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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-23
CAPITAL PRODUCE
|CESARE STEADY
Few Changes Registered by
Eggs, Live Poultry and
Other Lines.

Most quotations were steady at
unchanged levels on the Washington
produce market today.
The summary. with egg and live
poultry prices furnished by the De-
partment Of Agriculture. follows:
BUTTER-one-pound prints (92 SCORED
81; tub. 20: 1-pound prints go seore). 90;
tub. 25; l-pound prints tss score), 2oi
MEArs-Besf. llae0: veal 15s1o; lamb.
25a3s: fresh hams. s!s2s; smoked hams,
3Oa31: strip bacon; 81 ha37; lard. isAls;
LIVE srOCK-Hogs, light. 1OOOa1O so;
medium, 1O.50a1 90: heavy. 9.50a10. 80;
rouehs, 5.O0aS. 90; PIGS. 9.OOal 90; calves,
EGGS-Market steady at unclaimed
prices. Current receipts. % laa25 e;
hennery whites. 2Sa3O. Government
graded and dated white eggs Iinelueing
erading and marketing COSTS: U. o. ex-
tras. large, 80; U. s. extras, mediums. 33;
U. S. standards, large, 32h.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Prices
mediums l4al6; LeshqIns, "a; Ioosisrs'
under ga pounds. 2Oa21; mixed coloIs.
l7sl9,
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q. s. TREASURY NOTES.
tReported By cha,. D. Barney g. {
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK. August 81 LPl.-New York
security Dealers Association:
CLOSING quotations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-23
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 23.-Pro-
nounced heaviness in U. S. Govern
ments was the outstanding feature of
the bond market today.
All sections Of the list we're under
pressure and closing levels showed
some losses Of as much as q Of a
point. The main body of the Treas
ury list was down from s-32nds to 90
Sands.
Corporate issues were heavy in the
early trading. but many retraced their
course to close higher.
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METAL MARKET.

NEW . LoEK xn .ans q. e t S,mceppsr
expert. $3.50 TN Tn barely bar steady; spot a.
~ Pr: Iron auiet. unchanged. Ls z,
Louis, 40. Zine dull: East ct. Louis spot
and frtnrs. 4-6o. Aluminium. 1e-00a22.o 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31
Copyright 1895
by Mcclure
Syndicate

In Uncle Wiggily's Hollow Stump
Bungalow one afternoon there was
much running about by the rabbit
boys and girls. Up and down stairs
they skipped, whispering and talk
ing, shutting doors and peeking
through the keyholes.
MY goodnessl What's going on?''
asked Uncle Wiggily of Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy. IS it a party or
something?"
Don't you know?' laughed the
muskrat lady housekeeper. Tonight
is Halloween and the children are
getting ready for it. They'll put on
false faces, dress up in queer cos
tunes and go about ringing door,
bells and playing tricks. Aren't you
going to celebrate Halloween, Un-
Gle Wiggily?"
mo, indeed said the jolly rabbit
gentleman. I'm getting too old for
such nonsense. | think I'll go over
and spend the evening with Mr.
Twistytail. He's getting old, too, and
doesn't care for Halloween tricks.
Well muffle the doorbell and sit
and play checkers
"Oh, won't either of you even so
much as put on false face?" ask
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31
UNCLE WIGGILY'S
FALSE FACE
By
HOWARD E.
GARRIS

lowe'en, the animal children went
out to join in their pranks.
When Uncle Wiggily saw that it
was about time for funny tricks to
be played, he put on his hat and
coat and started out to see his fat
pig gentleman friend, Mr. TWisty-
tail
"Oh. Unkie Wig, aren't you going
to play Halloween with u.s." asked
Baby Bunty.
NO, my dear, I'm too old for a
false face" said Mr.. Longears, pat
ting Bunty's head as he hoped out
the front door.
On the way to Mr.. TWistytails
pen house through the dusk, Uncle
Wiggily saw other children friends.
They all begged him to put on a
false face and come to play tricks
with them. But he said he couldn't.
Meets Twistytail
Pretty soon Uncle Wiggily saw
his friend the pig waddling toward
him in the dusk.
Il guess Twisty is coming to see
me just as I am going to see him,
thought Mr.. Longears. This is
funny. Well, we'll go some place
together away from Halloween
All of sudden, as Uncle Wiggily
was hopping along. he slipped on a
banana peel and fell down in mud
puddle. Just as he was falling, he
saw Mr.. Twistytail slip on bit of
orange peel and the pig also fell
down in a mud puddle.
Neither animal gentleman was
much hurt. SO up they jumped and
hastened to meet and shake paws
as they always did.
That's funny false face you have
on, Wiggy." laughed the pig.
What do you mean? l haven't
any false face on. But yours is
enough to make a goldfish laughr'
chuckled the rabbit. 81 never saw
funnier false face than yours,
Twisty!"
Mr.. Longears didn't know what
the pig meant and the pig didn't
know what the rabbit meant until,
looking in a glass, they saw both
their faces covered with mud from
the puddles. 1t looked exactly as
il each one had on a funny false
face of dried mud Then they
laughed and, seeing they were part
of Halloween without meaning TO
be. they joined the masked chill
dren and had lot of fun after all
And if the postman doesn't try to
put the loaf of bread in the milk
bottle I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and the first bear,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31
Bunco Men Take 40 Million
Yearly from Great American
Sucker Postal SIeuth Says

dropped 100000 to bunco man,
Shortly thereafter he lost another
$150,0o0.
Some of the sWindlers have
been taken to England, it was
learned. but the distiller will file
no complaint-he doesn't want his
friends to know of his gullibility.
The trap that catches the vic
Tins seldom varies. After a brief
acquaintance in which he is the
affluent host. the CON man
finds" a pocketbook under the
table while he and his victim are
eating. The wallet contains any
amount of money above $50, a
surety bond of 100000 and a faxed
newspaper clipping of man who
is said to be a sensationally wise
stock investor or horse race gam
bier.
The pocketbook is returned to
the owner, and to show his appre-
citation the owner bets or invests
the money in the wallet, saying he
will give the profits to the honest
finders. The profits multily rap
idly and soon represent up to sew
eral hundred Thousand dollars.
Then Comes Pay Off
To collect the profits the victim
is induced to convert securities to
help the SWindler show the stock
exchange or racing commission that
the bets were made in good faith
and could have been paid had the
lucky man lost When the money
is put up that is the last the vic
tim sees of it.
The game is known as the drop
the pocketbook, the "pay-off rae
ket' and by other names. It's var
iations are worked principally on
Anglo -Saxons-from the English
and Irish to Australians and Am
ericans who mingle in the interna-
tional circles of Paris. Shanghai
Honolulu, and other resorts of the
world.
The English call the racket "the
hot seat and rosary is found in
stead of pocketbook. The French
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31

NEW YORK, Oct 81. U.H-Con-
fidence men sWindle $40,000,000 a
year from gullible victims in the
United States, government agents
have computed, and no amount OF
cautioning will keep unsuspecting
persons from parting with life
savings.
There are 400 of the con" men
plying their garrulous trade in the
United States and they average
100000 annually from trusting
persons.
Herbert N Graham, government
postal sleuth,. is the chief worry OF
the confidence men. His sporadic
raids on cities has put dozens OF
the glib gentlemen in prison and
sent other dozens fleeing to, for
eign countries. Atlanta, Reno, Den
yer and other cities where bunco
men have centered have known the
'torpedoing" of government raid
under Graham's thorough direction.
Dimond ROams World
Tall, thin-faced, relentless Gra-
ham and Lieut.. Tommy Dimond
of Essex county, N. j., are known
internationally for their unceasing
drive against swindlers. Dimond
learned the business from Graham,
but his position as detective for
Essex county has been less confin-
ing and he has stalked swindlers
around the world.
Swindlers have nothing but con-
tempt for those whose confidence
they gain and flee. All victims
have larceny in their hearts, else
they wouldn't have any part in the
deals which take their money
swindlers say.
The swindlers show no respect
for title or rank ShreWd leaders
of industry and government law
enforcement officers have fallen
before the attractive offers of the
con men. These victims seldom
make complaints.
Victim Prefers No Charges
A wealthy English distiller Wis
tied Canada a few years ago and
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31

have a very explicit designation
lies affairs American a la Chicago"
France Not Sympathetic
If two Americans come to France
and one sWindles the other OF his
money the French police listen at
tentively, but they make no pre-
tense of pulling the fleeced Amer
leans chestnuts out of the fire for
him. And the man who did the
swindling loses no dignity with the
police he is still known as a
"chevalier d'industry''-a gentleman
of industry.
The largest sWindle of all time
is credited to. Scarface Spencer, an
Italian CON man, who took $150,000
from an English family yacationing
ir Italy. He served year in an
Italian prison, but no trace ever
was found of his money.
Australian Mack was the dean of
them all He has been reported
dead, but government agents have
not been able to confirm it and
many believe that, at the age of
80, he lives in some secluded place
off the fortune he must have saved.
He used "Dapper Dan" Collins, a
latter day swindler, who now in
sists he is through with the game,
as one of his lesser assistants.
Proficient Bond Jumpers
William Mead, the Christ Kid"
who was leader of the Denver ring
broken up in 1922 by District At
| torney Philip Van Cise, has added
new marks to his long police rec
ord. He jumped $4,000 bond in
Florida on swindle case, was ar
rested at Worcester, Mass, and
jumped another bond on a minor
charge before prints of his SCARED
fingers could be checked.
Little Jeff Sharon. whose record
is known around the world, also
skipped out on Florida bail where
he was arrested.
Stew Donnely, the best dressed
man in Indianapolis, is waiting
trial in a Montreal prison on
charge of sWindling Los Angeles
police lieutenant out of $4,000.
William E. J. Handsome Billy
~ bl ltlt JuoU q y0dl III
federal prison at Louisburg, Pa.
and was last heard of on a boat
headed for Shanghai.
Englishman Gives Up S150,000
Dick (Buttermilk) Davis, who
died in Los Angeles last year. took
$150000 from Thomas Needham,
Englishman who had sold chain
of drug stores for $11,000,000, at
Honolulu in 1927. Sammy Allen,
last of Davis confederates in that
DEAL has completed a three-year
term in England
John j. (Peaches1 Van Camp,
IS, of Philadelphia, is one of the
Oldest in the pay-off racket. He
has a 40-year record.
Yellow Kid We'll and "Old Man"
Buckmeister are Chicago's best
known confidence men.
Frank c. Davis, Jackie West and
O'Brien were three of the most
prominent in the ring which led
10 victims to Reno in three years
to fleece them of more than $2,000,-
900.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31
ed Nurse Jane.
Nonsense"

ed Nurse Jane.
Nonsense"
'Nonsense--false faces-no, in
deed" said Uncle Wiggily gruffly.
Dear me! How you have chang
ed said the muskrat lady house
keeper. but if you won't. you
won't, and that's all there is to it.
But the children are going to have
fun"
The animal boys and girls Ger
tainly were. Days before they had
bought false faces and their fun
ny clothes and now, as evening
came on and the elves, sprites, fair
les and gnomes came forth as they
always are supposed to do on Hal
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31
Northwest Still Shivering
While Winter Blasts Roar
CROP DAMAGE
MOUNTS HIGH
INTO MILLION

PORTLAND, Ore. Oct. 81. U.P)
-Shivering residents of the Pacific
northwest surveyed crop damages
expected TO run into millions of
dollars today and awaited break
in an unsessonal cold wave which
sent thermometers plummeting
along the entire northern area of
the Pacific seaboard
Moderate relief was in sight
Freezing Temperatures assailed the
area again last night, but the u. S.
weather bureau predicted rising
temperatures attended by rain and
sleet would be forthcoming shortly
Crops principally affected were
apples, pears and figs. late vege-
tables, grain and potatoes.
Wheat belt farmers of eastern
Oregon and Washington anticipated
staggering losses from temperatures
which descended TO as low as 10
and IL degrees above zero without
the protection of a snow blanket.
Potato growers of Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho expected 10
Snow fell last night in many
areas, including Portland. For
the first time in recorded history,
light snowfalls were reported at
many Oregon beaches. An 49,
inch blanket in the Oregon coast
range forced suspension of log
ging operations. Record low tenn
peratures were commonplace in
all sections and highways were
icy and dangerous.
Storm Lashes Sea
A lashing gale accompanied the
cold wave Icy winds whipped the
coast as far south as the Central
California coast line.
AT least three persons were be-
lieved to have perished In the storm
at sea while other narrow escapes
from death were reported.
Captain w Stallery and Jack Cain
were missing after their fishing
boat, Mae West, was sunk off Ten
Mile Point in the Gulf of Georgia.
Charles E. Cominy, 26, swan to
shore through heavy seas when
his fishing craft, the Sea Ranger,
was wrecked off Galiano Island.
Dominy discovered a body, yet un-
identified, on the beach.
A sturdy Diesel engine which
continued to run after it was sub
merged in sea water was credited
with saving the lives of the crew
Of the Cooperative Salmon Packers
fishing craft Beaver Buffeted by
heavy seas off the southern Alaska
coast, the Beaver sprung a leak.
Water rose over the engine, but
the crew and Capt. Elmer Haulgen
kept her chugging toward shore.
They reached shelter at Crowley
Point, Cape Decision.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31
FISHERMAN HOOKS OCTOPUS

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 81. U.P)
"A surprised fisherman was Will
liam Hansell, troller, when his line
seemed snagged. When he pulled in
his hook, he found on it a large red
snapper, and holding to it was an
octupus with arm spread of IL feet
Hansell gaffed the devilfish.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31

The momentum of 3,0e0-pound
auto travelling 80 miles an hour is
10000 units.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-31

79c and CSC Girls SCHOOL
DRESSES Smart styles, excellent
materials. Sizes to Ia. A0o
years, Anniversary sale price 10N
The Washington times., 1935-09-14

thoroughly enjoy making pictures. Acting is fasc-
mating business and the longer stay IN pictures the Oer
I like them.
I've hit upon neat way to- rehearse scenes. Dr. Lippe
my music teacher and make recordings of all the songs
sing and the dialogue for the picture we'll From the
recordings find the flaws along with the more garg
mistakes and then what do to improve
Recently fortunate in receiving fine set OF head
phones of the latest design from w. Arthur Rush head OF
the Victor R. G. A. here Theyr especially fine for de-
tectng sound, and they're invaluable to me.
You know being in pictures actually makes one realize
how large an audience be- From fans I've come to
the vastness of picture audiences and what they
mean to an individual Believe me, their encouragement
and interest is the most worthwhile thing any actor can
have
One of my most unique letters came from laboratory
techncan right the studio though This "fan letter.
written word below the other made reel of
raw movie film I've often wished he would have sent
along rewinder because every who looks at it has
about 20 minutes of hard work winding it up!
There is type Of party becoming popular in Holly
wood The idea is in the order of songfest. Now when
you 60 friends house you've generally got to sing
believe practically anyone sing and that the idea
good There is something fine any voice. providing
it is sincere.
Frances Marion the scenario writer, recently invited
guests for evening Of songs by Vennese masters
called eder-abend' Each person made to sing his
share of the program and the evening great success
At this particular moment I'm in quandary The Rose
Marie company is leave for location at Lake
Tahoe It is already getting colder here Hollywood and
imagine it will be lot there in the mountains
My problem is at the moment what shall take with me
on the trip Jeanette Macdonald is wondering too. She
has just about made up her mind to go out and buy
winter wardrobe. Perhaps had better do the
jeanette told today that she going to have to get
dog to replace her famous sheep dog, "Captain
Formerly mild fellow, "Captain has taken to biting
Jeanettes friends. I'm sorry about it. You see, I've al
ways liked the dog and it the former mate of my
"Sheba."
Much I'd like to tell you more, I'm going to have to
go down to the recording stage in few moments That
being the case I'll close Perhaps I'll be seeing you the
not too distant future For I'm going concert tour
as finish Rose Marie
With Kndest regards to you and your readers, remain
The Washington times., 1935-09-14
Previews . . .
BY Jimmy Starr
DARK ANGEL"
Rating: Good

SSS~Se9
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn for
ric March, Merle OberOn and Herbert
Marshall. Directed by Sidney Frank
lin. Play by Guy Bolton. Screen
play by Lillian Hellman and Nor
daunt sharp. Photographed by Gregg
TOland.
Call 1t what you wish, but there
is a superstition, a legend, or, at
least, a general idea in the mo-
ton picture world that revivalS,
sequels and remakes of one-time
hit films are bound to suffer by
comparison: that the public, hav:
ing seen and acclaimed an earlier
version of a particular story,
finds the thrill and the suspense
gone in the new and modern in
depreciation.
Producer Sam Goldwyn faced
this problem when he planned
again making "The Dark Angel"
certainly one of the most beau
tifully romantic plays ever writ
ten and easily one Of the most
memorable silent motion pictures
ever produced. I can still hear
the Sobs from the preview audience
the night Ronald Colman and
Wilma Banky appeared in this
cinematic classic of yesterday.
To say that the new version
is better would not be stating my
honest opinion. To say that it
will make a notable impression
with this new generation of movie
goers, that I am certain. Gold
wyn'S lavish production hand,
with which he consistently stamps
indelible marks of progress and
Importance on the celluloid's his
tory pages, has once more accom-
plished an ideal, a motion picture
of extreme beauty, thought and
feeling.
Perhaps no other director is so
brilliantly equipped for such a
story as Sidney Franklin, of
whom we hear little, yet he man.
ages much in his quiet, unassum-
ing manner. He literally paints
pictures, his canvas being lovely
settings. His characters are hu-
man, with feelings even as you
and you and you. In this par
ticular case, his theme is ancient,
but he has maneuvered so as to
give it new life.
HiStrionic honors of the piece
go to Fredric March, while Her
bert Marshall and John Halliday
come in for splendid seconds.
Having never seen Merle Oberon
on the screen before, I am sorry
to say that I am not impressed
with her work.
I sincerely hope Sam Goldwyn
is able to break the socalled
"jinx" which has pursued re-
makes and revivalS of earlier film
successes. His effort in this case
is noteworthy.
The Washington times., 1935-09-14
A KeyhoIe Portrait Of Funny
Patsy Kelly, Cutter-Up

Patsy Kelly has no rivals on
stage or screen. there's nobody
remotely like her.. she's 1.-THE
Kelly. the head of the Tenth
Avenue clan of my name and
nobody disputes it. Just a
mug but a darn good one"
her comedy is of the completely
batty type. she was bound to
click on the screen. just as she
clicked on Broadway. q. because
she's just naturally funny. and
always has been. ever. since she
went on in her first stage show
at 16.
She and Ruby Keeler were kids
together remained pals after
both achieved success. Patsy was
featured in many New York musi-
Gals. didn't enter pictures till
1898. when Hal Roach signed
The Washington times., 1935-09-14
Horse Operas Bringing Back
Old Movie F Favorites

The old horse opera amt what
she used to be. Instead Of being
despised and rejected by players
with ambitions, the dramas Of
the range are now considered the
first step toward elevated and
lasting stellar position.
This was proved most recently
by Randolph Scott and. Gill Pat
rick, both of whom maintained
their toe-holds on Hollywood by
playing all the parts they could
get in this Oldest of movie
mediums.
For years Randy remained in
obScurity in a long series of Zane
Grey Westerns produced by Para
mount, getting all the training he
could out Of them until he re-
Gently convinced executives that,
he was worthy Of higher things.
They finally believed him, and
Randy has graduated to leading
man status.
Gail Patrick would undoubtedly
have been dropped from the Holly.
The Washington times., 1935-09-14

wood roster had she not expressed
great willingness to play despiSed
feminine leads in Westerns. She
used such parts as she drew to
display convincing samples of her
acting ability, all Of which led
her by degrees to her present
important role with Lee Tracy
in "Gettin' Smart" Even in be-
tween feature pictures, Gail still
insists on doing Westerns, her
latest being the lead in WAN
derer of the Wasteland."
In this latter production, Dean
Jaeger takes over the spot once
held by Randolph Scott. Although
some consider it a comedown for
Dean, that actor welcomed the
part with appropriate "Yippees!"
Old favoriteS are flocking back
to the screen through this once
deSpiSed medium. Trixie Friganza,
Monte Blue, Anne @. Nillson,
Raymond Hatton, AL st. John and
Kenneth Harlan are all in Wan.
derer Of the WaSteland,".
The Washington times., 1935-09-14
GAY DECEPTION"
Rating: Splendid

Twentieth Century.FOx release. Star.
ring Francis Lederer with. NTH FEanees ~,
Screen play by stephen Avery and
Don Hartman. Photographed by
Joseph Valentine.
Here is a film that is as charm.
ing as anything this season. It's
as refreshing as a cool, sparkling
glass of water and it fairly bubbles
with mirth.
And the premise is positively
intriguing. Finstance, a little
stenographer who has saved her
pennies and gone without lunches
to buy real French hat suddenly
wins a cash prize of $4,000. With
this amazing amount she sets out
to live, to see the world and per-
haps to crash a bit of New York's
snooty society.
One startling situation leads to
another. It's a merry, mad farce
from beginning to end. There's
a neWneSs to the treatment, and
the result is a complete delight
to all.
Particularly brilliant is the d.
rection of William Wyler, who
has certainly with this effort
climbed several rungS toward
megaphone Importance. He pos
sesses a happy knack of sur.
prising with unusual twists in
somewhat along the lines profes.
Sionally known as "the Lubitsch
technique"
For his performance in this,
Francis Lederer will win a host of
new fans. It wouldn't surprise
me in the least to learn that he
had suddenly been acclaimed one
of the screens truly important
light comedians. And Frances
Dee has never been better in any
production. If she doesn't rise to
the heights after the showing of
1.-The Gay Deception" and remain
there, then our producers are not
as farsighted as often press
agented.
Richard earle, Ferdinand
Gottschalk, John T. Murray and
Paul Hurst turn in splendid per.
formances while Alan Mowbray,
Bonita Hume and Robert Greig
lend good support.
The Washington times., 1935-09-14

"Rose-Marie, in which
I'm to play opposite jean
cite Macdonald for Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer.
I've been rehearsing,
making recordings, and
passing a lot of time at the
tailors being fitted for my
costumes. Aside from that
there is little to tell at the
moment.
For a time it looked as
though I were going to be
able to go on a concert
tour throughout the coun-
try. I had every intention
of including Washington
among the places where l
would stop. It's a lovely
place, and one of my favor
ite cities. just as l was all
set to leave, though, they
pushed the production sched-
ule upon me. I am not COM
planning, however. AS a
matter Of fact, I'm tickled
to death. The tour will
come later.