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Evening star., 1932-04-09
Fredric March and Kay Francis
In Excellent Play at Palace.

IN addition to the distinction that
Fredric March and Kay Francis
give to the ordinary production,
there is cause for satisfaction in the
play with which they have been
provided, Strangers in Love" at
the Palace Theater Their capacity
is matched by story adapted from
the pen of William J. Locke, and it
is to be observed that the adapter
has created pair of personalities
with the dramatic force that is to
be found when drama of lasting
quality has been achieved.
The plot itself, with the tradition
al theft of estates, and the final
restoration to the rightful owners,
would be less attractive were it not
for the flavor of good humor ard
even of comedy that runs through
the whole The two leading men,
bers of the company are not de-
pendent upon other players for the
introduction of the humor. but in
the midst of serious family crimes
they are themselves able to conquer
a group Of plotters with the light
touch that is an adornment to good
acting.
This feature of the production is
made possible through the circum-
stances under which twin brother
to an eminent archeologist returns
home from the war, in which he has
done heroic things, and while en-
gagged in conversation with his
brother sees the latter fall in death
from a heart attack induced by
anger He takes his brothers place.
buries the man under the fiction
that he himself is dead, and under
takes to carry out the daily duties
of the dead man, without knowledge
of his routine. With the assistance
Of Miss Francis discriminating work,
there is admirable humor in the re-
suit. Others who are well cast in
the play are Stuart Erwin, Juliette
Compton, George Barber and Earle
Foxe
The stage program at the Palace
also has merit, and is made distinc-
tive by the ensemble dancing of the
Twelve American Steppers, gorgeous
ly clad, who are able to present in
collective form as well as in smaller
groups the kind of dancing that
would be expected from small teams
featured in the theaters. A trumpet
act by the Candreva Brothers is
Splendidly performed, winding up
with an impressive playing of the
feature of Lucia" Loyalta's animal
show is well done, and Terrell and
Fawcett put skill into rough-and-
tumble performing. D. c. C.
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well conceived channels.
Ardent drys will find the first part
most to their liking. The vets
will prefer the latter stages of
the game. But both sides will have
drama is tremendously significant
and that its theme, while mournful,
has never been given such a complete
and admirable airing Great credit
is due not only Director Victor
Fleming for his manipulation of the
various events (WitnesS the b0ttllng
Of bootlegged liquor). but also to the
actors. who, with all the chance in the
world to overact to their hearts con-
tent, play their roles with a devotion
that is, in two or three cases, moth
ing short of miraculous.
The hero and the heroine Of this
tale Of alcoholic strife (Which is not
advised for juvenile consumption)
are both offsprings of bibulous
fathers. The young Southern girl
has a parent who cuts his throat
with razor blade because drink has
driven him to the last stages OF
despair; the boy in the North has a
parent who, after prohibition has set
in, Is maddened by whisky and in an
evil moment beats his wife until he
has killed her The lovers married
soon after, then strive to find a
means of stopping a situation which
has brought about such tragedy. The
boy joins the prohibition forces
the girl stays home and has baby
and as the curtain comes down they
are both looking into the future and
hoping that a remedy can be OBJ
tanned which will rid the country OF
certain obvious evils, that are alleged
to have arisen since the disappear
ance of the home e-wrecking bar.
While the story. particularly at
the outset, Is heavy and tragic de-
lineation Of what has come TO be a
major problem, as soon as Jimmy
(Schnozzle) Durante appears as a
Government scout things begin to
brighten up. His verbal theme song,
I've Got a Million of Them" Is ad-
ministered frequently with amusing
results, and his whole conception Of
comedy is by all odds one of the
brightest features of the film. While
1t Is somewhat hard to believe that
he is approving Of the scene which
he coerces the raiders of night
club to smash a colorful collection
of bottles, he nevertheless contributes
an honest-to-goodness reality to
everything that he does, and when
in the end the bootleggers get him
you can't help but feel genuinely
sorry.
Tracing the history of the reasons
for and the reasons against prohibi-
tion has been no easy task, but the
camera seems to have done its job well.
There are moments vibrantly alive
with emotion-scenes that will make
you cry and laugh and be sorry
all at the same time. There are
actors who handle their roles su-
perlatively. especially Walter Huston,
Durante, Dorothy Jordan (doing the
best work of her career and Rob-
ert Young, young actor whose fu-
ture seems to spread endlessly before
him. All of these present their
various sides of the much-discussed
drinking question with skill and with
such sincerity as makes this one of
the most powerful pictures Of the
year. It's long-two hours of almost
solid alcohol-but If you're interested
in such thinks you can't afford to
miss it. z. de S. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1932-04-09

OlSpldyeQ conSplc-
uous gallantry and
eadership in di-
recting a tank at
tack in the Bois-
dec uisy, after
which he rallied a
force of disorgan-
lied Infantry, lead
ing it forward in
the face of violent
machine = gun fire
and occupying the
ground which had
already been taken
by the tanks. He
then consolidated
his position and
held the new DO
sition In the face
of stubborn resist
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been happening
during the past
decade in this
saloonleSs era.
Weighing both
sides of the pro-
hibition q ue S =
tion, it, of
course. eventual
ly turn S / t S
swan song into
a hopeful cry
for a differ
ent settlement
of such affairs
but in the doing
of it neither dis
torts the facts
nor twists its
ropaganda into
ANYTHING but
Evening star., 1932-04-09
PRESBYTERY OPENS
SESSION MONDAY
Election Is First Event of Spring
Meeting in the
Capital.

The sixty second stated Spring meet
ing Of the Presbytery of Washington
City will be held Monday and Tuesday
at the Sixth Presbyterian Church, with
DR.. Godfrey Chobot, moderator, pre-
siding
The meeting will open Monday at 2
pm, when a moderator and vice mod
orator will be elected There will be
appointment of committees and re-
ports
DR.. David S. Schaff will preach at
the devotional exercises Monday night,
Dr. Joseph w. Babbitt will conduct
the devotional exercises Tuesday at 80
am. OF special interest at the busi-
ness session at 10 am will be a report
of the Committee on the National Can't
tai Presbyterian Church Commission.
Various other reports will be submitted
at this session.
There will be an afternoon session
at 2 o'clock.
Evening star., 1932-04-09

ance. The heroic conduct Of this Of
flcer made possible a further gain by
our troops. Residence at appointment,
District of Columbia
Lieut.. Col. Pullen died at Walter Reed
General Hospital, September %, 1928.
His widow is a resident of Asheville,
N. c.
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-04-09
Amateur Daddy"
With Warner Baxter, at Fox.


With Warner Baxter, at Fox.
THE Fox Theater is presenting a
picture this week that should
delight the hearts of all mothers
and children. A pleasant, rather
sentimental little yarn. played at
tractively by Warner Baxter. Marian
Nixon, three children. a mule and a
dog. Amateur Daddy" may be
viewed without loss Of patience,
time. or money, and while not any
great shakes is still the sort of
thing seen too little by juvenile au-
diences.
Mr.. Baxter. still immaculate In his
wisp-sized mustache, plays the part
of a young man, who, at the sup
posed death of certain Mr.. Smith,
undertakes to rear his family out
somewhere in Gods country. When
he gets to this country, after giving
up his job as a builder of bridges,
he finds three children and an al
most grown-up young lady marian
Nixon living on practically moth
ing, friendless and without even the
benefit Of square meal. The neigh
borS. too, are grouchy lot who
prove themselves so villainous, both
father and his son, that before Mr..
Baxter has been fortnight in the
valley he has had a set-to with
them and given them the licking Of
their lives.
Baxter thereupon resolves to as
sumo complete care Of the stray
little family. and in doing this gives
all but the young lady Of the house
their baths. cures them of stomach
aches. and fills them full of ice
cream sodas. The plot, of course,
produces first one villain and then
another. and mixes them in with
two lovely ladies, who take one look
at Mr.. Baxter and love him at
sight. However, it's all an inocuous
affair. happily directed and acted
in such a believable manner by
every one Ghe children are played
by Frankie Darro, Joan Breslaw and
Gail Kornfeld) that there is no use
scofflng at its sentimentality or
complaining that the story has been
told a hundred times before. It
may have been told before but
never more quantity or more attrac-
lively.
The Fsnchon and Marco stage
show, Gay Vienna Idea" is espe-
clally notable for a ballet danced
by the Carla Torney Dancers, a we'll
lighted affair elaborately executed
with fans; for the violin playing Of
Duci de Karekjarto, and for the
singing Of Emma Woodland and
Roy Smoot, the Gaudsmith Brothers
and their dogs, and Rena and Rath-
burn, dancers. Phil Lamkin directs
the overture. with Michael Casey
adding a vocal interlude.
Z. de S. M.
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Hoover had TO
interpret it for
her. Now that
can mean vari-
GUS things. Can
a Representa-
tive's wife read?
Can't Mr.. Hoo
yer write?
All of EN- be-
ing Republicans,
the chances are
that both of
the above are
right, and that
Evening star., 1932-04-09

the reason Mrs. Hoover could read it
was she remembered what she had
told the President to say In the mes
: sage to the women
Headline says, Society Women Of
New York Smoking Pipe" The only
way TO break EN- from 1t Is not to
watch em do II.
Evening star., 1932-04-09
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-At q
luncheon yesterday a Representa-
tives wife couldn't read President
Hooyer's hand writing, and Mrs.
Evening star., 1932-04-09
Miss MackaiIl In Love Affair."
Shown at Metropolitan.

MIXTURE of business and per-
N sonal rivalry gives screen in
terest TO Love Affair" which fea-
lures Dorothy Mackaill, at the Met
ropolttan Theater. There also is a
strong touch of vigor and pictur-
esqueness in the scenes at an avia-
ton field, where thrills of the sky
are factors in realism.
The story behind the motion pic
ture Is by Ursula Parrot, who has
won place of some distinction in
the weaving Of plots that exhibit
reckless type Of living. with ultimate
triumph for character. Miss Mack.
aill represents the woman endowed
Evening star., 1932-04-09

Accidents in factories of Britain are
more frequent between 10 and IL o'clock
on Monday morning than during any
other hour of the week.
Evening star., 1932-04-09
Districts Heroes
in the
World War
Compiled by Sergt. L. E. JaeckeI.

A S recorded in the official citation,
" Daniel D. Pullen. lieutenant
~ colonel, Tank Corps, American
4 4 Expeditionary Force, received
the Distinguished Service Cross
for extraordinary heroism in action
with the enemy in the Bois-de- -Cuisy,
France, September 26, 1918. Col. Pullen
Evening star., 1932-04-09
The Wet Parade"
At Loew's Columbia.

//THE WET PARADE" taken
from the novel by Upton
Sinclair and currently be-
Il ing shown at LoeW's Co
lumbia, is a sturdy and
sympathetic preachment against the
evils OF alcohol. 1t is, too, an elo-
quent dramatic treatise on what has
Evening star., 1932-04-09

Britain proposes to print its postage
stamps in government plant, the work
now being done by private firms under
contract =
Evening star., 1932-06-11
Base Ball Trades.

The latest change in the Washington
base ball clubs pitching staff il effected
by swap Of players between this city
and st. Louis. A pitcher who formerly
played here returns to the Capital
ranks in exchange for one of the rockies
upon whom hopes had been pinned at
the beginning of the season, but who
had failed to measure up to his early
promise. The returning pitcher had
gone to st. Louis nearly five years ago
in trade that involved another twirler
who was later traded out Of Washington.
This deal is one of the diverting features
of base ball management. Each year,
until the fifteenth of June, clubs are
permitted to shift players 70 and fro,
but after that date there can be no
interclub exchanges.
In the course of the years ball players
move about rather freely. Club owners
and managers are alert for bargains,
but it is an adage Of long standing,
applicable particularly to this sport, that
you cannot get something for nothing"
Each party to trade hopes to give a
player who is of less value to himself
than he is expected to be by the other
club. Still no manager wants to build
up the strength of an opposing team by
giving too much. 1t all depends upon
the positions relatively held in the
championship race by the two organiza-
tions. A trade between Washington and
New York, for example, would certainly
Evening star., 1932-06-11
Hitler and Louis XIV.

Adolph Hitler, chief of the Nazis in
Germany, prospective chancellor in the
next reorganization of the Reich, has
no inferiority complex. He is fully
aware of his own powers and abilities
and Importance. This is evidenced by
an exclamation which he emitted in the
course of the trial at Munich of libel
suit brought by him against a journal
ist who charged that the Fascist leader
had been subsidized by French and
Czech munitions industries and had
also received funds from Italy in re-
turn for abandoning Austria's claims to
the South Tyrol. When the defendant S
lawyer asked Hitler whether he knew
that representatives of his party had
negotiated with Italy, the Nazi chief
replied furiously: What do you mean
by party? They could only be my per-
sonal representatives. for I am the
party
This Immediately revives memory of
IN exclamation attributed to Louis XIV
Of France. In his presence a Judge
used the expression "the King and the
state" The monarch Immediately in
%axrupted with the retort, II am the
Evening star., 1932-06-11

state" or. in his cwn language, "L'etat
c'eSt moi" As Louis was France, so
Hitler is the Nazi organization.
The French Judge could not rebuke
the King. but the German Judge be-
lore whom Hitler became temperamental
was under no such inhibition. The
Nazi chieftain violently denounced de-
fendant's counsel and refused to answer
any further questions from these Jew
ish lawyers" Thereupon the court
imposed fines Of one thousand marks.
or about $237, with the alternative of
nineteen days in jail. The dispatches
do not state whether Hitler paid the
fines or chose the Jail alternative.
Undoubtedly Hitler Is the Nad party.
He organized it. He led it through its
early ineffective campaigns and per-
sisted to the point Of eventual victory.
Without him there would have been
no Nazi movement. without him 1t
would probably fall 1t is conceivable
that he may carry the parallel further
and become. as King Louis declared
himself to be. the state itself.
Evening star., 1932-06-11
not at present be on the basis of much
prospective value to either side.


Usually in a player-for- player ex-
change q cash consideration figures, q
good player being secured for . less
competent one plus money. Recently a
deal was made between Boston and
New York which landed the star pitcher
OF the former club with the latter He
had been sought by several other teams
Washington included. and the cash in
ducements proposed were considerable.
But the Boston management is trying
to build up a team capable OF rising
out Of the cellar and, as the head of
that organization expressed 1t, checks
will not bat or field or pitch.
There is relatively less trading Of
players nowadays than in former times,
owing to the system Of maintaining
farms" or minor league clubs that
serve as training grounds for promising
young talent. But still the swapping
goes on. for 1t is part Of the game. 1t is
believed that the patrons Of the game
like to see new faces on the team, and
players secured by the exchange process
are always welcomed by the public, with
high hopes for their success. Again, 1t
is said that ball players improve with
a change of scenery" Players some
times work better for one manager than
for another, or are given greater en-
couragement In new environment.
Many a man with only a mediocre
record of several years in one town has
gone to new club to develop suddenly
into a star. 1t is this possibility that
inspires managers to make swaps and
causes the supporting public to hail the
newcomer with best wishes.
Other trades will probably be made
in the two major leagues before the
gavel falls on the fifteenth. The line
ups of the pennant contenders will
present new combinations. Nobody
knows what the results will be, for base
ball is one of the most uncertain of all
human undertakings and performances,
and surprises are always likely.
Evening star., 1932-06-11
Guaranteed Deposits Offer
Poor Results, Says Country

proposed system, but serious obstacles
in banking policies, the Topeka Daily
Capital offers a statement on the pros
poets of achieving the desired ends.
saying: Insurance covers nearly all
Imaginable risks, and it should be pos
sible to include bank deposits, particu-
larly in a country where raids on bank
deposits, boarding and the insecurity OF
banks are factors that always have to
be reckoned with. What is the matter
with the American banking system, or
the dual national and State systems. Is
an enigma. Numerous efforts have been
made to bolster it up but it says when
ever emergencies arise. Federal guar
anty would bring money into banks and
give depositors confidence. Guaranty
schemes. however, have not been sue
cessful over any extended period The
objection to them is reflection again
on the banking system-it is that good
banks would be broken to take care Of
badly managed banks. 1t should be
possible for committees of Congress to
delve into the mystery Of bad banking
and continual bank failures in the
United States, in contrast with no bank
failures in Scotland, England or our
next door neighbor. Canada. even in
distress times. lneTe SnOulQ De no
mystery about It, There are simple
causes for the safety of deposits in
Canadian banks and their insecurity in
this country. When the secret is dis
closed Government regulation should
give the people a good banking system,
so far as deposit security is concerned.
This would make insurance or guaranty
of deposits effective, or even unneces-
sary."
Nothing should be done that might
encourage loose management" thinks
the Indianapolis News, warning that
when that occurs under a guaranty
prudently conducted banks may be
penalized excessively in the sums they
must place in the settlement funds. -
The Dallas Journal recalls the Texas
experiment in this direction and records
the judgment: The plan, as all Texas
can attest, failed to accomplish desired
results and made grief instead of good
business for the State banks" Point
ing out that guarantee Of deposits has
for long years lured many people," the
Lynchburg News argues that few, if
any, sane bankers or economists give
the proposition approval.
Evening star., 1932-06-11
Chinese to Eliminate
Anti-Foreign Books.
True Success in Life.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

FROM the Philadelphia inquirer.
DR.. O'Shea, head of the public school
system in New York City, in the course
Of his annual report lays great stress
on the fact that there has been in
stituted in the schools a course of study
in character building and citizenship.
Supervisors and teachers have been
urged to hold before themselves, as the
ultimate purpose OF their school work,
the development of the moral char
acter of their children, with all that
it implies. Wealth as an ideal is par
ticularly scored by Dr. O'Shea He says
the schools must set their face against
emphasizing materialism. But do they
do that? Is it not fact that the
idea of winning fame and fortune is
the incentive that is held before most
school children?
The New York superintendent admits
that the youth of the land is too often
inspired to become a future President
or leader of finance. He does not like
this idea, and believes the public
schools should 'spiritualize the facts of
life This sounds fine. but is it possi-
BILE under the prevailing system? After
speaking Of the ethical outlook in hts
report, DR.. O'Shea says:
The efforts of the schools will also
be directed toward defining what is sue
cess in life. Too often the unthinking
identify success in life with wealth and
judge human achievement in terms of
material acquisitions. This outlook de-
mands that every boy must aspire to
become President or a fnanciel power
directing the destinies Of countless men
and women.
The schools must reSolutely set their
face against this false evaluation of life
and insist that a persons happiness
and unsefulness are determined by high
thoughts, noble ambitions. cooperative
society service and good will. Nation
founded upon a citizenry of this type Is
like house built upon a rock"
The trying times through which we
are passing prove that those are happi-
est who look upon wealth as only the
means to an end. BY adopting this
philosophy of life countless numbers of
people may avoid many a heart pang.
But, best Of all. when adversity does
come they will be steeled to meet it
with a cheerfulness and a courage de-
MED to those who look upon wealth as
an indispensable part Of the enjoyment
| of life,
Evening star., 1932-06-11
Need for Living at Home.
From the San Antonio Evening News.

Back to the farm inconvenience to
grow crops to sell upon an already
glutted market, but for producing a liv-
ing at home-is the most hopeful means
of unemployment relief. So asserts
James E. Mcdonald. Texas State Com
missioner of Agriculture, who advanced
such a plan last Fall. Gov. Roosevelt
Of New York consistently has advocated
such a scheme as a temporary relief
measure. However, Commissioner Nc
Donald states that of the seven to nine
million persons unemployed in this
country many have lost their jobs per-
manently, having been displaced by
labor saving machinery or other devel-
opment. Some Of the countrys best
citizens who have contributed to sup
port of the Government, schools and
constructive enterprises in their respec-
tive communities are in that situation,
he says.
To relegate such citizens to the
breadline or to put them on a dole
would involve something worse than in
dividual shame-it would be a social
tragedy. Furthermore, by such course
the country would be throwing away
combined material and moral assets Of
great potential value. BY colonizing
those people on the farm in self-con-
tanned rural communities the assets
might be conserved.
Evening star., 1932-06-11
Higghligghts ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

and consumers may well regard the
eighteenth century as the golden egc.
Chinese to Eliminate
Anti-Foreign Books.
North China Star, Tientsin-Thc
newly established Man Chou Kuo gov
ernment is planning to systematic the
text books to eliminate the anti
foreign sentiment. which has been pre-
vailirg heretofore, with the object to
maintain friendly relations with China
and Japan.
From the second year of Tan Tung
the present text books will be used tenn
porarilv, eliminating all nnti-foreign
materials. Also in order to understand
manners and customs of Japan the
Japanese language will be made an in
oiSpensable course, and instructions
ave been sent to various provinces for
enforcement.
Evening star., 1932-06-11

Five hold-up men who took a little
over $4,000 from bank can hardly be
credited with the intelligence to be ex-
pected even in criminals. Less than
$4,000 each is pathetically small at a
time when a hold-up man very seldom
expects less than 100000.
Evening star., 1932-06-11

If they were expert lobbyists the
bonus marchers would look little fur
ther into the future and move on to the
convention cities, where craftsmanship
will presently be more actively inter-
eSted