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Evening star., 1934-07-01

snow ball fight on the second day of
Summer. Some Iowa farmers who
went to bed with prayers for rain
woke up at dawn to find their helds
foOoed.
World Fair patrons came prepared
to see anything, but they hardly all
ticipated the spectacles afforded by d
mule dancing on a night club table.
Nor was Ovila Dionne adequately pre-
pared when the doctor shuffied out
and said: IT'S five.
Lightning Scratches Cheek.
Then Julian Jones of Atlanta said
he had been struck by lightning and
exhibited scratched cheek to prove
it. A master -in-chancery in Chica go
set out,with the aid of Nobel prize
winners, to write the answer to q
question that has baffled science these
several years-'what is electricity?"
Pedestrians along st. Pauls down.
town streets were startled to behold
a trolley car running wild. The West
ern League faithful saw Omaha s
mighty Casey" Matt Pickett, come
up last Saturday with the bases loaded
and hit the first ball pitched for q
home run. They went back Sunday
to see him do exactly the same thing.
Hitler kept Mussolini waiting some
Is minutes. Five New York fisher
men told a breathless tale of being
held prisoner by a school of 200 fierce
whales. A half million children,
climbing, whooping and swarming like
so many goops. took virtual posses
sion of A Century Of Progress.
A Chicago banker begged his Gus
toners to come and get their money
SO he could retire. Princeton fans
saw Glenn Cunningham run tie mile
IN 4:076, but nobody, during these
six months, has reported sighting JUS
tice Crater or Charley Ross
Evening star., 1934-07-01
Household Colony
Is Finding Way to
Beat Depression
Improve Crafts Along
Elizabeth Riuer and
Plant Gardens.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NORFOLK, Va, June 30.-Fifteen
hundred people have found a way to
beat unemployment and hard times
in Norfolk's houseboat colony that
stretches for miles along the Eliza
beth River.
Some in abject poverty have found
the going pretty hard. as evinced by
their shamble-like craft.
Others in better circumstances have
equipped their boats with conven-
fences of modern houses-electric
lights, running water. refrigeration
and window screens. Some have two
stories, and few boats heating
plants.
For the most part, the colonists
cultivate gardens on the adjoining
shore that supply fresh vegetables.
And some even keep their house.
boats bright with fresh flowers. pluck
ed from carefully tended plots at the
waters edge.
They are a happy lot-these river
dwellers, who have no household ex-
penses except the cost of food not
obtainable from their own gardens.
4 uCA 10 iiOt q pLOpiCut-1O1 CLOuku
drift and scrap timber can be picked
up on the beach and in back lots to
last through the Winter.
Obtaining water for household use
presents the ma jor problem for some
of the more poverty-stricken families.
In one section the nearest supply is
more than half mile away. Others
in more fortunate location have
driven pumps near the river.
Some of the men have found jobs
recently that would enable them to
rent houses ashore. However, they
have become so attached to their
boats that they prefer to remain
aboard them
Recently there has been much ex-
citement in the colony because Of re-
ports that. sJme owners Of property
along the river would seek to have
the boats moved. They protest there
would be no justice in moving them,
particularly in view of the fact the
land was covered with thickets and
served no purpose before they planted
their gardens.
Evening star., 1934-07-01
ARCHBISHOP BEGAN
CLEAN FILM FIGHT.
Movement Started by Head
of Baltimore Diocese of
Catholic Church.
BY J. c. DEPONAI.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, June 30.-A fact not
generally known in connection with
the practically nationwide campaign
against Indecent movies" is that the
movement was started in Baltimore
by Archbishop Michael J. Curley, head
of the Baltimore diocese of the Cath
olic Church.
Although he met with little support
at first, Archbishop Curley persisted
in his fight. and the campaign was
formally launched here some time ago,
when so 900 Catholic men and women.
including boys and girls, signed a
pledge not to attend any moving pic
ture theater which showed salacious
or indecent films or featured the un-
derworld and crime.
Boycott Held Decided.
From the first the archbishop main
tanned that reform in the moving pic
lures industry could not be effected
through censorship or by the passage
of laws, and that the only way to
bring about reformation was to get
the people to refuse to patronize such
theaterS.
Protestant clergymen and Jewish
clergymen have joined in the move
ment. and from pulpits and in church
bulletins urged their congregations to
back up the stand taken by Catholic
hierarchy against indecent motion
pictures.
The response far exceeded all ex-
pectations, and soon reached point
where the picture exhibitors
here became alarmed at the boycott
and offered to cooperate with any ef-
fort to prevent the showing of such
pictures.
Several weeks before the Catholic
high schools. colleges and parochial
schools closed for the Summer. de
cency pledges" were distributed
throughout the schools, and 5000
parochial school children promised to
stay away from indecent movies, while
1000 students in the higher schools
pledged that they would attend no
movies at all during the vacation
period.
To offset the abstinence from this
form of recreation, plans are being
made for entertainments and other
recreational activities during the
Summer, to be held under the aus
pices of the intra- school group.
Parents Aid Sought.
1t was pointed out that while the
smaller children were not asked to
abstain from movies altogether. word
has been transmitted to their parents
to select the pictures which their
children may attend.
In the meanwhile the movement
had spread to other cities, and even
reached Hollywood. where it Is caus-
ing considerable apprehension. At a
meeting of the Maryland Theater
Owners Association here this week
it was announced that the organiza-
ton wants to go along with the
churches" and committee appoint
ed to confer with Archbishop Curley
other Catholic leaders and ministers
of Protestant churches.
I'VE feel the same way they do
about dirty pictures. but our hands
are tied" said Frank A. Hornig, pres
ident of the association.
THE trouble is the block booking
system. by which we cannot reject
more than 10 per cent of the films
offered us.
THE exhibitors have been attempt
ing to abolish the block k-booking sys-
tenn for a number of years." he said
but each time the bill comes up in
Congress it has been defeated"
Evening star., 1934-07-01
Mansion TearOOnl
On the He'GOIdCOast'
StirS AriStOCratS
Fight Begun in Chicago
against Transforming
Mccormick Residence.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, June 30.-Something OF
q tempest in teapot has stirred
Chicago's Gold Coast" since a pro-
posal was made to convert the late
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mccormick s
mansion into a tea room.
The problem was put up to the
City zoning Board of Appeals. and
that body, after hearing protests from
irate neighbors, went into a huddle
and said it would defer decision until
next month
Meanwhile the gray stone mansion
through the portals of which only the
chosen few were bid to pass during
the social dictatorship of its late mis-
tress, daughter of John D. Rookie
feller, ST., stands as the outpost OF
a fast-disappearing swanky neighbor-
hood.
Most of the art treasures which
graced the interior of the house were
removed following the auction, tc
which admittance was placed at SIC
a head. Directly across the street
is a parkway and two other nearby
corners are occupied by a hotel anc
business property.
In objecting to turning the place
into tea room. neighbors admit it i.
themselves instead of any possible
desecration of Mrs. Mccormick
memory that motivates them.
Charles e. Pearce, who lives nearby
told the Zoning Board 30 restaurant
now dot the neighborhood. and Rich
ard E. Schmidt, another neighbor, sait
he feared the street would become
''blighted" If the petition were al
lowed,
But when A. D. Welton, jr., sug
gested the property might again b
used for residence purposes he brough
a question from Col. A. A. Sprague
chairman of the Appeals Board.
Can you think of any one wit
could live there?" Col. Sprague asked
MOT unless they had unlimited
means" Welton replied.
And I haven't heard of any on
like that lately" retorted Col. S.>rague
Evening star., 1934-07-01
MANY INFLUENCES
SWAY COMMODITY
|. PRICE BAROMETER
More Even Tone of Last Six
Months Has Been Due to
Steadier Factors.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 30-The barom-
eter of commodity prices, watched as
a recovery indicator, is beset by
myriad influences.
From the beginning of 1888 the
trend was upward and since the first
of the present year it has tended
to level off. Sterilization of the price
of gold by the administration, as ad-
vocated by Prof. George F. Warren
and Frank Pearson, to increase and
adjust prices, perhaps has held public
imagination and interest more than
any other so-called price lever.
Under their theory, prices will in
crease with increases in the price of
gold. A major contention of Messrs.
Warren and Pearson, and one which
they have emphasized, is that prices
of those commodities which have de-
creased most should increase most
uHueI lie solQ pldH.
Congress Silver Plan.
The proposal Of Congress to make
silver Is per cent of the monetary
stocks Of gold and silver also was
aimed by many at price increases in
directly.
Directly affecting the laws of supply
and demand was the move by the
Federal Government to curtail farm
production, limit on supply. At the
same time the N r. A. sought to
increase low-bracket wages to bolster
demand.
This factor. along with processing
taxes to finance the agricultural pro-
gram, was said by manufacturers to
increase prices.
An action by automobile manufac-
turers this year illustrates the trend
OF thought in price changes. When
new models were introduced little was
said about prices. and gradually some
Leading producers raised their prices
slightly. Immediately they noticed a
decrease in retail demand, and very
recently most of the larger companies
announced price decreases.
This same trend was experienced by
other manufacturers, trade reports
show.
Stock and commodity exchanges
watch drought reports by the minute,
and there is an immediate reaction
upward if reports indicate serious
drought consequences.
Labor Situation Watched.
Likewise, the manufacturers and
those dealing in their products or Sc
curities watch the labor situation. An
impending strike in an industry will
boost prices. Settlement of differences
will bring quietness
Foreign exchanges have the greatest
influences on those commodities which
sell in world markets When the
dollar was devalued world commodi-
ties in terms Of dollars rose. The
commodities tend to sell at the same
price in gold, but when 1t takes more
dollars to buy gold it also takes more
dollars to buy the commodity either
here or abroad.
During the last six months there
has been more even tone to COM
modify prices, since most factors af-
fecting prices have maintained a
steadier keel.
Evening star., 1934-07-01
FARM -OWNING MOVE
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Newspaper Says Half Of States
Agricultural People Are
Tenancy Victims.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., June. al
About half of the farmers in North
Carolina are tenants who "do not
own a foot of the land they cultivate,
says the Charlotte Observer In an
editorial campaign to minimize the
tenancy system and stimulate home
ownership.
Processing alarm at the social dis
integrations that spread while such
a condition of tenancy exists" the
newspaper gathered statistics showing
40 per cent of the tenants move from
one farm to another every year.
THE liability of such situation is
apparent" the observer asserts. "Hav-
ing no stake in the land they work
faced with the urge to be constantly
on the move, this large body of our
people has no community interest, no
proprietary concern in either school
or church, and therefore is without
the first instincts of good citizenship, :,
In the newspapers opinion, tenancy
is curse" by which North Carolina
is being held back. and will continue
to be, until some economic rearrange-
ment is developed by which more OF
the people in this State are put to
work on their own lands and own their
own homes In which to live"
The statistics show II per cent Of
the tenants are negroes. But the sur
vey reveals their progress from ten
ancy to farm ownership is faster than
that Of white people. Ten years ago
46 per cent of the Negro farmers were
tenants. Now, however, the number
with that status has been reduced
per cent.
The observer is as much concerned
with the social aspects of tenancy as
with the agricultural deformity" re-
sulting from 1t.
Evening star., 1934-07-01
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
~ OVER, Del, June 30.-The
Eastern Peninsula, compris-
ing Delaware and nine Mary
land and two Virginia coun-
ties. presents today an air
of prosperity which is confusing in
the face Of varying degrees Of pes
simism from other quarters Of the
land.
From the Mason and Dixon line on
the north to Cape Charles. at its
southern extremity, optimism prevails
and business clicks along as If de-
preston had never been. Talks with
local bankers and farmers. and even
with some Of the politicians. reveal
Evening star., 1934-07-01
Broadcast Hour Changed.

Tim Ryan's Rendezvous" the
peppy pseudo night club program pro-
duced by Tim Ryan and his partner,
Irene Noblette. former stars of
N. B. C's carefree carnival. will be
on the air Tuesday, beginning July 3,
instead Of SATURDAYS as heretofore.
Evening star., 1934-04-22
"One More Spring" Cast.

THREE Fox stars will be seen in a
l single production when Winfield
Sheehan, vice president In charge OF
production, casts Janet Gaynor, Will
Rogers and Warner Baxter in zone
More Spring" from the novel by
Robert Nathan.
This was announced at the same time
Mr.. Sheehan decided upon European
trip during July, at the conclusion of
which he will start his all-star film.
The producers tour abroad will in
clude Italy, Sicily, Hungary and Aus
tria. His visit to England last Sum-
mer resulted in the acquisition by Fox
of two new stars. pat" Paterson and
Ketti Gallian, and loan agreement
for Madeleine Carroll's services in
1.-THE World Moves On"
Evening star., 1934-04-22
Western Highs 5 Comedy.

THE antiquity of the clash between
l the Wirtians and Tugwells; the
immemorial recurrence of struggles
between the ins and outs are lightly
but firmly sketched by Robert Sher-
wood in THE Queens Husband" "
which is to be presented by Western
High School Dramatic Society ON
April 27 and 28. THE cause Of all
discomfort, the unemployment prob
lem, must be relieved" thus says the
king of the very modern country of
Sherwoods very modern play.
The hurried trip Of the queen to
America to negotiate a loan to save
the country, her interest here in GER
tain well-known persons who put
themselves out to be attentive, these
are but incidents in the love story OF
a very modern princess who does not
wish to have throne.
The cast selected by Miss Sue Gard
ner, who directs the production, in
cludes the following pupils of West
ern High School: Dick Baer, Duana
Covert, John Rauchenstein, Helen
Palmer, Betty Hogentogler, Betty
Owens, May Fielder, Jean Dulin, Bob
Duncan, Austin Gattis, Bob Living
ston, Fred Gamble, Ebert Fentress,
Hugh Kabler and Edgar knight.
Evening star., 1934-04-22
The Pursuit of Happiness.

WHEN the National Players begin
w their tenth season on Monday
night, April 80, they will offer as their
first play one OF the reigning Broad
way hits and comedy which will
be presented in London next month,
The Pursuit of Happiness.
The program will list Alan Child
and Isabel Louden as the authors of
this hilarious frolic. These are the
pen names of Lawrence Lagner of the
New York Theater Guild and his
wife Armina.
New York critics epitomize the
Pursuit of Happiness" as a snappy
comedy, and that seems to describe
it. 1t capitalizes the venerable Co.
lonial custom known as "bundling."
The Pursuit of Happiness" offers
the new leading man and leading
woman of the National Players con-
genial roles, abundant with oppor-
tunity. Roy Roberts and Ruth Alb
bott will make their bow in charac-
teriZations which test their knowledge
Of comedy values.
The established z street favorites,
Adelaide Hibbard. Katheryn Givney.
Burke Clarke. Romaine Calender and
Raymond Bramley, will have inpor-
tant parts.
John Mckee, the new director,
promises to maintain a rollicking pace
and the comedy will be pointed to-
ward emphasizing every line in a
mirthful script. AS usual the Ma
tional Players will perform in a
Charles Squires setting.
Evening star., 1934-04-22
Where and When
In Local Theaters

National Jig Saw" Theater
Guild production. tomorrow
night at 800 o'clock.
Belasco-Bert Lytell in "The
Second Man" tomorrow night
at $40 O'Clock.
Gayety Sliding Billy Watson
and his burlesque revue, today
at ais and 8:l5 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-Katharine Hep
burn in "Spitfire." at 2, 4:04,
SAB, 7:32 and 9:36 pm.
Palace-"TarZan and His Mate"
this afternoon and evening.
EsrIe-"Registered Nurse" at 2,
4:40, 7:20 and 10 pm. Stage
show at 3:45, $50 and 9:05
pm.
Metropolitan-"It Happened One
Night" at 2, 4:20, 6:45 and
9:l0 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Good Dame" at 2,
4::45, 7:30 and 10:15 pm. Stage
show at 3:45, $50 and 9:15
pm.
Rialto-'Jet's Be Ritzy," this
afternoon and evening.
CoIumbia-"Riptide," at 2, 4, 6,
7:50 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1934-04-22
Theater Guild
Presents Comedy

~ OMORROW night will usher in
the final week of the 1884
theatrical season at the Ma
i tional Theater so far as
offerings by metropolitan pro-
ducers are concerned 1t will also
mark the introduction Of the last new
play that the Theater Guild will pro-
duce this season. Jig Saw" is the
title and Dawn Powell is the author
Of the new play.
Miss Powell Is a newcomer in the
world of the theater. But one play
by her has thus far been produced. 1t
was called big Night" and the Group
Theater sponsored it. However, Miss
Powell is no stranger in the literary
world She is well known as a special
contributor to the magazines and al
ready over a dozen full-sized novels
have been authored by her.
AS for Zig Saw" about all that is
known regarding it is that it is a very
gay comedy, with its three acts laid
in the living room and on the terrace
Of a suite in a fashionable hotel in
the F1fties Of New York. Its plot re-
wolves around the frantic and always
amazing efforts of a frolcsome di-
vorcee to capture and hold a new ad-
mlrer while retaining her grip upon
the old.
Actors who are prominently cast in
this comedy include Ernest Truck.
Spring Byington, Helen Westley, Elliot
Cabot, Cora Witherspoon. Gertrude
Flynn, Harold Moffat, Mabel Kroman.
Virginia Tracy, Sheppard Strudwick
and few others.
Philip Moeller directed the play,
while Lee Simonson designed the
stage settings and costumes.
Evening star., 1934-04-22
Bert Lytell In
Behrman Play

L"HE SECOND MAN" a
- highly successful comedy of
a few seasons ago, will pro-
i vide the starring vehicle for
Bert Lytell at the Shubert-
Belasco Theater tomorrow night with
Lora Baxter in a featured role. Its
author is S. N. Behrman, creator OF
Biography" Meteor" Brief Mo-
ment" and other stage triumphs.
The Second Man" is based on a
quotation from letter Of Lord Leigh
ton to his sister; ''for. together with
and as it were behind, so much pleas
urable emotion, there is always that
other strange second man in me, calm,
critical, observant, unmoved, blase,
odious."
Bert Lytell appears as Clark Storey,
a writer of fair ability. He is i'm
pecunious and not above accepting
financial aid from the rich Mrs. Ken
dali Frayne, wisely sophisticated
widow who not only loves him but
understands him. Monica Grey, a
simple-minded fapper played by
Iora Baxter), also loves him and
does everything in her power to win
him.
Storey would like to give real love
to Monica for her youth and beauty,
but there is always that second man"
in him who bids him stick to the
widow for his material benefit. Fur
ther complications are injected by
Austin Lowe, a wealthy scientist,
whose love for Monica is as great as
hers for the dilettante writer. The
situation is worked out in three acts
of brilliant comedy.
A surrounding cast of distinction
will be seen in support of Mr.. Lytell
and Miss Baxter, and includes Dwight
Frye, who has returned to the stage
after long period of screen work, and
Rosalind Russell. Edward Hartford
has directed the play.
Evening star., 1934-04-22

ana drama critics, leaving him and
them cold and hungry.
What bad break it was for Mr..
Marquis when, after he had written
a jaunty drama about Henry VIII, the
Cinema stepped in and with the aid
of Charles Laughton, put an end for
the time being to popular plays con-
corning that royal bluebeard. But he
was not diSmayed, and neither were
his publishers, Messrs. Doubleday
Doran, and now 1t is possible to read
in play-form one of the funniest and
most dignified chronicles of an English
king, as he founded a faith and with
humorous explanations beheaded lin
the process many wives, minister's and
sweetheartS. Mr.. Marquis, in an after
word, confesses an admiration for the
knavish old Tudor as he led his long
bloody and carnal career, fitting Sc
riouSly from one wife's decapitation to
another's. Dear Percy" Mr.. Marquis
writes, IF you will play Henry your
self, will promise to criticize your
performance sympathetically. Though
not of Henry's mental and moral
character, perhaps you might resem-
BILE him if you were kingly and had
a red beard" Mr. Marquis new
play is called Master of the Revels," :"
and it is muscular, visceral, humorous
and literate. I'd like to see it acted
by Miss Constance Bennett and John
Gilbert and Wallace Beery-if that
idea does not require one to put ones
tongue too far into ones cheek.
Evening star., 1934-04-22
Ulric Coming.

7 ENORE URIC will be the attrac-
- ton at the Shubert- -Belasco Thea
ter for the entire week beginning
Monday evening. April 80. Miss Uric
will appear in Pagan Lady" drama
by William Du Bois. The cast of
players includes Gerald Kent, Doug
las Gilmore, Charlotte Andrews, Robert
Loves, Oswald Yorke, John F. Norris
sey and Arthur Mack. The play has
been staged under the direction of
Frank Mccoy.