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Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-20

If CONSERVATION continues as to the
safety of private jewels, there is only
one thing to do. Wrap them in cello
phane where no one can get at them.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-20

A deep water fish with a bulging face
has appeared on a California beach. 1t
probably figures: IF Irwin S. Cobb can
act in the movies, so can |.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-20
Looking Backward
What the Press File. Tell oil
Imperial Valley for Thi,
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Seutember 20. 1914

The Globe Milling company has
been selected by the district bank
association to have charge of cot
ton storage in the valley on which
loans are to be made by the gov
ernment through the banks.
Fire of an unknown origin at al
early hour this morning complete
ly gutted the brick building occu-
pied by the Saddle Rock cafe in
Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-20

full line of local and statewide
candidates; other are purely local
in influence.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-20

In the old days if craftsman couldn't
pay his debts, the creditors broke his
stone bench If this were true today,
all our roads would be built of crushed
rock
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-20

Miss Helen johnson is back in
FL Centro after three weeks va
cation.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-20
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
September 20, 1919

The county librarian announces
that a class III library instruction
will begin very soon
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-20
TEN YEARS AGO
September 20, 1924

Mrs. E. Edwards of Holtville was
In town shopping yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-20

On Wednesday, October l, win
ter time will be restored in Ell Gen.
tro and clocks will be set ahead one
hour.
Evening star., 1934-09-16
Y. N. c. A. CHIEFS
ASKED TO MEET
Officials From Delaware and
Maryland Invited to
Camp Let's Confab.

Staff officials Of Young Mems
Christian Associations in Maryland
end Delaware have been invited to
Join with the Washington Y. M. G. A.
in the Fall program planning confer
ence, to be held next Saturday and
Sunday at Camp Let's, the Y. M C.
A. camp for boys near Annapolis.
The decision to open the conference
to interstate discussion of Y. M. c. A.
problems and policies came with ac-
ceptance by Ivan B. Rhodes, regional
secretary of the National Council of
the Y. M. C. A., of an invitation to
future Y. M. G. A. activities.
Y. M. c. A. delegations from
Baltimore, Wilmington, Hagerstown,
Frederick and other cities are expect
ed to attend the two-day meeting,
which will be under general chair
manship of John Poole of the Wash
ington association Arrangements for
the conference are being made by
Leonard w. De Cast. general secre-
tary of the local organization.
Rhodes will address the opening
assembly Saturday afternoon on THE
Y. M. C. A. and It's Relation to New
Social Planning" and will speak at
the closing session Sunday afternoon
on THE Future and Our Response
bility as Lay Leaders"
Members of the Board of Man.
ayers, chairmen of departmental COM
mittees and the entire staff of secre-
taries Of the Washington Y. M. c. A.
will take part in the deliberations.
The local delegation will leave for
the camp early next Saturday after
noon. Between sessions there will
be recreation and other entertain
ment, including campfire on the
shore of the Rhode River Saturday
night, weather permitting. The dele
gates will sleep in cottages used by
the campers during the season which
closed recently.
Services will be held Sunday in the
Homer j. Councillor Memorial Chapel,
constructed by the D. C. Organized
Bible Glass Association and named in
honor of the late church and Y. M.
G. A. leader.
Evening star., 1934-09-16
President Sends
Congratulations
To Democrat, 81

By the Associated Press.
NEWPORT. r. L, September
IS. - President Roosevelt and
Secretary of War George H.
Dern late today dispatched
"heartiest" and cordial con-
gratulations to A. w. Twins, prom
inent Utah Democrat, on the oc-
casion of his S2d birthday ami
versary. The messages were sent
by semaphore from the Astor
yacht Nourmahal to a nearby
destroyer for relay ashore by
wireless.
Evening star., 1934-09-16
TAX BUSINESS SLOW

BUTLER, Pa. R.-Things are
slow in the tax-collecting business,
says william D. Jones, collector of
delinquent taxes for Butler Township.
At a meeting of the Township Com
missioners, one asked Collector Jones
how he found the school tax business.
Said Collector Jones:
II haven't collected cent of taxes
in cash for so long wouldn't know
what some would look like"
Evening star., 1934-09-16
More Iron Mined.

Iron ore mined in Tunisia in the
first five months of this year weighed
more than twice that of the corre-
spending period of 1888.
Evening star., 1934-09-16

finished
in ivory or green. in
side m e a s u r ement
28x52; automatic toe
trip drop side, steel
spr ! ngs, wood en-
casters.
-(Cotton Mattress to
fit ............$3.45)
Evening star., 1934-09-16

6dDy dresses -. .ooc
Handmade, scalloped or
hemmed; embroidered.
Gertrudes .36c
Handmade, with scalloped
edges.
Gertrudes ......... .48c
Handmade, embroidered, with
scalloped edges.
Baby Dresses .48c
Handmade, and embroidered
styles.
Sheet Sets ......... SIC
Handmade and hand en-
broidered, Reg. 81.
Crib Sheets ... .26c
SO x 81 size, white, hemstitched
hens.
PillOwcaseS, ca. .1Zc
To match sheets, hemstitched,
% 21 IN.
Beacon Blankets
Seconds .28c
3Ox40-in. size.
Crib Blankets ..-.....77c
36x50 in., nursery designs, pink
and blue sateen trim.
Crib Pads, 17x18-In., tic
(18x34 size, 28c.)
Kapok Pillows .s.29c
Sateen covered, in pink and
blue.
Knitted Shaw1s. .89c
"a OF rayon and wool, fringed
/. cages. 4 "a
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
'Tarzan' Picture
NowatCoIumbia

M-G-M's first screen record of
the adventures of "Tarzen," lord
of the jungle, proved so successful
that a second, "Tarzan and His
Mate" was filmed. It is now on
display at the Columbia, where it
moved after two weeks at the
Palace.
Jungle thrills aplenty and some
comedy. too, are provided in the
picture which stars Johnny Weiss
muller and Maureen O'Sullivan in
the title roles. Monkeys, croco-
diles, rhinoceroses and all sorts of
African inhabitants play impor-
tant parts, while the human be-
ingS enact a story of the search
for the "elephant's graveyard"
Neil Hamilton is the villain in
the opus. Weissmuller and his
girl friend swing from tree to
tree, indulge in underwater swim.
ming Chat sequence is famous
now) and make it an entertaining
production. You forget all about
Tarzan and the others when the
little monkey paddles down the
river, pursued by a ferocious
crocodile!
"Tarzan and His Mate" abounds
in action and is generally rated
as better than its predecessor.
You'll enjoy it, for it has plenty
of the qualities which spell inter
esting film fare.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Business Booms
At Glen Echo

The weekend is an ideal time
to visit Glen Echo Park, for then
there is time to visit everything
in the 4O-acre playground. Satur-
Gay afternoon and night as we'll
as Sunday and Sunday night
usually sees capacity crowd for
this reason.
From the thrills of the coaster
dip, to the comparatively mild
ride on the carrousel. every min
ute is full of fun. This year all
the amusements have been made
more interesting, and the entire
park has been gone over during
the past few months, so that it is
dressed in new paint, new flowers,
etc. The beautiful Spanish Garden
ballroom is as popular as ever,
with MacWilliams welding the
baton.
On May 26 the swimming pool
will open, but until that time,
patrons will have plenty to occupy
their attention. Warmer weather
sees picnic parties in greater and
greater number journeying to the
park-entire families attracted.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

ury and wealth, his remarkable
talent is brought again to the
fore.
His performance is a master
piece of study and understanding.
Every infection of his voice, the
nuances of tone, the subtle humor
bring to vivid life the man Roths-
child.
The production is handled in
the taste and unobtruSiVe gran
deur characteristic of the majority
of Mr.. Arliss' films. From the
meager setting of the original
house in Jew Street to the simple
luxury of Nathan's London home,
no detail has been overlooked.
Miss Helen Wesley is deserving
of high praise for her portrayal Of
the mother, especially as the old
lady. Florence ArliSs takes her
usual and gracious role of the
wife of Nathan, and Loretta Young
and Robert Young make an en-
gaging pair of young lovers.
The House of Rothschild" pro-
vides a full evening of thoughtful
entertainment, never too heavy.
we'll directed-one that you will
be sorry to have missed.
The usual variety of short sub.
jectS complete the bill.-H. w.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Robert {. Fischer
In Players New
Production

Welcome Stranger" a comedy
which comes to Washington with
the prestige Of having run for 16
months on Broadway and a full
season in Chicago, will be the
third attraction of the National
Theater Players beginning Mon
day night.
Originally produced by Sam H.
Harris with George Sidney as star,
this Aaron Hoffman comedy calls
for character lead and for this
important assignment the regular
roster of the Players will be aug
mented by Robert Fischer, a dis
tinguiShed actor who has played
the role of Isadore Solomon more
than 400 times in road and stock
productions.
The story of "Welcome Stran-
ger" revolves about Isadore Solo,
mon. He arrives in a small New
England town on New Years Eve.
In an instant he discerns that he
is not wanted because of his race.
The only soul in the place. who
treats him as a human being is
Glen, an old inventor, who is
looked upon as one of the jokes Of
the village.
Permitted to remain in the lobby
of the hotel over night, but re-
fused a room, Isadore is awake
when Mary arrives on the scene,
hungry and utterly exhausted
from battling with the storm. In
an instant it is apparent that
Mary has a past which is some
what of a mystery. At all events.
she is not the one to have Ned.
son of the richest man in the viii
lage fall in love with. But he does.
To reveal more of the plot would
serve only to dissipate the enjoy.
ment which playgoers will find in
a drama which has a good laugh
structure with touches of genuine
pathos and love story that gets
under the skin.
Roy Roberts, Ruth Abbott, Mary
Loane, Romaine Calender, Freddy
Sherman, Kathryn Givney, Mrs.
Adelaide Hibbard and the full
strength of the National Players
find congenial roles in welcome
Stranger"
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Comedy Starring
Lean, MayheId
Here Mondav

The current theatrical season
will be considerably enlivened with
the presentation at the Shubert-
Belasco Theater, for a weeks en-
gagement commencing Monday
evening, May IA, of Big Hearted
Herbert" co-starring Cecil Lean
and Cleo Mayfield. that ever pop
ular team of musical comedy and
radio fame. who make their
straight comedy debut in this pro-
duction. This comedy hit has
been written by Sophie Kerr and
Anna Steese Richardson and, no
later than last Saturday. COM
pleted a five months run on
Broadway.
Big Hearted Herbert" has as
it's central character Herbert Kal-
ness, who represents himself as a
self-made man, a plain man and
an autocrat. He happens to be
a father and a husband. In this
double capacity. he comes into
conflict, naturally. with the mem
bers of his family, his wife, his
older son and his daughter
The nature of this conflict is
time old, a fathers objection to
his daughters marriage, and his
determination to force his son into
the career he has planned for him.
The family suffers plenty, of
course, while still loving and re-
specting the head of the house
hold. But thanks to the good
judgment of the mother and the
sense of humor of a younger son,
all problems are finally solved,
not until. however, there has
been a series of what are claimed
to be hilariously funny situations.
The two stars will be given sup
port by a large company that
comprises Ethel Wilson, King
Calder, Josephine Duval. Alex
ander Stewart, Freddie STANCE,
Marie Hunt, Seth Arnold, Herbert
Duffy, Mrs. William Faversham.
Aileen Poe and Damn Malloy. The
play has been directed by Jack
Klendon.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

"Twenty Million Sweethearts," )"
playing a repeat engagement at
the Metropolitan theater, is a
light musical story with a great
deal more plot than most pictures
of like type. This romance, in
which Dick Powell plays the lead
ing role, is greatly enhanced by
Ginger Rogers and Pat O'Brien.
In fact, the loquacious Mr..
O'Brien does about as much as
the hero toward making the pic
ture.
The story hinges about the ef-
forts of a young singer to make
good on the radio and if you have
any desire to see the inside work
ings of the studios, this picture is
your golden opportunity.
Twenty Million Sweethearts" S"
is a pleasing story. The music
has been surpassed many times,
but still it is far from boring.
A travelog depicting the beauties
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Cab Galloway Is
Hit at tHoward

Cab Galloway opened a weeks
engagement at the Howard The
ater yesterday and won an ovation
from a tightly packed house.
The "king of hi-de-ho" ha S
added new tricks and ideas to his
work since last seen here. His
orchestra, playing typical Gallo
way tunes, scored with its leader.
They've assembled a speedy, en-
tertaining show to surround the
star. There are the Five Perco-
lators," harmonists; Elmer Turner,
clever singer; Bate and Foster,
comedians; Edna Harris and
many, many others.
1t all spells sure-fire enjoyment.
The T Street theater is decidedly
worth a visit Cor even two) this
week.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
ELISA Landi Has Leading Role in
Sisters Under the Skin

Maybe we're wrong, but the i'm
preston remains that a contract
author. being assigned to turn in
a screen play on the very after
noon he was scheduled to play
a foursome with his best pals,
looks over his entire library, con-
sisting of four volumes, to wit,
Kipling's All-Inclusive Edition,
battered copy on prize drinks and
how to make them, THE Best
Plays of 1922" and a pocket
dictionary.
Drawing from Kipling for a
title our c. a. sets up Sisters
Under the Skin," and then takes
a look at the clock, remembers
that someone named Pitkin re-
Gently released a treatise On life
starting just as one reached the
two score milestone, and presto:
a plot is born.
Making the hero an old young
ster or a young oldster, putting
wealth, fame, tired eyes and
knee-deep-in-social-obligations wife
into the plot, having our hero
chuck it all for a silly little
blonde player from stock who
uses his millions for self-adorn-
ment only to find herself tied
by loyalty when she falls in
love with youth, solves the prob
lem of the c. a., gives Columbia
Pictures another program fea-
ture, puts the lovely, but cold,
ELISA Landi before our eyes, and
furnishes entertainment currently
at RKO-Keith
Frank Morgan, Joseph Schild-
kraut, the former m ch better
than the latter, Doris Lloyd,
very charming but too-busy wife.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

These warm nights certainly
bring out the young lOvers....
Spring is in the air and every
one is balmy.
Yes, Spring is the time for
love. And it's not so bad at
other times, either.
A boy takes his girl out driv-
ing in the moonlight, and what
happens?. He gets parking
spots in front Of his eyes.
Of course, all the young
couples don't park in autos. . ,
No, the woods are full of them.
The girls that have their
hearts set on rich husbands are
hoping that Cupid will shoot
them with a Pierce-ArrOw.
One young fellow 1 know said
to his girl, Darling, I've wanted
to ask you something for weeks?"
And she said, GO ahead. I've
had an answer ready for
months"
SPRING ROMANCE:
Their eyes met, their hands
met, their lips met. And then,
their lawyers met.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Cross and Dunn
Headline Earle
Stage Bill

Paramount has a flare for i'm
porting stars of the radio and
turning them into screen players.
Among their several attempts,
only Bing Crosby has succeeded
noticeably. This week, on the
Earle screen, you may witness the
latest recruit from the broadcast
ing studios, Lanny Ross, in his
first picture, Melody in Spring"
He fares a bit better than many
other ether favorites. Probably
because his chief job in the pic
ture is to sing the very melodic
score. If he were asked to act it
might be a different story.
In his support, there are Ann
Sothern, Charlie Ruggles and
Mary Boland. The story, Tery
slight affair, has to do with Lam
ny's pursuit of the heart of Miss
Sothern, who plays the daughter
of a dog-biscuit manufacturer. This
gentleman sponsors a radio hour,
and as Lanny sings, he also tries
to land crooner's job. After the
necessary complications. there's
the inevitable happy ending.
All of this is accompanied by
several tuneful songs, Warbled by
Ross. Outstanding among these
are Ending With a Kiss" "The
Open Road" and the title number.
One of the highlights of the pro-
duction is pastoral scene with
milkmaids and milkmen chorusing
Melody in Spring"
Ann Sothern makes herself
very agreeable heroine, but does
not get a chance to demonstrate
her own vocal powers, strange to
SAY. Ruggles and Miss Boland
provide most of the laughs.
On the stage are Allan Cross
and Henry Dunn, new to Wash
ington audiences. After the famil-
lar faces and even more familiar
routines of the usual vaudeville
acts, it is refreshing to find a
pair who present a novel ard
highly entertaining Is minutes OF
songs and comedy.
The principal reason for their
diverting qualities is clever ar
rangement of their numbers.
Lazy Bones" won perhaps the
biggest hand with "A Rainy Day"
as close contender. Something
really different, the audience last
night applauded after the final
curtain.
The bill is begun by Jeri, Renee
and Vic, who hang by their necks,
teeth and perform other remark
able feats. Oscar Lorraine, who
is an adept violinist, has a noisy
act which banged the front pew
holders practically out of their
chairs. The Van Horne dancers
do an unusual ultraviolet ray
dance, and Audrey Sieber, is mis-
tress of ceremonies in her usual
gracious manner.
Freddy Clark and the orchestra
play selections from my Mary
land" to open program which
has a light, tuneful romance as
screen fare and the top-notch act
of Cross and Dunn, alone worth
a visit, as stage headliner.
j, K, v,
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
ArIiss Film Held
Over at Palace
Theater

The splendid production Of
The House of Rothschild" be-
gins another week at the Palace.
Possibly the subject matter will
not hold the universal appeal of
Disraeli," but this film will
nevertheless hold its own as a
worthy successor to that well.
remembered picture.
The engrossing history of the
famous banking house that was
the power behind the story writ
ten of those years could not have
been placed in more able, care
full hands than those of Mr..
ArliSS.
His portrayal of the venerable.
wise old Jew, father of the five
RothSchildS, is a sympathetic,
shrewd Interpretation of the down.
trodden race. When he assumes
the role of Nathan, the son,
transplanted to a world of lux
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Powell in Musical Film at me"

Iof Georgia proved most enjoyable
as we'll as giving me few his
torical facts that I had so far es-
capped. This feature appealed to
me as the finest short subject I
had seen in many months.
There is also a comedy role
featuring the one and only Joe
Penner and his infectious laugh.
This will please the Penner fans,
which means practically every
body.
A Grantland Rice Sportreel dis
plays the joys of aquatic sports,
featuring some splendid slow mo-
ton pictures of dives.
A very fine news reel completes
the program. r. S.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

Win Right to Encore
Off to a laundering hand the
Lyon-Daniels team encores with
a Spanish flower song in which
Bebe comes down the runway
built around the orchestra pit
and distributes violet nosegays
to the fortunate in the front
rows. A gardenia for a we'll.
prepared and presented act.
Adair and Richards offer
adagio dances trimmed with
scenic backgrounds and with
vocal in-betweens of real music,
Russ, Elmer and Armstrong
have some new ideas in knock
about comedy that registered
solidly and Charles Carer, a
dexterous juggler. keeps eight
rubber balls in motion at one
time among other good tricks.
The program gets off to a fast
pace start with the Mothers Day
overture. This has Phil Lamp
kin doing a Major Bowes by seiz,
ing the microphone and deliver.
ing an appropriate lyrical senti-
ment that set the mood. Eddie
Perkins, the Fox usher, then solos
Mother Machree" and my
Mom," while the curtains part to
disclose a Whistler's mother tab
leau. The overture took six bows
with q blase S:45 p. m. audience.
Raft on the Screen
The feature picture this week is
George Raft in "The Trumpet
Blows" This is a rather clumsily
told Mexican story of two broth
ers, which has Adolph Menjou as
q Rio Grande bandit (first class
miscasting) and the sleek-haired
Mr.. Raft as a matador. They
love the same girl, Chulita (Fran-
ceS Drake), and it takes some
eight reels of poor dialogue be-
fore a decision is reached.
"The Trumpet Blows" intro
duces bull fighting scenes that
are presumed to be exciting buC
to me they lacked that certain
something which induces high
blood pressure. The new Par
amount ingenue, Frances Drake,
has an important role and does
we'll with it and Mr.. de De Miles
daughter Kat crime, is both
Shapely and comely in a small
part. But the actors are licked
by the scenario and the best
part of this picture are some
fine camera shots of real Mexican
scenery.
On the supplementary program
is a good two real cartoon
comedy, THE Circus" and ex:
cellent Fox Movietone newsreel
shots including the sad case of
Mr.. insult complete a menu in
which the stage is tops.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Chorus Girls, Sans
Beauty, Seen in Film

Wanted: Chorus girls-beauty
no requirement.
Yes, Mr.. Ripley, it's true. Nor
man Mcleod, Paramount director,
called for chorus girls, and didn't
give a hoot what they look like.
All Mcleod asked was that they
be able to sing. There is a Milk
maids Chorus" in his latest pic
ture, Melody in Spring." the at
traction at Warner Bros Earle
Theater, with Lanny Ross, radio
tenor. And Mcleod insisted that
his chorus feature voice and not
pulchritude.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

make up the other principals in
the cast.
Short features include an
amusing musi-comedy with Ruth
Etting singing the popular ditties
of the turn of the century;
Mickey Mouse and Minnie on a
picnic in ohe woods, and the
news events of the day in sight
and sound.
Domestic drama, a little heavy,
but sufficing! K. Y.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Born in Hongkong

The one theatrical personality
in a family of shipbuilders and
sea captains, Clara Blandick was
born on her fathers ship in the
harbor of Hongkong. She is cur
rently appearing in Sisters Under
the Skin" starring ELISA Landi,
and now showing at RKO KeiUh's.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon Top
Good Vaudeville Program in
VocaI-Comedy Sketch
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Balanced vaudeville what the Fox Theaer is offering
this week Four good with the headlners-Bebe Daniels
and Ben Lyon socking home the walop hit.
The Hollywood stars to the stage we'll equipped to
entertain They open radio studio set after the has
introduced them with flashes from their recent pictures
little fire kidding and then Bebe solos through the mike
Little Things in Life Reading letters for comedy comment
by Mr. Lyon while the Mrs changes to her Rio Rita costume
Then the punch of Bebe Daniels offers medley of the
bit tunes from the Zged peretta in which she scored such