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The Washington times., 1932-07-27
Bancroft Quits
Paramount

Now that George Bancroft is
free from contractual relations
with Paramount, he is going to
make pictures according to his
own ideas and theories.
This star feels that production
conditions have changed SO mate
rally during recent months that
it is up to the individual artists
to protect their future screen
status.
Bancroft's future film appear
ances are to be made through an
association with Reliance Pic
lures, Inc.
According to Bancroft, it is
far better for star to make
fewer pictures during the. year
than to crowd the screen with
too many films. One good hit
picture will do more for an artist
than a dozen medioc e films. At
least that is Bancroft'S conten-
ton and he aims to carry it out
through this new production as
Sociation.
Several stories that are typi-
cally Bancroft are now being con-
sidered, among these an original
titled, Brooklyn Bridge" and a
decision on the first that will
be produced under the Reliance
banner should be announced in
the near future, according to
Small.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
Mary as Stella"

Mary Pickford looked over
"Another Language" the Rose
Franken play which is the lead
ing Broadway success and is
dickering for the movie rights.
The role of Stella Hallam,
played on the stage by Dorothy
Stickney, is what intrigues the
greatest of all the film Polly
annas.
1 should love to see Mary Pick
ford play this sadly miSunder-
stood but beautiful poetic char
acter. For I am among those
who think Mary Pickford can re-
gain her place at the top given
the right roles. What She must
avoid like the plague are those
who advise her she is great at
portraying hoydenish comedy and
saccharine coyness and lead her
into such blunders as "Kiki."
Stella Dallam is a real grown
up part, a woman of spiritual
beauty. soft-spoken charm, emo
tional depth. 1 think Mary Pick
ford could play her to the hilt.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
L ate Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, July 27.-"Page
Pygmalion," comedy by Carl
Henkle, is 1ictnd to open next We'd
nesday evening. August 3, at the
Bijou Theater. Alan Morrill, is
producing the play. which was
first announced as The Goddess
of Love-" In the cast will be
Robert Emmett Keane, Claire
Whitney, Percy Helton, Doris
Eaton, Carleton Young, Thomas
Coffin Cooke, June ClayWorth
and Aline McDermott.
Another new play scheduled for
next week is The Devils Little
Came" the work of Joseph Jay
Ingerlid, which will have it's
first perforr, ance next Monday
evening at the Provincetown Play
house.
William A. Brady's announce
ment that his daughter-in-law,
Katherine Alexander. had with
drawn from one of the leading
roles in Domino" which Mr..
Brady is now preparing, has
turned out to be premature.
Whatever differences had arisen
between Mr.. Brady and Miss
Alexander we're settled yesterday.
The actress has resumed her part
in the comedy for which Jessie
Royce Lands was announced.
Arthur j. Beckhard, producer
of Another Language" at the
Booth Theater. will try out two
new offerings in summer theaters
next week. One of these is the
melodrama by Edwin L. and
Albert Barker, Tiger Hour
which went into rehearsal last
week under Howard Lindsay's di-
rection with John Westley, Reed
Brown, jr, and Pauline Moore in
leading roles. 1t will open at the
Croton River Playhouse next
Tuesday, August 2, and will be
performed at the Broadway The
ater in Nyack the following week
before being brought to New
York.
Thomas Mitchell has been en-
gagged to stage "Ballyhoo of 1882"
the Anthony Gensler- Connolly
Patterson revue which is SChed-
uled to open at the Forty-fourth
Street Theater next month. Mr..
Mitchell wrote and played in
Little Accident" and was last
seen in a leading role of John
Golden's production, Riddle Me
This" This will be his first job
of directing. in the musical COM
edy field.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
Bette Davis Leaped
To Fame on Screen

Bette Davis, blonde film
ingenue, who, with Warren Will
liam, will be seen in person at
Warner Brothers Earle Theater,
recently celebrated the first an
niversary of her entrance into
motion pictures in way that
showed the remarkable progress
she has made in one short year.
On December 13, 1880, Miss
Davis spent her first day on a
studio lot, an unknown bit play
er just arrived after some brief
experience on the New York
stage. The same day, 1881,
found her playing the ingenue
lead in George Arliss picture,
THE Man Who Played God" !"
It's all beyond my widest
dreams" the young actress said.
"If I'm a star next year, it
won't be any greater thrill than
I'm having right now
The Washington times., 1932-07-27

Madge BelIamy, one of the bud
ding stars of a few years ago who
went temperamental and was pre-
cipitately dropped by Hollywood
Janet Gaynor and Charles
Farrell are the favorites of the
Fox exchange clerks and stenog-
raphers. They all get time-otf
whenever a Farrell-Gaynor pic
ture is previeWed and were out
in force for The First Year"
trade screening. 1t opens at
LoeW'S Palace on Friday. the first
time that the Farrell-Gaynor
combination has been seen else
where downtown than on the Fox
screen.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
Carnival
At Seaside

A water carnival will be held
in the Seaside Park salt water
pool this evening. Exhibition div
ing, races and water stunts will
be presented by expert swim
merS for the entertainment of
the batherS.
Friday night there will be a
free-for-all swimming contest in
the Seaside Pool and throughout
the rest of the summer similar
events will be presented at the
resort.
Bathing in the nettle-free Sea
side Pool is one of the chief at
fractions Of the Chesapeake Beach
playground, but there are scores
of other diversions for the viSi-
tors. Fishing and grabbing are
now at the height of their popu-
larity with big catches of hard
heads and trout reported.
In the evenings dancing is the
thing at the Boardwalk Ballroom,
where Bernie Jarboe's Night
hawks provide stimulating music.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27

been culled from freshly linked
pages of the Congressional Rec
ord. The topic is who shoulo
control natural resources.
Says Barrymore's foe:
at is my solemn belief that
American business genius
which rises from the ranks
should guide and handle our
great national resources. Any
thing else is compromising
with some degree Of COM
munism, municipal ownership.
I'm speaking specifically for
the measure involved for
ordered policy and sanity in
general if we are to keep our
EIace as commercial leaders Of
the world"
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
All In q Day
-6Y-
- MARK t4ELLINGER

NEW YORK July o.
"Dear Mark" writes James McInerney, of Chicago Il
have been reade rof your column for quite time now
and fatter myself that of your few admirers
Feeling | do, then l going to let you In on the
ground floor of little scheme that will make plenty of
have been reader of your column for quite some time now
than plenty Mllions
'YOu will notice that say the both of us The reason
for that statement is very simple. want you my part
this business because will need vast amount of
publicity 1t is enterprise that fairly cries for publicity
The Washington times., 1932-07-27

n on e o t h r
t h a n Lionel
Barrymore as
star of Wash
ington M a S.
querade" a t
LoeW'S Palace.
T h e b i G
S p e e c h OF
Actor Barry
more was pre-
p are d b y
S a m el G..
Blythe and it
r e a d S a n d
S ou n d S a S
Il
t h ou g h l t
nnipht. b a V e
The Washington times., 1932-07-27

him a box OF sand TO prove that
he has been to the beach.
do you agree with me, Mr..
Hellinger? Just figure it out in
your own mind. The admission
fee. The profits from hot dogs,
beer and pop. The rental Of
the bathing suits. The ice
cream cones. Why, the pick
pocket privileges alone should
pay all our expenses.
Think it over carefully, sir.
And then let me know your
opinion"
Sorry, Mr.. McInerney, but
it's no good. People go to the
beaches in order to stay out Of
the water. If there was no
water to stay out Of, nobody
would come to our beaches.
Incidentally, I'm mailing a
copy of your letter and my re-
ply to all of the better insane
aSylumS in the United States.
Between the two of us, I'm GER
tain that some poor inmate will
recognize lOng-lOSt brother.
Wins An Auto
THE NEXT time you let the
customers do the work." writes
Henry Benanti, of Garfield,
N. j.. keep this little yarn in
mind. 1t was told to me by
fireman friend of mine and I
can vouch for its authenticity:
Last yea the volunteer fire
men of our town raffled off
new Ford car. Plenty of these
firemen had purchased IS or
20 tickets and you can we'll i'm
agine their anticipation. My
friend was one of those who
held Is stubs and he had a
hunch he was going to win the
machine. He certainly figured
he had far more of a chance
tNan the folks who had bought
a few. measly tickets.
We'll, Mark, the big day
finally arrived. The lucky
ticket was to be picked from a
box and there was quite gath
ering on hand to witness the
drawing. When a hand reached
in and the lucky name was
called, it proved to be a man
from another town.
THE winner was promptly
notified and was told to call
for his car. He did so the
same day. Upon his arrival at
the firehouse. he uttered no
word of thanks. When he was
asked how many tickets he had
purchased, he looked slightly
startled.
"'Only one, of course was
his reply. How many did you
figure a man would buy?'
HE stepped into the car and
drove away. But a few min
utes later, he We back with a
rather disappointed look upon
his face. He walked over to
one of the firemen.
Say he asserted, L think
I've been gypped. Amt 1 sup
posed to get a spare tire and
tools with this carr"
Depression Tale
I'm case you haven't heard
the very latest depression
story" writes Edmundo Mori.
the potato salad king, II offer
it to you now out of the good.
ness of my heart. Heed me
carefully:
"a young housewife stood in
her kitchen the other morning
and sighed dolefully as she
thought of the sad manner in
which the world was moving.
The buzzer on the dumbWaiter
rang sharply. Whereupon the
young lady threw open the con-
traption and looked down.
What is it?' she asked.
"'Garbage,' was the answer.
ing cry.
THE young lady sighed.
"'All right she returned.
IL
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
Get lobs

Ethel Clayton and Robert Fra
ser have been added to the cast
of World Wide's THE Crooked
Circle" now IN production under
the direction Of Lucky" Hum
herstone.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
Aids Cohan

Claudette Colbert will play the
coveted role of leading lady in
The Phantom President" George
M. Cohan's starring picture for
Paramount.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
the Idea

Here S the Idea
without further ado, sir,
here is the idea:
"I am living on the South
Shore Drive, in Chicago, and
as 1 am within a block of
. Rainbow Beach, 1 wandered
over to that spot one hot night
i this week and walked out on
the pier. There were thou
sands ana thousands of people
on the sand-but there weren't
more than fifty people in the
water.
Il looked upon this amazing
sight, and my brain suddenly
pounced upon a thought. 1
had been to any number of
beaches, and the situation was
always the same. Plenty OF
happy folks, resting comfort
ably upon the sand, but only o
few shivering souls braving the
perils of the chilling water. 1t
is never any different.
Thus, Mr.. Hellinger, why
shouldn't we be the first to
start a chain of waterless bath
ing beacnes? Hardly anyone
goes into the water-so why
have any in the first place?
Consider the vast possibili-
ties of such an idea. Are you
following me? Do you under
stand the hugeness Of my basic
plan? Is your mind alert
enough to cope with the mag
nificence of the enterprise? Let
me explain further.
I'VE can rent empty lots in
the business districts Of all the
larger cities. At present prices
our initial investment will not
be very high. Our next step Is
to fill our lots with sand. we
then put in our hot dog stands
our ice cream places and our
beer bars. We sell be&ch balls
and rent bathing suits.
SwimIess Beaches
I'VE even go further. We
hire two or three of those
bronzed lifeguards that all the
women 60 for on the regular
beaches. But we have an ad-
vantage. Our lifeguards will not
have to swim, so we can hlre
the best-looking chorus boys IN
town and use them. We also
hire plenty of beautiful show
girls, put them in one-plece
bathing suits and use them as
come-ons. With chorus boys
and Showgirls, we can put on
little revue to stir up business.
"Are you following me, sir?
The men and women OF TO-DAY
want to go to the beaches IN
order to get fine coats OF tan.
If things get any worse. those
will be the only coats the men
and women will have this win
ter-but that is none Of our con-
Germ. Many people do not have
the time to go the long dis
tance to a beach-so we bring
the beach directly to them!
1--WE have names, OF course,
for our beaches. One can be
the Rusty Rest Another can
be the Deal Dump Still an
other can be the 'RockaWay
Raspberry AS our business ex-
pands, of course, we will have
to call in naming experts to
help us with suggestions. l
think the man who names the
Pullman cars or the man who
gives the gas stations their titles
will be able to help us a great
deal in that direction. That,
however, is something that can
rest for the time being.
Mark Disagrees
"When I think of the money
that we can make out of this.
I actually grow panicky. Con-
slider what we will do for the
Tired Business Man. When he
goes out to lunch. he can step
right over to one of our beaches.
He can buy himself a hot dog
and a bottle of pop, play around
on the sand with our beautiful
girls and return to his office all
popped up. We will even give
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
MOVIES PROVE A FORUM
Pickford l. ooks
at Broadway
Hit Play

BY ANDREW r. KELLEY
Senator jefferson Keane is get
ting all of the applause in Wash
ington this week, said solon being
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
Universal Will.
Make Story Of
Politics
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate, IncD

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July 27.
Hollywood has rolled up its sleeves
and is dishing out political stories
as fast as writer's can pound them
out and cameras can photograph
them.
Latest studio to get into line is
Universal which starts work today
on "Merry-Go-Round," another
red.hot potion from our seething
political cauldron.
For several weeks, this picture
has been waiting on the casting
office. After several deals were
jammed through at the last min
ute. Carl La -emmie, jr. announces
the following lineup of players:
Burton Churchill and Carol Naish.
The screen play of Merry Go
Round was done by Tom Reed
and Edward C. Kahn will direct.
Chances are there will be a
change of title before the film is
released.
One of the better wise-cracks
of the week was pulled by Bob
Burns, the comedian, when he
was called to o-GoldWyn-
Mayer to take a test for
"RaSputin."
Sent to the wardrobe depart
ment for a costume, he asked
for a large selection.
II hate to be finicky," he told
the filter. But I'll never be able
to get those three Barrymores to-
gether again, and I want to go in
there and steal that picture"
Boulevard Talk:
Those in the know are chuck
ling over the lyrics of Dorothy
Lees song IN a local musical
comedy. She MARBLES of three
boy friends and names: Marsh,
Jim and Fred. Which easily fig
ures out Marshall Duffield, Aim
Fidler and Fred Waring, you
notice, too, that Marsh gets top
billing. Incidentally, Dorothy
swears she will never "stooge" for
comedians again. Hereafter, some
body else will ask the questions
and she will supply the answers.
The July issue of Equity Maya
zine contains a prayer written
by an actor-member. Beneath IS
added: "All rights reserved" "...
unless they picked one after this
was written, the Constance Ben
nett picture goes into production
today without a leading man. =.
AL Scott returned here last night.
Business kept him away from
Hollywood and Colleen Moore for
month. . down at L a g u n
Beach, they've persuaded Bob
Armstrong to take part in their
big open-air fiesta.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
BRIDE AND GROOM

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Evening star., 1932-10-20
PASTOR TO TESTIFY
IN POISONING CASE.
Defense to Call Character
Witnesses in Wife
Murder Trial.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MUSKQGEE, Okla, October 20
rrhe defense in the murder trial Of Rev
s. Althea Berrie, accused Of poisoning
his first wife two months before he
married young Sunday school teacher
was ready to plead its cause today
through the 52-year-old hymn writing
minister's own lips.
Defense counsel announced the for
mer pastor of the Cumberland Presby-
terian Church here would be called to
the witness stand to tell his own story
of Mrs. Berries fatal illness and his
elopement with Ida Bess Bright, 19.
State Chemist Testifies.
,,sther defense plans included the
Gaming of Is character witnesses to
answer the prosecutions story OF al
legged intimacy between Berrle and 1oa
Bess prior to the first Mrs. Berries
death.
The State rested its case late yester-
day with testimony of Taylor Rogers,
State chemist, deadly poison was
found in Mrs Berries viscera after her
body had been eXhumed
Previously County Attorney Phil K.
Oldham had drawn from the States
witnesses, many of whom were members
of Berries church, accounts OF Illicit at
tentions paid the young girl by the
minister.
Manuscripts Shown.
Manuscripts of fervenv poems and
notes, purported to have been written
by Berrie, were offered in evidence.
The defense assertion Mrs. Berrie
committed suicide went into the record
with introduction of purported suicide
note The note, which Berrie said he
found in his wife's Bible after her death
read:
IT am tired of life. It's not worth the
effort. Good-by. Fannie"
Evening star., 1932-10-20
|WARNS OF HIGH TAXI 'R.P. LAM0NT'S AIDE
ION RETURN OF bEER'ASKS DUMPING BAN
Foreign Countries Competi.
ton Said to Have Cost US.
Workers Heavily.
BY the Associated Press

| BY the Associated Press.
| An anti-dumping order on iron ana
steel products was urged at a Customs
, Bureau hearing today by Charles H
Charles of New York. In testimony
showing that competition from foreign
I countries had cost American workers
447.780 weeks work in 1881.
Charles is assistant to Robert P
Lamont. former Secretary of Commerce
and now head OF the Iron and Stee
Institute
Importations from Luxemburg, Bel
GUM, Germany and France are running
the American industry, said Charles.
| The hearings went forward after q
dispute between Commissioner F. x. A
Eble and George E. Dicks of New York
representing importers of steel. ovel
! whether the importers should partici-
pate in the hearing.
The commissioner had refused the
request but later told Dicks his group
! would be heard next week in opposi-
| ton to the dumping order.
While urging immediate action, to
the extent now possible, steel spokes-
men asked that the regulations be
changed so the Secretary of the Treas
ury can declare the anti-dumping act
operative without the delay, which they
said often nullified the act.
Competition with imports is virtually
impossible with the "inadequscy" OF
the present regulations said Thomas
Ccherty counsel for the Iron ard Steel
Institute
He asked liberalization of the reg
ulations to require dumping bond by
importers.
THE Secretary has the same power
under the Hawley-Smoot act to require
| lnr- ry1fi ctnt rtr
as under ony other customs statute, >
Doherty said THE record shows that
American companies are going into
the red S30,000,000 a quarter That's
how We are meeting foreign competi-
ton"
Evening star., 1932-10-20
.PICkETERS' LINES
BROKEN BY PATROL
Distractions Burned as Trucks
Rush Through Twin
Cities Area.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tho Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, october 20-Trucke-s of
agricultural products in Minnesota to-
day hauled their loads through farm
ers' picket lines with the aid of the
State highway patrol.
The patrol began its activities against
the pickets late last night on roads
north and west of the Twin Cities,
where the farmers had congregated in
large numbers to halt trucks.
Under command of Capt George
Kuch, so patrolmen seized spiked
planks and belts when they were placed
on the highways by the pickets. The
planks and belts then were burned by
the patrolmen and the farmers warned
that they must not obstruct the roads.
There was no violence.
The patrolmen first appeared at
Forest Lake, on highway No. /. and
later at Anoka and Daytonport, On
highway No. g. Capt Kuch said his
men would be sent to any other sec
ton of the State where traffic might be
halted.
The decision to send the patrol into
action, Capt. Kuch said, came after
= c M. Babcock, State highway commits
sioner, had asked for ruling from the
attorney generals cffice, which held
that the highway department was
charged with the duty of keeping the
roads open.
Little groups of pickets remained at
several points, watching the truckers
drive through unmolested. No oppor-
tunity was given them to stop trucks
and try to convince the truckers they
should return their produce to the
farms and hold 1t for higher prices
the chief object of the farmers holi-
! day movement.
Evening star., 1932-10-20
EXTENSION OF Fifteenth
STREET is OPPOSED
Columbia Heights Citizens Asso-
citation Says Plan Objection
able to Residents.

The proposal to continue Fifteenth
street across Irving street and through
the property there until it joins Six
teenth street is Objectionable to the
residents OF Columbia Heights, accord
ing to a report made Tuesday night to
the citizens forum of that section.
The forum was advised this would
not alleviate traffic congestion at that
point. A petition was drawn up by the
residents protesting against any such
change Under the proposal, several
properties would be cut through.
1t was also reported word had been
received from the Commissioners
stating work on the Wilson Teachers
College was under way and the school
would probably be ready for tenancy
around February /.
Announcement was made that the
annual elections would be held at the
November meeting and c. E. LaVigne,
Miss Woodward and DR.. L. F.. Kebler
were appointed as the Nomination
Committee.