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Evening star., 1933-03-11
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington Theaters.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

Ben Bernie
Featured on Earle Stage.
THIS being music week" in the
L theater rather than film week"
(the films are all right but the
music happens to be just so much
better). 1t is only fair to state that
"the old maestro" Ben Bernie,
jovial gentleman Of the air, is the
best OF this weeks entertainment
at Warmers Earle. A man who has
made the country "yowzuh" con-
SciouS, and whose manner of talk
ing into the radio either pleases
you or drives you mad, Mr.. Bernie
provides soft and loud music on the
weeks stage bill, and says those
little things which plunge balcony
and orchestra patrons into fits of
laughter.
Mr.. Bernie has with him two
vocal artists, Pat Kennedy and
Frank Prince. who sing as real
singers should, and Billy Severn,
who is an agile and easy dancer.
The music Is confined (praise be- to
current songs. played in recog-
nizable and not "symphonized"
manner. Among these you should
note the Pink Elephant" number
and the short strains Of Put Out
the Light" Best thing on the pro-
gram is Pat Kennedy, singing
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
Other acts include Violet Carlson
In "Comicalities" and the Three Vic
tor Girls in a strong woman act
women, after all, shouldn't be so
strong as that.
The film is Grand Hotel"
version Of a race track theme, called
Prom He'll to Heaven" While you
may be fascinated by the way in
which the director jumps from
couple to couple, and shows you
what happens to an assortment of
people when they are bent on Luray
Springs horse gambling, the result
is neither anything very great nor
very good, and, to be perfectly
frank. 1t almost put this reviewer
to sleep. In the cast, however, are
such well known performers as Jack
Oakie, the good looking Carole Lom-
bard, Adrienne Ames and Sidney
Blackmer, and these may revive you.
But the treatment of the theme Is
so initiative Of the Vicki Baum
classic that we expected La Garbo
to bounce out any minute and go
whirling away on one Of those nags.
John Gilbert at Palace
In Fast Workers"
nRAMATIZATION of counterfeit
people may be satisfying. or en-
tertaining, or even amusing, when
they are smart. There is place for
them in products Of the imagination,
when cleverness gives point to a
plot. and they are permitted to dis
play their goods for brief period,
since the sting does not outlast the
fall of the curtain. When there is
a conjunction of the counterfeit with
stupidity, however, as in Fast
Evening star., 1933-03-11
CHINA POETS THEME
Presentation Features Meeting of
Woman's Party Council.

Presentation of "Poetical Pictures of
China" featured the monthly meeting
of the District Poets Council of the
National Woman's Party, held Thurs
day night in Alva Belmont House, IA
B street northeast. Mrs. Chase. a men,
Der of the League of American Pen
Women, formerly taught in China.
With Miss Myrtle r. Patterson, presi-
dent of the council, presiding. Miss
Marjorie Webster gave a number of
poetical interpretations, assisted by
Miss Edith Pagaroff. Miss Mary Crosby
and Miss Miriam Prettyman.
Other presentations were made by
Francis Jean Reuter-, Felix Conrad
Schwarz and Col. Edmund Sayre.
Evening star., 1933-03-11

"revues" of this kind (Which are no
more than an hour long, are more
to be desired than five "acts." IN
which you can always count on
hearing Say It Isn't So" (sung
badly, this years joke about the
travelling salesman, the gentleman
with the trained zebras. and six
buXom wencheS who come out ana
revolve on their muscles.
Mr.. Cantor, wide OF smile and
nervous Of foot and finger, comes
out on the stage this week and "slays
'em." A courteous emiSsary OF cheer,
he not only sings and runs around
and tackles an Eiffel tower lady, but
be gives the current administration
q nice little boost and. like Amos
n Andy, makes you believe that ne
really means it. While his eyes are
variously distributed around the
theater he chants some OF his favor
ite songs, and is applauded by the
vast audience to the skies.
His troupe is worth applaudlng,
too. Holland and Knight, for In
stance. deserve more time than they
are allotted in their brief but ef1ec-
tive ball room dance (there Is q
suggestion Of Jean Harlow about
Miss Knight) Bobby Bixley is a
Young man whose footwork is COM
plicated and extraordinarily well
executed: Benny Merof, besides
being able to toot away on any In
strument given him, does limitations
and dances and has first-rate vio-
linist In his band who does a first
rate imitation of Rubinof; and
others pour water down each others
necks (this in the ban0 and behave
themselves in the manner Of those
kindly lunatics who suffer in order
to make you laugh.
The film. Crime of the Century"
is a novel mystery-murder yarn, with
a couple of new twists that make
it more than averagely worth while.
It will not bolt you out Of your seat,
but you will at least be racking your
brains to find out who did the double
murder, and who owns the button
that Stuart Irwin finds on the floor,
and you will be pleased because Mr..
Irwin is in the cast and because
Jean Hersholt is also In the cast.
Evening star., 1933-03-11

"42nd Street"
Now at Metropolitan.
WISELY parking its best musical
w in another theater for a second
week, the Warner Brothers are CIV
ing local film enthusiasts further op-
portunities to see "42nd Street"
Currently on view at the Metropoli-
tan, with all of its IA stars and 200
of the most beautiful girls in Holly
wood" the picture may still be said
to be one of the best in town-if not
the best-and should be seen by all
those who are yearning for screen
musical comedy.
Toward the latter part of this film
you will almost believe that you are
watching an honest = to = goodness
stage attraction. Its music, GER
tainly, is better than most current
Broadway musicals, its featured
dancer, Ruby Keeler, is more effec-
tive than any one tripping the light
fantastic in Manhattan, and the
sight of Bebe Daniels as a brief In
ebriate, Una Merkel eating banana
in an upper berth, and Ginger
Rogers trying to be pure British, IS
enough stimulation for any afternoon
of screen pleasure.
While it Is not quite SO funny as
you might wish, and the ladies will
be sorry that George Brent gets such
a raw deal in it, "42nd Street" Is fast
and tuneful and sure, and its scenic
effects are among the best that Hol-
lywood has devised.
Evening star., 1933-03-11

Wayne Klaus Stalnaker, Ph.D.
Noted Endocrinologist. Psychologist. Food
and Breath Scientist. A lecturer OF na-
ti0nal repute.
BY special request will give another
series Of lectures. beginning Friday,
March 10, at the Burlington Hotel,
Vernon. A-e., between l. and M Streets.
Evening star., 1933-03-11
SEWER CONTRACT LET
Sac, ,625 Will Be Cost Of Work
Under Canal Road.

Contract for the construction Of the
Upper Potomac interceptor sewer under
Newark street extended was awarded
yesterday by the District Commissioners
to the Peter D'Adamo Construction Co.,
Baltimore, Md. The bid was $46, 1926. 20.
The construction award had the in
dorsement of j. B. Gordon, director of
sanitary engineering, and Roland M.
Brennan, chief clerk Of the engineering
department.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
REICH D|SSENTS
At RIG / 7 {
FOR JEWS
League Minorities Commission
Passes Resolution Over
Germany's Protests

GENEVA, Oct. 7 NSD.-Ger.
many today refused point,blank
to join in a League of Nations
resolution according Jews the
same rights as all other political
minorities.
Her representative on the
League assembly's minorities COM
mission cast the only dissenting
vote in an otherwise unanimous
resolution which called for eXten-
sior of the same protection to
Jews as is given under interna-
tional law to members of other
minority groups.
Delegate Protests
ClimaXing days of bitter de-
bate, the resolution was presented
for a vote over the protests OF
the German delegate. He agreed
to reaffirmation of the principle
of equal rights for minorities but
refused to agree that the status
of Jews in Germany is anything
other than a very special internal
domestic problem which is the
concern of the Hitler regime
alone.
Previously, Germany had de-
clined to participate on a COM
mittee appointed for the purpose
of aiding Jews and other political
refugees from the third Reich.
UnjuStified, Says Ritter
Karl Ritter, representing the
Hitler government, insisted the
League was overstepping its
bounds and befogging the issue
by contending, allegedly without
justification, that the Jewish
problem in Germany is a minor
ity" problem.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
HoM-U Fails;
Robber Asks
15-Cent Loan

MENOMINEE, Mich, Oct. 7
HN.sD.-Held up by a robber
who fiercely demanded "all the
money in the place." Phillip
Berg, %, gas station attendant,
snatched the would-be robbers
gun. The bandit said:
"WelI, you win. I'll settle for
ten dollars"
Berg replied:
eve only got seven.
"Okay, / won't bother you
again if you give me two dol
lars" :,
Berg flourished his gun and
said:
"NO."
swell, a buck then"
''Nothing doing. Scram, or
I'll call the cops"
The robber "scrammed." But
as Berg was telephoning the po-
lice. he saw the worried-looking
thug pause beside a car which
had stopped outside for gas.
The attendant hurried out as
the robber disappeared. Berg
asked:
HDid he try to hold you up?"
mo, he wanted to borrow Is
NmtS."
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
INDEMNITY CD.
ASKS WRIT

Naming Sc defendants, the Globe
Indemnity Company, of the 900
block of Fifteenth st. N. w., to-
day petitioned an injunction in
District Supreme Court to re-
strain them from pressing law.
suits and claims growing out of
furnishing labor and materials to
a company for which the indem-
nitv concern was surety.
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat
signed rules giving the defendants
until october 13 to contest the
granting of a preliminary injunc-
ton. The indemnity company,
through Attorneys William F..
Kelly and P. j. j. Nicolaides, in
formed the court it was surety for
the w. C. Biddell Company, which
contracted in October, 1881, with
the District to construct an under
pass in Piney Branch Road North
west.
In completing the project. the
suit stated, the Biddell Company
called upon the defendants for la
Dor and material. Since the COM
pletion. the suit recited. the de-
PENDANTS have filed lawsuits and
claims in the lovtl courts against
the plaintiff as surety. The
surety bond amounted to $4,000
and the claims total more than
$4,000.
The plaintiff informed the court
it would surrender $4,000 to the
court to be distributed among the
claimants, and asked they be pre-
vented from further harrassing
the indemnity company by law
suits.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
NJ 'KEE FORCES
SEE VICTORY

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 G.N.SD.
Campaign managers for Joseph
V. Mckee. independent Demo
cratic campaign for mayor, to-
day sought to consolidate their
position and organize their cam
paign for the November election.
McKee's forces we're bolStered
by the desertion of M. MaldWin
Fertig from the Tammany ticket,
and his public announcement OF
support for the entire Mckee
slate.
Boiling of Fertig, who has
been named the Tammany can
didate for president of the board
of aldermen, was the second big
shock in as many days for the
regular Democratic organization.
First was the action of Edward
j. Flynn and the Bronx county
Democratic committee casting
it's support behind Mckee and
breaking openly with Tommany.
Whiting a bit under successive
blows, Tammany today was pre-
pairing for a desperate battle at
the polls, and every resource OF
the organization was being called
on to hold regular Democratic
elements in line behind the ticket
headed by Mayor John P.
O'Brien.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
JOHNSON CALLS
PRESIDENT To
AID Of NRA
Roosevelt to Tackle Retail
Code After Adjusting
Captive Mine Rift

Vitally important code prob
lens today had led the NRA
into such deep water that Presi-
dent Roosevelt probably will
function as it's active pilot for
the next few weeks.
His authority was invoked
yesterday by Recovery Admins
traitor Hugh S. johnson in the
captive" mine strike situation.
Stop Loss Code Next
Once he has solved that prob
lem, he will be faced with the
necessity of deciding what to do
about the "stop loss" provisions
now in the master retail code.
With the retail code out Of
the way, the President then will
be called upon to decide if he
wishes to embark on a series OF
novel legislative and credit ex-
periments to revive the huge
construction industry under a
code.
The "policy" members of the
NRA remain widely split on the
"stop loss" method of preventing
cut-throat price competition IN
the retail trade.
johnson is a member OF the
group of practical" men who be-
lieve minimum price fixing on a
wholesale cost plus 10 per cent
basis is economically safe"
His Views Challenged
Expert mathematical econ
omists within the organization
continue, however, to prove"
with charts and symbols and
equations, that the "stop loss"
features of the retail code will
force a large number of mer-
chants to the edge of bankruptcy
and then the Government can
save them only by initiating the
currency indefinitely"
In addition the NRA con.
sumers' advisory board is opposed
to the minimum price fixing on
the ground it will result in con-
sumer gouging.
johnson is expected to put
final decision in the problem up
to the President just as soon as
the captive" mine problem Is
settled.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
BAER SWEARS BY SPINACH
Fighter Gives Low
Down on All Kinds
OF Foods

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, Oct. z
G.N.SO Milk, in the opinion
of Prof. Max Baer, noted dieti-
clan and foremost challenger for
the worlds heavyweight title of
Primo Carnera, is the most i'm
portant food in the world.
Spinach is the best vegetable.
Meat in moderation is okay if
not overlooked.
He Shuns Candy
Candy is a temptation to be
shunned-Prof. Baer, through
through sheer will power, con.
quered this dread habit a year
ago.
Water is all right, but not with
meals.
These and other views on food
were solemnly delivered by the
"Adonis of the Ring" as he
waited in a stuffy movie stage
for the word that would send
him prancing before the cameras.
He said:
II firmly believe milk to he
the mainstay and foundation
of any proper diet, whether
for priZe-fighter or SchOOlbOy.
Even a fighter could get
along very well on a simple diet
of milk and whole wheat bread
alone. They combine all the
ingredients the body needs.
Eats Little Meat
"T also believe in eating
meat. But the impOrtan thing
is to eat 1t in moderation.
When I'm training 1 have a
steak or chops about three
times a week, otherwise twice.
Meat should be lightly. brOiled,
not fried, to q shade less than
medium.
Spinach is the best vege.
table, swear by it. It's prob
ably the most important body.
building vegetable Of them all.
! "Candx. is my one weakness.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
Bailey, Bates, the Shannons
Given Life in kidnapping

tained by the evidence" He con-
tinued:
"There is something more at
stake here today than the mere
punishment of this crime. The
question before the American
people is whether kidnapping
in this country is to be made
an occupation or a profession,
or whether our laws are to
be enforced.
BATES THE FIRST
"This court fully intends
that he shall do everything
possible to see that our laws
are enforced"
And then the judge began to
sentence them. The first to
learn his fate was Bates.
Bates wan smNle disappeared
as Jugde Vaught said:
"The court hereby sentences
Albert L. Bates to spend the
rest of his natural life in the
Federal penitentVary."
Bates sat down, looking glum.
Judge Vaught next sentenced
Bailey. Bailey never flicked an
eyelash.
THE SHANNONS NEXT
"The court also sentences
r. G. Shannon to the Federal
penitentiary for the rest Of
his natural life"
Boss" Shannon, the little,
leathery-faced Texas rancher,
gulped. He sat there beside his
wife, who is Kathryn Kelly's
mother. He wore a coat but no
tie. He sported a vivid blue
shirt.
Mrs. Shannon was next to hear
that she must spend the rest of
her life in the Federal peniten-
tiary.
She gripped her hands tightly
to her chair. Her mouth tWitched
slightly. BOSS" Shannon put his
arm around her shoulder.
ArmOn Given Mercy
Judge Vaught announced he
was showing leniency to the %
year-old Shannon youth.
Berman and Skelly, the alleged
money changers" were the last
to be sentenced. Their faces
clouded as they heard the fatal
words of Five years" in the peni-
tentiary.
On the way out Machine Gun"
Kelly Spotted" Urschel, the man
whom he and Bates had kidnapped
from his palatial home in Okla
homa City on July % last at the
point of a machine gun. Kelly,
glaring at Urschel, drew his
fingers across his throat in a
sinister gesture.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
TEAM
To OBEFETED

The South Carolinians resident
in Washington are getting all
"hepped up about the advent Of
the first football game to be
played by Clemson Agricultural
College in Washington.
That game is to be next Friday
night at Griffith Stadium, with
the George Washington eleven as
the adversaries.
More than 900 Of the 1900
members of the college cadet corps
will arrive Thursday morning for
a parade in downtown Washing
ton and also for an exhibition be-
tween halves of the game.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
Rockville Women
To Meet Thursday

The regular meeting OF the
Rockville Women's Club will be
held in the Sunday school room
of the Rockville Presbyterian
Church Thursday.
Mrs. Donald A. DeLashmutt,
president. has announced the ap-
pointment of the following COM
mittee chairmen to serve during
the next year: Entertainment,
Mrs. j. S. Dawson; calendar, Mrs.
P. w. Gates; education, Mrs. A.
w. Moran; international relations,
Mrs. w. w. Welsh; legislation,
Mrs. j. w. Jones: motion pictures.
Mrs. Frank Marshall; hospital,
Mrs. E. w. Scott; social service,
Mrs. Porter Ward; nominating,
Miss Daisy Magruder; resolutions,
Mrs. j. F. Wilson; public welfare,
Mrs. Ernest Bullard; fine arts,
Mrs. H. C. Smith, and publicity,
Miss Violet Magruder.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
Free-fOr-AU Fight
Puts Man in Hospital

Armstead Olden, colored, Al, of
the 1900 block Sixth st. N. w.,
is in a seriouj condition at Freed
mems Hospital as the result of
what police termed free-for-all
fight at his home early today.
One of Olden's eyes was hanging
on his cheek when he was taken
to the hospital, where he also was
found to be suffering from a frac-
tured skull, cuts and bruises. Po-
lice arrested two men and two
women, all colored.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
DRY NAVY SALE
ON TODAY

BALTIMORE. Oct. deter.
mined to prevent q recurrence
of the incident during the Au-
gust auction sale. when 800 Bal
timoreans jammed the piers and
one person fell overheard. the
Coast Guard has developed a
highly systematic method for
auctioning off the late "dry
navy" here today.
During the sale of the % boats,
only three vessels will be brought
alongside the dock at one time,
and only officials and the auc-
tioneer will be allowed to be on
the pier.
The bidders and spectators will
stand on the shore and the
bidders will be given paddles
bearing numbers. AS the paddle
Is purchs sed the name and ad-
dress of the bidder is recorded.
The bid becomes official as the
paddles are held aloft and the
bid is called. After the auction
the price paid for the paddle will
be returned to the bidder.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
EXTRA FORCE OF POLICE ON HAND AT FIFTH COkABA7
"7arzan Free
OfMate, May
Wed Today

WOOD, Oct. Z
G.N.SO.-"I'm just out Of
trouble and believe me I'm go
ing to stay out" said Johnny
Weissmuller swimming cham
pion and movie (TarZan) actor,
today after a final decree Of
divorce from Bobbe Arnst,
musical comedy star, was hur-
riedly entered in court.
However, rumorS were circu-
lating that Johnny and Lupe
Velez, fiery red-headed Mexi-
can film actress, would hop off
today for Yuma, Ariz., to be
married.
Court attaches said Weiss
muller was "in a bit of a
hurry" to get the final divorce
decree.
Lupe flatly admitted they
would be married within four
days, but the pretty actress
was smilingly secretive as to
where the ceremony would take
place.
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
MORAN OBLIGED
To CONFRONT
FANS WRATH
Patrons Enjoy Best Weather
of the Series; Roosevelt
Unable to Attend
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before game time for a discus
sion of the ground rules.
That gang that sits up all night
outside the gates to get the worst
seats in the stadium was the liv'
hest in the umpire-baiting. The
loyalty of that crowd doesn't
waver. It knows that Washing
ton has a great team and If it
doesn't win it knows that some
body is doing it wrong.
The more sedate ladies and
gentlemen in the more expensive
seats aren't quite as rabid, al
though they don't hesitate to let
their views be known.
The military band which has
been playing pre-game tunes
throughout the series went out
into left field to try to WOO the
far legion from it's thoughts Of
revenge today.
The bright music made them
forget their tribulations momen-
tarily, but the effect didn't last
through the first inning.
Weather Best Of Series
The best weather of the series
and the prospects for a last-ditch
fight, and the feeling of excite
ment over the umpires, combined
to promise the largest crowd OF
the three games here. =,
The uncovered seats in left
field began to dot with the $3.50
customers hours before game
time. There was healthy pros
pect (healthy from the stand
point of President Clark Grit
fith) that some of the thousands
of seats that have gone unSolo
during the other two games here
would provide revenue before
the sun set.
A bright sun in a cloudless sky
and a somewhat higher tempera
ture eliminated much of the dis
comfort which has sat in the
stands with the crowds for the
last two days.
Roosevelt Absent
The biting breeze of yesterday
gave way to light zephyr that
merely added a little ting to the
air. Topcoats we're still welcome
and were being worn, but they
were not as essential as in the
previous games.
President Roosevelt either could
not come or thought he had done
enough good omening for the
home boys when he mascoteo
them to their victory of Thursday
Anyway, he didn't come to the
park today and about an hour be
fore game time the fact was an
nounced to the fans who had as
semhled by the removal of the
Presidents flag, the bunting, and
the green cushions that marked
the presidential box.
In the absence ofo the PreSi
dent, that blue-and-white pigeon
that has been disturbing players
and umpires and amusing the
crowds brought along mate for
an early appearance on the dia
mond.
Hope In the Crowd
There was plenty of hope in the
crowd.
Some Of the boys and girls
seemed to think that the boys OF
Joe Cronin simply hadn't started
vet
The Washington times., 1933-10-07
OHIO COAL WAR
TERMINATED
BY MINERS
Operators Sign Pact Giving
Workers Pay Increase
and 4O-Hour Week

CLEVELAND, Oct. 7 Q.N.SO.
A new page today was written
into Labor's strife-torn history as
coal operators from Eastern Ohio
fields and representatives OF the
United Mine Workers of America
set their signatures to an agree
ment outlawing strikes.
Climaxing 10 days OF confer
ences here, the pact, which also
gave the miners a 40-hour week
and a 20 per cent wage increase,
provided for arbitration Of all dis
putes.
With strikes eating at the heart
of the coal industry in Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois. the signing OF
the treaty was hailed as major
achievement under the NRA.
All meetings between operators
and the union leaders had been
marked with open hostility. Now,
according to R. L. Ireland, Jr.,
spokesman for the operators, they
are friends marching shoulder to
shoulder toward one aim-reha-
bilitation of the coal industry"