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P POE|CE BELIEVE
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seen, on the morning Of Decem.
ber %, an automobile carrying
the body Of the missing man in
Richmond. Va.
Saw Body In Auto
The men, Robert M. Rogers, OF
Brentwood, Md, and Carl Hansen
Of the $500 block Of Wisconsin
Ave. N. W., told Plumer they saw
the body in a car at the entrance
Of the Petersburg turnpike into
Richmond.
They were told by three boys
in the car that the man had been
killed in an automobile accident
and that they were taking him
to an undertaken.
This would substantiate in part
the story in q mysterious letter
signed by "a boy in Distress" that
McCoin was murdered last Thurs
day near Petersburg by a band
Of four boys after they had de
hberately sideswiped his car in ar
effort to rob him.
Recognized Pictures
The two men said they recog
nized the body as that Of McCoin
after seeing pictures in Washing
ton newspapers.
In the meantime, in Raleigh
N. c., AL B. Webster, McCoin's
business associate, offered q re-
ward Of $500 for recovery Of the
body.
After seeing pictures of Nc
Coins automobile, which has been
discovered in Columbus, Ohio,
Webster says it shows that the
car was sideswiped and feels that
the story told by the hoy in dis
treSS" is authentic.
Another mystifying clue was in.
jected into the strange story when
Columbus 0Ohio) police an.
pounced that q photograph Of the
missing attorney was identified
as that of a man seen in q small
town near there yesterday.
Tried to Pawn Watch
According to Thomas J. Scully,
assistant chief Of detectives in Co.
lumbus, the identification was
made by a business man there,
who said McCoin had attempted
to pawn q watch and overcoat
with him.
The informant said the man
asked $14 for the watch and over
coat, saying he wanted the money
ito get to another city" The
man left without completing the
transaction.
The story told in the mysterious
letter was declared to be appar-
emily without basis in Richmond,
where, T. Mccall Frazier, director
Of the Virginia motor vehicles
division, said he had received no
report Of q body being found in
an automobile on the morning Of
December %.
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PRESIDENT OFF
FOR NEW DAY
OF FISHING
Hoover Excited as,a Boy When
Boat Starts Out on Sec
ond Excursion
sAIL FIsH CLUE, PALM

Z SAIL FISH CLUB, PALM
BEACH, Fla, Dec. 81 G.N.S).
With care and worry momentarily
1000 miles away, President Hoover
sailed happily into the open sea
off Palm Beach today to try his
luck again at sail fishing.
Mr.. Hoover hoped to add ma
terially to his already sizeable
catch Of three Of the fighting fish
on his first day out. He was ex.
cited as q boy when the fishing
boats, Orca and Miss Sally,
chugged away.
To Enjoy Full Day
The presidential party planned
to spend the entire morning fish
ing, return to the SeQuoia, an.
chored in Lake Worth, for lunch
and set out again during the
afternoon.
With one-day Of angling com
pleted, the party had IA fish tc
its credit. Mr.. Hoover and Capt
Joel T. Boone, White House physi
clan. each got three sail fish.
Supreme Court Justice Harlan
F. Stone hooked two, Senator
Warren Austin (R.) Of Vermont;
Lawrence Richey, Presidential Sec
retary, and Mark Sullivan writer
one each.
Catches Dolphin, Also
mfr. Hoover also caught a dol
phin, as did Richey. Sullivan
landed an amber jack.
The President planned to spenC
quiet day tomorrow and cruise
leisurely southwark from Palm
Beach, returning in the evening.
The tentative schedule for thu
trip would send the President
Northward by rail Monday morn
ing, placing him in the Capita
Tuesday morning.
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Grand Jury Recommends Pardon Boar
Commute Mrs. Judd's Death Sentence

no matter how many times she
repeated it. I questioned her
closely and her story never was
shaken"
Halloran was not charged by
the grand jury with aiding in the
actual killing of the two pretty
women friends of Mrs. Judd, but
with knowledge of the murder
which was concealed from
authorities and with aiding Mrs
Judd after the crime.
Mr.. Judd had claimed that her
mind was blank" after she
shot the two women in Self-de-
tense after a quarrel.
No formal accusation was made
against Halloran during the trial.
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Board Of PardOns and Paroles
with q petition for . commute
tion Of sentence.
STICKS, TO HER STORY
Papers now are being drawn
for the appeal, and the pardon
board win get the case at the
earliest possible mOment-cer.
tainly within two weeks. A new
board takes office Monday and
we intend to wait only until
they have had time to or.
ganize.
'tMrs. Judd has told me at
least 20 times the story she
told the grand jury"
The story, Verge declared, was
that Halloran had come to hel
aid after she, in self-defense, had
shot and killed the two women
and that a doctor, now dead
was called by Halloran to help
dispose Of the bodies. Verge con
tinued:
"She never varied a detail,
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JOHN D. HOPES
FOR BEST

oRMoND BEACH, Fla, Dec. 81.
John D. Rockefeller, ST., pre-
pared today to observe an active
New Year Eve-his 93d-with the
hope that the year 1888 would
see an end to the worldwide
economic depression. He said:
Il wish everyone . happy
and prosperous New Year. I
am hopeful that 1888 win bring
better times 20 all the world.
Although can see no imme0l-
ate end Of the depression. I
am hoping for the best"
With the Rev. George owen,
close friend. as Q partner, Elccke.
feller win play three holes Of
golf during the morning. followed
in the afternoon by an automobile
drive along the beach boule-
wards. ..5...-..
In the evening he will enter.
tain a few friends ct q whist and
radio party to greet the New
year. Rockefeller will appear in
full evening dress.
The magnate plays whist with
cards Of special design-red, white.
and blue in color, and the size
Of . hotel hat check.
He prefers old fashioned re-
ligious hymns on the radio.
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BEER LEGALITY
TOBEF0UGHT

Constitutionality of the Collier
80 per cent beer bill aroused
fresh controversy today as drys
renewed charges that the .Su.
preme Court would hold the
measure violative of the Eight.
eenth Amendment.
The drys were insisting upon
hearings before the Senate Judici-
ary Committee on the issue Of the
bills constitutionality. Senator
Norris (R.> of Nebraska, Chair
man. declined to order hearings
on this question, contending that
the Senate's noted lawyers are
just as able to determine q con-
stitutional issue as attorneys from
private life.
The drys, probably led by Sena-
tor William E.. Borah (R.) of
Idaho, will fight the constitution
atty Of the bill when it comes
before the Senate early in the new
year.
The constitutional issue, how.
ever, may never be decided. All
authorities agree it can be tested
only in q civil case. based upon a
contract. It will be very difficult
to get such an issue into the Fed.
eral courts unless there is collu.
sion between vets and drys. If
there is collusion. the Federal
courts very likely will dismiss the
case, because of the Supreme
Courts rule against consideration
Of friendly SUITS"
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ROOSEVELT EYE
ON BUDGET 7 OF .
j. s. ARMY
Confers With Experts to Learn
Possibilities for Cuts; Sees
Congressional Leaders

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 81 UN.S)
President-elect Roosevelt today
lays aside his gubernatorial office
with his hand already at the con-
trolls Of the machinery of Con-
gress. 3
The Governor. who has devoted
much Of the last 10 days to shap-
ing his general policies on debts,
disarmament, and world eco
nonics, turned his attention dur
ing the last 48 hours to specific
details Of Federal budget reduc-
ton. T.,
Mr.. Roosevelt conferred at
length with Swagar, Shirley, Of
Kentucky, former chairman Of
the House Fiscal Committee, and
Representative Ross Collins Of
Mississippi, chairman Of the sub.
committee on War Department
appropriations.
Army Budget Discussed
The Presidentelect discussed
with the latter possible reduc-
ton in the Army budget.
These meetings with Congress
sional leaders, to be continued in
New York City next week, after
the Governor quits State office,
show how closely he is following
the program Of Federal retrench-
nnent, even during the. short seS-
sion Of Congress.
It is believed he still has hope
Of avoiding special session by
cutting the budget to the bone.
The Governor planned to de-
vote most Of his last day in the
office which served him as a
stepping stone to the Presidency
packing and bidding goodbye TO
his Albany associates.
He instructed his secretary to
keep his engagement book as
clear as possible and to leave all
but possible emergency State af-
fairs to Governorelect Herbert
II. Lehman.
Host to His Cabinet
The President-elect win enter
tain members Of his State cabinet
at Q formal dinner IN the eXecu-
tive mansion tonight. Later he
and Mrs. Roosevelt win 60 to the
Tenth Infantry Armory to attend
the inaugural ball.
After spending about half an
hour at the ball, the President
elect will motor to Hyde Park,
where he will remain until Mon
day morning, when he Is to return
to Albany for the Inauguration Of
his successor, at which he and
former Governor Smith will
speak.
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WET PLOT, SAYS
MRS. BRUCER

CHICAGO, Dec. 81 U.N.S0,
The accusation that she had be.
come intoxicated with another
woman's husband in a cabaret
was branded aS o wet plot" TO-
day by Mrs. Beata Brucer, preSi'
dent Of the Cook County Chap
ter Of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union.
The charge was levelled against
the prohibition leader by Mrs,
Arthur Lynch, wife Of the man
in question. Mrs. Brucer was
forced to sign a $500 peace bond
pledging herself to have nothing
more to do with Lynch, a pub
licity worker with whom, she
said, she cooperated in advanc-
ing the prohibition cause. Mrs.
Brucer said:
''It's o plot. The vets planned
the whole thing just to dis
credit me and embarraSS the
w. G. T. u. The fact Is / never
had . drink Of anything al
cOhOIic i'm my 1ife-and / never
was In . cabaret"
The conspiracy element was
firmly denied by Mrs. Lynch,
whose action in swearing out a
warrant against Mrs. Brucer pre-
cipitated issuance of the peace
bond. Mrs. Lynch said:
"I'm . dry myself and / be-
lieve In the w. c. T. u, but
that's no reason why that
woman shouldn't leave my huS-
band alone"
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PAUPER'S BODY
UNCLAIMED

Ritchie Brothers undertaking
establishment at Ritchie, Nd, is
wondering what to do with the
body of q 72.year-old white man.
The man was identified as
Orville Brown, an inmate Of the
D. c. AlmShOuSe. He was found
dead in the snow near Oxon Hill,
December 20, by George N. Cox.
He notified the Ritchies, who
went for the body and still have
it on their hands.
Prince Georges county authori-
ties win not stand the expense
Of burial, and the District is re-
luctant to claim the body.
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HaHoran Glad Its
All Coming Out

PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 81 GIN.
s.. Calm and smiling. j. j.
("Happy Jack") Halloran,. unper.
turbed over the dramatic turn
Of events which had made him q
central figure in the Winnie Ruth
Judd case, today had but one
concern. He wanted to keep his
family "out Of it,"
His pretty wife shared his de-
sire to shield their three children
from publicity. Halloran said:
"We'n take our medicine and
there's no yellow streak up our
spine."
He was at his home, where his
mother and brother, Frank Hal
loran, had Joined the family circle.
He continued:
81 am glad it is all coming
out. It will clear the air and
people will not have so much
to talk about"
Little Betty Jane, 8, played
happily with Christmas toys
about a Christmas tree in the
Halloran home, oblivious of any
| shadow of trouble over the home.
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San Francisco Council
Votes ''Buy American"

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 81
(US0.-The San Francisco board
Of supervisors, by unanimous vote,
has adopted q resolution express
ing unqualified approval and In
dorsement Of the Buy American
policy advocated by the Hearst
newspapers.
The resolution, outlining eco
nornic distress caused by intru'
sion Of cheaply made foreign
goods in the American market,
approved the Buy American"
policy as an important step to-
ward ending the country's diff
cultieS.
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court against j. ]. ("Happy
Jack'O Hailoran.
Advised officially today by
Warden william Delbrldge that
Halloran, wealthy Phoenix lum.
herman and sportsman, had been
indicted by a Maricopa county
grand jury in Phoenix as an &C
ceSSory to the murder, Mrs. Judd
said:
"That gives me new hope. I'll
certainly be willing to 20 to
Phoenix and testify against
him."
She declared:
II am certainly glad TO hear
it."
Warden Delbridge said that Mrs.
Judd believed she would not be
hanged February II, the date set
for her execution, but that the
recommendation of the grand
jury that her sentence be com.
muted would be followed.
The State prison board OF
Phoenix had remained silent re.
garding what steps it would take
Mrs. Judd smiled happily and
Rugged her mother as they
talked with Warden Delbridge
Mrs. Judd said:
II hope the pardon board
will do the right thing by me.
Il was glad Of the chance to
60 before the Phoenix grand
jury last Wednesday and tell
the whole story.
"And III be just as glad 70
60 to Phoenix again and tell
the story before the jury that
tries HallOran rs an accessory"
Despite strict rules, Warden
Delbridge revealed that Mrs
Judd last night had learned un
officially through prison chan
nelS that the grand jury had in
dicted Halloran.
Since Mrs. Judd was sentenced
to be hanged, Warden Delbridge
had allowed her elderly mother,
Mrs. II. j. McKinnell, to remain
in Mrs. Judd'S prison cell ct
nights. Mrs. McKinnell said:
"This is certainly good news.
1t gives us all new hope"
The Rev. McKinnell, Ruth's
father, visited the prison early
today. He had heard last night
OF Halloran'S indictment.
The presence Of her parents
1cheeered Mrs. Judd.
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''Made in America" Club
Goes After yobbers

CHICAGO, Dec. 81 (U.S0.
Seeking support Of manufacturers,
jobberS and trade associations
for the Buy American" move
n1ent, which is spreading like
wildfire throughout the country,
the Made In America Club" to-
day sent out more than 900
letters. This was. announced at
. meeting Of the executive com.
mistee Of the group ct the Chi.
cago Athletic Association.
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BUY AMERICAN
URGED upon
CONGRESS
Tennessee Senator Would Put
ProWIso in All Bills I
For Appropriations

Goods purchased by the United
States Government should be
grown, manufactured and pro
duced in America by Americans.
This demand was made to-
day by senator Kenneth D. Nc
Keliar, Of Tennessee, second rank
ing Democrat on the Appropria-
tons Committee which is charged
with overseeing use Of Federal
funds. Z
To Seek Tariffs
At the same time, Representa-
tive Frank Crowther tR.), Of
New York, announced he would
wage q fight to assess tariffs on
goods manufactured by pauper-
lied foreign labor to compensate
for deprecated foreign currencies.
The campaign to Buy Amer
ican" also gained impetus in Con-
gress through growing realization
Of the danger to American labor
created by increasing flood Of
foreign goods to American mar
ketS.
Plans Amendments
McKellar declared he woGii22 Of
fer an amendment to every arN-
preparation bill coming over from
the House, providing that no r.ir-
chases Of foreign goods by the
Federal Government be allowed.
He said:
"ThiS provision should be In
every bill, and I shall fight for
it. 1t is high time Americans
gave more thought TO their own
country. particularly, in view
OF the outrageous treatment nc
corded us by. nations which
have refused to pay their hon
Orable debts"
In the House, q bill requiring
use Of American materials in pub
tic buildings Is pending on the
unanimous consent calendar. Rep
resentative Wilson Cd, Of Louis
lana, its author, said unless it is
agreed to he viii seek to have 1t
enacted under a special rule.
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Federal Triangle
Plans Explained

A pamphlet explaining the
Shipstead-Luce act pertaining to
building regulations in the Federal
triangle is being prepared by the
Fine Arts Commission as an aid
to architects and contractors.
The pamphlet will first be re-
viewed by the commission at its
meeting next Friday at the In
terror Department.
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It's O. Nel, Century
For LnU Librnru

With the beginning Of the new
year, the Law Library of Congress
enters into its second century Of
existence.
The American Bar Association
Is backing a movement to expand
the present facilities. of the
library, with a special committee
operating to consider the expan-
sion and to report to the organ
izatiou Is soon as possible.
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has obtained
q final decree
Of div &c e
from Joseph
Kane, depart
ment s re
b uy er, in
Mexico.
Miss Kane
won fame as
the boop-a-
doop singer,
but she failed
to win hap
pineSS with
the crown Of
@ U e e n OF
Jazz.
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is treated Is
such.
The invest
ment Of the
S t u di os in
their human
"chattelS" Is
considerable.
Studio dieti-
clans watch
CVCIy HlOulN
full that the
/ m p or t a Mt
stars eat, for
no studio can
run the risk
of heavy loss
from DELAYED
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'tShip American" Fight
TO Open Next Week

A vigorous fight to save the
imperiled American merchant ma.
rtne, and to arouse q patriotic
instinct in American exporters tn
ship American" instead Of using
foreign-flag lines, viii get under
way next week.
Beginning wednesday, the sixth
National Merchant Marine Con.
ference will open q three-day ses.
sion.
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Persia and
he Middle
e as t. Ac-
cor1panied by
{ h e ar
chioneSs of
Mil I o r d.
Haven, W no
proceeded to
London, Lady
Louise visited.
places in the
Middle East
t h at ( e W
W hite per-
ms h av e
seen.
"a
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900 miles were covered by air
plane and 1000 by automobile
in three months. The only
mishap, according to Lady
/, Louise, was one puncture dur
ing desert trip, which a
Persian chauffeur quickly re-
paired,
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not forget. RENEE ADOREE
They stood by her for two
long years.
During that time she fought
her way back from the grave,
and came smiling back to
Hollywood.
Lila Lee, likewise, won her
battle for life. Since her COM
plete recovery she has been in
constant demand with the stu
dioS.
But Hollywood hopes to stop
most illness before the victims
require Sanitarium treatment.
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and r e n e e
Ad or e e are
outstanding.
Both were
stricken with
t u berculosis,
and, seriously
i'll, sent to
Arizona. Re
versals h a d
u t d e e p
! n t o t n e
money tn a t
Miss Adoree
had S a v e d,
b u t h e r
friends did
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RUSSIANS PLAN
. LONGFL|GHT

MOSCOW, Dec. 81 QNS0-A
15,OO0-mile return flight from
Moscow to Kamchatka, to be
attempted in 100 hours flying
time and in the space Of two
weeks, will begin February 10,
officials announced today.
It will be the first Of q series
of long-distance flights scheduled
for the ambitious program Of the
second five-year plan for develop
ment of hundreds of thousands
Of miles of commercial airwayS.
A MoScow-Shanghai air route
is to be opened in April.
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production resulting from "tum-
my-acheS."
With all these precautions,
sometimes illness gains a start.
The recent cases of Lila Lee
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Mrs. Judd Ready to Testify
Against "Happy Jack"

FLORENCE, Ariz., Dec. 81
Q.N.S0 Winnie Ruth Judd. con-
victed double trunk murderess, !"
stands ready to testify in open
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Lady Mountbatten Has
Adventurous Trip

VALLETTA, Malta, Dec. 81.
Lady Louise Mountbatten has
rejoined her husband here after
an adventurous journey to
The Washington times., 1932-12-31

Lost or =. Found? Hun
dreds 0e articles are lest daily and the
greatest percentage Of them are adyer-
haad. II y0u'Ve found something, read
the Lost and Found Columns Of the
WANT AID SECTION Of this newspaper.
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Mexican Decree Frees
Boop-a-Doop Helen

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Her
romance having gone boop-a-
doop, Helen Kane, Jazz singer,
The Washington times., 1932-12-31

Her sister, MIS-. GerJruue
Fogarty, announced here today
that the final decree had been
granted In Mexico.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
Picture Studios Guard
Stars From Illness

HOLLYWOOD, CAL, Dec. 81,
A moving'picture star is Q
valuable niece of property. and
The Washington times., 1932-12-31

MRS. CHARLES w. SEMMES
THE Brightwood Motor Saler
Company Inc, newly appointed
Pontiac distributors have the
distinction Of being the only
automobile franchise in Wash
ington being operated by a
woman. Mrs. Charles w.
Semmes who pioneered the
Southern Maryland Bus routes
and founded the Semmes Motor
Company, one Of Washington'S
first big automobile distributor
ships.
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NO TREASURY STATEMENT

No Treasury balance statement
was issued today on account Of
the holiday in Government offices.
CLEARTNGS
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Evening star., 1932-03-13
Bernard ShaW's PLAY.

THERE are those who take George
Bernard Shaw's white hair for an
excuse and call him Saint Bernard. He
takes no such stock in ecclesiastical
designation, but sounds his own title
Dramatic Emperor of Europe" This
gets to the point that the Dramatic
Emperor of Europe" meaning Mr.. Shaw
is now having his newest play presented
in Washington by the Theater Guild at
the National Theater. It's title is Too
True to Be Good" not Too Good to Be
True" as the proofreader often insists
upon making 1t.
Though the Theater Guild is but IL
years old, it considers that it attained
It's majority within year or two after
its organization, for then the renowned
Mr.. Shaw did this group the distin-
guished favor of letting 1t produce his
then new "Heartbreak House" Since
that time the Guild has done many of
his plays, making point to produce
new one or to revive an old one every
year.
The list Of Mr.. Shaw's plays which
the Guild has produced includes Arms
and the Man" The Man of Destiny" :"
The Devils Disciple" Caesar and
Cleopatra" Major Barbara, The Doc
tors Dilemma" Getting Married, ;"
Back to Methusaleh." Saint joan"
The Apple Cart" and now Too True
to Be Good"
This latest play Shaw himself sets
down as a collection of sermons by a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Litera-
ture" 1t is something Of a comic
"Heartbreak House." dealing lightly and
airily with various postwar problems of
morals and other forms of behavior,
national and personal TOO True to
Be Good" will be the fourteenth Shaw
piece brought out by the Guild. In an
Evening star., 1932-03-13
How He Directs Films.

H'THE direction Of motion pictures Is
much like any other business or
profession" says Frank Borzage, whose
latest Fox production, After Tomor-
row" is now at the Fox. TITS largely a
matter Of first knowing what you are
going 10 do and then going ahead and
doing It,"
This must have been the premise that
sent the man who twice won the gold
medal award for the best directorial
work OF the year and who last season
made the four star picture, Bad Orr"
scurrying 10 New York, while the play
upon which the picture Ia based was
yet To be seen on the stage.
In the company Of Sonya Levien, who
adapted the John Golden and Hugh
STANCE play 10 the screen, BorzaEe sat
through the stage performance Of
After Tomorrow" night after night
until every line and every situation had
been analyzed for its full worth as pic
ture material. This same course was
followed by BorZage's preparation for
each OF his big Aim hits since he made
a three-month study Of Paris and the
battlefelds before he started the
cameras clicking on "7th Heaven" one
Of his gold medal pictures.