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, 1935-03-08
Giant Leadoff Tough

MIAMI BEACH. Fla-This new
leadoff combination Of the New
York Giants may develop some
headaches for National League
pitchers during the summer.
Held scoreless for two frames by
Max Carey's Baseball School Thurs
day. the Giants started on their
way to a 100 shutout when Critz.
Bartell and Moore. the new leadofi
combination. filled the bases on
hits and Manager Bill Terry clean
ed them with a triple.
, 1935-03-08

LA FERIA. March with final
entries Wednesday night. the Invita-
ton Playground Tournament spon-
Sored by the Letterman's Club Of La
Feria high school promises to be
much larger this year than eve be-
fore. Ffty-four teams had been en-
tered when drawings were made for
the first round according TO G. E
, 1935-03-08
Game Friday

NdlHN EAAA1F
Team No. / VS.. Team No. ; La
dies league.
The Troop B bowlers betterd their
position in the Brownsville Men 5
Ten PIN league Thursday night by
taking TWO on. of three games from
the GriSham five on the Arcadia
Alleys.
SGT. Szpeinski led the winners IN
the initial victory. rolling a 1913 while
the Soldiers won S65-766. Cara OF
the Grisham squad came through
with a 1893 in the same encounter:
The 865 was the top team game o.
the night.
DR.. j. S. Peek paced the GriShams
with a 1873 as they took the second
encounter 8l9-767. The Soldiers TOOK
the third encounter el5-779.
sgt. Szpeinski turned IN q pest
scores Of the night. His o5s was
TOP series and his 1913 tied Cara
for single honors. Reese with DO
and Knapp with sos we're the only
other bowlers 10 get above te oo
-
, 1935-03-08
Leading Scorers
The Scoring

La Feria-Five firsts land a for
feited first, two seconds and a tie
for second land a forfeited sec
ond), seven thirds and ten fourths
for 65k points. Brownsville-Six
first, six seconds, two thirds and
one fourth for SO points. Rio Hon.
do-Two firsts. four seconds and a
tie for second. three thirds and a
fourth for 3lie points.
, 1935-03-08
Seek New Contracts

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. - The
New York Yankees famous dollar
a-year men are getting ready TO
tear up their provisional contracts
and ask for some real ones.
Johnny Allen. Fred Walker. Earle
Combs and Bill Dickey. victims Of
lameness and injuries last season,
have shown signs OF complete re-
covery.
, 1935-03-08
LA FERIA WINS TRIANGULAR MEET FROM EAGLES, BOBCATS
Training


AVALON. Calif--In nominating
comeback candidates. the Chicago
Cubs offer Charley Root.
Root, one OF the Cubs most de-
pendable hurlers over a Six-year
stretch starting with 1929. went al
most INTO ~obscurity last season
when he won four games and lost
seven.
This year he reported In eXcep-
tional condition and has looked SO
good that Manager Charlie Grimm
has hopes the husky highlander
will stage a comeback.
, 1935-03-08

The cocoon silk Of spiders was used
10 make gloves and stockings as ear
ly as l709 in France. Seven thous-
and spiders were required to weavs
a pound OF the sgilk. and the expert
ment proved Disappointing.
, 1935-03-08
TrOsky Thanks UmpS

NEW ORLEANS - Hal TroSky,
first baseman for the Cleveland
Indians. thanks Umpire George
Hildebrand for some Of the new
grace he has acqI1 I'll.
Hildebrand told him n day last
season TO spend "a nice long WIN
ter meditating' on some OF the bad
plays he made az first base. Ths
Indian slugger thinks he's faster
on ground balls and more sure OF
his hand work.
, 1935-03-08

Eight Of the 20 women who have
been members Of the House OF Rep
resentatives were sent there TO fin
iSh the unexpired terms OF their bus
handG
, 1935-03-08

Women occupy q very inferior
position among the Todas Of India.
upon meeting a man. a woman must
greet him by touching his feet with
her forehead.
, 1935-03-08
Chisnx Get Onnnrfnniiv

Chis0x Get Opportunity
PASADENA. Calf. Any OF tia
Chicago White Sox pitchers who
fail TO make the grade this season
Will not do SO for lack Of oppor-
tunity.
Manager Jimmy Dykes plans TO
keep at least II OF his Is candi-
dates until May Is. After that nine
will remain. Those regarded as
certaintieS 70 stick are. George
Earnshaw. Sam Jones, Les Tietje.
Ted Lyons. Whitlow Wyatt, Lee
Slime VeJlon Kennedy and John
Whitehead
, 1935-03-08

The poison Of the rattlesnake. cro-
talus. Is ureA IN treatment Of cases
Of yellow fever.
, 1935-03-08
Bowling Dope

Thursday Night - Troop 3 two
OF three from GIishams Men
, 1935-03-08

The government purchases mlik
for the equivalent Of 3 cents and selS
II for 10 cents, In Germany.
, 1935-03-08

Totals. s46 sls 77s 22O4
Evening star., 1935-02-24
Pictures of the Week
Screen Attractions and Vaudeville Programs
at Downtown Theaters.

bility" are also on the bill. AS a spe-
cial added attraction. Peggy Taylor,
"the top" of adagio dancers. appears
in her dance creation, Kitchen
Pirates"
"SOCIETY DOCTOR" novel drama
- of hospital life that features
Chester Morris and Virginia Bruce, is
being shown at Loew's Columbia
Theater this week. Within the walls
of the metropolitan hospital where
this action takes place. there is
crowded a series of exciting events
and absorbing drama. Billie Burke,
as the neurotic but attractive wealthy
patient; Robert Taylor. newcomer
to the screen; william Henry, Dorothy
Peterson. Donald Meek, Robert Nc
Wade, Raymond Walburn, Henry Kol-
ker, Louise Henry and others appear
in support.
7 OEW'S PALACE THEATER is cur
- rently presenting "Clive of India"
the first million-dollar film from
Twentieth Century studios since THE
House of Rothschild.' gave Ronald
Colman one of his greatest roles as
the dashing, spirited and brilliant
Robert Give. one of history's most
inspiring heroes. Loretta Young is
seen opposite Colman. Richard Bole-
slawski directed "Clive of india"
which is taken from actual chapters
in the life of Robert Give, who rose
to greatness and became Lord Give,
only to be attacked, dragged down
and broken by his enemies.
% ED ROT TIRES, First Nationals
II romance of the automobile rae
ing tracks, is the feature attraction
at Warner Bros Metropolitan Thea
ter. Based on a story by Tristan
Tupper, the picture Is dynamic
drama with daredevil speedsters as
its central characters. Breath-taking
racing scenes were made at the Amer
ican Legion Ascot Speedway in Los
Angeles, in which score of ma
tionally famous drivers participate.
Lyle Talbot and Gavin Gordon enact
the roles of rivals on the tracks and
rivals for the love of the daughter
of an auto manufacturer Roscoe
Karns plays comedy role as the
pal of Talbot. and frankie Darro
appears as Talbot's protege. A
Evening star., 1935-02-24

Charlie Chase comedy, ''Fate's Fat
head; the latest of the "See Amer
lea First" travel reels and the usual IS
minutes of news events complete the
program.
ALEXANDER KoRDA's production
of The Scarlet Pimpernel" is the
current attraction at R-K-O Keith's
Theater and stars Leslie Howard
and Merle Oberon. Howard is seen in
the title role of Sir Percy Blakenly.
who sacrifices the love of his wife and
the respect of London society by mas
querading as fOp and fool at hCme
so that he may conduct the dangerous
secret activities as the leader of the
Scarlet Pimpernel Society. Merle
Oberon, in her first starring role is
the beautiful French wife, Margaret,
who innocently betrays him to the
tribunal and through this dreadful
deed learns the truth about her hus-
band, who Is the unreachable scarlet
pimpernel. Released through United
Artists and directed by Harold Young.
who has assembled a distinguished
supporting cast headed by Nigel Bruce,
Raymond Massey, Joan Gardner, An
thony Bushell. Walter Rilla and
Bramwell Fletcher portray the re-
naming roles.
"nAVID COPPERFIELD" is continu-
ing at Loew's Palace screen for
a third week. Preceded by the high
est of praise. David Copperfield" has
exceeded every expectation. Its IS
formidable characters bring to throb-
bing life each immortal character
frsm the Dickens novel that has been
read and reread by millions. w. c.
Fields, Lionel Barrymore. Freddie
Bartholomew, a new juvenile sensa-
tion; Frank Lawton, Roland Young,
Herbert Mundin, Madge Evans, Eliza
beth Allen, Maureen O'Sullivan, Basil
Rathbone, Edna May Oliver, Una
O'Conner and other screen notables
are seen in the large cast.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
At National Tonight.
DOROTHY SANDS will be presented

DOROTHY SANDS will be presented
- here tonight at $50 o'clock in
the National Theater by the T. Ar
thur Smith Bureau as the third event
in the five Star series, and her bill of
the show" offers a wide variety in
stage entertainment, beginning with
the Post Revolutionary Theater and
the first American comedy, The Con-
trast." by Royal Tyler, in 1887; the
Frontier Theater. and "Ade,githa," or
The Fruits of a Single Error" in
1920: followed by the Theater of the
Gold Rush and the Mining Camps.
featuring Lotta Crabtree in Little
Nell and the Marchioness" in 1860.
Proceeding on her way down the
years in the history of the American
stage Miss Sands then shows US Ethel
Barrymore, as Nine. Trentoni in Cap
tain Jinks of the Horse Marines" a
play of the early 70s; Lillian RusSells
debut at Tony Pastors. in 1880, and
revives memories of Frances Starr in
THE Easiest Way" in 1909. Finally
she invades the movies and Hollywood
is used as the background for her
impersonationS of three famous movie
vampires, Greta Garbo. Theda Bara
and Mae West, as she is today.
Evening star., 1935-02-24

~
~ excitement al LoeW'S Fox
Theater, radiates scenic
~ beauty, arresting adventure
and romance. Out Of the
high Sierras of the SequOia National
Park. where 1t was in production for
two years. this amazing romance be-
comes a living drama of wild animal.
maid and man and offers abundantly
more thrills than even Trader Horn" )"
Jean Parker and Russell Hardie are
seen as two refreshing young people
who find love amid the grandeur OF
the Sierra wilderness. Samuel Hinds,
Paul Hurst and Edward Brophy are
other principals in this M-G-M pro-
duction that is based on "Malibu,"
famous story of American wild life
by Vance Hoyt.
Diversification Is the theme Of the
current stage show that is headlined
by radios popular golden-voiced IA
vorite, Frank Parker. The inanities
of Harry Howard. novel dances of
Gordon, Reid and King and the aero
battles of the. Honey Troupe compete
the program.
DUDY VALLEE, radios best-known
~ personality, at the Earle Theater
in the latest Warner Bros. musical,
Sweet Music" Vallee sings half a
dozen catchy songs written especially
for this new production: Ann Dvorak
sings and dances in spectacular num-
bers and third vocalist In the pic
ture is Helen Morgan, famous torch
singer who made such hit in Show
Boat" Rudy Vallee's Connecticut
Yankees appear in the picture, as does
the Frank and Milt Britton Band.
The picture, which carries definite
plot, Is filled with romance. drama
and hilarious comedy. There is a
large and talented cast in support Of
Vallee, including Ned Sparks. Robert
Armstrong, Allen Jenkins, Alice White,
Joseph Cawthorn. Al Shean, Phillip
Reed and Russell Hicks. Beautiful
girls are seen in the dance numbers,
directed by Bobby Connolly. Alfred
E. Green directed the production
Carmela Ponselle is making a per-
sonal appearance on the Earle stage.
Joe and Jane McKenna in Much Ado
About Nothing" and the Valors, who
present Balance and Odd Flexi-
Evening star., 1935-02-24
Next Weeks Films.

'TANET GAYNOR and Warner Bax-
- ter, the two popular stars OF
"Paddy." and Daddy Long Legs" ap-
pear together again in "One More
Spring. a poignant and tender ro-
nance of today. which comes to
Loew's Fox Theater on Friday, March
/. Walter King, Jane Dazwell. Roger
Imhof, Grant Mitchell. Rosemary
Ames and Stepin Fetchit are cast in
support. On the stage, Dave Appollon
will bring his own talent-f1lled revue
for diverting one-hour stage presen-
tation.
Combining the talents of the three
stars best and most ideally suited to
musical comedy, Radio Pictures brings
to the screen Roberta the Jerome
Kern hit which proved a stage sensa-
tion. With those three stars-Fred
Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Irene
Dunne-"Roberta will be the next at
traction at R-K-O Keith's following
the current THE Scarlet Pimpernel"
Earl Derr Biggers' mysterious but
popular character, Charlie Chan,
comes back in the exciting Charlie
Chan in Paris" which is slated as the
feature attraction, starting Friday,
March /, for LoeW'S Columbia Theater.
Delayed by the unprecedented sue
cess of David Copperfield," now in
Its third week, "Clive of India" that
compelling drama co-starring Ronald
@1y i
nitely be seen at Loew's Palace Thea
ter the week starting Friday, March /.
Colin Give, Francis Lister, c. Aubrey
Smith, Caesar Romera, Ferdinand
Munier and many others are in the
capable supporting cast.
Devil Dogs of the Air" a mighty
romance Of the flying Marines. re-
turns downtown Friday for a special
repeat engagement at Warner Bros
Metropolitan Theater. Popular de-
mand by those who did not see this
flm at the Earle has brought about
the new presentation The picture,
which is the first Cosmopolitan pro-
duction to be released through
Warner Bros, again brings together
the inimitable trio who appeared in
''Here Comes the Navy" James
Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Frank
McHugh. Margaret Lindsay has the
leading feminine role.
Living on Velvet" a First Ma
tional picture, will have its world
premiere at the Earle Theater next
Friday. On the stage, the Dorsey
Bros. Orchestra, with Bob Crosby
Bing's singing brother, will be fea-
tured.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
Complete Roberta" "
D OBERTA," R-K-O Radio Picture

r oBERTA," R-K-O Radio Pictures
elaborate musical-fashion ex-
travaganza. starring Irene Dunno,
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, was
completed this week after several
months of intensive production and
is now being cut and edited.
This perturbation of the famous
Jerome Kern musical success is the
most ambitious effort in R-K-O
Radios royal line of hit musicals,
which includes Flying Down to Rio"
and THE Gay Divorcee," both star
ring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Two brand-new Kern numbers, writ
ten especially for the film, are in the
score, as well as all the big song
successes Of the stage show, which
ran for $50 performances on Broad
way and has made a triumphal big
city tour this season.
Randolph Scott, Helen Westley,
Victor Varconi and Claire Dodd head
the supporting cast. which includes
dozen of Hollywood's most graceful
beauties, who are cast as mannequins
in the fashion pageant. Virginia
Reid, chosen to head the parade, has
won term contract.
Evening star., 1935-02-24

Black Sea is from the Red. You
either like it or you don't. But GER
tainly as much as we have laughed at
William Danforth. so much did we
laugh at last weeks Sydney Granville,
but for no reasons that are in any
way identical.
AS for Martyr Green, while we are
told that he ranks very favorably with
his predecessor. Mr. Henry Lytton, and
are also told that he doesn't compare
with him at all-so are we sure that
We have never seen any one quite like
him and shall like to recall his visit
here in the dim by-and-by with all the
JOY of having witnessed splendid
actor in many splendid roles.
Here we rest the decision. Frankly,
we are loyal DOyly Carte enthusiasts
from now until the grave. But we
can quite easily see why some people
would still prefer the more frantic
clownings of some of our own per-
formers.
Unfortunately, one of the strongest
impressions of such U. S. A. doingS
had to do with that wonderful person,
Nine. Schumann- Heink, who in weak
moment not so long ago said she would
play Katisha for the MeSSrs. Shubert.
If you recall her in THE Mikado" at
the Belasco you will, perhaps, under
stand why some of us believe that the
D'Oyly Carte people are just a mite
superior.
AFTER viewing Sweet Music this
"A week at the Earle it is fairly OBJ
vious that Rudy Vallee has overcome
the faults he exhibited in his first
pictures and is on the way to be-
coming not only a sure. but a swift
actor Gone is that Wall-eyed express
sion of fear; gone is the adenoid look
of devotion, and the gazelle-like mo-
ton as he either enters or exits. In
its place has come an average look,
an average walk, an average being
] and a twinkle in the eye which, If we
, are not mistaken, was never there
before.
| Ann Dvorak, of course, may have
something to do with thiS-Since, as
you watch her work you become con-
vinced that she must be nice per-
son to work with. Not a strictly
100 per cent beauty by any manner
of means, she is, nevertheless, some
times fairly reminiscent of MSS
Crawford. at other times quite like
nobody but herself, and always un-
usually free and easy in her man.
nerisnls.
Just why Helen Morgan gets such
potent billing, when she only sings
the refrain of one song. is another
matter. Miss Morgan is still dev-
astating when she sits on top of a
piano, wrings her hands, lifts her
eyes to the wide heavens and yoWls
out of the left corner of her gen.
erous mouth
But when she is left more or less
cold in front of a mike" some of
that illusion is gone-she is still ar
resting, but, as one person recently
said in letter, "her vibrations are
gone"
We like Miss Morgan whether she
has vibrations or not. But We doubt
if SO much advance shouting about
her, in a picture in which she scarcely
appears. will do her any good. Her
agent in this case must have been
ga-ga.
Evening star., 1935-02-24

fOr instance, 90 not DelleVe tIldt
Darrell Fancourt is the equal of Her
bert Waterous as the pirate king; I
do not believe that Martyr Green is
as funny or sings as well as Frank
Moulan; I do not think that Sydney
Granville is as good as William Dan
forth as the sergeant of police; nor
do I believe that the Doyle Carte
Co. has a Yum-Yum the equal of
Hizi Koyke, the little Japanese
soprano who sang that role (and also
the role of Madame Butterfly with the
San Carlo Opera Co. last year,.
Il believe that you critics have be-
the DOyly Carte Co. comes from the
land of Gilbert and Sullivan that they
must be the best. What the theater-
going public is finding out is that it
is not so much that the D'Oyly Carte
Co. is good, but that Gilbert and Sui
Ivan is good and always will be
good. I, for one, will go to see pro-
fessional companies give Gilbert and
Sullivan every time they come to
Washington.
This letter is meant in kindly
spirit, but do feel that this English
company has got too much credit
and our own American companies
have not been properly appreciated.
I believe that English people often
ridicule us for the lavish interest and
praise we give to the works of Eng
lishmen when we ourselves have works
which are equally good or better.
Noel Coward is another who l think
has been much overrated-but that is
another subject, and I conclude as
go to enjoy The Mikado' tonight.
Yours sincerely, A. V. Smith"
THE reason that "the other side 81
the fence" was stuck at the head
of Mr.. Smiths first paragraph is be-
cause we cannot help but feel that
he is right when he says Il may be
one of a small minority" However,
the letter is written in such a cheer
full mood, with such honesty. and
with such flow OF genuine
Yankee rah-rahism, that we be-
lieve it should be recorded as full
blooded American sentiment and one
which should probably be preserved
as postlude to this first U. S. A. tour
Of famous London company.
We agree with Mr.. Smith in one
respect: 81 do not believe that their
principal singers are bit better or
even as good as those in our own
American Gilbert and Sullivan COM
panies" Miss Hizi Koyke is by far
the most perfect soprano we have ever
heard as Yum -Yum-and there are
others who have undoubtedly tied
such pleasant but not outstanding
singers as the D'Oyly Carte's Tessas
and GianettaS to the mast.
Nevertheless. we have the feeling
that it isn't the letter of the law that
should be observed in Gilbert and
Sullivan, but rather the spirit, and if
voices have been sacrificed in keeping
to the straight and narrow which
Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan person.
ally gave this company way, way
back-then it seems reasonable
enough to shove a few high Cs over
board and lyric tenors whose we'll
groomed tonsils can plunk out "a Wan
dering Minstrel I" with the ease of a
CaruSo.
AS to the humor-that is quite an
other matter, since English wit is as
Evening star., 1935-02-24

EQUOIA," the current screen
excitement al LoeW's Fox
Theater, radiateS scenic
beauty, arresting adventure
and romance. Out of the
Evening star., 1935-02-24

ragere around. A partisan of "The
Children's Hour" he fears that they
will be misled by the pleas of less
deserving nominees: and he warns
them that the community is in no
mood to bear another case Of thwarted
justice. Il stand for Judgment" he
quotes. Shall have it?" Accord
ing to Mr.. Nancy, three fugitive and
anonymous gentlemen, clanking and
rustling with measuring tapes, levels,
htmus paper, telescopes, graphs,
meters and thermometers, are a.
prowlin' in our midst And" ne
adds, ''if you ask me, Mr.. H., they're
Up to no good" This clandeStine trio
is successor to Walter Prichard Eaton,
Clayton Hamilton and Austin Strong,
three strong and fairly silent men who
resigned in huff and body from the
Pulitzer prize play jury last Septem-
ber after Mary of Scotland" rec
commended by them for the laurel. was
openly Tilted by the advisory board
of the School of Journalism of CO.
lumbia University in favor OF Men
in White" This was in May, and
all Summer the repudiated jurymen
licked their wounds and sulked.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
Arts Club Play.

SCENES from THE Spanish Gypsy"
- written in blank verse by George
Eliot, and rearranged for acting by
Dorothy Lawrence. will be presented
at the Arts Club of Washington on
Thursday and Friday evenings of this
week. The title role will be played
by Miss Lawrence. Supporting her
will be cast selected from the lead
ing players of the city, composed of
Maurice Jarvis, Richard Midgley, Will
liam j. McManus, Martin Scranage,
Murray Sheehan, John Sikken, Jesse
Veitch and John Victory.
Evening star., 1935-02-24

ID ICHARD Nancy, Snowman and
~ scholar. already has begun to
worry as to whose shoulders the new
Pulitzer Jurors will loop their four
Evening star., 1935-02-24
New Star at Gavetv.

THE Gayety this week offers the
talented Maxine De Shone. Col.
Jimmy Lake states that this lady
will cause as much favorable COM
ment as Hinda Wausau, or the charm
ing Ann Corio. Two matinees are
given daily, at IL noon and 2:30.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
DIETRICH s Next.

PARAMOUNT has definitely decided
upon 1.-THE Devil Is a Woman" as
the release title for Marlene Dietrich's
new starring vehicle. Up until now
the picture has been known as Ca
price Espagnol.''
Evening star., 1935-02-24
New Shaw Play Reported
"A Bit of Brilliant Decay"
The Simpleton of Unexpected Isles" Staged in
New York by the Theater Guild. Draws
Shafts of the Drama Critics.
By Percy Hammond.

FTER of Mr. Shaws bouts with civilization the average
~ paygoer feels like Little Petekin, wondering good
comes Of his famous victories He gets neck-hold
and talks with they again to thHart
1t possible that Notwithstanding his brilliant
against the fobS of the time they mockng
they before he set his heel them And that hate
ulness nfdeliy bishops and beefsteaks still exist.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
Do the English Excel in
" Presenting Light Operas?
One Writer Thinks the D'Oyly Carte Company
Received Too Much Praise for
Performances Last Week.
By E. de S. Meicher.

THE other side of the fence my dear Mr. M Melcher & write
Sullivan which being given by the DOyy Carte
- Co. may be one of small minority but believe you
critics have guShed little much about the excellence
of this company The DOyly good their
excellent their the best they we'll But
do not believe their principal singers bit better even
good those American Gilbert and Sullivan
that have visited washington within the last three
Evening star., 1935-02-24
New Star Duo.

CYLvIA SIDNEY and Herbert Mar
- shall will be co-starred in the
screen version of accent on Youth"
Paramount recently secured rights to
the Samson Raphaelson play.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-24

Pilot Chet Mclean, accompanied by Mrs. Mclean and party of young folks flew. from Anchorage to Susitna Station New Years Day to be guests of Mir. Healy, store keeper. at that point.