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The Washington times., 1933-05-31
FOREST CORPS
VANITY CASE"
AWARDH|T
Probe Looms on Charge Toilet
Kit Contract Is Excessive
BY 100000

Robert Fechner, director of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, today
refused to either confirm or deny
report that he had been IN
structed by Director of the Budget
Douglas to make the contract
award to supply toilet kits for men
in reforestration work which has
led to demand for a Senatorial in
vestigation.
It is charged by those demand
ing an investigation of the trans
action that the award is costing
the Government more than 500,
900 in excess of what the articles
would cost if furnished through
regular War Department chan
nels.
Douglas said he had made no
such order to Fechner. Fechner
in view of the Senate action, re
fused to discuss the case at this
time.
S1.4O for Each Kit
Senator Carey (RO of Wyom
ing, asks for a probe not only OF
the deal with the Be Vier Cor
poration of New York for the
toilet kits but for investigation OF
reports of irregularities in con
nection with any other purchases
of materials and equipment.
The Be Vier Corporation of New
York was awarded a contract on
May Is for the purchase of 200
900 of the kits at a cost of 81 .4C
each. It is the contention Of
those back of the Senatorial in
vestigation that this price is more
than twice what the Army pays
for similar equipment.
In the Army kits, which cost
approximately 40 cents when as
Sernbled, there is a comb, safety
razor, shaving brush, shaving
stick, soap and tooth brush.
$4,000 Supplied
In addition to these articles,
the kit of the Be Vier Corpora
ton includes a metal soap box,
tooth brush holder and a small
sewing kit.
1t was said, however, that the
inclusion of these articles would
raise the price of the kit only a
few cents. The Be Vier company
was given 10 weeks in which tc
furnish the kits, and already more
than $4,000 have been sent out
to the men in the camps.
Assistant Secretary of Wal
Woodring, who supervises all pur-
chases made by the Quarter
master Corps of the Army, de-
clined to comment on the case.
Senator Careys resolution call
ing for the probe will be taken
up by the Senate Military AT
fairs Committee next Friday.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
25,OOO,OOO,OOO,C Calls
Telephone Record
For Last Year
MR., AND MRS. HARVEL

Telephone subscribers in the
United States broke the record
last year with twenty-five billion
calls, more than all the rest of
the world together.
Many of the calls we're the di-
rect result of a vast volume of
advertising, according to John
M. Shaw, general information
manager of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Companies.
The use of the telephone for
marketing and shopping, says
Mr.. Shaw, has created a new
business technique which he
calls telephone merchandising"
A survey of display advertising
showed that not less than one
third of the advertisements made
reference to the telephone.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
HAMILTON BANK
OPENING SEEN
BY JUNE Is
100000 Subscribed to Capt.
tai Stock of $1,250,000;
R. F. C. May Aid

With 100000 reported sub
scribed today toward the re-
quired $1,25O,0O0 capital stock
and surplus of the new Hamilton
National Bank, opening Of the
new institution by June IS ap-
peared assured.
There appears to be little doubt
that if stockholders and deposi.
tors of participating banks fail
to subscribe the full amount the
balance will be supplied by the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton.
Leaders in the merger move
ment are reluctant to announce
status of the subscription cam
paign. it is said, because it is
desired to have all Of the stock
owned by interested individuals,
if possible.
Returns on individually owned
stock would not be forthcoming,
it is said, until the new instltu-
ton is relieved of the preferred
stock burden.
Sale of stock in the new bank
to stockholders and depositors OF
the United States Savings Bank,
the seventh and latest to join the
merger, was begun today. Stock
holders are being asked to sub"
scribe for 25 per cent Of their
holdings in the old bank and de-
positors for 12h per cent of their
deposits.
Stockholders of the Federal
American National Bank and
Trust Company are to discuss de-
tails of the merger and stock
subscribing activities at meeting
at the bank building at 8 o'clock
tonight.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
True to Type
&&f Why Not Limit Art Output?
-By GILBERT SELDES-

NOTHING has been said so far about ratlonlng the
~ output of writer's and painters and nothing about
putting adagio dancers and acrobats 3Ohour week.
Apparently we artists too unmportant to be con-
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
"CLARENCE" TONIGHT

The Torch Dramatic Club. of
Holton-Arms School. will present
Clarence" by Booth Harrington,
tonight at $50 o'clock in Pierce
Hall. Miss Catherine Bohlen is
director,
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
Bud" Early Sees
Circus Tents Go Up

Bud" Early, young son Of
Stephen Early, secretary to the
President, was at the circus lot
this morning before dawn.
He saw it all. Saw them un.
load, put up the big tent, feed
the animals, everything. And to
make his day perfect he break
tasted and lunched with the per
formers.
Buds" two playmates, isis
tie" and "Buzzie" Dali, the first
grandchildren of the land, will
attend the circus tomorrow after.
noon. Bud" will probably be in
the party. And It's a. safe bet
that he will be the envy of the
crowd.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
Manassas Garden
ShOn Is ScheduLed

The annual flower show of the
garden section of the Manassas,
Va, Woman's Club will be held
in Dettingen Parish Hall tomor-
row afternoon. There will be
more than IS classes.
Arrangements for the affair are
being made by Mrs. Eli Swavely,
assisted by several committees.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31

trolled by the great WnlIe chiefs Ill
Washington; for the first time l be-
gin to feel a resentment against the
Administration.
For it is obvious that railroads and
button-hole manufacturers who have
behaved badly are now going to be
saved; whereas artists, whose only
crime is that they never could make
much of a living, are going to be
neglected, as usual, and allowed to
starve.
In the program of industrial re-
construction every industry is al
lowed to regulate itself; the big COM
panies will not produce so much that
the little fellow will be crushed to the
wall; there will be no unfair COM
petition. Why not the same thing
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
Who Left Us Out?

wonder whether there isn't strong flavor OF envy
IN our indignation the preferred list of the Morgan
house The list to have covered so much
around so inpartially and the names were SO ds-
frbuted between both major parties that most OF US
resent our omission from the list. You and L and Al
Capone and Trotzky to be the only ones not
favored with chance to come in on the ground floor
It is small consolation to know that the 1oor mas
broken through since then.
Moral indignation is not becoming passion to most
neonle I have met few people who would not nave
been pleased in 1929 if someone IN banking mouse
Rad kept them in mind and have met few who did
NOT take everv advantage of the law in regard to IN
come taxes Both the habits of business and the laws
on taxes were created by u.s. approved by u.s. ana
neglected by us during the good old days. 1t never oc
curred In us then that these things important Be-
Gore thing becomes important to it has to take part
in hundred -biion-dollar depression.
Food and Work
The second or Roosevelt route of the bonus army was
roasterpece of strategy the marchers were lea
and qven quarters for day then the OF WORK.
a. reforestation was made. The danger ended. But
wish that little harmony could be brought into the
cconts for one story is that the moment the marchers
Lsd chance to work. they fled another is that they
eagerly accepted the chance and went to work. Not ALL
but majority.
For the purposes of comedy it better to think that
+he men refused to work and ran nome rather han Jake
dollar day, plus food plus chance to be doing some
thing But no part of the depression IS purely comedy
ord would like to know the facts. The whole scnee OF
.~nrollno quarter of million put forth as an
~idence of good faith not for unemployment
"a like to know whether there was good faith IN the
response too
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
CITIZENS TO MEET

The Federation of Citizens AS
sociation will meet Saturday
night at 8 o'clock in the board
room of the District Building.
James G. Yaden, president, will
preside.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31

for novests and tenors The former have several trades
unions which could governing bodies; ana
against tenors any legislation would be all right Or
they could be allowed to defy the antitrust laws ana
merge with the ~
The average newspaper writer turns out more stu11
day than Anthony Trollope did which was straight
thousand words Troope took the trouble to correct MS
stuff after he had written it and on the slde en-
ployed in the posofce in London Newspaper men nave
copyreaders to make what they write worth reading
and the jobs they have the side aren't worth mention
ing, if they profitable. But they. and nearly
oil other writer's except Thornton Wilder write too much
do not accept the explanation that they write because
"they have to- that they write for fame Shoemakers
also "have to" make Shoes think so and as tor lame
why shouldn't that be portioned out If profits are gong
to be? This is not entirely personal complaint since
am of those who definitely write too much 1t IS as
q reader and admirer of the arts that want the ne"
system of control to apply to creative workers.
It would mean for instance that while the most pestlt
erous crooners comedians and lmltators OF
good artists would be allowed to ve they would not De
allowed monopoly of time and so that others IN tne
same business would have chance, thereby glVng
chance to audiences, too. With less output and more
variety, we might have better time of it.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
RECITAL BY FIVE GIVEN
AT WOMEN'S CLUB HOUSE
La Sale Spier Presents Group
Which Displays Much Musi-
cal Skill.

La Sale Spier presented Lucy Frank,
Jane Esch, Helene Ffnnacom, Phila
Belle Burk and Jessie Blaisdell in re-
cital on Wednesday and Thursday eve
nings at the American Association OF
University Women Club House.
Miss Frank gave the first movement
of Beethoven's Sonata, OPP. 28," ma
ture Interpretation. Other outstanding
numbers on her program were Schu-
mann's "At Evening" LISTS Con-
ISOLATION in E Major" and Debussy's S
Maiden With the Flaxen Hair" and
Dance of Puck" all Of which were
played with q fine sense for tonal
beauty. She concluded her program
with facile presentation OF the flrst
movement of Mozart's Concerto in D
Major"
Miss Esch displayed poetic feeling in
four album leaves, by Schumann, and
dramatic force and brilliancy in the
prelude, "F Minor, Nocturne," &C Sharp
Minor" and waltz, 'E Flat Major" by
Chopin. Two Arabesques by DebuSsy
were played with delicacy and pre-
cision. Other numbers were the so
nata. G Major" by Mozart. and Tar
antella" for two pianos, by Heller.
Miss Finnacom played the "Capriccio
on the Departure of the Well-Loved
Brother" by Bach, with distinction.
while her brilliant rendition of the
"Impromptu, Sharp Major" by
Chopin. and Isle of JOY" by Debussy,
was one of the high points of the eve
ming. >,
Phila Belle Burk played ''Romanza. ;"
by Granados; "Chanson Dance" by
Moreau, and "Seguidilla." by Albeniz,
with the charm and abandon which
these Spanish compositions require,
while her Interpretation of the first
movement of the Grieg concerto was
dramatic and forceful.
Jessie Blaisdell gave splendid per-
formance of the Brahms Sonata in F
Minor, Op. S." and followed this with
a smooth and lyrical rendition OF the
Chopin "Barcarolle." Her final num-
ber was the extraordinarily effective
variations for two pianos. by Martucci,
with Mr.. Spier at the second piano:
Large audiences indicated their pleas
ure in these programs by generous
applause. .. u.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
LONG RUN MAY BE ENDED
FOR GOLD DIGGERS' FILM
Rumor Suggests That 1t Will Soon
Be Followed by New
War Picture.

THE Gold Diggers of 1888" current
ly flcurishing at the Metropolitan, after
weeks and weeks of existence there and
at other ma jor film houses, is coming
to the end of long. long run. Rumor
has it, in fact, that it will be followed
next Thursday by the war film, For
gotten Men"
Whether this is true or not, you can
still afford to see this Warner Brothers
musicale is full of nice music,
nice dancing, Aline MacMahon and
smiling faces. The best smiles are pro-
vided by Ruby Keeler some OF the best
music by singer Dick Powell, the best
fun by Miss MacMahon and Guy Kibbe,
and one of the most effective numbers
by troupes of lovely ladies who play
Illuminated violins in grand and glori-
Gus scene that savors of the old Zieg-
field days.
At the close Of the film there is that
much discussed Forgotten Man" num-
Der. in which Joan Blondell suddenly
emerges as a raving beauty. whether
you like the scene or not. you are bound
to admit that 1t is stirring and that IL
makes you sit up and take notice-at
a time, unfortunately, when you had
planned merely to gather together your
neighbors and go home on another kind
Of a wave of enthusiasm. Even If, how
ever. the scene should have been stuck
somewhere else-it is well done and de-
serves commendation. E. de S. M.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
WOMEN SEEKING PLUMPNESS.
LETTERS TO UNCLE SAM SHOW
Turning From Reducing Fad and Ask Public Health
Service How to Put on Weight

meal with butter or milk, light bread
or biscuit with butter.
Dinner-Beef stew, hash, pot roast,
ham or shoulder of pork. broiled or
roast fowl, boiled or fried fish. creamed
salmon or Goldfish cakes. Macaroni
with cheese should be included at least
once a week and dried beans two or
three times a week. There should
be Irish or sweet potatoes four or five
times a week, and rice two or three
times Green vegetables should be
eaten three or four times week and
should include cabbage, collards, spin
ach, turnip greens, snap beans or okra.
Corn bread and milk or buttermilk
should be taken daily.
Supper-Light bread or biscuit daily,
butter and milk or buttermilk daily,
peanut butter once or twice a week,
sirup once or twice a week, stewed
fruits three or four times week on
days when there are no green vege-
tables for dinner.
But, the standard reply of the Public
Health Service sets forth, there are
other factors also of great Importance.
Outdoor exercise, living in we'll venti-
lated homes. the regulation of habits
of eating and sleeping and attention to
personal hygiene are essential"
The reply points out that both under
weight and overweight may be symp-
toms of abnormal physical conditions
and that if they persist the family
physician should be consulted, and that
the body weight to a certain extent
Is the barometer of the general state
of health.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
A TENNYsON EVENING.

The Arts Club presented "Tennyson
evening" in the garden OF the club
Thursday evening.
Ignoring the weather and the blare
of prize fight bulletins on neighboring
radios, several hundred club members
heartily applauded Charles Edward Rus
sells sincere defense of the art of Lord
Tennyson.
He stressed the mastery Of blank verse
and the melodic quality of the poet S
work. supplying pointed quotations fire.
Quently. He sharply condemned contem-
porary critics who call Tennyson a
sentimentalist, singing out G.. K. Ches-
hearty applause.
presented the poets monologue "Oenone,'
which was subtly interpreted with a
restraint that sacrificed none Of the
dramatic quality Of the lines.
Climaxing the evening came the
presentation for the first time in Wash
ington of The Falcon" a one-act play,
well constructed with beautiful lines
and adequately punctuated with broad
humor. 1t was pointed out that, had
not his fame as poet been so great
Tennyson would have ranked high as
a dramatist, and the Arts Club Players
performance went far 10 prove the as
sertion.
Maurice Jarvis and Caroline Nc
Kinley, taking the lead roles, read their
lines easily and with no hint of scan
ming and were ably supported by j
Martin Scranage and Elizabeth Bald
win. C. H.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
Choir Singing Pays

that the people out in front nave paid
to see him and hear him. and knows
that 1t is actually a cold d-blooded business
proposition when you look at the thing
fairly, it is apt to send chills down
his spine. You haven't any right to
ask cash customers to make allow
ances. But the church congregation
was made up OF my friends-even
those few whom I didn't know per-
sonally knew all about me and were
on my side So I got a good start
in Little Rock that I'll never forget"
Now and then strangers from be-
yond the borders of Arkansas dropped
into the church where Dick sang; and
one of them happened to be connected
with an orchestra in Louisville, KY.
He was much impressed with the good
looking young tenor, and before long
Dick received an offer to go to Louis
vile as a concert soloist. Thus 1t was
that he passed from sacred to profane
art.
Soon he was singing over the radio
and making his first photograph rec
ords. Then a theater in Pittsburgh
signed him up as master of ceremonies,
with singing thrown in for good meas
ure. And 1t was there that a scout
for Warner Bros. saw and heard him,
At that time the studio was looking
for somebody to play the crooner in
the screen version of Blessed Event. "
Dick admits that he was somewhat
scared at the idea Of becoming an
actor. They told me it was all right,
that I wouldn't have to do hardly any
acting at all in Blessed Event he
says. so decided to take chance" "
Evening star., 1933-07-01
Doubles" Cause Grief.

IT is their off-stage doubles" that
bring most of the grief to motion
picture stars.
The other day a kidnapping was re-
ported in Los Angeles by a woman VINO
claimed a chap representing himself as
Robert Montgomery offered her daugh-
ter employment in his household. Other
Robert Montgomerys" have made the
real stars life miserable by becoming
involved in crime news ranging from
stabbings to embezzlement.
Conrad Nagle. while ago, was-sur
prised to read that he was IN an
Eastern city while he actually was at
home in Beverly Hills. A flood OF bad
checks subsequently revealed the pur-
pose of the impersonation. Greta Gar
bo is constantly being reported In
cities she has never visited, much to
the dismay Of the Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer studio. which is kept busy with
denials.
A Middle West woman recently in
sisted she was engaged to Nils As
theirs brother. Nils, Of course, has no
brother. Another rubber check" art
ist frequently poses in smart hotels as
Clark Gable And Jean Harlow awoke
one recent Sunday morning to read
she was visiting Libby Holman at Will
mington, Del. John Barrymore was
astonished to discover double" en-
loving himself at Palm Beach one Win
ter. without pausing to pay the oiils
incidentally.
To date, however, Jimmy Durante
has escaped such annoyance. Nobody
else, apparently, can match his Ia
nous nose.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
THREE STRONG
ACTORS CAST
IN LIVE ROLES
F0r Theater Play
Features Miss
Young's Work.

WHEN three hall-marked actors like
w Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez
and Franchot Tone are brought into
the same field with play Of direct
action, there is distinct pleasure in
watching the results All the members
of this trio have had their experiences
with the hampering restraints of the
general run of screen offerings. but in
Midnight Mary" shown at the Fox
Theater, there is an atmosphere of ad-
venture. a stimulating invitation to
play the game. a carelessness OF life
itself. that imparts more or less enthu-
siaSm to an audience.
Miss Young has not had in months
an opportunity to create SO vibrant a
character as she has in this play
gives way before an impulse to fight
for the domination that is his ambi-
ticn with a spirit that gives him a
new place in the public mind Mr.
Tone continues to reveal the polish and
self-confidence that have brought him
to the front in the cinema world, and
in the plot he Is assigned to the NOV
ing place of the lover who gives up
ali for the vindication Of the young
woman who has accepted the prospect
of a penalty for crime in order to save
his good name.
In the story Of the characters rep
resented by Miss Young and Mr.. Tone
there is abundant dramatic material,
while the development Of the story in
the midst of the night life of city,
with the final outcome which brings So
cial reward for the young woman who
was steadfast in her devotion, creates
strong interest A new phase of the
court scene has been introduced. and
its effect is marked.
There is a large cast of actors, chief
among whom. next to the featured
members of the company, is Una Mer-
kel, whose individuality always lends
magnetism to anything that she un-
dertakes Others are Andy Devine,
Frank Conroy, Warren Hymer, Ivan
Simpson, Harold Huber, Sandy Roth,
Martha Sleeper, Charles Grapewin,
ular Robert Emmett OBrien. The story
was written by Anita Loos.
The stage show at the Fox Is headed
by Pat Rooney and Pat Rooney, 3D.,
who have an established place in pub
lie esteem, which extends back through
the years Both senior and junior are
expert dancers in their own style, and
introduce an abundance of comedy.
Something unusual is always expected
from Joe Morris and his company, in
cluding Dorothy Ryan. and the en-
trance of the head of the company
from the audience with considerable
by-play is a feature of their comedy
and song contribution. Medley and
Dupree also share in this form Of en-
tertainment, and Paul Remos, with
his midgets, offers exhibitions Of aero
batic skill. including all kinds Of bal
ancing, with a climax which introduces
xylophone playing by the smallest
member OF the company while bal
ancing on pole. ID. c. c.
Evening star., 1933-07-01

A definite swing in feminine fashions
from slimness to plumpness Is being
reflected in the correspondence of the
Public Health Service.
A year ago scores of requests were
received for information on safe ways
to reduce the weight A form letter
was kept for reply. Now these have
ceased almost altogether and women
are writing for appropriate diets which
will enable them to put on weight.
This is partly due, it is believed by
Public Health Service officials, to a
change which has been under way for
some time in prevalent dress styles, the
new dresses being adapted for the full
figure rather than for the 1.-the, WilloWy
type. ,.
To meet the new demand weight
increasing diet has been drawn up as
follows:
Breakfast-Sweet milk, boiled oat-
Evening star., 1933-07-01

= INGING in a church choir is one
of the best ways of beginning
a career in show business!
~ At least that has been the
experience of Dick Powell, who
is coming to the front so rapidly on
the screen, and whose fan mail is now
one of the biggest in Hollywood. And
it not only reaches him in Hollywood; ;
it has been following him about the
country during his recent personal ap-
pearance tour. for Dick has one OF
those personalities that make friends
of both sexes and all ages. But mainly,
of course. his fan mail is feminine.
Dick comes from Arkansas. having
been born in Mount View on Novem-
Der IA, 1904. His caeer as a singer
began in Little Rock, at one of the
leading churches of that thriving city,
and from that commencement the trail
has led Dick Powell on to "42nd
Street" and Gold Diggers Of 1888" the
new Warner Bros musical film. in
which he shares headline honors with
Warren william, Joan Blondell, Ruby
Keeler, Ginger Rogers and lots OF
other well-known screen people.
You can laugh" says Dick. but l
wouldn't take anything for that choir
experience of mine. For one thing. 1t
helped me to overcome shyness. The
first time l had to stand up before
all those people and sing. it was a
really terrible ordeal. But. week after
week, I got accustomed to it, and was
able to build up certain amount OF
self-confdence There's another thing:
1t gave me kindly audience at the
start. When a young actor realizes