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Evening star., 1935-04-13
MOFFETT SEEKS
TOQU|T lob SOON
To Confer With President
Today Before Submitting
F. H. A. Resignation.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A conference between James A.
Moffett. the housing administrator,
and President Roosevelt was expected
today to determine whether the for
mer Standard Oil official will re-
main at the head of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration.
Moffett let it be known today that
he expects to ask to be relieved within
a short time. but persons close to him
and the White House said it was
doubtful whether the President would
consent to his leaving at this time.
Moffett is known to have been in
tending to resign as soon as he felt
the Housing Administration was on
its way to success. He refused. how
ever. to discuss his plans beyond
stating that he wants to confer with
the President and then may submit
his resignation.
1t Is known that Moffett has been
somewhat disappointed by the pace Of
the F. H. A. The repair program of
the administration, he feels, has pro-
ceeded as well as could be expected
and has been successful in creating a
large amount Of employment. The
second phase Of the housing plans,
however, has been obstructed. some
officials feel. by the fact that banks
have been hesitant about making long
term loans for new construction.
Already there is speculation as to
who may succeed him. 1t was said
today in some administration quar-
tiers that both Secretary Ickes and
Harry l.. Hopkins. the relief admins
traitor, would like to gain control of
the Housing Administration Efforts
are being made, it was learned, to OBJ
tain the appointment of one or the
other, or of some member of their
stas. to the housing administratorship
in addition to their other jobs.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
ROOSEVELT TO ATTEND
NATIONALS FIRST GAME

President Roosevelt today promised
Clark Griffith, president of the Wash
ington base ball club, that he would
be on hand to toss out the ball for the
opening game here Tuesday. and that
he would be able to attend world
series next Fall.
Grifith quickly retorted that the
President could rest assured he would
not have to travel very far to attend
the next world series. He did not say
1t would be held In Washington, but
Ford Prick, the new president of the
National League, who accompanied
Grifith on his White House call, quick
ly joined in by saying to the President,
mo. you won't have to 60 very far; no
farther than New York"
Evening star., 1935-04-13
JAPANESE OIL POLICY
PREVENTS AGREEMENT
Negotiations With q. s. and Brit
ish Firms Fail as Toxic
Eyes Manchoukuo.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April 13.-Negotiations be-
tween the japanese government and
American and British oil companies
seeking a basis for foreign companies
to continue business in Japan proper
broke down today without an agree
ment.
Manchoukuo has already begun en-
forcement of an oil monopoly which
will completely eliminate American
and British firms as distributors and
retailers. A Toxic newspaper said the
Japanese government considers the
step an experiment and its results will
be watched with q view to extending
the system to the empire.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
CAPITAL GETS S602,900
FOR RELIEF IN APRIL
More Than $3,OOO,O00 Allotted
Maryland, Virginia and District
by Order of Hopkins.

More than s3,0000 900 for April re-
lief was allotted today to the District.
Maryland and Virginia by Federal Re-
lief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins.
The District gets s602.900; Mary
land, s1,326,O3:. and Virginia, ST.
22l.3l0.
The grants were part of national
allotment of s1l3.66l ,384. including
funds previously made available as
well as grants for the remainder of
the month. Funds were for general
and drought relief, transient aid,
emergency education and the student
aid program.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
ROBBER SUSPECT HELD

NORFOLK, Va, April 13 CP-
Police here were holding man who
said he was F. G. Blackney, Detroit,
Mich. charged with attempted rob-
berry. He is accused of having walked
into a restaurant here yesterday aft
ernoon and. holding a pistol in his
hand, ordered a waitress to open the
cash register.
The waitress, Lily May Clark. "a.
said that the gunman glanced into
the cash drawer and when ne saw
only few dollars he slipped his gun
into a shoulder holster and walked out.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
Fever Spreads in China.

HAICHOW, Kiangsu Province,
China. April 13 CP).-A great in
crease" in the number Of victims of
black fever scourging this area was
reported last night by American
Southern Presbyterian missionaries
Although the missionaries are fight-
ing the spread of the disease in North
ern Kiangsu, they said there was little
danger for themselves and they had
refused to heed the urgings Of friends
that they leave.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
GENEVA BODY BACKS
CONTROL OF ARMS
Disarmament Conference Commit.
tee Adopts Report Proposing
Strict Supervision.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, April ia report of the
Arms Trade Control Committee in
GLIDING the draft of treaty text. with
reservations, for government control
of armaments was adopted today on
first reading by a committee OF the
Disarmament Conference.
Hugh r. Wilson, United States
Minister to Switzerland, said commit
tee debates had showed unanimous
recognition of the principle of full ma
tjonai responsibility for national con-
troll of arms outputs. He said the
committee in two months work had
made substantial progress.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
FIREMEN OFF DUTY

LANESBORO, Mass. April 13 R.-
Members of the volunteer fire depart
ment of this Berkshire Hills town yes
terday were called to the Summer
home of Mrs. George Briggs of Chi
cago. The house was destroyed.
1t seems, the fire truck was hauling
snow for maple sugaring party when
it should have been on hand to battle
the flames.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
Boy, Is, Kills Eagle
With Stick as Bird
Attacks Brother. 8
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Tenn, April 13.
-Fifteen-year-old Floyd Tipps
was a worthy foe for a massive
golden eagle with a wing spread
of IS inches.
The big bird came out poor
second Yesterday to Floyd. who
beat it to death with a stick as
it tried to carry of his 8-year-
old brother, Charles.
Attracted by screams and
shouts, Floyd said he ran to his
brothers aid and found the eagle
dragging Charles along the
ground. Floyd grabbed a stick
and flayed the bird across the
head until 1t released It's hold on
the little boy. Then he killed 1t.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
Routs Bandit With Bottle.

DENVER. Colo, April 13 (R.-A
youth, his face covered with a hand
kerchief and one hand moving men,
acingly inside his coat pocket, ordered
Ernest L. Simpson, 56-year-old store
keeper to turn over his money. Simp-
son turned, but grabbed a milk bottle
and chased the hold-up out of the
store.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
GRAIN PRICES SOAR
SHARPLY AT CHICAGO
Broad Speculative Buying Sweeps
All Wheat Futures Well
Above Dollar Mark.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 13.-Broad specu-
lative buying, more pronounced than
at any time in recent weeks, swept
grain prices sharply higher today. with
all wheat future deliveries selling well
above $1.00 per bushel.
After the first hour of trading In
wheat prices had advanced III to
~ cents above yesterdays close, with
May only fraetionallg below el.1. :.
Evening star., 1935-04-13

Yesterdays total circulation
of 1885 included an in
creased coverage over last
year of almost ten thousand
more reader homes in Wash
ington and the Immediately
surrounding territory. Local
merchants are using this
profitable medium to increase
their Spring business.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
News of d. A. r.

Full reports of the D.
A. r. Convention. April
IA to 81, inclusive:
Mail-Postage Pre-
paid, U. S., Mexico
and Canada ....... 35c
Foreign ...........Sl.W
Leave orders with Star
representative at Consti-
tuition Hall or The Eve
ming Star office,
18th st. and Pa. Ave. NV.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
Retail Sales Up 1.S%

Retail sales of Washington
department stores, as re-
ported by the Richmond Fed
eral Reserve Bank, again
show an increase for March,
as compared with the same
month of last year. This is
the only gain reported for any
city in the fifth Federal Re-
serve district.
Business continues to i'm
prove in Washington. With
the pre-Easter week and pros
poets for delightful weather
still ahead, Washington mer-
chants can expect a still fur
ther improvement in their
Spring business.
Yesterdays Advertising
Evening star., 1935-04-13
WEATHER.

20 g. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Cloudy and continued cold, probably
light frost, with temperature about 38 de-
grees tonight; tomorrow fair. rising tenn
perature. Observation-Disclosures, 40. at
noon today; lowest, 43, at S am. today.
Full report on page Az.
The Washington times., 1935-11-09
Last Night Offers
Edward Arnold at Keith's

Remember Last Night?" a
mystery story which features an
unusually notable cast and some
gorgeous stage trappings, opened
yesterday at RKO Keith's and
while am naturally a sucker for
mystery stories this opus leaves
me singularly unmovcd.
An effort, and not a brave
one, has been made to inStill
into this flicker some of the
sophisticated and alcoholic persi.
flage that made THE Thin
Man" such a hit. For the most
part Remember Last Night?"
succeeds in being fatuous instead
of funny and, indeed. in many
instances descendS to slapstick.
Some Silly Things
The alcoholic didoes with
which this story starts out are
grossly overdone and this at
tempted air of devil may care is
carried to extremes in one of the
most poorly directed pictures I
nave ever seen.
The background lacks nothing.
The settings are Sunptuous. The
cast is superb, though its mem
berS must have Squirmed at the
things they had to do and say.
True, some Of the wisecrackS are
funny. BY the law Of averages
the script writer's would have to
hit the bull'S-eye occasionally.
Edward Arnold plays the lead,
a detective, who goes up against
one of the Screwiest trio of muir.
ders ever concocted for literature
or the screen. Mr.. Arnold, sterling
trouper that he is, lends a good
air of plausibility to a very diff
cult role. And so with the rest Of
the cast. Thrown in some diff
cult spots they struggle valiantly
to make the audience laugh and
Shiver at the same time.
Cast Is Good
In addition to Mr.. Arnold the
following stars do yeoman service:
Contance Cummings, Sally Eilers,
Robert Young, Louise Henry,
Gregory Ratoff, and Robert Arm
strong.
The shining light in this flicker,
however. is the actor who played
the part of the butler. I commend
his part and his superb acting,
his disdain and his constant dis
gust, as gems Of purest ray serene.
There is a colored cartoon
comedy introducing that famous
race horse character, Barney
Google, to the screen, along with
the bodacious parsonage of Snuffy
Smith.
There is also an excellent bit of
The Washington times., 1935-11-09

Foster Once a Singer
Preston Foster, starred in
"We're Only Human" has a
splendid baritone voice. Before
going on the stage he sang opera.
The Washington times., 1935-11-09
MOVIE
CLOCK

EARLE. La w,r nee Tibbett in
metropolitan" 11:00 a. m, 1:30,
4:2O, 7:05, $50 p. m. Stage
1855, $40, 6:25, $40.
BELASCO Jessie Mathews in
"Straus Waltz" 1905, 2:09,
4:12, 6:15, 8:17, 1920 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Joan Crawford,
Frank Morgan in IT Live My
Life" 11:15 a. m, 1:20, $3.50,
5:35, TAO, $50 p. m.
FOX-Rosalnd Russell, Lionel At
will in Rendezvous" 1926 a.
M, 1870, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 p. m.
Stage: 1920, $40, 800, 8:45
p. m.
PALACE-Miriam Hopkins, Joel
McCrea in "Barbary Coast, :"
1915, 2:35. 4:55, 7:15, 9:35
p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S Edward Arnold,
in Remember Last Night, 4"
11:51 a. m. 1853, 3:55, 5:57,
1859, 1901 p. m.
METRO ROPOLIT ITAN-Walter c.
Kelly, Stepin Fetchit in THE
Virginia Judge" 11:00 a. M,
12:45, 2:40, 4:30, $40, $40,
,9::55 p. m:
LITTLE-Lionel Barrymore, Helen
Hayes in Might Flight" 1925,
1915, 2:07, 3:48, 5:49, 7:40,
9:31 p. m.
HOWARD-Jean Arthur, in "The
Public Menace" 1890, 1855,
500. 7:45, 1915 p. m. Stage:
1:40, 4:05, $50, 900.
The Washington times., 1935-11-09
Virginia Judge
At the 'Met.'

Some of the characteristics that
endeared Will Rogers to a large
movie audience are possessed to
remarkable degree by Walter c.
Kelly. whose first full-length pic
ture ''The Virginia Judge" show.
ing at the Metropolitan, is remi-
niScent of Judge Priest" There
is the same languid atmosphere Of
a small. lazy Southern town,
darkies singing and shiftless whites
summing themselves in front Of
the general store.
Much of the action transpires
in the courtroom where Judge Cal
houn Davis dispenSes justice with
a degree of tolerance and humor
that make him the idol Of the
community.
One of his customers is Stepin
Fechit who is engaged in a little
argument with another gentleman
of color about the possession of a
reSplendent lodge uniform. Going
back to Solomon for precedent.
Judge Davis divides the uniform
equally. to one the plumed hat to
the other the breeches. to one the
sword, to the other the sheath,
etc.
Marsha Hunt plays the girl ir
the story and Virginia Hammond
is the judges wife. Robert Cum.
mings is the judges son and Will
ard Robertson has the role of the
judges crony. the police chief.
1t is a rather thin story filled
with kindly humor and hokum.
Judge Kelly is at his best, Of
course. on the bench delivering
sentences or performing mar.
riages. 1t would be interesting to
see him in a more substantial
role. Will Rogers first films were
pretty inconSequential, too, it will
be recalled.
A newSreel Of the Ohio State
Notre Dame game. an interesting
picture of newreel cameraman'S
thrills and another "Short" fea-
turing Singers MidgetS, supple
ments the feature picture.
The Washington times., 1935-11-09

Glorious Singing
Yesterdays audiences broke into
vigorous applause at the con-
clusion of each Tibbett song. And
even If you're apathetic about
your opera, you'll rise and cheer,
too, when you hear his Largo al
Factotum" from THE Barber of
Seville" with its rapid and re-
petitious ''Figaros"; the rousing
Toreador song from Carmen,
the prologue to "Pagliacci."
And if you like your music in
lighter mood, you'll hear THE
Road to Mandalay" sung as only
Mr.. Tibbett can sing it, with the
delightful Cockney flavor Of the
text, or "De Glory Road" with its
Negro color and charm.
metropolitan" has a story, too,
but, take our word for it, as
bright, trite, and pleasant as it is,
you won't care much. Hollywood
inspiration will have to wrack its
collective brains to find new
stories for singing stars one Of
these days.
This particular tale discloses
our singer first carolling in the
opera chorus, hidden behind a
large soprano. Not until a tenn
peramental diva, played with zest
by Alice Brady, starts a rival
opera company with her admirers
millions, does his big moment
come.
Talking pictures have gone .
long way from the quavers and
sibilance Of their infancy, and
Metropolitan" proves it more
readily because Of its star.
Recording and photography en-
able Mr.. Tibbetts to inject his ex-
tremely engaging personality, his
unaffected sincerity, which his
earlier pictures failed to get across
to his movie audience.
There's plenty Of humor, too, as
you might know, with Luis AL
berni, George Marion, and Adrian
Rosley around.
Good Stage Show
The acts this week add UP to
a slightly abbreviated stage show
taking an absolute minimum OF
time, and moving so fast that in
terest is up to the minute.
The opening act is Max and his
gang, a young man in Eton coat,
morning trousers and top hat, who
starts with an acrobatic dance and
then brings on five talented ter.
riers that follow him through
every flip and tumble.
The second spot belongs to
Cass, Mack, owen and TopSy. semi
acrobatic group Of comics who do
The Washington times., 1935-11-09

the dizzy whirlpool Of intrigue.
has hard time interesting her
Suitor. She has to annex a black
eye and be knocked out before she
realizes war is on and Bill Powell
is an important cog in the Federal
spy detecting machine.
Comedy on Stage
There is smooth direction by
William K. Howard and excellent
supporting performances by Henry
Stephenson, Binnie Barnes, Caesar
Romero, Lionel Atwill, Charles
Grapewin and Charles Reicher.
The story derives from Major Her
bert o. Yardley's stories of the
Black Chamber and Hollywood
gives a graphic idea of how Uncle
Sam works to outwit foreign
Echemers.
Bridegroom Phil Lamkin has
moved his band up on the stage
this week for revue-type show,
introduced by Benny Rubin. The
comic is a trifle routine in his
introductorieS and could stand a
few good stories.
Ann Greenway, song stylist, is
heard in popular melodies. Harry
Rose, Broadway jester, isn't yet
into the swing Of F Street but
helped out by a Stooge scored
mildly. The Harris twins and
Loretta Allen in dance acrobatics
and Henry (Singing Cap) Nestor
as overture soloiSt complete the
program.
The Washington times., 1935-11-09
ED ARNOLD AT KEITH'S
Tibbett in Metropolitan Is
Star at the { EarIe

Tbbets glorious baritone voice quite enough
you post haste to the Earle Theater this week. where
his picture metropolitan" brings him to the
The Washington times., 1935-11-09
'Barbary Coast
At Palace

Programmed as the last frontier
of untamed emotions, "Barbary
Coast" sweeps into violent action
at Loew'S Palace for the current
week.
Hecht and Macarthur are re-
SponSible for the screen play
adapted from Herbert Asbury's
novel of the same name: it's a
roaring tale of lust for gold, power
and the love of a woman.
California Story
Halfway through the last CEN
tury shout went out from Cali
fornia heard over the world. Gold!
Tons and tons Of the beautiful
gold dust which made men mad
and women ambitious.
Into the fog-screened port Of
San Fra ancisco crept a tired
schooner; she had sailed from
New York more than 200 days
past, had battled the high seas
around the Horn and was glad to
reach safe harbor. The passenger
list carried the names Of the great
and near great, the butcher, the
baker, the candlestick maker; the
brains and Drawn of a youthful
nation. All had come to seek sud-
den wealth along this coast Of
fabulous legend. There was one
woman on board, beautiful. fresh,
hardly more than girl; she, too,
had come for gold, but expected
to marry it; the mails travelled
slowly in those days and she could
not know that her lover was dead,
his fortune cheated from him.
Since she had come for gold,
she would stay and get it; so she
became a lure at the gambling
tables of one Louis Chamalis, a
tyrant whose word was law in the
struggling little town; whose law
was enforced with bullets. In the
shamelessnesS of his rule he went
bit beyond human endurance;
a vigilantes committee was formed
and the city Of the Golden Gate
was given a clean start.
There is a nicely handled love
story which softenS the harsh
character Of the play.
Robinson Is Good
Miriam Hopkins, Edward G.
Robinson and Joel McCrea have
the principal roles and turn in ex-
cellent work, even McCrea seems
particularly suited to his part.
There are many other tried and
true names in the cast, but the
finest work is done by Frank
Craven in a less prominent role.
Walter Brennan is amusing and
Brian Dunlevy is sinister as the
killer. Clyde Cook, Harry Carey,
J. M. Kerrigan, Donald Meer. and
Matt McHugh are also featured.
Shorts include a clever little
color cartoon "Old Plantation" a
Laurel and Hardy comedy (de-
pends on your viewpoint), and
Hearst's Metrotone News which
takes us from the battlefields Of
Ethiopia to storm-tossed Biscayne
Bay in Miami. K. Y.
The Washington times., 1935-11-09
Don Redmond
At Howard

Don Redmond, that little dy-
manic giant Of jazz syncopation
and his IA music masters opened
with his orchestra for a weeks
run as the headline feature Of the
Howard Theater musical revue
yesterday.
Redmond needs no introduction
in these parts as he has been a
popular jazz attraction here for
many a moon. Moving through
melodic rhythm more than pleas
ing to the ear than anything
heard here for sometime, the
orchestra soon went to the hearts
Of the audience and was encored
and encored. Harlan baltimore,
the crooner superb with the or.
chestra, also went in for laurels.
His I'm in the Mood for Love"
was a hit.
Also on this bill Of Broadway
veterans IS George dewey wash
ington, a baritone with a style
Of presentation all his own. Wash.
ington stood out in his number
entitled "Headin' For the Last
Roundup" Jenny Dancy, buxom
blues singer, got the usual hand,
while Naomi Price danced her
way into the popularity of the
audience. Pete, Duke and Peaches,
tap dance artists, scored, as we'll
as Foster and Bate, dance and
comic team. All in all, the bill
is composed of veterans who can
entertain and know the game.
Public Menace No. l." he fea-
ture picture, starring Jean Arthur,
is worth the price Of the show.
Added attraction will be q mid
night show tonight.
The Washington times., 1935-11-09
Joan Crawford
At Columbia

In her latest Metro -Goldwyn-
Mayer offering, IT Live My Life" "
Joan Crawford follows the &C.
cepted formula she usually ad-
heres-that of the bored young
sophisticate who is out for all
life can offer.
In this current offering now
in a return engagement at the
Columbia she manages to i'm
part more plausibility to the poor
little rich girl than is her accus-
toned want. Ably supported by
a creditable cast and with flaw.
less mounting this picture lifts
itself beyond the average.
Cruising happily and ainlessly
through Grecian waters the Bent.
leys father, daughter and party,
put in to port at one Of the
lesser isles. Bored with life
aboard ship daughter Kay goes
ashore in search of mild excite
ment. A chance meeting with a
serious minded young excavator
changes the entire course Of
Kay'S empty social life.
Joan Crawford minus her more
exaggerated makeup and freed
from the old pain-of.it all atti-
tude goes ahead with renewed
ability. AS the happy-go-lucky
archaeologist Brian Aherne is
splendidly cast, displaying a de-
cided understanding of his part.
Frank Morgan's bewildere d
father, a man who had lived his
life comfortably on money he
hadn't worked for, is another one
of his smoother portrayals. Jessie
Ralph contributes an unforget-
table bit as Granny Gage, matri-
arch of the selfish family. Others
effective in their parts were Aline
Mcmahon, Arthur Treacher, Fred
Keating and Eric Blore.
Auxiliary attractions consist of
a Hearst News and a short Gypsy
Nights" tuneful and tinted in ma.
tural colorings.
The Washington times., 1935-11-09
Great Waltz
At National
Monday

At the National Theater, be-
ginning on Monday November IL
will be the third engagement
Max Gordon's mammoth musical
production, "The Great Waltz"
has played since it left the Gen.
ter Theater in Radio City, New
York.
Imposing Production
The tour began at the Boston
Opera House in Boston. The
company is now at the Metropon-
tan Opera House in Philadelphia
with washington to follow. This
will be the first engagement
played in a regular theater. Be
cause Of the hugeness Of the
production few theaters have
stage room enough to house the
huge scenic equipment. The Ma
tional, however, is fortunate in
having one of the largest stages
in the country. A shoe horn will
be required to stage ''The Great
Waltz" there, nevertheless it will
be seen in all of its splendor.
"The Great Waltz" is without
doubt the largest musical play
ever to be sent on tour. There
are a hundred and forty people
with the company and seven bag
gage cars are required to trans
port the scenery and effects.
The company here as in New
York will be headed by Guy Rob
ertson, who appears as Johann
Strauss, jr., Lee Whitney, as Resi-,
his sweetheart, and Charles Ro-
mano, Vivian Fay, Solly Ward,
and Sam Mann.
A Huge Cast
Max Goron presents "The Great
Waltz" The production was con-
ceived and directed by Hassard
Short. The music Is from the
work Of Johann Strauss, sr. and
jr. Moss Hart wrote the book and
Abertina Rasch staged the dances.
The scenery was designed by Al
bert Johnson, and Doris Zinkeisor
created the costumes. The musi-
cal play was first produced in
Vienna after which it was seen as
'Waltzes from Vienna" in Lon
don where it ran for over two
years. Mr.. Gordon made the
present production especially for
Radio City and it was seen at the
Center Theater there for two
seasons.