sea- the
story of steam VS.. sail: 1890 am,
1:20. 4:20. 7:10 and 1910 pm. Stage
shows: 1915. $40, 6:05 and 8 pm.
Palace The Housekeeper,s
Daughter" new comedy with Joan
Bennett: l1:15 am, 1:20, 2:30,' 5:35,
7:45 and 9:55 pm.
Capitol-"Eternally Yours" ro-
nance in the light-hearted man
ner: II am, lao, 4:25, 7:10 and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1910, 1925,
6:10 and 1855 pm.
Metropolitan The Return OF
Doctor x" scary doings with Hum
phrey Bogart: 11:55 am, 1855, 3:55,
5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
Little-"The Lady Vanishes," spy
yarn by Alfred Hitchcock: II am,
las, 4:30, tbs and 10 pm. "The
Life and Loves of Beethoven" with
much of his music: 1925, $40, 5:55
and 8:45 pm.
Columbia-"Babes in Arms" a
Mickey Rooney field day: II am,
1:05, 3:15, 5:25. 7:30 and 9:40 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Cast in New Role

Because Warner Bros new YER
sion Of "Disraeu, !" in which Geraldine
Fitzgerald will appear with Laurence
Oliver, will not be ready for the
cameras until January, the star has
been cast in . principal role Of I'VE
Shall Meet Again."
That picture stars Merle Oberon,
George Brent and Pat O'Brien.
Binnie Barnes, borrowed from
Twentieth Century Fox, also has a
leading part In I'VE Shall Meet
Again."
Edmund Goulding is directing.
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Writers Work

Walter Wanger has assigned Joan
Harrison and Charles Bennett to do
the screen play Of his forthcoming
Aim production suggested by Vim
cent Sheean's Personal History"
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Appeal of Toy Matinees
Doubled for Adults
There's the Enjoyment of Picture,
Plus That of Fascinating
Audience of Juveniles
BY JAY CARMODY.

Toy matinees they these SATURDAY. morning shows which
will be held Broa-N
Christmas matnees indeed they that
children eligible children
fact
Evening star., 1939-12-14

Alfred Hitchcock, who has been an
nounced as the director Of the film,
will start activity on the production
next month.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-07
VIRGINIA LEE COMMENDED
ON LIFE-SAVING INCIDENT

The official bulletin, issued in Wash
ington, by the Bureau Of Marine In
spection and Navigation, U. s. De-
partment of Commerce, in it's May is
sue has the following to say under
the caption "Man Overheard"
"The following account of an Incl
dent which occurred aboard the s. s.
Virginia Lee, commodious passenger
vessel of 2,158 gross tons, demon
strates the devotion to duty and the
resourcefulness of the officers and
crew of the vessel.
"On July Is, 1888, the Virginia Lee
which is owned and operated by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co., left Old
Point Comfort at 1925 A. M, bound
to Cape Charles, Va. Several of the
passengers drove their automobiles
aboard, slowing them on the main
deck, near the after part of the ves-
sci.
"The trip across the Chesapeake
Bay was proceeding under the most
favorable conditions, when for some
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-07

reason unknown to any of the steam
er's personnel, the owner of one of the
automobiles went below and without
warning of any nature deliberately
walked to the gangway port and leap
ed overheard. The steamer at the
time was in the vicinity of Thimble-
Shoal Lighthouse, proceeding at a
speed of 16 knots, under command of
Captain George B. Kirwan a veteran
in the service.
"A cry, "Man Overheard, was re-
layed to the pilothouse at 1O:40 a.
m. Immediately thereafter the emer-
gency alarm for manning the lifeboats
was sounded, and the vessels helm
was directed hard right. The vessel
circled around and returned to point
near the person laundering in the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-07

was just dream, was he? That's
what his words had implied-and his
eyes had finished the sentence. It
was all very romantic and just what
she would have had him say if she'd
written the dialogue for play, Linda
agreed, but the odds were that he
wouldn't know her from the elevator
starter or the cornerstone the next
time they met 80.
Suddenly Linda was yanked from
the immediate past an dthe forecast
future into the present as she barged
full tilt into a door that refused to
swing, even against more force than
she could muster.
She glared at the door as though
to stare it down, and read letters
which spelled: Stairway
The glare turned into grin-a wan
and tired effort, but well-intentioned
AS realization dawned that she had
tried to open the door the wrong
way.
Toward you, Linda, girl, not a.
way" she demonstrated, borrowing a
phrase she had heard in the feverish
course of events few feet above and
few minutes ago; in the nightmare
which ended in dream-of the nice
kind.
Nice building, good old pal! Linda
thought. You raise it from a pup,
practically, and then it plays tricks
on you by switching hinges, result
ing in skinned knuckles that look like
an incipient case Of housewives hands.
Surveying the injured member,
which was very white and very small
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-07

water. In the meantime lifeboat in
charge of Second Mate Geo. e. For
rest, with five seamen was lowered to
the water when the steamer was
Unanswered, after which the lifeboat
was fully launched, and at 10:46 a.
M, the person overheard was picked
up by the lifeboat's crew. The total
lapse Of time between the cry "Man
Overheard" and his recovery from
the water was only minutes.
"The officers and crew in this in
stance demonstrated the value Of ex-
emplary training in handling the
steamer and her lifesaving equipment,
an dmerits public commentator"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-07
YITTAN;IOWER"%'59AA E M@S &

bird dogs point as he lighted a Gig
ret. The gloves were no longer on
his hands He looked along the end
of his cigaret and the flame Of the
match and saw Linda's face framed
in the smoke.
and," Blaine resumed, 1--WE
would both have been lost without the
help of this young lady," he Shout
dered his way to Linda's side, "who
looks as though she might be ready
for rest herself"
"Me-oh!" the color came swiftly
back to Linda's face. It was a nice
oval face, Bill Blaine noticed, in which
the best features were widespread
violet eyes with long dark lashes and
a soft, full mouth.
The mouth was even nicer, Blaine
decided, when she smiled like that, a
sort of retiring "please excuse me-"
expression. A stray wisp Of her
wavy blonde hair chung, moist, to her
smooth brow.
"You know" Blaine continued, adj
dressing no one in particular, "I've
been trying out this new solarium
ever since it started and the first nice
thing that happened to me was when
I found job right in our own top
yard, as the saying goes"
If Bill Blaine had intended to clari-
fly what he meant he didn't get to it,
for his attention was distracted by a
man who come up to their group. The
man, for his outward appearance, was
nothing to distract attention in any
group.
He was gray man, dressed in a
nonedescript gray suit, which might
have made him look like banker if
it were pressed. A gray fedora perch
ed from the back of his. head at the
angle acquired by a cracker barrel
sage. His hair was gray. His eyes
were gray and friendly.
His personality, so far as Linda
could see, was as neutral gray as his
garb.
Linda vaguely recalled having seen
him about the building. When she
heard what Bill Blaine had to say to
the gray man, in an aside, she decided
Mr.. Gray was newspaperman.
LISTEN" Bill urged, with consider
able feeling, "you'll have to keep this
out of the papers. You can do it."
"Why, my boy?" the gray man
smiled, and somehow it made him look
less gray. Accidents happen in the
best of buildings, you know. Besides
it wasn't an elevator accident, really,
No passengers were endangered" He
paused.
whats the matter, lsd?" he con-
tinued, "are you afraid you'll wake
up tomorrow and find yourself ia
nous? The doctor hates to sect
in the papers, huh?"
"I'm afraid" and Bill looked direct
ly at Linda, "that Ill wake tomor-
row :"
For the briefest moment, Linda won
dered what he meant.
And then she knew. He meant
Linda.
Linda needed bit of waking up
herself, as she walked in a daze from
the roof down the single flight of
stairs to the twenty-fifth floor. DR..
Blaine's last words echoed in her ears.
"I'm afraid that I'll wake tomor-
row." he had said, a smile on his
mouth. And his look, as he said it,
was at her-and for her. His eyes,
she remembered, didn't absorb any
Of the smile.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-07
FOREWORD

When Linda Walsh, arriving in the
big city from her home town, first saw
the city, it was the skyline which won
her. This skyline, with its towering
buildings-at once friendly and awe
some-was her first love, until she
met Mike Morton.
In the few brief years that Linda
has known it, that skyline has chang
ed, gaining dignity and serenity and
stature with the advancing years
like a lovely woman growing older
gracefully. The newest feature on the
city's face, and factor in its great
er beauty, is Titan Tower.
Titan Tower is not an actual build
ing. From the standpoint of beauty
and architectural distinction, newness
and diversified interests of its ten
ants, it could be any large apartment
house.
While Linda is the heroine, this is
rather the story of Titan Tower it
self-for the building, a compact city
within the city, is the hero, the viii
liam and the force behind each act.
It is more than a locale; it is the
leading character.
Winds which howl a modern har-
py's song in its deep throat. the Is
story elevator shafts, set the offstage
obligato for the story's start.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-07

and finely shaped, Linda walked thru
the door and turned down the CORR
dor to DR.. Thorpe's office, where she
sat down at her desk in the reception
room and continued to gaze blankly at
her hand.
Her mind, however, was on her
heart.
Continued next week
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-07

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
Better Defenses For
New England Stressed
Congressman Smith Plans Conference With War Dept.
Chiefs-ocal National Legislator Wants First
Corps Area Unit Created

The military defense needs of
New England will be stressed by
Congressman j. Joseph Smith in a
conference with the Secretary of
War and the Chief of Staff of the
Army on Friday, Mr.. Smith said to-
day. The congressman, who plans to
return to Washington tomorrow,
said he talked with Secretary of
War Harry H. Woodring by tele-
phone today and arranged for the
meeting Friday.
II want to make sure that the
case for the New England area is
presented strongly to the war de-
partment, which is now developing
plans to expand the defense pro-
gram, and I think it is of the ut
most importance that this section
be protected by far better defenses
han we now have, said Congress-
man Smith, who is one of hte high
ranking members of the house COM
mittee ON military affairs.
Complete Units
"The War Department is known
to be considering proposals for
bringing together a number of reg
ular divisions as complete units, but
so far no mention has been made of
the first corps area, which includes
the New England states. I intend to
propose, for consideration of the
military authorities, the establish
ment of sue ha unit in this corps
area, preferably at Fort Devens.
will also urge the expansion of ex-
iSting National Guard units toward
full strength, with particular empha-
sis on anti-aircraft units, for which
we have crying need"
New England today has the
smallest number of regula rtroops
of any corps area, according to
Congressman Smith, although it is
the logical objective for any hypo-
thetical attacking force from across
the Atlantic. He pointed out that
New England stands nearest to the
European continent of any point on
the United States mainland, which
would make it an inevitable target,
and that 1t is most distant from
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-26
SIX men FREED
in $4,000 BAIL
Alleged Municipal Irregu=
larities Charged in
Indie tments

Springfield, Mass, Sept. 26.-(UP)
Six men were free in 5000 total
bail today after superior court ar
raignment on indictments returned
by the Hampden county grand jury
following an investigation of alleged
municipal irregularities.
Former Public Buildings Superin-
tendent Frank j. Downey was re-
leased in $1,000 bail for sentence
after pleading guilty to larceny OF
$l194 from the city of Springfield
and five other counts of larceny
totaling $1132.
Others released in 81, 900 bail each
after pleading not guilty were Chair
man William A. Hurley of the Dem
ocratic city committee, charged with
offering gratuity to a municipal
employee; City Councilman Vincent
A. Curto, a city property commit
tee member, accepting gratuity;
Salesman Walter B. Wertheim, al
legged larceny of $500 from the E. F
Peck Wood & Coal company in con-
nection with a contract; and former
Councilman Charles s. Albert. re-
questing gratuity and conspiracy
against the coal company.
Robert M. Feldman, sports pre-
moter and radio announcer, was re.
leased in personal recognizance af-
ter pleading not guilty to charges
of promising and giving a gratuity