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The Washington times., 1935-12-20
SCHOOL BOARD
CALLED BIASED
ElN RED ROW

%Charges that the Board of Educa.
tfon is biased" on the subject of
Communism in public school text
6o6ks were voiced by George E.
sullivan, chairman of a citizens
e6Ramittee investigating the mat.
tAr. as a sequel to the report on
textbooks filed by the boards own
investigating committee.
IN a formal statement, Mr.. Sui
livan denounced the action Of the
boards committee in approving
four textbooks which, according
20 the committee from the Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations,
headed by him, are favored with
Communism.
= Friends of BallOu"
Mr. Sullivan declared:
"What we have already re-
vealed Is too sound and un-
anSwerable to be casually
brushed aside by the Board Of
Education or by any group
selected by it.
In striking contrast to the
unbiased composition of our
committee, the membership of
the (board's) committee is
composed, as is well known,
of three of the closest friends
of DR.. BallOu Frank w. Bal
lou, superintendent of schools,
the very person who had ap-
proved the textbooks under in
veStigatiOn.
BOARD YET TO ACT
The board has yet to act upon
the findings of its committee,
headed by Robert A. Maurer, in
which three books, Modern His
tory" by Carl Becker, "Our World
Today" by Stull and Hatch and
An Introduction to American
Civilization" by Harold Rugg, are
ruled satisfactory. Changing Civil
lization in the Modern World"
also by Rugs, was condemned.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
Postal Retipts
Liqhtest in Years

Business is better than normal
for the Christmas season in the
District. judging by postal receipts.
it was revealed today.
On Wednesday the postal re-
ceipts were $69,000 as against
$4,000 for the same day last
year. The 500 900 mark is the
highest in the last Is years, it
turns from some of the branch
stations.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
Book Review Series
To Open at Library

Miss Alethea T. Anderson will in
augurate series Of book reviews
in tie Northeastern branch of the
Public Library, Seventh Street
and Maryland Avenue Northeast.
on alternate Fridays. beginning
tonight. The title OF her review
will be Christmas Suggestions ~
Fiction and Poetry"
Cecil J. McHale. librarian 4
the Mt. Pleasant branch, also will
speak on Books of Adventure for
Men"
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
LiVermore Gains

SANTA BARBARA. Calf, Dec.
20 4uN.S).-Jesse Livermore, jr.,
16-year-old son of the famous Wall
Street plunger, rallied slightly to-
daYfrom a critical condition from
bullet wounds his mother, Mrs.
Dofpthea Livermore Longcope. is
said to have inflicted during a
Thanksgiving party.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
Apartment Looted

Mrs. Peggy Jones reported to
police today that her apartment,
1919 r st. N. W., was ransacked
of clothing valued at $2l5. A col.
ored man was seen to go down
the fire escape of the apartment
with a bundle under ihs arm but
he escaped before police reached
the building.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
AWAITS
KIDNAPERS
CONTINUED from Page y

onttnue0 rom rage
Pennsylvania State Troopers, de
scribed the stories about the
"hideoutS' as pure bunk how
ever.
While G-Men today intensified
their hunt for the kidnapers
the criminals were in flight from
the peril of the gallows.
Though failing to collect a dime
in their bungled crime, the kid.
naperS have. through their vicious
cruelty, made themselves liable to
the death penalty under the pro-
visions Of the Lindbergh law.
The law provides death as pun
iShment for an interstate kidnap-
ing if the victim suffers mistreat-
ment.
Milne was so mistreated that
until this morning he was unable
to give more than mumbled and
incoherent account of what hap
pened to him from the time he
was Snatched in New York last
Saturday morning until he was
found trussed up. drugged and
half frozen in a ditch sew | miles
east of here Wednesday night.
G-Men SecretiVe
Even more uncommunicative
than usual, the eight G-Men, who
have set up headquarters in the
Doylestown Emergency Hospital.
refused to speak a word about the
case or about Milne. They would
not even comment on mis- condi-
ton.
DR.. Bradford Green. the at,
tending physician, said Mines
condition is still dangerous. He
said:
THE boy is suffering prin-
cipally from shock. exposure
and exhaustion. He needs all
the rest he can get. There is
danger of pneumonia"
Lights in Mines room on the
second floor of the hospital
winked out sh hortly after 10
o'clock last night. Until that
time his husky, toneless voice
could be heard mumbling an
swers to the gently inSistent
questions of an agent, All his
statements were carefully re-
corded by a Bureau of 1nveSt-
CATION stenographer.
Wild RumOrS Fly
Rumors of the widest sort cir
culated throughout this region
last night and today, sending
squads of metropolitan reporters
and photographers out on fruit
less chaSeS.
Inasmuch as the Omen. under
command of Harold o. Nathan.
assistant to ]. Edgar Hoover, re-
fused even to deny or confirm
rumors, there was endless con.
fusion.
One rumor was that the Govern
ment forces are seeking Alvin
Karpis, last of the big-time public
enemies of the Dillinger school.
for this crime.
Another story, originating in
the Federal Building in Philadel-
phia, was to the effect that Milne
had given minute descriptions of
four men as his kidnapers and
said they had held him in an
old farm house in Wrightstown,
eight miles from here and about
seven miles from where he was
found.
Diligent search by reporters
failed to find the supposed hide
out, however, and G-men, when
asked about it. merely smiled.
Hunt "Public Enemies"
1t was definitely known, how.
ever, that the Department of JUS
tice has a dragnet out for all
known public enemies in the East
ern States in hopes of finding the
solution to this, the first major
kidnapping in the nation since the
Weyerhaeuser snatch" in Wash
ington State last summer. and the
first important kidnapping in the
ADVERTISEMENT
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
Bean Could Hit

Belve Bean. the bullpen laborer
of the American League, topped
that circuit in batting with .375,
while his pitching and fielding rec.
ords were 1000 each.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20

Kissing Films Cut
TOXIC G.N.S0.-This year
more than 5000 feet of kissing
scenes" have been cut out from
home and foreign films intended
for showing in Japan.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20

ADVERTISER EMIT
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
Is Due At
Earle Friday

"Oil for the Lamps of China, "
Alice Tisdale Hobart's best-selling
novel of American pioneers in the
Orient, comes to the Earle Theater
on Friday, June IA, in the picturi'
zation made by Cosmopolitan Pro-
auctions for Warner Bros. release.
Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutch
inson, Lyle Talbot, Joan Muir.
John Eldredge and Arthur Byron
are prominent in the all-star cast
which was directed by Mervyn LIE
Roy. The story centers around
O'Brien, who represents an Amer
lean business firm in China, and
Miss Hutchinson, the girl he mar
ries after his own fiancee has re-
fused to leave home and friends to
take up life in a foreign land.
The picture was more than a
year in the making, atmospheric
shots being made in Manchuria,
before the studio work. The scenes
for the most part are laid in the
Orient, including the SnoW-Swept
plains of Manchuria; Picking,
Shanghai and the torrid interior.
Director Leroy spent several
months in the Orient, studying
China and its customs, before he
began work.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
'Pampas Moon
Next at Fox

Warner Baxter is a smiling,
hard-riding Argentine gauch Q
who has a very decided way
with women in Under the Pam
pas Moon" a thrilling romance
which Loew's Fox Theater will
feature on its screen starting
next Friday. On the stage there
will be a diversified program
headlined by the first personal
appearance on any stage OF
Henry Armetta, that lovable
M.G.M. star who plays the bonn
bastic screen roles.
Under the PampaS Moon" Is
an original story by Gordon
Morris, brother Of Chester Nor
ris, currently appearing on the
Fox screen in Public Hero Num-
Der l." 1t gives Warner Baxter
the same kind of a role as his
immortal "Cisco Kid" In this
romantic story he is an irresist-
ible Romeo who has many women
but he loses his heart to none
He rides hard, he sings, he plays
his guitar and proves himself
the greatest lover in all Argen'
tina. He has innumerable adVen
lures, also.
VeloS and Yolande. celebrated
dance team; KEITH Gallian, new
film blonde; Tito GUITAR, roman.
tic voice of radio: John MILAN.
Jack LaRue and others support.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
Mobiles Thronq
Glen Echo

Visiting mobiles and potentates
are satisfying their thirst for
genuine entertainment at Glen
Echo Park, where recreation rivals
that of the famed Arabian Nights.
Mingling with the regular
patrons of the park are visitors
from practically every State in
the Union and representing hun
dreds of A. A. o. M. S. temples.
Crimson feZes are bobbing up
and down, ''Es selamu aleikum"
is heard everywhere, and hearty
laughter is the order of the day
and night among caravans of fun
seekers who find at this 40-acre
resort more than so amusements
that would even thrill a camel.
First in popularity at Washing
tons premier playground is Crys-
tai Pool, with accommodations for
5000 swimmers. With its beach
of white seashore sand, the pool
is Mecca to thousands of Shriners
and their friends.
From the opening hour, $50
a. M, until 1870 p. m. Shriners
in search of relaxation may truly
find the wells of zem zem at one
of the finest outdoor swimming
natatoria in America.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12

O'CLOCK

EARLE-Bette Davis in "Gir
From 10th Avenue" 10:45 a. m.
1:05, 3:25, $40, 7:55, 1915 p. m
Stage-12:15, 2:3O, 4:50, 7:05
CPS p. m.
PAL C EVIL Rogers in
Doubling Thomas" 1880
q. m, 1880, 1855, $40, 7:45
$50 p. m.
BELAS O-"Unfinished Sym.
phOny," 1904, 1904, 4:O4, 6:O4,
8:O4, 1904 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Donald
Woods, Margaret Lindsay in
Ben Hecht's Florentine Dag.
ger" 1l:10 a. M, 1855, 2:45,
4:30, 6:15, 800 and GAS p. m.
COLUMBIA-Spencer Tracy,
Wendy Barrie in Its a Small
World" 1915, 2:10, 400,
600, 7:50 and 9:45 p. m.
FOX-Lionel Barrymore, Jean
Arthur in Public Hero No. l."
10:45 a. M, 1870, Ais, 7:05,
and 9:55 p. m. Stage, 1885,
1920, $40 and 1855 a. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Berg.
ner in Escape Me Never"
1876 a. m. 1870. 1924, 5:18.
1912, 9:06 and 11:00 p. m.
LITTLE-"Sins of Love-" At
1890 a. m. 1890, 2:30. 4:30,
$50. $50 and 1920 p. m.
HOWARD-James Cagney in &c
Men" 1880. 1850, 4:10, $3.50,
$3.50 p. m. Stage. 100, $40,
$40, 800 and 1920 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12

disliked Francis Paragon, the
writer, is getting more willy-nilly
by the moment. Now he's up and
taken an apartment that none
knows the address of and that he
even forgets-from time to time.
It's all good clean fun for the lost
and found department.
Louise Glaum remember, she
was monickered the spider
woman" in the early days Of the
cinema) has a little theater
movement in our midst at the
moment, wherein she produces
but does not act. Today's medal
goes to MGM. The family Of Nor"
wood Fenton, a studio sound
mixer, frantically got him on the
telephone to inform him that his
favorite dog had been poisoned.
so they let relief mixer take
his place, while he rushed home
to administer first aid. The dog
lived-we're Apply to say.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
Movies Busy At
Annapolis

Two weeks of active produc-
ton work is scheduled ahead for
the Warner Brothers stars and
players now on location in the
United States Naval Academy
grounds in Annapolis.
Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ross
Alexander, Robert Light, Nick
Foran, John Eldredge, Martha
Merrill, Mary Treen, and Eddie
Acuff are the stars and featured
players already present in Mary
lands capitol city and will be
Joined next week by Lewis Stone
veteran character star. Hun
dreds of extras recruited in Wash
ington, Baltimore and Annapolis
will join the Hollywood company
during the week.
During the past week Of shoot
ing" the naval officers and mid
shipmen appeared in real-life
roles for the film Anchors
Aweigh." Complete camera re-
cordings of all of the June week
CEREMONIES dI Vic NdVoA 1ASc"SSNAAA'
were recorded in sound and film
by the Warner cameramen. These
scenes will be definitely included
in the completed film which will
be shown throughout the United
States in the short period OF three
months.
In the presentation of awards"
and presentation of colors" cere.
monies, Admiral Sellers appeared
in the role which will be played by
Lewis Stone. In the latter, Miss
Hilda Hazard, of Baltimore, the
1885 "color girl" portrayed the
role which will be played by Ruby
Keller. Because Dick Powell was
present during these ceremonies,
it was not necessary to have any
one double in his role.
The story Of Anchors Aweigh"
is an original written by Delmar
Dawes, who spent two weeks talk
ing to the naval officers and men
at the Academy.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12

eelli as featured principals. Sc
lected short subjects and the
latest issue of the Pathe News
reel will complete the program.
PALACE-Will Rogers in his
latest picture, "Doubtin g
Thomas" made from George
Kelly'S famous stage comedy,
The Torch Bearers" will hold
over for a second week begin
ming Friday. In this picture the
star is supported by Billie Burke,
Frank Albertson, Alison Skip
worth, Sterling Holloway and
Gail Patrick. The supplementary
program includes the March Of
Time and a color cartoon Three
Little Monkeys
BELASCO-A Russian musical
comedy called, Moscow Laughs, !"
will provide the main screen at
traction beginning Friday. Dia-
logue is interpreted through the
medium of super-imposed English
titles. It is called bright and
rollicking, in the Russian jazz
mood, as it were. The supple
mentary program will have
selected shorts and a Pathe news
reel.
COLUMBIA-Mae West, in
Coin Town." returns for a one
week repeat engagement on F
Street, Friday. The blonde wise
cracker is supported by Paul
Kavanaugh, Fred Kohler, ST.,
Ivan Lebedeff, Tito Coral, Mon
roe Owsley, Gilbert Emery and
Grant Withers. News events
and a short comedy will COM
plete the program.
HOWARD-"Harlem Express, "
a fast revue featuring Tommy
Myles and his orchestra, will pro-
vide the main stage attraction
beginning Friday. Featured are
Billy Eckstein, the Three Rhythm
Kings, Amanda Randolp h,
Chickie Martin, Slim and Eddie.
&C Men" is held over for a Sec
ond week on the screen.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate Inc

HOLLYWOOD, June 11.-Fancy
being too good-looking for the
movies but that is exactly what
happened to Jimmy Ellison, who
came from a Montana ranch to
crash the fifth estate, and was
politely but firmly told that he
was entirely too attractive as
man to photograph convincingly
as a rugged type. So-rather
than be discouraged-he set about
getting character in his face and
now has landed a six-picture con-
tract with Paramount.
Donald Woods, who is playing
his most important role opposite
Ronald Colman in "A Tale of Two
Cities" almost obeyed his parents
impulses to become doctor in
stead Of a theSpian, but the in
stitution decided for him. He
held the all-time record for ex
blossoms in the chemical depart
ment so the institution gave him
back to his parents and his pa
rents gave him back to the stage
and now, we're the lucky ones.
Believe it or Noted Healy
at the San Diego Exposition
picked up a dollar from the side
walk and when another gent tried
to retrieve it, he said: why, don't
be silly. OF course it's mine. My
names on it," and with that he
reeled off "E PluribuS Unum" and
what's more, got away with it.
Like an elephant is Bing Crosby,
as far as memory is concerned.
He's never forgotten that his first
success came from singing in the
team Of the Three Rhythm
Boys" just by way Of being a pal,
tonight he is singing Harry Bar
riS' new song on the air, Thrills"
be the monicker.
AS a sort of come-hither for all
would-be song birds, Irene Dunno
does a singing exercise of a GER
tain type of singing that one
shouldn't do while singing and by
now you will know what I am
speaking Of singing. It's a scale
composed Of % notes, laughingly
called THE Chinese Tones" It
seems that these little bits of off
key, slip in between the good
notes of most any singer so that
the best thing to do is to practice
them so you will be warned Of
their approach.
They've a police technical ad
visor on, M.-G.-M.'s Murder
Man." and one of the first things
he technically advised them or
was that policemen do not take
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
Keith's Lists
Musical

The producers OF "Hooray For
Love" (Radio Pictures who were
also creators Of 'Roberta~ had
one thought in mind when pro-
ducing this, their newest musical
production, j. e., to create within
those seeing the picture reac'
ton to the love story that would
cause them to actually shout
"Hooray For Love-"
First of all writing team of
hits was selected in the persons
of Dorothy Fields and Jimmy Nc
Hugh and their tunes have al
ready clicked" via the air-waves
into your radio sets. They have
selected Gene Raymond, who has
scored so repeatedly but never
better than in Flying Down to
Rio" another Radio Pictures pro-
duction; and Ann Southern who
also has registered both in the
dramatic as well as musical pic
lures of today.
Added was Tap Dancing Bill"
Robinson, colored dancer whom
most everybody comedies is the
best tap dancer of them AN;
Marie Gambarelli, known to every
one as Candy" of the famous
Roxy gang of the air and as head
Of the ballet corps Of Roxy's own
theater and then later the Radio
City Music Hall.
Pert Kelton, a wise.cracking
miss who always creates laugh
ter; Thurston Hall, tried and
true stage actor making his debut
before the cameras, and the pref
tiest girls in Hollywood are also
included.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
NEW MOVIE PROGRAMS
ICOVer HOIl yWOOd

finger prints with printers ink.
We always thought it was glue. >.
Joe E. Brown is having a whirl
on Main Street. He, with his
company, Broadway Joe" have
been locationing at the burleSque
theater there-from after the last
performance until p. 6. In the
morning-P. K. Wrigley is all for
buying the "Mutiny on the
Bounty" sets, to rest upon his
Catalina Island shores, because
he thinks they'll be an added
come-hither to the tourist trade
which heretofore have had moth
ing to do but fish and swim.
Just to prove that Hollywood
isn't as wicked as one would have
you to believe, most any day on
Ann Sothern's THE Girl Friend"
set, the little woman can be
found handing out ice-cream
cones every hour or so to her CO.
workers, but then-She would
Winifred Shaw, the gal who sang
"Lullabye of Broadway" in Gold
Diggers of 1885," has just minus
ed herself from IS excess pounds
of avoirdupoo-o. She says, Make
up your mind how much you
want to lose and then, regular
eating and light exercise will do
the trick. Um-hum!!!. The Oar.
ryl zanucks are back again from
Alaska with a great load of our
animal friends stuffed for their
trophy room One Mr.. Jim
Steinberger, head of the National
Screen Service, is the image Of
Jock Whitney.
There is a very tactless gentle.
man in New York who telephones
Patricia Ellis at 4::30 each morn.
ing and colossally enough, wants
her to pay for the call. If that's
fan admiration, she'd rather be
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
Fashion Trend Leans
To 'Crusades' Tempo

The newest style quirk in Holly
wood these days is the "Crusades"
trend. Travis Banton has designed
a dinner gown for Gail Patrick's
personal wardrobe which brings
the chain mail of the warriors in
this Cecil B. De Mile production
right into the arms of Holly
woods most eligible dance part
ners. The skirt of Calls dress Is
lustrous black satin, long and full
as BELTS the new mode. The
tunic of chain mail does the rest
with a black satin belt at nor
NAL waistline. !
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
Tiny Mirrors Cover
Stars DAINTY Frock

In accent on Youth" Sylvia
Sidney is wearing a black organza
dress covered with tiny mirrors.
It's a grand type of gown for
night clubs or cafes, for indirect
lighting does amazing things to
the mirrors. Sylvia is having this
dress copied in white because
these trick" effects have fas-
cinated her so. Incidentally,
there's a vogue in Hollywood for
twin dresses-loads of the stars
are going in for two of the same
model-in different shades.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12

1885.
'DUBARRY, WOMAN OF PAS
SION." With Norma Talmadge
This was her last talking picture
She has since retired.
DOORWAY TO HE'LL" With
Lew Ayres. Later Ayres made "All
Quiet On the Western Front"
Since then nothing of Importance
Now a featured player.
CHS GLORIOUS NIGHT" The
picture which put John Gilbert on
the movie toboggan and he never
stopped coaSting until he hit bot
tom. At the time he made it he
was drawing $4,000 a week with
MG-M. They broke his heart by
laughing at his love-making.
EAST LYNNE" First hit pic
ture for Ann Harding. She has
begun to skid at the box office and
unless she gets a hit picture soon
will be going down instead OF up
the ladder.
"THE FRONT PAGE" Pat
O'Brien's first picture. He was
featured and in 1885 attains the
stardom with Warner Bros. he has
been striving for since 1880.
"GOD'S GIFT TO WOMEN"
Frank Fay's first starring picture
and his last. He came to Holly
wood after achieving fame in vau'
deville but never made the movie
grade.
"GOLD DIGGERS OF BROAD.
WAY" The first in the Digger
series by Warner Brothers. Ann
Pennington, Nick Lucas, Winnie
The Washington times., 1935-06-12
Hollywood Takes to
Old South Influence

Interest in everything pertain.
ing to the Old South is the fad
in Hollywood. A lot of it can be
traced to the romantic settings
for $50 Red the Rose" For in
stance, all the decorators are ad-
vocating more candles in living
and drawing rooms. Huge silver
candelabra, loaded with tapers
which are not purely decorative
but will send a soft. flattering
light through a room in place Of
the hard glare of electric lights.
The Washington times., 1935-06-12

FOX-Warner Baxter, in a role
similar to his Cisco Kid" will
provide the main screen attrac'
ton beginning Friday. The pic
ture is called Under the Pam
pas Moon" with Ar1nida, KEITH
Gallian, John MILAN and Carroll
Mash in the supporting roles
On the stage Henry Armetta in
a personal appearance, Lester
Allen and Nellie Breen, the JAMS
and Lynton dancing revue, Be
hee and Rubayette and the Sa.
harans. News, a comedy and
Phil Lampkin's overture COM
pletes the program.
EARLE-"Oil For the Lamps of
China" made from Alice tbs,
dale Hobart's best seller novel,
comes as the main screen attrac-
ton beginning Friday. It fea.
lures Pat O'Brien and Josephine
Hutchinson, and in the support.
ing cast has Lyle Talbot and
Jean Muir. On the stage Mitzi
Mayfair, dancing star will be the
headliner. Other acts: Raphael,
the Stewart sisters and the
Delcos. Selected short subjects.
and a news reel completes the
program.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Post
the round the world flier, makes
his movie debut in "Air Hawks, u
Columbia picture opening Fri
day. In the supporting cast are
Ralph Bellamy. Tala Eirell. Doug
las Dumbrille and Billie Seward
Polly Moran, in Pretty Polly" q
new variety reel, Broadway High
lights and IS minutes Of news
reels completes the program.
R-K.O.KEITH'S-G enc Ray
mond and Ann Sothern in a new
musical comedy, "Hooray For
Love-" will provide the main
screen attraction beginning Fri
day. Dorothy Fields and Jimmy
McHugh composed the songs for
this picture which boasts Dane
ing Bill Robinson and Gambar'
The Washington times., 1935-06-12

Lightner, Conway Tearle and
Nancy Wexford have all become
minor leaguers or have passed out
of pictures.
"THE GREAT DIVIDE" With
Dorothy Mackaill. Dorothy, one
of Hollywood's fairest women,
passed out of pictures when she
was unable to hurdle sound.
THE GREAT GABBO." With
Eric Won Stroheim and Betty
Compson. Won Stroheim was re.
Gently given hanger on's job in
Hollywood after a spotty career
as director. Betty Compson real.