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Evening star., 1932-01-09

under the direction Of Mrs. Edwin
B. Parker, music chairman, and
Mary NJ. Burnett, music secretary
OF the Washington association.
Choiry and glee clubs, as well as
trios, quartets and larger groups Of
musicians, will be featured in the
ensuing months, beginning with this
week, when Mrs. Parker and Dor
othy Coggeshall, pianists, will offer
diversified program of music, Sc
lected with reference to Hans Kin
dIer's orchestra program this sea
son.
Programs planned for the near
future include such outstanding
groups as the Bernheimer InStru-
mental Trio, Mu Phi Epsilon Alum
nae Club, Esther Linkin's Children's
Choir from the Church Of the Pill
grinls and others.
The public is invited to attend
these Sunday music programs, which
are preceded invariably by the serv-
ing of afternoon tea and 8 social
hour at the Y. w. G. A.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
BIC BENEFIT SEEN
IN LOCALIZED BEER
Farm, JobIess and u. S. Tax
Problems Cited at Sen
ate Hearing.
BY the Associated Press.


Legalized beer to aid the farmer,
help employment and restore an In
dustry yielding revenue 10 the Govern
ment was urged today before Senate
committee.
Representative William e. Hull, Re-
publican, of Illinois and Senator Hiram
Bingham, Republican, Of Connecticut
advocated A per cent brew.
Bills by Bingham for beer containing
per cent alcohol by volume and by
Senator Bulkley, Democrat Of Ohio, for
2.75 per cent by weight are being con-
sidered by the Senate Manufactures
calf, Republican, Of Rhode Island.
Urged to help Farmers.
Chairman Metcalf asked Hull how
return of beer would affect the soft
drink industry.
'I think it would take away from
it some" he replied, but these soft
drinks are made largely from sugar
from Cuba.
THE farmer is out of the pale on
these soft drinks America produces
only a very small amount OF sugar.
Beer would help the drinker and
the farmer supplying grains for beer,
instead Of such sales OF sugar from
Cuba"
Witnesses at yesterdays hearing tes-
tif1ed sale of beer would decrease use OF
hard liquor" and halt the triumphal
march of bootleggers." These views
were those of two educators, doctor
and Senator Bingham, author OF several
bills to legalize beer.
Hearing Room Crowded.
The hearing room was crowded with
both prohibitionists and anti-prohibi-
tionists, including Bishop James Cam
non, jr; DR.. F. Scott Mcbride OF tbs
Anti-Saloon League and representatives
OF the Crusaders, group organized TO
oppose prohibition.
Senator Bingham strongly recon-
mended good, wholesome beer" and
said his intent was to show per cent
beer was not Intoxicating. He read .
letter from Dean Clarence Menden OF
Yale saying boys here at Yale" pre-
ferred beer to distilled liquor, but were
unable to get it,
Prof. Yandell Henderson, also of Yale,
said it would take two or three quarts"
of per cent beer to equal the alcoholic
content Of five or six cocktails. He fg-
ured it would take eight or ten quarts"
Of such beer to produce intoxication.
DR.. Charles Norris. chief medical ex-
aminer Of New York, held beer would
promote temperance and health and
would mean the return Of prosperity"
Evening star., 1932-01-09
strictly Dishonorabie"
Still Popular Mt Rialto.

THE third week of Strictly Dis
T. honorable" at the Rialto would
seem to indicate that the public has
taken this comedy under its wing.
Successfully shattering previous rec
ords, the film may be said to be
among the seasons most prosperous
cinema satires, and is still recon-
mended as fervently as it was when
1t first began.
Present in the cast of Mr.. Sturgis'
nonchalant revelation of late-at-
night happenings in Manhattan
speakeasy are Sidney Fox, as the
willing nightowl; Paul Lukas, as her
operatic idol, and Lewis Stone, as
the kindly gentleman very much in
earnest about conventionalities. All
three of these players are quite ex-
cellent, MI Lukas, perhaps, less so
and the others otherwise, Miss Fox
speaks her lines with glib enthusi-
asm, Mr. Lukas Is amorously con-
vincing II not more so than they
we're in anothers hands on the
legitimate stage This Is, in other
words, pleasant advertisement for
most of the family whenever and
however 1t likes. e. de 8. M.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
MIAMI AIR RACES
|. EXTENDED FOR DAY
Clearing Skies and Arrival of
Stormbound Planes Brings
Decision.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MAMA, Fla, January e.-Clearing
skies brought scores of additional air.
planes TO the all-American air races
here today and officials announced
events would be continued into Sunday.
Flyers, weatherbound for days in
many parts OF the country, took advan-
tage Of improved flying weather TO push
their ships toward Miami for the wind
up Of the meeting. Large crowds at
tending night-f1ying demonstration
last night, also contributed to the de-
cision of offlcials TO extend the meet.
Michigan Flyer Wins.
Speed aces banked their craft In
dangerous turns and siZzled down the
straight courses yesterday in competitor
for trophies donated by three foreign
governments.
The French trophy for airplanes Of
less than 225 horsepower went to Art
Davis Of Lansing, Mich, who got an
average Of 140.351 miles an hour out
of his Waco plane over the three Cor
nered l5-mile course. Carl Voelter of
Pittsburgh was right behind him at the
finish, and Clyde Psngborn, transpa-
cif1c flyer, came In third.
John Livingston of Aurora, Ill, added
mile to Davis speed to capture the
Ecuador trophy registering 1854
miles an hour
Others Close Behind.
Only by the length Of his plane did
he beat John P Morris Of Pittsburgh
while Barton Stevenson of Kansas City,
Mo, was just behind Morris. They
also raced Is miles. Each piloted O
monocoupe.
The italian Trophy went to Art
Carnahan Of Bloomington, Ill., with
speed OF l20.175 miles an hour. Howard
Bailor OF Miami was second and John
K. lagrone Of Kansas City was third.
The semi-dirigtble Puritan OF the
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation late
Yesterday rescued Art Rigney, a pilot,
ana J. A. Escalante, his passenger, from
the fastness OF the Florida Everglades
into which airplane motor trouble
forced them Thursday.
Saved by Rope Ladder.
En- route from Tampa to the races,
they were forced down on a. route
seldom travelled by planes and were
without food or water until the dirigible
circled low over them and dropped a
rope ladder.
The marooned men climbed aboard
without event, were given nourishment
from the Puritans stores and then
brought to Miami. The rescue craft
landed In front of the packed grand
stands at the air races and the men
were given roaring ovation as they
climbed to the ground.
Their rescue was due to the keen eve
sight of fellow pilot, Ernest s. Hensley.
also Of Tampa. He saw the top OF
Rigney's plane sticking above the tall
sawgrass and hurried on to Miami to
get aid.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Cosmopolitan Opera Co.
Presents Carmen" at National.

THE Carmen" which the Cosmo-
politan Opera Co. presented last
night at the National Theater be-
fore the most enthusiastic audience
of its season. was enliVed by the
presence of Colette D'Arville, who
was making her debut before local
music forces as Carmencita, and by
the singing of Dorothy Dickerson as
Micaela, Ralph Errolle as Don Jose
and Mario Vale as Escamillo.
Mile. D'Arville, who is said to hail
straight from Paris, proved herself
an engaging personality in this role,
but one not overabundantly endowed
with vocal excellencies. She found
1t difficult to approximate accurate
pitch throughout, and more than
once was a mile or so away from
the straight and narrow IN her solos
as we'll as in her duets. She made
up, however, for lack Of strength in
her singing meter" by an attrac-
tive Interpretation of the role and
spun herself from the arms of one
Lothario into the arms OF the other
with fineSse and skill.
Mr.. Vale (Who avows no relation
with a less operate grooming con-
temporary sang his "Toreador"
song with such zeal as won him the
most applause of the evening. But
it remained for Mr.. Errolle to give
the most genuinely sustained per-
formance throughout. He was IN
splendid voice and beyond that acted
the love-crazed Don Jose with COM
plete naturalneSs Except for brief
moment when he strained overmuch
for long high note, his singing ap,,
proximated perfection and he should
be congratulated for'everything that
he did.
The settings for this opera we're
less hackneyed than were its prede-
cessors, and the dances-as pre-
sented by the pupils of the Lisa
Gardner School-were gracefully
executed. The chorus, too, for the
first time sang completely IN toto,
and the high school soldiery walked
in boldly and out ditto. Mr.
Samossoud conducted the whole
with generous latitudes for those
who strayed a mite or two from the
T. de S. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Beer Is Harmless,
Hull Tells Probe;
Tried 1t Himself
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative William e. Hull,
Republican, of Illinois, is certain
4 per cent beer is not intoxi-
eating.
II tried it out upon myself in
the Munich Brewery in Stock
holm" he today told the Senate
Committee studying beer bills.
II drank four pints of beer con-
tanning 80 per cent alcohol by
weight on an empty stomach and
1t did not intoxicate me or pro-
duce any Ill effects. I might state
! am not drinking man"
Hull explained 80 per cent al
cohol by weight was the same as
4 per cent by volume, called for
in the Bingham bill before the
committee.
Evening star., 1932-01-09


its sequel still is lighter than air,
1t seems, also grandly silly affair,
which will tickle you either muchly
or not at all-and there will be
those, probably, who will obviously
be infuriated at it. Spoken in the
films by Norma Shearer and Robert
Montgomery with many Of the same
intonations used by Gertrude Law
renee and Noel Coward-this be-
cause the film stars studied their
predecessors through the help of
talkie version Of the play-it bristles
with "CoWarderieS" and the tang Of
the salt parlor conversation Of
which he Is q past master.
Miss Shearer is very, very good,
and Mr.. Montgomery is at last even
better than that. Perhaps the silken
image of Miss Lawrence is still too
much with us and, therefore, Miss
Shearer seems the lesser of the two,
but Montgomery-While his voice
and his pianistic fingers are not so
nimble as are Mr.. Coward's-is i'm
mensely satisfying, quite as funny
and outdoes by long-distance jumps
any of his previous efforts.
The others in the cast, Una Merkel
and Reginald Denny, although not
blessed with sympathetic roles, pro-
vide a good bit of the merriment.
They have been happily chosen as
the near-husband and near-wife
whose honeymoons end almost be-
fore they have begun. Director
Sidney Franklin should be particu-
larly congratulated also on having
inserted view or two beyond the
pale Of the original script. such as
the Alpine scene, which Is quite up
to the rest and, in fact, may be q
little ahead of 1t.
The slender story Is, Of course,
known to every one, as is the fact
that 1t isn't the action" that mat
ters, but the way the action is acted.
1t is all champagne comedy-as
pleasant as that-and as efrerves-
cent. z. de S. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
BLAST BURNS ENGINEER
AT STANDARDS BUREAU
Others in Room Escape Injury in
Explosion While Installing
New Refrigerating Plant.

Dudley p Overton, Al years old, OF
1885 Garfield street, an engineer at the
Bureau of Standards, was burned seri-
ously about the head and right arm
late yesterday afternoon when the oil
case beneath q 2,300-volt electric
switch on a new refrigerating plant
being installed at the bureau exploded
Overton and three other staff
engineers were testing the switch for
wiring defects when it exploded. Over
ton, standing two feet away, was en-
veloped by the flames
Doctors from the Public Health Serv-
Ice assigned to the bureau attended the
injured man. Others in the room
escaped unharmed Overton was in the
Indian Service at Lapway, Idaho, before
being transferred to this city.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Music and Musicians
Reviews and News of Capitals Programs.

of the special numbers on the pro-
gram will include Longfellow's
Farewell of Hiawatha," composed
by Arthur Foote, the solo work to be
sung by Charles Wood; ITO the Sons
of Art" by Mendelssohn, which will
include a male quartet of Messrs.
Farrar, wilkins, Wood and Kidwell,
and MousSorgsky's Coronation
Scene" from Boris Godounov"
Helen Donofrio soprano, will be
the guest soloist and, in addition to
several solo groups, will sing Vie
tor Herbert's italian Street Song"
from Naughty Marietta" with the
chorus. Robert L. Feuerstein will
accompany the chorus at the piano
as usual and will be assisted by Ray
mond A. Willever Of New York.
Mrs. Watson Sponsoring
Concert in New York.
DOROTHY DE MUTH WATSON
of this city national chairman
of music for the National League of
American Pen Women, which has
its national headquarters in this
city, Is acting as impresario for the
first national concert of the league
for this season, to be given in New
York City, Thursday evening of this
week, at the A. A Anderson Studio.
The work of composer members
of the league will be exclusively pre-
sented, the songs to be interpreted
by Harlan and Evelyn Randall of
this city, and the instrumental
music, all of which, except for one
organ number, has been scored for
at least four stringed instruments,
will be played by the Empire State
Woman's Orchestra, with Pearl
Adams, one of the league composers,
to be featured as conductor of this
orchestra
Mrs H. H A Beach will be pres
ent and will be represented on the
program for her quintet for strings
and flute. Dorothy Radde Emery
local composer, will go to New York
for the event and will present her
"Tropic Suite" the lyrics for which
were written by Grace Thompson
Seton.
The evenings entertainment will
open with Josephine Forsythes voice
and organ setting for the Lords
Prayer, which will be sung by Mr..
Randall.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Sylvia Sidney In
Ladies' Of the Big House."


Ladies' of the Big House.
WITHOUT distortion Of charac-
ter or creation of q criminal
who develops sensibil!ties in the un-'
derworld, Ladies Of the Big House"
at Loew's Palace Theater, delivers
somewhat tense drama with an at
mosphere of truth.
1t is Sylvia Sidney's opportunity
TO apply her versatile mind in crea-
ton of a personality that enters into
the rugged life Of the great prison,
but Is not a part of that life. She
and her chief associate in the play
Gene Raymond, are martyrs to
oecency, while the evil forces that
nearly destroy them come from the
law-enforcing officials, tainted by
political machine. Both these &C
tors appear as characters who have
been framed on personal grounds
and are brought within the shadow
Of the death house. The woman's
ingenuity and courage are shown in
a series Of incidents which test the
capabilities of Miss Sidney, and the
story is made real and impressive
by her attainment Of a standard
which Is entitled to high place
among film performances. Mr.. Ray
mond, also, makes good impress
sion with clear~cut style and abil-
ity to depict human nature.
Miss Sidney has a distinctive style
and usually makes an impression,
but in Ladies of the Big House"
she appears in range of expert
ences which gives full play to acting
traits that follow the lines OF nat
ural bearing and expression. of a
genuinely spiritual quality. Her
equipment approaches more closely
to the unaffected than generally is
found on the screen, yet living in
the midst of unusual perils, she
conquers the opposition with quiet
determination such as may be
Evening star., 1932-01-09
WILL DISCUSS PROGRAM

The program for 1882 Of the Wash
ington Circle, No. 17s, Daughters of
Isabella, viii be discussed at a meet
ing of the organization tomorrow night.
The accomplishments of the Circle
during the past year eliminated with
the distribution at Christmas time OF
more than so baskets of foodstuffs TO
needy families.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
RITES TO BE HELD HERE.
SEN Of AdoIph Ruth Orders Immediate
Arrangements for Funeral.

Earl A Ruth, 1908 X street, one of
Adolph Ruth's sons, said today he had
received a telegram from Arizona au-
thorities asking further instructions for
sending the body Mr.. Ruth said he
had ordered immediate arrangements to
be made, and that funeral services
would be held here.
Erwin C. Ruth, another son, now of
New York, last Summer went to Arizona
after his father had disappeared and
spent month searching for him, with
out success. A reward was offered and
ofricials from two counties joined In the
search.
Also surviving Adolph Ruth are his
widow, one daughter, Mrs. Stella r.
Hawkins, and q grandchtld, all of
Washington.
Evening star., 1932-01-09

been played, Anc
he won the match
by $3.50 p in / 6,
after being 21,l25
points ahead a.
one stage Of the
play
I accepted the
challenge to prove
the merits Of my
variation of the
ofncial syst e m,
called the Ia
official system, and
a ny un b isse &
Judge will admit
that Ii has shown
its superi orit y
when It's rules were
obeyed.
When Come dr.,
Evening star., 1932-01-09
TALES Of MINE LED
D. c. MAN To DEATH
Body of AdoIph Ruth Found
on "TraiI" to Mythical
Lost Dutchman.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz., January 9-stories
of the Lost Dutchman gold mine lured
Adolph Ruth, 8s, retired Govern
ment clerk. to death IN the Supersti-
tion Mountain Range.
His skeleton was found by jeff Ad-
ans, deputy sheriff and w. A. Bark
ley. tracker, who went into the range
last week.
Adams said he believed Ruth, who
entered the mountains last Spring with
a crude map purporting to show the
location of the mine. was overcome by
heat and exhaustion. Papers were in
tact in remnants of his clothing.
A son of the victim, DR.. Erwin Ruth
Of Washington, led one party on q vain
search for him last Summer.
Many persons have sought the tabled
mine. II was named for Jacob Walz,
who related, just before mis- death here
in 1891, that he had killed six men to
guard its secret.
Evening star., 1932-01-09

by a margin OF
$3.50 points. OF
the $50 rubbers
played, we won II
and our opponents
won T3. Thus, on
the basis Of rub
bers the difference
was only four, but
when 1t Is consid-
cred that the av-
erage rubber at
contract b r l d 9 e
a b o u t Q 0 0
points, the margin
OF victory, al
though less than 1
had hoped, is GER
tainly decisive to
believers in the ap-
forcing sYs-
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Students to Grade
Professors Work
AT Northwestern u.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
EVANSTON, Ill, January g.
A great day is coming for under
graduates of Northwestern Uni
versity
For years the professors have
been grading the students, but
now the undergraduates have de-
cided to grade the professors.
we are asking the students TO
grade course and instructor in
the regular fsshion-from A to
F." said Robert Palmer, manag-
ing editor of tha Daily North
western, student publication.
The results are to be presented
10 q faculty committee.
Evening star., 1932-01-09

wv AAAAA N
the most hilar-
ious burlesquerie
of the year and
one most ear
nestly recon-
mended TO those
whose state of
being still al
lows laughter at
plain, undiluted,
roaring a n d
screaming" fool
ishness.
w hill Mr..
Coward's nara
ton of two di-
orc ees who
find their for
mer love more
4L
Evening star., 1932-01-09

Programs Planned for
Y. w. c. A. Music Series.

HENSEMBLE MUSIC" to be pre-
Il sented by various we'll know
groups of instrumentalists and vo-
cslists, will be featured at the Sun
clay music hour programs, to be
given at the Young Women's Chris
fiarl Association, Seventeenth aad
* streets, for the next few months,
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Storm Floods Leningrad.

LENINGRAD, Russia, January Up.
Several industrial plants have been
damaged and the lower section of the
city was inundated by food in the
River Neva because of a violent storm
in the Bay of Finland The river rose
8 feet before 1t began to subside.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Police Slayer Executed.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. January o R.-
Gust Tangules, ST. of youngstown, Ohio,
died in the electric chair at Ohio Peni-
tentiary last night for the murder OF
Forrest Good, an Akron policeman, last
June %.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Interstate Male Chorus
To Present Concert January Il.

THE Interstate Male Chorus, Clyde
B. Aitchison, conductor, will give
its first concert of the twelfth sea-
son in the D. A. r. Memorial CONT
mental Hall on January 81 at $3.50
pm. This will be the thirty-second
concert to be given by the chorus
under Mr.. Aitchison's SNon. Some
Evening star., 1932-01-09
How the Contestants See 1t
Play With LiggeH Proves
Superiority of Official
System, Says Lenz.
BY SIDNEY 8. LENZ.

NEW YORK, January s.-The 150th
rubber OF my match against Ely Cul-
bertson or, as II was intended, against
his "approaeh" forcing system, has
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Culbertson Holds System
Won Despite Opponents
Superior Holdings.
BY ELY CULBERTsON.

NEW YORK. January e.--we won
the I5o-rubber match of contract bridge
against Mr.. Sidney s. Lenz and his
partner, Comdr. Winfield Liggett, jr.,
Evening star., 1932-01-09
From the Front Roy
Reviews and News of Washing ston's Theaters.
Private Lives"
With Norma She

Private Lives,
With Norma Shearer.
n YoEL CoWARD's rollicking
treatise on our younger
VI marrieds, red flamingos, cos
Y mic thingsmies and SUCH
like, Private Lives" has
been recreated in the films with
most of the successful earmarks OF
its original. Visible now at LoeWs
Evening star., 1932-01-09
EX-LEGISLATOR DIES

James Manahan Expires After siA
Weeks Illness.
ST. PAUL, MINI, January 8 P.-
James Manahan, IS, former Repub-
lican Representative In Congress from
Minnesota, died yesterday after six
week illness. He was an attorney.
Evening star., 1932-01-09


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The bidding: South, pass; West, one
club; North, one SPADE; East, pass;
South, three spades; all pass. Mrs.
Culbertson led the queen Of clubs.
Walk Arm in Arm.
Arm in arm, CulbertSon, victor, and
Lenz, vanquished, walked down the cor
ridor early today from the Waldorf As
toria suite in which they finished their
bridge battle Of the century"
We'll, Sidney" said Culbertson, Il
hated to beat you"
Veteran Lenz grinned, opened his
arms in gesture.
ITS eli right, Ely. You have wife
and kids. What the heck do I care?'
They made their way to another suite,
where movie cameras waited. Culbert-
son dropped back. Mrs. Culbertson,
partner to her husband through most
Of the match, caught up with Lenz
They walked on. He gripped her
hand.
IN say this, Jo," he said, never have
had an opponent so lovely-you almost
make up for Ely"
Now, Sidney" she said, don't say
that"
"oke, Jo," he answered. III say you
more than made up for him"
BY that time they were under kleig
lights and movie men were telling them
how to congratulate all over again.
The actual congratulations at the
playing table were brief. Lenz's taunt,
You made slam, but you didn't bid
it." marked the end Of play. Mrs. Gull
bertson turned to him.
1t has been pleasure to play with
you, Sidney" she said.
Jacoby CongratuIates Victor.
Ossie Jacoby, who was Lenz's partner
until the l04th rubber, when he re-
signed because Lenz criticised him.
warmly congratulated Culbertson and
gripped Lenzs hand without ssS:t..g a
word.
A kibitzer shook hands with Lenz
said: Congratulations!
What the devil you congratulatlng
me FORE" asked LenE.
we didn't win" he added, but we
had q lot Of fun, didn't We, Lig?"
we did" said Liggett, but as I said
at the start, the ma N didn't prove
thing"
We'll" said Lenz, "the cards viii
speak for themselves"
Above everything" Culbertson said
"this match has proven that the great
est Of bridge experts are human, per
haps too human. Women will be glac
TO learn that a husband and wift
can plav I,rder terrific strain and be-
Gurre Lne world as kibitzer without ar
Acrimonious word exchanged or dis.
approving gesture-that in public, and
believe it or not, IN private. In TACT
my wife stated to me that Throughout
the match was so considerate that a
times she even doubted that I was
husband"
CulbertSon's bets which are to b
tn ho