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Evening star., 1933-12-25
LUTHERAN PLAYERS
WILL GIVE Benefit
Three Presentations of The Other
Wise Man" Are Scheduled
for This Week.

In exemplifying the spirit of Christ
mas the players of the Lutheran
Church at Thomas Circle will present
Dr. Henry Van Dykes THE Other Wise
Man" on three consecutive nights, be-
ginning Wednesday at $3.50 o'clock.
Rev. Carl c. Rasmussen, D. D., pastor
of the church, will conduct the "cere-
mony of the offertory" which precedeS
the drama. Proceeds will be given the
poor and needy through cooperation
Of various charities. In past years the
amount has reached several hundred
dollars, it was said.
Leading roles in the presentation are
taken by George harrington, Katherine
Riggs, Robert Walton, DR.. Clifton P.
Clark, Thomas NJ. Cahill, George w.
Gates, Herman P Riess. Frank A.
Burger, Irving L. Koch, Carl Carlson,
Charles Krisel, Mary Apple, Edward
Eberly, Judy Lyeth. Christine Irish.
Jesse Veitch, Charles Whitten and
Eugene Kressin.
Many others are employed in the
play, which will be given in the church
auditorium. The doors will open at
7:3o pm.
Costumes are under direction of Mrs.
N. K. Gardner, assisted by Mrs. Roger
benson, Mrs. w. C. CrOnenberg and
Mrs. W. H. Towberman. Harold Snyder
has charge of the lighting.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Mexicans' Celebration
Of Yule Lasts Nine Days
Christmas Trees Are Lacking, but Series of "Posa.
das" Portraying Travels of Mary and
Joseph Are Held.

job When the ceremonial reaches It's
height, each person is blindfolded and
given a club sufficiently long to hit the
high-hung pinata. Then the blind
folded one is whirled three times and
told to smash the pinata. Usually
there are lot of failures before some
one succeeds. There is lots Of laughter
over these attempts many of them
hitting very wide of the goal. The one
pinata will have the most triumphant
year.
Finally some one lands sure hit and
presents. The one who did the hitting
SnatcheS of his blindfOld and gObbleS
up his share of the gifts before others
hurry in from the side lines. This Is
mad scramble in which all join, young
and old. 1t is the climax OF the year
It's very different Christmas custom
from anything taking place in the
Northland. However, pine trees are
rare in Mexican cities. And pinata,
swinging in g. floWer-bordered patio, Is
more typical of my tropical homeland.
Once you have experienced the frlendli.
ness of this pinata ceremony, you re-
member it always with warmth in your
heart.
am glad this morning to have the
opportunity to wish you q very merry
Christmas and happy New Year
(Copyright, 1898. by North American News
paper Alliance, IncD
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Gayety-"Girls From Joyland," at
2l5 and BIS pm
Pllace-"Going HOLLYWOOD" at 11:15
4 m, 1:2O. 3:25, 5:35. TAO and $50 pm.
Horseplay," at IL m, II so,
2:40, 4;25, 6:15. 8. and $50 pm
Loew's Sitting Pretty" at As
am. 4:3O, 7:20 and 1905 pm. Stage
shows at $50. els and COS pm
COlumbia-"The Mad Game" at
11:55 am, 1:55, $3.50, $50, 7:55 and
GAS pm
Metropolitan-"Alice in Wonderland. 4"
at 10 am. 11;40, 1;2O, 8, 4:25; $40,
and 9:45 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"M Mans Castle" at
11:26 am, 1872, 3:38, 5:44, 7:50 and
9:56 pm.
Earle-"Son of Sailor" at pm.
ABS, 7:25 and 10 pm. Stage shows at
335. 80 and 9:05 pm.
Tivoli-I Christopher Bean" at 3:25.
5:25, 7:25 and $50 pm.
AmbassadOr-''Son of Sailor" at 3.
AS. $50, sos and 10 pm.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Marine Band,
tomorrow at 1870 O'Clock, in the audi
torium; Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; /;
Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader.
Patriotic Shut-in Hour.
Marines Hymn
The Halls of MonteZuma"
Fantasia, Christmas Memories. .Finck
Cornet solos
Star of Bethlehem. "......... Adams
"Cantique de NOEL. ....... Adam
Second Leader Arthur S. Witcomb)
"Children's March" ......... Goldman
Duet for trombone and euphonium-
Calm as the Night. "......... Bohm
Musicians Harold Bayes and
Donald Kimball)
Characteristic. Parade of the
Harp solo, Silent Night, Holy Night"
Musician Joshua Tyler)
'Hallelujah Chorus" from THE
Messiah .................. Handel
Vibraphone solo. The Little Town
of Bethlehem"
Musician Wilbur Kieffer)
Nazareth" .................. Gounod
Parade of the Tin Soldiers. .Pierne
Chimes solo, THE Bells of st.
MaryS' .................. ADAMS
Musician Wilbur Kieffer)
Finale. Toy Symphony" 800. Haydn
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1933-12-25
"GIRLS FROM J0YLAND"
RETURN TO THE GAYETY
Burlesque a Bit Short Of Average
Quality, But With One or
Two Bright Spots.

Manager Lake presents his Girls
From Joyland," featuring Joy st. Clair,
at the Gayety this week.
Miss ST. Clair and Elvie Herndon top
the feminine half of the bill. The for
mer, always favorite here. repeats her
past performances. Miss Herndon, an
attractive blond. scores in the second
half with the Big Red Apple" number.
Aside from these two there isn't much
to the show. Jean Lee. buxom blond
Gladys Smith and Virginia Helm. the
prima donna. complete the feminine
contingent Benny "Wop" Moore his
partner Harry Bentley. and Lew White
and Harry Seymour make up the COM
edy team, assisted by Jess Mack and
Al Golden as ''straights." Bill Vine en-
acts the part of the juvenile. Moore
and Bentley have scene that Savors
somewhat of Ted Healy and his
"StoogeS."
Perhaps the most entertaining single
act Is that put on by the sepia team of
Wade & Wade. They just about stop
ped a mediocre show with their light
ening tap dance number. The chorus
of 20 with Helen Terry predominant
ing). although adept at dancing. fails
to bring the performance over the top.
r. B. H.
Evening star., 1933-12-25

Mollie Merrick will postpone the
regular fashion story in order that
you may read about a Mexican
Christmas as told to you by Ramon
Novarro.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, December rs
(NAN.A).-In Mexico, we have no
Christmas trees and we celebrate
Christmas for nine days. There is
long heritage of tradition and legend
to which We adhere closely in my native
land and which we Samaniegos observe
here in Hollywood.
For nine nights before Christmas we
have the posadas. They are series OF
little household dramas pOrtraying the
efforts to find refuge Each night one
member of the family is a host or
hostess, and when one is in Mexico 1t Is
not difficult to find nire close relatives
all in the same city. In Hollywood it Is
different. but We hold the posadas
throughout the Mexican colony and
close friends join us in the poSadas
where. in Mexico, it is held strictly
among the family group. Thus i is
my home, the home of Jose Mojica-a
beautiful Mexican farmhouse in Santa
Monica Canyon-and the home Of
Dolores Del Rio all see the celebrating
of the posadas before Christmas night.
Instead of a Christmas tree. We have
the breaking of pinata. This takes
place on the last eremonial-Christmas
eye-preceded by a charming family
party. In this posada. the wanderers
who have been knocking at various
doors for eight evenings, are at last
admitted, in the little ceremonial
drama, and the celebration reaches its
height.
The pinata is often huge water jug,
OF porous material, easily broken, and
decorated until it resembles huge gilt
tering Christmas tree ornament. In
side it is packed with gifts. The size
of the pinata varies with the size of the
family and the number of gifts to be
given.
The pinata is hung in the center Of
large room or outdoors in the patio
which is a feature Of every Mexican
home. And about the Pinata are
gathered ones family and friends. In
my case a very large family makes
quite a large crowd of itself and the
making of the pinata is quite tedious
Evening star., 1933-12-25
A NEW COMEDY TELL
PERFORMS AT RIALTO
Slim Summerville and Andy De-
vine in "Horseplay," Rousing
Laughter Film.

A new comedy team has sprung into
week. The players are Slim Summer
vile, lean comedian of the Universal
lot, and Andy Devine of the cherubic
countenance and long voice. who are re-
sponsible for much "Horseplay" down
at the Rialto.
Just why this film should be called
"HorSeplay" one is at loss to explain,
except that 1t contains one horse, two
cowboys. very pretty heroine and many
superbly humorous moments which are
very reminiscent of "A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
Mr.. Summerville. it would seem. has
a horse which he loves very dearly, a
ranch on which he owes large sums in
back taxes, and an undying, but as ye.
unavowed devotion for the heroine.
pretty Leila Hyams. At this point the
cinematic antics of Mr.. Summerville.
Mr.. Devine, the horse, the heroine. a
duchess. a crook and his accomplice.
and many other incidental characters
in a state Of revivification Of the times
during the seventeenth century ar
ranged for the reopening Of the an
cestral castle of the duchess, become so
hopelessly and laughably entangled that
one ceases to try to unravel them. In
deed. it will be found much easier and
more comfortable to sit back and sur
render to complete enjoyment OF such
idiocy, should that be your taste
However, what would necessarily fol-
low when two dumb cowboys, one too
much in love with horse and heroine
to be concious of anything he does. and
the other Just too dumb. find they are
rich because radium has been found on
their ranch and decide to follow a
heroine to London to give her horse
completely escapes imagination and Is
good enough to be told.
Arriving in London with the horse
and lavishly dressed (Tom Mix style)
and too much money for their own good,
they discover that no hotel will accept
them, for they insist on having the horse
in their rooms. As chance. or the movie.
would have it, an American press agent
for the Ritz-Royale sees golden op-
portunity for big publicity and per-
suades the management to admit them
to the royal suite.
Here the duchess (who is the aunt OF
the heroine and with whom Angelica is
staying) enters. She is fortunately SUI
flciently modern and unEngliSh enough
to find humor in the situation and Is
interested in the seeming madness of
the two. The cowboys are diligently
trying to find their heroine when the
duchess pays a call. With her is
staid and dignified sister. This call
ends in the duchess and sister (of all
peopleD being very drunk and riding
bucking bronchos (saddled chairs) un-
der the tulelege of Mr.. Devine and Mr..
Summerville. An invitation is extended
for them to attend the grand reopen
ing Of the duchess castle and TO come
and see Angelica, for whom party will
be given.
Then onward unadulterated bedlam
resounds within the hallowed and an
cient walls Of the castle. This termi-
mates with Mr. Summerville catching an
international crook, and Mr.. Devine and
Mr. Summerville taking Angelica, the
delightfully."- blonde Leila Hyams, anc
the horse happily and wisely back to
Montana. j. N. n.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
BEAUTY CONTESTS HELD
UNPATRIOTIC IN ITALY
Pageants Will Be Supplanted
by Child-Raising Competition
in Future.

BY the Associate i Press.
ROME. December 25.-Beauty con-
tests will be considered unpatriotic in
Italy hereafter. says an officially in
spired statement issued in connection
with yesterdays celebration of mothers
and infants day.
They will be supplanted by child
raising contests, In which the State
operated Mothers and Children'S pro-
tective Association will give prizes to
the mothers who have brought up the
healtheSt children.
Children between months and
years of age may be submitted by the
contestants for examination. The first
contest of the kind will be decided
tomorrow. with awarding OF prizes in
all the principal cities and towns of
the Kingdom.
Evening star., 1933-12-25

Thus, II Is unklnd to suggest tnat
Alice Charlotte Henry is not the sort
of Alice that we should have chosen,
and that something is lost in the
cinema shuttle. Because, personal
taste in such matters is infinitesimal
compared to the pleasure such a film is
likely to give children, and to those
who are looking for something which is
wholesome and attractive and to which
their children can b. taken without
qualn-
Jaded reviewers may complain about
it and say that it lacks this and that.
and that if they had had a hand in 1t
they would have done this and 50. and
that from a box Office point of view 1t
is silly to put a pair of whiskerS on
Gary Cooper.
Such viewpoint is probably logical.
as also that England will let out howl
when it hears Mss Henry's Brookline
accent. HoweI er. the important matter
is that Alice has been filmed at last.
and that it will revive pleasant men,
cries for thousands who have put their
trust" in this Lewis Carroll story.
We cannot help but think that Miss
Eva LIE Gallienne is to be partly
thanked for this film. Not because she
had anything to do with it, but bacause
her stage production of Alice" last
season began to prick the conscience
of those who had done nothing about
Evening star., 1933-12-25

Alice in Hollywood and in a jify q
great many heads wagged together. and
finally Paramount was smart enough to
get the break.
Paramount has given the picture an
enormous amount of splendid detail
and costumed the characters the way
artist Tenniell once drew them in the
book. The scenes, too, are exceedingly
attractive, and the photography very
excellent. But. try as you will, you
will not be able TO figure out who is
playing who in the films, and whether
Karns (Tweedledee) or Roscoe karns
is Jack Oakie And We defy you to
know that that is Cary Grant who
sings Beautiful Soup" or that Polly
Moran appears in the film at all.
A. of this leads to a polite guessing
game throughout the picture, and to
the JOY as also the discomfort Of those
who think they know who Is who and
then decide that they don't and spend
their time making up their minds in
loud voices.
1t doe snt really matter who is who
since Mr.. Carroll never intended that
Sarah Bernhardt or Katharine Hep
burn should play in his story-and
probably never had an inkling that
some day it would be dramatized with
great success and carried about the
country as a celluloid attraction with
further success.
Evening star., 1933-12-25

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Evening star., 1933-12-25
~ FAMILIES RECEIVE
CHRISTMAS BASKETS
Burleith Citizens Association Dis
tributes Food to Needy in
Area

Twenty-Five families were furnished
Christmas baskets Of food by the Bur-
leith Citizens Association this year. 1t
was announced today by j. S. Gorrell,
president.
Contributions were received in the
form of groceries and money to pre-
pare the baskets, and distribution was
made Saturday.
Wesley Cole was chairman of the
committee in charge. and other men,
bers of the committee included Mrs.
Wesley Cole, Mrs. j. G. Massey. Mrs.
Tovson Price, Mrs, Godfrey Creyke,
Mrs. J. 3. Morrison and Mrs. Douglass
Reed.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
SUTHERLAND RALLIES
Director Improves After Operation
Upon Assessed Lung.

HOLLYWOOD. December 25 IP.-
Eddie Sutherland, 81, motion picture
director, rallied yesterday after an op-
Grafton for drainage of an abscess in
his right lung.
Although he has not passed the
crisis, we have every hope for his re-
covery." said DR.. E. B. Woolfan, his
physician. He has less fever today
and his condition is very good"
Sutherland became i'll with pneu-
monia several days ago and was forced
to give up direction of George White S
Scandals. now under production.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
LLOYD PLANS NEW FILM
Production Due to Begin Soon on
"The Cats Paw"

HOLLYWOOD, December IS F.-
Harold Lloyd, motion picture comedian
will begin production soon on his first
film since September, 1892, a studio
announcement said yesterday.
He plans to spend half a million
dollars filming THE Cats Paw" 9
magazine story by Clarence Budding
ton Kelland, which also has been pub
lished in book FORM
Evening star., 1933-12-25

Rumanian Oil Increases.
Rumania produced 240OO,O00 barrels
Of petroleum in the first six months Of
this year, compared with 2l,9l6,000 In
the corresponding period of 1882.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Pipe Organ Enlarged.

Additions peing made to the Royal
Albert Hall pipe organ in London will
make it the largest non-church organ
in the world.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Lumber Exports Jump.

Russia's exports of lumber from
Black Sea ports of Russia in June were
so per cent above those Of the same
month of last year.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
FIRE IN BOYS SCHOOL
Youngsters Fight Blaze in Ma
tional Training Institution.

A small. smoldering fire in the dining
room of the National Training School
for Boys, on the BladenSburg road. just
after breakfast this morning was ex-
tinguished by firemen after it had re-
sisted the efforts of the boys.
Officials of the institution said slight
damage was done.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
"Alice in Wonderland" is
One of Holiday Features
Film, With Well Known Hollywoodians in Cast
Helps Make Real Festival of the Christmas
Seasonal Bit of Excellent Entertainment
Bv E. de S. Melcher.

n WELT 70 in Wonderland" into
- thousands of children will get great
deal OF fun out OF It, SATURDAY morning II was Wecomec
to enjoy this of the holidays major excemens The
landslide business it looks though
will do the the remainder of the week.
right to that disappointed
in filmed with good deal of
original the
of excellent
enter a points of view.
Evening star., 1933-12-25

Mollie Merrick will postpone the
regular fashion story in order that
you may read about a Mexican
Christmas as told to you by Ramon
Novarro.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-19
OCRATIC LEADERS ARE
 MAKING PLANS
Elimination of Double Tax ation Will Be Con-
 sidered Now
STATES MAY BE GIVEN
 GOVERNMENT REVENUE
Tobacco, Gasoline, Other Products May Increase
 New Funds

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.- Having discarded plans for n e W taxation legislation at this ession of Congress, Democratic leaders today be- gan considering plans to elim- mate double taxation during the special assembly next April. This it is believed can be brought about by unifying taxes to permit States to par ticipate in revenue collected by the Federal Government, thus eliminating various lev ies on the same product.
 The Democrats hope to raise additional revenue on the basis of increased con- sumption of tobacco, gasoline and other products. z
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-19
ROOSEVELT AND PRESIDENT ARE
 TO MEET AGAIN
Many ub cts Will Be Talked Over at Ses-
 sion Tomorrow
PRESIDENT-ELECT
 HAS HIS ADVISORS
Democratic Leaders Will Explain Present Mud-
 dle of Congress

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-An attempt to smooth the worlds headache seems in prospect as President-Elect Roosevelt got ready for another meet ing with President Hoover in Washington, D. C., tomorrow.
 The President Elect le f t here today for the National Capital. Accompanying him are Norman Davis, former Under Secretary of State, William Woodin and Prof. Raymond Moley, close ad- visers.
 Davis has been mentioned strongly for s ecre e ary of State and WOOdin for Secre- tary of Treasury or Secretary of Commerce.
 The President-Elect spoke lightly of the meeting say ing it concerns things in gen. eral and on no specific sub- ject.
 The men surrounding Roos- evelt for the trip are well in- formed on the international debts situation.
 Soon after this arrival in Wash ington, which will be late this afternoon, Democratic leaders of Congress will call on Roosevelt at his hotel suite and outline the legislative situation and also lay plans for the extra session of Con- gress which will probably be called between April 10 and April IT.
 To Explain Situation
 The muddled Congressional sit- uation will be explained in detail to Roosevelt by the party chief tains, an explanation which is very likely to include a detailed ac- count of the Senate filibustering which has widened the breach be- tween the conservative and liberal wings of the Democratic Party and tied up legislation for more than one week.
 The President-E Elect has invited Secretary of State Stimson to tea this afternoon, presumably to study the Far Eastern problems.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-19
IOWA FARMERS TAKE METHODS
 TO GET RELIEF
Balk Tax Sales-Ask Price Rise, Scaling Down
 of Mortgages
By L. E. SHELLY

DIES MONIES, Ia, Jan. 19. - Agrarian Iowa, focal point of far mers' strikes last summer, again seethes with agricultural unrest as county officers attempt to con- duct delinquent tax sales and mort gagees seek to foreclose on farm land.
 Hard hit by the lowest prices in 30 years, many Iowans have lost farms that have belonged to the same family for generations.
 Farm leaders predict others will experience similar fate unless either state or federal relief is ob- tained.
 There must be an immediate rise in agricultural prices or a scaling down of all farm mortgages or both, they assert, if the Iowa far mer is to survive.
 Farmers Organize
 Restless while others debate the future, Iowa farmers have taken things into their own hands. For once they contradicted the old theory that the farmer would not organize. Groups were merged throughout Iowa to prevent tax sales and foreclosures of mortgag- es.
 Success of their strategy was
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-19
 WINNIE RUTH
 AS WITNESS

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 19.- Counsel for J. J. Halloran, wealthy lumberman, today challenged the competence of Winnie Ruth Judd as a witness against him in the preliminary hearing on charge of his being an accessory to the crime of murder.
 The counsel took his stand on the grounds that the blond slayer was of unsound mind, unable to comprehend the oath and was not voluntary witness.
 Halloran is charged with being an accessory in the trunk mur- der case, the staying of Agnes Anne Le Roi and Hedvig Samuel son, both of Juneau, Alaska, in October, 1881.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-19
OF ARMY ENGINEERS MAY
 GRANT REQUEST
Studies Need for Local Representative in Alas
 ka, Chamber Hears

That there is reason to believe the Chief of Engineers will short ly assign an officer of the U. s. Army Engineer Corps, or at any rate an engineer of the Seattle Rivers and Harbors district to AL aska, with headquarters at Ju- neau, to handle fish trap loca- tions and other local interests, the Chamber of Commerce was today informed by Delegate James Wick ersham.
 The Chief of Engineers, Gen. George B. Pillsbury, has asked the Division Engineer at San Francis co to investigate the situation and report to him as soon as possi- ble.
 Request Made Here
 The request for the assignment of an officer from the Seattle dis trict to Alaska was preferred through the Delegate by the local Chamber some time ago. Judge Wickersham transmitted the Cham ber's petition to Gen. Pillsbury by letter, endorsing it unreservedly and pointing out that public in- terests would be better served than is now possible under pres ent arrangements by which all AL aska matters under the Board of Rivers and Harbors have to be referred to Seattle for action.
 Enclosing the Chamber a copy of Gen. Pillsbury's letter advising that a study of the matter had been ordered made, the Delegate informed the Chamber there was hope that the desired result may be secured"
 Gamers Plans Incompleted
 Letters from four large salmon packing operators regarding the employment of local labor next season, read at today's meeting
 tContinuei on Page Threel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-19
MOTHER, BABY, ARE FROZEN ON
 ALASKA TRAIL
Four Year Old Boy, Pro- tected by Bodies, Is
 Found Alive

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 19.- A plane arriving from Nushagak, on Bristol Bay, reports an Indian mother, with baby strapped to her back, stumbled and fell across her four-year son, at nj h l., while on her way to town in wealth CT with a temperature of 20 degrees below zero.
 The trio was found the next morning, the mother and baby frozen to death, but the boy, kept sufficiently warm by his mothers body, was alive.
 The doctor at the Dillingham; Hospital said he may have to am- putate the boys hands and feet as they were frozen.