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Evening star., 1933-08-27
FEDERAL EMPLOYE
az YEARS RETIRES
L. H. Blanton Had Travelled Thou
sands of Miles Inspecting
Building Sites.

L. H. Blanton, site agent for the office
of supervising architect, retired yester-
day after AZ years Of service for the
Government.
Mr.. Blanton had travelled thousands
of miles inspecting sites for various
kinds CT Federal buildings in all parts
of the Eastern section of the country
this side Of the Rocky Mountains.
Entering the office from Richmond,
Va. Mr.. Blanton occupied different
positions in the office of supervising
architect until he became chief of the
law division. The last seven years he
has been site agent, charged with i'm
portant duties in surveying, estimating
and making recommendation sites for
Government buildings.
He left the Government for year
to be in business. and later entered the
Internal Revenue Bureau for while as
supervisor CT collectors Offices He re-
turned to the Treasury, however, and
Evening star., 1933-08-27
RTJTLER OF MARINE FAME BOWS :
TO WOMAN IN COURAGE PLEA

"And what is it that man loves in
woman?"
Here the gathering sat up with
marked attention.
THE fact that man has somebody to
talk to and somebody who will listen
somebody before whom he can show
of. Other men won't stand for it."
Having enlightened his listeners on
loves vagaries, the general militantly-
but smilingly-offered them advice.
THE coming year is going to be hard
shedding, but stick by your men-al-
though men are no good.
There isn't a man alive. however,
who won't die for a woman. They don't
care for honors themselves. They want
them just so they can place them at
the feet of women"
He noticed serious looking woman
in the front row of his audience.
I'm going to talk until this lady
smiles" he announced. The lady did
He concluded with one grand gesture:
when the final count is made in the
affairs of this country. women are going
to be on the right side"
Evening star., 1933-08-27
FARM BODY TO CHECK
CALIFORNIA PEACH SALES
Ask Gamers to Reveal Buyers Pay.
ing Less Than Price Stipulated
in Agreement.

BY the Associated Press.
In order to assure the minimum price
of $40 ton to the grower, the Farm
Administration today asked Gamers Of
California cling peaches to furnish the
names of buyers Of canned peaches who
were paying less than the amount stip-
ulated in the California cling peach
marketing agreement.
Many contracts both for the sale Of
peaches by growers to Gamers and by
Gamers to wholesalers and other dis
tributors were made before the agree
ment went into effect at prices gener-
ally lower than it fixed.
Farm officials said upward revision of
these contracts, where they were below
the minimum prices fixed by the agree
ment was necessary to insure the pro-
ducers their minimum price.
Evening star., 1933-08-27

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, August 26.-The
voice that has roared a thousand battle
commands, that has earned for Its
owner the title fighting Marine"
turned from military affairs today to
discourse on-of all things-love.
Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington But
Ter. retired fiery commander OF the
United States Marine Corps, his crisp
voice softened by gentleness, became
philosophic on the kindred subjects OF
women and romance.
What is it that women love in menu
he asked session of the Pennsylvania
Department, American Legion Auxiliary,
in session here.
Sweetness? Gentleness? No-cour-
age!'-his voice took on the military
edge and rang through the meeting like
the Ion to battle" or fix bayonets" OF
the soldier.
You've got to give them til age
by standing by them and going c. INTO
pattl yourselves"
Again the voice was gentle, soothing
Evening star., 1933-08-27

FURNISHED by United States Coast anc
Geodetic Survey)
TO6aV Tomorrow
Evening star., 1933-08-27
The Sun and Moon

Rises. Sets.
s,n to-day 5.3l CAT
Sun. tomorrow So 64o
Moon TO-DAY - 3Gpm 1901 pm.
Automobile lichts must BE- turned on
one half hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1933-08-27
Record for Last "a Hours.

Record UntH IU P.M. SdVurudy.
Highest. SO, at pm. yesterday. Year
ago, 60
Lowest 68, at am. yesterday. Year
ago. "a.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 100 on June 9.
Lowest, IA, on February 9.
Evening star., 1933-08-27
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair today and
tomorrow; not much change in temper
ature: moderate southwest winds.
Maryland-Partly cloudy today and
tomorrow; not much change in temper
ature.
Virginia cloudy today and to-
morrow, with local thundershowers in
extreme south portion today and in
south portion tomorrow; not much
change in temperature.
West Virginia-Fair today: tomorrow
partly cloudy. local thundershowers IN
south portion; not much change in
temperature.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
muddy late yesterday.
Evening star., 1933-08-27

Slipper satin, no less. with
marcasite birds and piping OF
silver cloth. Pearl-color slip
per satin lining and exquisite
fittings, for slinky satin frocks
afternoon or evening.
Main Floor
Evening star., 1933-08-27

Agnes favorite ia hion.
Softly manipulated and just
right for wear with Fall suits.
Black, eel grey and Schia-
prelli brown.
Second Floor
Evening star., 1933-08-27

Gay but gorgeous, the bird
on this bag woulo do Juo.i>e
to your frailest frock. Black
with metal frame. Wait until
you see the ivory slipper satin
lining. beveled mirror and new
coin purse.
Main Floor
Evening star., 1933-08-27

yesteday rounded out AZ years of service
Mr.. Blanton left yesterday for Miami,
Fla, where he will make his home.
Evening star., 1933-07-17

S. n c:sP :s Ia r..
Evening star., 1933-07-17
STAR WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY,

States the same day. His resignation
although Ortiz Rubio in statements
calling for harmony attributed his
action to Ill health.
Little has been heard of him here
since, but the report to San Diego,
Calf. police Of $4,000 kidnapping
threat caused surprise, tnasmuch as the
former President never was considered
q wealthy man. At the time he left
here he said he had little money and no
property except q small ranch in the
valley Of Mexico.
Evening star., 1933-07-17

of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation
was ordered by Attorney General Cum
mings in Washington to cooperate with
officials named by Gov. Henry Homer,
Mayor Edward J. Kelly Of Chicago and
States Attorney Thomas J. Courtney.
A cooperative detail was organized
to seize gangsters suspected OF the re-
cent kidnapping Of John Factor, the
speculator.
Meanwhile, Capt. Daniel Gilbert Of
the States attorneys police planned
to question Martin O'Leary and Cal
Fontana, described BY investigators as
former convicts, who were seized rs
suspects In the Factor abduction.
SAN DIEGO POLICE ALERT.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
SAN DIEGO POLICE ALERT.
Vigilance and Secrecy Prevail at Home
Of Ortiz Rubio.

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, July 17.-Vigi-
lance and secrecy prevailed today at
the home Of Pascual Ortiz Rubio. for
mer Mexican president. who informed
police Saturday he had received two
telephone messages since July de-
manding $4,000 on the threat of kid
naping.
There will be no kidnapping" Police
Chief Harry Raymond said I'VE have
detailed men to the case, and We are
taking every precaution. There are no
known gangsters in the city and none
can get in"
Two men were added to Ortiz Rubio's
private guard and the house, in an ex-
Evening star., 1933-07-17

elusive district, is surrounded day and
night by armed men and police dogs.
( Ortiz Rubio, his wife and three chill
dren returned to their home yesterday
after spending q day, following the re-
ceipt Of the second threat, in seclu-
sion elsewhere.
Ortiz Rubio came here last September
after relinquishing the Mexican presi-
dency to Abelardo Rodriguez because Of
poor health.
Evening star., 1933-07-17

writing of the missing youth was OF the
kind purchasable at almost any low
priced chain store, It was reported
that the authorities also know the make
of the typewriter used in writing the
letters. Previously 1t had been generally
understood that the noes were hand
printed.
New York City police. acting on an
anonymous tip, surrounded and combed
the neighborhood In West Twenty-sev-
enth street, between Tenth and Elev-
enth avenues, last night, in search
for O'Connell, which proved in vain.
With the passing yesterday OF the
10th day since O'Connell was seized
from an automobile in front Of his
Putnam street home. the O'Coinells to-
day again expected further instructions
from the young mans captorS, either
by mail or telephone.
Investigations Continue.
It was regarded as logical that ad
ditional word would be received today
inasmuch as the snatchers have COM
municated with the O'Connell BROTH
ers. Albany county political and gov
ernmental rulers, every third day.
Still denied the confidence and CO.
operation Of the O'Connells, District
Attorney Delaney, aided by five New
York City detectives, continued his pri-
vate investigation. Unmoved by De-
laney's charge that they are hinder
ing the investigation by refusing infor-
nation, the youths uncles kept up
their private dealing with the kidnap-
ers.
The only man so far arrested in con-
nection with the kidnapping was released
last night. when Buffalo police dis
credited the story told to them by Mel
son Guy Nolan, 40, who was placed
under arrest after declaring that he
had knowledge Of plans to, kidnap
O'Connell.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
THREATS CAUSE SURPRISE.
Ortiz Rubio Never Was Considered Z
Wealthy Man.

MEXICO. D. F.. July II (P.-Pascual
Ortiz Rubio, President Of Mexico two
years and seven months, resigned Sep
tember 4, 1882, and left for the United
Evening star., 1933-07-17

Indians Bar White Fishermen.
The Indian Council on the reserva-
tion at Pocatello. Idaho. has forbidden
white men to fish there under any
circumstances.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
MIDWEST MENACE FOUGHT
! Police to Question Two Suspects in Fac
tor Kidnapping.

CHICAGO, July II P).-Federal,
State and city law-enforcing officers are
pooling their resources to stamp out the
kidnap menace in the Middle West.
Melvin Purvis of the Chicago Office
The Washington times., 1933-04-19
What's $ Doing Today

olina State Society, 9 p. m,
Shoreham Hotel.
Meeting-Capital City Spelling
Club, 7:30 p. m, Mt. Pleasant
Public Library.
Meeting-Southwest Citizens
Association, 8 p. m, Fairbrother
School, Tenth and E SITS. S. w.
Meeting - Brotherhood Of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation,
8:15 p. m, at the Temple.
Meeting-Petworth Citizens AS
sociation, 8 p. m, Barnard School,
Fifth and Decatur SITS. N. w.
Meeting-ASsociation for the
Study of Negro Life and History,
8 p. M, Phyllis Wheatley Asso-
citation, Rhode Island Ave. and
Ninth st. N. W.
Minstrel Show-Edward Doug
lass White Council No. 2473,
knights of Columbus, 8 p. M, St.
Charles School Hall, Clarendon,
Va.
hospitality Ball-sponsored bx
the War Veterans Democratic
The Washington times., 1933-04-19

Club of the District of Columbia
and the Democratic Central Com
mittee, 9 p. m, ballroom Of the
National Press Club.
Dance Recital BY the Deni-
shawn Dance Group Of Washing
ton, sponsored by the Community
Center Department, 8 p. m, Cen
tral High School auditorium.
Dance Burroughs Community
Center, $3.50 p. M, Eighteenth and
Monroe SITS. N. E.
Card Party - Benefit Of the
White Marsh Church, 8 p. M.
church hall, Priest Bridge, on the
Defense Highway.
observation-disclosures SkidS," I"
by the Chevy Chase Woman's
Club, afternoon, Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church.
Card Party and Dance-Leba-
non Chapter, o. E. S., 8 p. M,
Kennedy Warren.
Card Party and Dance-Cedar-
hurst Citizens Association, 8. p.
M, 614 E st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-04-19

Dinner-National Association of
Cost Accountants, $50 p. m,
Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-Sons of the Ameri.
can Revolution, 8 p. M, May.
flower Hotel.
Meeting Washington State
Society, 8 p. m, Mayflower Hotel,
Dutch Dinner-Spanish War
Veterans, Admiral George Dewey
Auxiliary No. 3, 5 to p. m,
Northeast Temple, Eight and F
SITS.
Card Party-Esther Chapter,
order Eastern Star, 2 p. M, VIII
lard Hotel.
Observation-Disclosures Society
of Engineers, 8:15 p. M, Cosmos
Club.
Meeting-Hotel and Restaurant
Employees Alliance, Local 781, 3
p. M, 1412 I st. N. w.
Dane massachusetts State
Society, 9 p. M, Shoreham Hotel.
Supper and Dance-South Car
The Washington times., 1933-04-19
RELIEF MEN ASK
/. PAYCUT BAN
: Wuu

Determined to save employees
Of the Emergency Relief Commis-
sion the is per cent wage cut or
dered by Congress-. District Audi
tor Daniel j. Donovan today will
call on Comptroller General j. r.
McCarl to discover if the relief
workers may not be exempted.
More than 80 workers employed
by the Commission are even now
receiving wages far below the
wage scale employed in the Dis
trict, Welfare Board officials ad-
NIT.
George B. Wilson, director Of
the Board of Public Welfare, may
see President Roosevelt about the
problem, he says.
Pay checks are being withheld
at the workers request pending
the Comptroller Generals deci-
@lOn.
The Washington times., 1933-04-19
TABLET HONORS
BAY. STATE

A bronze tablet affixed to q
huge granite boulder as q gift Of
the Ancient and Honorable Ar.
tillery Company of Massachusetts,
will be dedicated at Four Mile
Run on Mt. Vernon Highway Sat
urday under plans laid at the Of
flee of Public Buildings and
Parks today.
The tablet will call attention
to 13 elm trees planted closely
in honor Of the thirteen original
colonies by the National Women's
Society Of the artillery company.
It will also commemorate the
washington Bicentennial and
Paul Revere.
Members of the Bay State or
ganizations will be present at the
exercises to present the tablet to
Lieut.. Col. U. s. Grant.
The Washington times., 1933-04-19
Officials to Inspect
Phone SLUitchbO0rdS

Officials Of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company to-
day win make an inspection tour
Of switchboards at the Washing
ton Gas Light Company, Post
Office and Interior Departments
and Lansburgh and Brothers de-
partment store.
The Washington times., 1933-04-19
BGptists to Hold
Old Hun1n SOnQf est

An old-fashioned hymn songfest
will be staged tonight at 8 o'clock
in the Fifth Baptist Church,
Sixth-and-a-Half and E. SITS.
S. W., under auspices Of the
Waple Social Center. E. l..
Wolslagel, Of New York and
North Carolina, will direct.
The Washington times., 1933-04-19
Now You Can Wear
FALSETEETH
WITHOUT EHTharrasSTI10nt

Eat. talk. laugh or sneeze without
fear Of false teeth dropping or slipping.
FASTEEfH holds them firmly ana
comfortably. This new. fine powder has
no gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feel
ing. Makes breath pleasant. Newer
and better than anything you've ever
used GET FASTEETH today at Peoples
Drug Stores or any other drug store.
The Washington times., 1933-04-19

These are only few of the convenience fea-
lures of Electrolux. There are host of others.
You owe it to yourself not to buy before see
ing the new Electrolux. Or at least before
considering carefully the points contained
in the complete descriptive folder which will
be sent to you on request. Telephone, or come
in-today.
The Washington times., 1933-04-19

While father and daughter stood side:by>side
through the dark days .. the woman he
had married and believed in gave her lips
to lover. Moments of soul>stabbing thrill
in this picture =. glorious moments that
pass wildly across the screen in one of the
most real dramas of humanity that has ever
won your tears and your sincere app[ause| J
Evening star., 1933-12-17
PRINCE ALBERT.
THE NATIONAL JOY SMOKE

Among smoke pipes ron their ovn Prince Albert
smoking tobacco is known the national joy smoke special
hint of harshness bteeaves A.
COOL and mellow. No wonder that smoke
Prince Albert than other brand The onepound glass hudOrS
and suitably packaged for the Christmas
Evening star., 1933-10-29
Current Attractions

Dee and William Gargan occupying
principal roles, and Ralph Bellamy,
Jack La Rue, Wallace Ford, Gregory
Ratoff, Franklin Pangborn. Dorothy
Burgess. Mary MacLaren and the cele-
brated humorist, Robert Benchley, in
supporting parts.
News events from all over the world,
comedy and short subjects augment
the feature.
DHILO VANCE is so delighting and
battling his many admirers in Wash
ington in The Kennel Murder Case"
that the management of Warner Bros
Metropolitan Theater announces the
holdover of the attraction through
Thursday with the last complete show
ing starting at 3 pm. to make way for
the premiere Of "Footlight Parade at
$3.50 pm. With William Powell, in
whose person Philo Vance comes back
to the screen after an absence . three
years, are Eugene Parlette as Sergt.
Heath. Robert McWade, Mary Astor,
Robert Barratt, Ralph Morgan. Arthur
Hohl, Helen Vinson, Jack LaRue and
others. The program is completed by a
new Vitaphone musical short, Rufus
Jones for President" with Ethel Wat
ers. a new Merrie Melody cartoon with
Lave ItuUulOll lcdtultU, dllu tIlc ldCCoI
issue of the Paramount Sound News.
THIS weeks attraction at Warner
Bros Earle brings to the screen one
Of Hollywood's most versatile actresses,
Barbara Stanwyck, In her latest star
ring vehicle for Warner Bros, Ever in
My Heart" Headlining the stage bill,
Morton Downey is delighting his many
washington friends by offering a new
group Of love songs and ballads. The
film tells of a New England girl who
marries German professor and whose
happy life is broken when her husband
returns to his fatherland to serve in the
army during the World War. The fight
to retain their romance in the face Of
stinging cruelties of relatives and for
mer friends is brave though hopeless
one. Miss Stanwyck is supported by
Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy, Ruth
Donnelly, Laura Hope Crews, Frank
Albertson, Clara Bandick and Harry
Beresford.
Other stage acts besides Downey are
Annie, Judy and Zeke. assisted by
Brother Pete, Frank Hunter and Mae
Evening star., 1933-10-29

TduCOuS SOOQ QumOr LNaC mas eSCaD1SteC
Laughton as master satirist.
1t seems curious, nevertheless, that
the Barrymores and other proud and
worthy stage names should be tenn
porarily put into second place by two
people who have had only tenth of
their stage training. Neither of them,
however, believes himself to be first rate
Mr.. Laughton has packed up his bag
and baggage and is IN London, as he
says, Ito learn to act"
He was very positive about this when
we saw him in Hollywood. He said:
None of us know how to act these days
the reason being that no one cares
anything more about Shakespeare.
Without Shakespeare you can't ever hope
to be really good actor You can be
clever personality, but not by any
means the sort of an actor which the
old school rightly boasts Of. l know
my failings know that haven't been
grounded in the proper schools. You
can't hope to learn acting in the films
only by occasional trips into really hard
work, such as Shakespeare demands,
can you get yourself into the proper
trim. That is why I am going back to
the Old Vic for a time I'm going to
try to catch up with the past that I
should have had-and didn't. It will
be very good fun and marvellous expert
ence."
After seeing Mr.. Laughton as Henry
1t is hard to believe that he has any,
thing more to learn. Manners, per-
haps, but that is only because Henry
didn't have any manners
THE overf1oWing of the National last
wee was magnificent gesture of
defiance to those peSSimists who are of
the belief that the theater is no more.
The fact that "Her Masters Voice" is
hit in New York is another gesture in
the right direction. Every once in a
while it seems best to remind these
mourners that while the films are turn
Ing out some excellent pictures, the
stage is also doing its bit.
Washington has been more than for
tunate in the past two weeks. Mary
OF Scotland" and the Clare Hummer
comedy will probably be two of the most
successful plays of the year. That fact.
and the fact that locally they were not
ignored. not only indicates that the the
ater still has its chin up, but that on
account of its appreciation of good the
ater Washington will unquestionably be
sent more and more and more.
Evening star., 1933-10-29

Why, the authors must wonder,
should that bit of raillery against an
unpopular and foreign practice disap-
point q public that welcomes with glee
attacks upon nearer and dearer in
stitutions. It may be that they de-
signed 1t in order to prove that their
scoflng Is international, and that they
patriotically believe the French gull
lotine, in Mr.. Atkinson's epigram, to
be funnier and less dangerous than the
United States Government. Audiences
shake their sides with laughter when
Mr. Kaufman and Mr.. Ryskind put
FOOLS cap upon the head, and tie a
tin can to the tail of the White House
and the cabinet. They rejoice when
ever Let En- Eat Cake" makes Jokes
at the expense of the Supreme Court,
the soap-box exhibitionists in Union
| Square, the waning national pastime,
and other shrineS regarded by many
citizens as semi-sacred. But they get
goose flesh as Throttlebottom prepares
himself for execution. and forget that
it is all in fun. Probably Victor Moore
Is responsible for this uncomfortable
state of mind. His comic acting con-
tains so much pathos, at times that
sensitive drama-lovers are apt to lose
themselves in the belief that the libret-
lists are going to cut his head Off
I admit that I myself. an imaginative
and a callous playgoer, was a little
worried about Throttlebottom's fate
when he sang his plea to the revolu-
tionary jury, beginning II know foul
ball from fair one" Let me, how
ever, assure prospective patrons CT
Let EN- Eat Cake that the guillotine
in it is just Kaufman-R -Ryskind prank,
and that Mr.. Moore at no moment is in
real peril. I hope that I am getting
Mr.. Ryskind's name frequently enough
into this review, because once when
inadvertently omitted it, he wrote a
temperamental letter to me, in which
he was quite cross.
| Every one knows that in Let EN-
Eat Cake" the John P Wintergreen
dynasty in Washington is overthrown
by John P. Tweedledee. That William
Gaxton as a dude ex-president later
becomes the dictator of the republic,
because Miss Lois Moran, his first lady,
Is proficient in the sewing of blue silk
shirts. That the members Of the
Supreme Court, all made up to resem-
BILE Chief Justice Hughes, are vaude-
vile acrobats, and that the secretaries
Of war and the navy have never drawn
a sword or furled a sail; and that the
postmaster general has seldom written
or mailed letter. That Philip Loeb,
as mouthy Red, Eliminates from his
soap box in a way that should make
! the Communists even more indignant
than they are and that the entire thing
is an amiable, Wholesome and cynical
fandango, presented with taste and
| splendor by Sam Harris One of its
most pleasant qualities is that it never
deScends to the insolent personalities
of "As Thousands Cheer for instance.