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Evening star., 1932-07-26

WALKER, the 169-pound heavy
w weight, who drew with JACK
Sharkey and finished Salvatore
2uggirello in round last night; Berg,
recent conqueror Of Kid Chocolate, and
Evening star., 1932-07-26
c. ?. D. NINE SHOWS
REVERSAL Of FORM
Not Playing Kind of Ball That
Earned First Half HonorS
in League.

- P. O.s ball club walked in
- with the first-half pennant
l. in the Departmental League.
but If the Typos are doing
any walking in this second series, it's
backward
For the second time in as many
games, the Printers went down to de-
feat yesterday, Bureau of Investigation
following up Naval Hospitals surprise
victory by eking out 6-to-5 decision
and taking the lead. Allowing only
nine hits and runs in only two in
nings, Eddie Collifower, blond right
handler for Investigation, sent the
s,euths' hopes for the second series
title soaring.
1t was a see-saw tilt. Investigation
scored in the third and G. P. o. came
back with two in the fourth The
Sleuths added two more to take a j.
to-2 lead in their half of the fourth,
but the Typos scored three runs IN
the fifth, which more than matched
Investigations single tally in the same
frame. But another in the sixth and
in the ninth gave Ty Rauber's crew
victory.
VIC GAUZZA will continue as presi-
Y dent of the Departmental League
for the remainder of the season,
anyway. BY a vote of 5 to 4, sup
porters of Gauzza won a fight to re-
tain him at a meeting Of the board
of directors last night at G. P. o. The
rule Incorporated to oust Gauzza was
rejected. It was designed to prevent
any persons connected with the sale
of sporting goods from holding ONCE.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

golden-hearted fraternity of tin ears
will don spangles gratis tonight Tor the
benefit of the Children's Health Farm
Of the Volunteers of America.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

GAMES TODAY.
Wash. at st. Louis.
New York at Cleve.
Boston at Chicago.
Phila. at Detroit.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

GAMES TOMORROW.
Pittsb'gh at N. York.
st. Louis at Bklyn.
Chicago at Boston.
Cincin. q Phila.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

GAMES TODAY.
Pitts. at N. York t2(.
St. L. at Bklyn. t0.
Chicago at Boston.
Cincin. ct Phila.
Evening star., 1932-08-07
Il Lot of queer Looking Machinery HaS
Lately Mvaded Hollywood, but That Is
What Has Made Possible the Unusual
PhotQgraphy Ne Get Today

cranes to very good advantage in filming some
of the scenes In 1.-The King of Jazz
Director Lewis Milestone used it again very
effectively in "An Quiet the Western
Front" And only recently a crane was used
to very good advantage in some scenes in
Harold Lloyd's latest comedy, Movie Crazy.
The camera picked Lloyd up on pier, fol-
lowed him aboard ship into a cabin. around
corner down q flight of steps and then photo
graphed him all the way back again That
shot Is bound to be an interesting one, and yet
II could not possibly have been accomplished
without the camera crane.
Another apparatus many times larger than
the camera it carries is the ele.ating perambu-
lator, of which there is only enc in Hollywood
This perambulator has accommodations Tor
several cameras and a crew OF 10 men.
Evening star., 1932-08-07

UNUSUAL photography, GA"h
II action, has come to be the thng
I in motion pictures
While not 100 per cent true, this
nevertheless holds good in so far as
majority of pictures are con-
cerned. In fact, it might easily be applied TO
the general run of Aims produced during the
last four or fve years.
True these pictures have not been entirely
devoid of action. Certainly the characters move
about But action as it known in the old
silent days-the Westerns, the serials and other
thrillers-has more or less passed into history
Today much of the action is more on the
part of the camera than the players. Nor does
the camera movement date back very far.
When the talkies were first introduced the
fundamental basis of motion pictures was
almost eliminated. In those days dialogue
supplanted action.
The mechanical apparatus just wasn't per-
fected to the point where the characters couto
rncve about while speaking If their lines were
to be recorded properly. And the cameras
were housed in such unwieldy booths that It
was impossible to move them about while snoot-
ing was in progress.
- RADUALLY all of this has been changed.
" Today player can walk across room
while speaking his lines and every word can De
clearly recorded. The cameras also have been
taken out of those huge booths and now are
covered with SnaH SOunupiOO1 hOONS, ~ OAADS
they can follow almost any action OF player.
However there still limits within which
an actor must stay. Many directors have
found 1t easier to move the camera about while
the PLAYERS remain more or less stationary
At the same time by doing this they acheVe
unusual photographic results.
For the last four or hve years each studio
of any Importance has maintained a corps OF
experts whose sole mission In life has been 10
devise a variety of mechanical devices which
would lend themselves to these unusual photo
graphic effects. These devices range all the
way from small microphoneS to huge camera
cranes capable of carrying a camera and com
pete crew
You might wonder just how the microphone
enters into photography The answer is simple
It is first necessary to get mike" which Is
flexible in its use before any trick movements
can be attempted by the camera crews. Other
wise some scenes probably would show the
microphone hanging right in the middle of the
screen
DROBABLY the most commonly used camera
I apparatus today is the huge camera crane.
One of these can be found in almost every
studio And the studios which don't own them
often rent them for use on a few scenes In
picture in which camera effects are very I'M
portant Paul Whiteman used one of these
Evening star., 1932-08-07

Mounted on rubber-tired wheels, it has three
camera platforms which can be raised and
lowered at will and can be stopped at any de-
sired height up to 80 feet. 1t constructed
by engineers at the R-K-O studio a means
of getting some unusual Photographic effects
in Dolores Del Rios latest f1lm, Bird OF
Paradise"
There is one scene in that picture where the
camera picks up Miss Del Rio and Joel McCrea
from a considerable distance and height and
moves in and down until it is only few feet
away from thsm. Except for the motion
being slower the effect is almost identical to
that of swooping down on an object in an
airplane.
incidentally, cameras have been mounted on
airplanes so that people sitting in theater
get exactly the effect that they would by
being in the planes themselves. Cameras also
have been mounted on the deck Of a-submarine
so as to give an audience the effect of standing
upon the deck and watching the water creep
I'D as the craft begins to submerge.
Another unusual effect was accomplished by
Director William K Howard in . recent film
by using walking tripod" Mounted this
tripod, the camera walked just like a man,
even going down a fight of stairs and finally
sitting down in a chair The result was weird
and extremely effective. almost though the
audience itself was doing the walking
Then there is the rotambulator, introduced
for the first time in "Huddle" and now being
used quite extensively on the Metro GoldWyn-
Mayer lot.
A CCORDING to its master, John Arnold,
this rotambulator can make n camera do
everything up to an adagio dance. 1t will
move up and down, turn complete circle,
shoot straight up in the air or straight down
and even turn on its side. With such q de
vice there isn't much in the way of Photographic
effects which can't be obtained.
In ~The Ferguson Case" Director Lloyd
Bacon drafted an ordinary hand car into use
to get the effect he wanted. His idea was to
Evening star., 1932-08-07

show a railroad station as it is seen by . pas
senger on incoming train. At the same
time he wanted to record the comments OF
those standing upon the station platform.
So he loaded the camera and microphone
both aboard the hand car and went whirling
down the track. He got what he wanted. He
previously had tried to photograph the same
thing from railroad coach. but the result was
far from satisfactory.
Even the standard tripod used today allows
quite a lot Of freedom in movement All OF
them are mounted on wheels and have camera
bases which turn either right or left and can
be elevated or turned downward at 6O-degree
angle. single bar IN the center OF the tripod
be pushed to the floor to hold 1t STEADY
when no movement is desired
One of the simplest and at the same time
most unusual devices around the STUDIOS Is tine
baby tripod" It is only about eight mcneS
in height and is used largely for giving the
effect of looking up at some person or object
from the floor.
QY using it. even a short man can be made
- to appear quite taI and strange express
SONS can be found on the players fsces-ex-
pressions never noticed when locking at per-
in the ordinary manner. This tripod also
Is used quite extensively In phOtographing out
door activities, particularly athletic events.
Another common device used today ID the
standard perambulator This is nothing more
than a square platform mounted on rubber
tired automobile wheels. It is brought into use
only when the simplest camera movement is
desired
Then there is what is known the beam
microphone, which bears q very close reSem-
blance to q huge sun arc in appearance.
The principal value Of this mike" Is its
directional activity Regardless Of how much
noise may be going on around, it picks up only
the sound upon which it is focused
This mike" Is used largely for recording
large outdoor scenes Directors have found
even during the shooting of a scene. Now they
can forget that worry The beam microphone
has eliminated it for them
This mike first devised for in
filming "Cimarron." Its latest use was in THE
Roar of the Dragon" in some OF the outdoor
scenes
The direct opposite of the beam mike" Is
the bomb micTophone- named because IL
hooks every bit the part. Until very recently
practically all Of the microphones used In the
studios were Of the gas pipe" variety-that
is they were long and cylindrical in shape.
And they worked satisfactorily as long as
sounds were directed right at them. But they
did not record clearly otherwise The bomb
mike" in the shape of . sphere, viii pick up
sounds from any direction. recording them with
absolute realism. Also the bomb mike" be
ing constructed along simple lines, y far easier
TO repair If something goes wrong.
Evening star., 1932-08-07
BY DAN THOMAS.

NUSUAL photography, rather than
action, has come to be the thing
in motion pictures.
While not 100 per cent true, this
neyerth.les holds good in so far as
o ,oa iority nf oictllroS are con-
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
DEPR|EST ASKS
HEATING PLANT

Representative Oscar DePriest
(R), Illinois, pleaded on the floor
of the House today for a new
heating and lighting plant for
Howard University.
No appropriations were made
for building projects for the uni
versity In the Interior Depart
ment appropriation bill which is
now under consideration by the
House. The bill appropriated
32,500 for the university for
the fiscal year of 1854, which is
$42.500 less than the current
appropriation. It was explained
by Mr.. DePriest that the new
plant would cost approximately
$460.000 and he asked for that
amount to be added to the appro-
priation.
Representative Hastings, who
represented the subcommittee Of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee on the floor today, said
that the heating plant at the
university was not cut out Of the
appropriation by the subcommit-
tee, which made the Interior De-
partment ALLEGATIONS. but was cut
out by the Bureau Of the Budget
before it was sent to the COM
mittee,
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
RAILROAD SUES
ANOTHER

Suit to recover 100000 under
a surety bond was filed in Dis
trict Supreme Court today by the
Southern Railway Company. The
bond was given to the Southern
Company by the Washington and
Old Dominion Railway Company
in 1912 and signed by John r.
Mclean and former U. S. Sena-
! tor Stephen B. Elkins, of West
Virginia.
The suit said the bond was
posted to guarantee observance by
the Old Dominion Of the terms
Of q lease Of the Southern's
branch between the District and
Bluemont, Va.
The Southern claims the Old
Dominion owes it 500, ,474.25, and
seeks to collect the 100000 from
the suretieS.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
CLERKS PRESS.
FOR OPTIONAL
. RETIREMENT
Civil Service Commission Plea
For Compulsory Removal
Warmly Opposed

Compulsory retirement of Fed.
eral employees at retirement age
regardless of their abilities as en-
forced by the Economy Act and
recommended for continuance per-
manently by the Civil Service
Commission, Is striking keen op-
position this week among or.
position this week among organize
Government workers.
Opponents of compulsory Te-
tirement now in force are con-
centrating this week on these
arguments to Congressman:
That it is more expensive to
the Government to pay neces-
sary annuitieS of retired work.
erS and get no service in return
than to pay salaries and get
service. .,.'
That in many cases, even a
great majority, employees are in
perfect mental and physical
health at the retirement age.
That by forcing highly trained
employees to retire the Govern
ment cuts itself off from fur
ther service from them and
loses thereby.
That although new employees,
clerks, typistS, ETC., can be
standardized in a card index
and replaced easily, veteran
workers cannot, and it is diff
cult, expensive, often impossible
to replace them with beginners.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
SCHOOL GUT HIT.
BYDR. BALLOU

Loss of a new senior high
school in Manor Park through
pruning OF the 1884 public school
estimates by the District Commis-
sioners and the Bureau Of the
Budget is the most distressing
feature Of the $1,5oO.OOO cut for
the next fiscal year.
This was asserted last night
by DR.. Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent Of schools, at a joint
conference Of the Board Of
Education and representative
citizens. 49,.
DR.. Ballou explained that the
appropriation Of $4,000 asked
for the new high school is con-
sidered by school officials to be
a. necessity in view of growing
congestion in senior high schools.
The school head urged citizens
to appear before Congress to. ap-
peal for school needs in their
communities.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
SOURCES
IN TAX SLASH

The 20 to Is per cent cut in
taxes promised Montgomery
county by its political heads will
be derived from three sources
10 per cent cut in all salaries, in.
cluding those Of teachers; trans.
fer Of part of the education fund
to the State, and maintenance Of
county roads through the State
gasoline tax.
This was disclosed by Lacy
Shaw, head of the county board,
in speaking to the Nonpartisan
Taxpayers League at Laytonsville
last night.
County heads have also given
their okay to taxes on nonessen-
tialS such as tobacco and soft
drinks and on race betting.
Shaw said:
"The board will support every
sensible proposal that will
tighten the tax burden. Only
four Of Maryland's counties
have lower tax rates than we,
yet we believe that the $1.3O
rate now prevailing, is the low
est when the services that this
rate pays are considered"
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
CHILDREN ASK AID FOR PARENTS. FIRST
Father Out Of Work,
CoodfeIIow Editor
Is Told

When the writer approached
his office this morning Gust be-
fore 81 two little children stood
before the door, waiting for the
"ooodfellow" to appear. It was
the old, old story Of a father
out Of work, and no chance of
Santa Claus coming to visit that
home.
The boy said his name was
James, not Jimmie, and his Sis
ter'S name was Faith. He is 9
years old and Faith 6, and
neither could understand why
Santa came every other year but
was not to be expected this year.
The boy said that there we're
many things he wanted Santa to
bring, such as a nice new stove
for mother to cook on, an over
coat and shoes for Dad. some
clothes for sister and himself and
if after that Santa Claus could
spare each Of them a few toys,
they would be very happy.
Given an apple, he put it in
his pocket, saying he would take
it to Mother.
You, who know that your
kiddies will be visited by Santa
Claus, and know, too, the value Of
an overcoat-can you realize what
a sacrifice little James was max
ing by pleading for that overcoat
in preference to toys? Can't you,
too, make some little sacrifice to
help some other worthy chap who
Is in need Of a lift to make a
happy holiday for his family?
The GoodfellowS are pledged to
give this lift, and it is their aim to
make this greatest of holidays a
happy one for every needy person
and family in the city.
There are no dues in this club.
Any member helps as much as he
is, able. Select the family you
want to help, then aid any way
you see fit. Fill out and mail the
Goodfellow Coupon right now.
Or, If you can, drop in to Good
fellow Headquarters, Room 405 in
The Times Building, at 1917 H st.
N. W., and look over the list of de-
serving unfortunateS. You'll find
many there, all of which you will
want to aid. And all are worthy
Of your aid.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17

"Aer-Stream" Styling
Motif of Latest
Models Shown

Today Washington Chevrolet
dealers present for public showing
the larger and greatly refined new
1888 Chevrolet line Of skies.
In appearance the car differs
radically from any previous Chev.
rolet model, the "aer-stream"
styling representing a medium
between conventional streamlin-
ing and modified tear drop" de-
sign. The motif of the new lean
ing V-type radiator is carried out
through slanting hood doors and
sharply slanted windshield pillars
on to the rear end, where an
extension of the rear body panel
sweeps outward and downward,
screening the gasoline tank and
the axle and under carriage Of
the car.
T. Wheelbase has been extended
20 110 inches. The engine has
been stepped up in horsepower to
65 and delivering a top speed of
well over 10 miles per hour in
high and from 20 to IS in silent
second.
: Outstanding new features In
shlda longer and lower Fisher
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
Writ.
To Be HEARD

Arguments on demurrers and
motions in the petition of mum,
Der of residents of Falls Church,
Va, to withdraw from the cor.
poration Of the town will be
heard Monday morning in Arl.
ington County Circuit Court.
Counsel for the town council
Of Falls Church contends the &C.
tion OF the residents is unconstitu-
tional. The residents, however
feel that this particular section
of the town that is in Arlington
county should be withdrawn from
the corporate limits.
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy will
preside.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
WHATS DOING TODAY

Meeting-United Typothetae of
America, Graphic Arts Confer
ence Committee, all day, willard
Hotel.
Dance-Iowa State Society, 9
p. M, willard Hotel.
Dance-Young Democrats Club,
10 p. M, willard Hotel.
Initiation Banquet-Mu Chap
ter, International Fraternity of
Delta Sigma Pi, 7 p. m, Hamil-
ton Hotel.
Dane e-Columbus University
Law School, 8 p. m, Shoreham
Hotel
Annual Election of Officers
Capitol Forest, No., 104, Tall
Cedars Of Lebanon, 8 p. m,
Raleigh Hotel.
Meeting and Lecture-MrS. J..
Borden Hartman on World
Events and Our Foreign Rela-
tions," before the Political Study
Club, 3 p. m, club headquarters.
Dance - knights of Columbus
Building Company, 9 p. m, Club
house in the 900 block Tenth
st. N. w.
Dance-East Washington Com
munity Center, 9 p. m., Seven
teenth and East Capitol SITS.
Dance-Government Post Of
flee Alumni Association at 10
p. m, Kennedy-Warren Hotel.
Meetings-A m erica n Mining
Congress, all day, Mayflower Ho-
tel.
Exhibition Thirteenth biennial
exhibition Of contemporary Amer
ican oil paintings, from noon to
4:30 p. M, Corcoran Art Gallery.
Dance-Chevy Chase Center,
$50 p. m, Connecticut Ave. and
Mckinley SITS. N. w.
Presentation-"Oh Say Can't
You See?" by the Troubadours Of
George Washington University,
8:15 p. M, Mckinley High School
auditorium, First and T SITS. N. e.
Dance-Washington Lodge No.
is, B. P. O.. Elks, 9 p. m, ElkS
Home, 900 block H st. N. w.
Meeting-Eckington Community
Players, 1880 p. M, Langley audi
toriurn, First and T SITS. N. w.
Luncheon-Harvard Club, 1:15
p. M, University Club.
, Meeting-Minnestoa State So
ciety, 8 p. M, Willard Hotel.
Benefit Entertainment Program
Sponsored by the Community
Center department, nonperishable
food will be accepted for admis-
sion, 8 p. m, Langley Center,
First and T SITS. N. E. Z
PreSentation-"The Donovan
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
STATES SHARE
!. b|-FETE RITES

Congressional representatives Of
40 States will attend memorial
exercises to be held on the 1880
,sanniversary Of the funeral of
George washington tomorrow at
Mt. vernon. . J.
The ceremony will be opened
with an 11-gun salute. fired by
ian artillery platoon from Fort
sMyer. and the U. s.. Coast Guard
tcutter Apache viii anchor off Mt.
Vernon and fire minute guns.
: Officers and several companies
OF Virginia National Guardsmen
: win attend, as will many notables
sof the State, and floral tributes
will be placed on the tomb by
, representatives Of the various
States.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
z WORKERS WIN
PAY AWARDS

Legality Of the Bacon-Davis Act
establishing the prevailing wage
scale on Federal building projects
was upheld in two decisions
handed down yesterday in
Municipal Court.
Both cases involved workmen
employed in constructing the new
firehouse on Thirteenth Street
Northwest, between L and K
Streets and in each W. P. Rose,
Inc, was defendant.
j. F. Mitchell, TOO block Of F.
st. N. W., was awarded a 5000
verdict on the contention that
he was hired as helper and
then given the full duties Of a
carpenter to keep his wages
down. ..s.
M. W. Gillis, the other plain
tiff, received a $225 verdict, his
contention being that he was
forced to give So of his pay as
a carpenter back to his employer
to make up the wages Of another
carpenter. ..l. . :.
The Washington times., 1932-12-17
MANY HOLIDAYS
NOW DEPENDON
EXECUTIVES
Pay Days, DismissaIs for Pub
lie Rites, Vary Greatly, Lack
ing Central Agency

The sweeping reorganization Of
Government offices recommended
by the President, and the further
Capitalization of personnel and
other agencies as urged in annual
reports of the Civil Service Com
mission and the General Account
ing office, would surely bring i'm
proVementS in personnel admin
istration in their wake, whatever
disasters they caused, according
to Government workers,
For one thing, uniformity
among the offices as to pay days,
holidays and when offices shall
dismiss on account of heat or
public ceremonies, ETC., which has
been long needed and long
sought, would likely result if the
entire Governmental machinery
were thus shaken UP and put to-
gether again, employees feel.
Unified Action Lacks
The present system has some
advantages, but disturbS the ira
ditional uniformity of Federal
service, it is pointed out. To each
department is given, specifically
or tacitly, jurisdiction over its
employees in all minor details.
But there has never been any
uniformity Of action, or even Of
policy, except when specifically
provided by law or ancient Gus
tom.
The problem came to the fore
again on Armistice Day, when
Offices differed on letting en-
ployeS off, also on charging such
time to furlough. The problem
is again faced on the Christmas
holidays; there is talk in one Of
flee of granting q full holiday
Saturday before Christmas, and
even the pay day, December 81,
may not be fully uniform.
President Absolute
The Civil Service Commission,
leading governmental personnel
agency, has no jurisdiction what
ever over such things: only the
President has any authority. He
must interrupt affairs Of State to
decide on such questions, often
petty in themselves, in order to
provide some uniformity. If he
does not, some employees get off,
Tor get paid on a certain date, or
ARE dismissed for one reason or
another, while those in other de-
partments do not.
Capitalization Of all personnel
agencies, urged with increasing
rvigor each year by the Civil Ser
vice Commission, would probably
provide a central supervising body
discharging many personnel func-
.tions now held by the President.
And uniformity, long advocated,
would likely be finally achieved
by it, ending the frequent confu-
sion.