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The Washington times., 1930-04-01

script. should like to see the
MesSrS. Shubert route New
Moon" and Follow Thru" this
way before the curtain rings down
at Polls. This is not altogether
a selfish wish, because I have
seen both productions in New
York. but merely a desire to have
Manager T. D. Bonneville lock
the doors after some real dividend
producing weeks. such As Jour.
ney's End" IL on the way 10 enjoy.
The Washington times., 1930-04-01
Dix Is Athlete

> Every morning Richard Dix
physical culture routine is the
same. Calisthenics, a cold shower,
breakfast and a brisk walk! He
expects to live to be a hundred.
Richard Dix is starring in Radio
Pictures farce romance, "Lovin'
the Ladies'" which is now playing
at R-K-O Keith's.
The Washington times., 1930-04-01
sCREENALITIEs
A Broadway Girl

Rita La Roy, Radio Pictures
ut" girl, who appears in 'Lovin'
the Ladies'" Richard Dix's second
Radio starring vehicle, now play
ing at RrK-O Keith's, ran away
from home at the age OF 13
The Washington times., 1930-04-01
Bx DORoTHY HERzoG

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, April /.
Homer Croy, author Of win Rog-
ers' flick, They Had to See
Paris" has been shared to town
via Fox contract. Mr.. Croy
gives an account Of himself. to-
wit:
IT have heard that i was born
on q farm near Maryville, Mo-,
shortly after the Civil War, both
parents being home at the time.
"The first newspaper ] was
ever fired from was the st. Jo-
seph Gazette. Later, q bigger
and prominent paper fired me
the st. Louis Post.DiSpatch. I
then went Ito New York, got .
job on a magazine and drifted
into novel writing.
Hobbies: Being invited out
to dinner.
Nov for the solemn stuff:
This year, 1880. I will have two
plays on Broadway and q new
novel out. The plays are mu-
sical comedy version Of They
Had to See Paris and an adap-
tation of my novel, 'Coney Is
land The novel will be handed
to a painting public in October.
Home: New York city, where
I have one wife, one child, one
car, one house, and two mort
cages"
Mr.. Croy viii get along In Hol.
Beatrice Lille, w. X. come
dienne here to make q musk
comedy for Fox tentatively yclept
ARE you there" has new car.
She started forth one noon. She
got to Highland and Hollywood
Boulevard. Here, to her personal
admiration and delight, she sue
ceeded in making what is traf.
fic-ly known as a U-turn.
A policeman on the corner
waved to her. Miss Lille waved
back, pleased that he,. too, should
salute her splendid turn. Then
he yelled: Hey, you'll"
Miss Lille took her foot off
the gas, surprised.
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HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP

"Pull up to the curb"
She did, puzzled now. Don't
you know you can't make q
U.turn at Highland and Holly.
wood?" He walked over to her,
putting a foot on the running
board and yanking out book and
pencil.
"a U-turn?" complete baffled.
He stared at her. "Where're
your license plateS?"
II haven't any. This Is q new
car"
"Well, where's the blue slip on
the windshield"
1.-The wind blew 1t away"
"Yeah?, And where's your driv-
er'S license?"
She searched her bag. Dear,
me, left 1T at home"
Yeah. well here's q ticket. Take
this instead"
Officers are SO rough out
Cecil De Mile, maestro Of the
bath, rises to opine that "A well
cut negligee can make a woman
look as stunning as q man does
in q polo coat" Address all
thanks to the M-G-M Studio.
SCREENALITIES
Renee Adoree's many friends
are distressed to learn that she
has heen removed to a nearby Salli.
torium and allowed to see no one.
Her condition is serious.--Jane
Winton is back from a two months
jaunt to New York. Pat Rooney,
jr., and Doris Dawson are reported
to be engaged. This has been go
ing on two months. But It's news
to me. Pats parents aren't jubi-
liant at the idea Of his getting
hitched.
The Washington times., 1930-04-01
SMART COMEDY OPENS WASHINGTON STOCK SEASON

District g25S n the RIGHT mn mheP
TO call when you want 70 place Clas-
sified Ad d The WashInKt0n TimeA.
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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
JUDGE LIST FILLED
Teams Prepare for Drill
Competition and
Inspection.

The roster of judges for the COMPETE
tive drill of the local Rights Templar,
a week from tonight in the Washing
ton Auditorium, has been completed
with the selection of two Officials of
the Baltimore jurisdiction to assist
Walter W. Weber of Denver, Colo, the
chief arbiter.
The two judges are j. Floyd Arga-
bright and Edwin S. Wright, past COM
manders of the Baltimore Command
cry, No. 2, and former captains of prize
drill teams Arrangements for the af-
fair, which will combine a grand ball
with the competitive drill, inspection
and maSsed military maneuvers by the
black-clad knights, have been almost
completed.
Each team IS holding frequent prac-
tice drills and is rapidly mastering the
intricacies of the sword manual, which
is one of the features of the military
movements of the fraternity.
James C. Greenlay, grand command
er of the Virginia jurisdiction, will at
tend the meeting. Invitations have
gone out to heads of several other dis
tricts, but answers have not yet been
received. It is hoped the neighboring
grand communicates will unite in flu
ture years with the Washington knights
Templar in single drill and ball.
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ADJUSTMENTS
NATIONAL-Otis Skinner in Papa
Juan"

NATIONAL@OtiS Skinner in Papa
Juan"
Otis Skinner, with SO years on the
stage behind him-and more than that
in this world-comeS to the National
this week as Papa Juan" in a charm
ing play that is written around the deep
and placid philosophy of old age. To
say that he is equipped for the part is
trite, yet full of meaning in the sense
that his years alone and the rich mel=
lowreSS that comes with years of living
enable him to give the touch of mas
ter to this fine portrait Of a fine old
man.
An evening with Mr. Skinner is never
wasted, and if this latest play of his
taken from the Spanish of Serafin and
Joaquin Alvarez Quintero-dragS at
times, with a tendency to run off on lit
tie expeditions aside that make its prog
resS tardy, such faults do not exist
when Papa Juan is on the stage. Moth
ing could be more exquisite or done
with nicer perfection than his char
acterization of the patriarch who, hav-
ing lived a full century, gathers up the
threads that bind him to his children,
his children's children and the children
of his childrens children to untangle
them from the knots that time has tied
and set them straight again.
The story itself is based on the ap-
preaching celebration of Papa Juan's
Tooth birthday, at which he has de-
termined to gather around him his
family, now reaching to the fourth gen.
Grafton. But even in one generation the
tricks and foibleS of life and society can
split family wide; in two there may
be barriers stronger than high stone
walls, and in three these barriers may
turn to petrified traditions, than which
there is nothing harder to knock down.
But Papa Juan levels all these for one
evening, and, stepping forth into a new
century, presses on to one last goal-to
see the birth of a great-great-gra
child. This last provides the theme for
a pretty love story that is made the
more attractive by the fine work of the
personable Mary Arbenz as Currita, a
great-granddaugh and by Hardie Al
bright as Trino, grandson chip OF the
old block.
Others in support of Mr. Skinner,
notably Katherine Grey, Gerald Hamer,
Octavia Kenmore and Florence MCGEE,
are admirably cast for their parts as
the various types Of branches that have
sprung from the old tree.
The action in the play is slow, but
this must be true of one that takes old
age as its central character, and If old
age is slow, it nevertheless runs deep
and stretches far under the surface of
lighter and more sparkling things.
The settings for the room in Papa
Juan's villa, in which the three acts
take place, are attractive and some of
the lines in the play are written to last.
Mr.. SINNERS return to Washington last
night was the occasion for the gather
ing OF large audience that more than
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ways been held high in popular esteem.
Last nights cast was further proof OF
this. Olga Steck, after she had assumed
feminine garments, was a charming
Maid Marian. Sudworth Frazier as the
debonair Robin Hood Is capable lover
as well as an outlaw, and Lorna Doone
Jackson, although considerably ham,
pered by the traditional Alan-A-Dale
to that lovely old song, "Oh, Promise
Me-"
tipsy sheriff was hilariously funny. It
is question whether or not his contin-
uous interpretations are wise even
though amusing to his fellow players.
Certainly he failed to reach his highest
punning peak, when he said to Maid
Marion, "Fie on you for talking to a
strange mani What would your fiance?"
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want. Only, perhaps, the temperature
Of the theater, which made the wearing
Of topcoats essential to comfort pre-
vented the assemblage from making
more noise in the way Of applause.
It was more than pleasure to hear
the Brown October Ale" come over the
footlights, and the number of times that
Greek Evans had to repeat it was proof
Of its popularity and the manner of its
rendition. With a chorus that never
held itself back, this rousing song fol-
lowed its old triumphant course high up
into the rafters.
At the rise of the curtain it was like
meeting old friends again when Little
John, Friar Tuck and Will Scarlet to-
gether with the rest of the band, made
their appearance. Genial characters all,
with plenty of color, very little senti-
mentality, and a generous supply of
humor, there is everything about them
that indicates why this operetta has al
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POLT'S-"Robin Hood. y

The merry outlaws Of Sherwood For
est, the robust and bibulous Sheriff of
Marion all are to be seen In a splendid
revival Of robin Hood" which began a
weeks engagement last night at Polls
Theater.
Before an audience that it is hoped
is no indication of the real regard wash
ingtonianS have for the entertainment
offered, the Jolson Theater Co. per-
formed De. Kovens masterpiece with
guSto that even the ghosts Of the dear
departed Bostonians might have en-
We'd. The voices were fresh and buoy
ant, and the actors, headed by that in
defatigable clown, william Danforth,
were as wellnigh perfect as one could
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Storm Forces Plane Down.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, January % (P1
H. E. Ogg of Newton, Iowa, scheduled
to arrive here by airplane Sunday,
informed officials at Lunken Airport
that his plane was forced down II miles
south of Indianapolis by a snowstorm.
The plane was damaged, but none of
the occupants was injured, he said.
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MAN STRUCK BY CYCLIST
DECLARED NEGLIGENT
$4,000 Damage Suit Defendant
Says Victim Stepped From
Behind Pillars.

Edwin D. Barker, trading as the
Allengrade Co., 1923 P street, yesterday
asked the District Supreme Court to
dismiss q suit for $4,000 damages re-
Gently brought against him by John N.
Robertson, 5727 Fifth street, for dam
ages alleged to have been sustained by
being hit by q motor cycle belonging to
Barker, which Robertson claimed had
been negligently operated.
The defendant denies the charge of
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BURNS GIRL WITH ACID.

CHICAGO, January % (P.-A vial
of acid was thrown into the face Of
Miss Bertha st. Clair Sunday by an
elderly, well dressed man who escaped.
Miss st. Clair, a stenographer, could
give no better description of her as
sailant. She faces the prospect of dis
figurement and possible loss Of her eye
sight.
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The rest of the cast is splendid, even
the four pale youths in armor, who were
waited on and of the stage by a far
from invisible hand from the wings to
the great amusement of the audience.
Such a worthwhile revival as this
should not escape the interest of play
goers that it deserves.
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negligence and accuses the PLAINTIFF Of
contributory negligence In crossing un-
der the H street viaduct between the
pillars so that he could not be seen
until he was in the path of the ma
chine. Attorneys WEIGH, Daily & Welch
appear for the defendant.
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once indicated its appreciation in re-
peated, If futile, pleas for a word or
two from Mr.. Skinner. B. M. Mex.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
WOODRUM HAS
CLARIFIED

RICHMOND. Va. May IS
With less than a month remain
ing in which Democrats may de-
clare themselves candidates for
Congress in the primary, August
5. Representative Clifton T.
Woodrum is alone in the field
in the Sixth Virginia district,
which includes Roanoke.
If he is unopposed the pri-
mary will be dispensed with and
Woodrum declared the Demo
cratic nominee by the district
Democratic committee, according
to Lawrence S. Davis, chairman
Davis called attention to the
Virginia laws which provide thai,
a written declaration of candi-
dacy bust be filed with the dis
trict committee chairman at
least so days prior to the pri-
mary date.
United States Senator Carter
Glass, of Lynchburg, so far is
unopposed for the Democratic
nomination. If no opposition de-
velops, he will be declared the
party nominee by the state com
mittee,
The Washington times., 1930-05-15

NAL and wrapped itself around the
steers legs.
The cows began to stampede over
the steep embankment along the
path, some of them turning around
and rtNShing toward Utz. One
knocked Utz over the mbank-
ment, the animal and it's owner
rolling down the mountainSide to-
gether. Utz was stunned.
After regaining consciousness
Utz returned to the mountain
trail, finding the steers front legs
so completely locked together by
the snake that it was down on its
knees. BY means of a pocket
knife the snake was cut in two.
The rattlesnake had escaped.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
Dry League Rescinds
Order for Mcbride
Testimony

That $50 a day for a trans
script of DR.. F.. Scott Nc
Brides testimony before the
Senate Lobby Committee may
be telling on the exchequer
of the Anti-Saloon League. The
Senate's official stenographer,
who has been taking the YER
batim testimony, said today
the league had cancelled it's.
order for the official record
and Mcbride only on the first
lap of cross-examination by
Senator Blaine CRD of Wis
consin. a wet.
Mcbride will return to the
stand Tuesday. So far Blaine
has not used any of the evi
dence committee investigators
have gathered for him, resort
ing to data he privately Sc
cured.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
Snake Stan1pedes Cattle,
PenLs Wife of Ovner

LURAY, Va, May 15.-G. M
Utz's experience with a rattle,
snake and a copperhead on Hay
wood Mountain came near causing
Utz's death not far from PreSi.
dent Hoover'S home on the Rapi-
dan River.
Utz was driving his cattle to
grazing lands on the Blue Ridge.
A large steer was leading the
drove when the animal saw two
snakes lying in the path.
The snakes were locked to-
gether. The steer, pressed by the
other cattle trailing behind. at,
tempted to leap over them. The
black snake released it's coils on
the rattler. sprang toward the ami
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
FINISH CHAPEL
NEXT MONTH

BETHESDA, Md. May 15.-The
first Sunday in June will see the
completion of the new chapel of
Our Lady of Lourdes. This young
parish, which is not quite four
years old, has enjoyed a rapid
growth and necessitated moving
from the temporary chapel in the
rectory structure.
The new structure is fireproof
and will seat about 300 people.
1t has been placed on the east side
of the rectory, and will allow for
room for the building of the
future church.
The Church of Our Lady of
Lourdes has grown under the eff,
forts of the pastor, the Rev. James
j. O'ConnOr; the sodality of the
Blessed Virgin and Holy Name
Society, which have a large mem
bership. aiding. There is also
Court of the Catholic Daughters
of America in the parish.
Last Sunday. the Rev. Father
Fitzgerald. o. P, was present for
special devotion and the enroll
ment OF new members in the Holy
Name Society. The May process
sion will take place on Sunday,
May 25.
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Candidates Plenty
In Second District

RICHMOND, Va, May Is
Wilson w. Velines, of Norfolk,
member of the House of Dele.
gates, said that he is confident
of his nomination from the Sec
ond Congressional district in the
Democratic primary next August.
He is running against former
Representative Joseph T. Deal,
and Mrs. Sarah LIE Fain. former
member of the Virginia House of
Delegates.
A late report from the Second
district is that former State Sen
ator Alfred C. Smith may become
candidate. Delegate Vivian l..
Page, who recently said he had
drunk liquor with 95 per cent of
the members of the Virginia
House, also is a possibility.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
Sir-FOOt BLdcksndke
Loses Fight to Man

HAGERSTOWN, Md. May is.
w. H. Deibert, of Security, this
county, had a fight with a six
foot blackSnake while motoring
near Charleston. When Deibert
and his party stopped for lunch,
he came upon two snakes, both
of about equal size.
While he attempted to kill one.
the other snake wrapped around
Deibert's leg and he had diff
Guilty in getting free. He killed
one of the snakes.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
Bdptists Organize
YOungP gPeOpLe's Union

LEESBURG, Va, May 15.-The
young people of the Purcellville
Baptist Church have organized a
Baptist Young Peoples Union.
} The following officers we're
elected: Milton Mcdaniel, presi.
dent; Stanley Presgraves. vice
president; Margaret James, re-
Cording secretary; Mary Pres
graves. corresponding secretary;
Emma Payne, treasurer: Louise
Otley, pianist; James Chamblin,
Chorister. Committee appoint.
ments include: Program, Milton
Mcdaniel, Margaret Yakey, James
Chamblin; membership, Stanley
PreSgraveS, Frances May and
Margaret limerick: social, Mary
PreSgraVes, Louise Otley and Shir.
ley Payne,
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
R|T CHE AMONG
SPEAKERSFOR
OCCASION
Banquet at Manor Club Will
Follow Program on Road;
Louis Cramton to Be Guest

SILVER SPRING, Md, May Is.
Tomorrow at 4 o'clock will mark
= the formal opening of the East
West Suburban Highway and
Sixteenth Street into Maryland.
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, repre-
senting Maryland; George c.
AkerSon, secretary to President
Hoover, representing the execu-
tive department of the Federal
government; Representative Louis
c. Champion, author of the Fed
eral park bill. for greater Wash
lngton, representing Congress;
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, engineer
, OF the District of Columbia Gov
ernment, and Newbold Noyes,
Washington newspaper man will
be the speakers at the ceremony.
The fete is sponsored by the
Bethesda, Silver Spring and
Takoma Park Chambers of Com
merce, and will be held at the
north portal of Sixteenth Street
at the District Line, where the
EaSt-West Suburban Highway
crosses the street.
An automobile tour, under the
auspices of the Montgomery
county Civic Federation, will
start in front of the White House
at 2 p. M, and will take the
distinguished guests through the
suburban section of Montgomery
county, reaching the scene of the
dedication of the highway short
time before four. After the pro-
gram, the caravan will continue
to the Manor Club, where a
banquet will be held at $50 p. m.
In case of steady rain at 2
p. M, the ceremony at the north
} portal and the tour of Mont
gomery county will be abandoned,
and the days activities limited
to the Civic Federation banquet
at the Manor Club.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
Citizens DenOUnce
BOIUn11n Loan Bill

The American University Park
Citizens Association last night
authorized its president, Thomas
E. Lodge to appear at the final
hearings on the Bowman loan bill
Monday and express disapproval
of the measure as Infamous and
iniquitouS."
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
Money!, Ring Stolen
In Hospital, Report

Detective Sergeant Elmer A.
Heller, of the police force of
Omaha, Neb., and now a patient
at Walter Reed Hospital, today
told police that his pocketbook
containing $57 and a $25 ring
was stolen from his trousers at
the hospital within the last few
days.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
Record Grab Catch
For Years Reported

RICHMOND, Va, May IA
The largest run of soft crabs
ever remembered has appeared
on the shores of Lancaster and
Northumberland county waters
this spring. Catches ranging from
100 to 800 crabs are made by a
single crabber, and heavy ship
mentS are being made by steamer
and truck.
1t is believed that laws protect
ing the female or sponge crab are
responsible for the increased sup
ply.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
TWO SENIORS HONORED

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, May IS
Leading the seniors of the Hagers.
town High School in the four
year course, Miss Ruth Anna
Mark and William T. Hassett, jr.,
have been chosen salutatorian
and valedictorian respectively by
the class of 1880 for the annual
commencement to be held June 4
The graduating class numbers 216
young men and women. one of
the largest in the history of the
school.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15

SANDY" WKLLETTS MISS MACINTOSH
MR. WILLETS, vice president of the Sparton Air
craft Company formerly of the Department of Commerce
Washington Times Flying Club who will be given actual
flying instructions by Capt Roy Fonke Miss Kitty Mac
benefit.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
REV. HUDDLE INSTALLED

WILLIAMSPORT, Md, May is.
Rev. w. c. Huddle was installed
pastor of Zion Lutheran Church
of this place on Sunday, the in.
stallation service being conducted
by the Rev. DR.. j. Edward Myers,
of Baltimore, acting for the presi,
dent of the Maryland Synod. Rev
Huddle. who came here from
Toms Brook, Va. was extended
a unanimous cal, by the Williams
port congregation. He is a grad
uate Of Gettysburg Seminary.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15

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of
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Times
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
Boys HurL Matches,
Settinu Forest Fire

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, May IS.
Boys started a forest fire on the
South Mountain. west of Smiths
burg. which burned about so
acres of timber land before the
flames were checked by a force
Of men summoned by Fire War
denS Charles D. Bruner, Cave
town, and William Monk, Fred
erick. The boys, it is said, tossed
lighted matches into underbrush.
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