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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Play Tournament Open.

niversary," by Alice c. d. Riley, and
the drama unit of the Women's City
Club in THE Veil Lifts" by Essex Dane.
OF the remaining eight plays, four
will be presented Thursday, January
80, and the other four Friday, January
81. Playing on January 80 will be the
Washington Readers Club, Jewish
Community Center Dramatic Society,
the Masks and the Mackin Club of st.
Pauls Church, and January 81 the
Southeast Community Players, District
of Columbia League of American Pen
Women. Marjorie WebSterS Players and
Pierce Hall players. Both evenings of
plays on this schedule will be staged at
Columbia Heights Center.
The finals will be played at Mckinley
Auditorium February and will in
clude the four outstanding groups as
chosen by committee headed by Prof.
william Lee Corbin of American Uni
versity. as chairman of judges. for the
preliminaries. Five dramatic critics
from Washington newspapers will rate
the four plays in the finals February Z.
Both in the preliminaries and in the
finals plays will be judged as follows:
Direction and stage business, 40 per
cent: choice of play, 10 per cent; act
ing. so per cent
Individual awards will be given for
good acting and for excellence in
diction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19

TWELVE of the twenty plays to be
presented by groups of amateur
players in the fourth annual one-act
play tournament under the direction
of the Community Drama Guild of
Washington will be presented this week,
the first and third programs at Column
bia Heights Community Center, Elev-
enth and Harvard streets northwest,
and the second program at East WASH
ington Community Center, Seventeenth
and East Capitol streets, in the audi
forum of new Eastern High School
Building. All preliminary programs will
open promptly at 8 pm.
The program for the first evening,
Wednesday. will include the Park View
Players of Park View Community Cen
ter in THE Fourth Mrs. Phillips" by
Carl Click, under the direction of
Yvonne Levy. They will be followed
by the Circlers of Vermont Avenue
Christian Church in His Model Wife"
by Helen Bagg; drama unit Of the Sem
ior Luther League of the Church of the
Atonement in "A Bargains a Bargain"
by Mary Riley, and the Chevy Chase
dramatic group in shortened version
of the comedy 'Dr. Knock" by Jules
Romans. the English version having
been made by H. Granville Barker.
Thursday night Cast Washington
Community Center) the four plays will
include Towne Players in Eel Cristo,"
by Margaret Larkin: Takoma Players
in The Valiant" by Holworthy Hall
and Robert Middlemass; East Washing
ton Community Players in Might
Watches" by Alan Monkhouse, and
Orange and Blue Players of Business
High Alumni Association in THE
Mouse," by Lillian Van Voorhis Arm
strong
Center the Playmakers of Thomson
Community Center in THE Camberley
Triangle" by A. A. Milne, followed by
the Columbia Players in when the
Shin Goes Down. by Harry MCGUIRE !;
Stellar Dramatic Group in Their An
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
New Master of Ceremonies.

EOR reasons more psychic than SEN
sible, apparently, the movie thea
tiers are showing the master OF cere-
monies into the spotlight.
The Fox Theater has new master
of ceremonies, who, it seems, is destined
to remain for many weeks. At least
Fox is announcing Alexander Callam
as a permanent fixture"
"a turkey dinner, with all its trim
mings, on Christmas day." the an
nouncement states, was responsible for
the selection of Mr.. Callam, who had
closed a brief engagement with Earl
CAROLS "Floretta" and began making
vaudeville appearances. With Christ
mas approaching, he requested his man.
aver to book him, if possible. for the
Fox Theater in Philadelphia, as he
wanted to be with his family over the
holidays. The booking was effected,
and-well, David M. Ideal. divisional
manager for Philadelphia and Wash
ingtor, did the rest, and now Mr.. Cal
lam is here.
He is a singing master of ceremonies,
as we'll as Canadian-born in Wind
sor, Ontario, and entered the show"
business about five years ago with the
Shuberts, appearing in MY Maryland, :"
Student Prince" Countess Martha, !"
THE Red Robe" and Boom, Boom"
His engagement with the Carroll pro-
duction was for the Chicago and Bos-
ton runs of that operetta.
He is announced here as protege
of Mary Garden, who arranged for him
to study with a noted teacher in Chi
cago. He is said to have a voice of
excellent baritone quality. And-con-
tinues the announcement-"Mr. Callam
is exactly feet tall without his
shoes"
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Polly a Circus Kid.

OUT of the shattered dreams of a
- circus clown emerged a Broadway
favorite, Polly Walker, featured beauty
in Radio Pictures Hit the Deck"
Polly, with the irresistible twinkle in
her eye. unlimited pulchritude and
Titan blond hair is known as Broad
ways newest Cinderella"
The clown and his dreams! The
Pagliacci who smiled while has heart
was breaking. who envisioned circus
company to be known as Armer ana
walker, was none other than AL Armer,
Ringing Brothers star and the uncle
of Polly Walker.
After the death of Pollys father, the
uncle shouldered the family RESPONSE
bility, especially the training of his
niece. Every cent he could spare went
into dancing and singing for Polly. He
lived only for the time that she would
follow the trial of her ancestors and
enter the Sawdust ring.
He used to say: Polly, always believe
in yourself, child, and do things in your
own way" Strangely enough, this SIM
pie philosophy was his undoing, the
cause of his most bitter disappointment,
and he died in wet and lonely circus
tent, 1t is said, Of broken heart.
Polly had seen too much of the be-
spangled life known as circus career.
oildhe CndiLeIS, SWolu SWdlloWeIs, paS-
pipers and clowns were her companions
and relatives. it is true, but Polly de-
cided against the circus life. She
couldn't tell her uncle, but he read of
a vaudeville act in which Polly Walker,
descendant of sawdust kings, was actu-
ally in a hall show" He died soon
after. -.., r.,
But his philosophy and great rever-
ence for his memory still exist In the
heart of Polly Walker, and in a way
she feels her success is partial atone
ment for the disappointment Of Al
Armer.
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Flashes From the Screen
BY c. E. Nelson.

films have acted as boomerangs,
resulting in increased attendance.
So the committee, in its annual
report of a few days ago, praised
the efforts of the federation and
the industry in working together
for films conforming to the stand
ard of the Nations women. The
report says:
MERELY to attack serves only to
increase attendance of those pic
lures which do not measure up to
our standard. Such methods of
approach are not only useless,
but they are definitely harmful to
the cause of better films. Pro-
testing to the industry may pre-
vent a recurrence of the objec-
tionable scenes and themes and
approval of worthwhile films will
encourage the production of pic
lures of a similarly high type. All
of our energy is needed in telling
the industry our wishes and in
telling the communities which
pictures merit support and en-
enlargement"
Mrs. Thomas G.. Winter repre-
SentS the club women in the
studios of Hollywood. She is as
sisted in her efforts by Will Hays,
GEAR" of the movies, who con-
siders that the ideas of the wom-
en- are entirely sound and should
be given the utmost consideration
by the producers and directors.
x X
Short Flashes.
PROBABLY the first German
sound picture to be distribut-
ed in this country will be why
Cry at Parting?" starring Dina
Gralla, a we'll known comediene
of the Berlin stage. The picture
will be screened soon at the Fifth
Avenue Playhouse, in New York
Pointed Heels" in Washington
during the past week, set a new
house record at the Paramount
Theater, in New York, during the
New Year week. The box office
receipts were around $4,000,
beating the previous high mark by
SIS, 900.
The Polly Moran Marie Dress
Ter comedy at the R-K-O-Keith
Theater, in Washington. during
the past week, almost displaced
the featured film as the principal
attraction. And this is saying
considerable, for the feature was
well above the average. We are
looking forward to a full-length
picture starring Polly and Marie.
Reginald Denny is understood
to have signed a contract to play
the leading role in Madame
Satin" which Cecil B. De Mile is
m King for Metro Goldwyn :
Mayer. Denny recently completed
a series of pictures for the Sono
Art organization.
Boston exhibitors have been
hoping that their censorship
would be eliminated, but Mayor
Curley, a few days ago, appointed
James M. Casey as the new city
official. Boston censorship rules
are rather strict.
Emo Rapee, for many years as
ISOLATED with Roxy orchestras,
has been signed to a contract by
Warner Bros. and he becomes
general musical director of their
studios. Rapee, by the way, wrote
the music for such song hits as.
Diane" "Charmaine" and "An-
gela Mia" all theme songs of re-
cent photoplays.
Herbert Brenon, who has won
the years best picture medal
three times, has signed con-
tract to direct for Radio Pictures.
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, the
evangelist, will appear in the
starring role of a talking picture.
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Back to the Silents.

NOV that the recent Hollywood noises
l which came to celebrate the grow
ing pains of the talkies have been as
suaged, new trouble has arrived.
namely. the transformation of these
loquacious films back into their more
silent selves.
Those people who thought that the
ancient and honorable sport of the
silent movie had come to an end will be
pleased to hear that such is not the case
at all. For there comes a rumor from
the Fox Studios that not only are they
carrying on the manufacture OF these
relics of the past, but they are being
driven mad by the twisting, beating and
general re-hashing that is necessary to
convert a talkie into well-modulated
silence for the edification of the for
eign market.
The trouble seems to lie in the new
style of titles, short and brittle, which
they are forced to use. Yesterdays
captions are quite unusable. Thus, al
though a corps of nicely witted young
men must be at hand to throw titles
about, those dashing, old-style title
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District of Columbia.

/ \ISkTtCI u NOGuUVOk&s
| THE EARLE-13th and E streets NV.
RIALTO-Ninth near g NV.
!; AMBASSADOR-1Sth and Col rd. NV.
! APOLLO-624 Fl street ne.
/ AVENUE GRAND-645 Pa. ave. &c.
| CENTRAL-Ninth street.
! AVALON-Conn. ave. and Mckinley.
! COLONY-Georgia ave. and Farragut.
! HOME--1230 C street ne.
! JESSE-3l0O 18th st. ne.
TIVOLI-l4th and Park I'd. NV.
/ YORK-Georgia ave. and Quebec NV.
! STANTON--5l5 c street ne.
! SYLVAN-1O4 Rhode Island ave. NV.
HAPPYLAND-1O20 18th street nv.
! Maryland and Virginia.
| MARYLAND-Hagers Md.
OPERA HOUSE-Leesburg. Va
RECREATION HALL-Indian Head.
/ Md.
, REPUBLlC THEATER-Annapol polls, Md.
UNIVERSAL-shady Side. Nd.
! MARYLAND-Freder Md.
TOME SCHOOJ-Port Deposit. Md
| MARADA-St. k1ichaels, Md.
STATE--Bethesda, Md.
MELVILLE-Sykesvillc Md.
! STATE-Westminster Md.
IMPERlAL-Brunswi Md.
PALACE-Frostburg, Md.
ASHTON-Clarendon Va.
Observation-Disclosures. Va.
Observation-Disclosures Va
STRAND-Staunton, Va.
MASONIC-CIifton Forge. Va.
OLIVER-Crewe, Va.
COLONlAL-Frederick Va
VIRGINIA-Harrlsonb Va
REGAL-Urbanna. Va.
TOWN HALL-Trappah hammock. Va
WEISS. Emporia. Va
RrrZ-Chatham Va.
RELEE-Relee. Va
NEW-W0odStock. Va.
MISUNDERSTANDING. Va
Me-" atAE-ET-New Market. Ia
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Hays Bans "Ex-Wife."

O-GOLDWYN-MAY has an
nounced that it will not make a
talkie based on the novel "Ex-Wife."
the rights of which were recently pur-
chased at fabulous price. The book,
it will be remembered, created some
what of stir when it appeared, and
has been rated among the best sellers.
The Exhibitors Daily Review. trade
paper. in commenting on the elimination
fine hand of Will Hays is seen behind
the announcement"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Next Weeks Photoplays.

Next Weeks Photoplays.
METROPOLITAN - Florenz
Ziegfeld's "Glorifying the
American Girl" with Ed
die Cantor. Helen Morgan
and Rudy Vallee.
RIALTO-"Phantom of the
Opera" in sound. with
Mary Philbin, Lon Clancy
and Norman Kerry.
COLUMBIA : anna Chris
tie," Greta CARLOS first
sound picture, a Metro
Goldwyn Mayer produc-
ton.
FOX-"Romance of the Rio
Grande," wi t h Warner
Baxter, Mary Duncan, An
tonic Moreno, Robert Eide
son and Mona MariS.
EARLE playing Around"
with Alice White, a First
National : Vitaphone pro-
duction.
PALACE - probably 1.-THE
Kibitzer," featuring Harry
Green.
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In the Studio and 7Heuter

the announcement that
equipped NTH ude
standard
R-K-O palaces The
probably theme has been ritn to
of Emil
picture Germany but the Eng
S reported b broken"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19

writer's whose bread and butter came
with such whimsicalities as Game the
Dawn" have had to take their talents
elsewhere and may now be seen biting
their fingernails on any street corner
in HOLLYWOOD
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-22
RESERVE

About an inch of rain on Saturday
night and more on Sunday has stop
ped the harvesting in this district
for a while and put the dirt roads
out of commission.
Thor Twedt left last Friday for
car trip to the coast.
Chas. Bates, old timer in this dis
trict, was calling on old friends in
town last Tuesday.
Mrs. Rice was a Plentywood Wis
itor last Monday and Tuesday.
MagnuS Aasheim returned last
Saturday from the State U at Dill
on.
Miss Ethel Petersen, who has
spent the past year at Missoula, re-
turned last Saturday.
Extensive repairs to the school
house are being made by VIM. Rok-
ken this week.
Joe Vogel left last Monday on a
trip by car to points in Minnesota
Tn school board held a meeting
on Wednesday evening. making pre-
parations for the opening of school
September first.
James Mortensen of Bainvillt
spent a few days at the Robt. Gun
derson home last week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-22

We are glad to see our carrier.
Mr.. Legge, back on the route after
a few days absence. Mr.. Legge be-
came overheated while running a
tractor on Wednesday of last week
ana was quite sick for a few days.
Mrs. Christ Willumsen has been
on the sick list for a few days.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Vance have been entertaining
a siege of the mumps.
Miss Dolores Peterson has been
delivering the South route mail
while Buster is taking his vacation.
A hearing was held in brentwood
on saturday to appoint a guardian
for Ruth and Freddie Sorensen since
the death of their grandfather this
spring. A. w. Sorenson was APP
pointed to fill the vacancy.
W. A Wheeler of Froid visited on
Saturday night at c. R. Brooks.
Miss Lottie Lipscomb was a Sum
day afternoon caller on Mrs. Fred
PaulSen.
Miss Tillie Lentz and Irene Will
lumsen visited Mrs. c. r. Brock on
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Martinson and
family visited at Herman Petersons
Sunday p. n.
! Leonard Olsen came in from Chi
cago last week for a visit with home
Mrs. Lee Tyson of Bergen. n. d.
came in Friday for a few days visit
with relatives. Mrs. Tyson will he
better remembered here as Mrs. Ma
RE Wastvest. having homesteaded
here in the early days.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. R Brock called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Patterson on
Sunday p. NJ
Melvin Rongstsd had the misfor-
| tune to lose a horse fhfC IT.
was leading 1t behind a truck when
II threw itself, breaking it's neck.
Vera Vance is helping Mrs. Julia
Henke during harvest work.
Mrs. Lydia Deem and children.
Mrs +. w. Sorenson and Mrs. Marie
Tyson were Monday callers at c. r..
Brooks and Martin Torgersons.
Mrs f. w. Sorenson will accom-
pany Mrs Tyson. on her return for
an extended visit among her child
rem In North Dakota
Mr.. and Mrs. E F. Lipscomb and
Lottie were in Medicine Lake Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Weers and grand
daughter spent Sunday at the L. r.
Lipscomb home.
Mrs c. r. Brock visited with
Mrs. Amanda Williamson on Friday
T. M. helping her to celebrate her
birthday.
Miss Tinie Lentz and Iren. VIII
lumsen were Wednesday Afternoon
callers on Ars. Jules Henke.
Miss Lottie Lipscomb is leaving
this week for Willsal. Mont, where
she will attend school the coming
year. Living with her aunt, Miss
Bessie Lipscomb. Her father will
take ner by auto to Sidney, where
she VIII get her train on Thursday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-22
NORTH BENCH

Helen Steinke and jeanne Stubbe
arrived Monday from Dillon. Helen
has spent the last year attending
school and Jeanne attended summer
school. On their way home they
stopped at Butte, visiting friends,
and also at Anaconda
Henry and Helen Steinke and Rev.
Fred Baepler motored to Westby
Tusday afternoon where Henry look
ed after business affairs.
Rudolph Heppner, 12-year-old sor
of r. G. Heppner underwent an op-
Grafton for appendicitis last Sunday
morning.
Frank Heppner motored to Froid
Sunday.
A farewell party was given to
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. w. Rehmer of Red
Bud, ILL.,, Saturday night at the
home of their son near Dooley. A
wonderful lunch was served by Mrs.
Arthur Rehmer after spending an
enjoyable evening. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Herman, Rudolph
and Adolph Heppner, and Mr.. and
Mrs. III. E. Steinke.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-22
upon the several Sheridan county

upon the several Sheridan county
officials.
Just to what extent Olson has
carried his activities has not vet
been discovered, but it is suspected
to have amounted to huge sums
and to be of widespread ramifica-
tons.
The net results of activities of
this kind is to cut the valuation of
the lands of absentee landlords,
thus depriving the county of thous-
ands of dollars in tax revenue
from the foreign landholders, and
to increase by just that much the
taxes of the resident property
holders who have not availed
themselves of Mr.. Olson's services.
The exposure of these activities
on the part of Olson, who has been
engaged in many and divers rae
kets in the past is a matter that
should be thoroughly investigated,
and many taxpayers are of the
opinion that a Grand Jury should
be called by Judge Paul to inves-
tigate the patent conspiracy in all
of its sinuous trails.
Mr.. Olson says in this letter:
I'VE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT
ANY ONE CAN GET THE AC
TON ON 1T THAT WE CAM
which statement discloses thu
confidence with which he wrote t
the foreign landholders and pros
pective clients.
1t has been often reported tina
L. S. olson made a business o
fixing assessments while ne wa
deputy assessor, in fact it is sal,
that was one of the reasons tina
he was asked to resign, but no on
before the disclosures of this let
ter ever dreamed that he had OF
gained a service of this sort
That he should confine his activi
ties to outside land holders seem
obvious.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-22
WOLF CREEK

/. e. Metxler returned home Wed
nesday afternoon from Plentywnod
where he had been in the hoSpifal
for several days.
The Girls All Juniors meet We'd
nesday afternoon with Lucille Metz
Ter. The tenth meeting which is the
,ast Will meet at the home of Helen
machines, where the girls will mt
on some demonstrations Of tbair
work and also a health program
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Burke. Mr.
and Mrs. K. E Sheridan and Mr
and Mrs. Jack Sheridan were Plen-
tywood callers Thursday.
Lewis ulrfch had the misfortune
TO have his wrist broken in two
places Thursday noon while crank
ing the engine on the combine. He
was taken 10 doctor at Plenty
wood.
The Ladies Club was enterta;nca
Dy Mrs Neal Pake al her home last
Thursday Afternoon. After the res
uiar business meeting installation of
the new officers for the coming
year took place. The new Officers
or the Club are: Mrs. Chas. MARSH
resident; Mrs. FL. B. French. Vice
presidents Mrs d. M. Machines
secretary. and Mrs. VIM Cromwell.
Mrs. John Pace, Helen and Jonn
Pace were business callers i'm Red
stone Friday afternoon.
Lucille Metzler was VISITING Win,
past week INC
Louies. Hazel and Mabel Marsh
we're visiting with Helen MacTnnes
during the week. ''''''s
mr: and Mrs. John Pace ans f~n,s-
~ ie1t Saturday night to visit with
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caused late small grains, flax,
corn and pastures to deteriorate
rapidly. Harvesting and thresh-
ing is nearing completion in many
sections. The weather has been
particularly favorable for thresh-
ing and combining in North Dako-
ia.
western North Dakota ana
Montana are hardest hit by the
drouth. The latest Montana off
cial report says that due to lack
of moisture, the government crop
report for August l may have to
be revised further downward in
the final analysis.
"The Montana Department of
Agriculture again comments on
the value of summer-fallow in the
following language. We'll fallowed
fields have been holding up quite
well and in most instances have
been producing double the crop
reaped from stubble or continuous
ly cropped land
"A report from Edinburg tells
of rust damage and some samples
were sent in. The estimate is
made that rust has caused Is to
20 per cent damage in that part
of Walsh county, but rust damage
reports otherwise are scarce.
Around jamestown, N. D., wheat
is running around II bushels an
acre and durum somewhat more,
with wheat from As to so pounds
in weight. Barley and oats are
turning out about 20 bushels to
the acre and rye Is, while flax av-
erages about five bushels. Corn
acreage is larger as the trend to
diversification grows, but rain is
needed.
around Lisbon, N. D., Yields
are above normal. Elliott, Verona
and Englevale report returns OF
around 20 bushels for wheat. Rain
is needed soon in this territory il
yields are to be of real value.
"From Golden Valley, Mont.
comes the report that wheat j.
almost failure and that feed viii
be very scarce in that territory"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-22

CONTINUED frozm First Pamss
not openly, then covertly. If we
must keep a county agent, why
not put him to work organizing
the farmers into co-operatives, and
dispense with his production pro
paganda.
1t seems right now that the tax
payers of Sheridan county could
well get along without a county
agent. Daniels county abolished
its agent, and crops did not seem
10 suffer. Several other counties
have done the same. Several coun-
ties in North Dakota will vote on
the proposition this fall.
Steps should be taken in Sheri-
dan county to bring the matter to
an issue this coming election.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-22

Outlook 1cr l'Es.
Armour T. I'pias r..rlrs.c.i asst
Friday.
Those registering AT MI for the
past week w.:" x Ness, Balm
Vile; NJ. rnd Mrs y Ness. De-
troit. Mich; r. L. Russell, Great
Fails: II. y. .ters ~ Minot: Stnph-
en- Kogler, Great Falls; CIR. N. Nc
Donald, or 4 ans. v and Mrs.
Thompson, Crosoy; d. l.. Carps n.er,
Poplar; Jack kjelsJrup. Pientywocd
F. j. Maurer. Miuuc: VIM. McInroth'
Minot; Ray Dickay. Bowbells: H. M.
Poland, MCPHERSON; X. Fl IIughlen;
A. f. Neiss, Glasgow; Harvey Matt
son, Milton, Wis; Louis Nicholson
Milton, Wis; James O'Connor, Utah
Wooden Mills; Otto Waddall, elias
gov; ]. n. Cosgriff, Glasgow: A.
HoppinS, Dooley.
Mrs. Ella West is visiting at the
home of Chas. Buzzari.