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1t was to John Powell, however, bOt0
as composer and Soloist that the great
est ovation was extended. Called out
repeatedly, it was almost impossible to
quiet the enthusiasm that was partly
for the performance and partly IN
recognition of the valuable contribu-
ton Mr.. Powell has made to the music
literature of this country.
Mr. Powell is a musical dramat1St
with an exceptional gift for building
up a composition with telling effect
In the Rhapsody" he has taken the
types of music representative OF the
various emotional sections of Negro life
and woven them together with descrlp-
tive skill. The religious and semi
savage moods alternate with dramatic
intensity while the climax is developed
in overwhelming manner. The plan OF
the composition is full Of surprises from
the plaintive opening passages to the
crashing finale.
A master OF orchestration, Mr..
Powell has made the orchestra all
important in this work, the piano
indicating the character and rhythm
of each theme which the orchestra
developed. 1t is work of vivid color,
powerfully conceived and adroitly pic
turing a wide swing of emotion. Mr..
Powell played his solo moments with
artistic mastery .of effect making one
wish for more opportunity to know him
as an interpretive artist. The audience
did all in its power to hear him in
another number, but Mr. Powell could
not be persuaded.
In the Montana Sketches" the first
orchestral number composed by Ed
ward Potter, there was at once evident
a real ability to reproduce in tone the
moods of nature with authentic feel
ing for harmonious effect. This was
particularly noticeable in The Forest"
where the atmosphere was admirably
depicted in subdued tones and gentle
movement with a faint suggestion Of
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"RIGOLETTO" WEDNESDAY

Roeemarie Brancato the young col
oratura soprano. whose debut in Chi
cago 10 days ago in the role OF Gllda
in "Rigoletto" was featured in the
press of the country, has been engaged
bv Fortune Gallo to sing the same role
in Washington Wednesday afternoon at
the National Theater Martha" which
was scheduled for the Wednesday matt
nee, has been removed from the reper-
toire to permit performance OF Rig
oletto." affording local opera lovers
opportunity to hear the interesting
young coloratura soprano.
Miss Brancato comes from Kansas
City. Her January 18 appearance was
her first in the role of Gilda. Mr.. Gallo
has surrounded the young star with
an excellent supporting cast. Dimitri
Onofrei will sing the role of the duke
and the name part will be In the
capable hands of Mario Vale.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Home Building Gains.

New privately-b built houses completed
IN England In the last fiscal year num-
bered 169 100, or $4,000 more than in
the preceding IL months.
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

NationaL"La Boheme." San Carlo
Opera Co., at $50 pm.
Gayety-(Gay) "Laughland Girls,
at II noon, 2:15 and 8:l5 pm.
PaIace-"Design for Living" at 11:40
am, lao, $40, $40, TAO and 9:40 pm.
Rialto- -"Cross-Country Cruise at
IL am, 12:45, 2:3o, 4:2o, sos, 7:55
and GAO pm.
Fox-"Mr. skitch," at IL am. 100
APO. ITO and 1905 pm. Stage shows
at 1925. 3:15. 6:lo and pm.
Columbia-"Olsen's Big Moment" at
1920 am, los, $50, 4:40, 6:25, $40
and 9:55 pm
Metropoiitan-''Son of Kong" at II
am, 12:45, 2:35, 4:20. 6:10. 7:55 and
GAS pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Man of TWO
Worlds" at 1870 a m. 1:35, 1886, 5:37,
7:38 and 9:39 pm.
Earle-"Easy to Love" at II am,
1:45, 4:25, tbs and 1905 pm. Stage
shows at 12:4O. 1925, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Tivoli-"Sitting Pretty" at 2, 1855,
$50, 7:45 and $40 pm.
Ambassador-"Going Hollywood" at
6:15, sos and $50 pm.
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that we want Katharine Hepburn to
hold to the standards and sincerities of
her performance in Morning Glory"
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might and sublimity. THE Wind Over
the Prairie" was not as true in visual
1zation or as convincing In reproduc-
ton, but In both works Mr.. Potter
showed that for mental image he could
command the proper tone color and
that with a mechanical expertness of
decided value Mr.. Potter from his
seat in box was forced TO repeatedly
acknowledge the great applause that
greeted his work.
The juxtaposition Of Montana
Sketches" to "Chorale on Theme by
Hassler" was not fortunate one. for
the two numbers were too alike in
their restrained character. The
loveliest compositions heard in some
beautifully divided between the strings
with the warm tones OF the violas pre-
dominant. A violin solo moment Of
rare beauty was played with fine feel
ing by Mr. Gittelson. while the orches-
ira throughout gave reading OF sur
prising delicacy and charm.
The last of the local composers S
works to be played was La Sale Spier's
Impressions Of the Bowery" which
was originally written for two pianos.
In its piano form the changing impress
sions assume a more telling character,
the orchestration. strangely enough
rather softening than accentuating the
effect It Is a cleverly conceived and
excellently written work. vivid picture
in tone of the bustling life of that New
York street Mr.. Spier was enthusiast
tically applauded and rose several
times to bow in response to the ac-
claim of the audience.
The program ended with Tschaikow-
sky's symphonic poem, Francesca da
Rimini." The orchestra gave 1t an ex-
cellent Interpretation. more spontaneous
than its former performance and de-
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lIclIltlllUtl SOllhtllllOlI Slll, OllC VI
the rawest. funniest and most agreeably
naughty films Hollywood has produced?
This film started the new idea. And
'rEasy to Love-" which is current at the
Earle, follows it up. From there on it
Is said that the Warner Bros. will
continue this cycle, including in its diet
speed, humor and enough satirical So
phistication to keep its audiences
guessing.
Convention City" was the surprise
OF the year. Coming to town with no
particular fanfareS, and StreSSing Dick
Powell and Mary Astor as its stars
(Which they certainly were not), it de-
veloped into a splendidly wicked rough
and-tumble entertainment, with first
honors going to Adolph Menlou and
Guy Kibbe.
One of our HOLLYWOOD Warner Bros
henchmen had written us to watch
out for this man Menjou" when he was
recently taken over by the Burbank
firm Little did We realize, however,
that he would turn out as he has. In
Easy to Love" he continues along his
merry and somewhat ribald way, and
indicates that as leader Of this new
stock company movement he should be
q lusty and provocative trumpeteer.
Next on the list will be such films
as I've Got Your Number" and Heat
lightning" Both of these will be light,
bright and naughty. They will be fol-
lowed by other light, bright and naughty
films. The Warner Bros. have de-
cided that now is the time to laugh.
With final splash in musical comedy
spectacle. the imminent Fashions of
1884" they temporarily have with
drawn from the extravaganza field and
are now busy with the funny side OF
life. This is as it should be. We are all
in favor Of more and more Convention
Cities" AS long as they don't put Rich
ard Barthelniess into their new racket
they are quite safe. Somehow, We have
never been able to laugh either with or
at Mr.. Barthelmess.
"A NICE little storm is brewing
n around Francis Lederer. There
are three schools of thought. The first
that he is very good The second that
he is very bad-and the third that his
film is not the sort of thing that can
possibly appeal to the fans"
In spite of the aWfulneSs of this last
word, it seems true enough that Man
Of Two Worlds" will not swell Mr.. Led
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erer'S prestige among the masses. It is
| also true that it Is not very good
| film. We take firm stand. however
against those who say that Lederer is
not very good.
| Not only is he good-he Is excellent
Put Richard Dix, or Gary Cooper. or
Edward G. Robinson, or Clark Gable
or even the pleasant Franchot Tone In
Lederer'S place-and try to imagine the
results! Mr.. Dix would scowl Mr.
Cooper would 60 sound asleep in the
snow, Robinson would grow peoples In
the ice. and Mr.. Gable would have to
have Joan Crawford as his Eskimo
WIFE, We can't imagine any current
actor-including Freddie March, who is
our idea of an A-No- l actor-being
'Aigo" and doing half so well with him
as does Mr.. Lederer.
Further than that, this young Czech
actor has an air about him even when
he is browsing among Eskimo adverbs.
1t must have been tough blow when
his film sponsors said to him: Now,
Mr. Ledered, for your screen debut, you
will have to go to language school
and cram up on Eskimo" 1t must
have been very sad for him, too, never
to get nearer to Miss Landi than he
| does. And to have to have such a
and me fine and me this and that"
cannot have put him in a very pleas
ant frame Of mind.
So it may have been mistake on
the part of the R-K-O Co. to bind
him up that way in woolies and blank
cts. and to surround him with so much
snow and ice and bad English (yes. he
can talk when he wants to-. How
ever. it wasn't a mistake on the part
of the same company to sign him up
and to shout his name from the house
tops.
Mr. Lederer has youth and curious
ly vital look about him. His grin Is
unaffected, and his ease of bearing Is
! all to the good. He is apparently un-
afraid of the camera. and he has a
mop Of dark straight hair which the
BARRIERS so far have neither oiled nor
/ curled.
Such a state of being in a heralded
matinee idol' is not what you would
expect Neither would you expect him
to be a Greenland sire and the father
of an Eskimo bambino. The fact that
he gets away with all of this indicates
that his future is assured If he can
strike home as an Eskimo he can
strike home as ANYTHING.
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John Powell, as Soloist, Receives Ovation
Edward Potter and La Sale Spier Con-
tribute Newest Compositions.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN,
YESTERDAYS concert of the N

/EsTERDAYs concert of the National Symphony Orchestra
caly local program performances
Templeton Strongs "Chorae Theme by Hassler
John PoWeS Rhapsode
Negre' Washington while Edward Pottes Mon
tana Sketches given hearing Sale Sper
impressions of the Bowery first performance in orchestral form
a alandu uuhne-h Welcome
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IN SHELLEY TRAGEDY.

Scenes from Shelley's great tragedy
~Cenci," never before presented in
Washington, will be staged at the Arts
Club tomorrow evening as the third IN
the series of monthly literary evenings:
Dorothy Lawrence will play the part OF
Beatrice; Fornev Reese. Count Cencl;
Maurice Jarvis, Cardinal Camille; Rich
ard Kreuzberg, Giacomo, the brother;
Edward Stansbury, Orsino, and Esther
Waldron, Lucretia.
Charles Edward Russell. chairman of
the Arts Club Literary Committee, Is
directing the production.
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Local Composers Featured in Program

veloped q temperamental climax that
aroused the audience to instant and
long prolonged applause:
A TALK on English-American folk
"A music was given Saturday evening
at the King-Smith Studio-School by
Annabel Morris Buchanan. Several
arrangements of folk tunes were sung
by LES Fauvettes" Of the King-Smith
School, accompanied by August King
Smith, director. The second movement
of the violin concerto From a Loved
Past" by John Powell, was played by
Harry Cherkasky with Louis Potter at
the piano, and the Suite in a. for
violin. cello and piano by Hilton Rufty.
was given by Mr.. Cherkasky, Mr.. Simon
and Mr.. Rufty. Although not on the
program, Mr.. Rufty played his Hobby
on-the-Green" at the request of Mrs.
Buchanan as illustration Of certain
points in her talk.
Mrs. Buchanan spoke Of the present
renaissance of folk music as having
come about by the modern composers
search for proper material on which
to base an advance in national musical
affirms, Is found the spontaneous,
natuIdl expression Ol WIlOlc IdCt
and the study of American folk melo-
dies was undertaken by Cecil Sharpe
after unsatisfactory discoveries in Eng
land Mrs. Buchanan said the first
interest in American folk music was
aroused by Dvorak's incorporation Of
several melodies in his New World
Symphony" and after the unearthing
of large quantities of material in this
country, q study was undertaken of the
varied and little known modes in which
the music was played or sung with
view to working out a comparable sys-
TEN of harmonization
In the program used to illustrate
the talk Mrs. Buchanan demonstrated
her individual and rich talent for
composition in the arrangements of
the folk tunes. The four songs sung
in delightful fashion by Les Fauvettes"
were Come All Ye Fair and Tender
Ladies'" Brother Green" 'Wondrous
Love" and Green Rushes." A large
audience followed Mrs. Buchanan's
talk with interest.
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Miss Hepburn in The Lake
Emphasizes Morning Glory
BY MOLLH MERRICK.

xEW YORK. January % NANA)-The first ambition Of all
N Katharine Hepburn her in lights the
marquee the Beck Theaer Jed Harris play
pretty bodily used by those
meanes critics. all afe
things to the contrary.
We shout loud things but not to the contrary Our
Katharine Hepburn critics
have told the truth about popular movie idol who has the
performanceMornng Glory They
made us realize that making picture and giving great per-
made sharply that they be doing what few others
the
spelling what of these artists
of the theater
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SEES PLATINUMS FADE

Earl Carroll Declares Fad of Light
Tresses Is Passing.
HOLLYWOOD, January 20 (P.-The
platinum blond fad is fading, Earl Car
roll. the Broadway theatrical producer
declared as he arrived here yesterday
with IL ''Vanities" girls who will appear
in a motion picture.
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Warner Brothers Start Out
With Screen Stock Company
Certain Players to Be Viewed in Series of
~Laugh Pictures" Such as Convention City"
and Easy to Love"-Menjou as Leader.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

Holywood
off again tack Known for their zest in having
the musca-comedy backage racket with "42nd
Street and for having last season more less mopped
racket Fugitive
as exploit shopping racket in something called The Shake
something which be
of the
This stock company" actually no nor than a
group likely 60 playing films
jo'c
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veloped . temperamental climax that
aroused the audience to instant and
long prolonged applause.
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ence, and investigation here will be
turned over to E. j. Connolly, Gin
cinnati, department of justice di-
vision chief MIR. Nathan will re-
turn to Washington tomorrow.
Mrs. Stoll, twice was threatened
with death while she was held
prisoner here in an apartment at
2735 North Meridian street by
Robinson, her alleged kidns per.
This was learned today by The
Times from an unimpeachable
source while department of justice
agents and police concentrated on
capturing young Robinson, at large
with s49, 500 of the $4,000 ransom
money on his person.
The young Louisville society ma
tron not only was threatened with
death by Robinson. who apparently
was cracking mentally under the
strain of imminent capture
Robinson also threatened TO bnd
her and lock he. in the closet Of the
north side apartment and was only
dissuaded from this move. it was
learned, by the protestations Of Mrs.
Robinson. who was Mrs. Stolls
guard.
A long distance telephone call
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While Mr.. Purvis would not con-
firm reports that accomplices are
sought, it was learned N Louisville
that that angle was being checked
by Harold Nathan, in charge Of the
federal investigation there.
Directly challenging Mrs. Stolls
statement that she wished no harm
to come to Mrs. Robinson, Mr..
Nathan said that Mrs. Robinson was
a participant in the crime. En-
ployes in the Stoll household have
been exonerated completely from
any connection with the abduction,
Mr.. Nathan revealed.
Car Trailed 100 Miles
Mr.. Nathan refused to state why
the federal agents trailed the re-
turning car last night for 100 miles,
saying that it would expose depart
ment of justice technique.
1t was disclosed for the first time
today that Mrs Stoll was not clad
in a negligee when kidnapped. but
was fully clothed and was returned
last night in the same garments.
One of the ransom bills has
turned up in Louisville, but Mr..
Nathan said that the same serial
number may be on other gold and
silver certificates not involved in
the ransom payment.
Today was the final press confer
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KIDNAPER GIVEN JOB
BY KIN OF VICTIM
Gets Chance With Oil Man,
KidnapS His Relative.

One OF the most ironical features
of the Stoll kidnapping case was the
manner in which Thomas H. Robin
son Jr. first became remotely con-
nected with the family from whom
he chose his victim.
With a dementia praecox confine-
ment record behind him, young
Robinson was taken by his father
to Charles c. Stoll, president of the
Stoll Oil Refining Company, with a
plea that young Robinson be given
a chance"
Mr.. Stoll, father-in-law of the
kidnapped Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, as
Sented and gave Robinson a Job
running a filling station for the
Stoll company. He kept it for al
most a year.
-. Brooding and nursing what he
termed in the ransom letter "a
hatred for the rich" young Robin
son at first planned to kidnap his
benefactor and then took his
daughter-in-law as a substitute VIC
tim.
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STOLL FAMILY
is UNDER GUARD
Fear of Revenge by Suspect
Results in Move to
Aid Kin.
BY HAROLD LA POLT
Times staff Writer

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 17.-Fear-
ing the mad rage of the fugitive
kidnaper of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll,
the department of justice has placed
a guard around each member of the
Stoll family, it was revealed today
by Harold Nathan, department. of
justice investigator.
Mr.. Nathan traced the activities
of Mrs. Robinson yesterday. The
suspects wife came to the apart
ment early in the morning and had
a terrific row with her husband over
the disposal of Mrs. Stoll. Robinson
wanted to leave the city and let
Mrs. Stoll fend for herself, but Mrs.
Robinson decided to stay with the
Louisville society matron.
Robinson left the apartment and
a few hours later Mrs. Stoll and
Mrs. Robinson walked calmly to a
nearby drug store, called a taXicab
and drove to the Clegg parsonage.
They were unnoticed and unrecog-
nized while on the street and in the
drug store.
The ransom money was paid to
Robinson'S father in Nashville,
Tenn, Monday, Mr.. Nathan definite
ly established today. Mr.. Nathan
said he understood that Mrs. Rob-
inson was in the apartment hideout
this week and was in constant COM
munication with her husband. Rob-
inson once worked in Indianapolis
and was familiar with the highways
surrounding the Indiana capital, Mr..
Nathan said.
The department of justice still is
puzzled for real motive for the
kidnapping, Mr.. Nathan revealed,
when he said that so far as he knew
Robinson had no real grudge against
the Stoll family. although he had
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THE department of justice has
l. scored again. Criminals can
not hope to escape the federal men.
Six days ago. We printed an open
letter 10 the kidnaper of Mrs. Berry
Ston. warning him that he could
not hope TO escape. Today Thomas
H. Robinson Jr.. is being sought for
the crime and his wife is III the
hands of the authorities in Louis
vile.
The indianapolis Times was faced
with a serious problem in handling
this case. Forty-eight hours ago its
own investigation disclosed Robin
sons name and considerable about
his connection with the crime. The
Times does not suppress news. Yet
it felt that here was a situation In
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TEACHERS TO HEAR
SUBSISTENCE CHIEF

Home Economics Section to Be Ad-
dressed by Clarence Pickett.
Clarence E. Pickett, subsistence
homestead division chief of the in
terror department, will address the
home economics section of Indiana
State Teachers Association at 1915
tomorrow in the girls gymnasium of
Technical high school, and at 2 in
the Travertine room of the Clay
pool
Mr.. Pickett's topic will be THE
Social and Economic implications Of
the Subsistence Homestead Move
movement" He will be brought to
indianapolis by the Marion County
Consumers council of which Mrs
Mrs. Frank Hatch Streightof, 1873
East Thirty second street., is presi-
dent,
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STOLL kIDNAP HIDEOUT FOUND HERE
EdSel Ford
ExtOrtiOniSt
Admits Plot
Youth ConfeSSeS Writing
Note Ordering $4,000
From Magnate.
lcopyrlght. Igs4. bv United Pressl

Copyright. 1884. bv United Press
DETROIT, oct. 17.--Trapped' by
his own bravado, a dreamy, 20-year-
old factory worker was held by. fed
eral agents today as the author OF
a note threatening to kill Edsel
Ford.
Edward Lickwala, United States
department of justice agents said
confessed ordering the millionaire
manufacturer to pay him $4,000 un-
der penalty of death.
He will be brought before the
grand jury as soon as possible.
L never meant to kill him." Lick
wala was reported as saying. 81
just wanted to scare him. He's got
a lot of money and 1 wanted some
Of it."
Lickwala walked up to a car
filled with department of justice Of
ficers last night.
I've got some information that
might help you" he said.
He had intended, officers be-
lieved. to steer them away from the
neighborhood where they had been
conducting a close watch.
William Larsen, head of the De-
troit branch of the departments bu-
reau of investigating, said he be-
lieved Lickwala thought the neigh
borhood was getting too hot" for
him. BY exhibiting a brave front
he thought he might convince the
officers they we're wrong.
However. the agents didn't wait
for any explanation after Lickwala s
unexpected announcement. They
bundled him into their car, took
him to headquarters, and con-
fronted him with what they knew
of him and the case.
In short while, Lickwala broke
down and confessed the entire plot
Larsen said
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swept over Manila and adjoining
provinces at thirty-eight.
While the devastated area slowly
was working its way back to nor
NAL, search was continued in so-
lated districts for the bodies Of per-
sons who may have been drowned
by the high water which followed
the wind and rain.
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4 CRIME IS SOL WE'D

effort to give The Times subscribers
the fullest possible coverage on
every other detail of the kidnapping
The Times was the only Indianap-
oils newspaper which covered the
story with staff men. 1t was the
first paper to print complete pic
lures of Mrs. Stoll and of the scene
of the crime. 1t was the first news
paper in the United States TO print
the contents of the ransom note It
accurately predicted yesterday that
Mrs. Stoll would be returned to her
home before today.
1t also was the first newspaper to
trace Mrs. Stoll to Indianapolis and
to publish the information that de-
partment of justice agents we're CEN
tered here.