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The Washington times., 1934-04-24
Bert LyteII Star
Or BeIasco PLAY

Bert Lytell, debonair star Of
both stage and cinema, is cast
in a role most evidently to his
liking in 1.-THE Second Man" at
the Shubert-Belasco Theater
this week, for he fairly rompS
through and revels in its situ-
ationS.
This three-act comedy by S.
N. Behrman, has q cast of but
four, barring the momentary ap-
pearance of a servant. This
necessarily places a fairly heavy
burden of dialogue on the char
acterS, and while there are nu.
merous sparkling lines, neverthe-
less, the play cannot escape the
criticism Of being rather "talky''
at time.
Clark Storey, the role enacted
by Mr.. Lytell, is gay but i'm
pecuniouS writer, fast approach
ing the uncertainties of middle
age, who is equally fascinating
to a wealthy widow of the in.
tellectual type and a hero-wor-
shipping girl many years his
Junior. That the latter also hap
pens to be the fiancee of Stor-
ey's best friend, a serious
minded young scientist unskilled
in the ways Of romance, provides
a complication of considerable
Importance.
In order to convince the girl
of the futility of it all, Storey
admits that there is a second
man" within him that is cruelty
but calmly critical of his every
word and action, sneering Oft
times, perhaps, at the pretended
slnceritleS of his other self. It
is from this dual character that
the play takes its title.
The eventual solution is a
thoroughly plausible one but the
suspense is admirably maintained,
the plays chief defect, as before
limited. lying in its tendency to
wordiness rather than action.
It is a made-to-order character
for Lytell and in it he will not
only delight his admirers but ere.
ate new ones. Lora Baxter's role
as the love-sick girl Is a more
difficult one because of it's shad.
ings and temperamental upheav
ais and that she enactS it admira
bly, is stating it but mildly. The
| humor is nrovided nv DWIGHT E'rve
as the entirely humorless Scien
tiSt vastly more successful in his
pursuit Of the atom than in main
tanning the affections of his lady
love. RoSalind Russell is both
fascinating and charming in the
other feminine Characterization.
There is but onc setting, the
living room of Storey's apartment
which is tastefully arranged.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

are such players as George Raft,
Marlene Dietrich, Miriam Hop
kins, katharine Hepburn, Clau-
dette ColbV't and Norman Foster.
George Burns and Oracle Allen
were invited to friends house
to play cards.
George - you know about
pinochle, don't you, Oracle"
Gracie-"Sure. I've eaten lots
of them"
George-"Eaten them?"
Oracle yeah. Pinochles and
sauerkraut!"
Mae as 'Sheba'
Some Super-snoopings. Upon
finishing 'The Merry Widow"
jeanette Macdonald is a-headin'
for Paris for some warbling rou-
tines. Realizing a lifelong am"
bition, Dave Selznick, M-G-M pro-
ducer, has a special car pulling
him into New York. Paramount
has FINALLY set Mae West in
"The Queen of Sheba," an idea
suggested by thousands of fans.
When a girls "past" is pretty
"good''- Gertrude Michael, the
Paramount vamp, once filled the
pulpit of the Methodist Church in
Talladega, Alabama, during the
minister's four weeks vacation. {. i.
Echoes of yesterday - Wesley
(Freckles) Barry, Ben ("HeartS
of the World') Alexander and
Molly ("Patent Leather Kid~
O'Day are all staging their Gin
ema comebacks in 1.-THE Life Of
Vergie Winters" the Ann Hard
ing movie.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
zig ssw" i" Offers
Snappy Lines,
Good Cast
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

In Gig Saw" which closes the
regular season at the National
Theater and is the last play Of
the New York Theater Guild sub
scription group, Dawn Powell has
! written a frank and saucy farce
comedy so stuffed with lines that
sparkle and wisecracks that hit
the target your theater evening
is we'll filled with chuckles.
Gig Saw" could never be pre-
sented on a Sunday school pro-
gram and the domestic tumble
it pieces together after three
lively acts is founded on the
sophistication which accepts love
on the easy going plan and
thumbs its nose at convention.
To bring out the last ounce Of
laughter the Theater Guild has
provided one Of its giltedged
casts for major roles. And this
play needs it. For it literally
filled with conversation, much Of
it's smart and cleverly pointed
barbs at the cocktail set and the
discomforts of being a contented
mistress. If you permit this
Scintillating dialogue to cover up
a none too sturdy plot and lack
of dramatic move ment, zig
Saw" will more than satisfy.
It tells of Claire Burnell, a
feather-headed divorce who has
been living in sin, as we say, for
is years with Del Marsh, mis-
understood type of husband. Hav'
ing paid the rent for the pent
house apartment for many years,
Mr.. Marsh assumes an equity
which is disturbed at the news
Mrs. Burnell's daughter Julie, a
convent bred girl, is coming home
from Lausanne to occupy the
spare bedroom.
Julie Gets Her Man
The tranquility of this uncon-
ventional domicile is further up
set when Mrs. Burnett makes a
new pickup" gives him her
apartment key and he picks out
the afternoon of jules arrival to
pay his first visit. Claire flutterS
and babbles in nervous confusion
over the prospects Of explaining
the situation to Julie and finally
decides to introduce her romantic
benefactorS as uncleS.
Complications arise when Julie
recognizes her Uncle Nathan as a
good-looking man with whom she
had conducted a student flirta-
ton. The prim little convent girl
becomes relentless pursuer OF
Uncle Natha-l, object matrirnony.
It is all very embarrassing to
Mamma, who figured Nathan her
own potential victim. And is
Nathan annoyed!
Innocent little Julie shows
Mamma that the new dl-
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
FIRST NIGHTERs

Observed at the opening Of "Jig
Saw" at the National Theater last
night: The minister of Albania,
Mr.. Faik KOnitEa; Mrs. Ingalls,
Sard, chief Of the Far Eastern
division of the State Department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Woodward,
DIR. and Mrs. Walter Wells, Mrs.
Campbell Prichett, Miss virginia
Macias, Mr.. Pete Macias. Mr.. L.
Bradley, of Chicago; Mrs. Lulu
JONES Downing, of Evanston, ILL.,;
Mr.. Herbert Feis. of the State De-
partment. Miss Valerie PrOchnik,
daughter Of the Minister of Austria
| and Nine. PrOchnik.
Mrs. Evelyn Walsh Mclean Oc-
cupied a box and her guests in
cluded Miss Eleanor Roosevelt,
daughter of the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy and Mrs. Henry
L. Roosevelt, who was the Queen Of
the Cherry Blossom Festival, and
Mr.. John R. Mclean, End.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

1T Happened One Night" is doing
away above average business for
the Metropolitan. This is the prize
1884 long shot feature of Holly
wood and will make enough for
Columbia Pictures to pay the 1884
dividend. Sam CALAMITY expects it
will equal Mae Vests best for re-
peat dates.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
ZaSu Pitts Joins
Cast of "Dames'

BuSby Berkeley has been
Shooting" on the musical scenes
Of Warner Bros Forthcoming
musical picture. "Dames," CO.
starring Joan Blondell, Ruby
Keeler and Dick Powell,
The dialogue sequences Of the
film are under the direction Of
Ray Enright. A wire from the
Warner West Coast studios ad.
vises that ZaSu Pitts has Joined
the cast of Danes" and that
she will be seen in a very i'm
portant role in the story,
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
Heiress Debuts

Hazel Forbes, blonde heiress
to the tooth paste millions, will
make her screen debut at RKO
Radio.
She has been signed by Lou
Brock. producer, for a role in
Down to the Last Yacht" the
merry musical extravaganza.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
Within Its Gates

Universal has discovered a new
screen prospect right within its
own gates. She's Marcia Remy,
secretary to David Werner, Univer.
SAILS casting director. Miss Remy
makes her screen debut in affairs
OF a Gentleman" starring Paul
LukaS.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
DICK POWELL IS PROMOTED
This Picture Has Plenty Of Fun
With FoibIes Of the Radio, Is
We'll Trimmed With Music
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Twenty Million Sweethearts which screened yester-
day and the Earle Theater Friday takes radio for
buggy ride.
Which is to say poke fun at the network sponsor who
regulates his programs by what his wife, Matilda likes and
the preferences of his Aunt Minnie.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
Jig Saw" Fashions

My very capable fashion ex-
pert had her eyes wide open at
the National Theater last night
and submits this report on Gig
Saw" modes:
Miss Spring Byington, who is
blonde and petite, wears her
clothes with a chic that is en-
chanting. She appeared first
wearing a lightweight wool semi
sports dress made on very simple
lines, with a square-neck bodice
and long tight sleeves, with a
peplum formed Of a bias ruffle
laid in flat pleats across the
back. Her hat was a Chinese
helmet Of brown lacquered straw
which she wore perched at a
most becoming angle.
She next changed to a tea
gown Of deepest rose-tinted crepe,
with a long sweeping train
Pleated ruffles of the material
formed the trimming, and they
stood up across the back Of the
neck, giving a very becoming
effect.
In the second act, Miss Bying-
ton wore an ultra-smart model
Of apple green crepe Roma, fash
ioned on slim lines, and without
trimming Of any kind.
For the third act, she chose
to my mind, the most effective
costume of the evening, and one
which greatly suited her spark
ling personality. The tight-fitting
little jacket which terminated an
inch or two below the waistline
was of bronze cire with a flat
collar and lapels Of the material
and long close fitting sleeves
The skirt was of brown and white
checked chiffon, made on tail
ored lines, plain across the front
and pleated at the back, The
little brown straw hat she wore
with this costume was the last
word in SmartnesS.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
HUT :: 3: :: From
HOLLYWOOD!
By JIMMY STARR

HOLLYWOOD, CAL, April 24-Hello. Whether to marry
not if married. whether worth the gamble to bring
husband wife into the lmelight still remains the most
important question facing motion picture players.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

It's full of wise stuff for the
radio informed, inasmuch as
Jerry Wald. a reformed radio ed
itor, helped write the story and
apparently welcomed the oppor-
tunity to gently whack the net
work mogulS in their weak spots.
"TwaptV Million SweetheartS"
Is unique also IN the fact that it
has enough music to be labeled
q musical and yet it scornS lines
Of chorus girls and those geomet-
rical overhead camera shots dear
to the heart of Busby Berkeley.
It launches Dick Powell as a
full-fledged Warner Bros star,
and I predict this good looking
troubadour with a real voice will
be giving the topnotcbers of HoI-
lywood a contest before very long.
He sings "I'll String Along With
You," What Arc Your Inten-
tions," Fair and Warmer" and
"Out for No Good" A couple of
these are tuneful numbers. He
also sings Man on the Flying
Trapeze" and if nobody else makes
the motion will. It is that
''Trapeze" be wrapped up in moth
balls and penSioneC by Hollywood,
for it is being much oVerWorked.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
Actors Fund Stars

The veteran Daniel F'rohman
continues to line up big names
for that Actors Fund benefit at
the National Theater, Sunday
night, May 6. Gladys Cooper, star
Of '"The Shining Hour" and Philip
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
VI

CLOCK
FEATURE PHOTOPLAYS
In Washington's leading
picture theaters today and
their starting times are as
follows:
GOOD DAME"
1O:45 A. NJ, l 80, 4:1O, 7:15,
10 P. M. Stage shows
at 1890, 3:15, 6:2O,
9 P. M.
METROPOLITAN
cit HAPPENED ONE
NIGHT"
II :25 A. NJ, 1855, 4 20,
6:45, 9:10 P. M.
KEITH'S
"sPITFIRE"
IL :49 a. M, l :49, 8 3:49, $40,
7:49, 9:49 p. m.
PALACE
~TARZAN AND HIS
MATE"
1905, 2:25, 4:3O. ITO
9:35 P. M.
EARLE
"REGISTERED NURSE"
11:15 A. M. 1, As, 4 80, 7 10,
9:55 P. NJ. Stage shows at
IL so, 1886, 6:15, 9P. M.
COLUMBIA
"RIPTIDE"
1:2O A. NJ, 20, :25, 5: 80,
80, 9:35 P. NJ.
RIALT0
"LET's BE RITZY"
ii 81 A. NJ, 1:14, 2:57,
4:4o, 6 :23, :O6, 9:49 P. M.
HOWARD.
"sIN OF NORA MORAN"
80, $3.50, los, 1910 p. m.
Stage, shows at 2:40,
$50, 9:05 p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-04-24
Aristocratic Hikers

Carter Barron will screen '"The
House Of Rothschild" for a small
invitation audience in C luding
critics tonight. That Fox usher
who sings Easter Parade" SO well
in the overture has won a radio
job with WJSV. Those hitch hik.
ing girls who arrive in Washing
ton today have social background,
money and a Vassar accent. So it
is not surprising to discover they
have a press agent an6 a real high
class one. He is Oliver Sayler who
has written any number of
weighty tones on Russia, bally-
hooed the Moscow Art Theater
and the original Chauve Souris,
and is on Stalin's social list. Mr..
Sayler's purpose is to let the world
know these girls are not ordinary
highway tramperS, and it strikes
me he is doing a good job Of it.
He dropped into my office yester-
day to tell me he still has hopes
the Moscow Art Players will come
to America again,
The Washington times., 1934-04-24

In its sixth downtown week,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31

est mathematics to arrive at that con-
clusion, for even at the prices brought
by farm products at their peak, the
return on the land in this section would
not pay interest on an investment of
$500 or $500 an acre. 1t can easily be
recalled that during that hectic period
it was considered a mark of provincial
ism not to buy new automobile every
year. A lot of fur coats and lot of dia-
monds and lot of expensive clothes
for both men and women were in
dulged by all classes. The wage Garner
suddenly awoke to the fact that by
buying on the installment plan he could
keep up with the Joneses and he not
only spent every cent he could get his
hands on in many instances, but he
pledged the major portion of his wages
or salary months ahead to pay for auto
mobiles and other articles which were
worn out by the time he had COM
pleted the payments.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL

In the District Court of the Eleventh
Judicial District of the State of Mon
tana, in and for the County of Lincoln.
In the matter of the estate of Anna
McGovern, deceased.
Pursuant to an Order of said Court
made on the 18th day of May. 1884,
notice is hereby given that Friday the
LIST day of June, 1884, at 1000 o'clock
A. M. Of said day, at the Court Room
Of said Court, at the Court House in
the County of Lincoln, has been ap-
pointed as the time and place for prov
ing the Will of said Anna McGovern,
deceased, and for hearing the applica-
tion of Helen Blew for the issuance to
her Of Letters of Administration with
the will Annexed when and where any
person interested may appear and con-
test the same.
Dated May 18th, 1884.
FRED F. CLARK,
m17-31-3t Clerk.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31
SHERIFT'S SALE.

The Federal Land Bank of Spokane,
a corporation, Plaintiff, against Blanche
Huson, widow, Bertha Stofer Vie
land, same person as Bertha Stopper
Wieland; Lincoln County; Effie l..
Weeks; and Kootenai National Farm
Loan Association, corporation, De-
PENDANTS.
To be Sold at Sheriff's Sale:
On the 18th day OF June, A. d. 1884,
at one o'clock p NJ, at the front door
of the Court House, in the City of
Libby, County of Lincoln, State OF
Montana, to the highest and best bid
der for cash in hand, the following
described real estate lying and being
in the County of Lincoln and State of
Montana, to wit: Lots Three and Four,
Section Nineteen, Township Thirty-one
North, Range Thirty-one, West of the
Montana Principal Meridian, contain
ing 1854 acres Also H. E. Survey No.
AL embracing portion of the unsur-
veyed Public Domain, Montana, de-
scribed as follows Beginning at Corner
said Section Nineteen, Township Thir-
ty-one North, Range Thirty one West;
thence South L West 1888 chains &c
corner No 2, situate on right bank OF
Kootenai River; thence meandering
said right bank Of Kootenai River
North 6l' 80 West 80 chains, North 81
West lit chains; North To- 30 West 81
chains, North 81 SIS West LA chains t
corner No. 3, Situate on said right bank
of Kootenai River; thence North 28' S.
East 2812 chains to corner No a, thence
South 51' 8 East 1898 chains to corner
No. S; thence South 9 East $50 chain:
to corner No l, the place of beginning
containing 1928 acres, according to Of
fetal plat of said land returned to tht
General Land Office by the Surveyor
General, all in Lincoln County, Mon
tana.
Together with all and singular thu
tenements, hereditaments and appurt-
enances thereunto belonging or in any
wise appertaining, and all water ant
water rights used upon or appurtenan
to said property and however evidenced
Dated this 18th day of May, A. Z
1884.
F. r. BANEY,
Sheriff of Lincoln County, Montana
BY L. G. Sperry, Under Sheriff
m17-jn7-4t
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National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the
Forest Supervisor, Libby, Montana, up
to and including June Is, 1884, for all
merchantable dead timber standing or
down, and all the live timber marked
or designated for cutting on an area
embracing about 100 acres within Secs.
II, IL, Uns. T. 80 NJ, R. 80 W., O'Brien
Creek watershed, Kootenai National
Forest, Montana. estimated to be $50
M feet B.M., of white pine and ESQ M
feet BIN. of spruce saw timber. No bid
of less than 81 per M feet for pine and
$150 per M for spruce will be con-
sidered $4,000 must be deposited with
each bid, to be applied on the purchase
price, refunded, or retained in part as
liquidated damages, according to con-
ditions of sale. The right to reject any
and all bids reserved In addition to the
above stunpage SIS per M feet BIN.
must be deposited in cooperative fund
to cover the cost of brush disposal Be-
fore bids are submitted, full informa-
ton concerning the timber, the condi-
tons of sale and the submission of
bids should be obtained from the For
est Supervisor. Libby. Montana, m17&3l
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL

In the District Court of the Eleventh
Judicial District of the State of Mon
tana, in and for the County of Lincoln.
In the matter of the estate of Paul
S. A. Bickel. deceased.
Pursuant to an Order of said Court,
made on the 22nd day of May, 1884,
notice is hereby given that Saturday,
the 9th day of June, 1884, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ of said day, at the Court room
of said Court, at the Court House
in the County Of Lincoln, has been APP
pointed as the time and place for prov
ing the Will of said Paul S. A. Bickel,
deceased, and for hearing the applica-
ton Of W. NJ Curtis, Public Admins
traitor, for the issuance to him of Letters
Testamentary when and where any
person interested may appear and con-
test the same
Dated May 22nd, 1884.
FRED F. CLARK.
m24- jn7 81 Clerk.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

+ herewith announce my candidacy
for the office of County Commissioner
on the Democratic ticket, subject to the
will of the voters at the coming primary
election. was born in Montana al
years ago, and have spent the past %
years in Eureka district My varied
experience as laborer together with
farm and business problems provides a
substantial background for the office.
If elected pledge myself for one
policy-a Square Deal for all.
G. F. DIERMAN,
Eureka, Montana
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

| wish to announce my candidacy for
the office of County Commissioner on
the Democratic ticket for the Eureka
district at the primaries in July, 1884. /
have lived in this county for 80 years
and have had lots of experience in
building roads. | built roads for the
county for six successive years.
I stand for:
1. Furnishing labor to bodied
men in need of relief, such as furnish
ing tie-timber where they can make
ties.
2. Hiring labor from the community
where the work is to be done
g. Doing as much work as possible
with teams.
A. Getting local men to drag their
roads in the spring when it is needed.
S. Giving the taxpayers and men who
have built up the country preference on
local work, before all the taxpayers are
on the county.
Let's have a NEW DEAL in Lincoln
County, too.
A. E. JOHNSON,
Fortine, Montana
Read the Western News tor Lincoln
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31

These are but a few instances, cases
in point One might 60 on indefinitely
telling of the wild orgy of spending
and of contracting obligations without
thought of the pay day and with little
or no thought of the economic sound
ness of such spending, Then came de-
flation. We got down to cases. We
danced and are still paying the fiddler.
Like children, we have sought some
one to blame for our plight, and, also
like children, we now seek some magic
way to cure our ills and expect the
government to supply the cure. The
man who contracted debts does not
want to pay them Just now, because, in
most instances, he cannot pay them.
In every way we have met the crisis
which was thrust upon us as though
we had nothing to do with producing it.
As matter of fact, we had all to do
with producing it. In the proportion
that the individual citizen went hay
wire with extravaganza and reckless
spending governmental units went on
with the same kind of an orgy and
whooped our taxes 100 per cent in ten
years. Bond issues were pyramided by
communities with the same disregard
of the coming of the pay day which
characterized the individual. We built
great cathedrals of education, with mo-
ton pictures and swimming pools and
all sorts of geWgaws and frills. We
erected public buildings in many cases
entirely beyond possible needs of COM
munities for a hundred years. Just as
private enterprise overbuilt in every
direction, governmental building activ-
tiles got out Of bounds The people have
to pay the bill The saturnalia of ex-
penditure created fixed taxes, and taxes
have a habit of certainty in good times
and bad times alike With our incomes
and our business revenues depleted, our
tax bill in the main has remained the
same. All an echo OF the period of ex-
travagance and wild-eyed initiation
which brought about our troubles. We
were talking about two cars in every
garage and chicken in every pot and
we made much about the so-called
American standard Of living, whatever
that meant We insisted that all the
various elements Of our population
should attain that standard, and we in
stilled into the minds of many people
who could not afford it desire for the
things had by others more fortunate in
life. Coolies of people who had no more
business with an automobile than q
wagon has with five wheels bought
cars. Coolies Of people learned to live
beyond their means. It began to look
as if it would not be long until there
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31
FOR SHERIFF.

wish to announce my candidacy
for the office of Sheriff of Lincoln
County, on the Democratic ticket, sub
ject to the will of the voters at the
Primary Election to be held July II,
1884 promise to discharge the duties
of the office efficiently and economic
ally and to enforce the law without
fear or favor. Your support will be sin
cerely appreciated.
GUST E. ADAMSON.
Libby, Montana
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER

| take this occasion to announce my
candidacy for the office of county COM
missioner on the Democratic ticket in
the primary election to be held on July
IT, 1884, subject to the will of the
voters. | favor hand labor and team
work where practicable in times of de-
preston and an even distribution of the
work and if nominated and elected will
show no Partially but an even break
for everybody.
A. J. DONALDSON,
Eureka, Mont.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-31
rize Winning
Editorial of 1888

We reprint from the Atlantic, Iowa,
ews-Telegraph, the editorial by E. P.
Chase which won the $500 Pulitzer
Prize for distinguished editorial writing
during 1888 On December Q, 1888, Mr..
Chase, who is publisher, editor and
managing editor of the News-Tele-
graph, published the prize winning edi-
torial, where Is Our Money!