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The Washington times., 1931-12-11
CIVIL SERVICE JOBS

Applications for positions as
binder or m tchine operator will be
accepted by the Civil Service Com
mission until January Z. The va
cancies are in the Government
Printing office.
The Washington times., 1931-12-11

The driver of the car, John
Parsons, ~ colored, is held 1T
the First precinct for investiga-
on. -arsons, according to the
police, put the man in his cab
an tool him to the hospital.
The Washington times., 1931-12-11

B. w. Spille was reelected
president of the Rosslyn Business
Mems Association at a meeting
last night In Rosslyn.
Other officers elected are Jo-
The Washington times., 1931-12-11
ROSSLyN BODY. PICKS SPILLE

seph L. Crupper. jr., vice presi-
dent; N. r. Pond, secretary; r.
Blakely James. assistant secre-
tary. and Allen B. Precise, treas
urer.
The Washington times., 1931-12-11


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GIRL SCOUTS SEEK GIFTS

Donations of clothing for the
poor will be made at the annual
Christmas celebration of the Girl
Scouts of this city, December II.
at 7::30 p. M, in Pierce Hall, Six
teenth and Harvard Sts. N. w.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14
Underworld Picture
 at the Lyric
little Caesar" Opens Sun- day, Continuing M0n-
 day

Little Caesar the new First Ma tional picture to show Sunday and Monday at the Lyric theater, gives a startlingly realistic impression of gangsters, from the lowest "rat", or petty thief, up to the Big Boys, or heads of gangs.
 The picture shows vividly the various social strata within crook dom. The petty thieves and pick pockets are seen in cheap rooming houses in the foreign quarter of a large city, while the big racketeers live a life of luxury, if not security, in the swankier residential sections
 The story deals with the rise of a gangster named Rico, played by Edward G. Robinson, from the level of a thug to a position as head of a powerful gang. Director Mervlyn LeRoy is said to have put technical details and realistic touches in the picture that make it the most au- thentic of the kind ever filmed.
 With MT Robinson are Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, William Collier, Jr., Glenda Farrell, Thomas Jackson and George B. Stone.
 The story is 8 screen adaptation of the successful novel by w. B. Burnett.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14

Americas Foremost Author Wrote Her Heart Out Telling This Immor- : tai Love Story!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14
Revuette Tops
 Bill at Strand
Flashing Act Opens Another Program of Vaude-
 vile

Once again Warner Brothers Strand theater makes good it's promise of bringing to the Brass City the best stage shows that Broadway offers. Starting to-day and for the next three days another gala stage and screen show will be presented at this popular theater. Heading the vaudeville bill is Swan and Lewis, with their company of nine talented artists in sparkling modernistic revuette. Here is an act that has color, flash and talent to delight the vaudeville lover who seeks something new and novel.
 Ann Francis and MT Wally have a nonsensical but laugh producing comic sketch in Unique Refine ment.'' Clever entertainers this pair who know how to get the most out of their smart dialogue and win their audience from opening to clos ing curtain.
 c. B. Maddock presents Tommy Hanlon & Company in a merry mad musical comedy skit Hello Sister" Here is an act that has played the Palace theater on Broadway and re- ceived enthusiastic criticism by scriveners of both. Variety and the Billboard. It is clever and original and chock full of entertainment value.
 Gould and Rasch have a slam
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14
Just Imagine''
 Opens at Garden
Musical Comedy Romance
 With Brilliant Cast

DeSylva, Brown and Henderson and David Butler have done it again.
 Their new Fox Movietone musical comedy romance, Just Imagine" which is playing at the New Garden theater tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday, is a worthy successor to their masterpiece of yesteryear, Sunny Side Up."
 "Just Imagine" is novel in theme and treatment, has a brilliant cast headed by the ininitable Ell Brendel and has a number of songs of the calibre which has made DeSylva, Brown ard Henderson the greatest song writing team in the world. These young men, who also wrote | the story and dia1og, have projected their picture fifty years into the future. The love interest, which centers about Manureen O'Sullivan and John Garrick. tells of the TO- nance of the "Lindbergh of 198O" in gripping and sustained fashion. Brendel has one of the greatest roles of his career and scores repeat edly. In fact he is now our favorlte comedian. Miss O'Sullivan Is every- thing that her enthusiastic friencs have said of her, and that Is plenty. Garrick reveals charming singing voice and is handsome and manly in the leading male role. His acting is above reproach.
 Marjorie White, who all but scampered away with the hilarious honors in Sunny Side Up' does al- most the same thing in this picture, although she has much less to do. Her vivacious personality completely dominates every scene in which she appears.
 Frank Albertson, in a light comedy role, is a riot in himself. He makes a perfect team mate for Miss White, and the way they put over their song number, "Never Swat a Fly" is Q revelation.
 Joyzel!e .s effective as the Martian queen, Ivan Linow as the Martian slave, and ether roles are capably handed by Kenneth Thomson, Ho- bart Bosworth, Wilfred Lucas and Mischa ALer
 The song numbers, of course. are outstanding and we believe that Di- rector David Butler has scored an-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14

Railway rates in French Indo- China are being reduced to meet bus competition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14

woman, this Nancy Carroll, honest, true, sincere, and withal, human. Stolen Heaven moves with the flash and speed of Laughter" and builds up suspense with the inevit- able force of "The Devils Holiday" It is a grand love story, of a boy and girl who become man and woman before your eyes, gamble away their young lives as they would cheap bauble, and face death unafraid-unafraid until love awakens them to the tremendous meaning of love to an overwhelming desire to live! Then what-must they pay the stake? Stolen Heav- en" takes you and Nancy Carroll from dingy New York backstreet to golden, slittering Palm Beach, and to historic Havana, and back again. There are scenes aboard a palatial yacht and on board a flying New York-Pal:n Beach express train. There's the thrill of living, the sus- pense of impending menace, the throb of love. There's everything anybody could hope for or want in "Stolen Heaven," great picture with great star, Nancy Carroll,- and a great leading man, Phillips Holmes.
 The surrounding bill includes Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in @ Metro Goldwyn- Mayer comedy, "The Chjs- elers"; Marion Harris singing in a Paramount short. ''Two's Com pany"; Paramount Pictorial No. 4; and the latest Fox Movietone News.
 The engagement of Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in Paramount dramatic sensation, Stolen Heaver," is positively limited to four days only. The final showing will te Wednesday evening, at the Fox-Poli Palace theater. Popular prices pre- vail and matinee prices daily includ- ing Saturday are 25c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14
Richard Dix in
 'CimarrOn"- "-State
Breathless Entertainment Packed With Thrills
 Starts To-day

~ Thirty years of thrills. pack ed into two hours of breathless en- tertainment!
 Such is "Cimarron" Radio Pic tures' dramatization of Edna Fer ber's epic story of Oklahoma, star ring Richard Dix as the colorful Yancey Cravat. The film opening to- day at the Warner Brothers State theater has scored the most not able hit of any production in months throughout the nation. In the opinion of this reviewer, it is the most significant production since the advent of talking pictures.
 Smashing, dramatic punches come In rapid order. .Yancey leads the great land rush. Stays Lon Youn- tis. Meets 'the Kid" in mortal combat. Champions the Osage Indians. .Thwarts his own love, Sabra, to save Dixie Lee. and dies that others may live. .. All in one gripping, overlapping production.
 Although there are tremendous spectacles. .parades of covered wagons. great herds of cattle :. the town of Osage as it appeared in three separate eras. oil gush- CTS: they have not been allowed " NPS OA uCtIdCI lTOT1 the dD- sorbing plot.
 The thirty-three characters and thousands of pioneers have stepped right from the pages of the Ferber novel,,
 Dix's portrayal of Yancey un- doubtedly is his greatest role. Irene Dunne as Sabra is the dra- matfc sensation of many seasons.
 Estelle Taylor is Dixie Lee per sonified; Nance O'NeiI as Felice Venable scores; Buster Collier gives wonderful performance as ''the Kid", Rosco Ates is a better Jess Hickey than the original, while George E. Stone as Sol Levy is exceptional. Lon Yountis, the evil one, lives in Stanley Fields. Rob- ert McWade as Louie Heffner, the undertaken, is at his best. Edna May Oliver, stage star. is a mar vicious Mrs Tracy Wyatt.
 An excellent surrounding bill ac- companies this two-hour long fea- ture picture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14

1 Carroll and Holmes in Stolen Heaven"
POli's Palace Offers POpu-
 lar Stars in Hilarious Comedy

Nancy. Carroll in her latest Para mount picture, Stolen Heaven" with the popular Phillips Holmes for a leading man, opens a four day engagement at the Fox-Poli Palace theater Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock Always showing the pick of the pictures from Fox. Metro. and Paramount, the Fox-Po1i Palace theater offers Nancy Carroll in her newest dramatic sensation, a worthy successor to ''The Devils Holiday" and Laughter" with one of the fastest coming male stars for a lead- ing man, Phillips Holmes. The story of stolen Heaven" has to do with a boy and a girl in love, who go on mad weeks spree at Palm Beach with stolen money. and fall into the biggest adventure of their careers. Nancy Carroll is the night club dancer and Phillips Holmes plays the crook she falls in love with. After you have rocked to all the shocks. the thrills, the heart throbs you think any one pic ture could possibly give you--"Sto- len Heaven" breaks wide open with it's smashing surprise climax. Nancy Carroll, the screens most glamoroue star, in the most powerful of her smashing dramatic hits, thdt's Nancy Carroll in Stolen Heaven" Last May, Paramount producers were presented with a problem that was
 to say the least, unique. Nancy Carroll. already one of the reignine favorites in light musical comedy and revue pictures, was about te blossom forth in a new kind of role
 as dramatic actress in a dramatic picture. She had to be sold to the public in this new kind of picture
 It was a problem-and then "Tne Devils Holiday" flashed across the screen and the problem vanished. Al Nancy Carrolps old fame vanished with it, and, overnight, she stepped into the front rank of the truly great dramatic actresses the talk.ef have discovered. Then followed Laughter another success es smashing and colorful as its prede. cessor. Revealing Nancy Carroll
 new and different and versatile, wit.
 hidden depths of feeling, with ar unexpected facility for expression
 Stolen Heaven" promises more sur. prises from this charming, flaming haired actress-and "Stolen Heav. en'' makes good every expectation
 This is not the Nancy Carroll of the musical picture days, nor the Nancy Carroll of "The Devils Holiday,
 Laughter" Stolen Heaven" bring you a new Nancy Carroll, fresh
 piquant, delightful. A Nancy Carroll no one has ever seen upon the screen before. She is a mysterious
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14

bang comedy presentation in Kid
 ding the Kidder' in which they pre- sent number of surprises to their audience in a manner that pleases and results in round after round of
 hearty applause.
 Gautier's Toy Shop. Here is an act that wll please the kiddes im-
 mensefy and still cause many a
 chuckle from the "older" kiddies. It
 Is miniature circus with trained
 dogs and ponies and a lot of clever
 ideas to thrill as well as entertain.
 The feature picture on the bill is Caught Cheating"
 When you find yourself in situa- tion that can't be explained to your
 wife, then you are in nice kettle of fish! That's what happens to Sam
 Harris in the very first scene in Caught Cheating"
 Sam tells everybody--his wife, the police and the reporters-that he was just riding along and he offered
 a girl ride. And so he was! He
 was innocent of intrigue and guilt, but the girl he picked up was the wife of a gangster and she was guilty of cheating. and guilty of be- ing caught at 1t by her husband.
 And he was out with blood in his eye. Twenty-four hours and Mrs
 Harris will be Sam's widow. is the decree of the jealous crime king! Caught Cheating" features those two sterling comedians Charlie Mur- ray and George Sidney. w. Scot. Darling wrote the story and continu- lity and Frank Strayer directed. Others in the cast are Nita Martan.
 Dorothy Christy. Robert Ellis and Bertha Mann.
 Railway rates in French Indo-
 China are being reduced to meet bus l competition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14

other triumph which outshines his previous brilliant effort of Sunny Side Up."
 Other pictures are "All Square," The Bosses Orders," and Sinking In The Bathtub."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-14
LONG DISTANCE MEMBER

lsola, Miss = w. D. Miller, adju- tant of the Belzoni Post of the American Legion, recently signed up long distance member. A check for 1881 Legion dues was received from D. M. Forester who is with an engineering concern in Moscow, Rus- sia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
LACK OF UNIFORMITY
SCORED BY SHOP HEAD
President of Motor and Equipment
Association Urges
Hoover Code.

Improved traf1c conditions resulting
from the continuous increase in miles
CT paved and widened highways are
cffsst to a great extent by the lack OF
consistency in trafic regulations be-
tween various States and municipalities,
according to e. T. Satchell, president
of the Motor and Equipment Associa-
ton.
gwen on modern highways traf1c
ienns and accidents result from the fall
ure of large number Of drivers to know
whether they are doing the right or
Wc0ng thing" he said. while in some
instances the driver is careless, there is
70 doubt that many conscientious OPP
orators get into difnculty because the
driving regulations confuse them.
THE uniform vehicle code sponsored
by the National Conference on Street
ard Highway Safety, If adopted by all
States would go a long way toward re-
duc;ng accidents from this cause and
would help the improved highways con-
tribute their full share to the accom-
mediation of q growing volume OF trafiic.
THE code calls for the elimination of
the incapable driver through the is
suance Of q drivers license based on an
examination, so its adoption would cut
down this hazard also.
Legislators now ting in many
States are expected to consider this
MODE. code for adoption, either entirely
or il. part. It is hoped that many
St1tes will take favorable action because
we sIs confident the result will be bet
Ter driving conditions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
.SAvE-A-LIFE CAMPAIGN
MAY END IN MARYLAND
Gov. Ritchie's Veto Of Bill Allow
ing Garages to Charge so
Cents Held Cause.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE, May 2.-Maryland
may soon be without the safeguard
Of the Save-a-Life campaign. it Is
predicted by automobile dealers follow
ing Gov Ritchie's veto Of the bin au-
thorizing garages to charge a 5o-cent
fee for each inspection in the annual
campaign.
The bill had the approval of Z. Aus
tin Baughman, commissioner Of motor
vehicles, as the campaign has proved
the best means of Kidding the high
ways Of obsolete and unsafe junker
cars
The owners Of many garages which
have served as Official inspection sta
tionS have protested that their par
ticipation in the campaigns has re-
suited in q loss to them and it was
for this reason that permission to
charge the fee was asked.
One dealer predicted that the next
legislature would be confronted with
bill putting the responsibility for
driving unsafe cars of the road de
rectly on the motor vehicle commits
Sioner's ONCE.
AS an example of the losses sus--
tanned in the campaigns, another
dealer said that in the last campaign
he inspected more than 500 cars, with
collections totaling only $40 to pay the
wages of the two mechanics required
for the six weeks inspection period.
Another dealer also reported inspect
ing 500 cars in the last campaign and
averaging only 10 cents per car. The
services Of two and sometimes three
mechanics were required, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
A A A. RECOMMENDS PROGRAM
FOR HIGHWAY IDENTIFICATION
Motoring Body Urges Also Constructive
Regulations of Roadside Business in
Interests of Safety Plans

integral part of its highway program.
Few States have as yet taken adyan-
tage of this provision. The creation
of an ONCE of road architect in every
highway department would give inme-
date impetus to this important move
ment.
AT the present time there is no uni
form standard regarding the placement
of signs and structures in the vicinity
Of danger points on our highways. Any
law designed to ameliorate this condi-
ton must, in addition to standardiza-
ton of practice, provide stringent
penalties for violations.
Roadside catering has assumed ire
mendous proportions-but only a few
States make any effort to formulate
standards of sanitation for the protec-
ton Of some 100000 motor tourists
who use our highways In the course
of a year. Under their police power
the States are amply competent to put
into effect provisions of highway code
dealing with safety and sanitation.
1.-THE regulation Of roadside business
in the interest of decent appearance
while involving difficulties, Is something
that must be undertaken in earnest
If we are to prevent the complete Sacri-
fice of beauty to the heterogeneous
growth OF commerce, much Of which
is CT mushroom character.
BiIlbOards One Phase.
Regulation of billboards is very much
In the public eye, but the billboard
problem, while sufficiently acute, is only
one phase Of the problem. We cannot
overlook the automobile junk yard, the
ramshackle hot dog stand, the lean-tc
filling station or the unsightly farm
market stand.
1T has been commended that under Its
police power the State cannot enact
laws, coming or otherwise, on the basis
of esthetic considerations. However,
the law is a living entity and not q
dead thing and our courts are more and
more inclined to view the exercise OF
State power from the standpoint Of
public welfare in general.
Il have every reason to believe that
our courts would uphold the right OF
the States to create different zones
along cur highways and to say what
commerce, II any, could be conducted
within these zones. Differentiation as
between types Of business would not
necessarily be discrimination, since the
theory of public convenience and neces-
sity is already pretty well established
in our Jurisprudence. The problem
must be worked out in detail and from
the standpoint of dovetailing the solu-
ton into a national code sufficiently
comprehensive to take in the whole
problem of roadside development and
the reconciliation of legitimate COM
merce with the requirements of safety.
sanitation and beauty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
WASHINGTON TO MEET
HEAVY TRAFFIC NEEDS
Work to Be Started Soon ON New
York Avenue and 20
Other Streets.

Although til need for improved mo-
toring facilities in cities is growing
more acute, only a few municipalities
are planning noteworthy projects for
immediate building; this despite pre-
vailing bargain prices In construction,
according to e. e. Duffy. highway edu-
cational writer.
Washington, D. c. however, Is max
ing ready to smooth the way OF motor
lists, with work soon to start on the
mile long concrete extension of New
York avenue and at least 26 other
streets. The New York avenue extern
sion project is typical of the improve
ments needed by most all municipal
ties. It will be built over a new right
of way. with provision for widening
later and will give Washington a new
outlet to the Northeast.
The New York avenue extension is to
be modern throughout; width so feet,
thickened pavement edges, and built
with the water cement ratio principle
which requires careful proportioning of
cement and water. Particular attention
will be given to sn1oothneSs; all in all,
the new pavement will be another
demonstration that road builders can
meet the demands of modern motor
cars, which are as deserving Of smooth,
lasting travelling surfaces as railroad
engines.
Washington, through the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission,
is soon to start traffic survey embrace
ing an area within a radius Of 20 miles
Of the city. The tabulation of traf1c
movements will serve as a guide In
building future traficways in and
around the District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
CONTEST ON STREET SAFETY
AROUSING MUCH INTEREST
Thousands of Elementary Pupils and
Teachers Enter Tenth National Essay
Campaign of Education Board.

/ Illinois. Oklahoma and other statsA
and local and State safety councils af0
also cooperating.
The subject Of the essay Is: MY Re-
wards for Observing Street and High
way Safety Ruies." A total Of A30
State prizes will be awarded. They con-
siSt CT SIS and gold medal for tno
best essay in each State, $40 and Q
silver medal for the second best, and
IS and bronze medal to writer's Of
third prize winning papers. The num-
Der Of third prizes in each State de.
ponds upon elementary school enroll
ment some States, such as Vermont.
Rhode Island and Nevada, having an
allotment Of but one third prize, while
New York has %, Pennsylvania, 81:
Texas, II, and Illinois, 10.
The best essay from each State win
be entered in a national competition
in which three winners will be chosen.
The writer Of the paper winning first
national prize will receive trip to
Washington, all expenses paid, at which
time he will be presented with gold
watch. Second and third prize winners
viii be awarded gold watches.
Essay Subject for Teachers.
In the teachers lesson contest the
subject Is: Teaching the Rewards OF
Careful Conduct on Streets and High
ways" The writer Of the best lesson
from each State will receive certiff-
cate Of honor and that paper will be
entered in q national competition In
which there also will be three winners
chosen. The writer of the best lesson
will receive trip to Washington end,
while there, will be presented with q
check for $500. Checks for $500 and
| 5000 will go to those whose lessons
rank second and third, respectively. in
the national competition All prizes
are donated by the National Automo-
bile Chamber of Commerce.
The campaign closes May IS. During
the following days the best essay and
lesson from each participating school
will be sent to the State superintendent
of education under whose direction
State winners are chosen.
Results achieved by incorporating
safety instruction In the schools are
reflected in the figures covering recent
| years, according to the board. From
1922 to 1929, the annual number Of
adult fatalities increased by almost $50
per cent, 1t was stated. going up from
less than 10000 to more than $4,000.
In the same period, child fatalities in
creased but slightly more than IS per
cent, rising from about 1000 in 1922
| to slightly more than 5000 In 1929.
This record Is truly remarkable, 1t was
stated, and 1t becomes even more so
when it is realized that child fatalities
in 1928 showed an actual decrease as
compared to 1927.