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Evening star., 1935-02-08

This was most noticeable In the quin-
tet In the second act, one of the
bright spots in the opera, which was
very well done last evening except
for too much orchestra. The choruses
were stirring, the ensemble far above
the average opera chorus, though the
singers lacked familiarity with the
score, having to watch the conductor
SO closely as to mar their stage
business
Luisa Casellotti was enticing and
appealing in the title role, hav-
in ga voice of richness and ample
range. She has abundant tempera-
ment and showed dramatic ability,
her work in the trio in the third act
was excellent and her singing Of the
famous "Habanera" in the first act
brought much spontaneous applause
from the enthusiastic audience.
Ralph Gerard, who sang Alfredo
in "Traviata" last week, repeated his
success last evening and as Don Jose
Evening star., 1935-02-08
IN MAUGHAM PLAY.

For their second production Of the
season, the students of the Studio OF
Theater Arts, under direction of Con-
stance Connor Brown, will present
Somerset Maugham's comedy of man.
ners, "The Circle" at Wardman Park
Theater February 19 and 20.
Romaine Stevens will play the CEN
tral role, made famous in this country
by Mrs. Leslie Carter. Ralph Howen-
stein is cast as Lord Porteous, the role
John Drew played. Frank Westbrook
plays Give Champion Cheney; Sally
Hinman, Elizabeth; James Kelley, Ar
mold; Walter Pick, Teddie Luton, and
Felice Lloyd, Jean Mcclellan and
George McMorris complete the cast.
Evening star., 1935-02-08

Although Stringfield'S and Mali
piero's compositions we're noted as
being given the first time in Wash
ington, the other works were also in
their way novelties. Stringfeld is
well known in this city both as a
composer and d conductor and any
new work from his pen is received
with interest. In "A Negro Parade
he has striven for pictoriZation, and
there was a definite idea in his mind
for incorporation in this number. To
a great degree he has succeeded in
what he started out to express; namely,
the pride in and abandon of a Negro
celebration One hears the faint, far
off sounds of the approaching band,
the excited expectation on the streets
and the exaltation of mood of the
celebrants which reverts to the spir-
itual tune, LET Jesus Lead You and
the White Folks Feed You"
The excellent and atmospheric mood
of the beginning led one to greater
expectations of a climax than Mr..
Stringfield reached. The inspiration
weakened and at the awaited moment
the harmonic invention thinned out
to a disappointing degree. The or
chestra, however, gave it a concen-
trated reading with we'll timed grada-
tions of tone and even balance
of orchestral voices. Adaptability to
different style is the orchestras chief
gain this season and one particularly
demonstrated in yesterdays program.
1t is ever pleasure to know of
new American artists who have re-
ceived praise from those reticent in
its giving. Viola Mitchell, violinist,
the soloist of the afternoon, was not
only chosen as a fitting interpreter
of Malipiero's new concerto by the
composer himself and given the ex-
elusive right to play it, but she was
selected by DR.. Koussevitsky to per-
form it with the Boston Symphony
recently. Her performances abroad
have done much to increase interest
in the work itself.
AS this was her first appearance in
Evening star., 1935-02-08
Work of Five Composers
Featured by Orchestra
National Symphony, in Yesterdays Concert
Gives String6eld's NEGRO Parade.
Viola Mitchell as Soloist.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

YESTERDAYS program the National Symphony Orchestra
v the national musical idiom of five diverse com
sngheld "A Negro Parade the stately and noble music
his variations Theme by Haydn; the concerto for
violin piano by IaS outstanding composer Mapero
finish with the lively and coorfu Carneva Overture by the
Evening star., 1935-02-08

been revitalized and is now quite
warm.
Constance Connor Brown is work.
ing like slave on her production Of
1.-The Circle"
And what is that excellent local
actress, Catherine McCord, up to
these days?
THE Bebe Daniels-Ben Lyons -Skeets
Gallagher-Kathryn Givney play
Hollywood Holiday" opens in Bal
timore February 18.
Bob Crosby, Bing's brother, will
come to the Earle Theater with the
Dorsey Brothers and their orchestra.
What's ever happened to Audrey
Sieber's screen test?
Who gave the aforementioned
Earle Theater trombone player that
wire-haired fox terrier which he trun-
dies around on a leash?
1t isn't true that S. E. Cochran
won't have a stock company this
Spring.
Evening star., 1935-02-08
MORE ONE-ACT PLAYS
BY LOCAL GROUPS
District of Columbia Tourna-
ment Continues With
Three Offerings.


Three more plays in the annual
one-act-play tournament of the Com
munity Center Department were done
last night in Roosevelt High School
auditorium by the Takoma Park Little
Theater Group. the Masquers of Sligo
Park Hills and the Bartfield Players.
The first play, by the Takoma Park
Group, was "The Slamatan," thing
Of questionable intent exposing the
methods employed by sundry Javanese
household servants to induce a newly
arrived family to finance a ceremony
(Slamatan) which they feel is neces-
sary to drive out the Javanese devil
devils who by habit or heredity make
their abode in newly-built houses.
This was done before an authentic
Javanese setting by Janet Coon, one
of the towns most able players; M.
s. Hartley, Hugh Smythe, Mrs. Byron
M. Coon, Guy Goodman, John Ken
drick, Phyllis Wilson Hurr. Mary
Audrey Rands, Genevieve Burk, Will
liam M. Greene and Will Carleton.
Minnie Frost Rands directed
The Masquers of Sligo Park Hills
were next with panegyric ode to the
doctor and his devotion to his profess
sion, which devotion is eulogiZed in
manner somewhat dramatic and not
a little familiar This time it's called
"An Emergency Case" and details the
Iornn1iYnc IN fip1rr rrr11a
man who has just been shot after
killing the surgeons son is brought in
to have his life saved by that surgeon.
At the curtain the life is on the way
to being saved. e. Francis McDevitt,
Gladys Wight. Betty Lyman, William
Wight, Robert Pilgrim and an unhon-
ored and unSung occupant Of the
operating table took part. William
Wight directed.
"Boccaccio's Untold Tale" which
is about a poet and two women and
which is very good, was performed
neatly by the Bartfield Players. Jean
Smith delivered of herself truly elo-
quent reading Of the character of one
of the young ladies, being both very
austere and very pleading as the one
whose passion was unrequited. The
others contributing were Esther E.
Galbraith, Nancy Hall and James M.
Rawls. Howard Whitfield, directing,
attained some effective grouping. The
simple setting was fine.
A fourth play scheduled, which was
to have been done by the Musical and
Theatrical Guild of the Department
of Agriculture, was withdrawn after a
rehearsal Wednesday night. The third
preliminary contest in the tournament
will take place next Tuesday at Roose-
welt Auditorium. H. M.
Evening star., 1935-02-08

this city, it must have been generally
felt that the choice Of work could
not allow one complete judgment of
her evident fine talent. There are
many things not contained In the
concerto that test a violinist'S art and
which. from Miss Mitchell's perform
ance yesterday, would be interesting
to hear from her. A superior musi-
cisnship held her straight on the
course through difficulties of pitch and
technique and gave brilliantly to the
rather angular music. It was truly
musical feat and established Miss
Mitchell as an artist Of first rank.
In the planning of the concerto
Malipiero has brought multitude of
ideas together with true genius. AL
though ultramodern in its form, there
is poetry and fantasy in rich measure
that, however, needs further hearings
to become thoroughly distinct in mind.
The orchestration is full and colorful
and more than to the violin, Is given
the development of the thematic ma
terial. Against this plentiful back
ground the violin is constrained to
almost an obligato duty except in the
caGenza of the final movement when
ample play is given to the virtuosity
of the artist in the clever combina-
ton of distinctly contrary themes.
Miss Mitchell, whose simplicity in
face of her difficult task and expert
command of her instrument won the
interest of her listeners, was given
a generous reception which brought
her back several times to acknowledge
the applause.
An Interpretation correct in line
and thoughtful as to sentiment was
brought into the rendition by the or
chestra of Purcell's Grave" and the
beautifully designed variations of
Brahms. The program concluded with
the gay work of Dvorak, directed with
enthusiasm by Dr. Kinder and re-
sponded to in the same vein by the
audience.
Evening star., 1935-02-08
PIANO RECITAL.

Lena Kash Holther of the faculty Of
the Washington College of Music will
present the following piano students
in recital this evening at the school:
Mary Sizer, Helen Justice, Mary
Frances Staley, Dorothy Brooks,
Mildred Knofer, Virginia Hickman
and Hugh Dryden.
Evening star., 1935-02-08
"CARMEN" WELL SUNG
BY CIVIC OPERA GROUP
Gay and Colorful Performance
Last Evening as the Sixth
of Series.

A gay and colorful performance of
Bizet's Carmen" was given last even
ing by the Civic Grand Opera Co. in
the Washington Auditorium as sixth
presentation this week of famous and
favorite operas. The settings and
costumes were adequate and the
orchestra did beautiful work in the
overtures and interludes, though
frequently playing too loud for the
singers, particularly in the recitative.
, 1935-06-02
POLICE CHECK
TERROR REIGN
State Men Sent BY Sooner
Governor to Scene Of
Strike Trouble

SAND SPRINGS. Okla, June l. V)
Grim state police, sent to quell a
reign Of terror" which followed a
series Of bombings. lent reassurances
TO citizens Of this textile manufae-
turing center Saturday.
Threats Of death have been re-
Ported by persons connected direct
ly o. indirectly with the operations
OF the Commander Mills, scene Of q
bitter strike.
Determination to halt the violence
was voiced by Governor Z W. Mar
land at Oklahoma City. He said he
would call cut the National Guard
II necessary.
Langley Coffey. an attorney for the
textile mill, admitted he had receiv-
q threats against his life.
-Four bombs were tossed here
Thursday night. Chief of.Police Ray
Backus reported someone shot at
him as he drove along the street.
To protect his family, II. <. Kerr,
assistant superintendent Of the mill.
sent them to Texas. +. T. Pafford,
mill manager, took his family to
Alabama. Pafford himself was SER
iously beaten several weeks ago.
A union charge that the mill vio-
lated a. agreement to stagger work
rather than lay off employees lay
back Of the strike call. The mill had
continued operation with non-union
labor.
, 1935-06-02

fornia. Consequently vague rumors
were carefully circulated that she
would depart next week.
With this in mind, news camera
men gathered at the station in Los
Angeles Friday night when the
train was about TO pull out. Sure
enough, Carlo didn't appear.
The cameramen hurried TO Pasa-
cena. where Carlo was hiding near
a siding IN her six-year-old hmcu-
sine. = moment later the train
rumbled by and CARLOS stately car
oreaked into action. So did the
photographers
The train stopped a piece down
the track and CARLOS chauffeur
misjudged the distance, losing q
point to the cameramen.
The great one, Striding forwa- 4
into the muzzles OF the waiting
cameras. struck a characteristic
pose. She .hoiSted her grey tweed
cape over the near side OF her face
and started into a gentle canter.
The flashlights popped
Thank you, Miss Carlo" said
a cameraman politely as Greta
climbed aboard the train
, 1935-06-02
AAA Officials Seek
Props to Aid Set Up
Wrecked by Jurists

ly adequate" members Of the senate
agriculture committee moved to trim
additional powers which he had re-
queSted prior TO the courts ruling.
Chairman Smith DISC predicts
cd that all authority to license pro-
ceSsors and handlers Of farm prod
ucts would be wiped out Of AAA leg
islation which has been before his
committee for some time. Smith new
er has been wholly In accord with
the licensing proposal.
Another member Of the commit
tee. Senator Pope D-Idaho) said
in a radio address that the license
features and marketing agreemer5s
Of AAA will be restricted to interstate
transactions In line with the MIRA
opinion.
After a long conference with Mr..
Roosevelt Friday, Secretary Wallace
told newspapermen that the issue
raised by the decision was whether
the federal government csn use its
lower to correct grave social and
economic in~justices."
I'VE will do everything we can
through a search for amendments to
remedy the social iriustices." he
said. 1T may be that these may not
he completely adequate"
The latter remark was construed
by some observers AS another indica-
ton that a constitutional amendment
to give the government clear powers
over agriculture and related indus
tries might be proposed.
, 1935-06-02
Testimony Begins
In Dobbs Sayings

GEORGEWEST, June i. H1-J.
I. Goynes. San Antonio produce
buyer, was the first witness TO tes-
.tify Saturday in the trial OF Charles
Clark. charged with the murder Of
Virgil Dobbs.
Goynes testified that he had
furnished Clark with money 10
purchase produce, Clark claiming he
had no money. Goynes testified
that on October 2. 1884. he saw
Charles Clark, his brother. Bud
Clark. and William Reed, a negro.
driving out Of San Antonio in a
truck. Previous to that time. he.
Goynes, and three other men had
purchased fruit and vegetables from
the Dobbs brothers and the Clark
Brothers and the negro were wit
neSses to the transaction.
Goynes testified that the next
time he saw Charles Clark was
Oct. 3.
Homer and Virgil Dobbs were
slain on Highway 66 on Oct. 2. 1884.
, 1935-06-02
RAILROAD WEEK.
is SET ASIDE.
Western Lines Celebrate
Development During
Past Few Years

June 10 to June ID has been
designated as National Railroad
Week BY the Western Railroads.
an organization OF all railroads
operating west OF the Mississippi
river, IL was announced In Browns
vile Saturday by W. r. Kiekel.
general agent Of the Missouri Pa
cific lines, and "A. ". .. Patrick.
general agent OF Southern Pacific
lines.
The Western Railroads have been
using q cooperative advertising
campaign in newspapers and mag
azines for several months, TO at
tract attention Of the public to i'm
proved passenger and freight
equipment and to attractive sum
me- tours.
National Railroad Week Is sched-
uled for the final week Of the
campaign and "open house" will
be maintained in cities where shops
and roundhouses are maintained.
Several lines now have q major
ity Of their passenger cars air
conditioned and almost al roads
are using some unconditional
equipment.
Acknowledging has made pos
sible travelling TO the scenic spots
Of the nation during the hottest
summer months In perfect comfort.
A far cry 1t Is from the old. ram
shackle passenger trains TO the
present streamlined train COM
pletely cooled and free from Gin
ders and clinkers.
Lounge cars equipped with soda
fountainA radios and other enter
tainment features are no longer
rare on a cross-continent train
Barber shops. beauty shops and te~
lephone service are now available.
Dining car cuisine is comparable
with some Of the finest restaurants
Of the nation.
Travel in Comfort Is now not
only a phrase but a fact. With the
new low rates recently offered by
most railroads, It Is now possible
for everybody TO take their vaca-
ton by train.
Mayors OF all cities will issue a
proclamation declaring the week
from June 10 70 June ID as Ma
tiOnal Railroad Week. All service
clubs and f~Taternal organizations
will be asked to use Railroads" rs
the topic for the weekly meeting TO
be held during that period.
Railroad officials and employees
will deliver speeches on the history
and service OF railroads before
different meetings. School children
will be taken on conducted tours
OF various railroad enterprises and
material depicting the romance Of
, 1935-06-02
CONTRACT LET
ON AUDITORIUM
Ramsey Brothers Makes Low
Bid Of $62,539 For
Repair Job
Especial 70 The Heraldl

HARLINGEN. June Contract
for reconstruction of the Municipal
Auditorium in Fair Park was award
ed TO Ramsey Brothers Of Harlin-
gen Saturday afternoon by the City
Commissioners at a special meeting.
Ramsey Brothers obtained the
contract on a low bid Of four, for
$62. $1,000. Three other firms and
their bids are as follows:
Blythe and Stats. Harrington. $685.
800; Duerson and Lockhart. Harlin-
gen, S68. 1894 and Jacob Banspach, San
Antonio. $4,000.
Contract calls for construction TO
be completed In $50 working days.
Stanley Bliss. city architect, and
PWA officials Of Fort Worth, who
attended the opening Of the bids Sat
urday morning. stated construction
would start within 10 days.
Contracts for the seats in the aud
itorium was awarded TO the Ameri-
can Desk Manufacturing company
for 5000.
The work will be done with a fund
Of S77. 900 which the city Of Harlin-
gen obtained from the PWA as a loan
and grant. They money was receiv-
ed last week and Is now on deposit
in the bank.
, 1935-06-02
Priest Tries Again
To Get Speech Place

CHICAGO. June l-+P-Reflsed
the use OF Soldier Field stadium FOR
a rally on June IS. Father Charles
4 Coughlin Saturday renewed his
request in a telegram 10 Robert W.
Durham. chairman OF the Chicago
park board.
Dunham's board earlier this week
turned down the application with
the statement that park facilities
should not be available for the dis
semination OF propaganda ON con-
~troverSial matters"
Father Coughlin's telegram read
your reason I'm refusing the fa-
cilities OF Soldier Field Oh the
g,ound that the property 10 not
available for the dissemination of
controversial political or economic
propaganda Is unsupported BY any
vestige OF historical precedent
, 1935-06-02
Four Bank Robbery
Suspects Arrested

FORT SMITH. Ark, June Up
Duke Frederick. assistant United
States attorney, announced Satur-
day the $4,000 robbery OF the City
National bank here May 3 had been
solved, and that four men were
being held in connection with the
holdup.
Floyd Henderson. 80, of Joplin.
Mo-. Russell Cooper, 80, Fort Smith:
Dewey Gilmore. "a. Missouri fugi-
tive bank robber; and Dan T.
Heady. 80, captured az Kansas City
recently by department OF justice
agents. are accused OF perpetrating
the Fort Smith robbery. frederick
said.
, 1935-06-02
DISTRICT TO
APPEAL CASE
Refunding Through RFC
Fund Case to be Taken
To Higher Court

Federal Judge r. NJ. Kennerly
Friday granted an appeal to Cam
eron County Water Improvement
District No. One from his adverse
decision in the districts proposed
refunding operation through a
RFC loan.
The district is seeking to refund
its bonded debt at 49B cents on
the dollar through a new deal"
measure which permits a form Of
municipal bankruptcy. In dismiss
ing the matter for want Of juriSdic-
ton. December IL, Judge Kennerly
strongly indicated that he was Of
the opinion that the new deal"
measure was unconstitutional.
The order granting the appeal
was signed in Corpus Christi FRI
day with the district being repre-
scented by w. B. Lewis.
, 1935-06-02
Hungry Child Is
Killed by Father

CHALONS-SUR-MARNE France.
June /. Rl-An unemployed father
killed his two-year-old child and
probably fatally injured his four
year-old son when they cried with
hunger by dashing them against the
stone floor Of the railroad station
where he had taken them with their
mother to sleep Friday night.
The father, a Russian named Phil
emon G~olubenke. said he had plan
ned TO drown them ito end their mis-
cry" and then TO commit suicide.
, 1935-06-02
{. Of c. Committee
Chairman Elected

SAN BENITO. June CHAIR
men Of standing committees we're
named by the chamber OF commerce
board OF directors AZ a special meet
ing Friday afternoon.
Each chairman will name the 9TH
er members OF his committee and
report them TO the secretary, Pete
II. Smith.
Committee chairmen named were:
Port, j. l.. Bates: agricultural, Char
les Herndon: retail trade, j. w.
Spradley; entertainment, Charles
Allison. publicity. Harry wv. Foeh-
ner: industrial, w. W. HouSewright:
highway, Joe M. Erwin; conventions.
Pete III. Smith. housing. Raymond
Slaughter: finance. o. c. Hamilton.
Next regular meeting OF the board
win be Monday afternoon, June 10.
, 1935-06-02
Plea Is Disregarded

MUSROGEE. Okla. june I. p
Rufe Mccain. Arkansas fugitive con-
vict, was held for jury trial Satur-
day despite his plea OF guilty to rob
berry Of the Bank OF Idabel. during
which his companion, Sam Day. was
slain BY officers.
Federal Judge r. Z. Williams, re-
fusing TO accept the guilty plea late
Friday. said he intended 20 direct
jury trials In such cases SO the death
penalty could be assessed. He took
action over the protests OF McCain's
counsel.
, 1935-06-02
Silent Suede Tries To
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Sneak from Hollywood To
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Pay Visit to Old Country

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, June L.
R-Greta Carlo. travelling in Sec
recy, disguise and In the last coach
OF q croSs-country train. was speed
ing to New York Saturday. oound
for a vacation In her native Sweden.
The mysterious movie star, pull
ing another surprise" departure
that turned out to be a surprise for
no one except Greta. left Friday
night aboard the Santa Fe Chief
for Gotham.
There she viii take a boat-Garbo
was the only one out here who
knew which boat-for five months
or more seclusion In Europe.
The Swedish enigma had hoped
90 leave California in the same
secrecy in which she lives in Cali
, 1935-06-02
Principal Elected
fspecial to nae Heraldl

WESLACO. June l. = Fred K.
Kay Of Mart. was elected principal
Of the Weslaco junior-senior high
school Thursday. Mr. Kay is a
graduate Of the Southwest Texas
Teachers college at San Marcos. He
comes to Weslaco from a position
he has occupied for the last IL
years.
The last vacancy in the Weslaco
faculty was filled with the election
Of Mrs. Arthur A. Harris Of Weslaco
as teacher Of music and auditorium
in the Stephen +. Austin grammer
school.
, 1935-06-02
Three Escape Death
Ispecial to The Heraldl

McALLEN. June Three persons
narrowly escaped serious injury or
death when their small truck STALL
ed on the Missouri Pacific cross
ing in West McAllen Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Balerio de los San
tos and their two-year-old son leap
ed from the truck an instant before
the eastbound night passenger train
demolished the vehicle. De los Santos
applied the cars brakes when he
heard the train whistle but he stop
ped the motor in so doing and the
truck rolled onto the tracks in front
Of the engine.
Mrs. De Los Santos was i'll Fri
day from nervous shock as the re-
suit Of her narrow escape.
, 1935-06-02
2 DEAD, MANY
HOMELESS In
TMASFLOODS
CIoudbursts Do Heavy
Damage in Sections
OF State; Business
Houses Flooded

AON Az
Texas counted two dead and
hundreds homeless Saturday as q
check was made Of damage by
|cloudbursts in two widely separated
sections OF the state.
Two children, 8 and 10. Of Ema-
Anuel Sanches drowned at D'Hanis
near Sabjnal when a five-inch rain
DESTROYED so homes, washed several
other buildings from their founda-
Itions and MADE at least half OF the
towns population Of 500 homeless.
Houses Flooded
Evc-y business house in the lit
NE south Texas town was flooded
with six feet of water and buildings
and stock were reported practical
Ily ruined.
The flood disrupted communica-
ton lines and isolated the town by
washing out a quarter-mile Of rail-
road track and deposting 1t on the
highway Railroad workmen man
aged TO get into the town late Fri
day night on railroad motor cars.
Tracks Washed Out
u UValde, Hondo, Sabinal and 9TH
er communities in that section were
flooded. Railroad track vas wash
cd out In several places. and the
Sabinal river and other streams
became raging torrents.
"A ~four-inch rain northwest Of
| Sweetwater Friday night stopped
traffic on the main line Of the
Santa Fe between Sweetwater and
Amarillo. "A shallow ravine 20 miles
north Of Sweetwater turned into a
raging torrent and washed out
more than 200 feet OF the road bed.
leaving several freight cars stand
ing on a suspended track.
The rain extended from Hobbs.
IN. M, to Sweetwater. taking in the
Jusicehpg. Snyder and Rotan ter
ritory. =
, 1935-06-02
ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL

WESLACO. June /. - Superin-
tendent F. c. Mcconnell and wife
viii leave Weslaco for Austin, where
they viii attend the summer session
of Texas University for the first
semester. They plan to return to
their home here about the last OF
July.