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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-17
Edna May Oliver Scores
In Ladies of the Jury"

10 to R-K-O Keith's this week
~ and see Edna May Oliver turn
in one of the most amusing per-
formances of the year. In a film
called Ladies of the Jury" (Which
Mrs. Fiske played in her touring
repertoire when last seen here), she
at last energies in long and silly
role which is just the kind Of thing
she has been waiting for all these
years. AS Mrs. Livingston Baldwin
Crane, matron OF vast prestige in
small town, who eventually solves a
murder, Miss Oliver is an absolute
riot-and the kind Of riot that sits
we'll in this depression.
This Aim, which has been directed
to great advantage by former cinema
actor. Lowell Sherman, is as pleasant
a comedy as you will find. It's theme
is original and its delivery f1awless-
and all the members of the cast are
quite up TO what is expected Of
them. While it Is not meant to be a
great opus, it is certainly funnier
than most advertised comedies"
and it may be viewed with utter
satisfaction by every member of the
family-from the ground up.
Miss Oliver plays Mrs. Fiske's
role OF the woman who says mot
guilty" In a jury which is composed
at the beginning of IL "guilties,"
but which eventually, through the
adroit maneuverings of the former,
comes around and votes exactly as
Miss Oliver has pointed out 1t should.
While this sounds like a slender
story-and perhaps is-there is much
humor in the first court room scene
and enough sprinkled through the
rest Of 1t to keep the audience in
continual laughter.
The cast. besides Miss Oliver,
plays its little game perfectly, such
troupers as the suffering Roscoe
Ates, Ken Murray, Andre Beranger,
Cora WitherSpoon and Kitty Kelley
being specially amusing. This is
one of those surprise films which
manage to be excellent without any
unnecessary advance ballyhoo.
On the stage, for those who like
vaudeville, may be seen that phe-
nomenal trickster and seer" Koran,
who specialiZes in CHOSE parties, and
presents one of those psychic acts
which might puzzle even Houdini;
Charles King, one Of the real singing
gentlemen of the musical comedy
field, singing some new and in par
ticular some of his old favorites; the
Diamond Boys in an amusing Free
and Easy skit; Joe Marks in some
thing called Then the Fun Began"
lit hadn't begun at the time we left),
and the Chase Brothers, who are
really agile on the wire.
e. de S. M.
nuke ETliuvfop Orchestra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-17

Duke Ellington Orchestra
Leads Earle Program.
SATURATED with music as raw
~ material and skilled In the prae-
tice of creating jazz, Duke Filing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-17

with love and death and Jealousy
and hate rampant-but no men
And, strangely enough, while man is
a necessary quantity on this earth,
YOU don't miss him much-some-
how his presence wouldn't have done
much to shatter the gloom which Is
so pervasive.
The story concerns corps OF
girls during the war who are quar-
tered together somewhere near the
front and play their own little part
without the assistance OF so much
as half a man. While they are busy
with fighting the good fight against
the enemy they are also busy flght-
ing among themSelves-there being
q "cat" among them-a real honest
to-goodness villainess-who is so un-
pleasant that the heroine ends by
throwing a German grenade at her.
This pretty little business, plus
lady who Is always drinking out OF
hot-water bottle mot water-please)
and a comic strip supplied by Louise
Fazenda, is about all to this plot
which is as thin as diShwater and et-
fective only when there Is a lot OF
noise.
other than Evelyn Brent as the
LADY who does one-night-out act
and is threatened with home there
for. and Lilvan Eastman as the
hot-water bottle addict the cast
shows signs of boarding school train
ing-Fritzi Ridgeway, for instance,
as the spiteful villainess playing her
role as she might in the annual
Christmas pageant-which isn't her
fault but Director William BaudlneS:
In other words, this Is grim and
not too invigorating drama on sub
ject which isn't particularly neces-
sary these days.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
HORSE INJURIES
V|Ck| BAUM

NEW YORK, May % G.N.s0.
The condition of Vicki Baum,
famous German author of the
play Grand Hotel" who was
thrown yesterday from run
away horse, remained serious to,
day.
She was in Mary Immaculate
Hospital suffering from possible
conclusion of the brain, several
broken ribs. and head injuries
which necessitated six stitches.
Mrs. Baum was riding with
Capt. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien
in the Jamaica woods when a
squirrel ran in front of her
mount. The horse bolted and
threw her.
Captain O'Brien, of the One
Hundred and Fourth Field Artil-
lery Jamaica, galloped to the
aid of Mrs. Baum but suffered
dislocated shoulder when his
horse SHE'D and fell into a mud
hole.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
NORMA s TROTH
AGAIN H|NTED

PARIS, May % QN.SO Re
curing rumors of an impending
engagement between Norma Tai
madge and George Jessel were re-
vived today with the revelation
botn had beer invited to the
home of Pearl White, former
movie star, at Rambouillet.
A number of prominent picture
personages already are Miss
Whites guests, including Mrs. Ben
r. Thropp, the former Ruby De
Remer, of the films, Pauline
Garon, actress and Walter Lang,
director.
Before leaving Cannes, Jessel
told International News Service
that he and Miss Talmadge were
forced to deny any engagement
until definite action has been
taken" He intimated Miss Tai
madge would soon file suit for
divorce from Joseph M. Schenck
at Nice, and some reports were
current that such action already
has been taken.
On her arrival in Paris from
the United States several weeks
ago, however, Miss Talmadge de-
clared she had changed her mind
and would not sue.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Federal Agents Studying
Curtis Movements

NORFOLK, Va, May % GIN.
S0-Conclusion of a Federal
investigation into the activities of
John Hughes Curtis since Jan
uary, 1881, was awaited today as
the closing chapter in the Lind.
bergh baby hunt hoax to which
the shipbuilder has confessed.
Federal agents who have been
at work for more than a week
are expected to report within the
next few days.
The independent Federal probe
was the only inquiry into the
bizarre expeditions of the erSt-
while social dictator of Norfolk
still under way.
|. Similar inquiries instituted by
the Norfolk chief Of police, S. w.
Ironmongerm, and Charles S,
Borland, director of public safety,
have been abandoned as unpro'
ductiVe,
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
KILLING Of BOY
LINKS UNCLE

DETROIT, May % U.N.SO.
The Staying a week ago of 7-year-
old John Chomacki was cleared
up today with the confessions OF
the boys uncle, Frank Jakino'
wicz, and Frank Kamanskl, ID,
according to Frank G. Scheman-
ske, assistant Wayne county
prosecutor.
It was Jakinowicz who first re-
ported to police ne had discov'
cred the body of his nephew
dead from strangulation in an
old baby carriage in an aban-
doned stable near the Chomacki
home.
He was detained for question
ing but until last Saturday stead.
faStly denied any knowledge OF
how the boy met death. Then
he implicated KamanSki, who at
first denied the story. Scheman-
ske said he would reveal full de-
tails of the confessions later to-
day.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
WEDS 5 TIMES,
SEEKING LOVE

ALLEGAN. Mich, May %
(I.N.SD.-"I'lI await my fate. 1t
will have to send me back to
Blanche in the end-nO matter
how lOng!"
Thus did Joseph N. Stickler, SO,
assert his love for Mrs. Blanche
Burch,' also SO, whom he married
in Catlettsburg, KY, shortly after
he was arrested and returned here
to explain why he married five
well-to-do widows in the last two
years without bothering to divorce
any of them. Stickler said:
II was just looking for love
for the right woman"
Sometimes in his many matri-
monial ventures he used the name
George Stevens and at other times
Stephen George. He said he met
at least two of the wives through
the Detroit Friendship Society"
that served the late Harry C"Blue-
beard") Powers, hanged for muir
der in West Virginia recently.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
NOT DEAD,
SAYS CURTIS
Continued from Page -

Continued from Page ~
interview by reiterating his be.
lief that the baby was still alive
and that it would be returned
after the gang had obtained
additional ransom money from
the parents.
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
head of the New Jersey State
police. in answer to a question
regarding Curtis, stated in his
usual press bulletin that the Nor
folk man was now out of the
jurisdiction of the State police
and that all information con-
corning him must come from
the prosecutors office.
Queried on why the Rev. Dob
son-Peacock was wanted in New
Jersey for questioning, Colone,
Schwarzkopf reported that he
had been involved with Curtis
in all of his activities and that
the police merely wanted to give
him "an opportunity of clearing
himself" He added that to date
the minister had failed to take
advantage of the invitation.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
FARM AID PLAN
ASKED BY NYE
IN TAX BILL
Senator Offers MCNary Idea
of DebentureS, Equalization
Fee As Amendment

The farm relief problem was
injected into the pending tax
battle in the Senate today
when Senator Nye (R.) of
North Dakota offered the
McNary farm bill as an amend
ment to the revenue measure.
Nye announced he took this
step to assure farm relief legis-
lation at the present session of
Congress.
"Sixty million farmers and
small merchants are unable to
buy what they need because
their purchasing power has
vanished. Everything Congress
has done has aided the Oppres-
SOrS instead Of the oppressed"
Administration leaders, harassed
by a tariff war in the Senate,
announced there was no longer
any hope of adjourning Congress
by June 10 so it's members
might attend the conventions.
July /, Says Watson
This was the declaration of
Senator Watson of Indiana, Re
publican leader of the Senate,
after Senators Reed (R.) of
Pennsylvania and Moses (R.) of
New Hampshire demanded that
Congress forego attendance in
order to complete its legislative
program by July l, the end of
the fiscal year. Watson said:
II see no chance of cOmplet-
ing our necessary legislative
program before the first of
July. We will be lucky if we bal.
ance the budget by then, to say
nothing of enacting unempIoy.
ment relief legislation. There
will be no getting away for the
convention"
The fly in the congressional
ointment was the revenge cam
paign" launched by opponents OF
the oil tariff in the Senate.
Revolt Led by Tydings
Led by Senator Tydings CD OF
Maryland. who introduced 500
amendments to the tax bill, this
group declared it would block pas.
sage of the tax bill so long as it
carried an oil tariff.
The TydingS revolt threatened
to keep Congress in session for
many weeks. It would require
months of legislative effort to dis
pose of his 500 amendments.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
z BODIES FOUND
IN POTOMAC

The bodies Of two boys drowned
in the Potomac we're recovered
today, that of BENJAMIN LeisS
by the police and that Of Thomas
L. Reading by two youths fish
ing.
Identification in neither case
is positive, but from the condi-
ton of the bodies the police be-
lieve that the identifications will
stand.
Leiss, who was % years old
and lived at SIS L st. N. W.,
wore a bathing suit. He was
drowned while swimming near
the Highway Bridge, about 100
feet from the bridge.
Reading, aged 10, was brother
of Detective M. K. Beading, of
the Eighth precinct. He had been
missing from his home since May
Is, and his automobile was found
abandoned at Chain bridge. He
lived at 610 Irving st. N. w. The
body was dressed in a gasoline
service station uniform, which
Tailed with the one Reading
usually wore.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
JAP ARMY CHIEF
DIES Of HURTS

SHANGHAI, May % U.N.SD.
Gen. Yoshinori Shirakawa, su-
preme commander of the Japa-
nese army, died today from in
jurieS he received in the emperor's
day bomb outrage several weeks
ago.
General Shirakawa, who was in
active charge of the entire Japa-
nese army during the latter part
of its Shanghai campaign against
China, passed away just a few
hours after he had been informed
Emperor Hirohito had created him
a baron.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Amelia GlOriies
In -Four New
Records

NE w % r K, May %
0N.SO.-MrS. Amelia Earhart
Putnam today held four new
records as a result of her sue
cesSful transatlantic flight.
She was the first woman to
fly solo across the Atlantic:
She was the first person to
fly the ocean twice;
She set a new speed record Of
13 hours, 80 minutes;
She broke the distance record
for women heretofore held by
Ruth Nichols with 1915 miles,
the Atlantic flight covering g.
O26.5 miles.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
NOtGbLes Support
Palestine Cause

The American Palestine Com
mittee. composed of leading pub
lie figures organized as a non
Jewish body to support the Jewish
plan to develop and colonize Pal.
estine, was formed yesterday at a
meeting at the Mayflower Hotel.
Senator William H. King of
Utah is chairman; Representative
Hamilton Fish, jr., vice chairman; !;
William Hard, secretary; William
R. Hopkins, treasurer.
Vice President Curtis, Senator
William Borah and Senator
Claude E. Swanson are partici-
pants in the committee movement.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
WOmen's Societies
Honor Julia L1thrOp

Ten national women's organiza-
tionS participated yesterday in
memorial services for Miss Julia
Lathrop, first chief of the Chill
dren'S Bureau, Department of La
Dor, at the Y. w. C. A. under the
direction of the bureau.
With Grace Abbott, present
head of the bureau, presiding, ad-
dresses were made by Judge Ju-
lian w. Mack of the U. S. Circuit
Court Of Appeals for the New
York district; Miss Lillian Ward,
New York social worker, and DR..
Adolph Meyer, Baltimore physi-
clan,
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
GLACIER PADRE
CL|MBSfANED
F.. " VOLCANO
Father Hubbard Ascends g.
400-Foot Alaskan Peak
in II Hours

PALSE PASS? Alaska, May
90 (I.N.S.).-S h S h a | d in
mighty Alaskan volcano, has
been successfully climbed for
the first time in history by
Father Bernard j. Hubbard
noted geologist of Santa Clara
University, he told Interna.
tional News Service today.
Two students accompanied
Father Hubbard, "the Glacier
Padre" in the perilous climb tc
the erupting summit of the 9,400
foot cone. He said:
"It took FL hours to reach the
top"
The daring geologist and his as
sistantS fought their way to a base
at the foot of the volcano after
being baked several times BY
freezing weather which persisted
for three weeks.
AShes-CinderS-Lava
Hot ashes, cinders, and molter
lava streamed down the mountain
side. 1t was the first major out
burst of Shishaldin since Febru
ary l. Father Hubbard said:
"After studying meteOrOlOgi-
cal conditions, 1 judged the con-
slant storms were not more
than 5000 feet high and sched-
uled the ascent for PentecOSt
Monday, May Is.
"The party started at dawn
to climb ShiShaldin. After sew
eral hours, q blizzard overlook
us. We fought our way through
a pass on the volcano and then
climbed out on the glaciered
slopes of the cone above the
clouds.
"In all my years of mountain
climbing I never have encOun-
tered anything more difficult
than the last 5000 feet to the
top Of ShishaIdin."
DIFFICULT JOB "
"FOOt by foot and hour by
hour each man tOiled upward
until at last we were within
100 feet of the billOwing clouds
of escaping smoke and gases.
ut took more than an hour
to loosen cinderS, lying at so
and so degree angles, and make
them slide under frozen lacer-
ated sands. Even then ice
picks would not hold"
The party finally reached the
perilouS edge of the volcanoes gap
ing NAV and started the descent
after thorough warming in the
burning cinderS on the mountain
top.
On the Alaskan trip, Father
Hubbard had found several bur,
led aboriginal villages.
Digging revealed stone axes,
jade knives, and carved imple'
ments of a forgotten race that
probably migrated from Asia, Fa-
ther Hubbard said.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Gas Station HOLdUp
Nets TJUO Thugs S6

Two armed bandits early today
held up the manager of a gaso-
line filling station at Georgia
Avenue and Upshur Street North
west. and robbed him of Sc.
William Pratt, the manager
told police the men ransacked
the place and fled in a dirty
blue sedan. Both. he said. were
about 26 years old.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
F.J. Murphy Named
BU &. u. Glass of 'S5

Frank ]. Murphy, jr., of $500
Thirty-third ST., Chevy Chase,
Md, has been elected president,
and George W. Mattingly, Of 1888
Quincy st. N. W., has been named
treasurer of the 1885 class Of
Catholic University engineering
school.
Murphy is a graduate of Nc
kinley High School and Mattingly
of st. Johns College.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

a concession
d e n l e d to
presidents Of
re p u b Ii cS,
k in gs, and
princes.
Giov a n n |
P a pini was
allo W e d to
e n er hi S
presence for
a priv a t e
audience in
a n ordinary
tweed sui t,
i n S t e a d of
the regula-
tion full
dress cl0fheS
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

whether I like American jazz.
don't know, because don't
know what jazz is.
IF it's syncopation, Bee.
thoven, Brahms. and Bach were
all jazz writer's.
Compare a Bach work with
a GerShWin work. The differ
ence is not that one is classical
and the other jazz, but that
one is good and the other
bad"
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

Premier, as
he was de-
scending the
steps Of the
P oily technic
School here
a t t er his
daily lecture.
Down with
the Masons!"
the attacking
S C.u d e n I S
shouted. I'VE
want no pro-
tectors of the
Jews here!"
The for
mer Premier
escaped will
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

back from
America, lop-
ped off a
blue note in
the midst Of
humming "I'll
3 e Gl d
When You're
Dead, Y ou
Rascal"
There is"
he told Eng
lish reporters.
IN o S uc h
t h ing as
jazz!
Everybody
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
REV. MCGOWAN TO TALK

The Rev. r. A. MCGOWAN. as
sistant director of the social ac-
ton department of the National
Catholic welfare Conference, will
speak on the subject Catholic
Action" Wednesday at 8 p. M,
at the Nazareth Social Service
Center, 200 I st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

Friends suggested that Papini,
whose Life of Christ, published
II years ago, marked a turning
point in his inner life and lit
erary career, ought to ask an
audience of the Pope.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

ACTRESS, who deserted Hol-
lywood in order to return to
her husband. Herbert Marshall
in New York, was back on the
west coast today with her hus-
band, who will launch a career
IN pictures.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Papini, Dressed in Plain
Suit, Visits the Pope

VATICAN CITY, May 81 Il.
N.SO.-Pope Plus 18th made
for a poet and philosopher
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Woman Alderman
Holds Man as BeggGT

EVANSTON, ILL.,, May % U.N.SJ.
Arrested for begging by Miss Daisy
Sandidge, woman alderman, who
turned policeman last night, Paul
Force was in Jail cell today.
Remembering she is also special
policeman, Miss Sandidge when
she was accosted, called the police
and held Force until the patrol
came.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Former Polish Premier
PeIted With Eggs

LWOW, Poland, May %.
Rotten eggs we're thrown at
Prof. Casimir Bartel, former
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
mo Such Thing As JAZZ"
Says Famed Composer

LONDON, May % Q.N.S).
Sir Thomas Beecham, famed
composer and conductor, Just
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Jafsie in New England
Organizing New Quest

PTTTSFIELD. Mass. May %
GNSD DIR. John F. Condor,
"Jafsie" of the Lindbergh baby
acknowledgements case, is in New
England this afternoon organ
i2ing a search" in an effort to
capture the kidnaperS.
DR.. Condor made this known
when he stopped at Great Bar
rington after entering the Berk-
shire hills by automobile, coming
from his home in the Bronx, N. Y.
DR.. Condor did not explain
what he meant by an organized
search"
"Jafsie" was motoring with
Walter Goodwin, of the Bronx, a
friend, Goodwin has a summer
camp at Beckett.
$500 ROBBERY FOR HOME
Jewelry and clothing valued at
$500 were taken from the resi-
dence of Miss Ellen CalevaS, 1859
Lanier Pl. N. W., yesterday morn
ing by thieves who gained en-
trance by use Of a pass key.
Evening star., 1932-10-04
MAN IDENTIFIED AS HOAXER
LINDBERGH CASE IS JAILED
Arthur L. Hitner Is Arrested in Virginia
by U. S. Agents as Fugitive on
National Bank Act Charge.

Arthur L. Hitner, alias w. w. Wight
man, who became fugitive from JUS
tice after allegedly posing as a mys-
terious underworld character who
knew something" about the kidnap-
ing of the Lindbergh baby, has been
arrested in Virginia by special agents
Of the United States Bureau Of Investi-
CATION, it was disclosed today at the
Department Of Justice.
Hitner Is wanted by the Government,
not as suspect in the Lindbergh case,
but as a fugitive from Federal custody
in Buffalo. where he is under indict-
ment for violation of the national bank
ing act.
Hitner is said to have duped Dean
Dobson-Peacock, one of the trio of Nor
folk negotiators in the kidnapping case,
when the clergyman visited New York
to keep what he supposed to be an en-
gagement with representatives of the
baby abductors It Is recalled that
Dean Dobson-Peacock made q flying
trip north during the height of the
Norfolk developments and held hotel
conference with rough-looking men
claiming to be members of the kidnap
gang. The dean is said to have iden-
tilted Hitner from . photograph Is one
Evening star., 1932-10-04
COUPLE FOUND DEAD
NEAR PULASKI, VA.
Farmer Believed to Have Killed
Wife and Turned Gun on Self as
Children Go on Errand.
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
PULASKI, Va, october 4-Fred An
drews, about As, farmer of the Noun
tain View section of Pulaski County,
and his wife, Ethel, about 35, are dead
from gunshot wounds, and officers be-
lieve 1t case of murder and suicide.
The shooting occurred some time last
night, and officers we're not called until
early this morning.
Survey of the scene and the circum-
stances by Sheriff C. E. Bones and
deputies and a magistrate led them to
the belief that Andrews shot his wife
with single-barreled shotgun, sent two
small children to the home of an aunt
nearby to, tell the kinswoman her sis
ter was III, and then shot himself with
the same gun.
Officers found the body of Mrs. An
drews, partially clothed, lying on the
floor and the body of Andrews partly
reclining on bed, with gun resting
against the bed. He was fully dressed
except for shoe and SOCK and officers
are of the opinion he barred his feet
so that he could trip the shotgun ham
mer with his toe. The woman received
a charge of shot under the left arm
and Andrews was shot over the heart.