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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Hostess for Trio
At Day Island
Mn. Benjamin Snyder He,
Luncheon snd Gsrden
Psrsy Wednesday

Mrs. BENJAMIN Snyder was
hostess TO = group u friends
on Wednesday afternoon At
her horne On Day Island for
| o'elosk luncheon hcnurinF
Mrs. o. T. Dewar Of Denver.
Colo. Mrs. Ted kuss Of San
Francisco. and Mira Marie
Johnson. Of Idaho. The luneh-
con tables were sttrnctively
conferred by branches of cher
ries arranged in statuctsex In
tho pastel rnlors.
After mneh<<sn an infeffesl an.
ssneon tn The xssaen 81 The SNYDER
home was sa1eyea rns hosfss.
wss assisted aaFlax The sfsssHeeH
~ her sister. sfrs. Guy Sheldnn
Other Enest. wsrs M. Jessie
Htewn. Mrs George Crockett. Mrs.
John srhisfh. Mr. Wiiii4m 9sslef.
mar. Mfs p. : Macdonald. aF..
r. W Jseksen. Afs A A. Hnff-
msn. Mrs G. Edward Hsnsan. Mr.
Louis FisId and MFs H~nry Fnss.
Mrs. q y. nes@s 10 the hnass
guest az the q Edward Hsnsnns
~ Day Island fef several wreks.
Mrs. Hansen entertained infFm.
ally Tuesday evening Tor her kussi
and several other parties are helnK
planned
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Oui-of- Town Suesi
Eefsd on Wit Hare

Mis-. KAHmuk DIsen % SbJJ No
Verde a.. IL having as her house
guosi for three weeks her daughs
ter. Miss Msrendsll Olsen ~ Oak.
land. Calf. Mlns Olsen ia also via.
ting her sister. Mrs ]. A. Nc
cormick OF Tacoma Several very
interesting trips have been plan
ned for the oBt=of-town guest
one Of which 2ill include . several
days vacation IN Spokane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Miss Fenton
Is Honored
Miss Helen Armstrong
fefes Bride-eleet Of Mr..
Leland Helm

A bride to be of late
August, Miss Iva Fenton,
fiance of Mr.. Leland P. Helm,
was honored recently at a
shower for which Miss Helen
Armstrong was hostess in the
Army and Navy room of Hotel
Winthrop. Flowers of varied
pastel hues were used about
the room and after an evening
of games, Miss Fenton was
presented with many gifts for
her new home.
Guests included the bride-elect's
mother, Mrs. Margaret Fenton,
and Mesdsmes Myron Carr. Louis
J. Muscek, w. F. Armstrong. Dick
Myers. George Abelsett, Harry
Malfait, Harry Radford, Walter
Schesser. Ian Mcmillan. David
Martin. w. L. Armstrong. jr., Roy
McLachlan, and. coming from Sc
attic. Mrs. James Sales. Also at
tending were Miss Rossline Koval,
Miss Jan Simeral and Miss Vera
Purcell.
Mrs. Louis J. Museek and Mrs.
Myron Carr also recentlys enter
tanned in the Carr home in honor
of the bride-to-be. The evening
was spent at court whist, after
which guests gathered around
cleverly-decorated table Of gifts,
which were presented to the hon.
ored guest. Attending were Mes
danes r. G. Viloudoki, w. F. Arm
strong, John Garceau, Emil Mus
eek, Drayton Kelly. Ethel Collins,
c. II. Sommers, Mary Leonard,
Margaret Fenton. and the Misses
Helen Armstrong and Iva Fenton.
Miss Fenton is the daughter of
Mrs. Margaret Fenton and the late
Mr.. c. Duane Fenton. Mr.. Helm
Is the son of the Rev. and Mrs.
George Helm of Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Friends Honor
Miss Whitney
Shower Given Monday ~
Home 81 Miss Mssiesis
odsr lsss supper

To honor Miss Margaret
Whitney Who has chosen July
- for the dAs AZ her mar
risge 20 hF. lilly Carter
Nisssn. Ma. Jean Stockton
and Miss Marjorie Obey en-
teftsincd n = miscellaneous
shower Al the home Of stlss
Obey on Monday evening. Tho
time waA spent informally.
sifls b~inx presented 10 The
honor auezt IN several novel
ways Late buffet supper wss
served.
TIE guest. eess al friends ~
Msss whssnsY whs have been NTH
mate since grade ssheni a@ysI Thsy
lneiuasa Miss ltslsa i'ssshss.. Ma
inertia Ley. Mir fs~snsss nsnl>l.
Alss Nsva Collier. Niss H<tly
hartley. Mia Elssss Nsssh<ii Ma
Martha n~nalin. Mis- n~tty ttnsu.
eFt and Miss j.yss ltastoe.
Miss whliaes u ths daughter ~
Mr.. and Mrs Lem whssHsy. A
number ~ parties are being plan.
nsd IN her kua.s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Miss Gslbrsith House
Guest OF Mrs. Seliq

Mrs. l.. y. Selig and young sufi,
Jimmie Mrs, J. Hubert Craft and
Mrs. Kenneth ". Campbell VI Los
Angeles motored TO Olympia Mot
day To spend the day with Ms.
sehgs mother. Mrs James ..
Stewart Of that city. Upon their
return Miss Nina Lee Calbraith
Of CentrAlis accompanied Mrs
selig. with whom sne viii visit
for a week In Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
tiibsrIys Gussss ~
Wssk End n Olxmpis

NJ. and nfs Claude y. uibeftf
nd children. billie snd penna. wsss
week end guests IN Olympia ~ ~.
Hlbsriy's parents. ~ and Mrs. r.
/. Hib~fiy NJ. liihssiv wxs sua.
ered 81 . birthday party sa ssssf.
day evening fnf which HE msthef
~ss hosfsss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21

Mr.. and Mrs, Richard Tilify are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of . daughter. hsvresn.
July 10 81 ~. jaseph's hospital.
Grandparents sharing In The con.
CALCULATIONS are Mf and Mrs e
r. riley II Portland aud Mr. and
Mrs uay Tster ~ Taeams.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Miss RieiIel Of for
Californis Vacation Sundsv

Mss Mary Rietzsi q s22t No.
2sth ST. viii leave sunday morn
NY for a two weeks vacation n
California She VII attend the
San Francisco Exposition and viii
visit with her aunt. Nrs A. N
Lund. and cousin. Catherine. in
stockton. Calf. fer several DAYS
Miss Rietrel u senior At the
College Of Puget Sound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Jolly Roller Club
Plans Sksiinq psriv

Plans are being completed for
the skating party 10 be given Phi.
day evening by the jolly Roller
Skate club Hours win be frun
10 until IA 70 o'clock, Tickets may
bs secured from members az ~ ths
door and the public 10 cordially IN
yited 10 attend
Mas Esther Miller. president II
the club. 10 in charge 81 the affair.
assisted by Miss Margaret Rsyn.
ODDS, treasurer. and Miss Doris
Reynolds secretary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Large Tea Wednesday Draws
More Than Two Hundred
Affair 81 University Union Club Wednesday for
Wives Of Members Is We'll Attended; Flower
Arrangements Ouistsndinq

II of those ideal afternoons Wednesday for
the OnersyUnion club tea for wives OF members the
spacious newydecoraed clubrooms on Broadway the
social Importance of the emphasized by
number OF prominent Tacoma women more than 225, who
called during the afternoon hours.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Relief Corpt 10 Meet

Members Of the Phil sheridan
Relief corps ylIi meet at 1870
O'Clock Friday afternoon for =
potluek luncheon In the state
srmory. A business session viii
follow At 30 o clock. Mrs.. Alfred
Boudresu presiding.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21

q Rising sun spirit.siist church.
will serve luncheon a. the church
rooms. s0s Fawcstt ave. Fridzy
at 1870 nom. The puolic u cor.
daily invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Miu Busr 10 Maize Home
In bav City

Word has hesn received In T..
coma that Miss Evelyn nusr II
szis No. 2sth II. has accepted .
position with the San FFsaeswa
Examiner and /. nos making her
home In that city.
she viii be joined there later In
the summer ~ her sister. Ma.
Mildred nasf. who 10 planning 10
attend college in San francesca
Miss Husr IL tho daughter al Mr.
and MIRA A. q. Busf,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Women OF Moose Postpone
Meeting for July

The regular meeting 81 the wom-
en- Of the Moose has been postponed
until August ~. due To the absence
from the city of several Of the Of.
ficefs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
Leave for Crater Lake
And Exposition

Mr.. and Mrs II ysy Jars son
and daughters. Doris and Betty
Jane. left last 9ssk for Crater
lake. They wiil also spend some
time a. the San Francisco fair.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-21
NEWS AND NOTES OF SOCIETY. CLUBS SCHOOLS CHURCHES
visN Here rom Home
IN lIEno,s

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sna aksxhff1. AIRY. are nasz<<
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NJ. ard Mfs Harry csfxsii a -
~ I a. NJ csFsfu. ehs fsFnssssy
made ~ hnzzs< = T<eozn< - .
Fx~east~ = Hssasam htxh <ekeai
hss meny FFs<<A< Mere TO
ss<sscss are k<Fx fsem their heFne
IN uFeften. u
Evening star., 1939-09-20
Finis of 'Rebecca' Will See
Olivier's Call to the Col0rs
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM,
HOLLYWOOD.

ebeca Laurence Olivier made to look 40 old His
think tells meadding
this
picture finished"
where Olivier bringing home his brideoan Fon
Evening star., 1939-09-20

eight years, ever since 1881, Jackie
has worked without real break
In that period he made 20 pictures,
working for six of the eight major
studios. Columbia and Warmers
were the two he did not work for,
getting mention here because two
take up less space than six.
Mr.. Cooper's latest, which is the
occasion for meditating upon his
career at this time, is What Life, |"
which comes to theEarle on Friday.
incidentally, it turns out to be a
very good break for him, for the
story of Henry Aldrich was deemed
too good for just one picture. Para
mount intends very firmly to make
sequel, and maybe then a sequel
to the sequel. That's practically a
permanent job for Jackie as per
manent" goes in Hollywood.
Evening star., 1939-09-20
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Keith's-"The Under-Pup," do
mestic comedy introducing Gloria
Jean: 112O am, 1:25, $3.50, 5:35,
TAO and GAS pm. March of Time:
l, sos, $40, tbs and s:2o pm.
Palace-"The Star Maker" Bing
Crosby sings his way through Gus
Edwards career: 1l:25 am, 1:30,
$3.50, 5:35, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Earle-"Angels Wash Their Faces"
Ann Sheridan reforms the Dead
End" kids: II am. 1:30, 4:20, 7:05
and $50 pm. Stage shows: 12:45,
$3.50, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Capitol-"T Thunder Af1oat." Wal
lace Beery and the "ash-can fleet"
VS.. submarines: II am, 1:40, 4:25,
7:05 and $50 pm. Stage shows:
1880, 3:35, 6:15 and pm.
Columbia-"Lady of the Tropics"
Boy Taylor meets Girl Lamar in
Indo- China: 1885 am, 1875, $40,
$40, TAO and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Old Maid"
screen version Of the Pulitzer Prize
play: II am, los, 3:15, $40, 7:3O
and 9:40 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Little-"Cavalcade," screen version
of the Noel Coward drama: II am,
ITO, 3:15, 5:25, 7:25 and GAS pm.
Open-Air-"Of Human Bondage" p"
revival of the Bette Davis film: 1855
and 1920 pm.
IN THE COUNTRY.
Roadside-"The Drunkard," reviv-
al of Roadside hit: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1939-09-20
Thrill Cavalcade'
Is Scheduled by
Variety Club

1.-THE Cavalcade of Thrills" Is the
exciting program scheduled for
Griffith STADIUM October IL and 13,
q benefit for the Variety Clubs Wei
fare Fund.
The show, from advance reports,
is as thrilling as its title. It has a
cast Of more than 100 performers
who do such varied stunts as crash
automobiles head on, catapult mo-
torcycles through flaming walls,
drive midget autos in a regulation
10-lap race and go through the PAGES
of miniature rodeo.
Both from a theatrical and sports
standpoint, the "Cavalcade of
Thrills" is an exciting production.
OF interest to movie fans will be the
appearance of Miss Una Holt, double
for Dorothy LamQur. 1t was Miss
Holt who performed the more diff
cult stunts in "The Hurricane"
While she won't be lashed to q
mast in a bowling tropical storm,
Miss Holt has several other tricks up
her sleeve. She's pretty enough to
have a movie career Of her own but
she prefers the more thrilling occu-
patton of stunting.
Another high light Of the show will
be the rodeo.
Committees for the show will be
selected this week and arrangements
will be completed for tickets and
the program. Tentative plans call
for a show on the night of October
IL and a matinee and evening pre-
sentation on the following day. The
"Cavalcade of Thrills" played to
more than 10000 spectators in Los
Angeles in a single night and 10000
In Baltimore.
Evening star., 1939-09-20
Ginger Rogers Is Lady Luck
To Many a New Player
Eight Rose to Fame Working With Her;
Miss Russell Gets That Role;
Olga Baclanova Coming
By JAY CARMODY.

Among the stars with whom HOLLYWOOD work some
wicked witches the other hand however there
Appearing Aim with the anable talented Ginger
equivalent
At least that the with eight less
additions Hollywood number sound
Evening star., 1939-09-20

declares Joan. my marriage Is
much more important to me than
my work." I think she means it.
X 4
Daytime Wife," II got an
ideal got an idea," screams Di-
rector Gregory Ratof1. Look, dar-
ling baby Che is addressing Linda
DarnelD, you are full Of love, baby
full Of love. Here we go!" But they
can't-Ratoh, in his excitement, has
pushed his chair in front of the
camera.
Producer Ray Grifith whispers.
1T took Loretta Young five years
to get where Linda Darnell Is to-
day" At the moment, Linda is
1 ma beautiful crea msatin bedroom
with Tyrone Power, who is asleep
in a beautiful cream satin bedroom
usually looks glamorous in a movie
bed, but not this time-his ears
are stuffed with cotton and black
eyeshade hides his good looks.
Mr.. Ratof returns to the fray.
Look, darling" he shouts to Miss
Darnell, give him love-like this"
and he bends down and plants a
passionate kiss quarter of an inch
from Tyrone's cheek. Time out while
Tyrone recovers from the shock.
\ X X \
'The Bluebird." Meet the new
Shirley Temple. She is 4 feet 8
inches tall-a gain of 11a inches
since her last picture. She has lost
lot of weight. And her hair is
being photographed $50 far) in its
natural color-dark brown. (She's
going to have black hair, like me, !"
says her mother.)
Mrs. Temple is not as happy as
usual. 'The Bluebird" was to have
been a 100000 epic-"But they've
cut SO many of the scenes and play
ers, it won't cost a million now"
says Mrs. Temple mournfully. Also
worrying the mother of box Office
attraction No. is the future film
career of her moppet.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-09-20

small as compared with the national
debt, but it is plenty large to build
Miss Rogers into one of the finest
good luck omens ever found by am
bilious cinema youngsters.
Some quite significant names ap-
pear on the list of those who got
their first push toward recognition
and the money that goes with it-in
Ginger Rogers pictures. Andrea
Leeds is the one that pops first into
mind, very nice name to have pop
into the mind. Miss Leeds, waiting
for a chance, found it in the role
of Kay in stage Door" and it still is
a matter of vivid memory what an
excellent thing she made of it.
Evening star., 1939-09-20

raining. Inside,
Director Alfred
Hitchcock h a S
created a sinis-
ter atmosphere
aided by a
couple of men
with smoke cans.
The plump Mr..
Hitchcock is less
gloomy than his
leading man. He
calls the extras
"g e n t ! e m e n"
which has never
h a p e n ed to
them before. He
tells me there is
no truth in the I
Evening star., 1939-09-20

Ann Shirley, who was success as
child player under the name of
Dawn ODay and who stopped being
a success when she reached the
gangling age, came back to a Job as
a result of her work with Miss
Rogers in Finishing School," Lu-
cille Ball, a brittle comedienne who
has played with Ginger on several
occasions, owes her success to the
interest which the latter took in her
after they had worked together in
Roberta" Miss Rogers mother
was head of R-K-O's coaching
school at the time, and daughter saw
to it that mamma got Lucille as an
apt pupil.
Harriet Hilliard, privately Mrs.
Ozzie Nelson, zoomed upward toward
marques after playing with Ginger
in Follow the Fleet" and Phyllis
Kennedy caught the eye of the peo-
pie who say "sign here" after her
performance as the slavey in stage
Door,"
Frances Mercer, daughter of Sid,
the sports writer, came right along
after her work in ''Vivacious Lady"
The other two who attacked fame
behind a barrage of Ginger Rogers
were men, one of them Virginian
Randy Scott and the other James
Ellison. Mr.. Ellison. incidentally,
plays leading man to Miss Rogers
in Fifth Avenue Girl" her latest
comedy, which opens Friday at
Keith's.
One of the results of seeing '"The
Women" which critics did yester-
day. is a yearning to go around
making bets that Rosalind Russell
will be established with her bosses
and the public more firmly than
ever. In the role of Sylvia Fowler,
the one who was so outrageously a
five-letter word that never appears
in family newspapers, Miss Russell
gives the performance of her career.
The role of an acid-dripping female
who sees her friends happiness as
something that ought to be de-
stroyed is a wild romp for Miss
Russell. 1t represents the unre-
strained kind of comedy which her
admirers have clamored for her to
play. The skill in it undoubtedly
will assure her further opportunity
to do it again.
4 X y X
Speaking of actresses. as we seem
to be doing. Washington soon will
become headquarters for one of the
once greatest sirens of the screen
and the stage. It may be telling a
secret, but the lady in question is
Olga Baclanova, remember her?
Miss Baclanova. who always was a
better singer than siren (and
don't argue), will be the headline
attraction at Helen Hamilton's
Troika when it reopens for the sea-
son next Wednesday.
First of Miss Baclanova's con-
quests of Washington, of which
there were several, was when she ap-
peared here as the prima donna OF
the Moscow Art Theater Music
Group in the role of Carmencita in
"Carmencita and the Soldier" On
odd nights Of that engagement, the
company played "Lysistrata.' In
the title role, Miss Baclanova played
as if she were trying. and succeed
ing. in invoking the ghost of Eurip-
ides. The language was Russian
but it made not a bit of difference
to the audience for every word was
translated perfectly by gesture and
infection.
| X X
OF Jackie Cooper - pouty- -puss
maybe, to you-press departments
have a favorite story, namely, thai
he is one youngster who was moi
stymied by the awkward age. Fol
Evening star., 1939-09-20
Greenbelt Players
POSTPONE Comedy

Three Cornered Moon." the COM
edy on the Greenbelt Players sched-
ule, has been postponed until Oc-
tober 3 and 4, at the Greenbelt
Theater.
Other current activities of the
group include try-outs for the pro-
duction of Awake and Sing" to be
presented in November.
Evening star., 1939-09-20

ing to England to act as an obser-
vation balloon-"But, If there is
anything I can do here for Eng
land-I'll do it. I think Ill be a
spy" he concludes gravely.
Before leaving the set, Leading
Lady Joan Fontaine tells me-"Im
so happy, I can't believe it's real.
I've got everything in the world I
want-all the money want, all the
love I want and all the career I
want. Life is so wonderful" The
only cloud on Miss Fontaine's bliss
is the prospect of New Husband
Brian Aherne's recall to England.
But If he goes. I'll 60 with him, I"
Evening star., 1939-09-20

aine-and introducing her to House,
keeper Judith Anderson in the state
y hall of Manderlay. Outside, 1t is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
TWO CONNECTS IN
 MISTAKE ESCAPE
Break Out of Prison as Parole Hope Was Very
 Close to Them

Chicago Aug. IT - (U.P) Hun dreds of police and prison guards were searching today for two short term convicts who went to more trouble than necessary to escape from the state prison at Joliet yes terday and made their offense more serious by kidnapmg a guard and an elderly couple.
 The fugitives are John Mcclure, 36, who was serving a term of one to IA years for manslaughter, and Charles Emmerson, 37, who was serving one to 20 years for the theft of an automobile. Warden Jo- seph E. Ragen said both men were trusties and that McGuire would have been eligible for parole in four months and Emmerson in two years
 T cannot understand why the men used the methods they did in escaping" he said. They could have walked away any time."
 The convicts made their escape from quarry outside the prison walls. Emmerson was painting signs in the quarry under the supervision of Guard William E. Frew, 47. Mo- Guire drove up in a truck in which he was carrying supplies for the quarry and said he needed water for the radiator. He suddenly leaped onto Frew from behind, grabbed his pictol and pointed it at him. Em- merson joined him. They forced Frew to get into the truck and they drove about two miles. There En- merson left the truck with the pis- tol and compelled Robert indquist, Jr., Joliet, to surrender his fathers automobile. The convicts drove away, leaving Frew and Linlquist unharmed.
 Near Chicago Heights, H., they stopped an automobile in which MT. and Mrs. w. B. Rice, both 60, were returning to their home at Bucyrus, O., from a vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. They said they were desperate" forced the Rices to get into the back seat and drove to Chicago.
 McGuire left them in South Chi cago and Emmerson, gun in hand ordered Rice to take the wheel. In Belvidere, H.. about 100 miles west of Chicago, Rice, upset by his ex- perience, collided with another au- tomobile.
 None was injured and the auto- mobiles were damaged only slightly Emmerson fled on foot toward Rock ford, his home town. Rice, who suf- fers from heart ailment, tainted al the wheel. Both he and his wife weer taken to St. Joseph's hospital suffering from shock. Dr. David B James said their conditions were not serious.
 Chicago police had special details searching for Mcclure. State police and sheriff's deputies from Boone county (Rockford) and 150 stats prison guards were patroling north. ern Illinois roads in search fol Emmerson.
 If recaptured, and even if kidnap. ing charges are not filed against them, Mcclure will have to serve six additional years and Emmersor will have to serve nine additiona years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
NINE-YEAR-OLD
 GIRL MISSING

North Cumberland, R. l., Aug. IT -(UP)-State troopers guided by a bloodhound searched woods and roads near Little pond road today for Barbara Sidebottom, nine, who dis appeared from in front of her home late yesterday.
 Her parents, MT. and Mrs. John Sidebottom, said a neighbor had let her out of his automobile in her driveway after visit. They said she was missing when they returned home several hours later.
 Troopers believed she may have walked along Little pond road and been picked up by passing motorist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
Civil War Veteran Is Freed From Jail To Meet Comrades

He was convicted of murder nut the Iowa supreme court refused to uphold the conviction. At his second trial he pleaded guilty to man. slaughter and was sentenced to eight years imprisonment. In considera- tion of his age he was taken to the town and held in technical custody. Iowa Soldiers home at Marshall
 He received permission to 'eave the home yesterday and. with his wife. came to Des Moines to make a direct plea to Wilson and the state board of pardons at their reg ular monthly meeting.
 The two of them came to my office." Wilson said. "Without much ado they asked that l release 0rat- tan so he could attend the encamp- ment.
 T suppose I did 1t for sentimental reasons. drattan wanted just one more chance to swap yarns with hii buddies, 90 I gave it t0 him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
Mayors Decision Awaited by Public
LEARY FACING
 CIVIL ACTION
c. C. C. Association May Press Claim of 5000, 900
 Against Ex-COntrOller

Civil suit for $sOO,o0O has been filed against former Controller Daniel J. Leary in the superior court by the Citizens Good Govern ment Association of Waterbury. Trial of the suit must await the conclusion of the criminal trial. The Good Government association brought the action to recover dam ages from Leary for the city, claim ing that the board of aldermen had refused to act.
 They claim that the city charter makes Leary personally responsible for all over-expenditures of appro- priations. Numerous of his prop erty holdings have been attached in connection with the suit.
 Leary won a motion forcing the plaintiffs to file a more specific statement of claims, but the court dictated that the plaintiffs could wait until city records impounded in the trial are available before filing the statement.
 Until the state releases the city records being used in the trial, there Is no possibility of progress in the trial of the $60o,000 action.