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Evening star., 1932-01-26

ASOliNLAuCN 4CA4t
1foreign Office spokesman, 'is that the
anti i-Japanese movement, recently in
.screasing in violence, is constant fnen-
ssace To Japanese lives and property
- The additional warships are expected
To arrive at Shanghai Thursday and
will carry landing party OF apprexi-
4nately TOO to 900 troops, 1t was re-
ported, although the definite number
: was not announced.
$50 The Supreme Military and Naval
Es-Council tentatively drafted numner
a.>t51f measures to be taken in case the
situation in Shanghai grows worse.
These we're, IN order:
% Dispatch Of the second squadron
Of destroyers to the scene. 81.
- (2D Concentration of japanese clt1-
zens in the Japanese Club and consulate
general within the international settle
nent, under the protection Of japanese
bluejackets. ,.-.
C3J Provision for additional protec-
ton Of Japanese shipping on the
Yangtze River, especially on the stretch
between its mouth and Shanghai.
(4 Seizure of Chinese vessels, but
only as en- extreme measure in the
event that Chinese troops should at
tack Japanese sailors ,
dispatch to the Rengo News Agency
from Harbin, Manchuria, said about 40
Chinese we're killed there when troops
of Ting Chao. who formerly command
ed the Chinese Eastern Railway guards,
entered the Chinese quarter and began
looting IT.
Many More Wounded.
About 20 Chinese policemen were
killed in the street fighting which fol-
lowed. the dispatch said, and Is Chinese
citizens. AS many more were wounoeo,
it said.
Ting Chaos troops, the dispatch said.
began looting the principal Jewelry ana
other shops rs soon as they entered the
Chinese quarter, shooting into the
streets and firing directly at any per-
sons who resisted them. Some OF them,
it said, extended the sphere Of their
looting to the edge of the Russian quar-
ter, rifling a department store operated
by white Russians.
- The looters appeared to have avoided
properties of the Chinese Eastern Rail
way in which Russia is interested but
several stores not far from the railway
station were robbed before the invaders
withdrew.
Adherents Of Ting Chao said officers
had lost control of their men and the
looters were being rounded up and
punished. Chang Chin-Huis soldiers
prepared to protect the city against
further onslaughts.
Great Britain has sent the japanese
government a note presumably concern
ing Chinese extraterritoriality. Its con-
tents were not divulged, but 1t was
taken for granted that similar notes
had gone to Washington and Paris.
DEFENSE COUNSEL PLANNED.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
DEWEY GETS POST

CHICAGO, January 26 LP).--Charles
D. Dewey, former financial adviser TO
Poland, was elected president of the
newly established International House
Of Chicago yesterday. The house is
being built as q haven for foreign col
Iege students with s2,000.0o0 dona-
ton from John ID. Rockefeller, il.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
PERU OBSERVES PARLEY

LIMA, Peru, January 26 lP.-Dr.
Francisco Garcia Calderon, peruvian
Minister at Paris, will represent TINS
country at the Disarmament CONFER
ence at Geneva as an observer, II was
announced today. Peru is not senalns
regular delegation to the conference
because of financial stringency.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
Chang Kai-Shek Is Probable Head Of
Chinese Organizat ton.

NANKING, January 26 tP)-Plans
for the formation Of Chinese national
defense council, which would probably
be headed by Gen. Chang Kai-Shek,
former President, were under way to-
day, the National government indicated.
The Central Executive Committee of
the Kuomintang urged Sun Fo, head OF
the Executive Yuan and virtual pre-
mier, to withdraw his resignation SUBJ
mitted yesterday.
Vice chairmen Of the defense council,
It was stated. probably would be Mar
shal Chang Hsiao-Liang former Man
churian governor, and Feng Yu-Hsiang
Evening star., 1932-01-26
BIG SHEEP LOSS LISTED

GALLUP, N. Mex, January 26 GS1.-
John Hunter, superintendent Of The
southern Navajo district, estimates In
dams of that area lost So per cent of
their sheep in recent billiards. Reports
TO him covered $4,000 head in AZ herds
The region is the one hardest hit by
billiards Of the entire Navajo country.
In the Techatchi Flats all grass has
been eayered for 60 days.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
Insurance Head Dies.

UTICA, N. Y, January 26 PlMo,
Theodore M. Glatt, president since isSS
of the Commercial Travellers Mutuai
Accident Association Of America, Wnicu
he helped to organize, died last nlsnt NJ
his home here On hia 18th prunoas
anniversary, u
Evening star., 1932-01-26
u. S. ENVOY APPROVED
Japan Accepts Crews Appoint

Japan Accepts Crews APPOIHV
ment to Succeed Forbes.
TOXIC, January 26 (P-The ap-
pointment of Joseph G. Grew Is Am
bassador from the United States 10
Japan to succeed Ambassador ".
Cameron Forbes has been approved py
the Japanese government, Ambassador
Forbes was notified today.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
ARGENTINE DECREE DUE
Electoral Colleges to Be Called to

Electoral Colleges to Be Called to
Set Up 12 Elected Governors.
BUENOS AIRES, January rs P).-
The government prepared decree to-
day to convoke the electoral colleges on
February and outlining arrangements
for elected provincial governors to re-
place, on February II, the interventors,
appointed by the provisional govern
ment, who have governed II OF Argen-
tinas II states since the revolution Of
1880. - -,'- -f
Evening star., 1932-01-26
As CHINESE KILLED
IN RIOT AT HARBlN;
LOOTERS START Fight

CONTINUED Prom First Page.l
Evening star., 1932-01-26
SUSPECT ARRESTED,
ACCUSED OF HELPING
IN ILSLEY SLAYlNG

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1932-01-26
CITIZENS PETITION
CONGRESS FOR FAIR
FISCAL TREATMENT

Continued From First Page)
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Blessed Event" Ends

When Blessed Event" that bit
ing little melodramatic comedy
about a Broadway columnist, was
at the BelaSco Theater about
everybody who saw it predicted a
smash hit when the play reached
its New York home. It hasn't
worked out just that way. The
critics received it very kindly but
the public has been only luke
warm and so Blessed Event" is
winding up its Broadway career
within a fortnight. It was, at
best, what could be rated mild
success.
Hollywood has bought the COM
edy and Lee Tracy is being fea-
tured in the columniSt role played
on the stage by Roger Pryor. Mr..
Pryor leaves the play to begin
a stock engagement at the Glitch
Gardens, Denver. George Jessell
liked Blessed Event" so much he
has arranged to take it over and
play the columnist role for a
Chicago engagement and a few
other cities.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

RK-O.KEITH'S-Ricard Cortez
in Symphony of Six Million" at
II. 1851, 3, 500, TIL and
800 p. m.
EARLE-CheSter Morris in
'The Miracle Man" At 1l:lS a,
m, LAS, 1880, 7:15 and 9:55 D.
m. Stage shows at /, 3:45, $50
and 9:10 p. m. -.
FOX-Joan n Bennett in "The
Trial Of Viviepne Ware" At l1:39
a. m, 1855. 4:39, 1888 and 1908
p. m. Stage shows at 1905, 3:49,
6:43 and 9:18 p. m.
PALACE - Jackie Cooper and
Chic Sale in when A FeIler
Needs A Friend" At 11:15 a. m.
1855, 4:4O, 7::25 and 1910 p. m.
Stage shows at 1885, 3:IS, sos
and $50 D. m.
RIALTO-Vfc tor Varconi in
"The Doomed Battalion" At
1l:34 a. m, 1884, 3:34, 5:34, 1884
and 9:34 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Walter Huston n
might Court" At 1925 a. M,
1:25, S:2S, 5:25, 7:25 and 9:25
p. m.
METRoPOLITAN-Marion
Marsh in Beauty And The Boss. /"
at 11:05 a. m, 1852, 2:39, 4:26,
6:13, 8 and 9:48 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
National Players
Score Again in
Racy Comedy

The National !Theater Players
try their hand at farce this week
old fashioned, slapstick, up
roarious farce, and they do
first class job Of it.
AS a rule this reviewer shuns
this type of comedy as he would
the bubonic plague but he assures
you, ladies and gentlemen, he
was there last night to the last
laugh of THE Unexpected
Father"
Cocktails te Dlame
The first act of this play is
laid in a swanky WeStchester
speakeasy and the complications
that develop are the result Of
the principal characters imbibing
too freely of a certain tempting
cocktail.
Leona Powers has the role Of
the spitfire daughter Of a fire
eating two gun Texan. She has
in mind running off with o
Broadway playboy, in the face Of
parental wrath. Instead she
awakes in the second act to find
herself, alas, in bed beside her
erstwhile speakeasy companion,
who also happens to be the best
friend of her fiance. Neither Is
aware how they got in this pre-.
dicament and to make matters
worse they see no way out Of 1t,
as most of their clothes have
disappeared.
Father Arrives
Things get really exciting
when the irate father bursts into
the room with a six shooter in
his hands and demands to see
the marriage license. OF course,
as invariable, happens in farce
come dies things magically
straighten themselves out.
! Miss Powers is delightful
throughout, especially in her
inebriated lapseS. Owen Davis,
jr.. comes through with a corking
performance in the role of the
star reporter for the Evening
Panic. Popular Adelaide Hibbard
plays a stew" to perfection and
Forest Orr also clicks in the role
of the accommodating justice Of
the peace. Donald Woods would
be better in straight comedy,
however. The rest of the cast
Raymond Bramley, Burke Clarke
and the others give good
accounts of themselves.
The comedy moves swiftly and
full advantage is taken Of the
laugh producing situations,
thanks to the expert direction Of
Clifford Brooke.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Miss Collier Is
Brilliant in
Gay Opus

For the closing week OF the
season the Belasco Theater is Of
fering the cleverest drawing room
comedy which has come this way
in many moons, Noel Coward's
Hay Fever" Yes, I know all
about Mr.. Coward's Private
Lives" It happens that Hay
Fever" strikes me as the much
better play.
This is. if you please, an Eng
lish Royal Family" Not for
the world would brand Play
wright Coward a plagiarist. It
Just happens that the somewhat
Iunatic and always theatrical
family Of which he writeS-the
BliSses-Seem to be animated by
the curious madcap ego which
made the Cavendish clan Of
-Ferber such interesting
and amusing people.
In Merry Mood
"Hay Fever" is chuck full of
bright banter and sparkling rep
artee. The hall of the Bliss
House at Cookham is populated
with a collection Of characters
who spout clever talk and who
do deviliShly rude and incon-
siderate things. I presume such
caddiSh folks would have rather
q hard time assembling q group
Of weekend guests but Playwright
Coward gets them together and
the evening is one that is loaded
with chuckleS and diaIogic
marmalade, if you know what I
mean.
DiVerting Idea
The basic idea Of the comedy Is
diverting. The Bliss family con-
SistS Of a retired actress who
must always act, her son, o
dreamy moon struck artist, the
daughter. an ingenue radical and
father, a pre-occupied novelist.
All four decide to invite their
particular pet for a weekend
party unbeknown to the other.
There happens to be but one
spare room in the Bliss mansion.
When the guests arrive they are
treated to as fantastic and
crazy a reception as you could
imagine. Mother Bliss contrives
to dramatic the confusion and
romantic entanglements which
arise and the result is continuous
laughter.
Hay Fever" relies much upon
close to an all-English company
which is always alert and thor
oughly in the gay mood of the
play. A performance to be en-
joyed is that Of Constance Col
Ier, who romped through a roI-
licking role shading it neatly so
that it never veered into the
realm Of burleSque. Expert aid
in other important parts is con-
tributed by Eric Cowley Terence
Neill, Anthony Kemble- Cooper.
Betty Linley, Edward Cooper and
Valerie CosSart. Julia Hoyt, it
appears, is the only simon-pure
American in the cast and her
acting in the role of Myra Arun-
del is the best. thing she has yet
contributed to the lively arts.
Hay Fever" is really a jolly
ending for a season which had
it's bleak spots and bright mem
cries.
ANDREW R. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Show Boat" Again

Florenz Ziegfeld has succeeded
in rounding up the original cast
of "Show Boat" and so the re-
vival which he promised through
this column some months ago is
going on. He's leased the former
Earl Carroll Theater. renamed it
the Casino, and, with everybody
happy will start '"Show Boat" on
another long engagement, this
one at SO top.
Charlie Winninger, Edna Mae
Oliver, Norma TerriSS, Sammy
White and Eva Puck, Helen Nor
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

flower Hotel and welcomed the
press last night. Oscar Doob,
who mans the Loew publicity
guns. is his chief of staff on this
flying visit. ,. -,
/, Outside of widening the do
main of City Manager Carter
Barron by adding another thea
ter and announcing the straight
picture policy at Loew's Palace
will begin with Joan Crawford's
Lefty Lynton," the news bulle-
tins cover what has previously
been reported in these columns.
AS for making all these changes
on Friday, the thirteenth, and the
popular superstition about it be-
ing unlucky, Mr.. Doob takes a line
from Face the Music: II say
it's spinach and the he'll with il"
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Yanks at Movies

Many of the Yankee ball team
now playing at Griffith Stadium
were the guest of Jay C. Flippen,
popular blackface comedian now
heading the Earle stage show, at
last nights performance. The con.
'tingent was headed by Sam Byrd
and Bill Dickey, who played col
lege football with F1ippen at the
Arkansas University.
Flippen attends every game pos,
Sible and follows the Yankee re-
suits religiouSly in the newspapers
when he can't get to the games.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
British Embassy Pays Honor to Hay Fever" Actors,
Yankees Call on jay FIippen

gan and Aunt Jemima will be
back in their original roles. The
"Old Man River" song which bids
fair to make Jerome Kern i'm.
mortal will be sung by Paul Robe
son instead of Jules BledSoe
Ziggy has yet to fill the role Of
"Ravenal" played originally by
Howard Marsh. He is trying to
induce Lawrence Tibbett to for
get about opera and become a
real singiny. actor. Mr.. Tibbett, at
last accounts, was thinking it
over. If Lawrence refuses, Dennis
King will probably sing "Reve-
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Mr.. VOgel Visits

They say-and who am I to
dispute it-that Irving Thalberg,
of Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, is the
ableSt man in the motion picture
business on the production end.
They say, alSO-and again I
must vote with the majority
that the Col. Schiller-Vogel COM
bination represents the keeneSt
minds in American theater oper-
alton. They run the Loew thea
terS.
At any crate, Joseph r. Vogel,
operating executive of the Loew
circuit, flew to Washington yes
terday to inaugurate the new set
up imposed by the acquisition of
the Fox cathedral. He estab-
hShed headquarters at the May
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, May S.-Jeffrey
Dell. who wrote Payment De.
ferred," which Gilbert Miller
produced here and in London,
will make the adaptation of
Lajos zilahy's play, "Firebird," a
success of the Budapest season,
which Mr.. Miller will present
here in the fall.
Norma Terris will have her
original role of Magnolia in the
revival Of "Show Boat" which
Florenz Ziegfeld will present at
the Casino, formerly the Earl
Carroll Theater, on May Is with
most of the principals of the
previous production in the com,
pany.
Harry RoSenthal, who scored a
success in the Kaufman-Lardner
comedy, June Moon," two sea.
sons ago, and Edna Hibbard are
additions to the cast Of Coast.
to-Coast," which will be seen at
the Broad Street Theater. New.
ark, next week and open at the
Fulton here on May Is. Jacque.
line Logan has withdrawn from
the play.
Ann Seymour and Richly Craig,
jr., will be featured in Words
and Music" and other members
Of the cast viii be John Nc
Cauley, Joan Carter-Waddell,
Jerry Norris, Ernest Sharpe,
Wilma Coke and Mildred Tolle.
The revue; which Forrest c.
Haring and j. H. Del Bondio are
producing. is scheduled to open
in New York during the week of
May %.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Constance Collier Is
Experienced Actress

Best known as an actress, Con.
stance Collier, who plays the role
Of the artificial Judith Bliss in
in Noel Coward's Hay Fever" at
the Shubert-Belasco Theater the
week Of May 2, has achieved re.
nown in other phases of the
theater.
She directed John and Lionel
Barrymore in the first produc.
ton Of ''Peter IbbetSon" in This
county, and with Ivor Novello
wrote q stirring melodrama. '"The
Rat" which had a seasons run
in London before it was produced
in this country. Miss Collier is
the author Of "Harlequinade," /" the
story of her so years on the stage
which is one Of the exciting an.
mails of the theater.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
All I'm o Day
-eY-
- MARK HELlINGER -

NEW YORK, May 8.
Please don't tell me the story is old Even though I
heard of it before I'm quite certain that it must
have been unfolded in days gone by. At any rate Mr.
Monte Proser, of the Paramount Grill told it to the
other night and amused me highly. Maybe you, too.
There lived in New York. it seems, highly nervous In
dividual This bird shaky that spoon OF soup
liable land in his his lap just readily
1t might in his mouth He had jumps than cham
pion hurder and he employed motions that would have
made Gilda Gray turn green with envy.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Adde'S Hobby

Mrs. Hibbard, working in her
garden, believes she has developed
a new roSe-one with a decided
tan finland If she has 1t will be
named in honor Of her god-son, a
Washington voungster whose
mother is a constant attendant at
National Theater plays.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

fected specialists were summoned.
For a time it was feared she
might lose the sight of the in
jured organ, but fortunately it has
yielded to treatment.
Despite this handicap, Miss
Collier went through with her
opening night courageously and
gave what must be honestly la
beled a splendid performance
Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambas-
sador, and his staff were honored
guests and were hosts to the en-
tire "Hay Fever" company at the
embassy after the show.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

was brave OF
her to go on at
all, for the
actress is still
suffering from
an infected eye,
which has clos
ed her show for
two weeks.
A in de r
lodged in her
eye while Hay
Fe We r" W a S
playing in Bos'
ton. w ith ! n
"a hours the
orb had become
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

ConsuIts Specialist
They finally brought him to
the best nerve specialist in
town. That is to say, this
medico charged the highest
prices and, to the modern way
Of thinking, that automatically
makes him the best. The doctor
placed the patient under OBJ
servation and, two days later,
brought forth a large bill and
Q small diagnosis.
'He must go away" was his
startling discovery, "and he
must have absolute quiet"
So they bundled the patient
in blankets of assorted shapes
and sizes and sent him to a
famous resort in the mountains.
The hotel was notified of the
mans condition and the man.
agement promised to do every
thing possible to maintain a
strict quiet in the vicinity Of
the nervous mans suite.
Two nights later, there was a
rush of business for the week
end. A well-known gambler ar
rived at the last moment and
requested the best room in the
house. Nothing was left with
the exception of the room next
to the bedroom that was occu-
pied by the patient. The man.
ager gave the gambler that
room, but told him Of the situa-
ton.
THE man in the next room
is really very SICK" he was in
formed. Hes the most nervous
individual we've ever had up
here, and you know we've had
some pips. You'll do both him
and the hotel a great favor by
being as quiet as possible when
YOU retire at night"
Asks for Relief
Everything went well the first
night, but on the second the
gambler ran into difficulties.
He found himself a. nice crap
game among some of the suck
erS in the hotel, and the suck
erS had run true to form. At
2 o'clock in the morning, when
he was out something like $10,.
600, the boys decided to quit.
And the gambler went upstairs
to his room in a thoroughly
disguised frame of mind.
He removed his coat, vest,
collar and tie, and flung them
all on q chair. He sat down
with a grunt and removed his
left shoe.
Can you imagine that?" he
muttered to himself. "a man
like me dropping ten grand to
those punkS? What a sap!"
He threw the shoe to the
floor with an angry gesture.
1t landed with a resounding
thud-and the gambler sud-
denly Strengthened. He snap
ped his fingers. He had for
gotten all about that sick guy
in the next room. No sense
in disturbing him just because
the gambler had been a fool.
SO he removed his other shoe
very quietly, placed it gingerly
on the floor. completed his un.
dressing. snapped out the light
and crawleG into bed.
About an hour later, when
the gambler was fast asleep.
there came a pounding at his
door. He reused himself with
an effort. stumbled to the door
and yanked it open.
There stood the nervous man
In a nightgown. The light was
very dim.
We'll" growled the gambler.
What do you want?"
The twitching patient Swayed
like a reed in the breeze.
"FOr Gods sake" he pleaded,
Whnn IT, En~G,, l.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

1t was good of Constance Collier
to warn the audiences at the
Belasco last evening that she was
not winking at them. In fact, it
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
will you take off your other
shoe 50 that I can 80 to sleep?"
About Mr.: Cagney

About Mr.: Cagney
In these salary disputes be-
tween picture stars and the
companies that employ them,
I am often tempted to string
along with the players. Some
times, Of course, the stars be-
come too big-headed and
greedy. When that happens.
the companies should go the
limit to enforce q contract.
But when the demand Is rea-
sonable and the star is produc-
ing tremendous results at the
boxoffice, I should think the
picture outfit would do every
thing possible to make that star
Just a little happier.
AS a matter Of fact, practi-
cally all Of these disputes
could have been avoided if the
picture companies were just a
little more human. If con-
trolled James Cagney. for ex-
ample, I would never give him
the opportunity to Squawk
about his contract being unjust.
would forget completely
that he came to Hollywood as
nothing. would stop telling
the world that old bromide
about a contract being a con-
tract. And I would remember
these things: that the pubic
wants to see him in pictures:
that he made good with a dis
tinct bang, and, above all,
that whatever he loses by not
working, I lose SO times as
much.
Makes a Sudden Hit
I hold no brief for Cagney.
I met the man but once in my
life. But common sense tells
me that if the warner Broth
erS had called him in after the
release of one of his pictures,
slapped him on the back and
given him q present Of an in
teresting bonus-they would
never have had the slightest
trouble with the man. I know,
Of course, that his contract calls
for no such action. But what of
that?
Let's forget Cagney for a mo
ment and turn tn JOHNNY WeiS.
muller, the newest star on the
film horizon and a thoroughly
grand kid. Here's an unSpoiled
guy who, with one picture,
knocked the film fans Of the
nation for an absolute loop.
The kids are nuts about him,
the men admire him, and the
women-well, from six to sixty,
the danes seem to have gone
absolutely daffy. His fan mail,
they tell me, is the biggest in
pictures today.
I don't know anything about
Johnny's contract with the
Metro. That's his business, and
not mine. But I do know that,
if I were in control of that out
fit, I would call young Mr..
Weismuller before me and talk
to him in this fashion:
Johnny, you've surprised us
just as much as you've surprised
yourself. We're going to do all
we can to provide you with the
best material possible and we
want you to be happy. Mean
while. we'd like to reward you.
Do you want a cash bonus, or
would you like a new contract at
slight increase?"
This is not written to put any
false ideas into Johnny's dome.
Far from it. A wrong move at
this stage of the game and he's
back in the tank for the rest of
his life-and he knows it, I
imagine, better than anyone.
But I did want to get the
thought on paper.
Certainly a contract is a con-
tract. NObOdy's going to argue
about that. But it's surprising
how much more cOntented we
are when our bosses are more
human and less legal.