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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28
LOSES VOLLEY STARS
six Members of Brandywine High
Champion Team to Graduate.

BRANDYWINE. Md. May 2S-
Brandywine High Schools volley ball
team champion of Prince Georges
County and winner of the tournament
held last Saturday in the county ath-
letic meet at the University Of Mary
land, will suffer heavily by graduation
next month. Six of the eight regular
players are listed to receive their diplo-
mas. Brandywine also won the county
title last year.
Those slated to graduate are Ellen
Earnshaw, captain; Maxine Crees, Marie
Rawlings, Laura Townshend, Margaret
Unkle and Thelma Higgs. Dorothy
Thorne and Rae Cross will be back next
year, as will also Anna Lusby and Mary
Dyson, reserves this season.
The Brandywine combination Ia now
preparing for the State OlympiAd TO
be held shortly in Baltimore under the
auspices of the Playground Athletic
League of Maryland.
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cLanin Comeback Poves Fight Game Is Far From, Dead
Georgetown Recreation Wins;
Corcoran Boasts High Average

Georgetown Recreation won the flag
in the Georgetown Recreation League
finishing three and oiIc-hAh games
ahead of FoxAll
Corcoran was the high average man
with q 1928 pace. with Benson
teammate, finishing second with 1859
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28
MOUNT RAINIER CLUB MEETS

MOUNT RAINIER, Md. May 28.-A
meeting Of the Mount Rainier unlimited
base ball team will be held tonight at
8 o'clock in the bowling alleys here
Ohicers will be elected and all players
are requested to report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28
SEEKS MIDGET FOE.

Victory Post is seeking game with
a midget team for Friday at 3 o'clock
on tire East Ellipse. Call Pop Klein
dienst at Lincoln 3667-J after o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28
FINAL TEAM STANDING.

Season Records,
High team games-Recrestion 500 second,
Foxall No. /. $40.
High team sets Recreation. 1889; second
Foxali No /, l,753.
Hish total Foxall Mo- /. S3lss; see
ond. Recreation. b2.76f.
High individual games--oorcorsn, 100; sec
High individual sets-corcoran. 4oe; sec
ond, Callan. SEQ
High averast sparss-cor ioran. 2.44; sec
High averSse strlkes-Athey. sal Cor
Hieh Sverase-Corcoran ll2-T3: second.
Benson, 1l0-Be; third. Taibert. ii0-46.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Gayety's Wheel
Show Rated A

If memory serves rightly,
Jimmy Lakes Gayety Theater
had gone stock this time last
year, due to a scarcity of good
shows on the Mutual Circuit.
This year, however, finds the
wheel sending out good shows
with rapidity.
Palm Beach Beauties" which
stops in Washington this week
keeps up the high standard.
Blessed with two really funny
men in the persons of Billy
Fields and Chuck Callahan, the
show gets off to a running start
and suffers no let-doWn.
Holly Leslie displays a rather
nice bass voice when given the
opportunity.
Among the girls the work of
Charlotte LaBarr and Billy
Holmes stands out. Little Bebe
Almond and Ann Meyers, too, are
better than the average.
Manager Lake, always an
advocate of Washington pro-
ducts, steps out this week and
brings four talented colored
youths to his stage.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

FOX-Will Rogers in "A Con-
necticut Yankee" At 11:40, 2:12,
4:32, 1924 and 9:44 p. m. Stage
show at 1:40, 4, 6:52 and 9:12
p. m.
RIALTO-John Gilbert in
"Gentleman's Fate" At II, 1:30,
1925, STA, 7:15 and 9:25 p. m.
PALACE-"Skippy" with Jackie
Cooper and Bobby Coogan. At
1850 a. M; 2:10, 4:40, 7:3O and
9:55 p. m. Stage show at 1:25,
$50, $40 and 9:10 p. m.
R-K-O KEITH'S-Wheeler and
Woolsey in Cracked Nuts" At
II a. M; 12:47, $3.50, 4:21, sos,
1855 and 9:57 p. m.
EARLE-Jack Oakie in June
Moon" At 11:41 a. m; 2:12,
4:43, 7:45 and 1915 p. m. Stage
show at LOS, 1886, 6:38 and 900
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Ruth Chatterton
in "Unfaithful." At 11:40 a. M;
lao, 3:45, $40, TAO and 9:4O
p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Kay John
son in THE Single Sin" At II
a. M; 1880, 2:35, 4:25, $40, 8
and $50 p. m.
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attraction

marry. Then, just as she seems
to have happiness within her
grasp-for she really loves the
millionaire-her "past" crops up
to torment and threaten her.
Good Direction
The story is pretty old stuff;
but the excellent manner in
which it is handled, the fine per
formance of the cast and a clever
ending saves it.
Bert Lytell is in the support
ing cast. and shows promise Of
regaining some of the popularity
he at one time enjoyed. His
early stage training serves him
well, for he seems to be quite
at east in the talkies.
Paul Hurst supplies most of
the comic interludes, and Mathew
Betz makes a really villianouS
looking william.
The newsreel, a comedy with
few laughs, and a thrilling cpl
sode of travel series, "Adven-
lures in Africa" complete the
program. r. G. F.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20


that of racketeer. The change
is so subtly managed that it is a
veritable dramatic and histrioniC
triumph for Gilbert. Louis VOL.
helms remarkable Interpretation
of the gangster brother is moth
ing short of marvellous. Each in
different way shines out as a
star of first magnitude.
Leila Hyams Helps
Leila Hyams, as a blonde So
ciety girl, who proves shallow and
faithless, does creditable acting
and Anita Page, as Ruth, the
woman who takes the place she
cast aside, is even more COM
petent. Marie Provost, however,
walks away with the high fem
mime honors as a questionable
habitue of the Ritzi Hotel. John
MILAN, smooth and slick, does
an oily bit as Florio, leader, of
a rival gang. The remainder of
the cast is without exception, eX-
cellent.
Much Excitement
"Gentleman's Fate" is adapted
from Ursula Parrott's story, which
is intriguing and exciting. Garry
ing plenty Of action and punch
it is at the same time a bit diff
ferent from the average run of
gangSter yarns. Therefore it goes
down as a well-above-the-usual
performance, allowing, the actors
ample opportunity for valuable
an excellent work.
Divorce a la Carte" with
George K. Sidney and Charles
Murray has occasional moments
of laughter provoking comedy,
though for the most part it is un-
necessarily crude. Universal news
reel completes the program.
H. K.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

WIlUCI.
Ring Lardner and George. s.
Kaufman wrote the original play
as a sophisticated dissection Of
Tin Pan Alley and what happens
to little boys who try to break
into the treasures Of that noisy
realm.
Good Oakie Role
The. picture does not fail in
this mission, and besides it gives
Jack Oakie one of the richest
parts yet to fall to his lot. AS
the moon-faced, song-struck Sche-
nectadian, Oakie is perfect. "A
pretty foil for his clowning is
found in Frances Dee.
These two meet on New YORK
bound train. After exchanging
ideas on ideals and finding the
ideas match, the girl kindly vol
unteers to show the coming
Gershwin the sights of the big
town, including the Bronx zoo
and the Aquarium.
But our hero falls in with a
melodist. his discontented wife
and her grasping sister-June NC
Cloy. by the way. Sister taxes
the boy for night life tours until
his savings are exhausted.
Composer Is Actor
A kindly piano-thumper
snatches the budding lyric writer
from the sirens clutches, restores
him to his Bronx Zoo guide ana
brings about happy ending.
It was eminently proper that
the producers should have chosen
for the piano-thumper part
Harry Akst, well-known composer.
It's his first time on any tllm,
and his success is unquestionable.
Just such a happy fate betell
Harry Rosenthal, who was a noI1-
actor until handed the same role
in the stage "June Moon"
Good Stage Show
Blonde and Statuesque Dora
Maughan heads the stage enter
tainment with witty recital
of songs. The Honorable Mr..
WI presents a clever company
of Orientals in imitation of Will
Osborne, the Duncan Sisters, Hal
Skelly. There's a little of every
thing in this act, and most of it
very good. Hunter and Percival
present a hilarious comedy and
song sketch, while the five MaXel-
los tumble and tumble and tum-
BILE. Maxine Doyle demurely does
the announcing of acts, with a
new gown for each.-J. I. M.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

bia is hardly worthy of the ex-
quisite Chatterton.
The story is tangle of love,
intrigue, infidelity, in which a
wife, portrayed by Ruth, holds
the sack. Ruth's young brother,
bit queer since the war, and
given to violent temper, is mad
ly in love with his wife, Gem
ma; Gemma, in turn, is infatu-
ated with Ruth's husband. Ruth,
aware of the effect on her
brother if he finds out the true
status of affairs, is tied to an
existence which grows more un-
bearable each day. In her ef-
fort to hide her deep hurt, for
she had adored that faithlesS hus-
band, she PAGES her life at a
dizzy rate Of speed, only to meet
an understanding person who
sees disillusionment in her eyes;
quite simply they fall in love,
bringing more tragedy into al
ready unhappy lives and when
things are at breaking point, fate,
Providence, call it what you will,
steps in and takes a hand and
while you are a little confused
about the merit of Ruth's sacri-
flee, you hope for the best.
Lucas Is Good
The lovely Chatterton, with her
sweet mouth, her beautiful voice,
her little tricks of enunciation, is
there but in more than one Sc
quence you wish that Ruth had
not made such an apparent effort
to put the screen-play over. With
Miss Chatterton are Paul Cava-
naugh, whom the girls will prob
ably have a crush on, Paul Lu-
cas-, whose work is ever splendid; !;
Juliette Compton, Donald Cook
and Emily Fitzroy.
AS short accompaniments to
the Chatterton feature are Para.
mount Newsreel, Walter Fut-
ter's "Curiosities" and a mildly
amusing "Our Gang" in which
little black Stymie again takes
the honors and gets the laughs.
K v
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
STAGE
NEWS FROM
NEW YORK

Joseph Schildkraut, last seen
in the revival of "Anatol," has
been engaged to appear next sea-
son under the management of
Schwab & Mandel, according to
announcement by the producers.
Mr.. Schildkraut will sail for
Europe next week, and the play
in which he will be seen will be
selected on his return.
In addition to Dorothy Ap-
pleby, the cast of Young Sin
ners," with which George Sharp
will open his season of popular.
priced productions at the New
Yorker Theater tonight, will in
clude Jackson Halliday, George
Lessy, Virginia Lloyd, Astrid AL
wynn and Alfred Hesse.
Jack Pearl, the comedian, will
begin a tour of the Loew thea.
ters on April 25.
Ed Wynn has closed his road
tour in Simple Simon" in Bos.
ton. Mr.. Wynn took over the
production from Florenz Ziegfeld
early in the fall.
Booth Tarkington's comedy,
Clarence" will be presented at
the Longacre Theater on Sunday
afternoon and evening, May 8,
by students of the Downtown
College, Manhattan division of
Fordham University.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Fox Lobby Display
BicentenniGL Bronze

First to take official recogni-
ton of the Washington bicenteu-
NAL, to be celebrated next year,
the Fox Theater has installed in
its lobby a beautiful bronze tab
let, mounted on marble, on which
is reproduced an excerpt from
George Washington's farewell ad.
dress.
The bas-belief IF chinnton's
head is the work OF C"-"o' r.
BisSel, the sculptor. 1t is attract
ing considerable attention in the
theater.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
JOHN GILBERT
COMES BACK
CREDITABLY

Innumerable gangster, racketeer
films have blazed a way as enter
tainment in the last few years,
but seldom has a more all round
interesting underworld picture ap-
peared than "Gentleman's Fate, :"
which is now showing at the Rialto
Theater. Notable for an unusual
treatment and an all-star cast,
Metro-Goldwin has here superb
production of the type.
John Gilbert comes back as the
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

treated as it
was by capable
a nc friendly
h a n ds from
manuscript to
e d i t i G. A
light dragginess
toward the close
is the only de.
feet of any
consequence in
this very funny
and very hu-
man comedy of
a Schenectady
boy who aspir-
ed to be a big
Lea ue song
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

q u q ! e II c e az
Loew'S Palace
Theater Satur.
day afternoon
weeping softly
andunashamed.
It was that
m ON e n in
"Skippy" when
Percy Crosby's
lovable kid as
i'm p e r Sonated
by little Jackie
CO er gave
vent to heart
Wrenching SobS.
The tiny figure
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

featured player,
esta b Ii S h IN g
h i m S elf u n
equivocally to
stellar rights in
the sound as he
did in the silent
cinema. P or
traying a role
of gentle m a n
reared to wealth
a n d S o C i a !
standing, which
he does so per-
fectly, he easily
moves into a
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

It is the
story of a fe-
male bootlegger
who serves a
Jail sentence,
but who has
had but one
Illicit affair
H e n ce, t h e
title, "The Sin
gle Sin" She
reforms, goes
straight and be-
come a Stenog-
rapher. H e r
employer falls
in love with
her and theV
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

LeL1lpC Oh CHe
part of the pro-
ducers to crowd
as many pic
lures as posi-.
BILE to the
few remaining
weeks of tn e
lady's contract,
or whether the
lady hers e ! f
(Heaven for
bid!) is grow
ing tire d we
cannot say, but
" Unfaithful ;"
now showing at
TnoJ1,'c To111po
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
WAVE LENGTHS

cycles.
WRC-315 meters, $50 kilO-
cycles.
WOL-229 meters. 1910 kilO-
cycles. 81,
cycles.
BAL-(BaltimOre) 1860 kiIo-
cycles.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
KAY JOHNSON
IS STAR AT
MET"

Kay Johnson gives a splendid
performance in the leading femi-
nine role of THE Single Sin" p"
which Warmers Metropolitan is
offering this week as the main
attraction.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
CHATTERTON'S
STORY IS
FEEBLE

If one judges from the pres
ent vehicle of Ruth Chatterton,
Paramount is not doing the right
thing by our 'first-lady-of-thc-
screen Whether it is an at
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Juveniles Aid Rogers

Two of the most popular young
players OF the screen, Maureen
O'Sullivan and Frank AlbertSon.
enact the juvenile leads in Will
Rogers latest starring picture, "a
Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur'S Court"
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
OAKIE COMEDY
FINDS GOOD
STORY

Transcribed for celluloid, June
Moon" has lost little of the good
qualities of the stage version,
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
THEYLAUGHED,
CRIED WITH
SKIPPY
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

One of the tenderest and most
effective scenes ever filmed by a
Hollywood camera had the entire
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

One, two and three room apartments
located in good ne1ghbOrhOOds are
advertised in the Rental Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
HOO P. M.

WMAL-Herbert Gordon Dance
Orchestra.
WJSV-John Slaughter's Dance
Orchestra.
WBAL-Slumber Music.
II :SO-WRC-Weather Report.
WMAI-Ben Bernie Dance On
chestra
WBAL-Wilfred eileen, songs u
sea.
I:31-WRC-Wilfred eileen. songs OF
sea.
IL Cowan, crooner.
WRAI-Same as WRC,
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WRC-Phil Spitalny's Dance Or
chestra
wMAL-Weather Report.
WJSV-Weather Report ana
sign-off
IL 2:O1-WMAI-Asbury Park Casino
Dance Orchestra.
IL 2:3O-WRC-Louis Panco's Dance Or+
chestra
wMAL-Ann Leaf, organist, ana
Ben Alley, tenor.
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1O:OO Z. M.
WRC-Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes, the Solitary Cyclist."
WMAL-Guy Lombardo Dance
Orchestra.
wJSV-Big Eds Squirrel Hunt
erS.
WBAL-Guy Franser Harrison,
Civic Orchestra.
10 O:3O-WRC-Dinner of the New York
Bible Association.
WMAL-Savino Tone Pictures.
WJSV-Monty and Skippy.
WBAI-Canadian Rebellion, dra-
matte sketch.
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TOday's Radio Programs
800 P. M.

wRC-"How's Business"
WMAL-Pryors Concert Band.
S:15-WRC-Andy Sannella Orchestra.
WMAL-Barbershop Quartet.
WJSV-Voice of Labor.
8:30-WRC-The Gypsies, Harry Hor-
lick Orchestra.
wBAL-Fast Freight, Novelty
Orchestra.
S:45-WJSV-Columb Council Of En-
gineers.
900 P. NJ.
WMAL-Leo Reisman's Dance
Orchestra.
WJSV-Amercan Legion pro-
gram.
WBAL-Rov Bafgy Orchestra.
D:3O-WRC-Frank Black Orchestra
and Male Quartet.
wMAL--"An Evening in PariA"
wJSV-To be announced.
WBAL- Chesebrough Real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
MORE BUSINESS FAITH
ADVOCATED BY STRAWN

Silas II. Strawn. president of the
Chamber Of Commerce of the United
States, will speak on the subject More
Faith-Fewer NoStrums," on a Nation
wide radio chain on Wednesday evening,
September 9.
AS spokesman for the largest general
business organization in the United
States, Mr.. Strawn's talk promises to be
one of vital Importance. The Chamber
Of Commerce at the present time is
working on an economic plan to help
guide business out Of the depression,
and Mr.. Strawn will probably base some
of his comments on the facts thus far
disclosed by the study
Mr.. Strawn, Chicagoan. is an out
standing attorney and business execu-
tive, chairman of the board and direc-
tor OF Montgomery Ward & Co.. and a
director and member of the Executive
Committee Of the First National Bank.
He Is also a past president of the Amer
lean Bar Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
CHANGES IN FARM
METHODS SOUGHT
Diversified Planting Urged as
Means of Obtaining More
Stable Income.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, September s.
REIMBURSEMENT Of the farm program TO
secure more stable income is the doc
trine being preached throughout the
wheat belt this month. Special trains
loaded with prize beef cattle, exhibits
of feeding processes and speakers drawn
from the list of successful live stock
men are touring the branch lines and
audiences Ct 5000 to 5000 are at the
stations to hear the new gospel.
Bankers are distributing literature
advising diversified production and
business organizations are helping the
movement. 1t is to degree repeti-
ton Of the preaching that was common
Is years ago before wheat became a
fetish because of the ease of its pro-
duction.
At the same time Autumn opens with
tractors running far into the night,
hauling plcws and other crop-seeding
machinery, getting ready for the new
wheat acreage. While Intentions" are
pared with last year. favorable seeding
weather may bring little change. Tens
Of thousands Of acres will be planted to
wheat on a gamble-tha fields will fur
Eish Winter pasture fcr live stock. the
cheapest that can be secured. and IT, as
and when the price for next years crop
is visible, decision may be made as to
harvesting or replanting the ground to
Spring crops
The farmer has his machines, gasoline
Is cheap, seed is only 81 cents a bushel
less than SO cents an acre-and why
should he not put in his leisure Autumn
days taking chance? Despite the ad-
vice to cut acreage. 1t is not so sure
that the present seeding season will
show a change materially affecting the
total yield-unless there shall come q
crop failure
Local trade has been mildly stinu-
lated by the coming of Autumn, but
is generally well below last year. while
inventories remain at an ebb unknown
in decade. Merchants commitments
are kept in the lowest possible figure.
and hand-to-mouth distribution. aided
by the vast number of merchandise
trucks leaving this city and other job
btng centers every evening. makes it
possible to keep close to the needs Of
business.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
NEW SECURITY ISSUES DROP
50 PER CENT IN EIGHT MONTHS
Corporation Financing Almost Stopped
During July and August-Banks Not
Interested In Production Schemes.
specia1 DISPATCH to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September 5.-One Of
the fields in which q long period Of
overpro6uction has been followed by
a reduction in output to nominal figures
Is that of new security issues.
Again this week the offerings Of new
stocks and bonds have been insignifi-
cant. The total for the last three weeks
scarcely approaches the $4,000 900
mark, Most of it has been for the &C.
count of municipalities. Financing in
behalf of corporations ceased almost
entirely during July and August. There
is no sign that it will be resumed in
September A promoter who has been
identified with many large consolida-
tons was bemoaning the fact today
that he could not get his usual bank
ing connections interested in any pro-
duction schemes, as they were, he said,
spending all their time on trouble
cases."
50 Per Cent Drop.
For the eight months to August 81,
the total issues Of domestic and foreign
stocks and bonds aggregated $685.
100000. This was q drop Of exactly
SO per cent from the same period in
1880, which had experienced, in turn,
a decline of about 20 per cent from
the January August period In 1929.
In the five years 1926-ls30, the aggre-
gate of all corporation. foreign govern
ment and municipal financing in the
United States ives approximately $47,-
600. 100000 OF this amount $1,000
000, 900 represented yefunding operations.
So the actual increase Of capital that
went into new undertakings here and
abroad was $40, 900 ,00O, 900. Securities
during the second half Of the five-year
term were produced on a scale and in
excess of the absorbing capacity Of
their markets comparable with what
had occurred in agricultural products
and in products of the mines.
It Is only within the last few months
that the benefit of a cessation Of new
capital issues. following the period OF
excessive creation and distribution of
such issues, has begun to show. While
there are still blocks of undigested Sc
curities in financial centers, the degree
of these is slight and does not consti-
tute one Of the bearish elements in the
general financial situation. Little by
little. bond organizations have been re-
failing at material price concessions is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
STOCK YIELD DROPS
TO 8.3 PCT. ON SEPT. !

Average yield on the 3l5 active cash
dividend paying common stocks listed
on the New York Stock Exchange ex-
perienced only a minor fiuctuation dur
ing August. according to the monthly
compilation by Moody's Investors Serv-
ice. The average return on September
l amounted to sos per cent, as COM
pared to 8.16 per cent at the beginning
Of the previous month and TIA per cent
year ago.
The decline was due principally to
cuts in dividend rates, the analysis
states. Dividend reductions were noted
in is cases and omissions in three in
stances since August l.
OF the AZ individual groups of stocks
tabulated. there were 20 decreases and
% increases in average yield. None of
these changes. Moodys remarks, was
large enough to have outstanding signi-
ficance.