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The Washington times., 1934-02-13
New Amusement Supervisor for
Washington Begins Duties
By Visit to Movies
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Meet Assistant District Attorney Karl Kindleberger newly
appointed amusement for Washington.
He looked Earl Carros Vanes at the Fox Theaer
yesterday afternoon gave it official o. K. meeting
Street standards Of good TASTE etc. 1t his first job
entertainment
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
HUI !: :: {: From
HOLLYWOOD!
BY GWYNN
clal to The Washington Times

HOLLYWOOD, Feb 13.-The movie colony will realize
its plan to have theater guild this part of the country
which will be operated similar the New York Theater Guild
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Russia Likes 1t

Russia must be well satisfied
with the English production of
Catherine the Great" for bull
letin says Alexander Troyanovsky,
Ambassador from the Union of
Socialist Soviet Republics, will at
tend the Broadway premiere of
Alexander Korda'S picture at the
AStor Theater tomorrow night.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Nickel Collector

George Raft, featured in SAIL
of Me-" used to be a nickel
snatcher" on a merry-go-round.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
- u W. ht Attorney
n Approves a Fox

M626cK
FEATURE PHOTOPLAYS
In Washington's leading
picture theaters today and
their starting times are as
follows:
COLUMBIA :.
"MR. SKITCH"
II :O5 A. NJ, 1880, 2:40,
4:25, 6:15, 8, $50 P. M.
PALACE :.
MOULIN ROUGE"
II As a. M, AS, 8: AS, $50,
7:50, $50 p. m.
EARLE
"MANDALAY"
II A. M, las, 4:35, 7:3O,
1920 P. M. Stage shows
at II 40, 1925, 6:25,
9:10 P. NJ.
"sIx OF A KIND"
II a. M, 1:20, AIS, 7:10,
10:15 p. m.
Stage shows at 1915, $40,
6, 8:55 p. IN.
R1ALTo
"THE GHOUL"
II A. NJ, 12:47, 2:34, 4:21,
Cos, 1855, $40 P. M.
RKo KEITH's -.
"THE LOST PATROL"
1853 A. NJ, 1:55, 3:57,
$50, SOL, 1908 P. M.
METROPOLITAN -.
MASSACRE"
II A. NJ, IL AS, 2:35, 4 30,
6:10, 7:55, 9:45 P. M.
HOWARD
FASHIONS FOLLIES OF
1884"
1890, 8, $50, 8, 80 P. NJ.
Stage shows at l As, 4:15,
GAS, Gals P. NJ.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Contests Return

The NRA code committee has
liberalized the Interpretation Of
the ruling with regard to movie
contests. This should mean hap
pier days for Gene Hoover and
others who make it a point to
enter all these theater promotion
competitions.
Under the new ruling theaters
are permitted to give away money
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Actors Are Backers

Actors Are Backers
Ground will be broken on Feb
ruary IA for the erection of a
theater that will be known as the
WeStwood Theater Guild and will
be backed by the movie colony.
The building, according to present
plans, will be finished by May l
and the first legitimate show to
open there will be on or about
May S.
Zeppo Marx is president of the
guild and Dickson Morgan is the
producer. The advisory board con-
sists of George Fitzmaurice, Lewis
Milestone, Sam Harris, DR.. Edwin
Jams, King Vidor, Lowell Sher-
man, Robert Montgomery, Greg
ory La Cava, Frank Morgan and
Frank BorZage. Ernst Lubitsch
has promised to direct play for
the guild.
Long months ago, MGM bought
the rights to Pearl Bucks best
seller and play."The Good Earth"
as an Irving Thalberg production.
Since that time much publicity has
gone out about it, but nothing in
the way of actual production has
taken place. And now along come
Warner Brothers with the an
nouncement that they have pur-
chased the rights to "Oil for the
Lamps of China" incidentally
outbidding MGM on it,.
In the meantime, George Hill is
over in China looking over the
native ground for MGM and trying
to decide whether the picture "The
Good Earth" should be made over
there or here and whether or not
to give it a native cast. Judging
by the amount of time it usually
takes Warmers to turn out a spe-
cial, it looks as though Warmers
will steal the Chinese thunder
while MGM is still making up its
mind about thisa and thata.
Studio Rivalry
Very funny. that piece of extra
business at the opening of Carlo
in "Queen Christina" at the Chi
nese the other night. Paramount
sorta tried to distract the atten-
ton of the crowd by having a
tallyho drive up and down the
boulevard filled with IL beautiful
girls advertising Earl CAROLS
"Vanities" production.
Practically everyone in Holly
wood turned out for the opening
EXCEPT CARGO and Gilbert. The
Torres girls and the Ames broth
erS all went together and there
were Alice Brady, Ann Harding,
Jean Harlow, thea Weick
(who would only allow the pho
tographers to take one snapshot
of herr, Johnny Weissmuller and
Lupe Velez-yeah, they're out to-
gether again.
Jeanette Macdonald, Eleanor
Holm and Art Jarrett were among
those present. Incidentally,
Randy Scott was there, too, but
Vivian Gaye wasn't there at all,
but Kitty Gillian seemed to be
taking good care of Randy. And
Mae Clark showed up with Leo
Morrison, which is something of a
change from Sidney Blackmer.
Random Shots: .
Myrna Loy's Disappearance" is
Just a three weeks vacation in
Honolulu. 1t cost Richard Dix
pahlenty to go to the auto show
out here. He came out the proud
owner of Cadillac and La Sale
...Veree Teasdale is a cousin of
Edith Wharton, the famous novel.
iSt, and is another famous grad"
OF Brooklyn's Erasmus High
School. .Adrienne Ames won ten
dollars from Hubby Bruce Cabot
at the fights Friday night and
made him pay pronto. Lyle Tai
L.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13

that the screen was providing
grown-up amusement. I have
heard it said that Director Grit
fifth had a marvellous producing
organization-such as camera
men, cutters, scenario writer's,
etc.-and that when they were
won elsewhere the magic Of Grit
fifth departed with them.
The point of bringing this up
is that Hollywood owes great
deal to Director Griffith. The ac-
credited inventor of "the close
up," the FLASH back" and the
mist photography technique has
been too great a pioneer figure in
the history Of the industry to be
neglected if hard luck has come
his way. Baseball hasn't forgot
ten Babe Ruth and Walter John
son. The movies ought never to
forget D. w. Griffith and his &C
complishments in the swadoling
days of the BUSINESS,
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
White Gets Mae

Some time ago AL Epstein an
nounced that Mae West would
make a personal appearance tour
under the William Morris office,
being the star of a revue which
was scheduled to invade the hinter-
lands and wind up it's road adven-
lures at the Century IN Baltimore
and the Fox in washington.
Since then everything is silence
until last week, when George
White announced in Hollywood
that Mae West would be the
bright star of his new edition Of
the Scandals. It is scheduled to
open in New York, June l.
Meanwhile Zone Director John
j. Payette is wondering what's
become of blonde Macs new pic
ture, 1T Amt No Sim" Warmers
is scheduled to get it, but as far
as can be learned the latest West
SHINING is still in the production
stage.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
MISS LEILA DRAPER
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Long Illness Fatal to Woman
Active Many Years in Epis-
copal Church.

Miss Leila F. Draper, resident
of Washington since 1907. died here
early today following an illness that
began with a breakdown in 1928.
She was born in Brooklyn, N. Y, and
prior to coming to Washington had
lived in Kansas for 25 years.
Miss Draper was member of ST
Margaret's Episcopal Church. and
served as its assistant treasurer for
many years. She served also as
treasurer of the Episcopal Home for
Children, formerly at Anacostia, from
1916 and 1928, in addition to being
member of the Board of Lady Man
ayers and of the Board of Incorpora-
tors of this institution For many
years she worked untiringiy to make
possible the homes new quarters at
Nebraska avenue and Rock Greek
Ford road
Miss Draper is survived by her
sister, Mrs. Carlos C. Van Leer; a
brother, Charles w. Draper; a niece,
Miss Leila Draper Van Leer, and two
nephews, Carlos C. Van Leer. jr..
and Anthony Wayne Van Leer, all of
this city.
Funeral services will be held at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at St.
Margarets Church. Interment will
be in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
PILOT D|SCLA|MS
DRESDEN BLAME
Recheck Shows Only Two
Drowned in Holiday
ShipWreck.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KOPERVIK, Karmoy Island, Nor
way, June ga Norwegian Marine
Court of Inquiry sought today to de-
termine the blame for wreck Of the
German liner Dresden. slit by rock
as she bore 900 Nazis on holiday
eXursion.
While the court heard evidence
stranded passengers made the best OF
their enforced presence here. They
were scantily clad as they awaited
a boat to take them back to Germany.
Many women still wore life belts and
some wept Historically.
There were more Germans on this
small island than Norwegians. A re-
check of the death list revealed only
two women lost their lives in the
wreck Wednesday night. Earlier re-
ports listed four victims.
Capt. Peter Moeller testified that
the rock, in a shallow ford, that
brought his ship to grief was not
marked on the English admiralty
chart which he was using.
A Norwegian pilot, Jacobsen. after
first assuming responsibility for the
disaster, withdrew his statement. He
told the court that when it was de-
cided to enter Rysylke Fjord, aban-
doning previously scheduled route,
he informed Capt. Moeller he was
not familiar with the waters.
Capt. Moeller said he understood
Jacobsen answered in the affirmative
when asked if he had the right to
alter the course. He did not know,
Moeller added, that Jacobsen did not
have a certificate for the new route.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

of the District of Columbia look upon
you as one of its most dependable
friends In Congress"
The church federation letter was
signed by w. l.. Darby, executive
secretary, who told Senator Capper:
But for your objection we might
have had foisted upon us an enter
prise to which most of our good
citizens are very strongly opposed.
"As you know" Mr.. Darby con-
tinued, "our organization Joined
with the Federation of Citizens As
Sociations In expressing its disap-
proval at the recent hearings. Despite
the evidence given, 1t looked as If the
appeal for protection against this evil
would be denied on account Of the
revenue to be received from race
track and the possibility Of employ
ing men in construction work. APP
parently no consideration whatever
was given by some members Of the
committee to the inevitable results
which follow race track gambling
everywhere and are a matter of COM
mon information.
I'VE are grateful to the Commis-
sioners OF the District and to some OF
our local newspapers, who took de-
termined stand against this bill.
Please accept our sincere thanks for
the part you played in the final hours
of the session of Congress which pre-
vented its passage. You have done a
real service to the District Of Colum-
bia by that action"
Evening star., 1934-06-22

ems to cancel are "all set and ready
to CO." AL the allotments were made
from original p. w. A. appropriation
of 50 300 ,00o 900. Some of them we're
made months ago. In some instances,
local controversy. or regulations be-
yond Federal control, have blocked
construction.
The 81 allotments rescinded yes
terday total $8,2l7,042, and this
money will be re-allotted along with
the new appropriations for public
works. The resembling action in most
cases was made at the request of COM
munities where elections to authorize
issuance of bonds to secure the P. w.
A. loans failed to carry.
Virginia has 10 allotments and
Maryland 4 in the group which Sec
retary Ickes now threatens to cancel.
The Virginia communities affected
and the projects involved, totaling
s340. 400. are as follows: DanviIle,
electric works, $4,000; Danville, wa
ter works, $85, 900; Pearisburg. wa
ter sewer. $25,OOO; Bluefeld, sewer,
$49, 900; Christianburg. public works.
100000; Warrenton, school, $40, 900;
Suffolk, school, S4,100; New Kent
County, school, $4,000; Hilton VII
lage, school. $1,000; Clarksville, school,
SIS, 900.
Maryland projects. totaling $234,-
600, are Anne Arundel. Cosan sewer,
2.000 WilliamSport, sewer. $88 900; !;
Grantsvilie. water works, S33, ,000, and
Hurlock, comb sewer, S51 900.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
DANIEL J. MURPHY,
CONTRACTOR, DIES
Veteran Plumbing Business
Man Was Known for
Charity Work.

Daniel j. Murphy 70, veteran
Washington plumbing contractor and
friend of the city's poor. died last
night at Garfield Hospital after an
operation for appendicitis Sunday.
Mr.. Murphy lived at 1901 Connecti-
cut avenue and until a few days be-
fore his death was in active charge
of the business which bears his name
at 1745 L street.
Mr. Murphy came here as a young
man from Fredericksburg, Va, and
entered the plumbing business before
plumbers were licensed. He had been
active in the field for several years
when he passed the city's first exami-
nation for plumbers, in 1893, and OBJ
tained license.
Handled Big Jobs.
Mr.. Murphy contracted for many
of the plumbing jobs of Catholic in
stitutions erected here during his As
years in business, and also for jobs in
the city's leading apartments and
homes.
The veteran contractor was a tire
less worker in behalf of the needy
contributing time and money to
Catholic charities. He was an active
member of St. Peters Church.
Mr.. Murphy was a charter member
of the Master Plumbers Association of
Washington. Before moving to the L
street address he was in business on
Connecticut avenue.
Eight Children Survive.
He is survived by five daughters,
Mrs. Margaret Lamb of Plainfield, N.
j.; Mrs. Nellie Schlaat of Dover, N.
j.; Mrs. Alberta Derby of Springfield,
Mass; Mrs. Catherine Leahy of West
Springfield. Mass. and Miss Frances
Murphy of Washington. and three
sons, Daniel ]. Murphy, jr.. member
of the Army Air Corps stationed at
Honolulu; Father Edmund J. Murphy
of the Order of st. Francis of Assist,
New York City, and Albert Murphy Of
Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
$50 am. Monday in the James T.
Ryan parlors at BIT Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast, followed at o'clock
by mass in st. Peters. Interment will
be in the family lot in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Worlds Money Varies Widely
From Bird Scalps to Rasors
Medium of Exchange Has Al'cays Had
Definite actual or Symbolic Value.
Smithsonian Exhibits Types.

iron hoes to have his party ferried
across Lake Bemba.
The woodpecker scalp was In Use
as currency among the Hupa Indians
of California Cakes of salt are a
general medium of exchange in parts
of Abysinnia.
Indian tribes of British Columbia
and Southeast Alaska had unique
ideas of money. The slave was the
standard of value. Among the Tlingit
one slave was worth from 10 to 20
deer skins The Kwakiutl Indians,
like the ancient MeXicans. expressed
values in terms of woven blankets
and, together with the Haida of the
Queene Charlotte Islands, placed an
artificially high exchange value on
large sheets of worked and decorated
copper shaped like war shields. One
of these was reputed to be worth
1000 blankets. Later this shield
money was fashioned from the sheet
copper off ships bottoms instead of
from pure copper nuggets. and con-
sequently deteriorated in value.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
.CAPPER PRAISED
FORBL0CK|NG BILL
Citizens and Church Fed
erations Commend Action
on Racing Measure.

The thanks of the Federation Of
Citizens Associations and the Wash
ington Federation of Churches to
Senator Arthur Capper Of Kansas
for his action In blocking passage of
the racing bill for the District has
been expressed to the Senator in two
letters he received yesterday.
In a letter expressing the graft
tude Of the citizens group, James q.
Yaden, president Of the federation,
said:
work for the District that 1 may
have been a little derelict in extend
ing thanks to you every time, but I
want you to know that the people
Evening star., 1934-06-22
.|CKES THREATENS
T0CANCE[FUNDS
Warns 563 Communities
They Must Live Up to
P. w. A. Agreements.

Secretary Ickes has served warning
on $50 communities that unless they
live up to their P. w. A. agreements
within the next 10 days or two weeks,
he will throw out their allotments,
totaling $158, 58,558,517. The projects
for which this sum has been allotted
are in every State except Idaho and
the District of Columbia.
The public works administrator
yesterday rescinded 81 previously
awarded allotments, which will aug
ment by several millions the $3.50, ,000,-
900 he now has to expend.
So far as the P w. A. is concerned,
Secretary Ickes explained, the 500
non-Federal projects which he threat
Evening star., 1934-06-22

ber of the Fourth Presbyterian Church
for many years. In addition to her
husband, she is survived by two sons.
Malcolm G. Davis of Pittsburgh and
Herbert Lewis Davis, jr., of Washing
ton. and two sisters, the Misses Eliza
beth b and Mabel M Grahame
Funeral services will be held at 30
pm. tomorrow at the Fourth Pres
byterian Church, with Rev. James H.
Miers officiating.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

mont street, after
a brief illness.
Mrs. Da Wis. a ma =
tive of Washing
ton. was the daugh-
ter of the late John
NJ. and Frances
Conway Grahame.
She was a graduate
of the District Nor
NAL School, a for
mer member Of the
Y. w. c. A. board
of directors, and a
member of the
board of the Ru-
bernstein Musical
Cl,th
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Births Reported.

Charles and Bernice Lee. boy.
Geoffrey and Virginia Yeaton, boy.
David and Sophia Snyder. boy.
Julian and Thelma Trueblood. boy
Albert and Mary Lawson. boy.
Jesse and Elrita Lyerly. girl.
Philip and Marguerite Loucks, girl.
William and Virginia Croson. girl.
Louis and Mamie Smith. girl.
Charles and Kelso Phillips. boy.
James and Viola Simms. girl.
Joseph and Agnes Brooks, girl.
David and Geneva Kellery. girl.
Abner and Martha Williams. boy.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
DIESEL TRAIN PLANNED
Santa Fe to Place New Locomo-
tive in Service.

TOPEKA. Kans., June % 6p).-An
experimental locomotive, equipped
with Diesel engines and capable of
hauling heavy transcontinental trains
at speed of approximately SO miles
an hour. will be placed in service by
the Santa Fe Railroad this Fall, W. j.
Black, general passenger traffic man
ager for the road, said last night.
The new type Of locomotive will
haul present passenger equipment. Ex-
periments with the new locomotive
were described as more practical than
the construction of streamed-line
trains because of the huge financial
outlay for the latter.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Deaths Reported.

Oliver M Ong. SIS. 1717 Columbia rd.
William Wheelwrieht 50. sos the Jeffer-
Anna L. Burch. 81. 1918 Kalorama rd
RICHARD Fletcher. SO. Garfield Hospital.
William Will % johnson, 56. ST. Iis EIisabeths Hos.
Lula NJ Clayburn. 42. 436 NJ St
Martha Dunninston. 80. Gallinger Hospital
George Jackson. 10, Emergency Hospital
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Don't Cut Corns
Peel Them Off

The toughest, hard and painful
corns soften up when you use E-Z
Korn Remover. 1t kills the roots
relieves soreness - ends pain and
makes troublesome corns peel right
off. Rapid in action. Safe-Seldom
fails. Soc at drug stores. (adv)
Evening star., 1934-06-22
New Jersey Family
Counterfeited Wampum.

Among the most interesting articles
in the exhibit is the counterfeit
wampum. True wampum was fashioned
with much hand labor from the shell
of a variety of clam known as Venus
mercenaria. which has a limited dis
tribution on the North Atlantic coast
Wampum beads circulated as money
in string bundles tied together at one
end A family of European immigrants
at Paskack. N. j. with the aid of steel
drills and metal lathes, became prof.
cient in making wampum from very
common sea shell found on the Gulf
coast. This counterfeit shell money
found its way as far West as the
Mississippi Valley
Prior to the establishment of the
Massachusetts, mint in 1852. metallic
money was very scarce in New Eng
land. Musket balls passed current at
a farthing each. but nobody was
obliged to take more than II at a
time. In 1887 the shell money, or
wampum. of the Indians, was given
a legal value at six beads for a penny.
and in 1640 it was ordered that white
wampum pass at four for a penny
and blue at two for a penny, and
that not above II pence in shells
receiver desired more.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
PARALYSIS SPREADS

% New Cases in Los Angeles
City and County.
LOS ANGELES. June % P).-
Twenty-one new cases OF infantile pa
ralysis were reported in the city and
eight in the county.
Since May the city has had 359
cases and the county BIS.
The State and Federal Govern
ments are doing all in their power,
Acting Gov Merriam said at Sacra-
mento. to combat the disease. He
said latest reports showed the spread
is not SO serious as in 1927 and 1880
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Interesting types of
Money Are Shown,

The collection contains interesting
examples of the African iron money,
which ranges all the way from bundles
of miniature spears to hoes. David
Livingstone, for example, paid three
Evening star., 1934-06-22
.H. |. DAVIS WIFE
TAKEN BY DEATH
Native of Capital and Nor
NAL School Graduate
Ill but Short Time.

Mrs. Frances Grahame Davis, wife
of Herbert L. Davis. member of the
Beard of Assessors for the District,
died Yesterday at her home, l40l Fair
Evening star., 1934-06-22
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

The world always has been on the
gold standard"
That is money. even among the
most primitive races, is based upon
something difficult to obtain and
usually of some utilitarian value in
itself. 1t never has been a purely
arbitrary medium of exchange
without either an actual or symbolic
value. But the symbolic value always
was derived from an actual value
Taxes in the short lived State Of
Franklin, comprising much of the
present Tennessee Valley, were pay
able in furs or whisky.
A Massachusetts, town shortly after
the Revolution made its taxes payable
in milk pals.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
From WoOdpecker Scalps
To Iron RaZors in Use.

Strange kinds of money, from
wookpecker scalps to razor blades,
which have been collected by the
Smithsonian Institution from all parts
of the globe, have been arranged by
the division of ethnology as part OF
the Smithsonian exhibit at the Gen.
tury of Progress Exposition this year.
Curious as many of these mediums
of exchange now seem, Smithsonian
ethnologists say they nearly always
were closely associated, either actually
or symbolically, with the daily needs
of the human beings among whom
they circulated.
One of the strangest is the old
chinese razor money" The iron razor
requiring a great amount of crafts
manShip, was useful and costly OBJ
ject 1t was natural medium OF eX-
change. Later it became symbol OF
value rather than an object of actual
utilitarian value in itself. 1t was then
fashioned in bronze or even cut from
the precious jade. In the process OF
simplif1cation the blade was eliminat-
ed, leaving only the round handle with
the perforated center.
The collection assembled by the
Smithsonian ethnologists includes such
articles as shells, bright feathers, axes
spear heads, fish hooks. blocks of salt
blocks of pressed tea and tobacco, all
sorts of skins. glass bottles. coconuts
eagle feathers, cacoa beans, whale
teeth, porcupine quilts, tails of animals
red hair from behind the ear of the
flying fox, stone and clay beads. mill
stones of yellow limestone, hoes and
spades. crosses of copper. ingots of
iron, buffalo robes and hundreds OF
other articles.