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The Washington times., 1930-06-11
Fraternity Official
DrOpped as Dry Spy

Because he Is said to have used
his national office as high
recorder-treasurer" of the Gamma
Eta Gamma, national legal fra
ternity, in his activities as pro.
hibition agent. Jonas M. Smith,
washington lawyer, has been
forced to resign from the office,
it was revealed yesterday by the
Omicron Chapter, attached to the
University of Maryland.
Smiths resignation was ten
dered in response to demand by
the Omicron Chapter and the
Baltimore unit after he is alleged
to have persuaded two fraternity
brothers to take him to saloons
one of which was raided on in
formation furnished by him and
the other of which was closed to
avoid the same fate.
The Washington times., 1930-06-11
MISS MERRITT'S
POST DRAWS 8

The names of nine persons, all
prominent officially in the public
school system. division 1913, are
being considered as possible sue
cessors to Miss E. F. G. Merritt.
supervising principal Of divisions
10-11, who retireS this year
after Al years Of school service in
the District of Columbia.
Among the candidates to sue
ceed Miss Merritt are L. L. Perry.
supervising principal of the
Twelfth division, which may be
abolished; Miss Thomasine Cor
rothers, teacher at Miner Teach
ers' College: II. B. Jones. princi-
pal of SmotherS School; Miss
Mineola Kirkland. principal of
Garnet-Pattsrson Junior High
School,. Mrs. M. H. Plummer,
principal of Francis Junior High
School: D. I. Renfro, principal
of Lovejoy School; A. K. Savoy,
principal Of Garrison School; j..
e. Syphax, principal OF Birney
School; G. Smith Wormley, prin-
cipal Of Randall Junior High
School, and Miss E. j. Jackson,
teacher at Francis Junior High
School. .
Miss Merritt was recently
elected president Of the National
Association for the Advancement
Of ColOred People, a post which
was held for several years by
the late Neval Thomas. She is a
native of Prince William county,
Va, and became a teacher at the
age OF 20. Many of the reforms
in the local school system were
introduced by her. Among them
is the grouping Of children ac-
cording to their mental capab'li-
The Washington times., 1930-06-11
IS BUSY
At CITY zoo

Four coatimundi - Central
American racoons that can wiggle
their .noses-and a host of other
young animals were born at the
National Geological Park in the
past week.
DR.. William Mann, Zoo direc-
tor, said they are the first to
be born at the Zoo. The mother
is one of the specimens collected
by Capt. H. C. Kellars, Navy
medical officer, in Nicaragua.
The Washington Zoo lead the
world again this week when for
the second time two American
pelicans we're born. The Zoo
here is the only one which has
succeeded in raising the American
pelican.
Other new arrivals on the birth
records are two fallow deer,
Japanese red-faced monkey,
Rocky Mountain sheep, and an
Indian buffalo.
A small flock of grass paro-
quets and a pair of Venezuelan
jays have been added to the bird
collection, and a fine young
Diana monkey to the mammals.
The Washington times., 1930-06-11
RGyOn Corporation
ODens VirUirriU Plant

CONVICTION, Va. June IL
The opening of the new dormi-
tory of the Industrial Rayon Cor
poration was featured as one Of
the "big days" in, the history Of
the corporation.
President Hiram Rivitz was
here from Cleveland. Other Of.
ficials from Cleveland included
Lester r. Carrier, D. s. Mallory
and Haden Kline.
Pay day was moved up a day,
giving the employees an oppor-
tunity to make preparations to
enjoy the celebration. From IL
noon to 5 p. m. the building was
open 20 the employees for inspcc-
ton ahd at night was open 10 the
public.
The Washington times., 1930-06-11
CAROL PERMITS
WIFE To CARE
FOR son
Prince Michael viii Remain
In Charge Of Mother While
King Fixes Self on Throne

BUCHAREST, June IL QN.SJ.
Princess Helen Of Rumania stood
victorious over King Carol II to.
day in the matter of the educa.
ton Of Crown Prince Michael.
The new monarch who holds
sway over the country Of his
birth after a, remarkable coup
d'etat last weekend recognized
that affairs Of state would take
up all his time for the next
few months.
He granted to Helen, his
divorced wife to whom he has
addressed most earnest pleas for
reconciliation, the privilege Of
directing the life Of Michael.
their son, for the time being.
The 9-year-old crown prince
spent the largest part Of the
forenoon and AFTERNOON yesterday
with King Carol.
Last night was spent with his
mother.
Meanwhile, Princess Helen re-
mained adamant in her opposi-
ton to a reconciliation with King
Carol.
The women's leagues Of
Rumania. today. went on record
as hoping Helen and Carol would
be reconciled and that Helen
would consent to having her
divorce decree annulled.
The Washington times., 1930-06-11
COrnlUeU VIII Act
As Host to Editors

KEYSER, w. Va, June IL
John j. Cornwell, former Gov
ernor Of West Virginia, now chief
counsel for the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, will be host to the
West Virginia Editors Association
in his home town Of Romney,
Saturday evening, July IL, at the
conclusion Of the two-day outing
in connection with the annual
meeting. CornweH is owner Of
the Hampshire Review.
Gov. william G. Conley has
accepted an invitation to be
present.
The Washington times., 1930-06-11

DRESSES TO FIT THE ROLE
Robinson following detail
Coorn School, Twntghh and S N w. during their study
of -
The Washington times., 1930-06-11
Harrison Williams
Red Cross Leader

LEESBURG, Va, June 1.-THE
annual meeting Of the Loudoun
chapter of the American Red
Cross was held at the Balch Ii
brary. with Mrs. c. Shirley Car
ter, chairman of the chapter, pre-
siding. After report of the
treasurer. the following officers
were elected for the present year;
Harrison williams. Leesburg,
chairman; Mrs. G. Basil Hall,
The Washington times., 1930-06-11

Middleburg, treasurer; s. Reed
Galleher, Leesburg, secretary; Mrs,
c. Shirley Carter was reelected
chairman of the annual mem
bership drive.
Miss Alice Davis, Of Leesburg;
Miss Mamie Fred, of Middlehurg.
and Miss Helen Pittman, Of Lees
burg, were elected members Of
the civilian relief committee.
Miss Sadie James. of Washing
ton. field representative Of the
American Red Cross. was present
and addressed the meeting.
The Washington times., 1930-06-11
Portrait of John BrotUn s
Prosecutor UnUeiled

David Hunter. Of Berkley county,
who moved to Charles Town to
practice law. He drew UP the in
dictment charging John Brown
with treason. rebellion. and in
citating slaves at Harpers Ferry,
near here.
The original indictment has
been missing from the court
house here TO- years, but was re
stored several weeks ago by the
executors of the estate Of the late
Judge D. B. Lucas. of Rion Hall.
The Washington times., 1930-06-11

CHARLES TOWN. W. Va, TO-
Members Of the jefferson bar ur1-
veiled an oil portrait of the late
Andrew w. Hunter. attorney for
the Commonwealth of Virginia, in
which Charles Town in his time
was located, who became famous
in the prosecution Of John Brown
and his associates in the fall Of
1859, in the court house where the
trials were held. L.
Hunter was the son Of Col.
The Washington times., 1930-06-11
ROBSON WARNS
He MAY SHIFT
HIS VOTE
Favored Bill, Senator Tells
Proponents, But Faith Is
Shaken by Long Arguments

The anti.vivisection bin had
another hearing before the Sen.
ate District Committee this after.
noon, although the committee
had hoped to close hearings yes.
terday. The bill forbids expert
meI1ts on dogs In the District.
Proponents yesterday appeared
In such numbers and spoke at
such length that Senator, Rob
sion, Kentucky, suggested the
committee wind UP the "dog bll''
and take UP other matters.
Talk Away Vote
Addressing Mrs. Clinton w
Farrell, of New York, president
Of the Anti-Vivisection League,
Senator Robsion said:
u ST was inclined to be for your
BILL but IL you folks keep on
taking you may talk yourself
out Of .. vote. Assume there
Is some cruelty in experiments
upon al1imaIs--the only Ques-
ttOn here is whether It is nee.
esary, whether vivisectiOn Is in
the interest Of science and
saves human lives" !
Mrs. Farrell insisted 1t wasn't
necessary and the vivisecttonfsts
knew no more now than they
did SO years ago, but the experts
n1ents go on.
Experiments Defended
Experiments on dogs and other
animals in the interest of science
and the saving of human life
were explained and defended by
DR.. Maurice Hall, chief veterinary
surgeon Of the Bureau of Animal
Industry: DR.. H. w. Schoening,
Of the Department Of Agriculture,
and DIR. william C. Fowler, Dis
trict health officer.
DR.. Hall said he was a dog
lover and had owned several, but
that certain experiments on ami
mails are necessary if medicine
and science is to progress. OF
the anti-vivisectionists he said:
They are prompted by sec
Ond.hand information and mis-
information and have an emo
tiOnal slant"
The Washington times., 1930-06-11
RECITAL IS PLANNED

Mrs. Hamilton Wolfe's pupils
In the junior class will give a
musical recital Saturday at $3.50
o'clock at Sherwood Presbyterian
Church Hall, Twenty-second st.
and Rhode Island Ave. N. E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
ESTHER RAILS ON-M PERSON.
Earle G7aq9
The New York Theater
By Percy Hammond.

A LEXANDER WooLLcoTr, writing
from Salzburg to The New
Yorker, describes the luxury in which
Max Reinhardt lives in his castle, the
Schloss Leopoldskron. There, sur
rounded by Alps and actors, Herr Rein
hardt, Europe's Belasco, plans new and
startling schemes for the development
of the stage. Rich. comfortable and
esthetic, he sits in his tower, dreaming
of novel and salable delights. TO-
gether," writes Mr.. Woollcott I'VE
ambled through the castle park, encir-
cled now by a stone wall built by the
profits of The Miracle"
Mr.. Woollcott's word-picture Of Herr
Reinhardt's expensive stone wall caused
me to think of Morris Gest, the entire
preneur, whose efforts made it possible.
If 1t had not been for Morris Gest and
his skillful bravery in the American
promotion of THE Miracle" Herr Rein
hardt would have no stone wall, and
he could not have shown Mr.. Woollcott
the black swans patrolling the pond,
the golden pheasants preening them
selves in the sun, and the fiamingoes
passing in pallid procession" OF course.
Herr Reinhardt has no memory for such
things, but did not believe that Mr..
Woollcott, himself hardy sentimental
ist, could forget that Herr Retnhardt's
stone wall came from the brain and
blood Of Morris Gest. Mr.. Gest is now
bankrupt. ruined by his devotion to
such ungrateful grandeurs as THE
Miracle" see him now and then at
first-nightS, his head wounded but un-
bowed, looking for chance to come
back and do it all over again. hope
that before he is through with the the
alter he will pay for other stone walls,
black swans, crested cranes and fiamin-
goes, not for Woollcott, Reinhardt, Otto
Kahn, Noise or Stanslavski, but for
Morris Gest, game, unselfish and fool
ish Snowman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Talkies Are of Age.

uses. Sometimes they have failed woe
fully in their endeavors, but just as
often they have carried conviction and
a new type of entertainment to very
high peak
Some of the pictures shown in the
last few months at local theaters have
demonstrated the scope of their i'm
provement. Although generally ignored,
both Seven Days Leave" and Men
Without Women" were films of the
highest type. King of Jazz" was a
revue that brought new twists out Of
the camera, and Journeys End
proved that the transfer of beautiful
play to the screen could be accom-
plished with superb results.
Thus have the talkies been struggling
for a permanency which is no longer
in doubt With the broadening of their
horizon they have experimental wisely
and well. They have come discreetly
into their majority. The process from
now on should be merely one of weed
ing and discrimination. Some of the
stellar consultations will be falling, but
the ranks will be filled--well filled-by
actors and actresses to whom this new
form of art is a late but welcome stimu-
liant to their talents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Tully a Sunkist Product.

FULLY MARSHALL is one of the few
l native sons" of California. He
was born in Nevada City April Is, 1874,
as well He was educated in private
schools and the Santa Clara University,
specializing in dramatic literature. He
spent As years on the stage acting,
writing, directing and also producing
with stock companies on the Pacific
Coast.
The motion picture industry "came
to him." so he joined It in the early
days when Grif1th made Intolerance"
Ever since then he has been prominent
and constantly busy. OF course, the
arrival Of the ''talkie" boosted his stock
because Of his long stage experience
and knowledge Of both stage and fllnl
acting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
SimmerinS. Yet Busy.

4 ALTHOUGH only the ghosts Of Kinda
"A NASSAU and Jerri Macauley linger
in the now darkened Gayety Theater
much activity is being planned in the
neighborly city of New York for the
coming years entertainment.
On July in Father Knickerbccker'
city will assemble q corps Of 400 prin.
cipal players who, have been assigned
roles for coming productions. In 9
series Of 20 halls engaged for rehear-
sails these, 400--no relation to the orig.
inal-will besport themselves through
long and rigorous courses" on Thes-
plan navigation.
Contrary to custom, chorus girls will
be allowed to sit at home In their re-
spective cities until their selection, and
then they will still remain there until
called to support" the leading men,
berS Of the various companies as they
arrive week after week.
Thus the coming Mutual burleSQue
shows are being polished from dis
lance. Some time In August they
should be once more up and doing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Keith's Answers Curtis Call.

p -K-O KEITH'S is calling attention
~ 10 a special independence day
reel. as a response to Vice President
Curtis request for patriotic week"
celebration.
Col Hiram S. Brown, president of
R-K-O. and Joseph Plunkett, vice
president and general manager of the
aters, have requested all R-K-O thea
tiers to participate in the observance.
Therefore, Manager Corbin Shield of
the local R-K-O theater will comment
crate the occasion by showing short
subject exemplifying the spirit Of the
Fourth" The scenes and characters
assume lifelike forms from blank clay
surface, while an unseen voice stir
ringly relates the events and perSonali-
ties involved in drawing up and con-
f1rming the Declaration of Indepen-
dence.
A colorful musical background will be
supplied by the American Holiday Or
chestra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Doesn't Like to Repeat.

INEz COURTNEY, breezy Coincidence
= Of the screen, now functioning in
Not Damaged" at the Fox Theater, Is
breathing in the Hollywood oxygen with
deep and rapturous enthusiasm.
This is the life!" says Miss Courtney.
And well she may, for not so long ago
she was finishing her 640th perform
ance in Good News" and was near
swooning from the monotony Of having
had to play IN 1t for so long.
II said the same lines and sang the
same songs so often that I thought I'd
go crazy. That's why like pictures.
You do one part once, and then you're
through with it, and pass on to the
next. The variety is not only easy on
the screen, but serves, I think, to de-
velop q player much more rapidly than
Is possible. on the stage"
Watch her developl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
"Cimarron" Needs Her.

NO wonder Radio Pictures are having
trouble. 1t seems that the coun,
try is being secured for an actress Ia
play the leading role in the picturiza-
ton of Edna Ferber's "Cimarron." Her
only qualifications must be that she Is
young, charming, striking In person.
atty and with ability to portray the
various phases of q womans life from
10 to co." which, Of course, is some
ambition.
Trouble is in the air, although the
producers announce that they have
narrowed the field down to four ladies,
who may or may not be the ideal for
this role of Sabra Cravat. At any
rate, even If and in spite Of the nil
lions Of fsir ones that are storming the
motion picture lots, there is still a pos
stbility that some charmer will step
into the breach at the last moment.
So if there is any poisoning thespian in
Washington who can measure up to the
standards, she is hereby recommended
to betake herself to the bubbling shores
Of California and rap boldly on Radio
Pictures imposing door front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29

NOW that Washington finds itself
- without material theatrical sus-
tenance, since the. National Theater is
wrapped in q cloak of darkness and
Polls Is waiting for the executioner's
ak, nothing Is left to do but to rhapso-
die on what used to be the ethereal,
the strong and silent movies.
No longer silent, 1t is true, and, ac-
cording to the verdict of some, no longer
during the past year popped up con-
siderably more than even the widest
imagination cared to predict. They
have not only improved the method of
their attack by importing-and export
ing-actors from every sphere and
country, so that blonde wigs or blonde
toupees decorating the heads of dark
ESSENTIAL, but they have brought before
vast and worshipful public favorite
actors heretofore limited to Broadway
audiences, but now recognizable on the
screens Of every town, village and
hamlet.
Thus has the word of the actor been
carried through the land.
Last year at this time there was still
much doubt as to the efficacy of the
talkies; People demurred as to the
probability of their possibilities. AL
though Warner Bros. had taken the
first step and other producers had fol-
lowed, some Of the pictures heard were
certainly not what they might have
been.
Like with everything else that is new,
the scornful and the unwiSe have pre-
ferred to harp on the pleasantries of
the past. Such films as "Tol'able
David" 1.-THE Big Parade" Seventh
Heaven" always came to their minds.
They forgot to remember some of the
horrors that had come to them on the
silent screen. They explained that the
new films made strange noises and
were faxed" most Of the time. They
pointed to Corinne Grifith singing in
1.-THE Divine Lady" when neither the
music nor the words fitted the move
ment of her lips. All no doubt true,
but they CLOSED over other improve
ments that were vital, such as the in
| PRODUCTION of suitable music appropri-
ately played and the broadening of the
| field Of story material
In the past year the talkies have
grown up. They have learned that it
Is unwise to try to fool the public. They
have been struggling for and are rapidly
attaining genuineness In every branch
Of their work. They have taken the
best they could ind from the stage and
have tried 70 mold II 10 their own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29

- Gently congregated in Hollywood
looking for wives. In the rough, serv-
iceable clothes of northern miners they
assembled to watch q lottery wheel spin.
The wheel would determine their luck
in the matrimonial game.
But, lest men with boards and women
seeking husbands have their hopes
aroused unduly, let it be known that
the whiskers and wives were for picture
purposes only scene in the Arthur
Hammerstein- Rudolph Friml film, 1.-THE
Lottery Bride" in which Jeanette Mac
Donald, Joe E. Brown, John Garrick
zasu Pitts and Robert Chisholm appear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Opera Star Hits the Serious.

RERNICE CLAIRE, musical comedy
- and opera prima donna. has just
reached the film fans of Washington
at Warmers Metropolitan in her first
non-musical screen role Gin NUM-
bered Menu, although she has been
leading lady in three musical Aims be-
fore that!
Miss Claire, ''the youngest prirna
donna" of grand opera and feminine
star of the stage presentation of THE
Desert Song" came to Los Angeles to
play the title role in mo, No, Nanette. F"
Her success in this musical film led to
the feminine lead in Spring Is Here"
Miss Clair was the protege of Je-
rita, and when the famous opera star
introduced her to the world as 1.-The
youngest prima donna" the stars &C
companist, Emil Polak, was her teacher.
Miss Eggers, however, was her first in
structor, and it is to her that the new
movie star attributes her original sue
cess in opera and musical comedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Ore 9th" SuNklsT1 Beav47;
Fox (S7a7e)
The Boardwalk,

HAVE you tried the boardwalk?
= It's the latest dance craze, and
Esther Ralstcn, the golden girl of the
screen" is its mamma.
II had a lot of fun creating the
boar dwalk," says Miss Ralston. "Of
course, knew the breakway, the stomp,
the variety drag and the others q bit
older than those; but I wanted some
thing new of my own. So used step
or two from each of those and added
several new steps of my own. The dance
has a marvellous rhythm and is loads of
fun to do. It's not hard dance If
you've kept pace with modern dance
steps. Every one who has tried 1t so
far has been wild about It,"
Music for the boardwalk was written
by Bruz Fletcher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Sacrifices to Art.

TT seems that 80 per cent of the peni-
= tentiaries in the United States allow
their guests complete tonsorial freedom
All of which was discovered by the en-
terprising Wallace Berry, who was de-
batting with himself just what could be
done with his mustache and well
creased hair on the eve of the filming
of "The Big House." the new prison
drama now at Loew's Columbia.
In spite, however, of the customs and
traditions that permitted complete free
dom of the scalp, Mr.. Berry decided
after many sleepless nights to sacrifice
his appearance for ARTS sake" The
result was more drastic than he had
anticipated. Every spear Of hair was
removed from his head and his mus
tache was clipped to oblivion.
They say even his mother won't speak
to him now. Still, art for arts sake. .
And what's q little matter Of hair?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29

girl who has determined to steel her
heart against all men in the love game.
Unnecessary to state, she finally
capitulates-and how!
A New York Capitol Theater minia-
ture revue entitled Hit Bits of 1890, y
the chief stage attraction, will present
Leavitt and Lockwood, who have Jared
well in Broadway production; Jones
anc Elliott, a singing, dancing team;
Ted Eddy's Melodians. instrumentalists
Elenore Wood, stellar hope of the
future; Dick Terry, a jazz Jester, and
the Lawson Girls, steppers in the line
Of sgncopation.
Dick Liebert, entering his final week
will play another of his original organ
News and the Palace Orchestra under
Harry Jorjes will be added minor at
fractions.
R-K-O KEITH-"Midnight Mystery"
"MDNIGHT MYSTERY" Radio
Pictures talking thrill drama, is
featured at R-K-O Ketih's: Betty
Compson, Lowell Sherman and a cast
including Hugh Trevor, June Clyde
Ivan Lebedod, Rita La Roy and Ray
mond Hatton, appear in this latest
thriller, directed by George b. Seitz.
Set against the background of an
isolated island OF the surf-heaten
Maine Coast, In the black of night, with
q terrific storm raging. Midnight
Mystery" is said to create an atmos-
phere Of nerve-tingling mystery guar
anteed to thrill the most jaded theater-
goer.
The story, adapted from the play
''Hswk Island" is concerned with an
oddly-assorted set of guests at house
party in castle on storm-beaten
~ AA -
of action takes place within less than
q 12-hour period with the major part
of the story running through night
Of adventure. Based on the murder
Of q dummy" which later proves tc
be more tragically real than the joker
supposed, the picture also offers the
angle of letting the audience In on the
secret before the characters themselves
suspect what has transpired. Even 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
State Protese.

GARY COOPER Is establishing q
- unique record for appearing in
more pictures named for various States
OF the Union than any other star.
Cooper's current Paramount Aim has
been given the title Of "a Man from
wyoming"
His last picture was 1.-THE Texan"
before that 1.-THE Virginian," and some
time ago he appeared In Nevada
With Wyoming, Texas, Virginia and
Nevada on the List. he still has A
States TO @. -. .nszisr..