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The Washington times., 1935-04-30
BY LLOYD PANTAGES

HOLLYWOOD, April 30.-n
repetition or lack Of exciting mis-
sives be getting in your hair,
please skip it, for at the moment
in this fifth estate we are at the
lowest production ebb in many a
moon. It would seem that the
producers have suddenly found
themselves with surplus cinema,
in cans on the shelves, waiting for
release dates, so they are holding
back for a time. But what can
you do?...
Great excitement at M.-G.-M.:
The tests of Louisa Rainier, who is
taking Myrna Logs place in Mas
querade," have the studio in a
other because they feel her to be
more sensational than even Eliza
beth Bergner and what's more,
believe they are giving her the
greatest opportunity of her career
Well, now, by way of being
catty, Miss Rainer, who is only
"a, was considered the white
hope" Of Vienna and the greatest
actress in them thar parts in
years. When she arrived in this
country, she hung around the stu
dos for months, under contract,
yet getting nowhere. AS far as
they were concerned, she might
easily have been just another eX-
Follies girl, so little did they knew
Of her past histrionics.
Add charming gestures: When
Kay Francis took off, via plane,
on the first leg of her hop to
Europe, her friends flooded the
airport with going-away flowers
which she promptly turned over
to the Children's Hospital (.
Winifred Shaw, who gave vent to
Broadway Lullaby" in Gold
DiggerS of 1885," has lost 80
pounds through strenuous exer-
else, all accomplished in the last
seven months. She now appears
but a wrath Of her former self
but good too. =. Broadway Con-
dolier" is still being held up be-
cause unfortunately, Adolphe
Menjou has been slow in recuper-
ating.
So the making of the cinema
is still simple? Well all right
Helen Gahagan, all made up for
her role of pagan ruler in the
Kingdom of Kor in "She," lay
down in her dressing room for a
nap and wakened in complete
black-face makeup. The SCOT
from an old fire engine that was
being stocked to provide steam fol-
a scene in the picture, did it.
David Holt, aged seven, now
working in Men Without Names
at Paramount. wears false teeth
because of his falling baby molars
This makes him the youngest
player in the industry to be falsi
fled with that happiness expires.
sion. Shall we rename the opera
Boys Without Teeth" or should
1 go now?. For the benefit of
tourists: Practically any day you
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Banton Returning

Travis Banton, Paramount style
creator, leaves England next
Wednesday on the Aquitania for
his return to the studios. He has
been in France and England
making arrangements for exclu-
sive fabrics for his gown Gre
ations for Paramount stars.
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Willie Howard Signs
For Paramount Movie

Willie Howard, one-half Of the
noted stage team of Willie and
Eugene Howard, has been signed
by the Paramount studios for
featured role in support of
Gladys Swarthout, Metropolitan
Opera and radio star, in her first
film, Rose of the Rancho"
The Washington times., 1935-04-30

that George Arliss in the screen version Of
this Seventeenth Century Father Coughlin,
got more than the stage ever could from this
famous character.
In my judgment, Cardinal Richelieu'' is
the finest historical portrait Arliss has etched
for the screen since his memorable "Disraeli."
AS you see him in the crimson robes of prince
of the church he gives the character rever-
ence, dignity and the necessary spiritual quail
jty to make it solemnly impressive.
AS in the Bullwer Lytton play-and the
screen adantation noliShes the antiques of the
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Worked With Mary

Norman Taurog, director Of
1.-THE Big Broadcast Of 1885"
appeared opposite Mary Pickford
in both the stage and screen
versions of "A Good Little Devil"
The Washington times., 1935-04-30
SIS Cash and Theater Tickets
For 'Frankenstein' JinqIes

Have you set the cole" mind to
working on the jingles we told
you all about yesterday in con-
nection with 1.-THE Bride Of
Frankenstein," which is coming
to RKO Keith's tomorrow
wednesday,? If not, better get
a-goin' for you have a chance to
win a substantial cash award
besides some guest tickets to see
this thrilling horrorific picture
which every report states has
more of those thrills than its
predecessor, "FrankenStein."
Here is the idea in nutshell:
For the best jingle RKO
Keith's and The Washington
Times will award $40 and four
guest tickets to see 1.-THE Bride
of Frankenstein" with Karloff in
his original role and with Elsa
Manchester, the wife of Charles
Laughton, as the scientifically
created bride. For the three next
best jingles there will be three
IS checks and two guest tickets
with each Of those SIS checks.
And then, just to make it good
for those who don't quite make
the cash awards the Keith man.
agement and The Times will see
that the next 10 best will each
receive two guest tickets to the
theater.
Let us give you a couple of
jingles as a guide to help you
toward the cash awards:
I am the bride of Franken-
stein.
I fell in love with his form
divine.
When he breaks my neck, I'll
never whine,
It's what I expect from
FrankenStein.
Here is another:
The monsters mad
And I'm glad,
And I know what'll please
him
A gift divine
From Frankenstein,
A little mate to squeeze him.
You have until Thursday mid
night to get your jingle in to the
Bride of FrankenStein Contest
Editor, The washington Times.
That is when the contest closes.
The winners will be published in
The Times.
Hardie Meakin, manager Of
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any difference. When / 60 to see
her pictures, I just sit through show
after show Just to see II I missed
anything. She's the greatest enter
tainment on the screen today.
She's In a class by herself and has
no equal. Heard her on the radio
last night and she was as swell rs
she always is. Mae Day can't
come too soon for this Mae West
fam"
This and That
Washington hotels are crowded
with spring tourists. When the
80 Roxyettes at the Earle The.
alter tried to check in they found
the downtown shelters unable to
provide room accommodations.
So the girls are sleeping in army
cots, eight to a room. Which
gives you an idea Of how many
visitors Washington Is entertain
ing.
Col. Jimmy Lake, of the Gayety,
plans a long season. That is, he
hopes to keep the Ninth Street
burlesque headquarters open until
after the Shrine convention in
June.
"Pon my word, I would like to
see this" Out in Los Angeles
Walter Hampden is playing in
blackface. No foolin'. The play
is a new one by Martin Flavin,
called Achilles Had Heel"
The Hampden role is described
as Jumbo, an illiterate crap-Shoot-
ing elephant keeper in a ZOO.
Herman shumlin reports that
Fox Pictures is interested in 1.-THE
Children's Hour" and would like
to put this provocative play on
the screen.
You can bet 100 to that Will
Hays will never permit a story
founded on lesbianiSm to even
reach the reading stage in Holly
wood. Whereas if you alter the
theme what have you?
Paramount could give them
sound advice about this after
having paid $4,000 for Sailor
Beware" and being forced to put
it on the shelf after half a dozen
authors had tried to clean UP the
story.
Edna May Visits
That eminent osteopath DR..
Frank T. Shyne reports to this
column the recent visit Of Edna
May to Washington. She slipped
in quietly and the press eluded the
Mrs. oscar Lewisohn of London, a
girl who in the late ninetieS had
the world at her feet as the Saliva
ton Army lass of musical comedy
who sang, "They Always Follow
Me-" She married oscar Lewisohn
in 1905 and has been living in
London since.
Ruth Barnard, the Shoreham'S
Winchell, reminds one and all that
Maxim loves orchestra will hook
up with Sidney's Of the Mayflower
on the baseball diamond of the
Ellipse at ii a. m. tomorrow.
Maxim Lowe will umpire and Bill
Strickland, whose Lotus nine owns
the musician baseball pennant,
will be the kibitzer.
Mr.. Stephen Erlanger Cochran
journeyed up to the White House
all by himself and left President
Roosevelt a silver season pass for
his National Theater Players.
Fredic March has commissioned
Herman Shumlin to find him
a play for he plans to act on
Broadway next season. His wife,
Florence Eldredge will act with
him. He hasn't appeared in New
York for ten years.
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."RICHELIEU" TRIUMPHS ON SCREEN =
George ArIiss Plays Cardinal
With Reverence and Dignity
In Exciting Screen Tale
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

three stage actorRegnad Owen Walter Hamp
den and the late Robert Maney that crafty old preate
statesman Cardinal Rcheeu but it seemed Yesterday
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scrip-it when Rcheeu matches wits with
3he cunning political schemes who would weaken the
and glory Of for their ends that the story rises to
Hapnfcent heohtS
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aIdgHIIICe1L H6ISHIS'
Some Fine Acting

One Of the finest scenes ever
staged or acted in Hollywood
shows Richelieu boldly meeting
the challenge Of the weakling,
Louis XIII, confounding the
enemy plotters, invoking the
curse of Rome on those who
would violate his holy office.
: Twentieth Century Pictures
has staged this medieval story
with spectacle and pomp and the
direction of Rowland v. Lee is
inspiring. 1t has all the grip of
a good detective story as un-
folded on the screen, creating
and sustaining a Swashbuckling,
sword duel mood, to fit its pic
,turesque silks and satins cos
,,tume era.
Others may put the gold
statues on their Hollywood
-mantelpieces but give me George
Arliss' generally flawless acting.
The only pure theater and bogus
melodramatics Of the play, which
has Cardinal Richelieu play dead
to outwit those who would make
him a rapier victim, is retained
in the story and is perhaps the
one minute in the whole pic
ture which is unconvincing.
ArlisS is aided by a cast of
Grade A actors. Ed Arnold plays
the King, Halliwell Hobbies the
monk, Joseph; Violet Kemble-
Cooper the dowager queen, and
Douglas Dumbrille, the scheming
statesman, Barads.
The love theme Of this picture
rs appealingly carried by Maureen
O'Sullivan and Caesar Romero,
the latter a newcomer who looks
highly promising.
Cardinal Richelieu' can't miss
landing in the BEST Ten Of 1885"
list. It is one of those pictures
you hate to see reach 1.-THE End"
See it at Loew's Palace Theater
beginning Friday.
Silly Fault Finding
OF all the silliest pastimes in
the world I think that Of sitting in
on a motion picture and picking
out minor flaws is the greatest
time waster.
And the biggest dunderheads
that go to movies, in my opinion,
are those who figure they are
smarter than the next fellow II
they see friedrich March in one
scene with a two-button vest and
in the next scene he has a three
hutton waistcoat. Or Claudette
colbert, perhaps, has an unlighted
cigarette in one flash and the
next moment the fag is lighted,
although nobody was observed
striking match. What Of it?
Hollywood ought to bar forever
those who encourage these detail
,nitwits. They can't pay much at
tention to a story or they would
hardly have time to find these
tiny flaws that appear to them as
of gigantic Importance. I visual
ize these fault finders as the kind
of people who have to stick their
tongue out of the side Of their
mouth in writing their name.
" Finding flicker flaws is one Of
the things that makes these NOR
ons feel superior. The industry
would be better off if they all
stayed home and turned on the
radio instead Of going to motion
pictures where they are annoyed
by the petty errors Of script girl
or an actor.
Roosevelt Laughed
q President Roosevelt is reported
to have gotten his heartiest
laughs at the While House CORE
spondents' dinner watching the
special news reel prepared for the
diners.
Arthur De Titta, of Fox Movie
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Roosevelt Laughed

o. President Roosevelt Is reported
to have gotten his heartiest
laughs at the While House CORE
spondents' dinner watching the
special news reel prepared for the
diners.
Arthur De Titta, of Fox Movie
tone, assembled this short which
had the President, members Of the
Cabinet and Capital celebrities
talking in a Lou Holtz dialect.
The biggest giggle Of the reel
was Gen. Hugh Johnson, erst-
while Of MIRA, who is either the
greatest actor in the world today
or else.
= The Roosevelt Sunday night
radio audience was felt by movie
theaters the length and breadth
of the land. In washington the
estimate is that 10000 regular
1novie.goers passed up the theater
to sit beside the loud speaker.
The theater box office suffers
heavily every time that President
Roosevelt announces one of his
fireside talks. He is still the ma.
TONS greatest headliner, as he
should be.
She Likes Mae
. Mary F. Flynn Of zoe Ritten,
house st. depOses as follows: II
Don't have q question for you to
ask Mae West, but you can TELL
her for me that 1 think she is
simply grand person. No matter
what she has been or what she
might be, 1t Is what she is at pres.
The Washington times., 1935-04-30

BuIIwer Lytton Story Is Made
Into an Impressive Movie
, 1935-03-31
Classes
Well Attended
In Brownsville

Attendance at the Emergency
Education classes for the first half
Of the school year totaled $50 pupils,
covering work in elementary Eng
lish. arithmetic, hygiene. Spanish.
piano, parliamentary practice. ad-
vanced English. needle crafts. house
hold budgeting, civil government and
naturalization
With a teaching corps reduced to
nine since February /, the classes
have necessarily been reduced. Three
classes In Spanish are still being
conducted. two at night and n
morning class. and a few new stud
ents in Spanish could now be accom-
modated. With the resignation OF
Mrs. Morton, the class in parliament
tsry practice has been suspended.
The work in n~eedlecrafts at East
Brownsville school has attracted very
favorable comment. Mrs. Hale has
recently added a choral club TO her
music work. meeting Wednesdays
The work Of the entire unit mas
received favorable notice from I. j.
Voc. district supervisor.
K. G. Dodd Is director and j. ..
Jennings Is local supervisor. Other
teachers are:
Mrs. Esther I. Glover, Mrs. Lena
S. Hale, Mrs. r. B. Hockaday, Mrs.
Eula r. Josey, Mrs. Ida L. Massie,
Mrs. Mary McAleese, Miss Esther
Sada, and Mrs. Lillian smith.
, 1935-03-31

dicated that current traffic and
earning trends would not permit
them to wait much longer than the
so-day Limitation period before ask
ing modification OF the restored
pay scales which VIII augment All
railworkers' checks starting Apr,l I
The restoration OF the basic rates
CT pay to the levels OF the hich
wage period OF 1929 Will incrraSe
the operating expenses OF the roads
so that either higher rates or great
~ augmented volume will be needed
TO enable them 70 meet the added
charges" said w. ". Thiehoff. gen.
eral manager Of the Burlington road
and chairman OF the conference
committee of rail managers which
conducted the last negotiations with
the rail representatives.
The prospects for an increase
IN business are not bright, particu-
larly for the western roads in whose
territory the unprecedented drought
, 1935-03-31
TO ASK
WAGE CHANGES

CHICAGO. March SOLO, The
railroads viii serve notice soon
after May / that they viii seek q
reduction from the 1929 wage lev
els which become effective again
Monday.
Under the agreement negotiated
a year ago in Washington BY which
the rail employees Of the country win
receive an increase in pay esti-
mated ut from $8O.OOO 900 TO $780,
100000 annually. no notice can be
given by either side OF any intended
change before May /.
But railroad executives here in
, 1935-03-31
Speckled Trout And
Reddish Are Caught

DEL MAR. March 30. -Speckled
trout ran reddish a close second in
Saturdays fishing In the surf and
off the ietties here.
Among those reporting catches
we're the following:
T. G. Monette of Brownsville. s
speckled trout and 5 sand trout; W.
S. Kirby OF Madero. Tex. 5 reds; r.
G. Paul Of San Antonio, 4 reds; Joe
Solly Of Mercedes, l6 reds; Paul
Usher of Brownsville, / red; j. G.
Hume and daughter Of Nevada, 3
reds. 5 drum and 4 speckled trout;
Calvin Little Of Wisconsin, 4 reds
and z sand trout; Lee Adamson OF
Brownsville. 3 reds and q 5hs
pound speckled trout; Rack Muir
ply Of Berger, 5 reds and q 6i5
pound speckled trout: James j. Fox,
Brownsville. 6 speckled trout. Fish
ermen Of Del Mar and Jettyville re-
ported 10 reds and II speckled trout
caught during the day.
, 1935-03-31
New Furniture Firm
In Operation Here

A new business. known as the Har-
gis Furniture Co, has been opened
at 222 East Elizabeth street, in the
Barreda building, by w. A. Hargis
who formerly operated the Hargis
Fruit company OF Pharr. Mrs. w. II.
@. ~Slaymaker. who moved here re-
Gently from McAllen. also owns an
interest in the new enterprise.
The firm deals in both new and
used furniture, and new stock Is
arriving daily. The owners Of the
new firm welcome public inspection
Of the stock. In addition TO handling
furniture. the new enterprise also
offers a refrigeration service and
handles musical instruments.
, 1935-03-31
AMPHIBIAN CAR
TO CROSS PASS

Conquest Of the fifth pass. a
half mile pass which opened on the
coast OF Mexico I'm 1888 and which
has never been fished by an Amer
lean. will be attempted probably
Sunday by a group Of local resid-
ents. using a land" scow for trans
portation.
Vincent Stevenson Of this city is
having the "amphibian" automo-
bile prepared for the attempt. and
will be accompanied by several
other local fishermen.
Stevenson was the only Valley
resident able to negotiate the pass
es on Padre Island which opened
after the 1888 hurricane. his auto
mobile with pontoons on the sides
taking him safely past the two or
three passes.
Now he is having a new set Of
pontoons built, and will sally forth
with the intention Of crossing four
passes on the coast of Mexico, and
reaching a fifth one, where he will
fish. He will take a boat and a
trailer along in edition to the
amphibian automobile. Upon reach
ing q pass he will put the boat in
the water, attach the cupboard. and
tow the automobile across. as the
a will float on its pontoons.
Pilots for Pan American Always
who fly over the pass regularly re-
port they occasionally observe huge
schools of fish in 1t. and fishing
there is expected to be extraordin-
arily good.
Stevenson said II weather condi-
tons are favorable he expects to
make the trip this Sunday. but
otherwise he will wait until the fol-
lowing Sunday.
, 1935-03-31
GROUP
TOLD OF PORT

N2RCLA4A ~ ~ ANWA4laN
HARLINGEN, March 80. - The
elaborate plans Of the Brownsville
port commission to develop q har-
Dor that viii serve adequately the
needs Of the Valley and Northern
Mexico, were laid before the MEM
bers Of the Valley Press Associa-
ton Friday night by Drew Pate
son, OF the industrial committee OF
the Brownsville Chamber Of Com
merce.
Mr.. Patteson. using two large
maps showing the engineering
plans. to more graphically illustrate
the plans. explained in detail the
layout as to fresh water supply,
for which the commission Is spend
ing about $4,000. the construction
OF extensive wharves and ware
houses. railroad tracks connecting
with the major lines operating into
Brownsville. and other facilities.
The project. he said, will entail a
total expenditure OF more than S.
100000 which includes the jetties
and Laguna Madre channels.
The speaker said that informa-
ton gathered by the Brownsville
Chamber Of Commerce indicates
that not less than two sailings a
week may be expected from Next
can tonnage. He said that while
information on Mexican tonnage is
fairly concrete. the port authorities
are without estimates as to the pos
Sibilities Of Valley tonnage at this
time.
The speaker was introduced by
J. M. Stein, publisher Of The
Brownsville Herald. who spoke
briefly On port activities In this
area as recorded since the late fif-
ties OF the past century. leading I'D
TO the present DEVELOPMENT.
The association members were
guests Of McHenry Tichenor. pub
Usher Of the Valley Morning Star.
Of Harrington. and the Harrington
Chamber of Commerce.
MI. Tichenor spoke on the neces-
sity for adequate national adver-
Using in behalf OF the citrus fruit
industry in this section. saying that
both careful merchandising as well
as ~selective advertising were both
essential If the industry is to pros
per. He believed that the Valley
newspapers should take the lead in
agitating for such a program.
Bob Fackelman. publisher Of the
Chronicle. Raymoadville. provided
tne entertainment Of the evening.
offering Misses Jera Mae Brazil
and Thelma Perkins. who will be
queens OF the onion festival at Ray
mondville, and David Warren, &C
companist, who also gave a piano
selection.
The meeting was held at the
ReeSe-Wil-Mond hotel.
The next meeting will be held at
Weslaco on April 10.
, 1935-03-31
Citrus League Urges
Larger Truck Loads

Especial 10 The heTald1
SAN JUAN, March 30-Directors
of the Texas Citrus Growers Lea
que went on record at the last meet
ing here as vigorously opposed 10
1.-The continued practice Of certain
individuals. who through the press
and other mediums have attempted
to convey the idea that they repre-
sent and express the will Of the citrus
growers OF the Valley and Texas"
The directors particularly point
ed out an article that appeared in a
recent issue of the Kansas City
Packer which bore the title valley
Growers Do Not Want Larger
Trucks"
Members at the meeting pointed
out that members of the Citrus
Growers League repeatedly have
gone on record as favoring larger
truck loads. Trucks In Texas are re-
strscted to 1000 pounds. 1t was point
ed out at the meeting. and the d.
rectors again went on record as fav-
oring an increase In the maximum
load.
, 1935-03-31
Military Road Manner
Honored BY Congress

N5peClhl 10 Inc herald
Major General Adolphus w. Gree
ley, who was presented the Congress
sional medal Of honor on his 91St
birthday. March 81. was the man
responsible for the present name Of
the highway linking Brownsville and
Laredo. the Military highway.
Major General Greeley. at that
time a lieutenant in the u. S. Sig
nal corps. had charge Of the erection
OF a military telegraph line from
Fort Brown at Brownsville to Fort
Ringgold at Rio Grande City. and
eventually on to Laredo.
That was about go years ago.
The line was known as the Military
Telegraph line. and the road as the
Military Telegraph road. Later the
name Of the road was shortened 70
Military road. which 1t is now call
ed.
, 1935-03-31
Mrs. w. r. Jones To
Open kindergarten

Mrs. w. r. Jones. Brownsville ed
ucator and former county school
superintendent. announces the open
ing Of 8 modern kindergarten at her
home at 83S Levee street April l.
Mrs. Jones received early training
In child psychology and kindergar-
ten work. She announces that in her
school she will stress behavior prob
lens. attitude and group work, en-
ploying modern methods. Mrs. Jones
pointed out that her home affords
wide lawns sffording ample room
for outdoor work and play. Mrs.
Jones also will take rel the Kirk
land kindergarten or April /.
, 1935-03-31
River Continues To
Show Slight Rises

Relief from the extended period Of
low water stage in the Rio Grande
was in sight Saturday as the riv-
n continued to rise in some points.
and heavy rains fell in the Laredo
section.
The river came up z Of a foot Fri
day night at Brownsville. bringing
it to a stage OF %, a total rise Of
more than that amount since the
water was below the bottom Of the
gauge for a time.
Mercedes reported a slight drop,
but another small rise passed Rio
Grande City Friday. and kept the
river UP in the western part Of the
Valley.
There was still practically no rain
fall In the Valley section up to Sat
urday morning. precipitation report
ed being .04 at Rio Grande City and
Brownsville. and OF at Mercedes.
, 1935-03-31
Women's Missionary
Officers Reelected

SAN BENITO. March 80. All
old officers Of the fifth district,
Women's Missionary union, were
reelected at the convention held at
Alice this week and Edinburg Sc
lected as the meeting place for next
year.
Mrs. Y. s. Robertson Of San Be-
nito. president, and Mrs. A. Gold
ammer of Harrington, secretary
treasurer, were the Valley officers
who we're reelected.
A number Of other Valley peo-
pie had a part on the program in
GLIDING Mrs. Crockett Campbell
and Mrs. S. @. Stringer Of Harlin-
gen and Willie b. Finley Of San
Benito.