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Evening star., 1934-11-23

hour . motion pictures will be taken
of the guests as they stroll don't rum
into the Pennsylvania avenue entrance
at o'clock, by Arrow-Collar Arthur
De Titta's Movietone crew. George
Jessel will be there to introduce the
48, or thereaboutS, acts" Julian
Brylawsky will make at least one
speech. and there's a chance-still
only a slim one-that Bebe Daniels
and Ben Lyon will come down from
New York for the event "a talk with
them last night over the phone indicat-
ed that they would do all in their power
to get away from some business which
is keeping them pretty close to their
New York home plate. but If things
move swiftly in the right way they'll
hop plane and be with US even If
they don't come their intentions were
very honorable.
GARTER TATE BARRON. JR., eel
~ ebrated his first birthday ami
versary not too quietly yesterday at
The Kennedy Warren.
DON'T forget that Shirley Ross, who
- is playing in George Jessels re-
view at the Fox this week, has ap-
peared in several motion pictures, no
tably Manhattan Melodrama," and
is very much worth inspecting.
NO. MRS. GEORGE JEssEL Norma
~ Talmadge) is not here
The Army will celebrate tonight at
a performance OF Filtration Walk"
given in its honor by the local Warner
firm. There'll be more generals pres
ent than you can shake stick at.
"
DEBECCA TARWATER has with
IN drawn from the cast of IA Be
low" Helen Shields has succeeded to
the role.
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The Takoma Theater has installed
the new sonotone system for deaf
people-the same kind that you'll flnd
in the loges at Loew's Fox.
Evening star., 1934-11-23
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National - Walter Hampden In
"Richelieu," tonight at $3.50 pm.
Palace-"Painted Veil," at II am,
los, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and GAS pm.
Filtration Walk" at II am,
l:40, 4:25, 7:05 and $50 pm. Stage
shows at 1880, 3:35, $40 and 9 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Marie Galante," at
1o:45 am, 1:35, 4:25. tbs and 1905
pm. Stage shows at 1920, $40, 6
and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Madame Du Barry"
at 11:35 am, 1:40. $40, $40, 7:45
and GAS pm.
R-K-O-Keith's-"C at II "a
am, 1874, 3:34, 5:34, 7:34 and 9:34
pm.
Columbia-"Merry Widow" at II
am, l:20, 800, 5:25, 7:3o and s:35
pm.
Tivoli-"The Cats Paw" at 2, 3:55,
$50, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Ambassador-"Ageo of Innocence" at
6:15, 8 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-23
JEAN HARLOW
JOINS POWELL
AND MISS 10y
Will Be Seen in ''Wife
Versus Secretnry''; Ab.
hey Players Coming.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.


YEAN HARLOW has joined the
Bill Powell-Myrna 10y team.
She will be seen with the popu-
~ lar stars of The Thin Man"
and Evelyn Prentice" in the
screen version of Faith Baldwins new
novel, wife Versus Secretary"
This more or less skaters the
theory that Jean was to 60 ahead
starring simply in her own right, and
that she would need support only
from her Gables and other strong
men. It also more or less skaters
the theory of the one-woman or the
one-man starring system, which by
the way has been dropped by most
of the studios. A year or so ago
any studio would have laughed out
loud if you told them that Joan
Crawford, Robert Montgomery and
Clark Gable would all appear in one
picture C"Forsaking All Others"-Fox
or Palace-soonD.
GILBERT MILLER is coming to
Washington. not only once or
twice. but even thrice. Word was re-
ceived late yesterday from c. P.
Greneker of New York that Mr. Miller,
in association with Lee Shubert. will
produce j. B. Priestley's new play,
"Laburnum Grove" on New Year eve
at the National here. Many members of
the original cast, who had roles in this
play in London, have been engaged for
the American production.
II X X X
THE title of Ina Claire's new play,
which Mr.. Miller will offer at the
National the week of December 10, Is
'Ode to Liberty" (Sidney Howard
adapted the play from the French), ,
and Walter Slezak, who made such
hit in Music in the Air" will play
opposite Miss Claire.
GOOD NEWS-the Abbey Theater
Players are coming! Although at
present these popular Dubliners are
too much of hit to get away from
their Broadway moorings, letter re-
Ceived this am. from Fred Jordan
(estimable press mogul for these play
ers) indicate that we may expect a
visit from them some time during the
Winter.
Remember what hit they were two
years at the National?
e 4 NNE OF GREEN GABLES" comes
"A to R-K-O Keith's Thanksgiving
day.
MARGALO GILMORE has succeed
ed Ruth Weston in the leading
feminine role in Valley Forge and
will open in the role at the National
next Monday night.
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RURTON HOLMES talk on Soviet
Russia was so successful last Sun
day that it will not only be repeated
Sunday afternoon, December 2, but
it will be given in full again that
night. incidentally, that was Mr..
Holmes in the second row at the Ma
tional last Monday night giving Wal
ter Hampden great big hand.
CEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY
- ONE people will attend that Vari-
ETY. Club banquet and entertainment
tomorrow night at the Willard. High
lights-The banquet (not necessarily
the eating) will be broadcast over
WJSV from 1920 on for at least an
Evening star., 1934-11-23
PLAYERS REORGANIZE.

The Wesley Heights Players re-
organized Wednesday evening. with
William A. Roberts as chairman.
Plans were made to give a full-length
melodrama in January or February,
with Melvin D. Hildreth directing.
A one-act play will feature each
monthly meeting of the organization,
to be held at the Wesley Heights
Community Club.
E. Barrett Prettyman addressed
the players on his experience with
the Montgomery Players, and Mrs.
Charles McInniS told Of some Of
the problems successfully solved by
the Mask and Cue Club, with which
she is associated.
The Junior Wesley Heights Players
Evening star., 1934-11-23
MAGICIANS ENTERTAIN.

Members of the National Capital
Ring, No. 81, International Brother
hood of Magicians, will entertain
the children of st. Vincent's Home,
Fourth and Charming streets north
east, with a full hour half
program of magic tonight at 7:30.
This Is the first show of the Win
ter season and every institution Of
its kind in the city will be visited
These entertainments are to be given
each Friday night. November 80 a
Evening star., 1934-11-23
Civic Federation to Elect.

Annual election Of officers will fea-
ture the monthly meeting Of the Fed
Grafton Of Civic Associations meet
ing tonight at 8 O'Clock, w. w.
Hall, the corresponding secretary, an
nounced. A representative of the
Community Center Department will
speak.
Evening star., 1934-11-23
FLAGS AND LIGHTS.

Martial music, waving flags and
brilliant lights will add color to the
Army premiere" at 8:45 tonight at
the Earle Theater, when Filtration
Walk" will be viewed by q distin-
guished group of Army officials and
their guests, invited to attend the
evening performance by General Zone
Manager John r. Fayette.
Evening star., 1934-11-23
Risk Lives for Dead Dog.

Risking their lives, three men
crawled through an 800-foot tunnel
in an abandoned coal mine near Bar
mouth, England, to save a dog which
had fallen 200 feet down a shaft, but
they found the animal dead.
Evening star., 1934-11-23

performance will be given at st.
Johns Orphanage. 1922 F street
northwest.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
RECORD IN HOME
LOANS FORESEEN
League Official AnaIyzes
Prospects for 81, 900, 900,
600 Lending Campaign.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, August 1.-THE largest
number of American families ever
receiving loans from building and loan
associations in q single year viii be
added TO the borrowing list Of these
institutions during the coming IL
months. This prediction was made
here today by Morton Bodfish, execu-
tive vice president Of the United States
Building and Loan League, in an
analysis Of the prospects for the as
sociations' 81 200 .ooo, 900 home lend
ing campaign, announced q few days
before the housing act was signed
Close TO 100000 families are ex-
pected TO be granted loans by the
IL 900 such institutions in all States
of the Union. he said. The record for
number of loans in any previous year
was reached in 1928, when $4,000
individuals borrowed from these in
stitutions
Several factors are combining 10
make the 1895 borrower list the long
est in our l04 years history" said
Mr.. Bodfish. In 1928 the associa-
bAutth lOhtlcu SAslOosVVVtVVVf ntbic
more than we contemplate putting
out during this period. But the de-
mand Is going to be for smaller sums
than is was in 1928.
Realty Prices Lower.
"The price Of real estate is lower
than it was then and accordingly
every home purchased will require q
smaller loan from the financing agency
than the same home would have re-
quired six and seven years ago. Much
refinancing still remains TO be done
and perhaps 25o,000 of the families
which will borrow from us during the
coming year will be getting that type
of loan. Such advances are usually
In smaller amounts than the $500
loan which was the average in the
previous peak year of our lending op-
erations.
Most important of all the factors Il
the predominance which loans fol-
undermining, repairs and recondition-
ing of existing houses will have in the
Evening star., 1934-08-11

lending program. The Housing Ad-
ministration In particularly interested
In encouraging modernization loans
I'D 10 $4,000. but no higher. II will
not give its 20 per cent insurance TO
any remodeling loan for greater
amount. Building and loan associa-
tions win not stand back from max
ing moderntxatfon loans for larger
amounts, because In a1i cases where
the borrower Is q sound risk and ex-
perience dictates that the renodeling
win enhance the value Of the property
sufnciently, we intend to provide
financing. The consensus Of tudg-
ment seems TO be. however, that the
average family viii not obligate itself
for more than $4,000 on this type of
improvement ut this time.
No Reductions Taken Place.
THE only type Of loans which win
average as large in individual amounts
as they did six years ago win be home
construction loans. To date, no sub
stantial reduction In the price Of
building has taken place and the most
recent indices on wholesale prices OF
building materials show some of the
items mounting still closer to their
boom time levels than o month ago
So we can expect our average con-
struction loan to be between $500
and 5000, but the number Of those
will be far outweighed by the smaller
loans. As q result of all these factors,
the 1000 900. 900 which we expect to
advance during the coming year will
serve the needs of nearly twice as
many home owners and would-be
home owners as the similar sum did
In 1928.
Our financing program Is going tc
pay considerable attention to the
Evening star., 1934-08-11
NEW PARKING LOT
TO Be ESTABLISHED
Structures at 5l1-515 Twelfth
Street to Be Razed to Make
Way for Enterprise.

Another automobile parking lot viii
be established in downtown Washing
ton shortly after September /, when
the Auto City Parking Co.. operators
of similar establishments here, In
Baltimore and in Detroit, RACES the
present structures at 5ll-ll u -l3-lS
Twelfth street.
The parking concern leased the
property from the c. H. Amusement
Co, Inc. for five-year term
through the firm Of Shannon 81
Luchs. The Auto City Parking Co.
operates IL parking lots in Baltimore
and so in Detroit. 1t has heen in
the parking business since 1915,
when it established its first lot IN
Detroit.
Other properties leased through
Shannon a. Luchs included 733 Thir-
teenth street, three-story business
building. to Julian r. Fielden for the
owner, Gerson Nordlinger, for use as
modern shoe-repair shop; l0ll
Thirteenth street, to Robert Rosen
for use as a luncheonette. for the
owners, s. Taylor, J. zarin and Y.
Norman; 17l9 wisconsin avenue, to
Edwin r. Talbot for Frances e. Forst,
guardian, for q retail beverage store;
744 Ninth street, to Sanitary Grocery
Co. for a long term for the Washing
ton City Orphan Asylum, owners; the
second and third floors Of the L'Aiglon
Building at Eighteenth and Columbia
road TO Mrs. Clara Miller Carle for
use as a dancing studio; 1909 O
street to Tuttle's, Inc, as a millinery
store, for the Brownley Trust, repre-
sented by the Metropolitan Bank; s37
Pennsylvania avenue to L. E. Tross-
back for the John Bright Shoe Stores;
second floor of the new building for
r. w. woolworth Co.. on the north
west corner of Seventh and / streets
to Home Beneficial Association as a
general insurance business; 723
Eleventh street for workman's Union
Association, owner, to S. M. Corn
wall as a book store; 1929 street,
in the Chandler Building, to the Fed
eral-American Co. as its office. and
2127 Eighteenth street to S. Fisher for
Frank Killian as a cleaning and dye
ing store.
Evening star., 1934-08-11

matter of encouraging people 20 buy
existing homes. II has been true in
the past that people didn't really start
any definite movement toward build
ing more houses until there was q
real boom In the sales Of homes. At
least 275,0o0 families should be pro-
vided with home purchase loans dur
ing this year. with the average loan
OF this type around $4,000.
Loans which the associations have
been granting for the past three
months. during which period a con-
siderable increase in lsIiding has ap-
peared, show the tendency toward
more borrowers and smaller loans.
The average loan In the States report
ing thus far has been for about 81 $50,
not quite half Of the average which
was characteristic Of the loans In our
last boom lending year."
Evening star., 1934-08-11
PLAN HOME REPAIRS
900 in Yonkers, N. Y, District
Will Use Own Funds.

YONKERS. N. Y, August ll.-Be-
sides the $500 home owners who are
ready to borrow funds from the Fed
eral Government under the terms Of
the national housing act for repairs,
900 plan repairs in the near future
with their own funds. Arthur d.
Lawrence. Yonkers chairman of the
Federal commission which viii ad-
minister the act, revealed this fact
together with other results of a sur
vey of homes recently completed.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
RlX HOTEL LEASED

A. ]. Connolly Takes Five-Year
Contract Through Throckmorton.
The Rix Hotel. e-story masonry
structure at COS F street, was leased
this week for q period Of five years
TO A. J. Connolly for Mrs. Georgia A,
Ricks, the owner. The lease was han
died by William NJ. Throckmorton,
real estate agent.
Mr.. Connolly plans to operate the
building as an apartment hotel.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
Refinishing Paper Walls.

Papered walls that are worn or
soiled may be successfully refinished
with a single coat Of water paint. It
is important to glue down tightly any
loose edges of the paper before the
work is begun. An ample supply for
the whole wall space should be mixed
at the same time.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
Corn Meal Used in Paint.

BY mixing corn meal with paint
before applying 1t, rough imitation
sanded finish can be obtained. Only
the coarser grains Of meal should be
used. The fine particles can be sifted
out. AS the corn meal is of approx
mately the same density as the paint,
1t stays suspended in the mixture.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
KAY'S WINDOW ROBBED
Thieves Smash Glass and Escape
Loot Value Waits Check.

Thieves last night smashed show
window of Kay's jewelry store in the
400 block Of Seventh street and took
an undetermined amount Of jewelry
Sylvan Powdermaker, manager Of
the store, who reported the theft, said
a check-up would be completed later
to determine the value of the property
taken.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
LAND COMPANY FORMED
Washington and Maryland Devsl-
opers incorporate.

BALTIMORE. August II (speciaD /.
George 8. Butt and Ds~id r. Fort.
jr.. both of Washington. and Robert
L. McKeever and silver spring, Nd,
have incorporated the land De-
velopers Of Maryland. Inc, silver
Spring.
The capital stock consists Of 100
shares common stock. no par value,
and the corporation Is authorized TO
deal in real estate of all kinds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27
Beer, Clubs, Eats, Etc.

It will be interesting to note as the date draws near what the outcome of Satur- days meeting of forty clubs, or more, who have had their liquor permits re- voked because they do not maintain din- ing rooms, will be. From a political aspect as the state election campaign be- gins to wax warm it even affords even greater conjecture as to just where the lightning will strike If we were to voice our guess, both parties will have some tall explaining to sidestep the argument.
 Included in the list are the local Turn Verein and Concordia Singing societies, who alone are affiliated with state organ izations representing some fifty thousand, or more, German members, or members of German extraction This is group alone that neither party can afford to ignore, if it is desirous of receiving a preponderance of the votes on election day. Under the present conditions prob ably the onus of the argument rests with the democratic party, in as much as the offending liquor commission was appoint ed by Governor Cross.
 However to expect any relief from the other side of the house should State Attor- ney Hugh M. Alcorn be elected governor is the sheerest stretch of imagination possl- ble in view of this executives strict ad- herence to the letter of the law. Yet, on the other hand, the present commissions dictum scarcely coincides with what was formerly thought to be Cross liberalism. So, anyway you take it the dilemma per sists and, as we said above, it will be interesting to see how party traders wiggle out, or waggle in-dub their drive, so to speak.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27
More Light

Probably not one home in hundred has enough base plugs for portable lamps, says Dr Matthew Ltckiesh of the National Electric Light Association, who has been spending years in study of proper light ing with regard to the saving of human sight. Few homes have enough light in kitchen and basement.
 Women who grub around in dim kit chens and murky laundries are amazed at the difference in ease and comfort when they substitute strong bulbs in the right places for small ones in the wrong sit uations. Even more astonishing is the fact that this difference in working con- ditions can be made at so small expense. This is one of the points, to be looked to when planning for federal renovating. It isn't good sense to waste time, temper and eyesight working in the dark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27
A Thought for Today
"Crack-Up"

The assurances of official Washington almost simultaneous with the announce ment of the resignation of General Hugh s. Johnson as MIRA administrator, that sweeping reorganization" may be imme- diately forthcoming with even the dis carding of the alphabetical menac- we have come to like, if for nothing else than brevity, is not so good. It is ques- tionable whether the temper of the Amer ican people about to endure an even greater Valley Forge, this, the fourth winter of the depression, is in any mood to listen to any more ideal gymnasts tell them what they should have, but utterly fail other than by means of what hand outs help them to attain
 The Democrat, we think, is not alone in arriving at this conclusion. We have felt it long since, but lest we should seem too prone to hurl the monkey-wrench, have patiently refrained from criticism while MIRA was on trial. However, we think it is time to have done with experiment and let good old American horse-sense, if no! economically perfect, according to the professors, once more assert itself. Con- mon sense, whether applied to business, ir1ustry or anything for that matter, is ab0U the only common dlvlsOr that will ue each and every emergency. There ms t to be made universal economic garA- stick.
 General Hugh S. Johnson, who fifteen months ago was going to "crack-down'' on everyone who did not adhere to the strict letter of the alphabetical diet pre- scribed in Washington, starting with MIRA, has instead "cracked-up'. So will any one man institution who tries to handle the economic destiny of country as diversified as the United States. To fool with it, revamp it, or revise it any further is waste of time It has lost its initial zip and any alteration, addition, or the like can be nothing better than makeshift. That's second hand, and like anything second hand, poor buy.
 The handwriting appeared on the wall as early as last November, some business men will tell you Yet it did not become quite definite that MIRA was not hitting on all eight until late spring, or early summer, when the stimulus of CWA winter was abandoned. Thus it is grad ually dawning upon the people of this country that while they are for the most part more than willing to be their brothers keepers, yet there must even come an end to that. In other words, Washington, states, cities, welfare and charitable funds cannot make this country function from business point of view. There isn't enough business among us all put together to keep the wheels of in- dustry properly turning for six months out of twelve, so that they will take care of everyone. The long and short of it is, we have got to get business elsewhere; namely, foreign trade, apparently as for gotten as the forgotten man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27
Model Of Good Will

The United States and Canada joined hands recently to dedicate restored Fort Niagara, at the foot of Lake Erie; and while the colorful ceremonies drew much public attention, the whole occasion really jShould have been impressed on our atten- Hon even more strongly. For this cele- &rstion emphasized familiar but still urofoundly important fact; namely, that <be long frontier between Canada and the United States has been unfortified for 1l7
 n world that bristles with interna- <Idnal fears and rivalries, here are two <rsnt nations SO supremely confident that <|oy win keep the peace with each other <Hcf fley let their joint frontier go en- <IrsIy undefeated. It is unique achieve. .1cnf in international relations, and restor. slon of the old bastlons of Fort Niagara jn simuly d symbol of it. The people of
 <s fWo nations have g right to be exceed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27

lunch. Mrs Roosevelt, as fre- quently happens. began to ask questions.
 "All l want is a chance to york;" h. told her.
 Mrs Roosevelt had heard this before. Apparently, however, there was something about this youngster which convinced her, for she said:
 Here is my address and d dollar. Bring this card to my house tomorrow and I'll sec If ! can get you some work"
 The next evening rather late, Mrs Roosevelt was sitting in the ancestral home at Hyde Park when a secret service operator came in.
 There's a m outside who says you asked to see him, Mrs Roosevelt" he said. "He doesn't look very presentable."
 "Show him in," replied the first lady.
 And after a little telephoning she arranged an opening for him with a CCC camp in north ern New York.
 By this time, however, it was late. So much to the surprise of her guest, she told him that he could stay all night.
 "Go upstairs and take the first room on the left" she said.
 Next morning he was down early, anxious to get started to the scene of his new work. But the door was locked, and in the end he stayed to breakfast.
 He has turned ont to be ono of the best eco workers in that area.
 WISCONSIN EXPERIMENT
 Washington authorities are watching with keen interest a radio broadcasting experiment being conducted by Wisconsin. state famed for it's political and social pioneering.
 The state owns and operates two radio stations, which it runs not for profit-thougn they are self-supporting.