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Evening star., 1932-01-16
ROUTED
BY 2LEVEE BREAK
Tippo Basin Mississippi,
Raging Torrent, With Many
Homes SWamped.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GLENDORA, Miss. January l6.-
Tallahatchie County's flooded Tippo
Basin became raging torrent today,
sending marooned families to their
housetops and threatening life and
property, as a result of three major
levee breaks.
Relief forces hastened the task Of re-
moving several thousand families from
the basin, across the river from here,
before it was too late.
Expressing fear that the breaks last
night, bringing sudden rises of water,
had caught many families unawares,
the food workers called for immediate
concentration here Of all available boats
to bring in the estimated 1000 Tippo
Basin residents over whose farm lands
the released waters were rolling in some
instances 10 feet deep.
Refugees Brought In.
Throughout the night refugees were
brought into Glendora and other towns
in the area, already crowded with the
homeless, and most Of them knee deep
in backwater.
The latest crisis In the month-old
fight against the rampaging Delta
rivers was precipitated when the three
breaks occurred In the Tallahatchie
River east bank levee in quick success
sion north Of Swan Lake. The
crevasses sent 10 feet Of water sweeping
down on a thousand homes, still oc-
cupied by farm families, who had hoped
against hope that levees would hold.
A. B. Webb, Swan Lake Red Cross
relief director, describing the situation
as a major disaster. said 500 900 would
be needed to care properly for the food
victims.
$4,000 Persons Affected.
He estimated that $4,000 pessons were
affected by the Delta flood. The hous-
ing problem In partially flooded towns
being used as refugee centers, presents
a major problem. Cold and rain have
ADDED to the discomforts of refugees.
DR.. j. A. Harris Of Swan Lake, pre-
pairing to head a rescue party into
Tippo Basin this morning, said the area
was thickly settled and expressed fear
that there may have been loss of life in
last nights breaks. He pointed to the
fact that some Of those rescued and
brought into Glendora during the night
had been taken from housetops and as
serted they had been rescued just in
time.
Evening star., 1932-01-16
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 16-Lack Of a
sense Of responsibility said Mrs. Cecile
Pilpel today, is what is wrong with most
children today.
Mrs. Pilpel, director of the study
groups Of the Child Study Association
of America and mother of four children
and grandmother Of three, went on to
explain:
TT is all right to teach children to
be self-reliant 1t Is all right to teach
them initiative. But most parents are
learning that these things do not de-
velop sense of responsibility in the
children toward themselves or other
people"
City parents complain to Mrs. Pilpel
that their children are not nice toward
others, that they take all and give
nothing"
Evening star., 1932-01-16
Good Show
At the Fox Theater.

1OUu SnUW
At the Fox Theater.
WITH a James Dunn-Sally Eilers
w picture in association with
stage performance that offers clean
interest and fast moving, finely
mounted, well selected vaudeville
acts, the Fox has a program that
shows quality throughout. The mo-
ton picture has just an average
plot, but the theme is one which
always carries the attention - the
stage ambitions of modest pair
of performers, who drive right on
toward the goal despite the diff
culties that arise when common
people challenge a circle that main
tains it's rigid requirements based
upon recognition sof talent.
Both Mr.. Dunn and Miss EiIers
lend distinction to their work, be-
cause they are among the movie
performers who have natural per-
sonality, independent of the tricks
of the stage director. The former
has that wholesome spirit of good
nature that usually obScures any
examples of bad taste that may be
involved in his screen effort. In
fact, it is that same good nature
that saves his career, when he in
dulges in violence in a public place
in the course of a fit of jealousy,
Miss Eilers, in a different way, gives
the impression of living in her role,
and has the capacity to disclose a
kindly nature to those who observe
her work. The two make unusu-
ally good partners in such an every
day play as Dance Team" with
its plentiful supply of the surprises
that follow each other through the
professional career. Minna Gombeu
also has a role Of some importance
that contributes to the story.
The Fanchon-Marco "On Parade"
idea is notable for the complete
ness of its settings, its richness of
costuming and the high mark
achieved by the regular dancers,
while Natacha NattoVa, dance solo,
ist, has a routine marked by origi-
nallty and grace. Another act on
the program is that of Paul Sydell
and his dogs, which seem to have
been endowed with human qualities
as they perform gymnastics In close
cooperation with their trainer,
Joe Rose, eccentric dancer and the
-Four Flushers, in nonsensical aero
battles, also are good entertainers.
Les Stevens and the Diplomats"
continue to please with their Offer
ngs which have become more elabo-
rate as the weeks pass. D.C,C.
Evening star., 1932-01-16

Private Lives"
Still Draws at Columbia.
NOEL COWARD'S light and
bright satire on love, divorce
and ,remarriage among our younger
set, Private Lives" at Loew's Co.
lumbia Is being held over for Sec
ond week. That it deserves such
long life is apparent from almost
any angle you care to take-its dia-
logue, the smoothness of its pattern
and the acting by two excellent
cinematic thespians, Norma Shearer
and Robert Montgomery, and its ap-
proval of the crowds.
Miss Shearer throwing pillow at
Mr.. Montgomery and Mr.. Montgom-
cry throwing Miss Shearer neatly
over the back of a sofa, are as anus
ing in their "Cowardesque" rage as
they are through the chatter of the
rest of it. While their main forte
has, of course, been derived by imi-
tating the antics of their theatric
predecessors, Gertrude Lawrence
and Noel Coward, they are still
pleasantly themselves and conduct
themselves with better effect than
they have in any film of recent vim
tage. Miss Shearer is handsome,
articulate and feminine-Mr. Mont
gomery smooth, suave and caustic.
Between them and Director Sidney
Franklyn they have scored an abso-
lutte bulls eye
The other two people In the cast
that unfortunately misplaced and
briefly and wrongly married couple,
Reginald Denny and Una Merkel,
deserve their share Of the glory, too,
since they are excellent in ungrate-
full roles. E. de S. M.
Evening star., 1932-01-16
5000 OPPOSE SUNDAY
BARBER SHOP CLOSING
Petition Bearing Names of Capt.
tai Business Men Presented
to Congress.

A protest carrying the signatures of
5000 business men who oppose the
Copeland bill to close the barber shops
here on Sunday was presented to Con-
gress yesterday by the National Liber-
ties Association, Inc.
The move was taken on behalf Of
Washington BARRIERS belonging to the
association, whose membership totals
$4,000, 1t was explained.
The association is against any Sun
day closing either in the District or
nationally.
The association contends that such
legislation constitutes discrimination
and tends TO injure merchants depend
ent on Sunday sales and entitled to
sperate under their license.
Evening star., 1932-01-16

noon at the ma
tional Theater,
when a giant
q u d | e n C G
gre e t e d her
W n roun n d
after round Of
genuine a n d
g n t h u 8 iastic
huzzahs.
Among yes
ter day after
Moons dances
we're the Tu-
rina "Anda-
Sc Senti-
mentale, t h e
de Falla dance
from the opera
Law da breve,"
Evening star., 1932-01-16

a breezy affair,
acted superbly
by every one
but the star.
This Is fair
~ obvious in
spite Of the
fact that Miss
Swanson h a S
never b e e n
more handsome
nor worn more
sunptuous re-
gala, her MINI
ing seems any
thing but op-
cratic. She Is
coy and she is
kittenish. In a
faur ae = n
Evening star., 1932-01-16
University Glee Clubs
to Give Concert Tonight.

THE American University Glee
Clubs will present Midwinter
concert tonight at the gymnasium
auditorium on the campus, begin
ming at 8:15 o'clock.
This is the first joint concert ever
presented by both the mems and
women's glee clubs under their pres
ent organization, and will be d.
rected by Harlan Randall. The con-
cert is sponsored by the Student
Council Of the University.
Evening star., 1932-01-16
$4,000 Persons Affected.
MAN HELD IN THEFT

suspect, Said to Have Broken Store
window, Is Arrested.
Arrested after he is said TO have
smashed the window of a jewelry store
at Seventh and G streets and removed
several watches, Leon Curtis, alias
James r. Anderson, colored, was held
for the grand jury in Police Court
yesterday under $4,000 bond on a
housebreaking charge.
Ira B. Meyers Of 518 H street,
night watchman, told Judge Gus A.
Schuldt that when he was standing
couple Of doors away he saw Curtis
toss brick through the store window.
Then, he said, the man snatched sew
eral watches and ran. He vas over
taken at Seventh and streets, with
the help of a taXicab driver and q
street car motorman.
Evening star., 1932-01-16
POLICE TRAP SUSPECT
Alleged Whisky In Coupe Brings
Arrest Of Francis f. Ruth.

BY Star Correspondent OF The Star.
SILVER SPRING, Md, January 1s.
Trapped by police who lay In wait
for him on the Ashton road Thursday
afternoon. Francis Edward Ruth, 81,
OF llO8 Eighth street northeast. Wash
ington, was arrested on charges of
possession of whisky with intent to
sell and operating an automobile with
out registration card.
Several cases of alleged whisky
were reported found In the rear COM
partment Of the coupe Ruth was driv-
ing by Sergts. Roy Snyder and Guy L.
Jones who made the arrest. Ruth was
released on $500 bond for his appear
suce in Police Court at Rockville jan
uary 26.
Evening star., 1932-01-16
A New Gloria
At Loew's Palace.

- LORIA SWANSON Is, Of
Il course, not by any means
r what Helen Gahagan was
~ in Mr.. Belasco's last stage
production, Tonight or
Never" Neither Is the film as good
as the play. Nevertheless, picture
patrons will find the new Swanson
opus, which opened yesterday at
T Tnaw,c Do1ora
Evening star., 1932-01-16
La Argentina In
CoIorfuI Dance ProI

La Argentina In
CoIorfuI Dance Program.
LTHOUGH 1t is said that La
~ Argentina is not a favorite
- artist In her native cltmes,
there Is no denying that she
is one of the most applauded and
popular dancers on these shores.
This fact, and good many others,
was demonstrated yesterday after
Evening star., 1932-01-16
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington 5 Theaters.

Clyde, Rita La Roy, Hooper Atchley,
Paul Hurst, Nat Pendleton and Greta
Granstedt.
A generous number of short pic
lures, including a news reel, Holly
wood comedy, sports reel and an
Oswald" animated cartoon, furnish
supplementary attractions.
G. S. s.
Evening star., 1932-01-16
DUAL SLAYER HUNT
ABANDONED HERE
AND IN VIRGINIA

IContinued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1932-01-16
LEAGUE
URGED TO WAGE WAR
ON STATES CONTROL

(Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1932-01-31

A FTER struggling for years for recog-
milton along with the tank towns
of the country, something has hap
pened recently-and it isn't mere good
luck" which seems to have put Wash
ington, the National Capital, in the
theater spotlight.
Those who pretend to know what
goes on inside the managerial con-
science of the land are giving the
credit for the change partly to the
well known fact that Washington has
always been able to tell a fine pro-
duction when given the opportunity
and partly to the unique astuteness Of
the management of the National Thea
ter, where the knowledge is a fixed
certainty that the National Capital is
one of the best-paying theater stands
of the terrain that lies beyond the con-
fines of New York
Whatever be the reason, Florenz
ziegfeld, who is said to read the future
in the stars, has selected Washington
for the first performances-be they
premieres or not-of his newest the
atrical venture, as yet untitled. Enough
is vouchsafed, however, to safely
identify the production, for Mark Hell
linger wrote the book and Lew Brown
and Ray Henderson-not the press rep
resentative for Ethel Barrymore-the
lyrics and music.
Furthermore, the stars of the new
Evening star., 1932-01-31
Movies "Cindere1Ia Man"
Says Lucky Breaks" Made
Him a Star of the Cinema
Jimmie Dunn First Hitched His Star to a Lunch
Room Wagon, but Circum stances Changed Route
Toward Hollywood Tap in Year.
By E. de S. Melches,

The lady in it he danced with
in Dance ORR;
The lady INIT Sally EiIers-she
doubled for Sally;
Her name, by the way, is June
Knight;
He wears blue suits and a black
hat;
The Fox company have reward
ed him with a five-year contract,
The peak of this contract will
be $500 weekly;
He lives with his mother In
Hollywood;
His favorite expression when
he is pleased is. You're a cute
kid;
He's worried that his "act" isn't
what it should be:
He doesn't realize that it's one
OF the few really natural "skitS"
on the market;
He's modest, easy to talk with,
likes games and is still as happy
as a little kid at having gotten
where he has.
IT'S true that I have a clause
in my contract which says
that if l go over the 157-pound
mark" Well, the idea is that
Jimmy has to keep his weight
around $50, which he does. But
ne doesn't have to eat only green's
and a daily prune or so. He fig
ureS that if he eats natural"
Just like he talks and works, and
plays natural" he'll be o. K.
What kind of pictures would
you prefer to Io?"
Like I've beer doing" C"Bad
Girl and Dance Team" are his
favoriteS. He didn't go" for Sob
Sister" and "Over the Hill.'D "As
a matter of fact, I'd like to do
some aviation pictures"
And this reminds US that it is
rumored that the Fox company
recently bought play called
"zoom," which the Professional
Players are Offering at present in
Philadelphia, and that the hero
OF this is said to be closely mod
eled along the Lindbergh line (the
role at present is being played by
Russell Hardie, eX-member OF
mae WeSCS Inflated constant
Sinner" caSt) and that the play
is being saved for Mr.. Dunn. Ali
of which also reminds us of that
day when Jimmy Dunn, then un-
known to Washington cinemaiteS,
was advertised as a combination
of "the Prince of Wales, Mayor
Walker and Lindbergh."
Let it be said, once and for all,
that Dunn is neither Mr.. Wales,
Mr.. Walker or Father Lindbergh.
He's strictly and thankfully and
happily himself. The fun of gilt
edged comfort still tickleS him
pink" He's more than willing to
talk to any one and every one and
to strike off as many autographs
as his fist is capable Of He re-
Gently, for instance, signed the
last of group of 5000 pictures.
In his dressing room he was
caught after that autographing a
scarf. When he goes anywhere
he is mobbed His fan mail is
within an inch of Janet Gaynor's.
But he likes it-why shouldn't he?
After all, a year ago he wouldn't
have recognized himself as the
future "Cinderella Man"
Evening star., 1932-01-31
Adele Astaire to Retire.

",TNHE BAND WAGON" offers the
last opportunity for local thea
tergoers to see that famous brother
and-sister combination, Fred and Adele
Astaire, on the stage together. For
Adele Astaire has decided to quit the
stage and retire to private life after
THE Band Wagon" season comes to
an end.
Ever since Fred was 4 and Adele
was years old they have appeared
together on the stage In vaudeville
in revues, in musical comedy and for
the past seven or eight years as stars,
they have appeared in America and
England with marked success, but they
have never been separated profess
sionally.
Adele has never been stage-struck
and since she amassed considerable
fortune she has looked forward to the
time when she could forsake the thea
ter. But the team" of Fred and Adele
had become so firmly established that
Adele remained on for the sake of her
brother She gives all sorts of reasons
for retiring Some say she is to marry
a prominent member of the British
nobility. But you never fcan tell.
Evening star., 1932-01-31

w vHEN James Dunn first
W. hitched his wagon to a
Y Y star, his wagon was a
lunchWagon and his star
only vague ambition to become
a movie celebrity. Since then Mr..
Dunns now famous lunchwagon
is somewhere in a ditch and his
star is hanging over him so Sc
curely that filmdom's archangelS
may be seen smiling at him from
every angle. Jimmy, in other
words, as the scribes say, has ar
rived.
The legend about Dunn is now
universally known. You and I
and every one else are aware of
the fact that little more than
II months ago this eX-driver of
digeStional trucks was dancing
and sitting unknown at the feet
of La Helen Morgan's piano as a
juvenile 'hoofer" in the popular
stage success, Sweet Adeline."
Now this dimpled, bright-eyed,
blue-eyed, fair-haired lad, rounds
up a weekly pittance of consider
ably more solid gold value than
this famed Broadway warbler,
whose lachrymose songs brought
her Ziegfeldian glorification. Mr..
Dunn, a week ago in Philadelphia,
followed Miss Morgan as the
weekly personal attraction. In
his case, the police had to be
called to handle the crowds, his
art evoked cheers and thousands
of huzzas, a detective was lodged
firmly at his side, and in La Nor
gan'S case-Well, she didn't have
to have detective, to put it
mildly.
How did I get that way? Breaks
nothing but lucky breaks" Mr..
Dunn will tell you backstage at
the Fox, if you have enough fight
ing power to try and get in there.
And this creator of the great
Bad Girl o. X" which suddenly
transplantd him from a S1OO-a-
week Juvenile to $1,000-a- week
screen idol, means everything
that he says. You've got to hand
it to Jimmy Dunn for being the
same on the screen, on the stage
and as himself. Take him any
place at any time and you'll find
he's a hundred per cent natural.
You won't find any MaIibu Beach
Tugs" around him. Hollywood is
Just a nice place to work and live
in for him.
X X
ITEMS about James Dunn:
He says he's feet with his
shoes on;
His hair is lighter than the
camera indicates;
He is 27, and his eyes ladies'
are really blue;
Has played in stock in Engle-
wood, N. j., and Winnipeg,
Canada;
He prefers the screen to the
stage. Don't ask the reason why;
He was in the cast of Night
stick"
He just about finished high
school, which is to say-almost;
He is not married. Is still look
ing around;
There is, however, a large frame
standing on his dressing room
table;
Evening star., 1932-01-31

l. L from some OF the mistakes
of which British producers
are so capable, it is far enough above
the ElStree- -ISlingtOn average to be de-
serving of welcoming cheers in these
critical parts.
First, to name and to dismiss the de-
fects, almost all of the small parts are
atrociouSly overaCted Every bit-play-
er every extra seems to be saying to
himself, Here is my chance to score
in a big Way'-Whereupon he INDUCES
in such a display of mugging, gagglng
and camera -hogging as would subject
him to permanent Punishment in Hol-
lyWood That the director, Victor Sa-
vile, permitted this grievous overem-
phaSiS to go on is evidence that his
own sense Of values is in need OF ad-
justment.
Fortunately, most of the attempted
scene-stealing happens in the early
reels, before the main issue of the story
is joined. Thereafter, the audiences
attention is focused upon the two
stars. Herbert Marshall and Edna Best,
and the principal supporting players,
Frank Lawton and D. A. Clarke-Smith,
and they are all worthy of it.
Michael and Mary is something
that is all too rare in the movies a
You see picture after picture adver-
tised as "the sweetest love story ever
told" and you discover that each one
is merely the record of another scarlet
leech. The exceptional spirituality of
the romance in Michael and Mary" is
attributable to the beautifully modu-
lated performances of Mr.. Marshall and
Miss Best, and to the expert adaptation
of A. A. Mines play that has been
made by Mr.. Savile and his literary
collaboratOrs (Whose names, regret
tably, are unknown to me).
A MOTHER meritorious picture for
present consideration is "Mata
Hari" which you have already seen un-
less your regard for the infallible Garbo
is much less fervent than mine That
fervor, let me add. is undiminished
Indeed, l am panied beyond words to
observe the appearance of a school of
thought which would have us believe
that the supreme Scandinavian is on
the wane, that the glamour has gone
out of her, that her technique is faulty
and that she has too many frogs in her
throat
Perish the thought and the school
with it! A black plague upon those
who dare to suggest that, in "Mata
Hari," she is less seductive than was
Miss Dietrich in "Dishonored"!
I don't think Miss Garbo has ever
looked more beautiful than she does in
the first and the last reels of "Mata
Hari." I don't think that her extraor-
dinary talent has ever been more ap-
parent than in the scene wherein Ra-
mon Novarro is compelled to blow out
the sacred flame. Furthermore, don't
think anybody has right to argue with
me on this divine subject.
Under pressure, I shall grant that
"Mata Hari" does place something of
a strain on the credulity, as do all
these spy melodramas. But it is splen-
didly acted by Miss Garbo, Mr.. No
varro Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
and C. Henry Gordon, and it is pro-
duced in satisfyingly opulent style.
Believable or not, it fills the eye and
the imagination with enchantment.
(Copyright 1922
Evening star., 1932-01-31
Washington Takes Its
Rank With Cities That
PatrOnize Good Shows
One of the Five Stopping Places Outside New York
for The Band Wagon '-Ziegfeld's New Show
to Have Premier Here-Other Plays Coming
By w. H. Landvoist.

season the spirit of the hour, for
Girls From the FollieS" will gal
lop at the Gayety for the nonce.
TT is rare sport to be boastful
when the methods and man
nerS Of men provide the theme.
And is not this an occasion for
the purpose? In the faint miStS
that barely obscure the days
ahead we may discern the COM
ing, even within a week, of the
famous actor who first thrilled
the world in Charles Ram Ken
nedyS play, THE Servant in the
House." no less than the great
Walter Hampden. This time Mr..
Hampden will come with one of
the theater'S proudeSt accomp-
liShmentS, "Cyrano de Bergerac,"
which he has embellished with a
masterful production to supple
ment his own fine acting. AS if in
the spirit of contrast, to the
Shubert-BelaSco will come the no
less great, in his delightful con-
tribution to the Joy of nations,
dear old Fred Stone with his own
production of Smiling Faces"
and his own daughter, now the
renowned Paula. 1t should not
be overlooked that Fred also has
among his agile assets another
army of young Albertina Rasch
dancers for side shock. Behind
these two genuinely theatrical
elements is the rare and brilliant
Ethel Barrymore, she of "The
Royal Family" and, again to
make the contrast, the perennial
quaint, fragrant, romance-laden
Blossom Time" which is now be-
ing announced, to revive the
memories when there was moth
ing that could be compared
with the famous love story of
Franz Schubert and his imperiSh-
able melodies. If, indeed, "a land
is never lost that has a son to
right her" how can it be possible
that an institution whose Shapely
columns are said to be crumbling
and whose ancient spiritual
architecture is Smudged and be-
Smeared, should sink to ruin
and decay with all these glories
unfolded at their brightest in her
lordly halls! Besides, are there
not more where these came from?
x X
YEA, verify! Just a moment be-
fore this column was about
to be handed over to the printer
came the final decision of the old
master of the musical revue, "the
glorifier of the American girl"
that, of all places, Washington
has been selected for the first ap-
pearances of the very newest of
the Florenz Ziegfeld shows the
one that has not yet been given
a title, but which will feature a
gallant galaxy of funmakers and
Observation-Disclosures most imposing
in this day and generation. And
why do you suppose Mr.. ziegteld
has thus honored Washington?
The answer is brief. Washington
knows and pays to see a good
thing always. 1t did that very
thing for Mr.. Ziegfeld's original
edition of the "Follies," and oh,
how it did it in the case of THE
Show Boat" and "The Three
Musketeers!" And at last - al
most the very last-Washington
has been discovered on the
amusement map by a great, if
not the greatest, of the New York
impreSarios.