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Evening star., 1932-12-01
Housewares

2 Wooden Clothes
Hampers. Shopworn. G1 10
Were $2.98 ........, ~
A Willow Clothes Hampers.
sasa Ws5e sa,ss to ~ Price
-3 Fireplace Wood Baskets.
Were $198; S Hand-carved Fire.
Id place &c Bellows, were $l.OO
s2.98. .............
a Fireplace Shovels. Snc
Were $l.50 .......... W.
ws Electric Crates. S3.40
-6 Three pc. Fire
Place Sets. Were 90 OQ
$3.50 ...............
-4 Electric Sandwich Toasters.
Were s249; Electric Bacon and
Egg Griddles. Were @1 M
81 SO
a NIB Electric Tea Ball Tea
Pots. Were $7.98; 6
Imported Bird Cages CC 90
Were $449 .........
-2 NIB Electric Cd Or
Urns. Were $685.. " H
% Earthern Casseroles To
with frames. Were $1.39.. ~
II Frigidaire dem ............
.ns:ra,Sr; .Dss at was $l75.OO
5LZ3.UU
II Porcelain Gas &Cd OK
Range. Was s39.s5 p@Io
% Cast Alum IN u m
Saucepans, 2-qt. Were TOO
SI.39 .................
% Porcelain Elec-
trss Ranges. Were $l6.98
$4,000 ............
Kann's-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1932-12-01
SpOrtsWear

-Blouses u cotton, novelty linen,
Vasrs's Wsrs !, a. o. o0''eo SWISS. 07c
--Blouses Of French silk crepe,
satin or jersey. Were o.
$5.95 &c
-12 Riding Breeches, whipcord
s5.ss s. s0o' ' 'Ssea' were $l.88
--6 Jodphurs whip
cord or tweed. Were eC 90
$685. 49,. %A'oO
We wsr. sTasseF .,oss Suits $3.50
40 Coat Sweaters. ct On
Were $1.95 Plso1
Il Swagger Suit,
.isl9D Es%Dy tweed Was s7.98
KaEn'S-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1932-12-01
Toilet Goods

Odds and Ends, including per-
fumes, lotions, compacts, soap.
etc. Were 75c S0c
to $3.50. ................
Street Floor.
Evening star., 1932-12-01
ChinaWare

Imported China Beverage Sets.
Were $1.98; italian Pottery. Was
S2.6s and $2.98; 3-pc. China
Cozy Sets. Were $1.98. G1 on
Choice .............
Imported China Condi- 2Ec
ment Sets. Were 69c..
Odds and Ends, includ-
ing tea sets, vanity sets, S0c
etc. Were s1.00. ..... wv
Small Lot Ash Trays, Salt
and Pepper Shakers, etc. 1Oc
Were 25c ............. o
-9-Pc. Beverage Sets. ROc
Were $1.00 ............
-23-Pc. China Tea G7 OQ
Sets. Were $2.69 -. ~
"a Pc. China Dim
ass .ss ;. Sets. We're s19.98
-95-Pc. China Dim
.ss ns5 :. sets, Were s24.98
-100-Pc. Porcelain
.,a Dinner as Sets. Were S1l.98
-6f-Pc. English Porcelain
Dir Dinner ne Sets Were $ll.5O
rrllird Floor
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
TODAY'S PROGRAMS
$50 NiIOcycIe"-WRC-s1s Meters

4:3O-Herb Gordon's Orchestra.
4:45-"Lady Next Door,"
5:15-"Skippy."
5:3OABlue Moon Cuckoos.
5:45-One Man Minstrel Show.
5:OO-"The Quizzical Observer. f."
6:15-Sert Room Orchestra.
6:3O-"How the Adjusted Ser.
vice Certificates Can Be
Paid Now and Promote
the Welfare of the Coun-
try" by Representative
Wright Patman of Texas.
6:45-June Pursell.
7:OO-Amos m Andy.
7:15-Rock Greek Program.
7:SO-Alice JOY.
7:45-Marguerite Cromwell.
8:OO-"Culbertson on Bridge"
S:15-Herb Gordon's Orchestra.
8:30-"Unemployment Insur-
ance"; Psychology of Mu-
sical Skills."
9:O0-Pryor's Band, Revelers
Quartet.
= Wirges' Orchestra.
Hour.
Minute News.
Columbo.
Crawford, Organist.
l1:30-Weather.
I1:31-Johnny Hamp's Orchestra.
Kirbery.
I2:O5-Buddy Rogers California
Cavaliers.
L. :30-Herb Gordon's Orchestra.
$50 KiIOcycIe'-WMAL-47s Meters
4:OO-Ann Leaf at the Organ.
4:30-Spanish Serenade.
5:OO-Herr Louie.
5:15-Eddie Duchin's Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Church Mouse to
Open Stock Season

The National Theater Players
will begin their eighth spring and
summer season in the National
Theater, the opening date Mon
day, April 18. the play, "A
Church Mouse"
"A Church Mouse" produced
by William A. Brady, at the
Playhouse, in New York. enjoyed
a prosperous run. 1t never came
to washington, and the National
Theater Players have the honor
of staging it's premiere here. The
play is admirably fitted to the
company.
In brief, it is the story of o
butterfly who emergeS from a
caterpiller, a neat little tale Of
Cinderella-like proportions. 1t
was adapted from a Hungarian
drama, the adaptation made by
Frederic and Fannie Hatton. The
title comes from the fact that the
central character of "a Church
Mouse" is a plain little stenog-
rapher who unfolds unexpected
charm when dressed for a party.
She eventually marries her en-
ployer, who happens to be a
baron.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
New Play Opens
at BeIasco
April 18

A new play en- route to its New
York opening has been booked for
a weeks engagement at the Be-
lasco Theater beginning Monday
evening, April 10.
This is the piece called Another
Language" by Rose Franken,
which Arthur J. Beckhard is pro-
ducing with Glenn Anders and
Margaret Wycherly in the leading
roles. Having been first tried out
last summer in Greenwich, Conn.
this play has already passed
through one test that indicates
it's entertainment value for Wash
ington theater-goerS as being i'm
mediately,, on no other evidence,
superior to the completely un-
known plays that sometimes come
here prior to their Broadway
openings.
Mr.. Anders and Miss Wycherly
are both best remembered here
for their performances in Theater
Guild plays-the former in the
Knew What They Wanted" "
Strange Interlude." Dynamo" j."
and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
the latter in 1.-The Adding Ma
chine" Jane Clegg," Back to
Methuseleh" and Strange Inter
lude."
In addition, the cast of "An-
other Language" will consist of
Dorothy Stickney, John Beal,
Maud Allen, Wyrley Birch, Mar
garet Hamilton, Irene Cattell, Hal
K. Dawson and others.
The play is described as new
comedy-drama about everyday peo-
pie and the Observation-Disclosures
that sometimes keep them apart,
in other words about people who,
though they speak with the same
vocabulary, none the less do not
use the same language.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Stanwyck Stars
On Earle Screen

Barbara Stanwyck, the screens
empress of emotion, will be seen
in "Shopworn," a Columbia pic
ture which heads the program
for the week beginning today at
Warner Brothers Earle Theater.
The cast in support includes
Regis Toomey, Zasu Pitts, Lucien
Littlefield, Clara Blandick and
oscar APPEL.
The stage program will be
headed by Moran and Mack, the
blackface favorites of stage,
screen and radio. They will be
remembered in the Scandals"
and in their pictures, Two
Grows" and "Anybody's War"
other acts will be Roy Smeck,
the Observation-Disclosures wizard
of the Strings; Colby and Murry
dance revue; the Five ElginS,
Errope's novelty sensation and
Maxine Doyle, mistress Of cere-
monies. --.I ...---- ----.-
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
SATURDAYS Shorts

The Bliss Electrical School
Glee Club will forget kilowatts
and electrons long enough to
sing a program over WMAL at
9:15 tonight. . Thought you'd
like to know that the Stevens
Sisters Sunday afternoon time
has been changed to $50 Mon
day night. Frank Parker, one
of the "he-men of radio" and
tenor SoloisSt with the Gypsies,
once sang in the chorus in
Greenwich Village Follies. . But
don't let anyone dare to squeak
"whoops!" in his presence. Eel
Ter up in Pennsylvania, writes in
that during the recent Farm and
Home Hour Growing contest over
WRC, Everett Mitchell's crow not
only started a grandfather's
clock that had been out of Kill
ter for years, but smashed to
smithereens a punch bowl on the
top shelf of the china closet.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
John Erskine Will
Lecture Here TuesdaN

John Erskine, Americas great
literary genius and educator, who
now has added the presidency of
the Juilliard Foundation and
School Of Music to his other
notable activities, will come to
Washington to lecture as the
final event in the regular season
of the Community Institute, ap-
pearing at Central High Com
munity Center. Tuesday evening,
April IL, at BIS o'clock.
His subject this season will be
Music in Our Daily Lives" DR..
Erskine is one of the outStand-
ing speakers on the American
platform.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
'TheDeviI Passes,
Opens Here
uesday

Arch Selwyn's production of
Benn w. Levy's comedy, THE
Devil Passes," coming direct from
the Selwyn Theater, New York,
will be offered at the National
Theater for five days commenc-
ing Tuesday, April IL, with
matinees Wednesday and Satur-
day.
This play employs the talents of
the finest all-star cast of the dec
ade including Arthur Byron, Basil
Rathbone, Robert Lorraine, Mary
Nash, Cecilia LOTUS, Diana Wyn.
ward, Eric Blore and j. Malcom
Dunn and Given Day Burroughs.
The story has to do with the
potent and mysterious influences
of the devil in proving to the
members of an English commun-
ity and their weekend guests that
God is everything. BY the simple
process Of playing the game of
Truth" the Devil is able to
learn the one great ambition of
each of his unsuspecting subjects.
When he has found out these
things he sets about putting
temptation in the path of each
person in turn. They are all
"realists" with artistic leanings,
but when put to the test they re-
fuse to betray God by gaining
their ambitions through trickery
and deceit.
The short local engagement is
made necessary by the terrific ex-
pense necessary to operate this
organization, and the fact that
Mr.. Selwyn is anxious to compete
the short tour before the expira-
ton of existing artists contracts.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
March-Francis
Team Scores
at Palace
STRANGERS IN LOVE"
A Paramount Picture
THE CAST

Fredric March and Kay Francis
have most congenial roles in their
current vehicle at the Palace,
strangers in Love-" The idea
is not particularly novel, for it is
the story of two brothers, twins,
one bad and the other good. The
good brother, as usual, has a lot
of tough luck and comes home
after his wanderings to find the
other has inherited the whole
estate.
But bad brother March plays
both) dies from heart attack.
and good brother replaces him,
letting no one know. Then come
difficult encounters with all man
ner Of intimates of the other, who
wonder but do not ascertain the
true condition Of things. Of
course, Buddy Drake, successor to
Arthur, falls in love with the
girl who had hated Arthur like
poison.
There are villains to be foiled,
the rightful heir to be suitably
reinStated, and a prospering
romance. Unexpected thrills and
clever dialogue go far to make
the picture entertaining, and some
excellent characterizations are
given by Stuart Erwin, Earle
Foxe and others, in addition to
the stars.
The stage show reveals the
Twelve American Steppers in
various military numbers, Terrell
and Fawcett in acrobatics, bur-
lesque and actual, the Candreya
Brothers and their music, and
Loyalta'S animals, which are ex-
traordinarily clever.
A travel film dealing with the
worlds religions, the Hearst
Metrotone newsreel and a Charley
Chase comedy which features
night club ideas and that Cali
| fornia climate, are added hits.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Leona Powers Is
Picked As Lead
For Stock

Leona Powers, for two seasons
popular leading lady with the
National Theater Players, returns
to resume the lead roles this
season again by request of the
patrons. The management of
the Players conducted a voting
contest among the regular sub
scribers and Miss Powers name
lead all the others. AcquieScing
to the demand, the contract was
signed and this week Miss Pow
ers returns from the Pacific
Coast, where she has been ap-
pearing in various travelling and
stock organizations.
In her past appearances with
the National Theater Players,
Leona Powers proved herself an
actress of the highest caliber.
She is rated as the best roper
toire leading woman in the coun-
try, having played everything
from a Pollyanna role, repre-
sentjng a 12-year-old girl, to a
mature woman.
One of her outstanding roles
was Diane, in Seventh Heaven
She made such striking hit in
this play that it was repeated
three times to capacity audiences.
With the signing of Leona
Powers, the roster of the Ma
tional Theater Players is COM
plete. The other players are:
Donald Woods, Kathryn Givney,
Raymond Bramley, Ona Munson,
Owen Davis, jr., Adelaide Hib'
bard, Burke Clarke, Forrest Orr
and Karl Nielsen.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
''Hot-Cha Girls" Is
New Cavetv Show

The "Hot- Cha Girls" a recent
acquisition to the new Columbia
Burlesk circuit, will pay it's an,
nual visit to the Gayety Theater,
starting with the usual Sunday
matinee.
The fine cast includes Hazel
Miller, charming dancer, who
leads the female contingent; Lou
Devine and Lou Powers, droll
comedians; Bob Burch, Gambel
Brothers, Boots Rush, Bobby
Leonard, Jim and Genaro. Dotty
A'Hearn and several others.
There is also a Splendidly
trained chorus of 18 handsome
kids. that are probably the young
est bunch of burlesque choristerS.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Vocal Duplicate

Laddy Seaman, who plays the
part of young Elmer" in George
Frame Browns rural skit, "Thomp-
kins' Corners" won his part in
an elimination contest when his
predecessor suddenly grew up on
the producers and blossomed
forth with a deep bass voice.
Brown heard a countless success,
sion of boys, dozens of them, one
after the other, until he was
dizzy. Then young Seaman, the
241st boy, appeared, knee-breeches
and all, just like the rest, and
spoke his piece.
You're hired" said Brown,
and eliminated the 240 others i'm
mediately, for young Seaman's
voice was so exact a duplicate of
his predecessor that the radio
audience never knew a change
had been made.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
En-?

The Boswell Sisters have hit
upon a new stunt that is inter-
esting, if not important. When
ever one of them receives a re-
quest for a photograph. she al
ways sends a group picture of
the three girls.
But with the picture goes a re-
quest for snapshot of the per-
son asking for it. The girls now
have a big album filled with the
likenesses Of Boswell fans.
Lolita folks have been pesterin'
ye ed. to get the inside dope on
why the Mills Brothers, those col
oradomadura thermometers, were
off the Columbia network.
Well, here's the lowdown:
Every Tuesday and Thursday
night, over Columbia, you may
hear the boys on a new CONNER
cial program. And, best of all, the
contract calls for So weeks!
The Washington times., 1932-04-09


with their mountain songs, native
comedy. yodeling and musical
instruments; Hal Sherman
another comedy spot for the pro-
gram who calls himself "Mr. st.
Vitas, Himself; the De Toregos
in a dance sequence with two
assisting artists, Sally Sarrant
and Joe Bradshaw; Allan Correll,
exponent of scientific weight con-
troll, and, last but not least, and
principally for the children animal
stars a group of dogs, cats and
pigeons remarkably we'll trained.
The screen feature brings back
to Keith's Bill Boyd who with
Ginger Rogers, Hobart Bosworth,
Edgar Kennedy and other prom
inent players are appearing in
thrilling story Of the northern
woods, Carnival Boat"
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
LiIyan Tashman
In Person at
the RiaIto

Under the new headline star"
policy, the Rialto Theater brings
no less a luminary than Lilyan
Tashman to bow into the theater
today.
There is little need to explain
who is Lilyan Tashman?" She
has an international film reputa-
ton, is Hollywood's best-dressed
star, is one of the screens finest
light condolences, is the wife Of
Edmund Lowe, once played here
in stock (before she entered the
movies, is a talented, gracious
The Washington times., 1932-04-09


His pres e n t
vaudeville tour
of the Radio
Keith Orpheum
theaters is his
first in many.
years and every
report has the
comedian pro-
viding plenty of
laughter a n d
surprises.
In the sup
porting bill of
five acts are
the Georgia
crackers, Annie,
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
HaIIiweII Hobbies
Is Favorite Butler

Some day Halliwell Hobbies is
going to convince film producers,
once and for all, that he can
successfully portray other than
butler characters on the screen.
He is perhaps the talkie's best
known domestic.
You will find him in livery
again in Love Affair."" Columbia
picture adapted from the Ursula
Parrott story, at Warner Brothers
Metropolitan eater, with
Dorothy Mackaill and Humphrey
Bogart in the leading roles.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
And So To Gossip

Douglas Fairbanks, jrY has
Just sold a short story to a ma
tional magazine. It's called Gay
Love-. RK-O is trying to rent
all of Harold Lloyd'S prize greaC
danes for the Richard Connell
story, THE Most Danger us
Game" This, you recall, is re-
garded as one of the classic
short stories of the world. It's
about a thrilling and gruesomee
manhunt. Now that the rest OF
HOLLYWOOD has taken up turtle
necked sweaters, Clark Gable has
discarded them for v-necked Slip
overs. Clark hates to dress up
abhors evening clio h es.. Seen
about the bright light places:
Jack Dempsey with a stag party
of 10 at Stark's Bohemian cafe
Rex Bell and Clara Bow in
the audience at a local mystery
play. Betty Blythe was lunching
at M.-G.-M. today, also Vera
Reynolds. The story never came
out until now, but there was
great excitement the othef nlgnL
on the Bird of Paradise" set.
One of the dusky extra men beat
UP a native woman and threw
her headlong off a platform. She
may lose an eye. On the very
mosning that Phar Lap took
sick, Metro GoldWyn-Mayer signed
a contract to feature the great
race horse in a one-reel picture
Noticed Harry Ellington, Greta
Garbo's business manager, lunch
ing in the M.-G.-M. commiSsary
today. Marie Dressler's admirers
in Fort Wayne, Ind, have sent
her the largest postcard on rec
ord. It measures three and one
half by five feet, cost SO postage
and contains hundreds of sigma
lures.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Plan Broadcast
From Speeding
Mail Planes
BY STANLEY BIGELOW

If you're up at 11:3O tomorrow
night, don't fail to hear the big
stunt N. B. C. and the Post Office
Department plan to broadcast.
At that time, Postmaster Gen
eral Walter F. Brown, speaking
over a WRC mike, will open a
nationwide network in the first
three-way, plane-to-radio broad
cast ever attempted from mail
planes speeding over New York,
Chicago, and San Francisco on a
night schedule.
The radio audience will hear
the announcers, one in each
plane, as they describe operations
on the ground and aloft.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Ona Munson Debuts
In STRAIGHT Drama

Ona Munson, making her first
bow with the National Theater
Players, came to Washington two
weeks ahead of time in order to
see the beauties of the city and to
study her first straight dramatic
role in a stage play.
She played in musical comedies
and on the screen, but never in a
NAV
The Washington times., 1932-04-09

lady Of distinction and IS always
interesting.
And during her appearance
here she will, she declares, "be
herself, which means, Of course,
her latest clothes and a nice lit
tie chat with audiences of What
and Why Are Hollywood"
To make her coming complete,
and quite tuneful, the Rialto Of
ferS also the first professional
appearance on any Washington
stage of Herb Gordon and his
whispering orchestra, fresh from
a Wardman Park Hotel season.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Joan Crawford Is
to Play Lead
in RAJ" "
BY HARRISON CARROLL

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, April 9.
Here is the most important cast
ing news weeks-Metro-G Gold
wyn-Mayer has finally agreed to
the loan of Joan Crawford for
"Rain."
This is a real coup for United
Artists, because Joan is ideally
suited to play Sadie Thompson
q role taken on the stage by the
late Jeanne Eagels and on the
silent screen by Gloria Swanson.
Two factors, I learn, persuaded
M. G. M. to release one of its
major stars to another company.
The first is that the story offers
Joan a magnificent opportunity.
The second is that United Artists
has agreed to give M. G. M. a
financial interest in the picture.
Lewis Milestone, new producer
for the U. A. arrived in Holly
wood last night, and went into
conference with Joseph M.
Schehck. Official announcement
of the deal will be made by Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer Immediately.
AS to Joan herself, she has all
along been willing to give up her
vacation to play the role of Sadie.
Joan is more than ordinarily
earnest about her career, and
knows the value Of such a power
full vehicle.
e Production of the picture will
take precedence over "Promls-
cuous," which Joan was to have
started in two weeks at Metro
Goldwvn-MaVer
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Next at Cayety

Jersey Bellies" with Joe Freed
and Kitty Ellis, will open at the
Gayety Theater Sunday, April II.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Don't Miss These

7:15 p. m. (WOL).-GlObe
TrOtter.
8:15 p. m. (WRC)-Herb
GOrdOn'S Orchestra.
$3.50 p. m. (WOL).-Lelia
EndicOtt, blues singer.
9:15 p. m. (WMAL) .-Ad-
dress by Gov. Franklin d.
Roosevelt.
$3.50 p. m. (WBAL) First
Nighter.
1000 p. m. (WJSV).-Ed-
ward Taber, Herald News
Flashes.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
Charley Chase Is
Keith HeadIiner

Charley Chase, Hal Roach
comedy star, is heading the new
R-K-O vaudeville bill at Keith'S.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
7eO Kilocyole'-WBAL-so

" DIAL
P. M.
4:OO-Salon Music by the "Cal-
vertons."
5:0O-Musical Moments.
5:15-America at Work.
5:45-Little Orphan Annie.
6:OO-RaiSing Junior.
6:15-At the Console.
6:45-Parade of the Colors.
7:OO-AmoS m Andy.
7:l5-Serenaders.
7:3O-Studio Program.
7:45-Radio Drama-"Murder to
Music" Stuart Gibson.
8:OO-Danger Fighters.
S:SO-Dance with Counties
D'Orsay.
9:OO-Sinclair Minstrels.
9:SO-The First Nighter.
lO:OO-Happy Rose Dance Or
chestra.
lO:15-Concert-Elmer F. Bern
hardt, baritons, and Ma
than Cohen. xylophonist.
1O:3O-Hollywood Nights.
1O:45-Twenty Fingers of Har-
mony.
11:0O-Slumber Music.
11:3O-Jane Froman and Her
Orchestra.
HAS to 12:OO-Lew White Organ
Recital.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
His Ambition

Charles Bickford. here this
week in Scandal For Sale" at
the Rialto, expects some day to
retire to a tiny island off the
Australian coast. The isle is
three miles long and Bickford
owns it outright.
The Washington times., 1932-04-09
On the Spot

VH GAC SpOI
One of Joe E. Browns better
stories is about the drunk who
tried to slip in the back way
without waking his wife.
Unfortunately, he tripped over
a milk bottle, went down with a
crash and cut his back on the
broken glass. Feeling the blood,
he rushed into the bath room,
stripped off his clothes and ex-
amined the wound over his shoul-
der in the mirror.
In this awkward position, he
tried to patch it with adhesive
tape.
The next morning his wife
routed him out of bed. 80
you've been drunk again!" she
accused, acidly.
who? Me?" indignant. You're
crazy"
"Oh, yeah" demanded the wife.
"Well, if you weren't drunk, what
did you mean by putting that ad-
hesive tape on the mirror?"