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Smyrna times., 1939-08-03
VANDALISM ON B. I'd r E

VANDALISM ON B. & D. r. r.
The Philadelphia Evening Tele-
graph of Friday contains the fol-
lowing very strange statement per.
tanning to this locality: The Balti.
more and Delaware Bay Railroad
which was recently purchased By
the Philadelphias, and was opened
last Tuesday from Chestertown
Nd, to Bombay Hook, is having q
rugged and trying path to prosper.
ity. The road has been lying idle
for twelve or thirteen years. 1t is
single track thirty five miles
long. About three weeks ago il
was revived and restored an6
trains were run from Chestertowr
to Clayton, Del. Laborers were
put to work on the remaining por-
tion of the road, which was rapid
ly restored and traffic opened to
Woodland Beach at Bombay Hook
From this point passengers and
freight are transferred by boat
across the bay to Bayside on the
Jersey shore. "Since the success
full operation of the renovated rail-
road began, evil designing persons,
is is sand, actuated by malice, have
repeatedly placed logs, poles and
other distractions on the tracks to
delay trains. At one place, it is
said, section of the track was
torn up. The mischief is attribut-
ed to a man in Clayton, Del, who
tried to get possession of the road
but failed. He has sympathizers
at Smyrna, who also took a hand
in the malicious work Detectives
have been sent to the scene to get
on the track of the perpetrators.
Superintendent Stacy telegraphed
that the report that an engine
drawing a Sunday school excursion
from Clayton jumped the track
within ten foot of a twenty-foot
bridge last Tuesday was false. He
said that poles had been laid across
the track, and they were removed
so quietly by the railroad men that
no one knew what the cause of the
delay was. 1t is charged that the
enemies Of the road, who are try
ing to cripple its operation, have
paid 3 cents bushel more for
grain to have it shipped around
from Baltimore by water rather
than give the traffic to the road. I"
The above is so entirely new that
we copy it for its absurdity. Moth
ing of the kind, such as an adverse
feeling against the road or an at
tempt to injure it has never reach
ed the Times office There was an
accident that caused a delay of
some two hours on Tuesday night
in conveying the Sunday school
back to Clayton, but it was entire
ly accidental, as all connected with
the movement of the train know.
At a road crossing the filling in of
boards had not been cut low
nough, the cow-catcher striking
the plank with sufficient force to
derail the engine, in which condi-
tion 1t ran some distance up the
track. The delay was getting the
engine back on the tracks. 1t was
little unfortunate that this
should have happened on the first
trip, but it is all that has come to
this Office.
PERSONALS
Smyrna times., 1939-08-03
PERSONALS

Mrs. II. r. Carrow, Mrs. w. e.
Hall, and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas l..
Continued on Page Sikh
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
" CHOCCLNEbg
 VAN DUNN CHOCOLATE SHOPS

distinctly Irish sentiment character personality
 He Portland. Me, February 1896 and graduate of the University of Maine He attracted to films his brother Francis onetime movie idol the serials Francis usually striking character in Ford films but absent The Grapes of Wrath"
 every has favorte" actors possible Of Marsh. John Caradine Pennick Russell Simpson in Grapes sumrnervle. Hymer Farrell Macdonald not with includes his brother Eddie OFearna girl Meta Stern his second assistant Wingate Smith.
 Grapes" all the ess of which closed Ford aradse only because he believed in the story visitors. If there premiere" probably there He says judge pictures His worst effort thinks Moves On" His worst disappointment "The Plough the Stars which after he left a vacation.
 He directs quietly kidding among his players tries make each feel his role however small important
 hearts his hobby pipes which numbers 300 Among his friends He picked Wayne "Stagecoach which put there with the best He at his drecora vriie down-toearth films probably the earhiest he's done.
 usually old clothes, sweaters but real He old leather jacket Mrs Ford always trying give time did $i00 retriev ing it.
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Tower a 950-foot structure, third highest in the world.
 It was typical of the Doherty saga that this pile was on the site of a 26-story building in which he rent ed his first small suite of New York offices in 1905 Nineteen years later he bought the structure for $22,600 : 900 and in another eight years re- placed it with the big tower.
 It was typical too that Doherty's residence and offices were under one roof. To save time in getting from bed to desk and vice versa, he fitted up the top stories of his build ings as dwellings and was credited with starting the penthouse idea. To meet a New York statute which allowed only janitors to dwell in business buildings, Doherty and those who followed hi7 example, were listed in city records as janitors of their structures.
 Inventions, Business Aids
 .'60 Wall Tower" typified too the expansion of Cities Service Com pany. Doherty had come from Den yer in 1905 to found an investment banking firm for financing, reor- ganizing and managing public util- ity concerns. By 1910 the business had expanded to the point where Cities Service was formed as an operating corporation, with Doherty as president. On the eve of the 1929 crash in Wall Street it had assets of more than $500 100000 covering power, light, gas and oil properties in B states and several foreign coun- tries. Its books listed more than 450,-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
Hollywood Gghts Aud Sound5
By Robb.c coons

HOLLYWOOD, Calq Dec. 27-The who squeezed "The Grapes Wrath through the John Ford one of the towns top directors and most interesting individuals
 Reported pockeng o0OOo picture he makes Ford a simple Hollywood the he bought nearly 20 years he married Mary McBryde Smith of Laurirburg N. c.
 He has kept the wife well the long and both unusual feats Hollywood film lights fashionable residential Ford sheve always been happy where they and might tempting fate moving She small attractive They St Patricks and married the Fourth Juywhich anniversary They have two children, Barbara, l6, and Pat l8
 With the Stenbck best-seler ceuod Ford took to the usual His oe luxury his yacht Araner on which this vacation fishing swimming and working he keeps crew of eight men, He has taken Mexican He has of the other usual trappngs no swimming pool courts
 His lbraryhe omnivorous ons of books Irish subjects from Galway 1876 his mother Curran Islands of Both Gaelic and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

ments were in charge of Mrs. A. J. Goodman, Mrs. Mary Reiten, Mrs. V. L. Hoke and Mrs. A. M. Geyer.
 Members of the afternoon study club will meet on January 8, at o'clock at the home of Mrs. A. M. Geyer The sewing gorup has a scheduled gathering for January 4, at the Thane home of Mrs Mary Reiten, at 1:30 o'clock. Also on the calendar for next month Is the pub lie card party to be held January l2 at the Parish Hall.
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GOO owners of it's securities. Doherty inventions added to the efficiency of these properties. He patented ln 1907 cooler system for preparing and condensing artificial gas; a bench fuel economizer' in 1916 for use in the manufacture of coal gas; improved methods for dis tillation of petroleum and recovery of by-products; appliances for wash ing and drying glass and brass; de- vices for remote control ofFlamps in night display signs and lime kiln which technicians pronounced su- perior to any other previously de- signed
 He pioneered too n the merchan- dising Of household appliances by public udlity companies as means of increasing the consumption of electricity and gas. He used news paper advertising to forward the campaign
 On his 66th birthday Cities Serv- ice promoted luncheons and picnics attended by 255, ,000 persons in com- munities scattered through 30 states.
 He won wide acclaim toe by his management of the Roosevelt birth day balls for the benefit of the Warm Springs Foundation for crip- pied children in Georgia and after the 1884 series a check for $l ,000 900 went to the foundation.
 Doherty's devotion to business kept him a bachelor until he was well past his 58th birthday Then his marriage was secret, so far as the public was concerned, for sev- eral months.
 The ceremony took place Decem- Der 31. 1928, at Toronto, Canada. Mrs Doherty, the widow of Percy Frank Flames, former official of the In- ternational Harvester company, had supervised the nursing of Doherty through two-year attack of ill., ness. She was 40 years old and the mother of Helen Lee Flames who tcok her step-father's name.
 Born at Columbus, Ohio, May 15,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

1870, Doherty was the son of Scotch Irish parents. His education, so far as schools go. was meager for he quit the class room when he was ten years old and began selling news papers on the streets of Columbus. Two years later he became office boy for the Columbus Gas Company and there, he always maintained, he obtained his preliminary educa- tion from the eompany's catalogues.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
Catholic Women @ Meet, Schedule
 Coming Events

A short business session was held last evening at Parish Hall by mem- bers Of the Catholic Daughters of America. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. George Shaw.
 A special Christmas pantomime featured the social hour which fol- lowed the lodge work and arrange
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
FREIGHTEE DERBLAY IS
 SCHEDULED FOR ALASKA

Irreighter Dernlay, of the Alaska Steamship Company, is scheduled to sail from Seattle January l2. The vessel will bring north cargo for Southeast and Southwest ports of call
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
MONEY TROUBLES LEAD IN DIVORCE

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Petty nag gling, arising largely out of money troubles, has become perhaps the principal cause Of domestic discord. says pr. Clinton c. Cox, Presby- terian minister.
 He obtained confidential reports from several hundred couples in his search for what's behind family fracases and divorce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

FOR RENT-2 rooms, steam heated -one block from Federal Bldg. Prefer day workers. Phone Blue 165.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
r OR 1AL1

FOR SALE-E.-cei 1-Caoin Apart ments, West t1th St., former Harris Cabins price $l,200. Par eel 2-Tidelanc lot and cabins, West 7th St., former Harris prop erty, price $40O. Parcel 3-Frac- tional parts SEE s-de Gold Creek. Lots 6 and T, Block POS, Casey Shattuck Addition, price $l00. For particular descriptions of three parcels, see MarshaFs deed re- corded book, 35 deeds, pages O1-4O3, Juneau Recorders Off, flee. Terms cash. Title based upon sale under decree foreclosing mortgage.-R. E. Robertson, 200 Seward Bldg, Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-2 rooms, steam heated one block from Federal Bldg. Prefer day workers. Phone Blue 165.
 ANCY 4-room furnished apartment and bath. Phone GAP. Shabaldak Apartments. DESIRABLE rooms: Hollsel home on 4th St. Phone 488. FOR RENT-Orie apartment with bedroom and bed closet bed. Also one apartment with bed room both furnished, Hillcrest. Phone 439.
 FOR RENT -- 3-room cabin on Gastineau Avenue. Inquire Ju- neau Paint Store. TOR RENr-Apartment and room at he Imperial Hotel. VACANCY Decker Apartments. Call Green 465. FOR RENT-Furnishe housekeep- .ng looms. 2O9 Second St. HOUSEKEEPING rooms. 209 2nd St.
 4-ROOM PARTLY furnished house for rent. Reasonable. Phone 67 after 5 pm.
 5-ROOM UNFURNISHED house for rent. Will furnish for respon- sible party. Phone 426. FOR RENT Housekeeping room. Reasonable POS Main St., up- stairs.
 VACANCY, couple only. Apply in person. Winter and Pond Apts. FOR RENT = One gas pump, in operation. Call Femmer at IA STEAM HEATED room for rent. Phone Green CTS. VACANCY-Nugget Apartments. FOR RENT-7artly furnished flat Inquire Snap Shoppe. COZY, warm, furn. apts. Light, water, dishes, cooking utensils and bath. Reasonable at Seaview.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

ATTENTION REBEKAHS
 Regular meeting, Wednesday, pm. adv. KATHERINE HAIlM.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

VACANCY 4-room furnished apartment and bath. Phone 642. Shabaldak Apartments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
H. |. Dotlerfy
 Passes Away

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WANTED

WANTED-A lease or sub-lease on furnished apt. or rooming house. Empire, P-12.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27
w "A N T "A D INF RIM AfIoM

In case of error or if an ad has been stopped before ex- piratiou, advertiser please noti- iy this office tPhone 374 at once and same will be given attention.
 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

WANTED-Used gunny sacks. 3he each delivered to coal bunkers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

Today's News Toaay-Empire.
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DESIRABLE rooms: Hollsel home on 4th St. Phone 488.
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MUST SELL equity in income earn ing apartments on Dixon. Three apartments, two furnished. one with fireplace. Five minutes from business district. Best view prop erty buy in town. See Bob Hen ming at Empire office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

HOME BOARDING house now open. Ready for business. Good
 table board. Steam-heated rooms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-27

FOR RENT-OIie apartment with bedroom and bed closet bed. Also one apartment with bed room, both furnished, Hillcrest. Phone 439
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31
Bridges Frank Tesfi-
n1ony Stirs The West,
and Aids His Defense
By DoLPH wINEBRENNER

ANGEL ISLAND, San Francisco
CFP)-While the Harry Bridges de-
tense drilled Harper Knowles, eX-
secretary of the infamous Associated
and a Dies committee wit
ness, west coast progressives, labor
leaders and others continued to talk
of the amazingly frank testimony Of
the CLIO leader at his deportation
hearing here.
Widespread interest in Bridges
testimony-given three pages daily
in the metropolitan papers-over-
Swallowed the contempt charge facing
Stanley M. (Larry) Doyle and the
subpenaing of Detective Capt. Johr
Keegan to explain why the Portland
police department was the prime
mover in the case.
Despite Bridges frank admission
that he frequently conferred with
Communists as well as Democrats
the general opinion was that ne nae
clearly shown he is not a member
of the Communist party and had
heavily damaged prosecution con-
tentions that the Communist party
advocates force and violence. That
was the opinion of working news
papermen on the case and of the
American Newspaper Guild (CIO)
which unanimously voted him sup
port at their annual convention here
Trial Examiner James M. Lands
repeatedly slapped down prosecution
digs at Bridges, once declaring thai
Bridges had a perfect right to enter
political campaigns. He pointed out
that the U. S. constitution does not
bar aliens from voting if states wish
to permit it.
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31
STATE-FINANCED HOUSING
is

CHICAGO Ill. = Under direction
of a state superintendent of housing
appointed this month to replace the
former state housing board, New
York soon will inaugurate a pioneer
plan for combining state and local
money for investment in low-rent
housing, according to an announce
ment made by the National Associa-
ton of Housing Officials. The 1899
New York law, which in effect sets
UP a Little USHA" for the state,
makes available annually a total of
$l50, 900 in state loans and ST.
100000 in state subsidies for dwell
ings for low income families. For the
l939-40 fiscal year, about one-third
of this amount will be available.
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31

Mayor Maestri of New Orleans
has ordered $50 benches put in West
End Park for a monthly band con-
cert.
The remaining days of the month
the benches will be used by the I'M
employed as beds.
Neat saving for the ethyl
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31

TINE World of Tomorrow comes
Il to the supper table, destined to
alter the food habits Of the nation
for the better! Watch the eyes of
your family sparkle when you set
this delectable crabmeat-and-vege-
table combination before them;
they'll bless you for having changed
the course of summer supper his
tory with the nourishing, satisfying
and yet light, main dish that fancy
deep-sea crabmeat makes possible.
Even though you do not go to the
New York Worlds Fair, let its
Theme Center be your inspiration
for tomorrow's supper and then
sit back and receive a fanfare of
acclaim. Here's how.
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31
Worlds Fair crabmeat Salad

NJ $50
/ ~13-ounce can / cup cottage
fancy deep-sea cheese
crabmeat / tbsp. chopped
u cup french chives
dressing asparagus tips
2 cups canned peas gherkins
1 large carrot
Flake crabmeat and marinate In
french dressing. Marinate peas and
chill. Scrape carrot and taper to
form the TTylon. Mix chives with
cottage cheese. moisten with a little
cream and form into a ball to repre-
sent the Perisphere. Arrange to-
gether on a large chop plate. Drain
chilled crabmeat and place in let
tuce cups, alternating with drained
peas. Garnish with asparagus tips
and tiny gherkins. Pour over II
your favorite dressing. Serves 6.
Montana labor news., 1939-08-31
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE

Pres. Thomas A. Murray of the
New York City Building Trades
Council (AFL) has charged WPA
Administrator B. B. Somervell with
trying to use the Mohawk Valley
formula in promoting a back-to-
work movement.
81 don't know what the Mohawk
Valley formula is" Somervell re-
n1ied
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04
Stepiin Fetchit
At Blue Mouse

Carnival troupers, medicine
shows. vaudeville and road shows
provided the training ground for
Stepin Fetchit, drawing colored
comedian. seen with Charlie Rug
giles in Univcrsal's His Exciting
Night" sharing hold-over at the
Blue Mouse this week with Son
of Frankenstein.
Fetchit ran away from home to
join a carnival troupe. He jumped
to a medicine show when the car
nival acting interfered with his
church-going From there to small
time vaudeville and into the big
time houses was only a matter of
for the gifted actor
Speaking of motion picture act
ing. he says:
This is the parlor end of the
show business-and Use gwine to
stay in de parlor,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04

In this production. Powell is
given another fine chance 10
demonstrate the talents as
comedian which he revealed to
such good effect in Cowboy From
Brooklyn. and the supporting cast
is largely made up of actors whose
fame as funny-men has long been
well established. notably Allen
Jenkins. Walter Catlett. Harold
Huber and Thurston Hall.
Playing slightly more sedate
roles are Ronald Reagan. Minna
Gombell and Larry Williams. while
the musical burden is shared with
Powell by those two great colored
stars, Louis Armstrong. the worlds
premier hot trumpeter, and Max
inc making her debut in
motion pictures--who is the reign
ing sensation among swingy sing
ers.
Among the four new songs writ
ten for the production by Harry
Warren and Johnny Mercer. while
the other three arc all highly di-
verting novelty numbers.
An enchanting glimpse OF the
worlds most popular grand opera
will be seen in Universals The
Road to Reno" which shares the
opening today at the Music Box.
Starring Randolph Scott and
Hope Hampton. and featuring
Glenda Farrell, Helen Broderick,
Alan Marshal and David Oliver,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04

store. He begins squirting her
around here and there. notably to
an ice skating rink and love fol-
lows as matter of course.
There's n little trouble toward
the last, when the reporter mis-
takenly breaks into print with a
nasty story describing his conquest
of the heiress, but everything
works out nicely, as you know it
will all the time. A good comedy.
up the River" the supporting
feature, Is just a little less plaus-
ible and, at the same time, not
quite so funny as There Goes My
Heart" but it's amusing all the
same.
It's about prison life, but don't
let that bother you; there's hardly
serious moment from beginning
to end. And. looking at the cast,
there's no reason why there should
be. There's linn Summerville.
Arthur Preacher, Jane Darwell
Preston Foster and Tony Martin
and Phyllis, who supply the
romance e M
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04
New Roxy Bill Pleases

A thou Ugh There Goes My
Heart" which opened yesterday at
John Hamrick's Roxy theater is
not exactly realism, II is built
around an engaging idea and Mr.
Fredrio March and Miss Virginia
Bruce make the most of IL.
The story concerns a very rich
girl, who wants freedom TO live
her own life. and a newspaper re-
porter what. anotherD who is
very cynical at the beginning and
quite naive in the end.
The heiress runs away from her
yacht. hardly likely. and away
from her grousing, erochety grand
father, much more probable. She
manages, through the help of a
girl friend PATSY Kelly to get
a job in one of her own chain
stores.
or course. there is a great ado
about her disappearance and the
reporter, only one of his craft who
knows what she looks like, acci-
dentally stumbles upon her in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04

Renowned from eoast-to-eoast
as the master OF modern rhythm.
Gene Coy brings his radio and ball
room band to Tacoma for one ap-
pesrance at the Century ballroom
Saturday night
Billed as the Il Black Aces.
Coy's orchestra IS without a doubt
one OF the most entertaining OF all
the negro bands and IS generally
recognized as having one OF the
most complete libraries Of modern
dance numbers in existence.
The appearance for one night at
the Century is the only one in this
section OF the country as Coy IS
due at Sebastian's Cotton Club in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04
"The Fonrsman And Am Crina Open At The Riviera Toda
COYS BLACK ACES AT CENTURY

California By the middle OF neN'
week. Coy IS probably better
known % Tacoma than any other
Negro band as he has appeared
here at the former Cakes ballroom
on Lake SteIlacoom on four az
ferent occasions. PLAYING before ca
pacity crowds. According 10 me
Century management Coys ap-
pearance - the forerunner Of
group Of nationally known name
bands scheduled for showing al the
big Fife ballroom. among whom
are Buddy Rogers and Ran Wilds.
who made such a hit with local
dancers last year No advance in
admission prices is contemplated
for tomorrow nights dance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04

The Frontiersmen" will show
the struggle of "Hopalone" and
his fellow-ranchers to keep the
kids of the cattle country on the
straight-and-narrow by preventing
q crooked mayor from using the
school as a shield for his cattle
rustling activities Romance enters
the situation and proceeds to
cause a little war Of its own when
the teacher hired by "Hoppy" to
clean up the school turns out to
be the most beautiful girl ever to
arrive in the cattle country. Lovely
Evelyn Venable is cast in this role.
Mary Kornman, Our Gangs"
first girl friend. plays her initial
screen lead as a grown up" In
Monogram's II Am Criminal"
also opening at the Riviera today
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04

the film depicts in gay manner
the story OF a temperamental
grand opera diva who lives for
the cry OF broken hearts to OBJ
tain a divorce and goes through a
series of tempestuous exploits
which wind up with happy end
ing in a Reno divorce court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04
NO KITTEN

Although numerous cats abound
at Warner Bros. studio as on other
lots. production of Hero For a
Day" has been held up because the
prop department Is having diff
Guilty locating a brand new litter
of kittens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04

In ~ Am Criminal" which
stars John Carroll. Mary Kornmsn
plays the role Of the girl whose
loyalty gives man back his faith
In himself.
Outstanding in the cast are
Craig Reynolds. Kay Linaker, To-
year-old Martin Spellman. Lester
Mathews, and May Beatty.
William Nigh directed from the
script by John Kraft.