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The Washington times., 1934-01-08
GROTTO NAMES HEADS

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan.
AT the first annual session of
the Abaca Grotto order. the fol-
lowing officers were elected: j..
L. Pyne, monarch; E. j. zalanka,
chief justice: Ray C. Hopkins,
master of ceremonies; L. I. Moss,
treasurer; T. H. Cam, secre-
tary; w. w. Shelton, venerable
prophet; T. w. Lamont, marshal;
c. E. Smith. captain of the
guard; William England, sentinel,
and w. Marshall King, trustee.
The Washington times., 1934-01-08
T Troyanovsky to Make Home for the Present
at Skvrsky Residence RennodeIed
Czarist Embassy Ready Soon

for use next month, it is ex.
pected.
Troyanovsky's immediate activi-
ties probably will be concerned
with the old debt problem, the size
and type of staff he needs, credits
trade representatives and their i'm.
munity and other matters of
more or less pressing moment.
Gregory Goldman, second sec
retary, and Peter Krishanoff and
Vasyli Kotoff, attaches, accom-
panied the new Ambassador.
Their families we're with them,
but Nine. Troyanovsky and her
son are not expected until next
week.
The Washington times., 1934-01-08
ARSENIC FOUND
IN BOX SENT
BROTHER
Insurance of Veteran Believed
Motive of Plot Holding
Mother of Six

TROY, N. Y, Jan. 8 QN.S.)
From cell in the county jail
here, Mrs. Sarah K. Hobart, So
year-old society matron and
mother of six children, today was
scheduled to walk to temporary
freedom under $4,000 bail pend
ing her appearance in a Phila
delphia Federal court to answer
. charge of sending poisoned
candy through the mail to her
brother, a disabled war veteran
patient in Coatesville, Pa.
Bail was to be posted today, it
was learned. before United States
Commissioner Clark Cipperly, be,
fore whom Mrs. Hobart was
arraigned following her arrest
here by Federal agents and State
troopers.
Mrs. Hobart, wife of Samuel G..
Hobart, an industrial engineer,
was indicted by a Federal grand
jury in Philadelphia. While
members of her family refused
to make statement and Mrs.
Hobart was in strictest seclusion
in her cell, it was learned she
expects to leave here tomorrow
for Philadelphia.
Several Stricken
Mrs. Hobart's brother, Harring-
ton Fitzgerald, jr., and several
attendants at the United States
Veterans Hospital at CoateSville
became i'll shortly after eating
the candy, which was found to
contain large quantity Of
arsenic.
According to Federal agents,
Fitzgerald was heavily insured,
with Mrs. Hobart and two other
sisters as beneficiaries, and is
said to have an estate valued at
$4,000.
Federal agents said the indict-
ment returned against Mrs.
Hobart found the candy was
mailed from Norristown, Pa,
from which city the Hobarts
came here several years ago.
When it arrived at the hospital,
the agents said, Fitzgerald,
wounded and gaSSed in the World
War, ate some and gave some to
hospital attendants. All, the
authorities charge, became ill.
Fitzgerald carried war insur-
ance, naming three beneficiaries.
Typewriter Clue
Watch was established over the
family and "the break" came
when Mrs. Hobart took a type
writer to a repair shop to be
adjusted.
Agents said they obtained a
sample of the work done by the
machine before it was repaired,
compared it with the address on
the box containing the poisoned
candy, and also found that Mrs.
Hobart used the sort of paper in
which the box was wrapped.
Mrs. Hobart's father, the late
Harrington Fitzgerald, was the
editor of the old Philadelphia
Item, and the family is socially
prominent in that city.
Hobart and his family came
here, friends said, when he was
engaged by the National City
Bank to operate the Witherbee.
Sherman Iron Mines, near Port
Henry, N. Y.
Mrs. Hobart maintained an air
Of composure while arrangements
for bail were being made over the
weekend.
The Washington times., 1934-01-08
ROBBERS SCARED OFF

Lands Devers was on his wa
to his home in the TOO bloc
Minnesota Ave. S. E., early toda
when two men jumped out of IL
shadows and tried to hold him u
but became frightend and file
without robbing him, he reporte
to Eleventh Precinct police.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
FINAL CONCERT.

The three-day festival Of sacred
music, which is being presented by
IL choirs of leading churches Will be
brought to a close tonight at $3.50
pm. at Constitution Hall, when DR..
Hans Kinder will conduct the pro-
gram and the National Symphony
Orchestra will assist the choirs. The
series of three programs is being given
for the benefit of the Columbia Bible
Training School.
The program tonight will open and
close with two famous "hallelujah"
choruses. The first will be Handel's
from THE Messiah" The finale will
be from Beethoven's THE Mount Of
Olives" Orchestra and chorus (of all
~ massed choirs) will participate in
both numbers.
Tickets can be reserved at Dorseys
Concert Bureau in Droop's, at Thir-
teenth and G northwest, or purchased
at the box Office before the concert
tonight.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

Universal has now decided to make
"The Great Ziegfeld" and is consider
ing both Frederic March and William
Powell as possibilities for the title role.
I've failed to notice any resemblance
between either of these actors and the
late "Ziggie," but apparently some
body at that studio thinks they're
"naturals" The hardest prop TO
find in Hollywood during the past
week was telephone Of 1895 vintage.
In those days the telephones were
about a foot and hall high ana
very crude, it seems.
Quote from publicity: Acting, as
such, has no place on the screen,
says Frank Borsage. And that ex-
plains, possibly, why we seldom flnd
it. Benjamin Gaylord Hauser,
food authority, says the local beauties
are Mary Brian, Joan Crawford,
Marion Davies, Jean Harlow, Claudette
Colbert, Marlene Dietrich, Una Merkel
and Madge Evans. They had to get
500 powdered wigs for Du Barry when
making one of the big court scenes
and was there a scramble in all the
Hollywood hair stores! =.
Al Jolson will go to London In
july. Universal and Columbia
have embarked on the biggest talent
scouting roundup they have done IN
wears. William Wyler learned to
play the violin in his student days IN
Paris. Vera Engels was born in
Germany, educated in China. lived in
Paris, made picture in Turkey, Is
British subject and now lives in Holly
wood.
"Liz" Allen is back from London to
play the role Of Venice, the wife. in
The Green Hat" British sans
like Norma Shearer plenty. Not only
is "Riptide" wowing them over there
but they have just given her the an
nual British fan prize for her per-
formance in Smiling Through" Last
years prize went to Marie Dressler for
her work in Emma" -.
Moonbeam Campbell is driving
every one at Metro out OF their minds.
Moonbeam, in case you don't know.
is a white PekingeSe owned by the
irrepressible Mrs. Pat Campbell. That
worthy lady expects to return to the
British Isles one day when she wearies
of Hollywood, hence she wants to get
Moonbeam into the professional ranks
so she will not be held up for six
months in British quarantine. If the
dog works in pictures, she'll get into
the country with Mrs. Pat.
So Moonbeam was dressed in her
best diamond dog collar-no Joking
and given a test which turned out so
Evening star., 1934-05-02
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things. Smart Places.
By the Spectator.
Trade Mark Registered. q. g. Patent once.

all wedding bells are said to be
doing a good deal Of anticipatory
carioca-ing.
Eyeing the -urchin, or
the cherub, or both, the other after
noon was Senator James J. Davis,
who was slipping a good old Rhine
wine; Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Ruth
National Player Abbott and Peggy
Burch Holden, one of the handsomest
of younger married maidens :. but
one whom you don't see around-about
much these days.
'*'Not to be outdone by the Low
enkeller, which is putting its beer
and pretzels out of doors this month
the Shoreham has announced that its
terrace" will be all ready for action
May 80 and that at that time
those Garbo mattresses (who have
played a curious hide -apd-seek game
all Spring. will trip out of doors, too.
""'That popular song -and-voice
duo Bert Bagranof and Evlyn Tyner
who knocked Hi Hat (Ambas-
sador) patrons for row when they
warbled and played there recently.
have been added to that Actors Bene-
fit fund at the National Sunday night
when Elsie Ferguson. Otis Skim
ner. Fanny Ward, Teenie Ekengren,
Ruth Tuckerman and Mannix Walker
will also appear.
'Madrillon's latest successful i'm
portatiops: Irving Rose and Ada VIM
ston Mr. Rose does fan dance
:. Miss Winston dances, too =.
without a fan.
'''Tonight Shoreham habitues will
see many smart people on their way
to the Minister Of the Irish Free
State and Mrs. Michael MacWhite's S
suite there the retiring Minister
of Norway and Nine. Bachke will be
rendered an elaborate party &.
Downstairs, the other night Senator
Bob Wagner entertained many &.
as did Representative and Mrs. Dow
Harter.
"'|"Now that" said Wardman
continental room patrons Monday
Evening star., 1934-05-02

Mr. Frohman, who talks of the
theater with that warm friendlineSS
which IS one of his distinguishing
characteristics. and who still clings to
that high, stiff white collar and to
held together by elegant stick-pins,
yesterday further boosted the theater
by saying that most of the film actors,
even Bob Montgomery, do not care
much about working for the films and
would like to get back to the stage as
quickly as possible. But" said Mr..
Frohman rather plaintively, "can you
blame them for going out to Holly
wood when they are given such en-
ormous salaries? All they want, really.
Is to make money quick-and then
come on home"
X X
A LONG about eight thirty last night
a distinguished gentleman walked
up to the box office of the National
Theater and said to Mr.. Thomas: II
have heard so many nice things about
the National Players and read the
revues in the papers about the success
of their first play this season, that l
thought I should like to drop in and
see for myself. Have you an available
seat? The name is Daniel Frohman."
After the performance Mr.. Frohman
went backstage and congratulated the
players.
LIT OF the week: Ruth Abbott, Roy
l. l. Roberts and Kathryn Givney in
"The Pursuit of Happiness" Miss
Givney, particularly. has amazed play
goers by her sparkling" ability.
uERE are some facts about Roy
Roberts, the actor We were in
troduced to yesterday for the first
time, Mr.. Roberts having missed the
Steve Cochran National Player fiesta
at We Abner Drury chop house" 10
days ago.
He's first-rate ball player. Played
catcher for some semi-pro Florida
league in his late teens" Born in
Tampa. Attended high schools and
then broke out into MINOR theatres.
Within few months he had attract
ed the attention of drama sleuths and
was doing major stock all over the
country. He has acted from Milwau-
kee to New York, to Oklahoma and
back again. He has played opposite
Alice Brady, Leontevitch and Ann
Sothern (Harriett Lake.. "I've never
worked with any one who has what
they call temperament" He did
"20th Century" on Broadway and
then out in Hollywood last Summer.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

He has appeared in Paramount film
at least, says he, my elbow did,
the rest of him apparently did
Maxine Doyle (wasn't seen at alb. He
likes Washington. He likes his lead
ing lady. Last night he had dinner
with her at the Mayf1ower.
X
REBE DANIELS has the mumps!
She has cancelled her New York
appearance at the Capitol. Will the
mumpS prevent her from coming to
LoeW's Fox with husband Ben Lyon
as originally planned?
Johnny Weissmuller ("Tarzan" to
you) has decided to join Lupe Velez
on her personal appearance tour.
Chances are that he will do his stuff
with Lupe when she comes here in
the near future with or without last
seasons bathtub swimming tank.
They like Zig Saw" in New York.
Although they do not consider it by
any means "a major drama" most of
the critics seem to agree with Percy
Hammond who said in his revue:
Many flashes of wit, wisdom and
wickedness bright, drab joy"
X X X
I ENORE URIC can't burn up that
sofa in Pagan Lady" any more
They've built a special asbestos one
for her. (P. S.-Her cigarette almost
wrecked the Belasco Monday night)
got the jump on the
Pulitzer award yesterday, crash
ing out with the news that Men in
White" is the fortunate winner. The
cinema boys should have waited for
this break.
The House of Rothschild" will get
a diplomatic opening" Friday night
that is, it will play all day and
open" that night.
TOO bad that the Warmers haven't
been willing to show LAS the
Earth Turns" here. 1t is a fine pic
ture, true to the book, and true to
many fine traditions. A screening
of it yesterday proved that while the
film may not be what they call "a
money maker" due to its simplicity
and its lack of violent drama, it is
nevertheless remarkably genuine
piece of work and one which a very
large public should be anxious to see.
1t launches Donald Woods, too, on
his screen career-and very nicely,
too. Outstanding, however, is young
Jean Muir, remarkably pretty girl,
who, while she is no Pagan Lady"
has nevertheless many pleasing quail
tiles.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
PRESENT OPERETTA.

Nine. Maria Jeritza. the Viennese
prima donna who recently appeared
in her own production in Washington,
was directly responsible for Nine.
Marie Zalipsky'S securing Of the music
and libretto Of The Die Czardas
Fuerstin" ("The Dancing PrincessO, +,
which she will present under the aus
pices Of the Community Center De-
partment at Central High School
Thursday, May 10, at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
ARTS CLUB PLAYERS
IN MOUNTAIN STORY
"sun Up" Proves an Idea Drama
for Talented Group of
Amateurs.

Washington's amateur dramatic Or
ganizations, from what We have seen
of them, could learn much Of what
really can be achieved by non-profes-
sional players by witnessing the Arts
Club Players production of Lulu
Vollmer's powerful little drama of
North Carolina mountain folk, Sun
Up"
In the miniature theater of the
Arts Club this group last night gave
a most professional performance OF
a worthwhile play. The fact that
the piece is in difficult dialect and
made up entirely of character roles
semed to act as an incentive to the
PLAYERS. They took the dialect and
the characters in their stride and did
not stop until they had burroWed into
the spirit of the play in a manner
that good amateurs are often better
able to do than professionals.
With the aid of a corncob pipe, a
huge sunbonnet and a rusty rifle,
Maude Howell Smith delightfully."-
submerges into the character OF "Ma"
eagle to dominate the stage and the
plav. Donald Bolton, as her son
"Rufe," plays with such an abandon
and casualnesS. His dialect is as
natural as a breeze from the Land OF
the Sky.
The pleasantly sinister Sheriff
Weeks is a masterpiece for M. For
ney Reese. Adele Martell plays noun
tain daughter Emmy, who is quickly
turned from a bride to a widow by
the World War, with excellent re-
straint. H. Eugene Stevens is fine
as the preacher, and Richard Kreuz-
berg. John Sikken, j. Martin Scran-
age and Frank x. Kilroy are good IN
supporting parts.
Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest deserves
plaudits as the director, and Hugo
Iden and Glenn Madison Brown show
what can be done with settings and
light effects on small stage. Sun
Up" is to be repeated by the players TO-
night and tomorrow night. M. W. b.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
SPRING ORATORIO.

''The Holy City" by Gaul, which will
be given at Central High School next
Sunday at 4 pm, under the auspices
of the Community Center Department,
by the Washington Oratorio Society,
George F. KortZenborn, director, will
be presented in two parts, with inter-
mission.
Those singing principal roles will be
Lillian Latham, soprano; Jessie Dun
lop Werner, contralto; Kroon Bag
ranoff, tenor, and Robert Frederick
Freund, baritone. Gertrude Dyre will
be at the organ and Marjorie Davis
at the piano.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

the new cinema, Viva Villa; and
smooth, capable Jose Tercero, the
chief translator for the Pan-American
Union among those observing
them with smooth and elegant satis-
faction were the Baron and Baroness
Hodenberg, at rest temporarily, from
touring the world.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

will and a grin
...never missed
q single tune
. but were
up and away at
the first scratch
Of Tommy Tuck
er's able fiddle
q. . . you know
who they were,
Of course: Celia
Villa, fifth daugh-
ter of bandit
Pancho. who has
been glorided in
Evening star., 1934-05-02
RECITAL POSTPONED.

Norman Frauenheim, pianist, has
postponed his piano recital, scheduled
for this evening, to next Wednesday.
when the same program will be given
at the Ten O'Clock Club.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

china dish, fall
ing off her right
brow who
landed at the
Mayfower tn e
other day just in
time to hear that
nice Sidney harp
music at lunch
con time and
who were so de-
lighted at the
Evening star., 1934-05-02

way thOSe strings were pIucRed JnaJ
they stayed right on .. establishing
some kind of a long-distance record,
by sampling a brace of cocktails at
the cocktail hour, staying on through
nice platter of spring birds :. pre-
ceded by a neat quantity Of shad roe
dts swell right now and walt
ing until the musicians returned from
their dinner at 10 . at IL they
were still there the bachelor gen.
tleman's whiskers still immaculate,
and that Dresden china dish still safe
on the lady's brow E. from till
la mere II hours of wining. din
ing and dancing some wag has
hinted that they're still at it.
." Note from man-about-tow
Eugene S. Guild. Says he The May
flower lounge seems to be one Of the
towns most popular afternoon guz-
zling spots, and it is those statues Of
Pan, or Bacchus, or whatever they
are, that do the trick. The grin they
wear puts you in the right mood 9.
But why don't they get the fountain
finished and turned on? That
cherub, or sea -urchin, with a lead
pipe sticking out his mouth doesn't
look so good-mars what is otherwise
a very snappy layout"
This afternoon. around s,
you will also see LenOre Uuric May
flowering-being feted by few of her
local press cronies.
*Heigh-Hoers have a new fad...
in between dancing and the music that
the radio now bounces out on major
network Washington's socialites
Evening star., 1934-05-02

trip to see the
amazing Mrs, A.
Atwater (not A.
AtWater Kent).
who does about
as neat a job as
is possible telling
them of their
pasts and futures
Elsie Eken-
gren is said to
have her future
staked out to a
T" and
what Mrs. At
W a t er doesn't
Evening star., 1934-05-02
Hollywood Extras Find
Jobs AS Summer Nears
One Studio Hires Nearly 1000 in Week-Kath-
arine Hepburn to Return Soon to Make
Another Picture
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

ToLLYwooDs caif- May M NANA)mExtra "a Players are
weather all superepcs call for crowd One
studio thousand supernumeraries this week.
the largest number the days of silent films.
Katharine Hepburn will return to Hollywood to make
another picture Dietrich divided skirt ensemble
at the preview Empress and thereby created
Sutton daughter William Sutton associate
ofL Golld luck in cinema.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

we'll that she will undoubtedly make the
artistic grade and show up on the
screen in The Green Hat" Moon
beams face fell on the cutting room
floor in "Riptide," although she did
her doggy best to please.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
"Modern Plays Are Better, -
Asserts Daniel FrOhman,
New Work Is More Intellectual, With Dialogue
Instead of Action, According to Veteran
of fTheater-Concerning Roy Roberts,
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

ANIEL FROHMAN who in his 84th visiting Wash
ington to the ball rolling for that mammoth actors
benefit which he will stage at the National Sunday
Building Office and gave heater the kind of
apparently needs Said he when asked
thought that plays that written today inferior
yesterday Certainly They
lectga Writers today write from the chin up and not they
to listen to the lines In the old days they wanted action
Evening star., 1934-05-02

know about Corcoran Thorn. Mar
garetta Wright and Eliza Mitchell
couldn't be put in a saltcellar {.
apparently she knows all and tells
Evening star., 1934-05-02

night, ais a handsome couple" =.
and how they do dance! e. they
Evening star., 1934-05-02
Leroy n. Thayer

Fox Trot. Waltz, Tango and CariOca
Beginners or advanced dancers acquire
poise, ease and rhythm in a few private
lessons.
Call for 10-minute guest lesson and
dance analysis. Open until 10 pm.
1226 Connecticut Ave. Sterling 0S64
Evening star., 1934-05-02

TIME doesn't mean a thing any
more you go to one OF
these gay bacchanalian places
L and you stay witness that
charming couple, a gay old
bachelor with long, weeping willow
whiskers and his small smart COM
panion . a lady with one of those
new hats blue shaped like a Dresden
Evening star., 1934-05-02

''""Now that" said Wardman
continental room patrons Monday
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
Strong Protest
Made To Cubans
u. S. View on Property
Seizure Is Presented
By LAWRENCE HAAS
United Press Staff Correspondent

HAVANA, Jan. 17.-(UP).-
jefferson Caffery, President
Roosevelt's special representative
in Cuba, yesterday sent Provl-
sional President Carlos Hevia an
other sharp protest against the
seizure of the Cuba Electric COM
pny properties, it was learned
reliably last night.
Caffery was understood to have
demanded immediate settlement
of this issue, involving heavy
United States capital investments,
and the problem added to the
troubles facing Hevia, youthful,
newly elevated president of the
republic.
Desnite Caffery's protest, work
ers who seized the electric COM
pany's many plants throughout
the island removed all managers
and other officials in all branches
and replaced them with other en-
ployes.
Former Mayor Alexandra Yer
CARA meanwhile flatly denied
published reports that he was
planning a coup de'etat, with the
aid of Colonel Flugencio Batista,
chief-of-staff. However, employees
of the Havana courts and munich
pality workers agreed to strike
as protest against what they
termed the "Batista dictatorship"
plans.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17
CWA WILL PAVE MANY
CHAPEL HILL STREETS

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. II. -
Many of this towns dirt streets
are to be paved soon as. a re-
suit of a successful application
for CWA money for local i'm
provements.
The work, which will involve
the use of tar and crushed stone,
will cost approximately $4,000.
The Barrett company has been
given the contract for the tar,
and Collier Cobb, Jr., of Chapel
Hill, will furnish the crushed
stone in a cooperative arrange
ment by which the crusher and
other facilities will be lent by the
township.
Original plans called for the
employment of 60 men, but this
number will likely be increased
by George H. Lawrence, emerg-
ency relief director for Orange
county, to permit work on differ
ent projects at the same time.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-17

of Tuesday. but Administrator
Johnson said they were too valua-
BILE to die.
Robert C. Fechner. director of
the Civilian Conservation Corps
said he would ask for $300,OOO,-
900 to continue CCC camps for
another year.
The resentment on Capitol Hill
over patronage NAV be Gained
somewhat by an action of Post
master General Farley. He gave
President Roosevelt Recommended
tions for 500 permanent postmas-
tership appointments.
Two big corporations got into
trouble with the government.
Standard Oil of New Jersey was
accused of using premiums to pro-
mote sales and an injunction to
restrain the practice was asked.
Vanadium-Alloys Steel Co., La
trobe. Pa. was accused by the
Federal Trade Commission of vio-
lating-this is going to be shock
the Clayton Antitrust Act,
which is still in effect after all.
Objection was made to Vanadi-
um's acquisition of stock of the
Colonial Steel Co.. of Pittsburgh.