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Evening star., 1934-07-06

theater, being often allowed, after
George NJ. Cohan, to be the theaters
smootheSt actor. Mr.. Perkins is not,
however, handsome. Neither is par
ticularly tall-nor would you be apt
to pick him out in a crowd.
He is. however, a good actor. And
he should be treated as such. Which
he isn't-out here.
Mr.. Perkins is not afraid to snap
his fingers at the screen before a
small or a great public. He will tell
you with some enjoyment that he has
had bits" in Madame Du Barry
and one or two other films. He will
also tell you that after this evening s
discussion he will probably not get
even bits" any more The latter we
doubt. But he is a brave champion
for his rights and We shouldn'
wonder if this devil-may-c attitude
may get him places.
Miss Fuller Rests.
Miss Fuller has completed her role
in the George Bancroft film and is
now having a well-deserved rest. Her
house, which sits high on the side
of one of those steep Hollywood hills,
is one of the most attractive we have
seen out here It has books that have
heen read, large open fire places, and
separate outside staircaSes, which lead
to some Of the second-fioor bedrooms
Gncluding Peter's-Peter being the
minor son and heir). The view from
the house is splendid. looking down
Evening star., 1934-07-06

and over the long fiat series of lights
Of Los Angeles-and it is so quiet that,
as Miss Fuller has said, before she
got here, when 1t came to be choice
between going to Honolulu and re-
manning here, it was SO honey and
quiet I didn't see any reason for go
ing further" P. S.-MiSs Fuller wants
Mrs. Fuller 10 come out here very
much-becauSe, says she, Its time
mother took a vacation
There has been day stuck in here
somewhere which was Sunday again
and that meant long drive along
the coast up to Santa Barbara. town
which the world is turning to right
nov because of Marie Dressler and her
long and bitter fight against a dread
full sickness. Ten days ago we wrote
Miss Dressler letter. 1t was taken
up to her by hand by Howard Strick-
ling, who has been visiting her once
every week for the past two months.
When he came back the next day he
told us that she appreciated our
wanting to go all the way up to see
her, but that unfortunately she could
see no one.
At the time We knew how i'll she
was-even then she had three nurses
and was not allowed to say so much as
a single word. Last Winter in Wash
ington Miss Dressler told us how she
wished just one year of her life might
be spared so that she could devote 1t
heart and soul towards working for the
Evening star., 1934-07-06
BY r. DE s. MELCHER,

Y YOLLYWOOD- Perkins
is the one genuinely unhappy
person out here His cries are
Il Il liberal and his theories
logical. He knows that he is
a good actor. He also knows that he
doesn't get good parts. So what? He
has tried but he can't figure 1t out.
Neither can any one else.
We first heard these cries over the
latest Hollywood after-dinner sport,
a game called kick in" or kick it
something. at any rate, that four
people slave over and which consists
OF a table, ping-pong ball. and in
stead of net. rods slung through the
sides of the table to which are at
tached what looks like small tongues
set a few inches apart. If you twist
the rod in your fingers you hit the
ball towards the end of the table
which happens to be your goal. Your
opponent hits it the other way. You
can get very angry over the whole
business.
Senator Byrnes' niece. and Wash
ington's popular Mrs. Fuller's daugh-
ter. Frances Fuller. together with
husband Worthington Minor, are the
champions of this game. After a
dinner served in their handsome
Spanish Hollywood dining room, a
long interesting room with balcony
on which somehow you expect to hear
the full sweep of stringed orchestra
the guests are plunged into this
narrowing sport and for hour upon
hour test their skill.
EngIishman Next Best.
Eric Blore whom you will remember
as that comic Englishman with the
monicle in The Gay Divorce" is
next best to our hosts, and after that
a Mr.. Hemstead, who is from R-K-O
and who starts the verbal bout going
with Mr. Perkins.
You recall Mr.. Perkins. of course
as that lean. dark-haired, mus
tacheoed individual with the per-
suasive left little finger, who last
season came to the National III The
School for Husbands" Mr.. Perkins
has had something of a career in the
Evening star., 1934-07-06
R|CHBERG ASSA|LS
EXTREME CRITICS
Texas Bar Told Danger to
Democracy in Demands OF
Fright" and LEFT"
sy the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex, July o.
Striking out to right and left, Donald
r. Richberg maintained today that
the courses advocated by ultra con-
servstive" and ultra radical critics
of Pre.ic-.xt Roosevelt would destroy
democracy.
Richberg, recently appointed chair
man of the Presidents new Industrial
Emergency Committee after a year as
N. r. A. general counsel, called talk
of a Roosevelt dictatorship sheer
nonsense"
Fear Of Relapse.
The demands of "the right wing
reactionaries" to abandon large Sec
tions of the new deal, Richberg told
the Texas Bar Association last night,
would bring a relapse into an an
srchy of unrestrained self-seeking.'
On the other hand, he said, the
program of the left wing revolution
aries" would mean universal sacrlnce
of that freedom for which men and
women have been fighting and SUI
fering and dying throughout un-
counted centuries"
There has been something pltltul
in the intermittent efforts of partl-
san opposition to characterize the
process of establishing codes Of fail
competition as a theoretical expert
ment being carried on by mythical
group of youthful brain-truSters op-
Grating under a presidential dictator
ship" he said.
Sheer Nonsense Evident.
"The sheer nonsense Of such criti-
cism becomes evident upon the slight
est investigation
AS a result of new-deal measures
he said. more than 5,0o0,0o0 persons
had been re-employed and the pay
roll of the Nation doubled. agricultural
income has been enormously In
creased" and temporary work pro-
vided for 900 900.
Evening star., 1934-07-06

q covered diamond, so to speak, built
so that it looks like cock-eyed
tunnel. In this tunnei. which Is
silver and black, girls In white bon
nets and white tights will hold on to
small straps and do something or
other. They don't do 1t when we're
there. SO we don't know. But we
do see the tights.
Otherwise, this day has been not
able for a luncheon with Francis
Lederer in the Paramount lunch
room-and a little eating and much
listening to what this young Czech,
who has bowled theater audiences over
in Berlin, London, Prague and New
York, thinks of American civilization.
He is more interested in that than
he is in the theater. His new ranch
which he is building interests him
less than talking about world peace.
He likes Joan Crawford But he says
America is too fiat. We agree with
half of what he says.
Evening star., 1934-07-06

Government How the world wishes
that right now, too.
Los Angeles Cinderella.
On this drive, instigated by Bob
Hussy of Warner Bros, was a trim
looking young lady by the name OF
Mary Russell whom you must have read
about in the gazettes. Miss Russell is
that San Francisco Cinderella dis
covered by Louise FaZenda behind a
counter in a department store. Miss
Fazenda said on seeing the girl "she
belongs in the movies" Apparently
she does.
We've just come from seeing her on
the set. She plays bit in the new
Dick Powell Josephine Hutchinson
film.
This is Miss Hutchinson's first day
in pictures" And she has done very
well. Everybody likes her. And
everybody says that she is what they
call "a natural for pictures" You
would hardly recognize the wide-eyed
Alice you saw last Winter at the
National as this handsome young girl
who walks before the cameras dressed
simply in a sport coat and small
brown felt hat. Makeup is most be-
coming to her And she isn't afraid
to smile into the camera. She's felt
a little nervous, she says, but not
much. And she smiles that bright
Alice in Wonderland" smile which
only Evelyn Davis, in Bess Davis
Schreiner's local version of the
original. has approximated. We have
only a minute with her. But that
minute is SUFFICIENT. The young lady's
going places-you watch.
Miss Stanwyck Remembers,
Then we have very sad little
moment with Barbara Stanwyck. It's
the first time we've been literally
sat on" out here. Miss Stanwyck
doesn't remember her Washington
visit with JOY. She says Washington
audiences are very rude" 'Nough
said. We sneak off There was more
but we sneak just the same.
And where we sneak is worth
sneaking to. It's another one of those
amazing lS dance sets which Buzz
Berkeley Is using in Danes" This
time it's diamond-shaped affair
Evening star., 1934-07-06
LOOSE LEAF TOBACCO
CODE MEETS APPROVAL
Labor Provisions, Effective July
8, Provide 40-Hour Week,
With Exceptions.

BY the Associated Press.
Presidential approval Of the code
for the auction and loose leaf tobacco
warehouse industry was announced
yesterday by N. r. A.
The code becomes effective July Q.
The labor provisions. which are under
n. r. A. Jurisdiction, provide a 40
hour week of 8 hours a day with
certain employees permitted to work
IL hours a day if paid at least SIS a
week.
Minimum wages are 2212 cents an
hour for unskilled common labor.
and $l6 week for clerical employees.
The code prohibits a reduction in the
weekly wage because of a reduction Of
working hours under code require
ments.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration has supervision OF the
codes other provisions.
Evening star., 1934-07-06
! DEAD, IS INJURED
Bus and Truck Collide on High
way in Indiana.

GREENCASTLE. Ind, July tF1-
A collision between a bus and a truck
on the National road near here yes
terday resulted in the death of man
and the injury of Is other persons
Most Of the injured suffered only
slight hurts.
The man killed was Joseph Lakina
of Kokomo, Ind He was returning
home with a group of American
Legionnaires who had attended a
Legion district Fourth Of July celebra-
tiOn at Terre HalIte.
Evening star., 1934-07-06
GOLD HUNT RENEWED
Canadian Explorer to Head Coeos
Islands Expedition.

Canadian Explorer 10 heau No>'0
Islands Expedition.
BIARRITZ, France, July s P)-
Another search for a hoard OF gold,
presumably buried by pirates on the
Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean, is
to be made soon by Col. John Edwards
Leckie, Canadian explorer, it was an
nounced here.
Funds to finance the expedition
were raised in England.
Col. Leckie plans to sail to the
island in the Queen of Scots, yacht
owned by Anthony Drexel of Phlla-
delphia, who has villa here.
Col. Leckie in 1882 was credited
with having found the hidden treas
ure of ancient buccaneers on the
Cocos Islands. There is a widespread
belief that all of the gold has not
been found.
, 1934-11-16
BRITAIN ASKS
NAVAL STUDY

WASHINGTON. Nov. i6. ~
President Roosevelt Is studying
tentative overtures from Great
Britain which. in effect. pose this
question:
What can the two great English
speaking nations do In cooperation
Oh naval affairs II the three sided
discussions by Britain. the United
States and Japan end In failure In
London?
When President Roosevelt's spe-
cial train left Washington last
night for Kentucky and the south,
Secretary Of state Hull was aboard
with dispatches from Norman II.
Davis, the American naval delegate,
outlining the British overtures.
The reply to the cautious inquiry
viii depend on the decision reach
ed BY the president and Mr.. Hull.
The latter is expected back In
washington Saturday.
Japan is insisting on naval equal
ity In the face or determined
American opposition.
Japan has already made plain
that unless she Is granted eventual
equality she wiz denounce the
washington and London treaties.
and bald up her navy o. she
pleases. At present she has the
short end Of a 5-5-3 ratio.
, 1934-11-16
BANK Z RS WORK
" " n y "
LONG HOURS ON
y r. " y y
BIG PAY OFF

(By Associated Grapevine)
SAN BENTTO. Nov. 1e.-Most
folks expected that the banks
would be closed Tor only one day
this week and that for Armistice
Day but 1t seems that they are
mistaken.
Associated Grnpevine's loo III III
snooper, who recently learned how
20 read lips in order to learn the
Drake Estaters whispered secrets,
learned the astonishing news that
the banks were going to be closed
three days instead OF one.
AS you may have guessed, they
viii be busy behind closed doors
figuring out how much each
Drake Estater has coming to him.
And the big paycff viii take place
shortly afterwards. The odd
thing about II Is. however, that
none OF the Drake Estaters have
been able to talk their bankers
into giving them an advance ON
their share"
It Is anticipated that the Drake
Estaters are going To be paid off
with the same kind or currency
that they have received on hum
dreds OF previous payoffs. IL
must be something like that
funny money the artists draw
for the Riddles In the Sunday
supplements.
, 1934-11-16
Airplane to Be
Given Away AT
Mouse Meeting

Some Brownsville boy or girl win
be presented with a Kiddie Cur
tiss Hawk AirpIane at the regular
meeting OF the Capitol Theatre
Mickey Mouse club Saturday norm
ing at 10 O'Clock through the cour-
tesy OF the Grisham's Ice Cream
plant OF this city.
Several Brownsville boys and
girls have been working consistent
" In an effort 70 win this Curtiss
Hawk kiddieplane. and the chief
Mickey Mouse requests all members
TO be present at the meeting Sat-
urday morning.
Also on the program for Satur-
day are two stage presentations.
one by the pupils Of Joe Crixell and
one by pupils Of Jane Daugherty
schools of dance. A short subject
screen program will be shown.
More than so Oklahoma towns
have no town taxes because Of mu-
nicipally-owned utility plants.
, 1934-11-16
DUN REPORTS
OUTLOOK FOR
TRADE BRIGHT

NEW YORK, Nov. l6.-Hl-De-
velopments in general trade, the
more concerted action by business
men to hasten recovery and the
momentum gained by retail dis
tribution. said the Dun and Brad
street weekly trade review Friday.
have made for a decidedly brighter
business outlook.
Stocks have moved out al such
en- accelerated pace" asserted the
summary. "that complete clearance
Of many Of the most popular grades
has placed unexpected calls on
wholesalers and wen manuiactur-
ers for fill-in requirements.
With supplies In many lines
running low and expanded esti-
mates being mace OF future re-
QuirementS, an abrupt widening OF
manufacturing schedules appears In
prospect. with a cOncomitant stimu-
lati0n OF raw material buying.
Extending the upward move
ment which started In September,
the inviborating influence Of colder
weather carried retail distribution
to new heights for the season and
70 the largest volume recorded
since the Easter shopping period.
Volume for the country as a
whole was 8 TO II per cent ahead
of the preceding weeks, and IS TO
20 per cent in excess of the total for
the corresponding 1922 week
"On the strength Of the current
situation and because inventories
in many trades have been reduced
sharply, the sustained movement
into consuming channels Is begin
ming to penetrate to the manu-
facturer."
, 1934-11-16
Strong Opposition
To Federal OiAct
Expressed BY Alfred

AUSTIN, Nov. Is. -tPf- IN q
telegram to the congressional oil
investigating committee, holding q
hearing at Dallas. Attorney Cen
esal James W. Alfred governor
elect, Friday. strongly opposed
federal control OF the petroleum
industry.
Alfred quoted q section Of the
democratic state platform oppos-
ing amy federal encroachment
upon the exclusive power OF this
state to control the production Of
oil and gas" and said his actions
as governor with reference TO
matters under Investigation by the
committee would be governed by
that declaration.
Il am opposed 10 the enactment
OF the Thomas-D Disney BILL" Alfred
said. 1T Is my opinion personally
that no necessity exists for the
passage Of legislation which at
tempts 10 give tie federal govern
ment the power and charge IL with
the duty Of controlling production
Of crude petroleum within the
boundaries Of the state.
Secondly. that the state OF
Texas is fully capable Of policing
its own internal affairs with ref
erence TO the proper control Of the
production Of oil. In this connec-
ton. / assure you that as the next
governor Of Texas ] shall stand
ready at all times TO recommend
10 the legislature and assist in the
passage OF such effective measures
a. may be necessary 4 insure the
power Of the state 70 adequately
control and regulate the produc-
ton OF oil and to stamp out Illegal
and unfair practices.
Thirdly. after mature consider
alton and careful study. / am con-
WINGED that the proposed or any
other legislation which by its
terms seeks to confer upon the
federal government the right tc
regulate production within the
borders Of the sovereign state OF
Texas is unconstitutional.
IT Is therefore my sincere hope
that your investigation into the
facts and the law will lead the
committee to such conclusion as
, 1934-11-16

win cause you to make recommen-
dations that such drastic unneces-
sary and unconstitutional legisla-
ton be not enacted by congress.
The full section OF the democrat
10 platform by which Alfred said
he would be guided and which hi
termed an expression OF the will
Of the democracy OF Texas" fol-
lows.
I'VE oppose the ~abdication or
surrender Of the states power to
control the production Of its natur-
al resources. We likewise oppose
any federal encroachment upon
the exclusive power OF this state
to control the production Of oil
and gas. We oppose any plan that
results in the arbitrary compulsory
utilization OF oil fields"
, 1934-11-16
DATA
MEATHER SrNTNIARY

Sunset Friday SAC
Sunrise Saturday ............ $50
, 1934-11-16

Barometric pressure was relative
~ low over approximately the west
ern half. and moderately high over
the eastern half OF the country at
the Friday morning observation. Ex-
cept for rains in south Texas and a
few other widely scattered showeri
IN interior states the weather was
otherwise mostly fair and settled
throughout the country during the
last "a hours. Temperatures have
risen somewhat throughout the coun-
try except fell in the far western
states since Thursday morning.
Brownsville 8 a. m. (EST) sea-
level pressure 30.l3 inches.
, 1934-11-16

Here Is a real dress shirt at n
real bargain price. Pre-shrunk
collars. made on lovely prints In
patterns and plain broadcloth-
Sizes f4-IT.
, 1934-11-16

East Texas least Of Tooth meri-
diam: Cloudy and unsettled Friday
night and Saturday; somewhat
warmer Friday night in extreme
east portion.
Moderate TO fresh eaSterly TO
southerly winds on the coast.
, 1934-11-16

High and low tide at Port Isabel
Saturday, under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High ....... 1903 a. m. 1:44 p. m.
Low ......... 6:49 a. m. 1888 p. m.
, 1934-11-16

Food Is cooked In a copper pot
over a little open fire by natives OF
'India. who Immediately throw out
the contents II the shadow Of an
.other caste falls over II.
, 1934-11-16
RIVER BULLETIN

There will be no material change
I'm the river during the next "a TO
So hours.
, 1934-11-16

fFirst figures. lowest temperature last
night: second. highest yesterday. thirc
h wind velocity at q q m: fourth. pree-
ipitatinn IN last "a hours
The Washington times., 1934-08-03
DEP PARTMENTAL
BANK To PAY
10PCT.MORE

Depositors in the long-defunct
Departmental Bank will receive
fifth dividend, amounting to 10
per cent of their original deposits,
next Monday.
In making Shis announcement
today, John F. Moran, receiver Of
the bank, pointed out that the
dividend will bring the total pay
off so far to 80 per cent of the
deposits. About $1,000 has been
made available so far, he said, and
the present dividend will increase
the amount to 100000.
About 1000 depositors will
receive 100000 in next Mondays
pay-off. Checks will not be mailed
to those residing in the District,
but will be distributed in Mr..
Moran's office in the Park Sav-
ings Bank, Of which he is also
the receiver. The bank is at
Fourteenth and Kenyon Streets
Northwest.
The Departmental Bank closed
its doors on July IA, 1882, with
q deposit liability of $685. 900.
1t has since made the largest
repayment Of deposits of any
closed bank in the District, Mr..
Moran stated.
The Washington times., 1934-08-03
Auction to Close
Church Carnival

The two-week carnival being
held at Holy Comforter Church,
Fifteenth and East Capitol Sts.,
will close Saturday night. The
final event will be an auction of
Everything left"
Proceeds of the carnival will 60
toward the church building fund
and to enlarge the church school.
Father E. j. Nestor is general
chairman of the carnival com.
mittee. AL Ness is chairman in
charge Of all activities of the
carnival.
The Washington times., 1934-08-03
VOTERS IN D. c.
SHOW GAIN

Hundreds of new names have
been added to the list of absentee
voters living in Washington, &C.
cording to the District Of Colum-
bia Democratic Central Commit
tee, whose bureau at 201 Earle
Building has been swamped with
calls for applications for ballots
in the West Virginia primary elec-
ton to be held April 7, 1884.
Women seem to be showing a
special interest in the elections
according to the workers.
The office is open from 9 a. m.
until II p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-08-03
Aexandrian,3;
On Honeymoon
With Bride, %

Twenty-three years ago when
Isabelle Mercer Of Alexandria
was horn, Daniel Regan was so
years old:
Today they are on their
honeymoon.
Mr.. Regan, a wealthy retired
farmer and a grandfather,
moved to Alexandria some time
ago. Six months ago he met
Miss Mercer, half a century his
junior.
It was a case Of love at first
sight, both admitted, and yester-
day they slipped over to Wash
ington, took out a license and
were married.
They plan to make their
home in Alexandria.
The Washington times., 1934-08-03
to Enter
Training Sunday

Under the command Of Capt.
Arthur c. Newman, the 372nd
Infantry Reserves, will leave Sun
day for Camp Ritchie where two
weeks in field training will be
passed.
Accompanying the troops will be
the medical detachment under the
command of Capt. Albert Ridgely.
August IL, there will be a brigade
drill at the camp.
The Washington times., 1934-08-03
Lavigne
Sues for Divorce

Charging desertion, Mrs. Aljean
Lavigne, of Takoma Park, entered
suit in Montgomery County Cir
CURT Court yesterday for an abso-
lutte divorce from Morris Lavigne.
Mrs. Lavigne, who is represented
by Attorney D. D. Lamond, of Ia
koma Park, stated that she and
the defendant were married in
1925 and that he deserted her in
October, 1927.
The Washington times., 1934-08-03

throw important light on the
study Of coSmic rays, DR.. LaGorce
revealed.
Another film records the sun
and sky brightness, the tilt Of
the gondola at times and the
temperature recordings.
The most important of the
Spectographs taken aloft was
saved through. a parachute at
tachment, DR.. LaGorce said, and
it is expected that when it is
opened, valuable records will be
available,
The Washington times., 1934-08-03
HELD AS SLAYER

BECKLEY, w. Va, Aug. "a
charge of murder was placed
against John Craycraft today fol-
lowing a mountain battle in the
isolated district of Raleigh county
yesterday in which Armine Plum
ley was found dead, his throat cut
and bullet wounds in his neck.
The Washington times., 1934-08-03
Tanker Rammed
By U. S. Navy Tug

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 8.
Rammed by the Navy tug Mo-
hawk near the Navy Yard
here, the tanker Sylvia was beached
in the southern branch Of the
Elizabeth River yesterday. The
tanker had a hole stove in her port
bow and she took in considerable
water. The Mohawk's bow was
damaged but she was able to reach
her berth without assistance.
The Washington times., 1934-08-03
STRATO DATA SALVAGED

Despite the crash of the Strato-
sphere balloon recently, a large
amount Of scientific data has
been salvaged from the instru-
ments in the wreckage of the
gondola, it was revealed today by
DR.. John Oliver LaGorce, vice
president Of the National Geo.
graphic Society, which was CO.
sponsor Of the flight.
Films taken by Capt. Albert w.
Stevens, Army aerial photog-
rapher, escaped damage, and