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Evening star., 1934-01-03

ence with the operation of the agri-
cultural adjustment act leads TO my
belief that thus far the experiment
of seeking a balance between pro-
duction and consumption is sue
ceeding and has made progress en-
tirely in line with reasonable eXpec-
tations toward the restoration OF
farm prices C parity. / continue
in my conviction that industrial
progress and prosperity can only be
attained by bringing the purchasing
power of that portion of our popu-
lation which in one form or another
is dependent upon agriculture up to
a level which will restore a proper
balance between every section of the
country and every form of work.
Program to Eliminate
Waste Is Outlined.
In this field, through carefully
planned flood control, power develop
ment and land Use policies. in the
Tennessee valley and in other great
watersheds. we are seeking the elm
ination of waste. the removal of poor
lands from agriculture and the en-
couragement of email local industries,
thuS 1urtnernR tnlS pTlNClpIe OF
better balanced national life. We
recognize the great ultimate cost of
the application of this rounded policy
to every part of the Union. Today
we are creating heavy obligations to
start the work and because of the
great unemployment needs Of the
moment. look forward, however, to
the time in the not distant future
when annual appropriations, wholly
covered by current revenue, will en-
able the work to proceed with ma
tional plan Such a national plan
will, in a generation or two. return
many times the money spent on it;
more important, it will eliminate the
use of inefficient tools, conserve and
increase natural resources, prevent
waste, and enable millions of our
people to take better advantages Of
the opportunities which God has
given our country.
I cannot unfortunately. present to
regarding world affairs.
The delegation representing the
United States has worked in close
cooperation Win the other Amer
lean republics assembled at Montevi-
dec to make that conference an out
standing success. We have, hope,
Evening star., 1934-01-03
Roll Call Takes 40 Minutes.

Speaker Rainey directed A. Z. Chat
fee, the reading clerk, to call the roll.
The bells rang, and the call continued
for 40 minutes or so.
So much noise was raised by the
members that Representative CrOsser
Democrat of Ohio demanded order.
Speaker Rainey raped his gayel, but
the members paid little attention. The
racket continued.
The roll was called more quickly in
the Senate and IS Senators answered.
Garner had to rap the gavel to ask
a stop to audible conversation" on the
floors and in the galleries.
Senators Carey and Austin an
pounced the deaths of their colleagues,
Senators Dale and Kendrick, and reSo-
buttons were adopted expressing the
sorrow of the Senate.
The Vice President laid before the
Senate a letter Of resignation from
former Senator Bratton OF New Mex
sco, who was appointed to the Federal
bench.
Senator Glass of Virginia presented
the credentials Of Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat, elected in the Fail to the un-
expired term Of former Senator Swan
son.
Evening star., 1934-01-03
AsSails Tax Evasion
Among Wealthy Group.

In the first category-a field which
does not involve violations of the
letter of our laws practices have
been brought to light which have
shocked those who believed that We
were in the past generation raising
the ethical standards of bust
ness They call for stringent pre-
ventive or regulatory measures. l
Evening star., 1934-01-03
SESSION OPENS
. with USUAL COLOR
brilliant Throng Attends Ger
! emOny-Tradition Goes
in Call by Phone.
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to scurry around at the last minute for
q card,
She was finally admitted through
Mrs Henry T. Rainey, the Speakers
wife, who said she could think Of
nothing more appropriate than that
the Speakers wife should share her
seat for the ceremony with a former
Speakers wife, even thoug.- they be-
long TO opposite political parties.
Speaker Rainey called the House to
order promptly at - o'clock with a
rap of his gavel.
Members in Gala Mood.
A half hour before time for the as
sembly. House members had gathered
on the floor of the chamber, shook
hands. and back slapped each other.
They created a regular din
The ramp from the vel of the
House to the rOStrum was covered with
a dark purple cloth.
Representative Mary T Norton Dem
Ocrat. of New Jersey, wearing black
silk dress and orchids on her left shoul-
der. sat with Mrs Isabella GreenWay,
Democrat, Of Arizona, present to take
her oath of office
A special row of chairs was placed in
the well for the cabinet and Supreme
Court members.
At the other end of the Capitol Vice
President Garner called the Senate to
order ct the same time the House con-
vened.
The Senate's galleries were nearly
filed. despite the fact most of the open
ing-day crowds concentrated on the
House side for the Joint session.
Before the gayel fell, Democrats and
Republicans greeted each other after
. the long recess.
BrOOkhart on Floor.
Former Senator Brookhart of Iowa
was among the non-memberS on the
floor
Senator Thomas. Democrat of Okla
homa. an initiation leader, appeared IN
morning dress setting oil strlklngly his
Wavy white hair.
Senators Fletcher. Democrat, CT
Florida, next to the Oldest in point OF
service; Carey, Republican, Of Wyoming,
and McGill. Democrat, OF Kansas, also
wore morning dress.
Ferdinand Pecora, Banking Commit
tee investigator, occupied seat in the
members gallery.
The Rev. Ze Barney T. Phillips. Senate
chaplain, offered prayer asking that the
President and the Congress be graced
with the wisdom Of God and directed
through the tangled maze Of time
The Rev. James Shera Montgomery,
chaplain, delivered the opening prayer
on the House side. while the men,
bers stood as well IS the spectators in
the galleries.
Every seat in the galleries was taken.
while scores OF people sat on the steps.
Representative ByrnS Of Tennessee,
the Democratic leader. sat at the table
on the maJOrjtys side.
Representative Smell OF New York,
the Republican leader, sat behind the
minority table across from the middle
aisle of the chamber
Evening star., 1934-01-03
Half Dozen Cars Used.

President proceeded to the Speaker 5
Office lust off the House floor.
Evening star., 1934-01-16

Still a silent start"
contract, as it delayed her opportunity
to enter pictures. and she is sorry that
she made her first films in the East
because she thinks a Hollywood debut
gives a player more prestige.
Cecil De Mile. who recently selected
Claudette Colbert to play the lead in
above.
his next picture. cleopatra" has a lot
more flattering things to say about the
star than her own opinions quoted
above.
One thing that is particularly inter-
eSting is the fact that he says he chose
her for the part not because he thinks
she is a great beauty, but because he
thinks she has the quality in her eyes
and face necessary to suggest the char
acter and personality of Cleopatra.
Beauty is always secondary con-
sideration with me in casting a pic
ture" says De Mile. 'for the truly
beautiful woman is the one who sug-
gestS it in her character"
Lupe Velez cast with Ted Healy and
Nat Pendleton as comic relief in a pic
ture should be something!
Playing the part of a cook in shrimp
camp, Lupe will have the two come
dians as her suitors in M.-G.-M's pic
ture In Old louisiana"
Copyright. 1894 by North American News
paper Alliance. 1ncD
Evening star., 1934-01-16
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

NationaE"Biography," at $50 pm.
Gayety-"Joy Girls" at II noon. 2:15
and BIS pm.
Palace-"Roman Scandals" at II 40
am. 40, $40, $40, TAO and $40 pm.
Rialto-"By Candlelight" II am,
1880, 2:35, 4:25, 6:l5, 8 and $50 pm.
L0ew's FOx-"As Husbands Co." at
II am, l:40, 4.30, 7:20 and 10 pm.
Stage. shows at 1910, $3.50. $40 and
9:05 pm.
Columbia-"The Silk Express" at
40 am, l:25, 3:05, 4:50, $40, BIS
and 10 pm.
Metropolitan-"Cradle Song" at Ii
am. l2;45, 2:35, 4:20, Sos, 7:55 and
GAS pm.
R-K-O Keith's - "Meanest Gal in
Town." at :33 am, 1:19, sos, 4:51,
6:37, 1928 and 1000 pm.
Earie-"Hi, Nellie" at 1880 am,
las. 4:40. 7:25 and $50 pm. Stage
shows, Wheeler and Woolsey and Dor
othy Lee in person, at II: :55, so, 40
and pm.
Tivoli-"Duck Soup" at 2;55, 4:25,
6:l0, 8 and 9:45 pm.
Ambassador-"Hi, Nellie" at Sis, 8
and 9:45 pm
Evening star., 1934-01-16
CAPTURES OCTOPUS
Californian Beats Nine-Foot Fish
to Death.

SAN RAFAEL. Calf. January 16
tP).-In a struggle with a nine-foot
octopus. Louis Mezzera. 40year- r-old
San Rafael shoe merchant dubbed it
to death near Point Reyes yesterday.
Mezzera was wading in about three
feet of water searching for abalones
whsn the octopus wrapped a tentacle
aEound his leg. He killed it with the
automobile spring he had been using
to pry rocks in the abalone hunt. 1t
weighed SO pounds.
Evening star., 1934-01-16
ITURBI CONCERT SUNDAY
Spanish Pianist Comes From Sue
cessful Joint Recital.

Spanish Pianist Comes From Sue
cessful Joint Recital.
Jose ITURBI the Spanish pianist
whom Mrs Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey
will present in concert at Constitution
Hall next Sunday afternoon, as the
fourth attraction of her Sunday after
noon recital series there, colIaborated
with Lawrence Tibbett. the Metropol-
itan Opera baritone, and Jascha Hell
fetz. famous violin virtuoso, in giving
Joint recital in New York last Friday
night that realized more than $4,000
for destitute musicians.
The joint concert was given in the
music room of Heifetz' pent house
apartment in New York. Iturbi played
Chopins B Flat Scherzo' and Albeniz'
''Fete Dieu Seville both of which
he will play here next Sunday. Tib-
bett and Heifetz, it happens, have
already appeared here in concert IN
Mrs. Dorseys Sunday series.
The high light of the performance
came when Iturbi at the piano and
Heifetz, with his violin, accompanied
Tibbett in a concluding ensemble. IN
the Silence of the Night" by Serge
Rachmaninoff.
Mrs. Dorsey is presenting Kreisler in
recital at Constitution Hall this
afternoon.
Evening star., 1934-01-16
ENJOYS TO SEE DANCES
Uday Shan-Kar and Company to
Appear Here Tomorrow.
T DAY SHAN-KAR brings his famous

company of Hindu dancers and
musicians to Constitution Hall tomor-
row night at $50 o'clock, as the finale
of highly successful transcontinental
tour
Following their American debut in
New York last year. Shan-Kar and
his group played 26 performances in
theater on Broadway. This season, a
tour of the country carried them to
the Far West, with engagements at
Vancouver British Columbia, and other
cities of the coast down to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. Then they
were booked in Southern cities across
country. and only within the past week
have they come north from Atlanta,
Ga. visiting various cities in the in
tervening States until they reached
Baltimore for a performance there
tonight.
When the company gives its per-
formance here tomorrow. it will have
its debut in the National Capital. Large
groups of students from schools and
colleges. both public and private, dance
studios, and men from the service
bands have made reservations for this
event. The fame of Shan-Kar has
spread. and members Of the diplomatic
corps and all circles of society here
have taken seats or boxes.
Remaining tickets are on sale at the
T. Arthur Smith bureau in Kits music
store, 1880 G street northwest.
Evening star., 1934-01-16


Spring cleaning beginning at
the beginning. she starts her "biog-
raphv" with<"I am born"
Whereupon things begin to happen.
Most important of these events is
that Leander ("Bunny') Nolan springs
back into her life, once thin, 'esthet-
ic" dreamer, now large, bulbous man,
with a rich neo-father-in-law who will
help to make him a Senator y
Bunny" at very young age, started
Marion" He thinks he was the man
who first headed her on what he now
calls her doubtful path. And he is cur
rently in anguish lest this starting" be
mentioned in MarionS biography and
his career be endangered by obvious
digs into the past
The fun from this point on IS con-
siderable-with the artist lady being
heckled by her young biographer friend,
whom she has fallen in love with; by
the Senator" who has fallen in love
with her all over again, and by his
father in-law who has also capitulated
to her charms.
MISS CLAIRE passes through these
A'A situations with that seeming lack
of effort which distinguishes. all of her
acting. Whether she is screaming to
Minnie in high falsetto or consoling
Richard for being as violent" as he is,
or playing Tennessee dialogue with
Bunny'S father -in-law, she is as natural
as your best friend. and efficient to the
point of bursting. Then again, may we
suggest that she looks younger than
she has ever looked in her life?
The cast is further distinguished by
Jay FaSsetts playing of the playboy
Senator: Charles Richmand's quiet
moments of bliss on the sofa with
Marion: Arnold Krotf's few words OF
casual wisdom, and Josephine Detfry's
and Gertrude Flynns brief entrances
and exits Shepperd Strudwick. who
last season gave brilliant performance
in Both Your Houses Is an interest
ing young actor. who. nevertheless.
seems to be somewhat at sea in this
role. Meant to be violent" in his oc-
casional tantrumS. he is violent even
when he should be soft and deSpairing
and his recital. for instance. of his
fathers death is more piece of oratory
than it is smooth. agreeable acting.
We mention this because with GER
tain amount of calming down Mr..
Strudwick might be very good indeed.
Evening star., 1934-01-16


Mr.. Benrman should be eternally
grateful to Miss Clare for being where
she is. She puts life, color and intelli-
gence into play which, while Wordy
and sparse of action. iss gay and
amusing evening in the theater.
Whether she is sitting on sofa with
her feet stretched out before her
looking for all the world as Nine. Re-
camier might have looked. if she had
preferred to be blond-or whether she
is welding a paint brush and pencil,
dashing off portraits and her HE story
at the same time. she is graceful ana
diverting, and she puts twice as much
''umph" into her stories as the words
probably had any idea that they mad.
Miss Claire's return to Washington.
her native city. and one where she 1lrSt
leaned at and II certain OF the tricks
Of fallantry which make her Sucn
clever comedienne today. is fortunate
one. Although the Guild, loyal to It's
acting code, should b1 shot for daring
merely to feature Miss Clare instead
of starring her-She is, after all, the
whole shoW-it has been wise in Turing
her back from the cinema (Which she
hated with her whole heart and
planting her in a vehicle written by
man who knows his smart, catchy,
satiric phrases probably better than any
American playwright today.
* i; x x
MR.. BEHRMAN'S thesis i'll this is
4$A that. if you write your 'blogra-
phv" and have had any kind OF lie
at all YOU will probably get paid twice
as much for not printing as you
would if it appeared in book or maga-
zine form.
Richard Kurt (Shepperd StrudWlck),
a Young man, who at 25 earns S20O
week by getting minor and major
celebrities to print their memoirs IN
his News Weekly comes to Marion
Froude-a second-rate artist with a
first-rate soul, and casual way OF
living and imploreS her to ring up her
past and give it to him in weekly IN
stallments for the edification of his
vital public Says he-not in these
words-.I want this not because you
really matter-but because the people
whom you have known matter" And
with this truthful observation, he waits
in silence. while the goodly lady. whose
past is not so virtuous as her present,
makes up her mind whether she can
bear to do what he asks
She decides, eventually, that she Will
Evening star., 1934-01-16
MACK FUNERAL SERVICES
ARE CONDUCTED AT HOME
William S. Hart Delivers Eulogy
at Rites-Song Is Sung by
Noah Beery.
Ry the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWHALL, Calf, January 10
Famous intimates of Charles E. Mack,
the blackface comedian, assembled at
his home here yesterday for simple fu-
neral services. Burial was at the Forest
Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.
William S. Hart, former Western star
and close friend and neighbor of the
late actor who originated the team that
became noted as the Two Black
Crows" expressed the farewell of his
family and friends in a eulogiStic talk.
A song by Noah Beery, screen actor,
and a violin solo by Jay Whidden, Or
chestra leader, were musical accom-
panimentS.
Mack was killed last Thursday in
a motor car accident near Mesa. Arlz..
in which his widow. Mrs. Myrtle Louise
Mack; his daughter. Mary Jane; his
partner, George Moran. and Mack
Sennett, the former comedy producer,
were slightly injured
Evening star., 1934-01-16
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band this evening in Stanley Hall at
$50. John S. M. Zimmerman, band
master; Anton Pointner, assistant.
March, The Victorious Phalanx,'
Morse
Overture. "Trunpeter of the Fort"
Gruenwald
Suite romantic, "a Day in Venice"
Nevin
Alba" c'DawnO.
The. Gondoliers"
Venetian Love Song"
Good Night"
Scenes from musical comedy Wood
land" Luders
A Chinese parade, Ming Flu"
Mouton
Waltz song, When the Clock Is Strik-
ing To- (request. Wayne
Finale. Under Orders. .Glogau
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1934-01-16

Which led one Silly to mutter
Claudette Colbert, in a particularly
frank mood, said some very interesting
things the other day about her career,
both on stage and screen.
She considers fortunate circumstances
the great things toward achieving the
successful place she now occupies in the
films.
For one thing. I did not have to
come to New York. as most stage-boun
girls do, with only few dollars in my
pocket and no place to live" says Clau-
dette Colbert.
circumstances were kind to me right
in my own front yard. which happened
10 be in New York, during the time l
was trying to raise my head above the
theatrical mob.
Il had my home and I had my
mother. I could listen to a refusal and
not have the world crash round my
head
Miss Colbert thinks there are just as
many talented girls on the stage. in
stock companies and out-of-the-way
districts as there ever were, and feels
that many of these are without doubt
motion picture star material.
'All they need she says. "iS the
break that will send them West"
Once she got her break. Claudette
Colbert thinks she did two foolish
things.
She regrets signing five-year stage
Evening star., 1934-01-16

fantastic
to
to
of of
The scheme fell through when studio officials suggested
that he 20
seventeenth
fight of Queen Christina The ship is the
Although Hello number Hollywood
pmng shots the ocular
smarts satin
white
hfronta
velvet
decoa the collar
Evening star., 1934-01-16
10 BURNED IN BLAST

CASPER, Wyo. January 16 LP)-
Ten persons were burned yesterday in
an explosion in the inspection labora-
tory at the refinery of the Standard Oil
Co of Indiana.
Those seriously injured were Janet
Smith. Charles Flood. j. L. Esterbrook,
Lee Tanning, George Lewis, Paul Desch,
H. A. Seire, George Boughner.
Evening star., 1934-01-16
LAWYERS TO MEET

BY Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. January
16-The Prince Georges County Bar
Association will meet next Tuesday to
draft suggestions for changes in the
rules governing law practice here. The
proposals will be submitted to Circuit
Court Judge Joseph c. Mattingly for
final approval.
Evening star., 1934-01-16
Miss Claire, in typography"
Is Graceful and Diverting
Return to Her Native Washington With Play
at National Theater Is Attractive
Event.
Bv E. de S. Melcher.

<k appearing plays written for somebody ee
Claire exclaimed recently during the course OF con
vesation partly her play Biography which
Washington showing last night at the Nationa
Brief Moment for and didn't play II
Evening star., 1934-01-16
IRENE DUNNE THIS WEEK
IF I Were Free" to Be Shown on
Kaifb Screen

1T I We're Free to Be ShOWn OH
Keith Screen.
IRENE DUNNE will appear on the
R-K-O Keith screen, beginning
Friday. in her latest starring vehicle,
IF Were Free" This announcement
carries with it the statement that the
original booking of Edmund Lowe in
Lets Fall in Love" is set back one
week. bringing this Columbia Pictures
production in on Friday, January 26.
Miss Dunno. last seen in Ann
Vickers," has in her supporting cast
Give Brook. who but recently trl-
umphed in "Cavalcade";; Nils Asther,
last seen with Ann Harding in Right
to Romance; Henry Stephenson,
Vivian Tobin and Laura Hope Crews.
Evening star., 1934-01-16
Gilberts' Parting Fails
To Excite Hollywood
Absence of Sensationalsm Marks Separation OF
Film Couple-De Mile Praises Claudette
Colbert IN Cleopatra Role.
Bv Mollie Merriick.

/ HOLLYWOOD, January 6-John Giberts separation
/ / excitement in Hollywood you might think
Partly due to the fact that Mrs Gilbert led such quiet
the half she married to john and partly
the eSaonam regarding the
tion itself
her mothers home, taking her
couple
will for divorce the grounds of incOmpatablty.
John Gilbert charmng refuses add to his original comment
have tn say a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-02

without hope Of profit, 1t clearly can
be credited with saving the lives OF
many children, giving others new in
spiration and better ideals Of citi-
1enship.
North Dakota will be better off
when 1t has more such camps, for too
many Of our children suffer from
handicaps which can only be elimi-
mated by treatment such as is given
at Camp Grassick.
Officials In charge know that this
one institution makes only a small
dent In the need. They understand
fully that North Dakota could we'll
make use Of score, perhaps hum
dred, Of such camps. As 1t is, Camp
Grassick is only the leaven In the
loaf. pointing the way to a healthier
and happier boyhood and girlhood
and, eventually, to an improved
standard Of citizenship for all Of us.
The Boy Scout ideal Of sound
mind in a sound body epitomizes its
aim. II it Is ever achieved, a good
many Of our present difficulties will
have disappeared.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Shocking Young Lady


What causes an excessive amount of
electricity In the body, so much so
that shocks are felt when I take off
my dress or touch my typewriter?
miss A. N. s.
Answer-Yolr skin happens to be-
dry and the air and general environ
:na-1t happens to be dry, SO that a
charge Of static is developed by fric-
ton Of your feet as you walk, or fric-
ton Of the clothing on the body. A
shock was felt when Sally Rand first
took off her dress, but the epidemic
of fan dancers simply sickens people
now.
White Spots In Skin
What is the cause of white spots
in the skin, called leukoderma or
vitiligo? (Mrs. G. E. W.
ArlsWer-It is loss Of pigment from
the skin, sometimes called "piebald"
skin, from unknown cause. There is
no effective remedy. In some cases
skilled tatooing will render the white
spots inconspicuous. A paint for tenn
porarily concealing them is made from
two or three teaspoonfuls Of glycerin,
and III ounces Of zinc oxide and "
ounces Of calamin with a pint Of wa
ter. To this add drop by drop till you