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The Washington times., 1934-04-02
1.-TWO EVENTS TOMORROW OPEND. c. GOLF YEAR
Rumors Rife Griffs to Shift:
Training Site in 1885
BY Times staff Correspondent

BILOXI Miss, April 2-Rumors here Rumors there Ru-
everywhere They have been all this section Of the
South but they've been queched in every manner shape
and form by President Clark Griffith
The Washington times., 1934-04-02
Rosenberg, Paul Harrison
To Team Again in Doubles
By DANNY GILL

the Washington Times Atlantic Coast Doubtless April H.
does nothing more the bowling world will be indebted to it
for bringing back to the duckpn of the greatest
doubles combinations of all me-Maxe Rosenberg and Paue
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NrS. Hitchcock Dies
Was 1st SpOrtsWOnlGn
OF United States

NEW YORK, April 2.-It would
not be fitting that Mrs. Thomas
Hitchcock, ST., should die without
mention of the fact on the sports
pages: She was the first sports
woman of America. She was more,
OF course, and her charities and
church work we're famous on Long
Island and in the CarolinaS and
Virginia. But primarily she loved
horses and sport.
That her death should come, at
the age OF OY, as the result OF q
fall sustained while leading a drag
hunt the day after last Christmas.
was natural; perhaps inevitable.
She always was one to make light
of the accidents of the hunting
field, and on a horse the word
caution was not in her lexicon.
They say of her that to her last
gallop on the little drag"--two
and one-half miles-through the
famed Hitchcock Woods at Aiken,
S. c., it was not a question OF
younger riders pulling. At SO she
could still outride all but a Scant
handful of our horSewomen and,
of course, many horsemen, too.
Mother of Polo
Often called the mother OF
American polo" Mrs. Hitchcock
and her husband started their
sons, Tommy and Francis, to
playing the game as soon as they
were old enough to swing a NAL
let. And I have been told that in
those days it was no uncommon
sight to see the Hitchcocks play
ing as a team in Aiken or West
bury, L. l., with possibly one or
more of the daughters also taking
part.
Thus all the family was born
and raised to the saddle and what
an apt pupil Tommy was at polo
is indicated by the fact that he
became this country's foremost
internationalist. And so far as I
know, still is. A daring horseman,
he was equally daring as an avla-
tor with the romantic and pic
turesque Lafayette EScadrille in
the World War.
It is mothers like Mrs. Hitch
cock who produce outstanding
American men like her sons. She
was, as I have said, our first
Sportswoman and more.
She was truly grand lady.
"MF. Charles A. StOneham,
"Hart Building,
New York City.
Dear MIR. StOneham: / see
from the papers that the latest
purchaser of, or into your base
bali team-the world champion
New York Giants-iS Senator
Huey Long, of Louisiana. view
this with alarm. 1t would auto
matically put your ball team
into politics, and produce a dan
gerOuS situation on the face of
it. Sell the Senator five shares
and the next thing you know
he'll be wanting to play first
base for Terry.
Physically Dangerous
"It would also be physically
dangerous for all concerned. If
the Senator did not approve of
The Washington times., 1934-04-02
"ATHLETIC" NIGHT

Boxing and wrestling are to be
the features of an athletic" night
at the Washington Boys Club
Wednesday night.
The Washington times., 1934-04-02

Rooms . some with privilege Of
eating at the family table . . can
he rented through the Rental Columns
Of the WANT AID SECTION Of this
newspaper,
The Washington times., 1934-04-02

This is one of a series of thumb
nail sketches Of members of the
Baseball Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16
'W|NKS' IS DEAD,
HEAT VICTIM

"Winks," White House setter
dog and holder of No. / dog
license tag in the District, is
dead.
"Winks" was a favorite with
the President and also with the
employees of the Executive Man
sion, who took care of him, and
luxurious living may have un-
fitted him to stand hot weather.
His death yesterday was blamed
on the heat. He was found, life
less, on the south grounds Of
the White House.
President Roosevelt frequently
played with "Winks" in his spare
moments. One of the tricks the
dag mastered was opening of the
White House doors and gates
with his nose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16

the sound machines must be al
justed and synchronized. After
it has taken two hours or more
to get ready to shoot q scene ana
one is feeling more shot against
than shooting, the director says,
Everybody ready! I will take
the scene!" but still anxious to
do a good job, the actors get set.
It's like q race. We get all our
sinewS and all our biceps ready.
We squirt and put all we have in
the run and just as we are con-
graduating ourselves on how
truly magnificent we are and
this picture is going to knock
'em cold, the camera man says.
Sorry, but ' was out Of focus on
that"
We go through the focusing
again and the "cuSs" in focus is
accented this time. BY now I'm
so tired that 1 think Of myself
as The Two Orphans"
You can't get through it
again. You won't. This is in
tolerable. You look around.
Everybody is taking a long
breath and moving into posi-
ton, so you think Of the bread.
line and grid up whatever one
girds up. You crawl on the floor
or up the ladder or put on the
fur coat or do whatever you
have to do that you'd rather
not and everybody starts again
from the judges stand.
We are even more determined.
"We'll do it this time, by
George" Our enthusiasm by
now is somewhat forced, but
still, second wind, like second
thoughts, may be best.
When we are we'll on our way
toward the home-stretch, the
light man electrocutes us by
saying, Sorry, there are shad-
ows in that. Well have to try
again." Hellsbells and Christ
mas trinkets! You can see that
the goings on at Culver City
make it no place for the fellow
who boasts he'll "try anything
once" If one wants to be Alice.
in-Movieland, one will do it
"again and again."
More focusing. The camera
men welcome the interruption
to do a little more experiment.
ing. Finally we are off on a
new gallop when the sound
man stops us. Sorry, didn't
get that last" In the pause
the director achieves an inspi-
ration. There is a general con-
ference.
When. we finally begin the
scene again for recording, the
actors have said their lines so
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16
SUSPECT NAMED
IN H|JACk|NG

Police radios went into action
early today in an effort to trap
a suspect in connection with the
theft of a truck loaded with
cigarettes valued at $4,000, fol-
lowing a report that an automo-
bile listed to the man was seen
at Eleventh and H SITS. N. w.
The truck hijacking took place
on June 20, near the Virginia
North Carolina line.
In connection with it Virginia
State police sent a lookout" for
Mark Boyd, "a. who was said to
be armed and probably riding in
a new eight-cylinder automobile.
Early today detectives and scout
cars sped to Eleventh and H St.
following a report from a foot
patrolman. Roads leading from
the city were guarded following
the radio broadcast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16

will have to stand for a good
deal worse. Well, after I
begin to feel slightly less
poppy, the announcement
comes, Camera, o. K" Where
upon, we all brighten and look
like the prize Sunday School
class. That's over" we think.
Next come the lights. It is
necessary to stand again while
the lights are tried out, for it
Is absolutely essential that they
cast no shadows in the wrong
places. It takes from three
quarters Of an hour to an hour
and a half to get the lights
behaving as they should.
If the movie characters are
supposed to be young and
beautiful, the light men have
a more difficult time and the
harder and longer this process
is. Gosh, I ought to be popular
with the light boys! 1t may in
terest you to know that three
is always a good or bad side to
ones face or figure. It is, con-
sequently, necessary to find out
and exploit this selling side.
IntOlerabIe
I know you are already sur.
prised because you can't believe
that we don't go gaily about al
lowing the cameras to catch as
catch can. AS AL JolSon says,
"You amt heard nothin'." When
the lights are pronounced salts
factory, the lines are next said to
the sound. It is important to
know how the voice is register
ing.
The intricate mechanism Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16
STRIKE REV|SES
CUMMINGS TRIP

Because Of the general strike
in San Francisco, Attorney Cen
eral Homer S. Cummings will not
make an inspection of the new
prison at Alcatraz Island while
en- route to Honolulu.
In making this statement, Mr..
Cummings said he will visit the
prison on his return to Washing
ton. The Attorney General will
be accompanied by Mrs. Cum
mings, Harry w. Blair, Assistant
Attorney General, and Mrs. Blair;
and Mrs. Stanley Reed. They
will leave at 11:40 p. m. next
Saturday and expect to return
to Washington the latter part of
next month.
The visit to Hawaii will be In
connection with certain condem-
nation proceedings pending in the
island, and other legal matters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16
my: OWN STORY"
By Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler the funniest e0omun in America,
born in small torn in Canada After series of ups
and doVns the STAGE she decided that IN order to
achieve success must keep her troubles to herself
Her first big success Utilize Nightmare, Uhich
sent her on the road to hats th ostrich feathers
long as any in Newport" Then came reUerSeS on the
stage and in her financial Investments She learned that
no "Uice" is as bad "Gdvce."
Despite pleas and EARNINGS, she set out for Hollywood
qrthout contract and pounded the pGvemets searching
for Job. Her first opportunity came as she 'cGs Z"
desperate financial straits With Polly Moran, she
tqblished the game of "Give and Take" Ohch brought
her temporary success.
After bad gear, her ship GrriUed uth her perform
ouce in ANNA Christie" She bought house IN Holly
1vood and took delight in planning meals using her ow
recipes aOich she describes She also tells Of the heart
aches behind the filming of pictures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16
HOT WEEKEND
BRINGS DEATH

Accidents on the water near
Washington this weekend caused
one death and two serious in
juries. One case Of sunstroke was
reported near the city.
Legend agreed with the Weather
Bureau that cooling rains are
not in sight. Yesterday was St.
swithin's Day, and, according to
tradition, If it rains on st.
Swithin's Day it will rain for 40
days. Otherwise a dry spell is
in prospect. And there was no
rain.
Drowned in Severn
Drowning yesterday claimed
the life of Charles Herlph, Of
Baltimore, in the Severn River
near St. Helena's Island. Other
bathers saw Mr.. Herlph sink, but
efforts to recover the body failed.
Weldon Pemberton, SO, of
Cayton Ave-, Del Ray. Va, is in
Georgetown University Hospital,
his spine fractured.
The branch of a tree broke
under his weight and he fell into
shallow waters of the Northwest
Branch near Hyattsville. The
Prince Georges county rescue
squad brought him to the hos
pital.
Mr.. Pemberton, who had visited
the Bellevue Farms near Hyatts-
vile with friends, had climbed
the tree intending to jump from
the limb into the creek but the
limb broke and he fell head first.
Back May Be Broken
Miss Agnes Wendell, of Stone
wall Park, Gainesville, Nd, is in
the Emergency Hospital at Anna
polls with possible broken back.
She slipped while diving from a
springboard on Severn Oak Road,
fell on her back, was knocked un-
conscious, and fell in the water.
While running an errand at
the Manor Park Country Club,
Harold Flick, 81, of the 1900
block Chesapeake St. N. w., was
overcome by sunstroke. DR.. Frank
Broschart, club physician, gave
first aid and Mr.. Flick was then
taken to Emergency Hospital. His
condition is not believed serious.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16

CHAPTER VIII.
{ When a picture finally flick
ers off to orchestral accompani.
ment of Hearts and Flowers"
in the splendid setting Of our
palatial movie houses, 1t all
seems spontaneous, but there
has been plenty Of combustion
before.
Believe me, the glare Of the
Klieg lights is ruinous to the
eyes and to the disposition. No
other trying details are needed.
but there are always plenty OF
them.
Before one gets round shout
dered carrying bank books, there
is much to be suffered and
learned. To begin with, 1t is
necessary to memorize the scene
which is to be played.
Expertly written material is
30 cued that it is fairly easy to
get, but sometimes there are
jaw-breaking combinations and
word ARRANGEMENTS which are
very trying to an experienced
actor Just as a singer must have
q proper arrangement of vowels
in order to get the best tones.
Well, whether the stuff is
good or bad or whether we like
It or not. we recite it to our
selves and everybody who will
listen until we are perfect in our
own estimation. Then we start
to rehearSe and everything goes
like a train on rails, We are on
our tip-toes. We know this is
going to be the best picture yet.
Exacting Talkies
We are extremely careful be-
cause although words can some
times be Slurred and slips COW
cred on the stage, the talkies
have a way of exaggerating any
fault. AS a result the work Of a
movie actress must be much
more polished and finished than
that Of any performer on the
legitimate stage. Few realize
this and it will be news even to
many actors.
When we are ready and "juSt
rarin' to co." the director says,
Nov we'll take it," We feel at
our best, our costumes are fresh,
our makeup right on the spotted
line, our voices clear, our bodies
as glowing as morning tubs can
make them.
Men are hurrying about us,
big electric light wires are trail
ing here and there. The air is
pervaded with so much ant1ci.
patton that you could put gravy
on it and eat it.
First, the camera is focused.
For this procedure the prin-
cipals either stand within range
or have somebody stand for
them. I usually do all my own
standing.
Before the picture is over
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16
EBULLITT ROMANCE DENIED
Miss Leland, Aide Of
President, Sorry to
Dodge Scribes

NEW YORK. July 16 U.N.S0.
Marguerite L h a n d, President
Roosevelt's secretary, came back
from Europe on the Leviathan to-
day lawfully sorry" she made the
reporters play a game Of hide-and.
seek.
When the liner Manhattan, on
which she crossed June "a, re-
turned here it was reported Miss
LELAND had gone up to Moscow
to see Ambassador william c. Bull
lit and that romance was in the
air. She said at the pier here:
mot q word of truth in II.
I didn't leave Paris"
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0 lS,I. I1oeErs B Mrzas ToaAooo Co
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$IOO,OOO Allotted
Resources Board

Public Works Administrator
Harold L. Ickes today announced
an allotment of 100000 to the
recently established National Re-
sources Board.
An allotment of $4,000 was also
announced for the oil regulation
division of the Department of
Interior as additional funds for
enforcement of the petroleum code
under the National Industrial Re
covery Act.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16
d. G.. Heads May Join
Governors PUrLeU

One Of the District Commits
sioners may become q member Of
the Conference Of Governors, the
organization of State chief execu.
tives which meets annually to dis
cuss questions of policy and ad-
miniStration.
Former Gov. Carey Hardee, Of
Florida, secretary of the confer
ence, recently called on Commits.
sioner Allen at the District Build
ing, suggesting that the District
be included in the roster of States
represented at the conference. He
invited the Commissioner to at
tend the next conference, at
Mackinac Island, Mich, July 26.
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many times and gone back and
jumped and received so many
instructions, that they can't re-
member their lines. This time
we are allowed full authorship
for the fault. It is brought
home to us that the delay is
all ours.
Ct We old-timers take it with an
alleged grin-the young ones
with not so good a grace. By
this time nobody feels as if he
had a feather left to fly with.
The only consolation is that it
happens to everybody, novices
and veterans alike, but it hurts
just the same when it happens
to you.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1884. King Features
syndicate. Jnc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-07
FATHERS FORGIVENESS

THERE is something tragicaly revealing
Il about the plant Of that Oklahoma gen
tleman whose son is being held in connection
with the death Of a University Of Oklahoma
coed.
I was stern, strict father, says this man.
I told my boys expected them to stay out
OF trouble see my mistake now. I should
have told them 70 DO everything possible to
avoid trouble. but if they got in trouble to
come first to me-"
In this simple and pathetic statement We
have a repetition Of the cry that parents have
been making for generation after generation
"a cry born Of the wisdom which heartbreak
brings too late.
over and over again, sorrowing human
beings have had to learn by bitter experience
that there can be no substitute for sympa-
thetic and comradely understanding.
Youth needs wise advice and it needs in
teLigent discipline; but most Of all it needs
that taken-for- granted fellowship which is the
final refuge when advice has been ignored and
discipline has been fouted.
A man has a son, and he would give his
very soul to bring the youngster safely past
the myriad pitfalls that lie along youths path.
He tells the boy, as clearly as he can, what
those pitfalls are. and how they can be
avoided, and he let's the young man see how
greatly father relies on son to get by them
unframed
But, because youth is youth, every now and
then some youngster comes to grief. And
when ne sees what he has done and thinks
OF the blow that knowledge of it will be to
his father, he is appalled,; and he says some
thing ike this:
4 am in Jam, and if tell my father he
viii be heart broken; or he will be scornful
because have not had the strength to do as
he advised me to do. So I will say nothing.
and I will try to get myself out Of this fix
before he finds out what has happened"
And then, all too often, fumbling and
panic-stricken youth simply makes bad
matter infinitely worse and brings the world,
at last, down about his ears, and spoils things
beyond fixing.
Being parent brings a person many
grave responsibilities. But none is greater
than this: To keep, always, above the dis
ciplnarian and the adviser, a friend whose
forgiveness and understanding are beyond
measure.
For youth will make mistakes in spite OF
all we do. When that happens the parents
real job begins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-07
ANIMAL AND MAN

THE way some people can worry about the
Il suffering of animals and be quite I'M
moved by the suffering of humans is strange
social phenomenon.
In Red Bank, N. J., there was a jobless
housepainter who was destitute. For two
days neither he nor his wife, had had any,
thing to eat. Furthermore, his wife was sick.
Now it happened that three homeless kit
tens, equally starved, attached themselves
TO his house at that time. Their hungry
yowlng was more than he could stand, so
he put them in a sack and took them to the
town hall. asking that they be disposed of.
But the town couldn't do It unless he paid
SO fee, which he lacked; so he took them far
out into the woods and turned them loose.
And an agent for humanitarian society,
who had trailed him all the way, promptly
had MIN arrested for cruelty to animals.
Luckily, the judge before whom he was
arraigned was man Of sense. He immedi-
ately dismissed the case and referred the
man to the county relief officer But what
do you think OF the mentality which caused
the mans arrest?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-07
CHICAGO POLICE ACTIVITY

THE Chicago police department, when you
stop to think about it, appeared in a
rather strange light in connection with the
death Of John Dilinger.
Dillinger was caught and killed in Chicago
by federal men. assisted by detectives from
an Indiana suburb The Chicago officers
played no part either in the tracking down of
the gunman or in his execution. The federal
men seem to have worked independently, from
choice. all the way through
It was only after everything was finished
that the Chicago police got busy. And then
they accomplished-just what? Well, they
revealed to the public (and also to Dillinger's
pals the identity Of the woman who is sup
posed to have led Dilinger into the trap. They
did this over the objection of the federal men.
at a time when no conceivable good could be
accomplished by it.
All in ALL it is hardly record to fill Chi
cagoan with pride.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-07
DALI DIVORCE CASE
BRINGS PROTEST
By Disguised

BY Disguised.
Regardless Of the fact that the
horrendous cry Of fashioned
will be raised against me and
against this letter, I feel I can not
let the Anna Roosevelt Dali divorce
pass without entering a violent
protest.
How can a woman be so heart
less as to divorce her husband when
it means depriving her children Of
the company of their father for at
least half Of the time unless that
husband is a drunkard or a brute?
That Mrs. Roosevelt-Dau does
not consider her husband a drunk
ard or a brute, despite the fact that
she left him casually, is shown by
the fact she sent her children to
him in Chicago shortly after the
divorce.
With such examples in high
places, is it odd that we have a
drunken, jazz-crazy, easy-divorciEg
group of young parents, bringing
up children to a future that only
God can foresee?
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avenged, who was to pay the funeral
costs? Not any Of these aforemen-
toned interested crowds; no, not
them. But they were far out in
front with their criticism for the
family when they understood they
we're to cash in on the publicity
racket"
After having been submitted to all
the indignities known to mankind,
what further was there to suffer on
that score. And there still re-
manned the expense. I notice the
self-same self-righteous editors were
among the most caustic critics. I
wonder what they would have done
under the same circumstances?