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Evening star., 1933-01-28
parachute Jumper"
Shown At Metropolitan.

THEATRICAL experiences in the
sky give color to the entire per-
formance Of Parachute Jumper"
which is presented at the Metro
politan Theater in conjunction with
shorter film. in which Marie Dress
Ter and Polly Moran give their YER
sion of Dangerous Females"
The feature picture of the pro-
gram is the story of three victims
of the depression, two men and a
woman. who join forces in an at
tempt to stem the tide of poverty.
AS the two men have both se-'ved
as airmen with the Marines in Mica
rauga. they are prepared to employ
their flying talents in public exhibi-
tions. They fall into the hands Of
narcotic smugglers Of the Canadian
route. however, and the more ex-
citing moments, in which there are
some pistol and machine-gun events,
center about this enterprise.
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.. is the chief
member Of the cast, and the Incl
dents have that form of reckless AMI
sometimes humorous activity that is
often associated with his name. He
Is one of the two expert airmen. and
Is seen in a dangerous parachute
Jump, while many Of the scenes re-
veal battles in the air between the
smugglers and the Federal border
patrol. Throughout the play there
are numerous striking airplane
wrecks, partly at closeup range,
giving much picturesqueness to the
story. There Is also . motor.car
Evening star., 1933-01-28
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M U S &c
Mozart Concerto Played at
Friday Music Club.

Ff1day Music Club.
TINE Mozart Concerto for Piano
in B Flat Major played by
Villa Semple, with Dorothy
L Radde Emery at the second
piano. was the opening num-
Der Of the weekly concert Of the
Friday Morning Music Club yester-
day at Barker Hall.
The concerto was exceptionally
well played with sensitive regard
for the delicate changing of color
that Mozart so well created It is
particularly well suited to Miss
Semple's light and limpid style. and
she played the ripping passages
with melodious and flowing grace.
The background which Mrs. Emery
provided had the proper depth and
her musical attention to the exact
balance of each phrase and its i'm
portance in the ensemble rounded
out the whole to a finished per-
formance
Miss Semple was heard later in a
group Of solo numbers. Among
these "Capriccio." by Scarlatti, and
the Chopin ''Etude No. 2" were the
most Interestingly given. Miss Sem
pie needs still more development in
the way of sorority and true legato
to interpret such numbers as the
"Intermezzo, No. l. Op. III" of
Brahms so as to bring out its poetry
and sentiment. This same broaden
ing Of her style will aid in the crea-
ton Of more atmosphere for De-
bussy's Reflects dams Ieau." Miss
Semple was enthusiastically ap-
plauded and recalled.
Ruth Starkey. soprano. sang Mo-
zart's "Vedrai Carino' from Don
Giovanni" Tears Olmstead;
Nam 'zelle Marie" Guion. and three
Russian numbers, "Lilacs." by Rach-
maninoff; The Rose Enslaves the
Nightingale. Rimsky-Korsako and
Tschaikowsky's whether by Day."
Miss Starkey has a well trained voice
which she produces easily She fol-
lows the accepted interpretations
usually given these songs but fails
to imbue them with any tempera-
mental warmth. Her tone. which in
itself is of fine quality. remains un-
changed by the sentiment of which
she is singing. and for this reason
her six songs were more or less alike.
In such a program as she had
chosen, she should have run the
gamut of emotion and thrilled with
intensity of feeling.
Alice Finkel. in her accompani-
ment, achieved this to a greater
degree and gave an especially fine
rendition of the pianistic accompani-
ment of TSchaikowsky's Whether by
Day." A.E.
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q
strangled to death.
So the anony-
nous tip had been
right after all!
The contents of
the girls open van
ity were strewn
about. A mans
blood stained hand
kerchief lay near
her feet; her bat
tered hat at some
distance from the
body. Her dress,
at the left shoul-
der. was torn.
Quietly the pro-
fessor stood looking
at the body.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
36O-DAY JAIL TERM
GIVEN IN $50 SWINDLE
Silver Spring Salesman Testiies
James Thomas, Colored, Disap-
peared With Change in Deal.

James Thomas. colored. 81. who was
charged with swinaling two automobile
statesmen of $50 under the pretense he
was going to buy car, was sentenced
to 36O days in Jail when convicted OF
petty larceny by Police Court Judge Gus
A. Schuldt Yesterday.
William r. Wolfe. salesman of Silver
Spring, Md. said Thomas approached
him and told him he wanted to buy
car. Then he requested the salesman
to drive him to a nearby apartment
house so he could obtain the money for
the down payment. When they arrived
at the house. Wolfe testified, Thomas
left the car but returned in few min
utes and asked for change for $50. The
salesman gave it to him and Thomas
disappeared with the money.
Hugh H. Sinclair. 500 block East
Capitol street. told the court Thomas
worked similar trick on him.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
FACES SENTENCE
FOR GUN TOT|NG
Humphreys, Listed as "Public
Enemy No. l." to Appeal
Chicago Verdict.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, January pa pistol
toting conviction today menaced the
standing Of Murray Humphreys, listed
as No. l on the Police Department 8
catalogue Of public enemies"
1t took q jury in Judge Harold p. Nc
Connells court but one hour to reach
the verdict which carries with it a
possible maximum sentence OF q years
imprisonment in the county Jail. as
well as a fine Of $500.
Humphreys. who said he looked to
the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse
the jury's findings, denied he was a
public enemy"
by the employers association because
Of my union affiliations."
raid by police on loop office last
November resulted in Humphreys ar
rest. Two policemen testified they took
pistol from him, but his counsel ar
gued that they had no search warrant
and that the seizure was illegal Charles
Fischetti and William (Three- FINGERED
jack White, were arrested at the same
time. FiSchetti was recently convicted
on similar charge and was sentenced
to years imprisonment. White is
awaiting trial. He also is charged with
carrying concealed weapons.
Il expected it," said Humphreys. "Iu
stake my chances with the Supreme
Court"
The court set February 4 for hearing
motion for new trial.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
ANAC0STIA CITIZENS ASK
CITY WAR ON STARLINGS
Association Requests Amendment
to Bird Sanctuary Laws to Per-
nit Action Against Them.

A resolution advocating an amend
ment to the District bird sanctuary
laws so as to permit action to rid the
city of the starlings. was adopted last
night by the Anacostia Citizens Asso-
citation.
The association also passed a reso-
luton condemning the taxi dance
halls. claiming they led to immortality.
The resolution requested District Off
cials to revoke the licenses of three
places.
The members also reiterated their
stand in favor of an elective school
board and favoring vocational schools
George c. Havenner. president. and
William j. Tucker. secretary, ofhciated
at the meeting. held in the Methodist
Church Hall. Fourteenth and U streets
southeast
Evening star., 1933-01-28
AKRON LEADERS HALT
CHICAGO TIRE PRICE WAR
l2-Hour Battle of Dealers Knocks
First-Grades Down to Below
Cost Of Manufacture.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, January 28.-A wild
orgy Of price-cutting during which tires
were marked down Sc per cent in a
single sweep was at an end today. halted
by q command from Akron factory
headquarters.
While the 12-hour price battle lasted
automobile owners enjoyed a shoppers
holiday and dealers forgot business
hours.
Truck and fleet owners bought tires
enough to last for months and private
motorists equipped their machines with
full sets Of first-grade tires.
Before 1t ended, too, some dealers
bought from competitors at prices less
than wholesale
An understanding to terminate the
warfare was reached at a conference of
heads OF the industry tn Akron last
night
One Akron leader said tires sold At
half the actual cost Of the labor and
materials that went into them.
Observers said the warfare. together
with similar incidents in other cities.
probably cost the industry more than
81 ,000, 900.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
Eddie Cantor in
"The Kid From Spain. !"

r
"TH KID FROM SPAIN the
new Eddie Cantor musilogue
at the Palace. is a typical Cantorian
saga. which means that impresario
Sam Goldwyn has decked it with
yards of handsome ladies. with some
music and, some song-and with a
huge bullfghting spectacle in which
the Kid from Brooklyn, Sidney
Franklin, premier cape weilder of
Mexico and Spain. shows cousin
Eddie how bull should be properly
dealt with.
We regret a feeling. however, that
it isn't quite as funny as it should
be. Mr.. Cantor's material is good in
spots, and admirers Of his (which
includes this department) will find
that his eyes still bulge, and that he
claps his hands, puts on coat of
blacking, and indulges himself with
that nervous cOme-hither and 60
yonder look which is his best equip
ment Nevertheless, there are
stretches in the film when you will
find 1t easy to snooze-and other
stretches when no one will mind II
you snore loudly.
This Is due, probably, to that old
fashioned idea that play must be
thick with love and lovers. Hence,
the amusing LYDIA Roberts amour
for Cantor has not been deemed
sufficient talthough it is far from
lukewarm end the producers have
unearthed another couple (Robert-
with a mustache-Young. and part
ner) to carry on typically tiresome
screen romance. The result is that
every time Mr.. Cantor has a good
gag" and convulses the audience
he is quickly supplanted by shot
Of Mr.. Young looking vacantly and
vapidly into space and incoming
helplessly about his lady friend
who, frankly, no one gives a darn
about.
Mr.. Cantor. however. would be
funny in anything. And so this may
be more than averagely enjoyed-if
you choose your sleeping sequences
wisely and wake up in time for that
final. glorious ull-fighting scene.
in which Cantor tries to make
friends with the bull by whispering
"Popocatepetl' at him.
E. de S. M.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

OF the Roman.
offs. Her performance is dignified
and extraordinarily restramed-an
when in the last scene she says:
Come my brood" and carries away
her children to what she knows WILL
probably be worse than death. and
when she and her entire family are
moved down in q bloody and IN
human execution. you are not only
gripped by the injustice. the fright
full cruelty of it all. but by that
lingering and pathetic look which
Miss Barrymore gives the camera
before the final curtain.
Cinema patrons will find this a
long account of the last chapter OF
one of the saddest chronicles in
modern history. Due. however. to the
brilliant three levels Of Barrymore
acting, to the discernment on the
part of Director Richard C"Way Of
a Iancer'O Boleslavski, and to the
fact that in a few cases facts have
been twisted into fancy for the pur-
poses of stirring up the script.
''Rasputin and the Empress" may be
said to be an achievements sober,
bitter and often racking achievement,
q
Other than the untheatrical per-
formance given by Miss Barrymore
"a far CRY from her recent cavortings
in "Encore"). chief honors go to
Lionel Barrymore for his Rasputin-
he admits that it is more Barrymore
than Rasputin-to John Barrymore
for that scene in which he literally
mops of the floor with his brother,
to Ralph Morgan for his gallant
Interpretation of the Car, to Diana
Wynyard for being. alas, beautiful
in only one scene. and to little Tad
Alexander, who. to our way Of think
ing, steals the film whenever he
comes into it. Washingtonians. too.
will be gratif1ed to see one of their
recent stock company members.
Edward Arnold. turning in a per-
formance which Is near gold.
The story itself is long, some
times a trife tedious. and so vio-
lent in one or two moments that
ladies will want to bow their heads
and be ready with their 'kerchiefs.
When the Mad Monk and Prince
Chegodieff John Barrymore) finally
have their little battle in the cellar
of a palace. one Of the incest Sc
quences of blood and thunder ever
devised by the screen is shown.
Minus his iron shirt and his hypnotic
powers, the Monk Is still man OF
strength, with the result that it
takes butchering and beating to get
him out of this life, and river and
a couple of ice cakes besides to put
him under completely. Mr.. Barry
more and his brother put their all
into this rough fisticufing. with the
result that it is somewhat Of a sur
prise to think that both of them are
still living.
People who know their Rasputin
will, perhaps, object to what Lionel
has done to him. It is, neverthe-
less. impossible not to admire the
result. You will have to admire,
too, the smooth, brilliant polish OF
all three Barrymores as they work
together-and the way none Of them
has crowded the other out OF the
spotlight.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
ANNUAL COMMUNION MASS

With league captains and lieutenants
from ~ parishes present the annual
corporate communion mass for the
League Of Laymen's Retreats will be
celebrated by Archbishop Curley at ST.
Matthews Church at am. tomorrow.
The archbishop also will speak
The annual communion breakfast is
being omitted this year, following de-
cision to devote the money that would
be spent for this event, to the relief of
needy here.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
ASKS ROOSEVELT HELP
TO SATISFY AMBITION
Retailer of Tools Wanted to Be
Kansas City Postmaster
Since Boyhood.
Dy the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. January 28.-Louis
I. Goldblatt, 49, retailer of tools, de-
cided there was nothing else to do but
to toss into the heap of farm. economy
and foreign problems confronting Presi-
dent-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt his
own boyhood ambition.
So he wrote the President -elect today
Q request that he be appointed post
master of Kansas City.
why not?" commented the man, who
said he had a friend in the East who
was a friend of James A. Farley. chair
man Of the National Democratic Com
mittee.
I've spent as much money at the
post Office as most men,"
And he added:
"The tool business isn't what it used
to BE-"
Evening star., 1933-01-28
DEATH FALL PR0BED
Worker Suffers Fractured Skull at
New Labor Building.

An inquest was under way today into
the death late yesterday of Henry
Bower, 46-year-old carpenter of 1878
Irving street, fatally injured when he
fell from the eighth to the seventh
floor of the new Labor Department
Building. under construction at Four
teenth street and Constitution avenue
Bower. who was an employe of the
Washington Steel Point Co., was walk
ing across plank from one part OF the
floor to another when the board gave
way and fell one story. He died of
fractured skull at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

as she has done
in this first at
t e m y t she
might I'LL q gap
that has been
yawning " i'd e
in the cinema
since its begin
ming.
Few actresses
can play en-
pre- s ses. And
few expresses
would object to
being pictured
with the quiet,
human sinplic-
ity with which
Miss Barrymore
clothes the last
Evening star., 1933-01-28
BARRYMORE Trio Stars In
"Rasputin and the EmpreSD,"

TT is . pity that Ethel Barry
more does not like the talkies.
Her nlotion-picture debut, which
i took place In Warrington last
night at the Columbia Theater
in "Rasputin and the Empress" sug-
gests that II she would only stop
and consider the possibilities Of this
medium, II she would only keep on
Evening star., 1933-01-28

been done that way" he said to himself
as he followed the mans foot prints
back to the road.
Summoning an ambulance he had
the body removed to the morgue, where
he assisted the coroner, DR.. johnson, in
its examination. Removing the girls
galoshes, shoes and stockings and i'm
patiently dinging them aside, the pro-
fessor seemed most interested in q long,
deep bruise near the left knee. He ex-
amined it closely as DR.. johnson gave
him an inquiring look. Apparently he
quickly lost interest in it, however. as
his How long had. she been dead be-
fore discovered her, DOCTOR" sounded
almost disinterested.
well, what Of It," he remarked,
without waiting for a reply. That
anonymous call, now I knew she
wasn't murdered where found herl"
HOW DID HE KNOW?
(see Solution on Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Tie 1nuLeentn
sire ct play
house for the
theatrical week
that began yes
terday is, to
paraphrase the
popular saying.
SO m e t h ing to
W rite ON e
about.
On the screen,
for xa m p ! e,
there's James
Cagney - good
old up-and-at-
'em JIMMY
In H ard to
Handle;;' as de-
lightful q COM
n{vao<{a~ - o4~a
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M | kll t Is
!
CAP 6 You, @1t
SOLWNekE

DR.. Fordney is professor of criminolosy n.
sought by the police of many cities when
confronted with particularly banning cases
This problem has been taken from his case
cations
Try your wits on it! It takes but ONE
MINUTE to read! Every fact and every
clue necessary to its solution are in the
story itself-and there is only one answer
How good q detective are you?
Evening star., 1933-01-28
FRIEND OF HOOVER HOST
Tells Anniversary Guests About
Rocking Him to Sleep.

KANSAS CITY, January % R).-El-
wood Wood Dean celebrated his 57th
wedding anniversary here yesterday by
entertaining friends with the story OF
how he often rocked the President OF
the United States to sleep.
Many times took 'Herby' on my
lap" he said, explaining he worked for
Jesse Hoover, the Presidents father,
back in West Branch, Iowa.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
HEALTH BANQUET
Employees of Washington Santa
rum to Hold Annual Event.

The annual health banquet Of en-
ployes of the Washington Sanitarium
and Hospital will be held at the Tako-
ma Park institution Tuesday at 7:30
pm.
Dr. A. w. Truman medical director
will make known results Of health tests
given $50 employees in the hospital lab
oratory. His talk will be illustrated with
steropticon slides
Others scheduled to speak include
DR.. o. S. Parrett and DR.. D. H. Kress
c. c. Pulver will be master of cere-
monies.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
NURSES TO HOLD DANCE
Emergency Hospital Alumnae
Event Night of February 10.

Alumnae nurses of Emergency Hospi-
tai will hold their ninth annual ball on
the night of February 10. with the pro-
ceeds to go toward endowing a hospital
room for sick nurses. Dancing will be
from 10 pm. to l am.
The patroneSses for the ball include
Mrs. Edward Cam. Mrs. Hamilton Fish.
Mrs Reginald Huidekoper, Mrs Herbert
Slocum, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs.
Robert Chapman, Mrs. Franklin Ellis,
Mrs. Edward Hillyer. Mrs. Victor Cush-
man. Mrs. Cary T. Grayson. Mrs.
Charles S. White. Mrs. William Lip
scomb and Mrs. Eleanor Wine.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
The Anonymous Tip.
BY H. A. RIPLEY.

HROF. FORDNEY had little diff
- Guilty in following the dainty,
high-heeled shoe prints of
L woman and the large, heavy
prints of a man through the
soft earth at the side of the road down
through a clearing and to the edge of
deep thicket Pushing his way into
the underbrush, he found the body of
Evening star., 1933-01-28
Sua1ios AAAns ov.ods.tber

oe.43se epanf po1t Justice Jesse
q Adns 1ad0ed 1ut The grandfather
Ga1 yestseosy, md Nsl 70 o winthrop.
Conn, Tor Ne Woea nd 70 see his first
Eebne22 is. IA a9 ~ bon yesterday
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Evening star., 1933-01-28

edy and pathos as has come this
way for some time. He is, If quo
tation from the advertisements Is
permissible, "a lovable, care-free
youth. who starts with a marathon
dance and ends with a trio Of
blonds"
That portion Of the picture having
to do with the marathon will i'm
press Washingtonians- by this
time. should know a thing or two
about endurance dances-as de-
cidedly authentic. 1t also will serve
to give most of them their first
glance Of Eleanor Holm, the famous
Olympic games swimmer. Despite
the fact that Eleanor's name is
given a prominent place in the ad-
vertisements, her part Is merely that
Of an extra Her brief bit, as one
OF the marathoners. is well done,
however, and her histrionic ability.
coupled with her attractiveness,
should take her some place in Holly
wood.
Mary Brian. Ruth Donnelly and
Claire Dodd are the trio of blonds"
promised by the advertising writers.
For the purposes of the story. Mary,
whose newly acquired platinum
treSses make her even more beauti-
full than she was in the pre-Harlow
era Of comparatively natural hair, is
the most important. In the matter
Of acting, however. the blond called
Donnelly is. next to the inimitable
Cagney. just about the whole show.
II she isn't a star in her own right
before the end Of the year-well,
there's something wrong with Holly
wood, that's all!
As for Jimmy he is, as a gum
chewing young lady in the fourth
row told all and sundry at yester-
days matinee. both darling" and
swell" If you've liked him before.
you'll like him even better in Hard
to Handle; and even If you haven't
been keen about him in the past.
you're likely to go home raving about
him this time. It's that kind Of pic
ture. and he gives that kind of per-
formance.
The third blond plays a less i'm
portant role than either of her fair
haired competitors. but she. too.
turns in an excellent performance. as
do most Of the other members of the
cast.
deaonnmg the stage show Is Helen
Kane. noted chiefly for her ability
as a boop-boop-a-dooper. Still boop-
boop-a- -dooping. she presents a
repertoire Of snappy songs, all Of
which are worth listening to and
one or two Of which. thanks to her
charm, are almost too good to be
missed.
She is given close race for the
stage honors, however. by the Three
Radio Rogues," who offer a series of
highly entertaining limitations of
various celebrities Of the air includ-
ing Rudy Vallee, Morton Downey,
Amos and Andy, Kate Smith and
several others.
The remainder of the stage pro-
gram also is worth seeing, and there
are. in addition, news reel and an
animated cartoon feature. PHIL.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
S0VIETS ORDER STEEL
Place S15, 200, 900 Machinery IN,
Sheet Contract in Germany.

BERLIN, January 70 Up.-A Sl5,-
coo 900 order for steel piping machines,
drilling machinery and steel sheets haa
been placed by the Soviet government
With various German firms.
Ihe German government Is guaran.
teelng payment on the basis OF Q 67h..
100000 credit guarantee set asido 26r
Russian trade.