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Evening star., 1933-05-10
Vanguard of Army Arrives.
5000 Total Expected
by Saturday.
LIAISON Committee
GROUP PROVIDED FOR
No Preparations Are Made for
B. E. F., Avoiding Levin's Men
as Communicated.

A village of khaki tents was rising
swiftly but methodically today on ths
rain soaked plain at Fort Hunt, Va.
to house some 5000 to 5000 ex-service
men expected to be here by Saturday
for massed demand on Congress for
immediate cash payment of the SOL
diers' bonus.
The vanguard Of the army Is tric-
king into town. From midnight last
night through the early hours Of the
morning, small groups walked, rode the
freights and came by trucks and auto
mobiles
Others are on the way. A contingent
Of 1000 was to have left New York
City from Union Square this morning.
Another group of 900 is said TO b
making its way in from Chicago. Those
coming in last night were from Balti-
more. Cincinnati, st. Louis and john
son City, Tenn.
B. E. F. Shuns Camp.
OF the two factions in the bonus
movement, the B. z. r. and the Vet
said there were about 400 men now IN
town, and the latter declined to esti-
mate its strength 1t is the veterans
who enroll under the Liaison Commit
tees banner who will be housed at
Fort Hunt. The others will not 60
there because they say the Laison Com
mittee Is controlled by Emanuel Levin,
a Communist.
No preparation whatsoever have
been made for the B. z. F. men. Mi
chael Thomas acting national command
er, said today. He said its represents
tives were contracting Senators and Rep
resentatiyes and that they hoped TO
have some accommodations for their
gathering hosts by tonight.
The B. E. F. attitude toward the
Liaison Committee was echoed in Con-
gress yesterday by Representative Ham,
ilton Fish, Republican, Of New York.
who charged that the committee was
trouble would develop between this
among the ex-service men. Fish qles-
toned the wisdom Of the Arrangements
made by the White House, under which
the Liaison Committed, delegates will b
housed and fed at Fort Hunt.
M4fcn C00xaU01U. .Ac0s
This bonus march or convention"
he declared, has been inspired, Or
ganized and viii be led by Communists.
These Communists are not coming to
Washington to advocate payment Of tho
bonus. but to attract the attention Of
veterans and gather veterans into their
ComMunlstic cause.
II hope that when the White House
learns this Liaison Committee is COM
posed of Communists, 1t will repudiate
this convention and reconsider its de-
cision to provide food and shelter"
Representative Smell. Republican. Of
New York. also questioned the right
of the Government to spend public
funds to feed and shelter the veterans.
Representative Patman. Democrat, Of
Texas, explained that the money would
come from the unexpended balance Of
a fund appropriated to entertain visit
ing French veterans last year.
The prospect Of the gathering Of
thousands of men here, under two rival
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TENNESSEE HARD HIT.
Many Dead Identified in Villages
Swept by Storm.

LIVINGSTON, Tenn, May 10 (P).-At
least 81 persons were killed and an un-
determined number injured in a series
OF tornadoes that swept sections of
Kentucky and Tennessee late last night.
The storm was reported to have swept
the village of Bethsaida, on the Over
tcn-Pickett County line in Tennessee,
but all communication lines were down
and the extent of the damage could not
be determined
At 10:30 am. IL bodies had been
brought to the undertaking establish
ment of j. w. Blount here and ambu
lances were dispatched for other dead
in Beatty Swamps.
Country Desolated.
A situation of utter desolation in the
vicinity Of Beatty Swamps was reported
by C. c. Gore, Livingston attorney,
who described the country as swept so
Clean Of houses and trees that lit looks
like the Argonne Forest"
One residence was entirely blown
away except for part Of the chimney.
he said, and wheat binder was car
ried half a mile. Mud blocked the
country roads and trees strewn along
the highways made traffic almost i'm
possible, he said.
There was no way to estimate the
number of injured. Gore said. Some
were hurt so seriously that they could
not be removed from their wrecked
homes.
First word of the tornado reached
Livingston shortly after daylight and
Immediately all available citizens rushed
to the stormswept area to render aid.
All doctors in Livingston and Burds-
town rushed to the stricken area to
care for the injured.
List of Dead.
A partial list of the Tennessee dead
follows
Beatty Swamps section:
Mr.. and Mrs Shirley White.
Their daughter, Barbara White.
Mrs. G.. w. Reecer, 68.
EDGAR Hopkins, 35, her son-in-law.
A child of Hopkins.
Ray Reagan.
Highey Beatty.
Boss Lacy.
Mrs. Ambrose King.
Una Cole. 40.
Mrs. Una Cole, 80.
Seven Cole children.
Miller Alfred. so.
Ewin Hull and his family of five,
missing and believed dead.
Near Lebanon. Tenn:
Ed and Kate James, colored.
CENTERED ON TOMPKINSvILLE.
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PARAGUAY ISSUES
WAR DECLARATION
IN CHACO DISPUTE
Formal Action Is Taken After
Long HostiIities With
Bolivia.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ASUNCION, Paraguay. Nav 10
Paraguay today formally declared war
against Bolivia.
President Eusebio Ayala, using the
authority recently voted him by Con-
gress, signed the declaration at IL am.
News of this action provoked great
demonstrations as soon as 1t reached
the streets. The celebrations were the
most widespread that have occurred
since the hostilities began last June.
Crowds forced through the thorough
fares. singing and cheering.
Dispute Is 50 Years Old.
For the first time in so years the
Chaco dispute has reached the formal
status of warfare, although for years
intermittent fighting has kept both ma
tions armed.
Paraguay hopes that formal declara-
tionS of neutrality by Argentina and
Chile and perhaps by Peru and Brazil
will hamper Bolivian importation OF
supplies.
Both nations are determined that
the present struggle snail result III oeu-
mite and permanent settlement OF the
long standing Gran Chaco strife.
Except for the belated entry OF sew
eral South American nations into the
World War, this Is the first declaration
of war on the continent since Bolivia
and Peru fought Chile in 1879 over
nitrate fields, thereby altering Pacific
boundaries.
Air Defenses Tested.
In recent days Asuncion has been
subjected to sham aerial bombardments
to test defenses against a possible air
attack by Bolivian planes.
Two Paraguayan planes participated
in these tests, flying over the city while
anti-aircraft guns and gunboats an>
chored in the river unlimbered for the
counter attack.
The population, not previously ad-
vised Of the purpose Of this activity.
watched the drills calmly. Already the
people have been instructed In precau-
tionary measures in the event Of an air
raid, including cellars and gas masks.
The Paraguayan War Ministry
charged in q communique last night
that Bolivian airplanes had bombed a
hospital at Camp Esperanza in the
Gran Chaco. setting fire to the roof,
which was marked with q Red Cross
emblem.
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new AIR LINE PLANNED,
England to Australia Weekly
Flights Forecast Soon.

LONDON, May 10 tH.-Weekly two
way air service between London and the
principal Australian cities, with steamer
extension to New Zealand, was forecast
by the MarQuess Of Londonderry, min
lister of air, today.
The service would be brought about
by an agreement with Imperial Airways
for r<weekly service between Karachi. on
the northwest coast of Indian. and Singa-
pore. Straits Settlements, via Calcutta
and Rangoon. It would link up at
Karachi with the existing London
Karachi service and at Singapore with
an Australian service.
Evening star., 1933-05-10
CLEANING SHOP BOMBED
IN PRICE.CUTTlNG WAR
Providence, R. l., Business Area
Rocked by Blast in Newly Opened
Branch Business.

BY the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. May 1o.-A
cleaning shop in an arcade in the CEN
ter Of the Providence business district
was wrecked and windows in three
buildings across the street we're shat
tered by a bomb early today. Nobody
was injured.
The shop bombed is conducted by the
Suco Cleansers. Fall River, Mass.
firm, which recently opened q branch
here
Police believe the bombing was the
outgrowth Of price-cutting war in
the cleaning and dyeing business.
The office of the Merchants Accept
ance Corporation. loan company, was
damaged by the blast and windows were
broken In the Weybosset Pure Food
Market.
Parts of the bomb mechanism we're
discovered near the door Of the Suco
establishment. .---
Evening star., 1933-05-10
Roosevelt Reelected
To Trustee Board of
St. John Cathedral
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 10.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt was reelected q
trustee of the Cathedral of st.
John the Divine today. He was
unopposed for reelection as . lay
membeT Of the board.
President Roosevelt has been q
trustee of the cathedral for l9
years, and for 27 years he has
been a vestryman Of st. James
Parish, in Hyde Park. He has
been senior warden of st. James
for the last five years.
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Fight for Months.

Bolivia and Paraguay have been en-
gagged in a hitherto undeclared war IN
the Gran Chaco border area since last
Summer.
The dispute over ownership of the
Gran Chaco, the great hunting
ground" dates back to the early Span
ish Colonial days.
The Chaco is a formless wilderness,
so vast that parts OF 1t lie In Argen-
tina. Bolivia and Paraguay.
Bolivias claims are based on maps
going as far back as 1893. The Para
guayanS contend the Chaco Is theirs by
right of colonization.
The disputed territory is 100000
square miles of swamps, forests and
plains. To Bolivia, which needs an
outlet to the sea. the Chaco would
mean a river route to Buenos Aires.
Evening star., 1933-05-10
CENTERED ON TOMPKINsvILLE.
Storm Struck Kentucky District Before
Going Into Tennessee.

GLASGOW, KY. May 10 (P.-Thir-
teen persons we're known today to have
been killed by a tornado that swept
through Monroe County KY, south OF
here last night, bringing death to IL
ana killing others in Adair County,
KY.
The tornado, which later swept across
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VATICAN CITY. May 10 P).-Pope
Plus granted an audience today to
Manuel Quezon. president of the Philip
pine Senate. and his family. They were
accompanied by Msgr. Eugene s. Burke,
rector of the American College.
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Subject Of Study.

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WEATHER..

70. 3. weather Bureau ForecAStD
Fair and slightly cooler tonight; to-
morrow occasional rain; gentle northwest
shifting to northeast or east winds.
Temperatures-Highe u.s.. at noon
today; lowest, 81, at l am. today.
Full report on page 3.
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Filipino Leader Sees Pope.

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Evening star., 1933-12-03
Coward Operetta

A WEEK from tomorrow night. the
11th of December. will bring to
the National the stage production of
Bitter Sweet" This music play will
have the original Ziegfeld production
and a company of excellent singers.
including Allan Jones, last seen here In
Student Prince and Blossom Time:
Margaret Carlisle, last year in SHOW
Boat; Leonard Cooley. who played the
fiery South American in Nina Rosa;
Berna Deane Harry K. Morton. Zella
Russell Larry Rich, Hope Emerson and
a cast of IS.
1t is scarcely believable that Bitter
Sweet" sentimental, melodiously tune
full. charmingly romantic, could have
been written by the same Noel Cow
ard who authored those sophisticated,
cynical. smart comedies, Hay Fever"
The Vortex" Private Lives" and
Design for Living" and the epic pic
ture "Cavalcade. Bitter Sweet" re-
veals a different Noel Coward. a ro-
mantle one. Who not content with
writing sentiment and lovely music,
has even laid Bitter Sweet" in the
80s and in Vienna. the most glittering,
scintillating. romantic spot in all the
World-Vienna Of moonlight nights,
lifting music, beautiful women. and
romance.
Evening star., 1933-12-03

WASHINGTON continues to prosper
theatrically. Without meaning to
boast. it can we'll be satisfied with
the encouragement it has given this
seasons theater. Producers, thankfully
are no longer scared to try out their
products here. even the willy Lee Shu-
bert attempting to make gold out Of a
Pola Negri show without Pola. Al
though the latter enterprise was a CO.
lossal failure. as 1t inevitably would be
what with its dour message and its even
dourer heroine the carriage trade to
Pressburg is now forever ruined). there
have been Eva lie Gallienne's alice. t"
Mr.. Anderson's Mary of Scotland, :"
Miss RUNNERS Her Masters Voice"
and other lesser entertainments which
have sparkled and delighted large au-
diences and which prove once and for
all that the hinterland still has its fire.
With tomorrow nights "Follies." put
together by Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld billie
Burke) without the hand of an Urban
or the one-and-two bead "iobs' which
once heralded this kind of a show. but
blistered instead with Fannie Brice wit
and excellent Patricia Bowman dancing
and such like according to advance
word), the season definitely reaches
something OF a climax. We have nov
had comedy. tragedy and with tomor-
row nights offering what should be the
best In musical comedy revues. What
With tears, laughs girls and music there
doesn't seem to be anything further re-
quired.
Yet the 18th of December approach
OF katharine Hepburn is something
that has struck the public's Imagination
With no uncertainty. Already this Of
fee has been besiesed by anxious
all seelns to tn1s and
dramatic desk blossoms with tickets
Say they: hey I'll pay almost anything to
tight MISS and sheY shove the fod oPsnns er5bes
anything, into a department which
alas, can speak its enthusiasm only in
ink
This excitement is on a par with the
furor which Maude Adams used to
cause, or Miss Ethel Barrymore, or Miss
Jeanne Eagels when she was soaking
herself in Rain" Only the gentle Miss
Hayes, or the dynamic Marie Dressler
CWho Will never appear on the stage
again could possibly do likewise today.
This regard for Miss Hepburn has in
creased with leaps and bounds. due to
her uncanny chara racteriZation as 10 in
Little Women" This film. which is
prospering enormously at Keiths. Is in
debted to her a thousandfold for her
sincerity and charm as the heroine of
the popular Louisa May Alcott classic.
1t is no wonder that after viewing her
emotional exhibitions in this picture
patrons should want to see how
she behaves in the flesh. She Is mag
netic and she is extremely capable
even those who do not care for her ad-
mitting that she is stirring in moments
which might otherwise be fiat and con-
Yentional
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Hepburn Coming
THE long-awaited return to the stage
OF Katharine Hepburn is now an

OF Katharine Hepburn is now an
woman who in the past 16 months has
climbed to heights in the amusement
world usually attained only after years
of bitter struggles will be presented by
Lake at the National Theater on Mon
day evening, December 18.
The play which Mr.. Harris has
chosen for Miss Hepburn was written
by Dorothy Massingham and Murray
Macdonald. 1t was produced at the
Arts Theater Club. London, last March.
where it won instant favor. and
was transferred Immediately to the
more commodious Westminster Theater,
where it was acclaimed by the London
critics. run of $50 performances
Mr.. Harris, now represented in New
York by The Green Bay Tree" has
selected Miss Hepburn's supporting cast
with exquisite judgment. With his
extraordinary fair for choosing Just
the proper person for each part in all
his plays. ne has given Miss Hepburn
the support of such we'll known artists
as Frances Starr. Colin Give. Alma
Kruger, Lionel Pape, j. c. Wilson,
Esther Mitchell and others.
The selection Of Miss Frances Starr
for an important role is evidence of
his keen judgment. 1t was only after
considerable persuasion that he in
duced Miss Starr. now resident of
Washington. to return to the National
stage, the scene Of many Of her own
triumphS.
"The Lake" is a drama which will
give Miss Hepburn every opportunity
for the type Of emotional acting which
has made her name such brilliant
one. 1t concerns an English girl who,
through a tragic turn In her love
affairs, goes completely to pieces, but
through the wisdom and kindliness of
others is reclaimed for . full and rich
life.
Evening star., 1933-12-03
Current Attractions

BROADWAY again contributes notable
- entertainment for Washington with
Billy Roses Crazy Quilt" complete
musical comedy revue with celebrated
stars of stage and screen featured in
person. as the highlight of the current
program at Loew's Fox Theater. The
Fox screen also offers inviting fare
with Lionel Barrymore and Alice Brady
in Should Ladies Behave" picturiza
ton of the stage hit. The Vinegar
Tree"
Anita Page. Hollywood screen blond;
Smith and Dale, Eleanor Powell. Charles
King and Cardini. the card trick de-
ceiver. are the principals Of Crazy
Quilt" A chorus Of "a striking girls,
tuneful melodies especially written for
it and refreshing humor, complete this
stage attraction.
Should Ladies Behave" in addition
to having two such excellent portray
ers OF comedy roles, Alice Brady and
Lionel Barrymore, IN the leading roles.
way Tearle, Mary Carlise and Kath-
crime Alexander.
Phil Lampkin has arranged a special
overture of melodies from George
Whites Scandals"
CURPASSING its predecessors. The
~ Mummy" "Dracula" and "Franken-
stein" the new Universal Pictures
thriller, The Invisible Man" is now
playing at the Rialto Theater. James
Whale. who made "Frankenstein." di-
rected it. In the cast are Claude Rains,
Theater Guild star: Gloria Stuart, Will
liam Harrigan. Henry Travers, Dudley
Digges and Una O'Connor. R. c.
Sheriff. who wrote Journeys End"
made the film version of the Wells
novel The Invisible Man" presents
a fantastic premise: That of a man.
thirsting for power, who has solved
the problem of light and darkness suffi-
cient to make himself invisible and
beyond capture. The program at the
Rialto is completed by selected short
screen novelties and the newest Uni
versal News with Graham McNamee as
the talking reporter.
TOAN CRAWFORD and Clark Gable
y are reunited in Dancing Lady"
etro-Goldwyn- Mayors musical drama
that is currently entering its second
week at Loew's Palace Theater Com
bining spectacle and splendor this pic
turiZation Of James Warner Bellahs
widely-read novel also presents a story
OF the ex-burlesque queen who conQuers
Broadway. Miss Crawford has the part
of girl who is born to dance" and
who is determined to win stage fame
at any price. Gable enacts a hard
boiled musical comedy director who tries
to browbeat this fresh chlorine, but who
eventually falls in love with her.
Franchot Tone. May Robson, Winnie
Lightner, Ted Healy and his stooges
Gloria Foy. Grant Mitchell, Fred
Astaire, world famous dancer; Robert
Benchley, noted literary wit. and May
nard Holmes complete an unusually fine
supporting cast.
"EROM HEADQUARTERS" a strange
and battling murder mystery film,
Is the attraction at Warner Bros.
Metropolitan Theater. The startling
Evening star., 1933-12-03

Mitchell Lessen is directing Death
Takes a Holiday" a story which has
more than a suggestion of the mold OF
after-life upon It. To emphasize the
coldness and chill of those who have
gone past the threshold of this thing
we understand, or experience. Mitchell
Lessen has had enormous plaster copies
OF famous groups from the Louvre
shipped to Hollywood. These copies are
the height of authenticity, since they
were made in the Louvre itself by its
staff of artists and shipped here for
this picture.
Now 1t seems quite a feud of the
statues has sprung up between the two
directors because of the statuary Josef
Won Sternberg decided that only the
Russian picture should have giant stat
ueS TO mystify and bemuse the at
mosphere and give the correct mood to
his sombre picture. Leisen. who claims
ne had communicated with the Louvre
When nobody knew Just what picture
MarIene Dietrich was going to make.
ana had arranged for all his statuary
before Josef Won Sternberg filled his
stages with the giant figures. needn't
be bothered by objections from anv one
l don't know which picture will reach
the public first. l don't know how vob
settle an argument about giant ststUes.
with giant club, I suppose. as Diet
rich did in Song of Songs" What :,
me Donnybrook the two could pull /.
they made raids on each others scti
with big shillalahs.
Such things all brighten this some
what monotonouS business of making
famous INNS But all Joking aside,
Manuel Komroffs story Of Catherine
should be equaled only by the his
tOrlcally authentic GaIbo record Of
CHRISTINA. 1t will be a fine Winter for
our historical betterment
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disclosures that come about through
the police investigation include black
mail plot and secret love affairs Of a
millionaire Broadway playboy. Two
methods of investigation are followed.
one the modern. scientific way of un-
earthing criminals as practiced by
George Brent in the leading role, and
the other the blundering system fol-
lowed by the old-School police. who
rely on the third degree to wiring con-
fessions from their victims. The latter
method is followed lby Eugene Palette
A strong cast includes. besides those
mentioned. Hugh Herbert. Dorothy
Burgess. Theodore Newton, Hobart
Cavanaugh, Robert Barrat and Henry
ONeill.
Completing the program is "On Ice, "
a hilarious Harry Langdon comedy;
Eddie Duchin and his band in a novelty
music reel and the latest issue of the
Paramount Sound News.
"THE WORST WOMAN IN PARIS"
is the current screen diversion at
Loew's Columbia Theater. with Adolphe
Menjou and Bonita Hume in the fea-
tured roles. The story concerns itself
with a Partisan beauty whose scan
dalous affairs on the Continent brand
her as the worst woman in Paris Her
association with a wealthy man-about
town reaching a state of boredom,
she returns to America. The cast in
support is headed by Harvey Stephens
and Helen Chandler and the remainder
of the cast includes Margaret Seddon.
Adele st. Maur. Leonard Carey, Maidel
Turner and George Irving. Monta Bell
directed from his own story.
JAMES CAGNEY. in his latest
= comedy-drama, Lady Killer" and
stage show. headed by Gene Austin,
singer of popular songs. is the current
entertainment at Warner Bros. Earle
Theater. Lady Killer" concerns the
sprightly antics Of a former movie
usher who goes to Hollywood and be-
comes movie star. Supporting Gag
ney are Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay,
Leslie Fenton, Raymond Hatton. Mar
jorie Gateson and willard Robertson.
The stage show. headed by Gene
Austin, radio. stage and record star,