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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
COLORED TRUCK DRIVER
MUST FACE TWO CHARGES
James c. Jones Alleged to Have As
saulted Policeman Who Ar
rested Him.

Charged with assaulting policeman
and disorderly conduct, James G. Jones,
26-year-old colored truck driver, OF 1107
Eighteenth street, was to be arraigned IN
Police Court today with Pvt. L. E. Cline
of the third precinct, appearing in the
role OF complainant.
The colored man was taken into Gus
tody On the disorderly conduct charge
near his home yesterday and was in
structed to drive to No. station. He
asked fol- and was given permission,
however, to return the truck to his en-
ployer's place of business in Center
Market.
When the machine reached PennSyl-
vania avenue and East Executive ave-
nues, Jones pushed the officer from the
seat. according to Cline, who said he
fell to the ground after his shoulder had
broken the windshield.
The truck driver made no attempt to
escape and was taken to nearby police
box, where Cline summoned a patrol
wagon and had the man lodged in cell
In the first precinct. The officer was
given first aid treatment for minor cuts
at the Public Health Service clinic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
ALTER REGULATION
ON STREET VENDING
TWo-Year Contest Ends With
Both Sides DiSpIeased
With Law.

A two-year contest between the ice
cream and retail druggists sections of
the Merchants 81 Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION and concern which sells ice
cream from trucks parked on the
streets during the Summer has ended
in a change in the police regulations
relating to street vending.
According to the new rules street
vendors must keep out of the congested
section and off Of boulevard highways
and arterial highways and away from
certain designated circles. But they
may now stop for a half an hour at a
time and may sell up to midnight in
stead of 10 pm. as formerly. Under
the old regulation they were limited to
stops only long enough to make a sale
after having been approached by q
customer.
Many Formerly Arrested.
The old rules brought many arrests
of truck operators, who complained OF
persecution. At the same time sections
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association complained that vendors
made use Of unfair competition. Street
vendors, the merchants declared, were
not faced with tax bills for property
ana COulQ UnQerSeu corner uruB STORES III
ice cream and took legitimate business
away from them. The merchants
groups employed former Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Ringgold Hart to argue
their case for them and the ice cream
street vending concern employed Martin
j. Mcnamara.
Both Sides DispIeased.
AS q result the Commissioners finally
adopted the new regulation. 1t was
recommended by Commissioner Herbert
B. Crosby.
"Now that we have put that rule in,''
he said today, 1--WE have no friends.
The merchants tell us we have ruined
their business by letting the vendors
sell until midnight, and the vendors
say we have ruined their business by
taking them off the circles and the
boulevards and arterial highways. It's
one of these heads I win, tails you
lose propositions, with the District
Commissioners getting blamed for both
sides"
He indicated, however, that the new
regulation would remain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
LONG DOUBLE PARKING
STAND COSTS MAN SIS
Jacob F1egle, Philadelphia, Finan-
cially Unable to Pay Fine,
PAYS Nevertheless.

The endurance record for parking
double was probably broken last night
when Jacob Flegle of Philadelphia
turned on the parking light of his auto
mobile and allowed 1t to stand in the
800 block of Ninth street for two hours
and a half
Judge Isaac r. Hit was not in SYM
pathy with the record smasher, so
Flegle was assessed So in Police Court
today.
Policemen S. F.. Gravely and A. b.
Clark of the first precinct saw Flegle
climb from his car and enter a Ninth
street Office at 8 o'clock last night One
of the officers waited patiently until the
man emerged at 1880 O'Clock and es-
corted Flegle to the precinct.
Your honor, am not financially
able to pay a fine" pleaded the man.
Well" answered the magistrate,
"that is exactly what you are going to
have to pay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
SEASONS FIRST FROST
is POSSIBILITY TONIGHT
May Nip Suburbs, Says Weather
Bureau-Continued Cool Is Fore
cast for d. c.

The first frost of the season is a
possibility in exposed places in the
suburbs tonight. the Weather Bureau
made known today in forecast stating
that fair and continued cool weather
would be the order tonight and to-
morrow.
midday temperatures lowered around
SO degrees, the highest reading yester-
day was IL degrees. The increased
popularity of blankets at night was
Justified by 46-degree temperatures last
night, and tonight the Weather Bureau
expects 1t will be 2 degrees cooler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
WOMEN'S BESPATTERED DRESSES
PAID FOR; D. C. WAVES DEFENSE
City Acts Under New Law in Awarding Damages
Following Breaking of Sewer Hose.

down and injured by fire trucks on their
way to fire. Suits for damages arising
out Of these and similar accidents were
always met by the District with the de-
Tense that the Government was simply
pursuing one of its functions when the
accident occurred, and that it was not
liable.
Under the new law the District Is
given the opportunity OF electing
whether 1t will waive this defense and
settle the claim ON the ground that
the claimant has a moral right to the
damages. The instant case Is the first
In which the District has elected TO
waive the defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
AIR TERMINAL SITE
DATA SUBMITTED
DR.. Eckener Informed of Weather
Conditions at Hybla Valley,
Near Alexandria.

Daily weather observations, taken at
Hybla Valley tract below Alexandria,
Va, at the request of DR.. Hugo Eckener
as q part of his study in connection
with the location Of an American trans
atlantic dirigible terminal, are being
sent to the American Offices of the dir
igible company in New York, 1t was an
nounced today by the Washington
Board of Trade.
The Board of Trade, in cooperation
with the Alexandria Chamber of Com
merce, has installed at the Hybla VAL
ley site approximately $4,000 worth Of
meteorological instruments and a COM
plete daily weather report will be sent
to New York for the next four or FIVE
months.
The reports include data on clouds,
fogs, wind direction and velocity, baro-
metric pressure, temperature, humidity
and rainfall. These records will be
studied by DR.. Eckener and American
associates, among them Comdr. Jerome
Hunsacker, former Navy dirigible ex-
pert, and Ward It. Van Orman, ma
tionally known balloon racer, who Is in
direct charge of the local studies.
Mr.. Van Orman also has made a
study of railroad connections with the
site including the cost of extending O
spur line to the field, and will submit
his findings to Comdr. Hunsacker and
DR.. Eckener.
The Hybla Valley tract is one Of
three under consideration for the
American terminal of the proposed in
ternational dirigible line. 1t was in
spected last Spring by DR.. Eckener and
Comdr. Hunsacker following the last
fight of the Graf Zeppelin to this
country from Germany. At that time
Dr. Eckener expressed himself as being
highly pleased with the site, both be-
cause of its natural advantages and be-
cause of its proximity to the National
Capital.
His visit to the field was arranged by
Lawrence J. williams. chairman of the
aviation committee of the Washington
Board of Trade, and Robert j. Cottrell
| secretary of the board, who have spon-
sored the installation of the meteoro-
logical equipment at the field and the
weather study now being made there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
by highly-localized showers, unfelt else
Backers OF Undertaking.

by highly-localized showers, unfelt else
where.
BackerS Of Undertaking.
Among Is hackers which members of
the party said had agreed to sponsor
the undertaking were Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Plunkett Stewart, now on their
honeymoon; johnson L.. Redmond of
New York, and H. T. Archibald of
Chicago.
While others of the group set off
dynamite and manipulated the cleo
trical controls, the business manager,
E. B. Twardus, went to Washington
today to enlist the aid of the Air Corps
in the task. Six planes from Boiling
Field, Mr.. Twardus predicted, could
start plenty of rain on the scene by
sprinkling electricalized sand in the
clouds which DR. Sykes hopes to manu-
facture by that time.
When reporters and photographers
sought out DIR. Sykes yesterday upon a
mountain top three miles south of The
Plains the dust was so thick in the rain
makers vicinity that the automobiles
had to be halted frequently to let it
clear.
DR.. Sykes had located a sandstone
cllft, which, he explained, made an ex-
cellent sounding board for his dynamite.
and thoroughly energetic, the bearded
rainmaker tied six sticks together and
lit the fuse.
Everybody got behind trees and
waited hopefully, but the shower which
followed was rather more substantial
than raindrops.
Felt Like Sandstone.
'It felt like sandstone to me-" said
photographer, rubbing his head.
But, according to the doctor, the
procedure for rainmaking is all very
simple.
The doctor explained that he set off
his detonations at a "cosmic cadence of
n minutes" calculated to break up the
air stratas and inject through the
antenna at The Plains a series of lively
disturbances" into the earth.
Sound waves so transmitted have a
disturbing effect on clear weather, he
said. Thus, rain.
When all is in readiness, the doctor
predicted cheerfully, he will issue an
intelligent invitation" to the clouds
which abound over Chesapeake Bay.
When asked how, he smiled and said,
Wait and see,"
The doctor, glancing at the dial on
his wrist, placed another bundle of
dynamite on his improvised sounding
board-and very good one i. was as
the people for Is miles about will testify.
He was halted, however, by the APP
proach of another reporter, toiling up
the hillside. The doctor waited impa-
tlently until the belated arrival struggled
up.
Magnificent Weather.
Magnificent weather we're having,
doctor - began the newcomer.
We're busy, young man." said the
doctor, touching off his fuse.
Yes" gasped the astonished re-
porter, joining the general rush for
cover, 'T'm d IL / ever saw more
magnificent weather and I hope to en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01

Two young women who had their
clothes despatched when hose owned
by the District Sewer Department burst,
were the first to benefit from the new
law allowing the District TO waive the
defense Of governmental function" in
certain meritorious cases. Misses Vir-
ginia Helm and Josephine Robinson
collected $50 each for the damage.
Previous TO the passage Of the law
the accident would have been regarded
as q casualty in Che nature Of an ''act
Of Cod" with the damage falling on
unfortunate were those who were run
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
MAJ. KALB, RETIRED,
REPORTED AS SUICIDE
War Department Advised Veteran
Officer Jumped Overheard From
Steamer Near San Francisco.

Maj. Albert Kalb, United States
Army, retired, committed suicide by
jumping overheard from the steamer
Harvard near San Francisco, Monday
last, according to War Department adj
vices. A native of Bavaria, Germany,
Kalb enlisted as a private in the 9th
United States Cavalry in October, 1888,
and was retired for disability in the
line of duty in September, 1918, while
holding the rank of quartermaster SER
geant During the World War he
served as a major in the Quartermaster
Corps of the National Army and was
commissioned captain in the Quarter
July, 1920. He was promoted to major
on the retired list few weeks ago,
His widow. Mrs. Clara B. Kalb, Is @
resident Of San Diego, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
Ask Peruvian Senator'S Extradition

LIMA, Peru, October / Cp).-Accord-
ing to the government newspaper La
Prensa the Second Criminal Court has
asked for the extradition of Roberto
Il. Leguia, former president Of the Sem
ate and brother of the recently ousted
President. The government alleges
that Roberto has taken refuge In the
Mexican legation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
Commissioned in Reserve.

Commissions have been issued by the
War Department to William j. Newsom,
2002 Thirteenth street. as a captain
of Infantry, and to Daniel F. Boone,
1850 Euclid street. as first lieutenant
in the Quartermaster Corps, both In
the Reserve CORPS of the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
Magnificent Weather.

Magnificent weather we're having,
doctor y" began the newcomer.
We're busy, young man." said the
doctor, touching off his fuse.
Yes" gasped the astonished re-
porter, Joining the general rush for
cover, 'I'm d IL / ever saw more
magnificent weather and I hope to en-
JOY more!"
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
HELL'S HEROES
IS STARK
TRAGEDY
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY


Peter B. Kyne's graphic tale
of the deserts horrors, Three
God.Fathers," has been trans
formed into q stark and sombre
movie and under the title,
"Hell's Heroes" is the current
attraction at the Rialto The
ater.
Those who have been yearn-
ing for a talking picture which
departs from the stereotyped
back-stage views, the murder
trials and the vocal Punchinel-
los, may step forward and be
served. "Hell's Heroes" is diff
ferent. There is no attempt
made to sugar a narrative
which has tragedy as its key
note. On the bleak wastes Of
the desert three bad men Of
the West make the supreme
sacrifice that baby may live.
Since Raymond Hatton, Charles
Bickford and Fred Kohler hap
pen to be the three unholy
specimens, the feature has the
benefit of as forceful and i'm
pressive acting as the talking
screen has provided in recent
months.
The Kyne story tells Of a trio
of bandits who kill the cash
ier Of the New Jerusalem bank
and escape to the desert with
heavy bags of loot. Losing
their horses they begin on foot
the lone trek across barren
wastes to safer climate.
When the water Is almost ex-
hauSted they encounter a cara
van with a lone woman about
to bring a baby into the world.
It turns of that she Is the wife
Of the cashier who was their vic
tim and when her offspring is
born. he is turned over to the
desperadoes to godfather. There
after it is the struggle to reach
water and civilization with the
bandits dying, one by one, but
the precious infant surviving
through the sacrifices.
There are some touches Of
realism injected by Director
Wyler which are Startling. A
certain sameneSS to the desert
scenes would have been less ap-
parent had they been less pro-
longed, but the quality of act
ing and the picturesque dia-
logue manage to maintain in
terest.: Fritzie Ridgway does
an excellent piece of work in
her brief appearance as the
suffering mother and. as men
toned above, the three bad
men are so cleverly portrayed
they actually inspire some ap-
peal.
The surrounding film en-
broidery includes a Tiffany
color holiday whimSy called,
The Enchanted Garden" a
tedious and. unoriginal Laurel
and Hardy short comedy, Might
Owls" the Universal News reel
with good shots, and a car
toon with a generous quota of
laughs.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

with his role in "The Duchess
of Chicago" one of the Shu-
bertS' big musicals and can
cel1ed Hollywood work which
would have made him a mini
mum Of $150,000 in 1890.
Nathaniel Wagner, who we saw
here in support of FRITZ Scheff
has taken over the Wolff role
in the operetta.
Reservations and advance
orders already filled make it
certain that William Gillette
on Monday night at the Ma.
tional Theater, will face an
audience of a quality and size
which will make it a memor-
able evening.
Official Washington and So
ciety is turning out en- masse
for the Sherlock Holmes" pre-
miere and the pressure for
choice locations has now be.
come such that premiums are
being offered.
I am assured by those who
were in a position to know that
there was more fact than fable
in the pretty story that on a
certain Christmas eve when
the world was fighting, the
warning factions sang Silent
Night" to- each other across
the spaces of No Mans Land.
Whether they did or not
George JesSel incorporated the
scene and the music in his
movie" Love, Live and Laugh"
to provide a sentimental touch.
And now comes Eddie Dowling
in Blaze O. Glory to picturize
the same incident for the pur-
pose of yelling tears. Will
Hays may be compelled to e5tab-
liSh a priority rights bureau.
George White fumed and
threatened lawsuits when he
found out that a scene in his
Scandals" wherein a character
answers a radio announcer and
is answered back via the loud
speaker, was matched by a
similar incident in Candle
Light" A little research de-
veloped that both the revue
and the play had copped the
idea from a London musical
which was using the bit for
months before Broadway saw it.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

The attraction will be Jane
Cowl in her latest drama
"Jenny," a play which has
, been entertaining Broadway
since September.
= Cincinnati's New Years gift
was an armistice in the theater
war which has kept practically
all playhouses in that city dark
since the beginning of the sea-
son. The stage hands came to
an agreement with the MesSrs.
Shubert and the legitimate
amusement houses will relight
within a fortnight.
b While the war was on Stuart
Walker has been conducting a
$3.50 top stock company. main.
tanned on the subscription basis
and rolling up record receipts.
His house. was the single legiti-
mate theater not affected by
the back stage strife.
Sidney Skolsky. the pint
sized press agent for Earl Car
roll, resigned that position to
take up the task of filling the
space in the New York News
previously occupied by Mark
Hellinger. AS indicating the
condition of unemployment
among theatrical agents, more
than 200 applied for the Carroll
job, but the Earl Of the Bath.
tub decided not to fill it.
One Of the tough breaks that
singers occasionally encounter
has been visited upon Walter
Wolff, among the best of the
singing romeos. The M. DIS
advised him that unless he alb
tured singing entirely for at
least one year he would never
be able to sing another note.
There was no qualifying balm
about the ediCt and accord
Egly Mr.. Wolf resigned forth
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
Is Shown On Screen
When the Feature

FOX-Victor MacLaglen and
Ell Brendel in Hot For Paris"
At 1853 a. m, 2:35, 4:40, 1850
and 9:55 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-"Show of
of Shows" with n stars. At
10 a. m, 1915, 1882, 4:49, 7:06
and 9:23 p. m.
PALACE-William Haines in
Navy Blues" At 1855 a. M.
2:35. 5:15, 7:44 and 9:55 p. m.
EARLE-Dolores Costello in
Second Choice" At 11:40.
LAS, 3;:51' 5:44, 7:4s and 9:55
p. m.
RIALTO-"Hell's Heroes" at
HAS a. M, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45
and 9:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Ronald Colman
in Condemned" At 1920 a. M,
1:20, 3:25, 5:25, 7:30 and 9:35
p. m.
R-K-O-KEITH'S-Rudy Vallee
in The Vagabond Lover" At
11:40 a. M, 1:51, $50, $50,
7:5O and $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
CLEANINGS
AND
SCREENINGS
By Andrew r. Kelley

Well, it's just too bad to
start off today'S lesson with
bad news, still that's better
than no news.
s, Ed Wynn in Simple Simon"
will not play the National
Theater january 20. They will
not play it for the very good
yfeason advanced by Mr.. Zieg-
feld,-the show will not be
ready. A delay in getting the
music composed and other
minor details makes it impera-
tive the Washington week be
cancelled.
y Up to date, no substitution
has been announced for the
week of January 20 at the Ma.
-tional.
= ALI Of the midnight shows
!, which welcomed in 1880 played
to sell-out audiences. What was
better the theater crowds were
generally well behaved, con-
filming demonstrations to the
usual noisy greeting for the
newborn year and then set
Ting down decorously to en-
Joy the programmed entertain
lnent. One of the favorite
r Street houses reported that
for the first time since mid
night frolics became the rage
it was not found necessary to
escort some obnoxious customer
to the exit doors. Let's hope
it's a forerunner of better
movie manners.
Loew's Palace Theater, aided
by holiday prices, yesterday
co1aled the largest single days
receipts in it's history and as
Snes William. Haines the dis
|tinction of cracking the first
box office record for weeks
business in 1880. The previous
Palace high,\ as quoted by
Variety, was $4,000 and Greta
Carlo held it.
.WI16Gk1GI UIlC MuS1Cld4Io O444O4A
Of Washington will compel
,stheaters playing midnight shows
to use an orchestra regardless
Of synchronized movies sup
plying the necessary melody,
will be determined soon by an
official Interpretation of a
clause in the existing contract:
The union called for all
theaters playing New Year Eve
extra midnight performances to
Z. use orchestras. The theater
. managers demurred on such
Z an ultimatum and on Tuesday
. the differences were the sub
: ject of conference. After con"
siderable pro and con discus
sion the union officials agreed
i not to press the point to an
issue until a final ruling is
made upon the disputed clause.
;, Another optimistic late flash
J announces that the regular
season will resume at Polls
: on Monday night, January 13.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
$50 in PRIZES
FOR BABY
LETTERS

Thirty dollars in prtzeS-a
first prize of SIS, a second OF
$40, and a third of $5-with Is
additional prizes of tickets to
the Rialto Theater, will be pre-
sented for the best letters writ
ten by mothers entitled, How
to Bring Up a Baby" This
contest Is in connection with
the Rialto's current presenta-
ton of "Hell's Heroes" an
adaptation of Peter B. Kyne's
sensational stage play, The
Three Godfathers."
"Hell's Heroes" is ranked by
critics with the best films OF
the month. New York writer's
proclaim it the hardesthitting
melodrama which has come to
the talkie screen so far this
season. This is one picture
that offers no love romance
interest, and it Is not a story
about back-stage life, neither is
it a story of the war. 1t is a
simple tale told by the sound
celluloid as it could never have
been depicted silently. 1t Is
superbly carried out by a skill
fully chosen cast-Charles Bick-
ford, Raymond Hatton, and
Fred Kohier.
"Helrs Heroes" is the story
of three bad men, who, while
escaping from the sheriff, find
themselves lost out on the des-
ert after a sandStorm. later TO
find a discarded covered wagon
with a newly born babe and its
dead mother. 1t is left for these
three wild hombres to take care
of this infant during its teeth
ing days.
The Rialto Theater manage
ment and The Times Baby Con.
test Editor is anxious to ascer-
tain the proper manner in
which a newly born baby should
be taken care of, and letters
not exceeding 800 words in
length will be appreciated and
given due consideration. Con-
sidering the situation of these
three stranded desert starved
men, letters on how to take
care of a baby during such an
emergency is encouraged.
Address your replies to Baby
Contest Editor, The Washing
ton Times. The contest closes
Tuesday, January Z. and names
of the winners will be an
nouneed in this paper Thurs
day, January 9.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
RIALTO--

Peter B. Kyne's sensational
stage success. The Three God.
fathers, made into an extra
ordinary all-talkie production by
Universal Pictures, is now the
attraction at the Rialto, with
the title "Hell's Heroes"
"Hell's Heroes" can be pro-
claimed the most impressive
picture piece to be played at
the Rialto since this house
turned talkie. In this produc-
ton no hot love stuff is found,
and it hasn't any back,stage
business. It is also without bat
tie scenes. 1t is simple
tale told by the sound cel1u-
loid as it could never. have
been depicted silently. with a
cast including Charles Bick-
ford, Raymond Hatton and
Fred Kohler. Irene Thirer in
the New York Daily News, said,
The action is tense, stark,
singularly moving. 1t brings
a lump to the throat and a tear
to the eye And yet it is prob
ably the least slushy movie we
have seen this season" Man.
aging Director Sharick, of the
Rialto, experts box office rec.
ords at tN Rialto to be shat
tered g the engagement.
AS an dded feature, Laurel
and Hardy, comedy stars. in
their latest all-talkie riot, THE
Night Owls" is prominently fea-
tured. Other short subjects
and a news reel round out
the program.