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Evening star., 1935-03-15

had. of course, something to do
Hamlet" got first vote and "Abie's
Irish Rose" got no vote at all, Whlcn
may surprise those who made some
S5OOO,OOO out of Abie's little girl.
second to Hamlet" came Rain
and then the winners were What
Price Glory" "Cyrano de Bergerac," "
Peter Pan. THE Jest" "The Green
Pastures" Journeys End" Reunion
in Vienna" and "The Cherry Or
chard"
"The Barretts of Wimpole Street"
and Grand Hotel" didn't quite make
the grade, although at one stage OF
the voting they were well towards the
top. THE Old Homestead" died.
THE new Russian film at the Belas-
l. co, Petersburg Nights" is based
on two novels by Dostoyevski. White
Nights" and "Netotcha NezxanoVa,
both of which. were published In
ls4s. It is long film, very long
with some admirable photography, q
theme that is ancient, but still pop
ular and a text which tells you that
in the "old days of Russia" real
genius and real art was neglected anc
. that only the weak and the pampereo
prospered-something which may OF
may not be taken as propaganda, de-
pending on which way you look at 1t
While the film is spoken entirely ir
Russian, its speeches are made quite
, clear by the English captions ane
! YOU will find little difficulty in trac'
ing the history of one Egor, whose
talent for violin playing swept him OF
to Petersburg and then out again.
, B. Dobronravov, who plays Egor, !
. an interesting actor whose only short
comings are the shortcomings OF tn
, film. Thus. when he falls in love witt
. K Tarasova (the first names aren'
divulged) and kisses her hand with al
the fervor of a Continental cavalier
while her fiance stands within a fey
yards of them shaking his fists an
saying "Fie!" in good old Sovie
language, you are worried not so mucl
about the chief actor. but by tn
director who made such a clums
scene necessary. 1t suggests, some
how. the rather futile days Of Rutl
Roland, etc.
The message that "Petersbur
Nights" drives home is. however.
strong message, and the final exodu
: into that Siberian night with Egor'
:. song on the lips of the multitude
something to remember. Before tina
you have seen the violinist, MI
& Schultz. very successful because h
+. has plagiarized the works of other
and because he has bowed and scrape
. his way to immortality. And you hav
seen Egor starve because he chose t
write about the people"
Artistically and from an actor
point of view. there is much to b
derived from this film. It's messag
will, however, appeal mostly to tn
/. folks back home.
X y r r
A FORMER Washington girl, Flea
"A more Troy cher real name is Ed
monston and she used to live witt
her family at 651 B street northeast
appears prominently among the Bush
Berkeley girls in Gold Diggers o
1885"
Miss Mary Ward, advance guard o
the LIE Gallienne troupe, is staying a
. the Washington--thiS for the benefi
Evening star., 1935-03-15
mot a Forgotten Man, Is
:This William Shakespeare
He Takes TOPS" Position in "Favorlte'Plays'of'
Your-Lifetime" Symposium-"P Petersburg
Nishts" "Booms the New Russian Ideas.
BY e. de S. MELCHER.

CcoRDG 1ofavorite- -letlme symRoe S
favorite play time and perhaps Of any other time
amlet" Mr. Shakespeare thus still on the
be going strong For no play this
and Juliet although fact that Miss Cornell played Juliet
Evening star., 1935-03-15
smash finish she does for the second

smash finish she does for the second
act.
Amanda Chittum, Irving Grodstein
and Deane Bryant are three others
who exhibit a more than average de-
gree Of adeptness with farcical lines.
Mary Elizabeth Keane, young lady
of somewhere between 8 and IL, per-
forms very well as Theodore, a role
which was Theodore, or something
male, in the authors version, but which
was changed because some one saw
Mary Elizabeth. Some half-dozen
others very capably uphold their less
important parts in the play.
"Good-by Again" was performed
before a single setting designed by
Katherine Cutler and executed by
Karl E. Gay. The play will be re-
peated tonight at the Wardman Park
Theater. H. M.
Evening star., 1935-03-15

with 1t.
of those thousands who are trying to
get in touch with her.
Steve Cochran was due back from
New York Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Members of the Washington State
Society will preview "Ruggles of Red
Cap" at the Earle Theater next Mon
day evening at 1870 O'Clock as the
guests of John j. Payette.
The i,935th woman who goes to see
Gold Diggers" today will receive q
free ticket and bunch Of flowers
from local florist.
Prepare for an extraordinary dance
team that is coming all the way from
Cuba to dance at a local night club
Since Mr.. Spectator slipped up on
this yesterday he has given us per-
mission to state that he has heard
that Chela and Doray are even better
than Eva and Raoul Reyes. who are
now dancing at the Casino in New
York. Chela looks like Lupe Velez
and dances like her, too-and Rene
Doray taught Valentino those tango
steps for "The -Four Horsemen." They
will dance at the Club Habana.
The Roadside Theater group will
start of its 1885 season next Tues
day night with a l5-minute broad
cast of "Ruggles of Red Gap" Eu-
gene Kressin will play the Charles
Laughton role. Janet Coon will be
Mary Boland; Frances Brunt, Zasu
Pitts, and Helena Cook will speak for
Maude Eburn. Anton Hardt Is di-
recting.
HerVey CAnthony Adverse) Allen
has written a letter to Miss Young,
local booster for that excellent Chill
drens Theater of New York, praising
1t to the skies. Tomorrow these
players will present Louisa Alcott's
> Under the Lilacs" at the National.
Marc Silver says that "Folies Ber-
; gere" is his favorite film.
The only WaShingtonian who gets
his picture in the Film Daily Year
> Book of 1885 is Julian Brylawsky.
The curtain will rise at 8 pm. to-
morrow night on the Columbia Play
ers' production of Uncle Vanya" at
the Soviet Embassy.
Evening star., 1935-03-15
IN MADAME B0vARY."

Madame Bovary." based on the
novel by Gustave Flaubert, will be
the feature at the foreign language
cinema in Pierce Hall tomorrow. This
film was produced by the La Nouvelle
Societe de Films, under the direction
of Jean Renoir, and is Q successful
adaptation. Valentine Tester plays
the title role.
Evening star., 1935-03-15
LIBERAL EXPRESSIONS
IN COLLEGE FAVORED
Gov. Earle Talks to Pittsburgh q.
Trustees Who Were Charged
With Reactionary Policies.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, March 15.-Gov.
George H. Earle said last night he
told trustees Of the University Of
Pittsburgh. under fire for alleged ere
dictionary" policies. that he believes
universities should extend the same
opportunities for liberal expressions
as for conservative ones.
The Governor made a flying trip
to attend the executive session Of the
trustees, but explained that he had not
been aware that the Legislature was
contemplating an investigation Of the
schools policies until he read late
yesterday of the vote at Harrisburg.
II was received courteously but
without much enthusiasm" Earle said
after the meeting. which was attended
by 10 trustees. including the board
president, George H. Clapp and
Chancellor John 6. Bowman.
Evening star., 1935-03-15

ST. PATRICK'S DANCE
Benefit OF II. L. Edmonds Post. Veterans
Of Foreign Wars, Hamilton Hotel. 6atur-
day. March Is. 1885. from 10 PM. TO
I Am. Only Tickets Embossed By Post
Seal viii Be Accepted
Evening star., 1935-03-15
Hollywood Trades People
|Scan Box Office Receipts
Interest in Financial Success of Players l.
Aroused by Solictude for
Their Accounts.
BY MOLLK MERRICK.

ToLLYWooD March Is lNANA2II have often wondered at
| | pictures, especially the box office receipts
rs going to be financial success?" they'll ask in
variaby did the critics like performance"
No curiosity this butchers apartment
landlords all watch production schedules
their and of smaller actors
studio technicianS of all
time chedu Vyhe is
Evening star., 1935-05-19
FARMING In D. C.
HELD ON DECLINE.
Census Bureau Reports SO Where
104 Flourished in
1880.

The pursuit Of agriculture in the
District of Columbia, usually consid-
cred urban to the core, Is on the
decline, the Census Bureau reports,
with 80 farms now where 104 -four
ished in 1880.
These 80 farms, comprising 2,sol
acres, are operated by so full owners,
part owner, II managers and 81
tenants. Their total value is $7,l83, ,087,
an increase over the $7,143,7l2 COM
puted as the worth of the 3,071 acres
in 1880.
The average size Of the Capitals
farms this year is 31.5 and was 295
acres in 1880. The average value in
1885 is $80,709 and was $68690 in
1880.
Crops we're harvested from 1,495 Of
Washington's agricultural acres last
year, less than the 1877 Of 1929.
Hay and sorghums, corn, potatoes
and yans are the farm commodities
which the Districts plowmen con-
centrate on.
Aside from the harvested crop
land, reckoned In April Of this year,
the Districts farms totaled Is acres
Of crop failure, 1874 acres of fallow
land, l87 acres of plowable pasture,
286 acres of woodland pasture, A
acres of other pasture, 131 acres of
unpaStured woodland and 459 acres
put to various uses.
Chief animal product Of the city's
farms are hogs and pigs, which num-
bered 1911 April l. Then comes
cattle, 853 head in all and sos of
them cows and heifers over years
old
Evening star., 1935-05-19
29ARE SUMMONED
IN LYDDANE CASE.
Charges Are First on List
for Special Grand Jury
Tomorrow.
BY a stat, Correspondent of The Star.


ROCKVILLE, Nd, May 1s.-
Twenty-nine witnesses have been sum-
moned by States Attorney James H.
Pugh to testify when the sensational
Lyddane case Is presented to the grand
jury during the special session open
ing here Monday morning at 10
o'clock.
Pugh said that he had not yet de-
cided whether he will call all Of the
witnesses, but declared that presenta-
ton Of the case will require about
two days. It will be the first case to
be considered by the jury, the prosecu-
tor added.
The States attorney will seek in
dictment charging Mrs. Anne Lyddane,
29-year-old Rockville bank secretary,
and John M. Boland, 42-year-old
Washington police character. with
conspiring to murder Francis S. Lyd-
dane, husband Of the bank employe.
Indictments accusing John H.
("Googy') Carnall, erstwhile Wash
ington policeman and Rockville bar
tender, and Edwin j. Davis, Capital
police character, with conspiring to
murder Mrs. Josephine Beall Of
Darnestown also will be sought by
Pugh.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
TRIPLE CHECK PLAN
FOR STRATO FLIGHT
Calculation by Trigonometry to
Be Most Accurate in Meas.
uring Height.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The height to which the National
Geographic-Army stratosphere bal
loon pushes up into the stratosphere
this Summer will be checked of in
at least three ways-measured almost
to the inch.
Use Of photography and the sur
veyor's trinagulation method will check
against the customary barometric sys-
tenn of the altimeter.
A camera, shooting pictures di-
rectly downward at stated intervals,
will be used for one of the height
measure devices, but the most accurate
calculation will be by trigonometry.
To use this, the hackers Of the
flight have invited volunteer surveyors
and engineers along the probable east
bound path of the drifting balloon
Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri
Ito participate. With transits, they
will measure angles between the bal
loon and earth.
To make more certain their meas
urements, they will be stationed at
Geodetic Survey bench marks, set ut
carefully measured 30-mile intervals
over the plains.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
TWO WIN DEBATE PRIZES
IN LAW COLLEGE FINALS
Carl Willingham and Miss Eliz-
abeth Benson to Receive
Medals June 13.

Carl H. Willingham and Miss Eliza
beth e. Benson won first and second
prizes, respectively, In the annual de-
bate contest held last night by the
Washington College Of Law. Gold
medals will be presented to the final
lists at commencement exercises
June 13.
Competitors in the debate each had
won a preliminary contest and had
taken part in at least two freshmen
interclaSs debates between the day and
evening school divisions. The subject
argued in the final test was Resolved,
That the Child Labor Amendment to
the Constitution Should Be Ratified
by the States"
The judges were Representative
Greever Of wyoming; Ellen Lane Love,
chief Of the export trade division, Fed
eral Trade Commission, and Col. Tracy
L. Jefiords, an attorney. Dean Grace
Hays Riley presided.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
SEMINARY SERVICE
WILL HONOR SISTER
Memorial This Afternoon for I'm
maculata Superioress-Rev.
Lloyd Is Speaker.

Memorial exercises in honor of
Sister Frances Helen. late superioreSs
Of the Immaculate Seminary, will be
held this afternoon at o'clock at
the seminary chapel, at Wisconsin
and Nebraska avenues.
Rev. Robert S. Lloyd, s. j., Of
Georgetown University Preparatory
School and Rev. DR.. Howard Shep-
ston of Catholic University will con-
duct the exercises. Father Lloyd will
deliver the tribute to Sister Frances
Helen. Several Of the favorite hymns
Of the nun will be sung and one Of
her favorite prayers. Learning Christ"
will be recited during the services.
Members of the Immaculate Sem
mary Alumnae Association will assist
In the musical program.
Tomorrow high mass for the sis
ter will be celebrated at $3.50 am. in
the Immaculate chapel.
Sister Frances Helen, who died a
year ago, was the first superioress Of
the seminary, assuming direction at
the opening of the school in 1905.
She had an international reputation
as an educator and had received many
honors from eminent prelates Of the
church.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
LEADERS OF CITY
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Federal and D. c. Figures Among
Those at Planning Session
in Cincinnati.

Washingtonians and those in Of
fetal life here will take a prominent
part in the national conference on city,
regional, State and national planning
to start tomorrow in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Secretary of Interior Ickes will be
one of the principal speakers at the
closing dinner of the three-day ses-
sion, as will DR.. Charles e. Merriam,
member of the National Resources
Board. Frederic A. Delano, chairman
of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, vice chairman
Of the National Resources Board and
member of the newly formed Allot-
ment Board to allocate $4,8e0, 900 900
in public works, will reply to the ad-
dress of welcome to be delivered by
Mayor Russell Wilson Of Cincinnati,
as well as taking leading part In the
discussions.
Miss Harlean James, executive
secretary of the American Civic As
sociation, which maintains headquar-
tiers in the Union Trust Building,
Fifteenth and H streets, will attend
the sessions.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
500 ROYAL NEIGHB0RS
MEET HERE MAY 27
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Vir-
ginfa, Besides Capital, to
Be Represented.

The Royal Neighbors Of America
will convene In a "tri-State camp"
meeting on the morning Of May n,
In the Raleigh Hotel. Some 500
delegates from the District, Maryland.
Pennsylvania and Virginia are ex-
pected to attend.
Business sessions will be held
throughout the day and a banquet
held In the hotel that evening at
$50 o'clock. Members of District
camps of the organization will be
hosts. Mrs. Louisa A. Grubb of this
city has charge Of arrangements for
the banquet.
An address is to be delivered by
Mrs. Nelia E. Selvey Of Grafton, w.
Va, State supervising deputy of the
District, Virginia and West Virginia.
A representative Of the headquarters
Office also will speak.
Mrs. Eleanor Deas of this city,
State oracle Of the organization, will
preside. She will be assisted during
the convention by Mrs. Ida M.
Roberts. State recorder; Mrs E. Viola
Thompson. ceremonial marshal, and
Mrs. Mamie Howell, in charge of the
drill unit.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
3 Broadcasting
Stations to Test
TeIeUisiOn Waves
Ultra-High Frequencies
to Be Used Also for
Sound Reproduction.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 1s.-Three
broadcast stations are to begin the
almost immediate investigation Of
transmission on the ultra-high fire.
quencies, 1t was announced tonight.
The announcement explained that
the investigation would be conducted
from the standpoint of the use Of
ultra high frequencies for television
and facsimile transmission in addi-
ton to sound broadcasting and re-
peater or relay stations.
BroadcaSters to install the neces-
sary equipment. which is expected to
be on the air "soon," are KDKA Of
Pittsburgh, KYW of Philadelphia and
wBz of Boston. The stations are
owned by Westinghouse, but their
programs are built by N. 3. G.
Each transmitter will operate on
55,5 megacycles, or approximately B
meters.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
WISCONSIN PAVING
MEASURE VETOED
Bill Would Have Forced
Transit Firm to Share
Cost of Work.
By a staff Correspondent Of The Star.

by QUAIL SoIIespOnueut o4 4ne ctd1.
BETHESDA, Md, May 1s.-Gov.
Nice has killed the bill enacted by the
State Legislature to compel traction
firms operating along Wisconsin ave-
nue., Old Georgetown road and the
Rockville Pike to bear the cost Of any
improvements deemed necessary on
their rights Of way.
The Governor vetoed the measure
late yesterday despite the fact that q
strong appeal had been made by
Montgomery County civic organiza-
tions for the executive signature that
would have made the bill law.
Primary Needs Ended.
The loss Of the act Is not felt 50
keenly in civic circles, however, for the
primary need for the measure was
eliminated week ago when the Capt.
tai Transit Co. announced it would
abandon its electric line between
Washington and Rockville within q
short time.
State Senator Stedman Prescott in
troduced the bill In an effort to force
the traction firm to pave between its
tracks on Wisconsin avenue from the
District of Columbia line to Old
Georgetown road and thus Join In the
improvement program being carried
out along the avenue by the State
Roads Commission.
The traction firm had baked at
paving its right Of way and its failure
to cooperate has left a ditch in the
center of the thoroughfare.
A movement is now under way to
have the State Roads Commission
complete the paving work as soon as
the traction company abandons the
tracks and inaugurates modern bus
service as a substitute for the line.
Gov. Nice's veto was not accom-
panied by an explanatory message.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
MEASURE |
|SS|GNEDBY N|CE|
Maryland Residents Win
Added Protection Against
Plane Menace.
BY a staff Correspondent Of The Star.

~ . 0bdh OAACoPOAAcAlb Va hC 0bdAs
ANNAPOLIS, May 18.-Affording
Maryland residents greater protection
against establishment of airports in
residential communities, q revised
aviation commission law will become
effective June l, having been signed
by Gov. Harry w. Nice Friday.
Under its terms all applications for
permits to established airports, erect
beacons or other devices must be ad-
vertised for at least 80 days before the
State Commission acts on the applica-
ton.
Must Be Renewed.
Existing airports will have to make
application under the new law and all
permits issued will have to be renewed
each year, when the same procedure
regarding advertising is to be followed.
Fees are to be charged for the permits
issued and the revenue will be applied
toward the expenses of the commission
which, under the bill, will include a
salary for full-tirne secretary.
Commission members themselves re-
ceive no pay.
Delegate Joseph A. Cantrel Of Mont.
gomery County said residents Of the
Rockville Pike who object to flying
at the Congressional Airport, which
they consider both dangerous and an
noying, undoubtedly will protest when
that flying field applies for a permit
under the new law.
May Appeal to Courts.
Upon receipt of written petitions Of
protest, the Aviation Commission Is
required by the new law to conduct
hearing. In the event the Commis-
sion's decision is against the citizens
who protest, they may have recourse
to Equity Court proceedings.
The bill signed by Gov. Nice was
substituted for one applying to Mont
gomery County which would have
given the county commissioners power
to license and regulate airports.
introduced by Delegate Cantrel at
the request Of persons living near Con-
gressional Airport, it was fought by
the State Aviation Commission, which
contended it would establish a danger
GUS precedent under which aviation in
Maryland could be made subject to the
whins of the 23 boards Of county
commissioners.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
FARM P|CKETERS
CALLED RADICALS
Cobb Says Union Tenants
Aggrieved at Success of
Cotton Program.
By the Associated Press.

The long, mar5le-fronted Agricul-
ture Department Building was pick
eted yesterday by union tenant farm
ers from the South, most Of whom
Gully A. Cobb, chief of the Farm
Administrators Cotton Division, said
would not know cotton stalk from
o jimpson weed.
Talking to newspaper men while the
nine members of the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union marched up and down
in front of the building protesting the
manner in which they said they had
been treated by the Farm Admins
tration, Cobb said the demonstration
was inStigated by members of radical
groups who cared little about the
Southern tenant farmer.
The delegates, most Of whom were
colored, came here Friday to protest
to farm authorities and to demand a
guarantee of the right to organize.
The delegates said they would con-
fer tomorrow with Senators concern
ing the pending Bankhead farm ten
ant rehabilitation bill.
Cobb said the A. A. A. had data to
show radical activities of the men who
instigated the demonstration and add
ed that "they seem to resent the i'm
proved economic conditions brought
about by the cotton program because
it makes it all the more difficult for
them to spread unrest, upon which
they feed"
He said the Farm Administration
would be glad to investigate legitimate
complaints, but that the delegates had
few, if any, specific grievances. Cobb
added that the leaders were not farm
ers and that their chief interest
seems to be Socialism and Com
munism."
THE Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration is attempting to improve
the economic status of the entire farm
population" Cobb said. 1T makes no
distinction between land owners and
tenants"
Evening star., 1935-05-19
Atonement Glee Club to Sing.

The Atcnement Male Glee Club will
give its Spring concert Thursday at
8 pm. under the direction of Frederick
e. Gross. Paul Ledig, tenor soloist of
che Luther Place Memorial Church,
and A. T. Campbell, bass, will be guest
soloists. Miss Evelyn Warfield will
be the accompanist.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
LUMBER TRADE HALTED
Strike Leaves Industry on Pacific
Coast at Standstill.

SEATTLE, May 18 P).-The Pacific
Northwest lumber industry was worse
off than ever today, with production
almost at a standstill, Canadian mills
reported cornering the markets, and
the strike spreading.
The West Coast Lumbermen's As
sociation estimated production Of
Douglas fir slumped 50 per cent
50.000.0 900 board feet, because Of the
strike. It cost the industry almost
100000 in one week.
In Washington and Oregon $4,000
lumber and wood workers were idle.
Maritime workers, In sympathy, re-
fused to handle "non-union lumber"
La gaceta., 1935-06-21

dia e impotencia para defender
aquello que es mas sagrado Ell
la vida: la familia.
FL "golpe" de la Union de
Fahficantes, que significa la
ruina y ell hambre en- nueStros
h2gares, senala a TODD trabaja-
dor de principles y de concien-
cha la senda que debe de seguir,
que es la organization.
El no hacer causa com1n aho
"a con los que defender la eau
sa de toda la colectividad, es
demostrar Ia conformidad con
las condolences detrimentes "
ruinosas que nos quiere impo-
ner la Union de Fabricantes.
Este, pues, es ell mcmento.
ICON los tuyos o contra los tu-
yosl iDefinete!
J. Cesar Espinosa.
La gaceta., 1935-06-21
mano de obra de Tampa?

Tonic y pueril seria andar-
nos ahora con lamentos, pcrque
10 que acaban de presentarnos
los fabricantes es, segdn la a.
preciaci6n de un comp3nero,
Una verdadera guillotina.
Pero una guillotina que al
tropezar nuestras testas contra
sus fatfdicos peldancs, no nos
quedara como all poeta Chenier,
ell recurso de llevar nuestras
manos a la cabeza y exclamar
"iAh! 70 saba que aqui ha-
bfa algo!.,," porque desgracia-
damente nuestras cabezas pa
recen aposentos vacios, y no a
cabamos de comprender que a
la fuerza solo puede responder
Sc con la fuerZa, y que a la
Union de Manufacturers solo
puede responderse con la Union
de los Trabajadores, que es la
unica forma de equiparar las