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The Washington times., 1930-05-17
LET
IN APRIL SET
NEW MARK
More Than in Any Month Since
August, 1929, According to
Figures From Over Country

Contracts awarded in April for
building and engineering projects
IN the 81 States east of the Rocky
Mountains, totaling $489 PSI 700,
were larger than in any month
since August of last year.
The last months record was 6
per cent greater than the total of
$456, 6,119,000 reported for March,
nut showed loss of 25 per cent
from the unusually large record
for April, 1929.
For the first four months of
tne year awards totaled $780,
$3.50 as compared with $1,897,-
O0S 800 for the corresponding pc
rlod. OF 1929, a decline of II per
cent.
Public Works
Public works and utilities for
the fourth consecutive month
were the most important of all
classes. This type of construction
totaled $149, ,669 300, or 81 per cent
Of the total awards IN April
Residential building totale d
$l23, ,141, 300, or Is per cent of the
total; awards for commercial
structures amounted to $73,24l,-
100, or Is per cent, and new con
tracts for industrial buildings ag-
gregated $38,120,600, or 8 per
cent.
Contemplated new work of all
kinds reported in April amounted
to $954,617,400, compared with
732,735, 900 in March and $780,
249, 100 for April. 1929.
New Awards
Awards for new building and
engineering work in April in the
Middle Atlantic States reached
total of $62,781 800, an increase of
80 per cent over the total of Sat-
602,500 reported for March.
In April, 1929, contracts totaled
S106, 136,70O. Construction during
the first four months of the year
amounted to $210,834,7 700, as COM
pared with $264,719.OOO in the
same period of 1929.
Contracts for commercial build
ings in April amounting to SIS
833,100 were more than rs per
cent of the total; public works
and utilities totaling SIS, 300,
had Is per cent; residential build
ings, with $14,743,500, had %
per cent, and educational build
ings, aggregating $5,071 900, were
8 per cent.
Building Proposed
New contemplated work reported
In April totaled $11O,373, 800, as
against $64, TOP, 500 for March, an
increase of II per cent; the cor
responding months total of last
year was $94,773, 700.
April construction contracts in
the Pittsburgh district western
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio
and Kentucky amounted to $54.-
994,9 300, compared with $685.
900 in March and with the April,
1929, record of $61,O13,20O.
Total awards since the first
of the year in this territory have
reached a sum of $21O,327 500, a
decline of S per cent from the
same period in 1929.
Construction Begun
Public works and utilities fea-
tured the April building record,
with $16,244,4O or 80 per cent
of all awards. Residential Duild
ings ranked second, amounting to
S14,926, 300. or q per cent; COM
mercial buildings aggregated S5,-
543, 700, or 10 per cent, and
social and recreational buildings
totaled $5,274.10O, or 9 per cent.
Construction work reported as
in the contemplated stage in
April amounted to $143, ,225 500.
This was 81 per cent greater than
the amount reported in March
and almost twice the amount in
the same month of year ago.
Half of your Rental worries are over
when you consult the Rental ads in
The Washington times., 1930-05-17
Standard Gas Net
Rises in Last Yenr

CHICAGO, May II I.N.SD.
Standard Gas and Electric, for
the IL months ended March 81,
reports a total income of $76,-
894,036 after expenses and ordi,
nary taxes but before deprecia-
tion. This compares with $73.
639,882 in the previous IL
months.
The Washington times., 1930-05-17
REALTORS HOLD
MEETING
MAY 23
D. c. Commissioners, Prom
inent Bankers and Busi-
ness Men Will Attend

The annual spring meeting of
members of the Washington Real
Estate Board will be held Friday,
May %, at BIS o'clock in the
Willard Hotel, according to Alfred
H. Lawson. president.
In keeping with the custom fol
lowed during the past several
years Of having the president Of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards address the spring
meeting of the local board, Law.
son announced that Leonard P.
Reaume, of Detroit, the national
president, would be the guest
speaker of the evening.
1t is expected that Reaume will
outline some of the plans of the
national organization in connec-
ton with the forming of property
owner groups throughout the
United States into special groups
affiliated with the local real
estate boards.
To Help Owner
This movement, Lawson pointed
out. has been given serious con-
sideration for the past two years
and is designed to help the real
estate owner relieve himself from
the burdenSome and unfair taxes
to which real-eState holders in
many sections of the country have
been subjected.
The national association has
constituent member boards in ap-
proximately TOO cities in the
United States, and keeps in direct
contact with them through per.
sonal visits of the president and
other executive officers. Ere
quently the president is able to
cover the entire country in the
course of his administration
bringing to realtors in all sections
the personal message of the &C
tivities and progress of the ma,
tional associa tiop in it's develop,
ment of policies and practices in
the interest of real estate.
Program Arranged
AS special guests at the Friday
night meeting the realtors will
have the entire Board of Commits
Sioners present. And the meeting
will present the first opportunity
that the local board has had
formally to greet DR.. Reichelder,
fer and General Crosby, the newly
elected commissioners.
A special program Of entertain
ment has been arranged with j. F.
M. Bowie and Fred East as solo
lists, and Immediately following
the meeting an informal buffet
supper will be served.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Colleen MOOre's Play

Colleen Moore's play, ION the
Loose" opened at Rochester, N. Y,
and the first reports to the Broad
way sector are that the erstwhiie
First National star has the max,
ings of a footlight favorite. Her
film following turned out in goodly
numbers for the premiere.
The Moore play is comedy by
Benjamin Glazer, with melodra-
matte trimmings. During the &C
ton of the three acts and five
scenes there is abundant oppor-
tunity for Miss Moore to demon
strate her powers as an actress.
Lionel Atwill directed the play
and is reported to have collected
$500 a week for instructing the
star in the fine points of stage
compartment.
"On the Loose" will come to
the National Theater about the
time that the do Your Christ,
mas Shopping Early campaign
is well under way. Colleen Moore
is travelling in her own private
Pullman with a personal entour.
age of imposing size, bringing a
genuine touch of Hollywood op
ulence to theatrical highways.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Peeved Over Delays

e. C. writes scorching letter
to the editor complaining about
the difficulty of getting tickets
for the Ethel Barrymore play,
Scarlet Sister Mary" via the
telephone and delays in the box
office line which made her late
for work.
With all the inconvenience and
loss of time entailed in standing
in a queue, the system which has
95 per cent of the pasteboards in
the box office ticket racks is
vastly to be preferred to the New
York system, which compels at
tendance upon brokers and a
premium. The telephone service
with it's constant Line Busy" I
agree is a nuisance. But better
way is a mail order.
Theater treasurers tell me that
telephone orders for hit shows are
unsatisfactory both from the
standpoint of the theater and the
patron. They are a constant
source for misunderstanding.
However, I will pass along
E. C.'s complaint to Treasurer
Jimmy Hughes for appropriate
ASTON. He is, I might add, a
model for courtesy and box-office
service.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

PALACE-Kay johnson in
Madam Satan." at 1875 a. M,
2:03, 4:33, 1915 and GAS. Stage
show at 1:25, $50, 6:40 and 9 p.
m.
EARLE-Jack Mulhall in For
the Love of Lii" at 11:15 a. M,
1925. 1885, $40. 7:50 and 1905
p m. Fred Warnings Band at 2:55,
5, 7;05 and $50 p. m.
R-K-O .KEITH'S Africa
Speaks" at 1882 a. M, 1885. 1888,
5:38. 7:41 and 9:31 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Gloria Swanson in
What a Widow" at 11:15 a M,
1:15, :3:20, $40, 7:25 and $50
METROPOLITAN-Ruth Rol.
and in Reno" At II a. M
12:46, 1882, Alb, sos, 1853 and
$50 p. m.
FOX-Charles Farrell in "Lil-
iom." At 1880 a. NJ, 1851, Alb.
5:26, 7:49 and 1912 p. m. Stage
shows at 1:o6, S:28, 7:o4 and
"'S' ~ ILL.,
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Penn State College
S1lD Birth of Band

Warnings Pennsylvanians is an
all-college boy band. organized at
Penn State College, some seven
years ago. They have gained in
ternational fame through their
talking machine records. success
full concert tours at home and
abroad and the Hello Yourself" i"
the musical comedy success pre-
sented at the Casino Theater, New
York.
Warnings Pennsylvanians can
now be seen-in personal War
ner's Earle Theater.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
RaskOb and Films

John ]. Raskob, who has been
pictured in speculative print as
deSirouS of taking an active hand
in the management and control
Of Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc,
has no such idea in mind-that
is, if Mr.. Raskob's representatives
are fully informed.
At his office in New York yes
terday it was stated that RaSkon
has not been in Hollywood con-
ferring with Jack Warner, as re-
ported in one of the West Coast
publications. AS to the rumor
that Raskob is acquiring some
thing like a controlling interest
in the company's stock, it is with
out foundation, it was stated sue
cinctly.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
How Much for Garbo?

AL Jolson. in person, at the
Capitol Theater on Broadway and
paid $4,000 for the week, drew
q gross of $71, 900, rated just fair
takings for this 1920 seat house
Recently Greta Garbo on the
screen at this same theater in
Romance" attracted $4,000 to
the box office. It makes one
wonder how much La Carlo
would be worth for a week of
personal appearances.
Jolson was compelled to turn
down an offer to play the late
Jack Donahue's role in "Sons O.
Guns" since he must be in Holly
wood October Is to begin work on
his first United Artists picture, a
film version Of this same musical.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
STAGE
NEWS FROM
NEW YORK

Winchell Smith, whose last
work for the theater was the
staging of Waterloo Bridge" will
direct THE Vinegar Tree, Paul
Osborn's comedy which Dwight
Deere Wiman will produce. Mary
Boland, Katherine Wilson and
H. Rooseve Smith will be in the
cast of the play, which will prob
ably go into rehearsal next week.
Edith Barrett will hereafter be
starred in Benn w. Levy's play,
Mrs. Moonlight" at the Charles
Hopkins Theater. Miss Barrett,
who is granddaughter Of Law
renee Barrett, appeared at the
same house last season in
Michael and. Mary"
Dorothy Day, most recently
seen in Fifty Million French
men," will have the leading fem
mime role in The Bridge of
Sighs," now in rehearsal.
"The Well of Romance" the
operetta for which Prest n
Sturges has written the book and
H. Maurice Jacquet the music,
will open at the Nixon Theater.
Pittsburgh. on october 27 and
come to- the Craig Theater, here,
a week later. Before going to
Pittsburgh, the production will
give a series Of invitational dress
rehearsals at the Craig.
Waite Hoyt, baseball pitcher
formerly of the Yankees. but now
of the Detroit Tigers, will begin
a tour of the Loew vaudeville
circuit on Saturday at the Pitkin
Theater, with j. Fred Coot, song
writer, as his partner.
A spelling bee enlisting the
public appearance of Walter
Winchell, Mark Hellinger, Groucho
Marx and George M. Cohan has
been added to the program for
Sunday night at the Broadhurst,
where the Broun for Congress
nonpartisan committee will stage
what is billed as the first of Mr..
Broun's three Sunday evenings in
the theater, Norman Thomas also
Is announced TO appear on the
program.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
p T. BARNUM
is PLAYED
BY BERRY
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY


Grace Moore's first picture with
O romantic story built around the
life Of Jenny Lind. famed Swed-
ishesongbird. has been named "A
Lady's Morals" and the Columbia
Theater booking beginning Octo-
ber 1S marks the world premiere
for this Metro Goidwyn feature.
A distinguished cast has been
assembled around the star with
Wallace Beery--famed for his
Butch In "The Big House"-ap.
pearing as Phineas T. Barnunn,
the showman-de luxe whose pre-
Civil War reputation survives to
this day In the show world.
Reginald Denny, Johyna How
land, Paul Forecast, George
Marion, Gilbert Emery, Giovanni
MARITIME, Bodil Rosing, and Gus
Shy are others who have been
given roles of Importance.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
BrOGdIUGy Players
In VituDhOne Short

Arthur Hurley Is directing
straight and Narrow" a Vita
phone Varieties melodrama, at
the Brooklyn Vitaphone studios
with large cast of Broadway
players. Burnet Hershey wrote
the story as a vehicle for Allen
Jenkins, the star who replaced
Spencer Tracy when the latter
left "The Last Mile"
In the support are Leo Curley,
Ed Robins, Hersel Mayall, Steve
Clark and Wyrley Birch.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
D. c. GETS WORLD PREMIERE OF GRACE MOORE PICTURE
Grow By Dancing

Ida Shibley, who is now dancing
at Loew's Palace In Anchors
Aweigh," claims that you can grow
taller by dancing. The stretching
required In acrobatic work Is re-
sponsible, says Ida. For bringing
down weight she recommends
banana peelS.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Another Try

The eyes of Hollywood once
more are on Eric Won Stroheim.
The German director, who has
started many pictures but fin.
ished few, is arriving here Sat.
urday to prepare the script Of
Blind Husbands"
This was the first picture he
directed for Universal and gave
him his initial impetus to fame.
Carl Laemmle has signed him
to repeat for the talkie. It is not
determined as yet whether Won
Stroheim also will re-enact his
old role in Blind Husbands"
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Compromise

Lois Wilson, who hasn't done
anything on the screen for some
time, is turning down leads in
Westerns. She plans to forget
billing, cut her salary one-third
and hold out for attractive char
acter roles.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Change in 'DracuIa"

The talkie of "Dracula" will
have a second feminine lead.
Frances Dayde has been signed
by Universal to play the part
of Lucy in the Bran Stoker vam.
pire thriller. In the play, Lucy
is mentioned but never appears.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Fiji Is Coming

Fiji Dorsey, vivacious French
star of Fox and Cosmopolitan
productions, is to appear at the
Fox in person within the next
few weeks, according to Manager
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Do YOvI Know

That PurnelI Pratt, the charac-
ter actor, played on one of the
first football teams of the Uni
versity Of Southern California?
He was a grid-iron man in 1899.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10

tan production for Metro-Gold
wyn-Mayer.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
LOMBARD GIRL
GETS BREAK
TN LUCK
BY HARRISON CARROLL

kNODYflKnks lOOVs EAhAAS@NO'b
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Oct. 10
Fortune has smiled twice on Ca
role Lombard within a few days
She has been given a long-term
contract at Paramount. which in
sures her work for some time tc
come.
At the same time. she has in
herited such a fortune that she
need never work another day If
she doesn't want to.
The fortune comes from her
grandmother, Mrs. Alice Knight
whose will has just been probatec
at Fort Wayne. Ind. (Carole is
the sole beneficiary named in the
document).
Her first role at Paramount will
be in william Powell's next pic
ture. It is tentatively titled Buy
Your Woman"
New Society Sport
Many echoes of the Ernest
Lubitsch Hans Kraly fisticufts
are heard in Hollywood.
A friend asked Harry Brand
"Are you going to the Mayfair
Club dance Saturday night?"
"I don't know" replied Harry
who's fighting?"
Big News
Long-distance telephoning be.
tween New York and Hollywood
is in vogue at the studios.
Eddie Cantor says that George
Jessel, in Hollywood, once got
him out of bed in New York at
8 a. m.
From across the continent came
Jessels voice: Say, Eddie, If you
eat a sturgeon sandwich, don't
put mustard on it. It isn't good"
The line clicked as the receiver
was hung up at the other end.
Colleen Wires
A wire from Colleen Moore re
ports that she survived the open
ing of her stage show in Roches'
ter last Friday.
During the first act" she
SAYS, IT didn't know whether
there was an audience out there
or not"
The play is booked for an
eight-week run before 1t reaches
Broadway.
Actress Ill
A serious attack of influenza
has kept Jobyna Ralston in bed
for ten days.
She has a special nurse, ano
has been very i'll.
Jobyna has been out OF the
film since her marriage to Rich
ard Arlen. To date, they seem
to qualify as one of Hollywood;
happiest married couples.
Arlen is now rehearsing his
next picture, stampede" I may
be mistaken, but I believe this Ii
a talkie version of Emerson
Hough's North of &c."
Flying Dog
Wallace Beery always carries
an Irish setter as a flying com
panion between his Hollywood
home and his mountain cabin
The actor will spend a weel
and a half shooting and fishing
in the June Lake country. He
starts "The Secret Six" in three
weeks. This will be a Cosmopoli
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Flying Dog

Wallace Beery always carries
an Irish setter as flying COM
panion between his Hollywood
home and his mountain cabin.
The actor will spend week
and a half shooting and fishing
in the June Lake country. He
starts "The Secret Six" in three
weeks. This will be Cosmopoli-
The Washington times., 1930-10-10

New Society Sport
Many echoes of the Ernest
Lubitsch Hans Kraly fisticufts
are heard in Hollywood.
A friend asked Harry Brand:
"Are you going to the Mayfair
Club dance Saturday night?"
st don't know" replied Harry.
who's fighting?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-20
BY HOWARD W. BLAKEsLEE.

ITHACA, N. Y, June 20-Discovery
Of the reason why anesthetics cause I'M
consciousness was announced today at
Cornell University.
They cause nerve cells to become
thick and white. like tiny hard-boiled
eggs Oblivion accompanies this change,
and consciousness does not return until
the cells resume their normal state.
An amazing part OF the discovery is
that a knockout blow on the head of
the coma of narcotics or intoxication all
produce similar cell changes. Thus the
kick" ina drink is actually, in effect,
like physical blow. Boiled" 'stewed"
and stiff" applied to drug drink ef-
fects, are more than slang: they are the
simple truth about changes invisible to
the eye.
The discoveries were reported to the
eighth colloid symposium by Or. G. H.
Richter, national research fellow at
Cornell. who worked under direction Of
DR.. Wilder D. Bancroft, professor OF
physical chemistry. They are results Of
studies In colloid chemistry, one OF the
newer branches of science.
lone thing hindering the development
of new drugs has been lack Of under
standing Of the mechanism by which
they act" DR.. Richter said. Discovery
that slight changes In the colloids OF
the body produce profound physical and
mental changes will suggest many new
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COUSINS WILL GET
HERM|TS' 100000
Division of Estate of Two
Who Died Four Years Ago
Settled by Judge.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 20.-A score Of
cS,lsins scattered in Great Britain, Ire
land and the United States will in
herit the 100000 estate of two her
mits who died in Park Ridge, q suburb
four years ago, Probate Judge Henry
Eorner has ruled.
OF the known heirs. Is cousins
live in ireland, two in Massachusetts,
and one each in England. Montana
and Kansas.
The estate was left by John Flynn
who committed suicide after the death
of his brother in 1926. The two had
lived as hermitS and the money was
found hidden in mattresses, milk cans
and beneath the floor.
Claims of alleged heirs caused an
investigation. 1t was found that the
hermits we're sons of John Flynn,
who eloped in Dublin, ireland, with
Henrietta Goodiff, daughter of Capt.
James Maynard Goodiff, an English
soldier,
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from Parliament . vote Of supplement
tary credits Of about 90. 900 to be
spent In various fields Of national de-
Tense. particularly for increasing army
stocks, building planes for the army
and navy and celebrating the foTtiica-
tons system.
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ANESTE1ETICS, DRUGS AND LIQUOR
FOUND TO HAVE SIMILAR EFFECTS
Scientific Results Prove Slang Term st Stiff If
True Description of Effect on
Nerve Cells.
methods of attack on important medical

methods Of attack on important medical
problems.
This work has led to an entirely new
concept Of stimulation and stimulating
drugs. The division of drugs into mar
cottzing and stimulating groups gives
the impression that differences are dis
tinct. This is not the case. A narcotic
and stimulant are the same thing
chemically. The difference arises through
the changing colloidal behavior of the
drug at different concentrations
The effect of blows was. studied by
Earring the nerve cells, which caused
them to Whiten and tkicken
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decided to include In this program the
laying down of one armored cruiser Of
$4,000 tons, having a speed Of so knots
and carrying l4-inch guns.
This ship will be the first Of three Of
the same type, but her completion will
require three or four years
The French admiralty thinks that
armored cruisers will be the most ade-
quate reply to the Italian 42,oO0-ton
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questin whether the program viii In
addition include $4,000 tons Of light
cruisers and large destroyers In answer
70 the Italian program per ton In all
eategories is still unsettled.
LEcho de Paris says today that the
government will 10 the near future ask
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building program for the forthcoming
year. They viii, it Is said. definitely
outclass all existing ships In the Medi-
terranean except the British capital
ships.
The next French naval program will
also include one 10,000-ton, S-inch gun
cruiser and q minimum of $4,000 tons
of destroyers and submarines. The
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Stain Decorated.

MOSCOW, June 30 up. - Joseph
Stain is slated to be the first recipient
of the Order Of Lenin, q newly created
decoration for extraordinary service to
the country. Communist district par
ties and trades unions have been urg-
ing that he be honored.
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FRANCE BEGINS WORK
ON FIRST OF 3 SHIPS
New Cruiser, Answer to italian
Program, to 0utclass All Ex-
cept Capital Ships.

BY Radio to The Star and the Chicago
Daily News. Copyright, 1880.
PARIS, France, June 2o.-Whfle the
last details of the French naval program
for the next fiscal year, April, 1881,
to March, 1882, are still under discus
sion, the admiralty has already definitely
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