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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-19
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AUTO LOANS,

NATIONAL $500.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-03
FOURTH GOVERNMENT
 FORMED IN CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 3. (Ho - The fourth government since the overthrow of President Ibanez in July was formed by Congress in a special session after seize of 20 days to deal with the mutiny of the Coquimbo battle fleet.
 Acting quickly on the resignation of the cabinet Wednesday night provisional president Trucco offer ed a mandate to the former post master general Marcial Mora and the latter drew up new ministry with himself as premier and minis ter of interior
 Mora was given extra ordinary power to put down the revolt.
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PLENTY GOOD LIQUOR

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 3. (P) A patrol of six mounted customs officers confiscated 200 cases of i'm ported liquors on the beach near San Oncfre and arrested Hugh Mac Wonald and Mrs. Ethel Grau. The patrol rushed out upon the beach while asmall boat was unloading The crew dashed away in the boat.
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CAPT. SUFFER- IN PORT

Capt. Billy Sutter, we'll known Westward mariner, brought his vessel, the Virginia E, into port today enroute to Ketchikan. Tn addition to the sick seaman who has entered the Seward General Hospital other passengers were Gus E. Soberg, prominent business man of Unga and Mrs. Mellick and daughter from Sand Point. MT. Soberg will continue on from Ketchikan for San Francisco, re- turning North on the October voyage of the SS Starr.
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SHAVE CLAUSE

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. B. P- Grover Alexander, manager of the House of David baseball club, has a clause in his contract calling for
 25 cents day for shave. He sees that he gets both the money an0 the shave. The House of David players are known for their lux urious boards and unshorn locks
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GEORGE YOUNG WINS
 MARATHON SWIM

TORONTO, Sept. 3. P)-Gearge Young won the exhibition swim marathon with Bill Coll of New Work second and Warren Ander- son of Sidney third. They were the only swimmers to finish the race.
 Alfred Sully and Ernest Vierkoet- ter. of Toronto, were forced out with only a mile to go.
 Coll was an hour and 16 minutes behind the winner and Anderson
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ALL-U. S. TEAM DEFEATED

BROOKLTNE, Mass, Sept. 3. (P) Nuthall of Great Britain and George Lott of Philadelphia won the United States mixed doubles tennis title by defeating the all-U. s. team of Mrs. Law renee Harper and Winner Allison 6-3 and 6-3.
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TACKLE PROBLEM

WASHINGTON, sept. 3. (P)- Unemployment problem was tack ed by representatives of the Amer ican industry thru a committee of the United States Chamber, head ed by Henry Hartman, of Boston, to report on the basis of many months investigation with another committee organized to find means of increasing employmeint.
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WILL ADVERTISE FOR BIDS

SACRAMENTO Sept. 3. P- Bids for the actual foundations for the San Francisco Bay bridge will be advertised for within the next week, it was announced by State Highway Engineer c. H. Purchell.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-03

The SS. Yukon. of the Alaska Steamship Company is due to ar rive in port this evening from the South soon after II o'clock. reports the local office.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-03

James G. Gallagher, local bank CT, is under the care of Dr. A. D. Haverstock, Seward General Hos pital
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-03

Mrs. Eva Ursin, who is i'll, en- tered the Seward General Hospital Wednesday.
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PHOTO ING--ENLARGING
 Ten hour service. Rolls of film brought in before 10 a. m. out at 8 p. m. same day. ALASKA SHOP.
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finished shortly before midnight.
 The prize money was held up as many planned to protest the cold water.
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The Snoring Picture c4lbMm


tence on conspicuous outlaws. The
Little Caesars and the public enemies
Of the screen have met with singularly
gruesome deaths, and one would think
that any young film fans who were
impresSionable enough to be melted to
crime by the sight of actors masquerade
ing as gangSters would also be appalled,
and terrorized by the evidence of the
ugly fate that oyertakes such Shadowy
miScreants.
The consciousness of retribution, how
ever. is not enough to stop ''Two-gun"
Crowley any more than 1t stopped
Jonathan Wilde or Billy the Kid
(neither Of whom ever read a senSa-
tiOnal newspaper or saw George Ban
croft in "Underworld')
1t is fantastic to assume that moronS
would be cured by censorship Of the
movies, the stage, the press, or even Of
the advertisements that might tend
to create in their dim minds a desire
for Injuries that they could not afford.
However effectually they might be
blindfolded they would go on fostering
inwardly. and they would breed new
legions Of naorons more diseased and
more dangerous than themselves.
The truth Of the matter is that the
screen and the press are doing the
public a service whenever they repre-
sent these vicious elements in a graphic
and honest manner Excessive Senti-
mentaltZing and romanticizing of the
gangSter is futile and absurd, just as is
excessive sentimentalizing Of the virtues
Of patriotism in time of war. But
treating him with ruthless realism (as
he is treated in The Public Enemy')
can accomplish nothing but good. 1t
brings him. and his pathological aber-
rations, out into the open.
6copyright, 1879
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Mutual Explanations

NORMA TALAGADGE asked for ana
was granted her release by Samuel
Goldwyn from her contract with
United Artists, although the agreement
called for two more pictures. The rea-
SON, according to Mr.. Goldwyn, was
that Miss Talmadge desired the privi-
lege Of choosing her own stories, which
request is at variance with the policy
which the producer has established.
Because Of the prestige of Norma
Talmadge as an artist" says Mr.. Gold
wyn, II felt that 1t was a mark of es-
TEEN due her long association with this
organization 10 grant her request for
her release. Her desire for complete
authority In choice OF stories in which
she was to star was entitled to consid-
Grafton, but for reasons of policy I
could not consent to it. I can only
add that the release was effected
amicably and that I hope she win be
happy in whatever picture plans she
makes"
Says Miss Talmadge:
II do not intend to make a nictlre
until find the story want to do. I
have made no definite plans as vet, but
have had several offers from producers
here and in Europe. 1 feel that in the
future I should be permitted to choose
my own stories, and any new affiliation
make will depend en- this privilege"
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Young Star of "Skippy"

WHEN Jackie Cooper, famous little
W 7-year-old star of "Skippy," re-
ported for work in Young DOnovan's
Kid" he wasn't long in 0Eienting him
self.
What kind of restaurant have you
on this lot?" he asked Fred Nilblo, the
director. Being assured that It was an
excellent one, he further inquired:
when do we eat2" Its enc OF his
hObhiee-food." explained his genial
grandmother. Mrs. Marie Leonard. who
looks after Jackie when his mother Is
on vaudeville tour, which is most Of
the time.
Upon being introduced to Richard
Dix, star Of the production. Jackie
hauled out an autograph book.
viii YOU please sign tl1is2'' he asked
One of the supporting players offered
hts signature, too, but was informed
that the book was for stars only"
Jackie Is sturdy and has unusual In
telligence. He has an unruly shook OF
yellow hair and the inevitable cowliek.
Hes Skippy. all right.
Jackie'S stream Of childlike questions
indicate where hts chief interest lies:
"When'S a star a starr"
"When'h they put my name on the
marq1lse board?'
"When'1l be a starr" he used 10 ask
almost daily. But that was before he
played "Skippy."
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Drama at Bargain Prices


which they sit at the Broadway pre-
miereS used to be valued at from $22.50
to $a80: and now they are on sale at
busy basement prices. Next year Earl
Carroll will barter one Of his spectacles
for little or nothing, and Mr.. Ziegfeld,
the pope Of extravaganza. may exhibit
bis trained females in postures beauti-
fsai forA thin dime.
PHILIP Mccartney, an up-and- doing
American clramatist. produced a
play called "Old Man Murphy last
week. o shallow and vociferous farce
dealing outhndtShly with the inhabi-
tantS Of 1riSh-America 1t was so spu-
rious an effd4t to titillate the moron In
the fashion OF "Abie's Irish Rose" that
the appearance of Arthur Sinclair and
Miss Marie ONeill, late of the Abbey
Theater. in it's principal roles. empha-
sizes again the destructive influences
of the Broadway ,show-shops. A shoddy
contraption. cheaply counterfeit in most
of its processes, was redeemed from
utter imbecility by the thrifty devotions
Of Mr.. Sinclair and Miss ONeill. Their
conscientious activities. heretofore lin
tied to the better things Of Irish drama,
are. In odd Man Murphy" good per-
formances upon the histriondc trapeze.
Experienced drama critics have said
to me that when. In "Old Man Muir
ply" principal character changes his
name from Murphy to Murfree for pur-
poses Of social advancement, it Is @
shabby theatrical device. Yet remem-
Der an incident away back. when was
a cub reporter on a Chicago newspaper,
Judge in Cook CountyS Superior
Court. Hanecy by name, had become a
nominee for mayor, and he was sup
ported by all the forces that strive for
improvements. 1t became brutted about,
however. that he had changed his name
from HenneSSy to Hanecy. When in his
chamber in the court house / asked
him what his real name was, he said,
1T doesn't matter" And 50 he was
defeated In the voting that followed,
q martyr 10 spelling In the new play
at the Royale q similar situation IS
limited, since one of the heroes, q eandi-
date for mayor, is now patriarch Muir
free, and then a lowly Murphy of the
cabbage patch. Although I admire the
desperately amusing antics of Mr. Sin
clair and Miss O'Neill in this Times
Square prank, regret that artists so
fine as they are must descend to the
antics of Broadway burleSQue, no mat
ter how well they glorify the slums
Of the drama.
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picture "Indiscreet" after Strangers
May Kiss" has completed its run.
white Shoulders" with three stars,
Mary Aston, Jack Holt and Ricardo
Cortez, is announced for R-K-O Keith's
next Friday. 1t is Radio Pictures
production Of a Rex Beach story OF
marital adjustments, directed by
Melville Brown.
Loew's Palace announces for its new
week beginning next Saturday. Ramon
Novarro in "Daybreak," supported by a
stage revue entitled Breezing Along
and Hal Yates, in q personal appear
ance.
Spencer Tracy in Quick Millions" a
Fox production, concerning an am
bilious truck-driver who rises from the
gutter to the heights OF glory. will fol-
low the Barrymore Svengali' picture
at Warmers Metropolitan.
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Long on Nationality

aim sorry" explained Director George
= FitzmauTfce to q bland individual
who appeared for Q role when they
were casting for strangers May kiss. .
Norma SheareF'S new picture. "hut we
have decided to use . FTenehman In
stead OF an EngliShman. Wen have to
get some one else"
A beam OF Joy wreathed the counte-
nance CT the applicant.
'Voilam he exclaimed. That's
beaucoup swelI-make 1t French, Ttal-
ian, Dutch. Spanish or Belgian ]
speak. all these languages and some
Chinese and Greek, tooF'
The linguistic actor, George Davis
disclosed he had played parts in pic
lures OF seven different languages for
foreign release, having acquired his
knowledge while travelling around the
world with circuses.
You win" said Fitzmauriee, laugh
ing. Il haven't any arguments left"
Davis plays the role of the inter-
rupting waiter in the perturbation of
the Ursula Parrot story.
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An Interesting Recruit.

COUNTIES ELSIE CoNDE. known,
it Is said, as lone Of the greatest
woman adventures OF modern times"
has been engaged by Paramount to
serve as technical adviser for the Euro
PEN scenes in Let's Play King"
This story. from Sinclair Lewis novel,
concerns the friendship between child
motion picture star and a boy king.
Countess Condos duties are to see that
the king and his officers are properly
CARRIED and act according to the eti-
quette Of courts.
A French spy behind the German
lines. commander of hospital unit
in the Serbian retrest, an ambulance
driver, nurse, victim of q gas attack
and, after the war, technical director
OF motion pictures in Berlin, Russia and
London a full-fledged director, author
OF war book published in England and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

III" HE movies are corrupting
~ young America. If there is
wave Of ertminality. Of i'm
Il morality, Of disrespeet for all
traditional standards of de-
ceney, Hollywood is to blame for it,
This awful warning has Numbered
from many places. Recently 1t has
been repeated with unprecedented vehe-
nence. Fresh fuel has been fed to the
furnaces of denunetation. While two
hundred policemen were pouring bullets
and gas bombs into the tiny apartment
where he had taken refuge, Francis J.
CTwo-Gun) Crowley scribbled what he
believed was his final message to hui
mainly. 1t contained the following
confession: Il hadn't nothing else to do.
That's why / went around humping OF
cops. IT'S a new sensation of its own. :"
The following day two of the more
dignifed journals printed the last SEN
tence as Its the new sensation of the
films"
win H. Hays, ever jealous Of his in
dustry's honor, protested against this
extraordinary misrepresentation and
caused . correction TO be made In the
papers the following day. The eorrec-
ton was accompanied by no convincing
explanation as to how such a mistake
could have occurred.
Had Crowley actually designated the
screen as the principal source Of his in
spiration he would have provided the
uplifters with the one final argument
that they have long nseded. They
would have seized upon that expression.
The new sensation Of the films" and
held 1t up as devastating proof of all
their contentious relative to Holly
woods degrading influence. Unfortu-
nately. the fact that he didn't say 1t
does not seem to deter them. They're
using him as q case in point-just as
they have used another boy bandit, who,
IN his bumptiouS bravado. styled him
self. Little Caesar the Second"
OF course. not all the blame for these
mtscarriages of divine justice Is heaped
upon the movies. Some of 1t has been
put upon the press, which publishes re-
ports OF criminal activities and some
OF 1t has been put upon such diversified
factors as the machine age, the Nevada
divorce laws, the Red menace and Sun
day golf. But the movies have received
more than a lions share OF the preva-
lent opprobrfum.
Most Of the violent accusers are care
ful TO explain that cur young people
are inherently clean-minded and law
abiding-potential good citizens who
suggestion was communicated to them
by melodramatic movies or cheap fic-
ton. The implication in this optimistic
assumption Is that il all the media of
public entertainment and information
could be vigorously censored, then all
stimulous TO lawleSsnesS would be re-
moved and the world would be at last
safe place to live in
To achieve this remarkable result the
forces Of righteousness would have to
promote such conspiracy OF silence
such a wholesale suppression of truth,
rs mankind has never before known.
not even in the enveloping darkness of
the middle ages. 1t would not be
enough to emphasize the argument that
crime does not pay It would be necss-
sary to prove that crime docs not exist.
Certainly the movies have not been
recreant in imposing the death sem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

"TONIGHT OR NEVER" David
Belasco's continental comedy
success that stars Helen Gahagan at
the BelaSco Theater, has been acquired
by Samuel GOldwyn as q future screen
vehicle for Gloria Swanson II Is the
work OF Lii Hatyany. adapted by Fred
eric and Fanny Hatton.
Adela Rogers st. John Is In New York
to attend performances Of the play and
to confer with Miss Swanson and with
Miss Laura Hope Crews of the Gold
wynn production staff. Miss St. John
VIII do the screen treatment Of TO-
night or Never"
Mr.. Goadwyn does not plan to pro-
duce Tonight or Never until Septena-
Der or later. It Is in It's seventh month
on Broadway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

France and the possessor Of oxford de-
grees-all this describes the Countess
Condo, now technical director for Para
mount. who also is an American girl
who was born in Boston, but has lived
In Europe since she was years old.
Her husband. Count Condo, one of
the first TO enlist, fell in battle, and the
countess Immediately offered herself to
the French secret service for any work
sire could do. Her first assignment was
TO go behind the German lines to re-
port the massing of troops and the gen.
eral psychology Of the German soldier
At the end of six months she was called
back to Paris and assigned to counter
espionage behind the allied lines, where
she served for the duration of the war.
Suffering from the effect Of poison
gas, she is In Hollywood for her health.
Lima Basquette returns to the screen
in Fox production, "Goldie."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

T%HESE are bargain days in the
drama and needy playgoers may
satisfy their wants at prices
4 appropriate TO depleted treas
uries. entertainments of o kind
that once were costly are now merely
expensive, and there are signs that
when and II the new season begins.
tickets for even the big shows win be on
Sale at rates sympathetic 20 enfeebled
poeketbooks. Now, for instance. YOU
can enjoy Miss Alice Brady. one OF the
proudest Of the first actresses. perform
Ing in the diGnified Brass Ankle" by
paying 50 per seat In the grandstand
and four bits for place in the bleach
ers. Not so long ago Miss Brady and
her play would have charged you So
to see them, exclusive Of a 60-cent tin
to the U. s. A. An through the Broad
way market the dramas wares are
being marked down, including priceless
offerings by Gilbert and Sullivan, the
MessrS. Shubert, ErlangeF, Inc, and
Crosby Gaige.
This report ignores. for obvious rea-
sons, the economic manipulations of the
middlemen and brokers. Their tariffs
flllctuate with the ebh and fiow of sup
ply and demand; and suspect that II
you need an aisle chair in the fourth
row at any Broadway exhibition, you
win have to make a sacrifice. But for
the humber theater-goer whose happi-
ness depends on the drama. no matter
how much 1t involves, tina times are rich
In opportunity. The stage is beginning
to adjust itself to an era Of frugality
and many plays are now within the
budget Of the poor and the unemployed.
What blessing that condition is in a
period of faminei
Last night asked Mr.. Pulaski, one
Of "Variety's" Shrewdest scouts, how the
managers could afford to produce
amusementS this year at a charge less
than that of last year and the years be-
fore. He told me that the actors, recog-
nizing the desperate condition of the
drama, have cut their fat salaries and
bonuses to wages depending in amount
upon the prosperity of show business.
The players are the martyrs of the
current depression. While the unionized
dramatists, stage hands. electricians.
truck drivers, property men and scene
shifters continue to be extortionate II
not rapacious. the actors consent 10
reduction of their salaries. Being art
lists, they have no wage scale and the
protection Of the Equity Association
Is incomplete. The unorganized news
paper critics also suffer. The seats In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
Screen Star Vacations

A T this time of year when many
people are thumhing resort cata-
logles and travel guides with never =
hope Of vacation, the screen stars of
Hollywood are figuring on how they
can snatch q week end now and then
for a brief respite from work.
The Summer Is not vacation time In
Hollywood. Rather it is thu period
when producers have decided upon the
coming years program and starred a
mad scramble to get the productions
finished. Hence the screen stars work.
and many are thankful for the opportu-
nifty, with or without week ends between
pictures.
Within a few miles of HOLLYWOOD are
the favorite resting places-Santa Mon
lea, Malibu, Catalina Island. Palm
Springs, Lake Arrowhead and Aqua
Cahente.
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Sessue Back Again

a FTER 12-year absence from the
screen, Sessue Hayakawa, distin-
guished Japanese star of the memoir
able silent picture, The Cheat" Is re-
turning to Hollywood to appear with
Anna May Wong and Warner GLAND in
Paramounts perturbation Of Sax Rob-
mer's Daughter of the Draxon.'
Hayakawa has been touring the world
in his own dramatic and vaudeville pro-
auctions since his retirement from pie
lures. He win arrive In San Francisco
June 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
No Movies Then

THERE was no such place rs Holly
= wood when Harry Beresford, who
Is featured in the cast Of Paramount
up Pops the Devil" FIRST visited Cali
fornia in 1887 as the juvenile in q road
show starring Mrs. BoucicAult There
was . site Of what was to be .tnalled
Hollywood. but he had to use a narrow
gauge steam engine TO reach IL.
Hollywood Boulevard was q country
road called Prospect avenue.
BeresfoRd, therefore, returned East
and Joined Maude Adams troupe in
Salt Lake City, because there were no
movies TO break into.'
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platinum Blonde Still TT

A THOUGH Jean Harlow Is about
to take her first vacation since the
release Of ''aelfS Angels about q year
ago. the platinum blonde" has been q
very busy young woman. and upon her
return to Hollywood she win have the
feminine lead In Queer People" and
be one of the three blondes In ~rhe
Greeks Had q Word for It." the former
to be picttTized by Howard Hughes and
the latter by Samuel Goldwyn, Ina
Claire and Carols Lombard will be the
other two blondes in the latter film.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
Arliss as Hamilton"

John ADOLFI. who is directing
George Arliss' new Warner Bros.
picture. Alexander Hamilton" was Sc
lected by Mr.. ArliSs for the post
Adolf directed The Millionaire" Mr..
Arliss' current success, and so harmo-
niously did the two MN work together
that when the subject Of director for
Alexander Hamilton" came up, Mr..
ArliSs cast his vote Immediately for a
repetition Of the association.
Alexander Hamilton" will be COM
pleted by the end OF this month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
Frances Starr and Chic Sale

FRANCES STARR and Charles
Il (Chic) Sale are cast for leading
roles In The Star Witness" which will
soon start production at the Warner
Bros. West Coast studios.
This picture is based upon story by
Lucien Hubbard, and is described as
IAN original bombshell dealing with a
phase of big city life never before
screened--a high-powered action story
totally unlike the crook and gang pic
lures of the past season"
Miss Starr has q prominent role In
Five Star Final First National pic
ture, in support of Edward G. Robinson.