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Evening star., 1932-12-11
MEMORIAL RITES
PLANNED BY D.A. R.
D. c. Group to Make Special
Pilgrimage to Alexandria
December ia.

The first surgeon general of the
United States Army, who was also per-
sonal physician to George Washington,
DR.. James Craik, will be honored by
the District Of Columbia Society Of the
Sons Of the American Revolution in
a special pilgrimage to Alexandria on
December IA, the 1880 anniversary of
the death Of the First President, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
officers Of the society.
Ceremonies attendant upon the oc-
casion will be held in the Old Presby-
terrain Meeting House, next to the
church yard where DR.. Craik lies
buried, and will be broadcast over q
nationwide radio hook-up.
Speakers on the program will in
Col. John w. williams, clerk Of the
House Of Delegates and secretary Of the
Virginia State George Washington BIZ
centennial Commission, Richmond, Va:
DR.. Thomas e. Green, general chaplain
of the General Society, Sons of the
Revolution, and president of the Sons
OF the Revolution in the District Of
Columbia; Francis Key Gaines, presi-
dent Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Va; Hugh T. Williams,
chairman National Americanism Com
mission of the American Legion, Dan
vile, Va; DR.. Hugh Cooper, national
commissioner of education, Washington,
D. c.; William Buckner McGroarty,
president of the Washington Society of
Alexandria.
The official delegation of the D. c.
Society, s. A. R., will assemble at ma
tional headquarters, 1927 Sixteenth
street, at l o'clock and will proceed to
Alexandria, arriving at the Meeting
House not later than 2 pm. The dele
CATION viii be composed Of the fol-
lowing:
Past President Col. Alonzo Gray,
chairman, and the following members:
Gen. Amos A. Fries, Gen. Thomas II.
Slavens, Gen. William e. Horton, Gen.
Alexander N. williams, Col. John P.
Hams, Col. James S. Easby-Smith, Col.
A. L. Conger, Capt. M. @. Cook, U. s.
NJ; Lieut.. Col. L. G. Lucas, U. 8. M. c.;
Lieut.. Col. Alexander Taylor and
Comdr. Henry B. Soule.
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LEGION DRIVE BEGUN
FOR new MEMBERS
Two Trophies to Be Awarded at
End of Campaign in District
December 81.

The District Of Columbia Depart
ment of the American Legion is en-
gagged in a membership drive which
will end at midnight Of December 81.
Frank A. Connolly, department mem-
bership officer, has outlined the plans
for the campaign to the membership
officers of each post. The first Sec
ton of the drive ends December IS.
Two trophies, each gavel gong in
the shape of q bronze copy of the
Liberty Bell surmounted by the Legion
emblem, will be awarded. One goes to
the post which shows the highest per-
centage of 1888 membership compared
to the 1882 total paid into depart
mental headquarters as of December
81, 1882. The other trophy goes to
the post which shows the largest num-
ber of members enrolled between De-
cember and midnight Of December 81.
Mai Edward Hale has been appoint
ed chairman of the annual American
Legion Ball Committee and has an
nounced that this event will be held be-
tween February Is and % next. It
was decided to hold the ball IN Feb
ruary so as not to conflict with the
inaugural ball on March T..
The Legion bali wiz help raise funds
for relief Of veterans families. Each
post has been asked to name q mem
Der on the committee at its next meet
ing.
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FIRST LADY HEADS GUESTS
AT CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
National Cathedral School Chill
dren Gave Annual Yule Pro-
gram Last Night.

Mrs. Herbert Hoover headed the guests
who were invited to watch so students
of the National Cathedral School pre-
sent their annual Christmas pageant
aast night.
A short medieval farce, sShare Each
and Share Alike" and a pageant, "At
the Portals of the STAR" constituted the
program. Miss Madeline Hicks, director
Of the schools department of the art of
expression, wrote and staged the
pageant. Members of the Players Club
took speaking parts, the Glee Club pro-
vided music and the art department
students made costumes and scenery.
Besides Mrs. Hoover, the guests who
were invited included: Right Rev. James
e. Freeman, Bishop of Washington;
Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean Of
Washington, and Mrs. Bratenahl; Rev.
William L. De Vries, Rev. and Mrs. G.
Freeland Peter and Mrs. James
Parmelee.
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Abbey Theater Players
Conclude Their Engagement.

'NHE Abbey TheaJer FIayerS-
the most individual and dis
tinguished troupe Washing
ton has seen in many q day
concluded their weeks
repertoire last night at the National
Theater. Putting their best foot
forward even at the last, they pre-
sented "The Playboy Of the Western
World" that particular classic,
which is seldom played now at the
Abbey Theater in Dublin except at
special matinees. This is due to the
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From the Front Row
Reviews and News Of Washington Theaters.

and-Tan" troubles Of the early 20s.
A boarding house in which men and
women are huddled like SO many
ants. A peddler well versed in
Shakespeare, poet, well versed in
his country's affairs, q girl who
knows nothing and is shot for know
ing too much. Bitter characterize
tions-and yet trenchant ones-and
acted to the hilt by this now hon.
ored group.
Too little perhaps of Barry Fitz-
gerald, and not enough of that long
and expressive role which was Gre
ated superbly by F. j. Mccormick.
Too little TO Maureen Delaney and
that radiant Irish beauty, Kate
Curling. And then, too, 1t was o
pity that later in the day Miss Eli
leen Grove was unable to appear.
However, Mr.. Shields was there with
that huskiness Of throat which is
one of his best characteristics-and
May Craig. who has added much to
the weeks proceedings-and p. ].
Carolan, and Denis O'Dea-and all
the rest of this lusty company.
The remainder of the year will be
lean without them. They have done
much to put new life and humor
and touch Of pathos in not too
blooming season of the theater.
E. de S. MELCHER.
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DORMANT, q u q
is only allowed to appear when this
worthy troupe travels In foreign
countries, and offers the best that
1t knows.
At the matinee performance Lady
Gregory's famous satire, spreading
the News" was presented with most
of these 13 now we'll known actors
in evidence. Especially to be COM
mended, however, was the pitch
fork look of Michael ]. Dolan as he
sat on the bench and heard himself
being accused of q murder, which
had been founded only through a
series of garrulous tongues.
Afterward Sean O'Casey's THE
Shadow of a Gunman" was given.
A well worded play, it was Gas are
most of these Irish plays) noted
for the spirit of the language and
the humor of its dialogue rather
than for the oppressiveness OF Its
tragedy. It would be interesting to
compare an American tragedy (Mr.
O'Neil for instance) to one OF these
foreign rivals. Where our plays are
built from the ground up on series
of somber notes, and keep the audi
ence in a state of applied miserable
ness, in the Irish classics the tragedy
comes only in fits and starts. and
is made apparent sometimes only
long after the final curtain has
descended.
Thus in 1.-THE Shadow" the un-
tagging but always sprightly zeal
of each Characterization carries
along until the end. Even then the
particular tragedy that has taken
place is not enough to blister the
audience with grief: During the
course of the play the true poetry
Of this country's dialect has had
sway, the staunch loyalty which
was apparent back In the 1s2os is
clearly depicted, and that con-
sistent merriment which Is so often
part of the Irish character is granted
full license.
The action is small. The "Black-
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PHYSICAL DIRECTOR
FOR CADETS NAMED|
Paul LuckeI Doerr, Eastern
High Honor Man, to AS
i. sist Col. Craigie.

Paul Luckel Doerr, second lieutenant
In the Reserve Officers Training Corps
and "best individual cadet" at Eastern
High School In 1924, has been ap-
pointed q physical training teacher as
signed to assist Lieut.. Col Wallace M.
Craigie, U. S. A., retired, in directing
the washington high school cadets, it
was announced late yesterday by DR..
Stephen e. Kramer, assistant superin-
tendent.
The appointment Of Lieut.. Doerr is
the second step taken by school OIL
cials to compensate for the loss, through
the Regular Army officer assigned as
professor of military science and tactics
In the schools.
In appointing Lieut.. Doerr, DR.. Kra-
mer explained, the school authorities
operated within the provisions of the
economy act. A vacancy existed in the
staff of physical training teachers. The
cadets were construed as one Of the
various means of promoting physical
development of students. 1t happened
that Mr.. Doerr, who had filed applica
tion for a position on the physical
training staff, headed the senior and
the junior high school list of eligibles.
The school authorities merely sought
t&Alu oCC0lcO ItCoiuCl1 11OofC4 dPpio-
val Of filling the physical training staff
vacancy, named Doerr as its incumbent,
end then assigned him to cadet work.
Actually, Lieut.. Doerr will be an as
kstant to Col. Craigie, who, though re-
turned to retired pay status, voluntarily
remained as professor Of military sci
ence and tactics in the schools.
A graduate of Eastern High School,
Lieut.. Doerr won the best individual
cadet medal" on the basis of his four
year record in the corps in 1924 In
1928 he won medal at the Citizens
Military Training Camp at Fort Mon
roe for general proficiency. At the
University Of Maryland, from which in
etitution he was graduated, Doerr was
commanding officer of the r. o. r. G.
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HONOR STUDENT ADMITS
ATTEMPT AT BL.ACKMAIL
Florida q. Athlete Wrote Letters
to Freshmen and Others
"Just for a Thrill"

BY the Associated Press.
GAINESVILLE, Fla, December 10
Gerald Smith, Is, University Of Florida
student and track athlete. confessed to
police today that "just for thrill" he
had written 20 or rs blackmail notes to
freshmen at the university and to resi-
dents of Gainesville within the past
two weeks. Smith was vice president
Of the senior class last year and presi-
dent Of four honorary fraternities at
one time.
He was arrested as he came from q
theater here. His home is in Whining
ton. Ohio.
The letters received by the students
recited that 1--WE have direct evidence
Of your cheating at the University of
Florida" and most Of them directed the
recipients to deposit $40 In designated
place "or we will report you and notify
your parents"
Smith said he had received no money
from the notes.
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SOCIETY PLANS ELECTION
Sons of the Revolution to Honor
Washington Tuesday.

The 133rd anniversary Of the death Of
George Washington will be commemo-
rated at the annual meeting Of the Sons
of the Revolution in the District Of Co
lumbia, Tuesday at pm, at the Army
and Navy Club. Officers for the ensuing
year will be elected.
Theodore @. Risley, solicitor OF the
Department Of Labor, will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the meeting. He VIII
have for his topic, Appropriate to the
Anniversary of the Death Of Gen.
George Washington"
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ROAD FUNDS SLASHED

BISMARCK, N. OAK, December 10
R.-Appropriations recommended by
the State Budget Board for operating
the State government and institutions
in the next biennium are $2,894, ,970 be-
low the present budget, the board an
nouced today.
For expenditures from the States
veneral funds the board allowed $5,-
4b2, ,903, compared with appropriations
e Sc, ,56S ,433 by the last Legislature.
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Bank Opened With Nail File.

KANSAS CITY, December 10 R.-
Attempting to learn how three robbers
entered the Plaza Bank Of Commerce
before it was opened Thursday morn
Ing, Police Sergt. Ralph Poynter bor-
rowed q nail file from a woman clerk
yesterday. Using the file, he picked the
lock of the main door. The robbers
obtained $1,000 in cash and securities
by holding up employees when they ar
rived for work.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
MRS. ROOSEVELT SAILS
Will Spend Yu1e Holidays With
Son In Philippines.

SEATTLE, December 10 R.-The
liner President Madison sailed from
Seattle for the Philippines today with
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow Of
President Roosevelt, who will spend the
Christmas holidays with her eldest son,
Theodore Roosevelt. jr., Governor Gen.
eral of the islands.
God bless you, my dears," she said
to some children who were waiting to
receive her when she boarded ship
She kissed them
A reception committee of Republican
women met her at the Union Station
when the train bearing her from the
East arrived.
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fact that The
Playboy" has S
come to be a
household word.
He Is known the
land over. He
is, Of course.
e sp e cially re-
vered. But he
is also too ia
niliar to war
rant being put
on the boards
except for spe-
cial occasions.
And so. other
than on what
might be called
theatric fe q S t
days, he lays
A
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LOUD AND CLEAR
Can Editorial)

people Dakota spoke loudly and clearly in
favor Of reduction at the primary Wednesday they
imposed serious obligation those levy
the various districts Of the state numbering approximately
They said in effect that they onethird
the tax burden for that change
Will mean unless taxing bodies act to crcumv,
There for those in charge spending
evad the ISSUE
scaling down and thereby make people
tile gesture
this expedent political
whs adopt will be their heads clear
pie will not stand for suberfus will accept
substitutes Tor definite action They insist that the tax burden
How to do this without impang necessary
government question calling the intelligence
thought OF public oicialdom throughout
problem but which taxing
do their people to be obeyed
One would be to present
the townships cities school districts
really essential If doubt fairly easy to
turn back the history
were necessary 20 years ago-and how much they
and fubelow added since then should
some which may have been in effect before that
will be noted that the question thing
able but whether necessary arc not at al,
synonymous Every individual having
personal affairs There is no reason wbv the divisions .,
government should not do the thing.
additional evidence public expense must be re-
duced one need only examine the Buregh
county published in They show
that delnquences increasing ability pay has been re-
duced In Bureh county collections per during
the last fiscal Many who pay only after
tremendous struggle and by mourning debt Money
borrowed to taxes must be repaid
for other purposes.
probable that the elsewhere in the
state We all in the respect and If our local
by excessive optimism We
entitled from the KNOWLEDGE
that the tendency comfort is cold enough
The problem presented not arbitrary rules
or the application OF for action
no' words OF apology In fact APOLOGIES
will be accepted.
Both the taxpayers and public officials by the fact that
te TAX problem is essentially local
and arrive at a workable solution i they will.
Failing to achieve the sought officials will find Them
selves under criticism many have hitherto been
their friends In effect they will counterpart Of ,e
hardhearted noeshaver the old
AS matter Of fact have
been lost in recent because than anv other
'e'O
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of entertainer he Is.

Which. in turn, brings to mind the
gag about the crooner who was being
stuck up" on his way home. He
called for help, but did not have his
loud speaker with him. So the cop
across the street didn't hear him.
y Y X
TAKE EN- BACK ALIVE
They tell, also, of gent picked up
from the gutter in the panther and
python stage Of imbibing.
do you want a prlest?" asked a
solicitous nurse,
mo, just fetcn Frank Bucs..,"
groaned the miserable fellow.
STYLES IN PRESIDENTS
On the afternoon that they were
counting the delegates votes for
Herbert Hoover, back stage in Broad
way they were running through ian
mail for William Gaxton, who plays
the comedy presidential nominee in
"Of Thee I Sing" Within few
weeks, some 5000 gals had subscribed
to the "love" plank in the music show
platform.
Incidentally, the stage version OF
president wears loud sport coats and
Palm Beach trousers; soft-collared.
summary shirts and sport shoes
trimmed with white leather.
While, out in Hollywood, one hears;
they are trucking George M. Conan
up in the tricky Broadway clothes
for 1.-The Phantom President" his
first picture.
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the l. v. A. charge Of radicalism as
voiced by the administration ana
some daily newspapers of the state.

the l. V. A. charge of radicalism as
voiced by the administration anc
some daily newspapers of the state.
Generally speaking, the newspapers
outside the state as we'll as within the
state nave not heralded the results
Of the June primary as a radical VIC
tory at all
Those who live in the state, own
property here and want their COM
monwealth to grow and prosper are
tired of the dissension which has toe
long been fed by self-seeking politi-
clans for their own ends. They well
come return of an era of good will
and cooperation and are willing to
join hands with any administration
that will seek to bring harmony out
Of political chaos.
Everyone is looking for a new deal.
The voters have placed heavy respon-
sibilities upon those who won nomi-
nations. They expect relief from the
burdens of government and will toll
crate no wild expenditures or fantas-
tic schemes of Utopianism.
It Is time to discard the political
troublemakers and evolve a construc-
tive program which will ease the cost
Of government and initiate policies
whic will defend property not
against the imaginary reds but
against the actual political plumber
ers of whom too little has been said.
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he took the trouble to define it. MAX
ing it include the farmer, the labor
er. the small banker and the busi-
nessman and leaving out only the
great industrialists, the big bankers
and the international financiers. If
ne gets the votes of the former he
can do without those of the latter.
The phrase forgotten man." it was
made plain, was based on the belief
that the present administration has
forgotten or at least overlooked, the
interests of the common citizens and
has adopted the theory that the way
TO restore prosperity is to let it
trickle down from the top.
Roosevelt made it plain that he
favors no such theory. His idea is
to recognize the interdependence of
one class upon another and to aid all
in equal measure and at the same
time.
His tax reduction declaration meets
with the approval of an overburden-
ed populace. The public is likely to
give it more credence than will be
accorded the Republican professions
OF economy for he has no three-bil-
llon-dollar deficit staring him in the
face as has Mr.. Hoover. To the peo-
pie of the nation, at least, he has
nothing to live down and no broken
promises to haunt him.
Here and there throughout the
/ speech phrases cropped up which in
dictate that Roosevelt can expect no
support and probably open enmity
from the great financial interests of
the country. His reference to Wall
street manipulations must have irk-
ed Mr.. Raskob, Smiths friend, who
made millions in this manner. 1t will
draw no cheers from those respon-
sible for the stock market boom.
All in all, the speech was ona
which anyone may understand and
one which the people generally
might easily approve. 1t made di-
rect overtures to those who have
been Republicans in the past, and
was careful not to condemn the Re-
publican party, only Republican lea
dership.
1t was speech intended to make
votes, and bits Of it will be repeated
many times between now and next
November. Other parts of it will be
amplified and enlarged upon.
Whether it accomplishes it's aim
will be known definitely after the
votes are counted.
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IZI3|IIl
YORK
!!!E| s|IllslIE
WHAT BECAME OF CROONERS?

WHAT BECAME OF CROONERS?
New York, July 6.-Radio croonerS,
targets for barbs and bouquets ana
once dangled as bait for broadcastlng
attention, have been drifting from
their original airports. The careers
of sev.ral have seemed as scrambled
as the static sounds which often &C
companied program.
X X X
Just about a year ago fans were
being fed on alleged war reports from
the camps of the Messrs. Bling Crosby
and Columbo. Today Crosby is OUT
in Hollywood trying to qualify as a
movie hero. And Columbo leads an
orchestra in a Merrick Road cafe
outside New York. Crosby surprised
the film folk in series Of short SUBJ
jects and was shipped westward. CO.
Jumbo led band at the Waldorf.
K x Il
Only Rudy Vallee appears to re-
main hardy annual. And he went
trouping with music revue just to
show that he could take bit of slap
stick as we'll as a bit of melting fan
mail. He still insists that some day
he will run for congress or the SEN
ate or something in his old home
state of Maine Just vagabond pub
licity lover! Rudy's next enterprise
will be a song book, containing his
favorite numbers.
x x x
HERE'S HOW!
And Little Jack Little. out Of the
picture for some time. reappears as q
breakfast and commuter special. His
program comes on in the morning
and it was, believe, Guy LombardC
who sent him a note suggesting that
he could double his income by start
ing off the day with a milk route.
x X X
Little Jack" whose name is &C.
tually John j. Leonard, may not come
accurately under the heading of a
crocner. I believe there is newer
and older term: whispering bari
tone!
At any rate, Jack told me a tale
one night that recalled the many
jests about crooners. A native of Wa.
terloc, Ia. he had gone to college and
become a cheer leader. And, so went
the story, he all but lost his voice
shouting. Thus becoming the type
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MIR. ROOSeyelt'S Speech

1t was obvious to all who read 1t
that Franklin D. RooSevelts speech
of acceptance of the Democratic pres
idential nomination was carefully
prepared document. 1t was no make
shift thank you" but declaration
Of personal attitude and an espousal
of principles intended to sound the
keynote Of his campaign. AS such it
is worth some study.
In general way it carries the
stamp of frankness and honesty. 1t
condemns hypocrisy and sham and
announces that, come what may, he
intends to deal frankly with the
American people. He speaks of eco
Monies in the terms of the man in
the street, apparently Intentionally
so in order to draw sharp contrast
with the economic counsels which the
nation has known in recent years.
In spots he was little obscure but
there is no evidence that he was in
tentionally so. He delved into some
subjects with which parts OF the ma
ton are unfamiliar. Reforestation,
for instance, is not a pressing prob
lem out here, although 1t is a prob
lem calling for recognition in the
east.
When he spoke Of the dangers of
soil erosion. he gave proof that he
has looked at the nations agricul-
tural problem a little more deeply
than man who thinks Of agricul-
ture only in terms Of votes.
When he discussed prohibition, he
did SO with a forthrightness which
will make friends Of the vets and
enemies OF the drys. When he spoke
OF the admirable platform" and an
nounced that he is back Of 1t 100 per
cent, he gave every evidence of mean
ing what he said.
And appearing often in the speech,
sometimes phrased and sometimes
only implied, we find the forgotten
man" against whom AL Smith in
weighed. 1t promises to become the
watchword Of the Democratic cam
paign, despite the furore which 1t
originally provoked, and Roosevelt
appears content to have 1t 50.
For the benefit Of the convention
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campaign, beginning a drive between
the coast and the To1norica valley. :,
Italian troops were jubilant ana
ready for further action along uillo
front when they learned that leilow
soldiers had finally completely eA-
PEELED Austrians from the western
bank of the Piave river.
Australians and Americans, oou-
bling up on a front northeast OF VII
lers- Bretonneaux, advanced along d
range of almost mile. Americans
also successfully repulsed raid AT
Xivray.
Russia's internal strife continued.
General Count Won Mirbach, German
ambassador to Russia, was aSsaSsl-
mated by two Social Revolutionists.