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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
..M.C.A. Actors Plan
"AIphabet Soup

"Alphabet Soup" q two-act must
cal play. cooked up and dished out
by an All Dormitory Cast is in its
fifth week of rehearsals at the
Central Y. M. c. A. where the resi-
dents are getting it ready for their
annual show in May.
Since the entire action of this
satire about governmental people,
places and things that they do
takes place in personnel office
of one of the newer agencies, it
has already aroused considerable
comment among those in official
circles.
Strictly colloquial in lines and
subject matter it will be presented
by a large cast, all living at the
Y, representing almost every State
in the Union and with but one
exception all working for the
government.
Arthur 'CatudaI and Robert
Nichols, who share honors in last
years revue, Paul Arm, Sherwood
Collins, Jack Dillon, Charles Kerr,
B. B. Herzog, Forrest Matthews,
William Ray, Claude Wade head
the company. Steve Selemcy pro-
vides the voice for the feature
songs arranged by Bryan Clark,
the musical dierctor. John Nichols
is stage manager. H. Duke"
Strople wrote the script and
directs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
Cast In
Shakespeare

For the first time in a number
of years the Shakespeare Society
of Washington will present full
length performance. of one of
Shakespeare's plays, when on
Thursday night, May 9, at 8:15
in Roosevelt Auditorium, king
Henry VIII" will be staged by the
society under the direction Of
Arthur Rhodes, in cooperation
with the Community Center De-
partment..
Pageantry and drama will
abound in the presentation Of this
play in which the leading roles
will be played by Jesse Veitch as
King Henry, and Mabel Owens
Wilcox as Queen Katharine. The
role of Anne Bullen, maid OF
honor to the Queen, will be played
by Yerby Panill, and that of Car
dinal Wolsey, by Maurice Jarvis.
The entire case is composed OF
Washington's most prominent &C
tors. Thomas Cahill will appear
as Griffith, gentleman usher to
the Queen; John Sikken as the
Duke of Buckingham; Kent Dyer
as the Duke of Norfolk; Joseph
Haltigan as Cardinal Campe1us;
Theodore Freter as Capucius, AM
bassador of Spain; John Victory
as the Duke of Suffolk; Charles
A. Bell as the Earl Of Surrey,
Milton Hirshfield as Lord Cham
berlain; William Milton as Sir
Henry Guilford; John Chadwick
as Sir Thomas Lowell; Stanley
Protheroe as Cromwell, secretary
to Wolsey; Lawrence Gichner as
Gardiner, secretary to Wolsey,
and Martin Haven and Jack Rob
inson as a sergeant and mes
senger, respectively.
Ada Louise Townsend will play
an "Old Lady of the Court;
Christian Irish will appear as
Patience, woman to the Queen,
and court ladies will be Adrienne
Courtney, Ruth Lane, Geraldine
Wells and Jane Hinkel.
The play will be staged in four
acts, with a pageant tableau of
the coronation Of Anne Bulleh
as was done by Sir Herbert Beer
bohm Tree. The music to be used
will be that arranged for the pro-
duction by Sir Henry Irving; cos
tunes by the Shakespeare Society
of washington and Paul Edel, OF
Baltimore. Dance director is
Amalie Preische, and lighting and
stage settings by Harold Snyder,
of the Community Center Depart
ment. Amplified recordings by
E. M. Ford and James Norris.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
ICOVer HOLLYWOOD

ably, and since that time, when
ever the Hunters serve cham
payne (Which, they claim, is all
too infrequently), the dog imme-
diately banks for his portion and,
what's more, gets it! Now all we
have to do is believe this.
In Broadway Gondolier," Joe
Scadato, an Italian character
actor, who is playing a Venetian
gondolier, happens to be an ex,
Venetian gondolier and the only
gent in Hollywood who can lay
claim to the plying Of canoodle
as a past career. the Warmers
production mot on Your Life"
starring Warren William, shows
the gent as an insurance agent
of no mean ability. According to
to the script, he inSureS young
ladies against marriage, prospec.
tive pappas against twins and
practically anything one could in
sure.
Today's sob story, with a medal
attached: Mary Astor caught a
linnet without tail in her back
yard, so she took it indoors, fed
it a round Of bird seed and then
drove it right out into San Fer
nando Valley where there are no
cats. There she released it in
the wide open spaces-still with.
out a tail.
Copyright, 1888, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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lentless war between the foes of
society and the picked men of
Uncle Sans crack detective bu-
reau. The characters inspired by
Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson
are pursued to their hideaways.
matched with machine guns and
Sawed-off weapons, and face to
face and bullet to bullet. In the
end they get their man and their
gangs.
Red headed Jimmy Cagney-
who can put as much into a
glance as any living actor-wears
a detectives shield and leads in
the man hunt. AS conscientious
G. man he is not called upon to
boot his lady friends or slap them
down. Instead he is in the fight
right up to his neck, carries on a
quiet feud with his superiors until
he proves himself when tested,
winds up with the right girl.
The rat-a-tat-tat of the machine
guns punctuates the latter part
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
Audrey Seiber Gets
TWo-Weeks' Vacation

Audrey Sieber will have another
weeks vacation from the Earle
Theater. according to an an
nouncement made yesterday by
production manager Guy Won
ders. Gus Arnheim, who brings
his orchestra and radio stars to
the stage at the Earle on Friday,
acts as master of ceremonies and
presents his own show.
The Three Little Words, Wash.
ington's newest favorites, will also
be absent from the Earle, since
Arnheim presents complet e
revue. They will broadcast their
weekly program on Monday night
from WJSV,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
Police Fingerprint
Bing Crosby Twins

just in case there ever should
be any question as to who is who,
Bing Crosby has had his famous
twins fingerprinted.
Capt. H. L. Barlow, superintend'
ent of the record and Identified
ton bureau of the Los Angeles po-
lice department, took the prints of
Phillip Lang and Dennis Michael,
screendom's best known young
Sters.
The boys are nine months old
now and do not look as much alike
as they did a few months ago, but
Bing is taking no chances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
Leroy Insists
On Accuracy

When Mervyn Leroy directs q
picture, he is a sticker for accu-
racy. Although the thousands Of
persons who have worked with
him know that he demands real.
ism in everything, Director Leroy
never fails to find something
which has escaped the trained
eyes of his staff.
Such a find was made by LEROY
during the filming of location
scenes near Lone Pine, a few miles
from Mt. Whitney, for "Oil for
the Lamps of China" which, with
Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchin.
son and Jean Muir heading the
cast, is the second Cosmopolitan
production to be released by War.
ner Brothers.
A certain scene called for a
wind storm. Wind machines were
set up and prop men were await
ing the order to throw dust, tumble
weeds and scraps of paper in front
of the giant propellers. Leroy
yelled, "Action!" The machines
were started and Pat O'Brien and
Lyle Talbot "braved" the storm.
In the middle of the sequence
the director yelled, "Out!" 1t
seems that he noticed that the
papers thrown in front Of the
wind machines were American
newspapers. A moment later
prop man produced a Chinese
newspaper. It was torn to bits
and then thrown in front Of the
machine.
There, that's better" Leroy
said. This is just a detail, but if
1 hadn't noticed it, some movie
fan would have, and then we'd all
belong to the Movie Boxers Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
They re Not Sissies

They're Not Sissies
"The Racket" remains one of
my fond cinema memories and
"Scarface" was another that !
Iked,-and hang the censors.
All of this is a rather long
winded preliminary to saying
that &C Men" was screened for
the critical intelligentsia yester,
day afternoon and one and all
said they liked it. I know did.
It has been said that Attorney
General Cummings felt that the
current crop of pictures dealing
with the deeds of the Department
of Justice are too sissified. Ger.
tainly he couldn't have referred
to &c Men" for these opponents
Of law and order are as cour'
ageous and hearty a gang as ever
followed a clue.
&c Men" gives the racketeers
hell and fury. It pictures a re.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
Theater Meeting
At Takonna Park

The Little Theater of Takoma
Park will hold its next regular
monthly meeting on May 8, at
the Takoma Grade School on
Philadelphia Avenue.
The program, being arranged
by Mrs. S. E, Blassin 6 h a m ,
promises unusual interest and en-
tertainment. All members and
friends are cordially invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
ChaIiapin as
Don Quixote'

Feodor Chaliapin, the great
Russian basso, who was sched.
uled to appear in Washington
last month but was unable to
do so because of illness, sings
some stirring arts in Don
Quixote" coming to the Belasco
Saturday, in the full-throated
glorious voice that has made him
famous.
The story of the famous knight
Grant, Don QuiXote de Ia Man
cha, Caballero della Trista
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
BY LLOYD PANTAGES

HOLLYWOOD, May 3.-Capt.
Don Wilkie, the noted crimnolog'
list who is technical adviser on
cunts Men Without
Names" has a few odds and ends
collected from murder cases,
which should cheer the hearts
of the more morbid minded.
Among his spine-chilling frag-
ments is one of the rims from
the pair of glasses worn by either
Loeb or Leopold. To refresh
your memory, these glasses. so
carelessly dropped, at the scene
of the crime, were the one clue
that unravelled the mystery and
definitely established the identity
Of the murderers Of little Bobby
Frank.
"Quick means to stardom," by
two Of the cinema: Claudette
Colbert says that in order to
attain Stardom after being IN
this realm of make-believe, first,
lone should never play two SINH
lar roles in succession-typings
are too dangerous" Secondly,
"at all times let the story be
more important than the part
one portrays therein" Wallie
Westmore, of makeup fame,
makes it a little simpler for the
newcomer attempting to crash
the fifth estate: Stature" quoth
he, "is the most important asset
To be q hero, one definitely must
be at least feet 9 inches tall
and not more than 6 foot 8. To
be a comedian, one should be
under or over the above hero re-
quirements."
Lilliputians in the news: Ian
Hunter, who has just portrayed
Theseus in midsummer Night S
Dream" is the poSsessor Of one Of
the few Hamish terriers in Holly
wood that is probably the only
hamish terrier with passion for
champagne. It would seem that
the Hunters, avec poochie, were
taken violently to the rail while
crossing the English Channel, so
they drank champagne. 1t made
them feel so much better they
gave some to the dog, which in
turn perked the pup up consider
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the gutter, or on a slab, to make crime career
;omething to envy.
For two years the gangster and racketeer
tories have been in what Hollywood calls
the dog house" Now they emerge in a
thinly disguised form, using the Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice as the
niger with which to point moral.
This cinema scanner has always liked the
rangster film just as in youth he liked to read
Diamond Dick weekly and Old Cap Collier.
[ still think Underworld" with George Ban
croft and Evelyn Brent, was one of the most
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
Should Give Cots

According to VARIETY:
Rochester, N. Y. All local rec
Ords for length of show broken
by the Family Theater. down.
town grind. Five hours. Bill in.
cludeS four features, two shorts
and a news reel, all for a
dime"
What, no IolIipops?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
Ioke on George

A practical joker started the
story that if you admire tie Of
George Rats and he isn't going
some place where he will need it,
he'll take it off and give it to
you. 1t has caused Raft much
embarrassment and a few ties.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
Grover ZONES ReneWs

Grover Jones, with Paramount
eight and a half years as a writer,
director and story advisor, has
signed a new term writing con-
tract. His current assignment is
"Reputatio the field trials
story, being readied for Fred
Stone and David Holt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03

Andrew r. Kelley exciting movies ever 1lImed.
loved Little Caesar with its snaring Eddie Robinson
saw The Public Enemy twice. for its grapefruit push
ing by Jimmy Cagney the repeat visit to again his
tumbled into the family sitting in of the most
CHASTITY scenes ever filmed by HOLLYWOOD.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
GANGSTERS LOSE WAR
Jimmy Cagney Wears a Shield,
Leads Relentless Pursuit
Of Public E nemies
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

Well, the gangsters back with the and
glad subscribed the belief that the rats
and pluguges of the underworld corrupng the young
The public enemies it me, wound up too often
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03

Figura, is familiar to every per.
son in every land. 1t is brought
to the screen by the exiled Ger.
man director, G.. w. Pabst, and
with the English George Robey
and the American Sydney Fox,
the entire production is in Eng
fish
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of the picture and tough mugs
drop like clay pipes in a shoot
ing gallery. Automobiles are
punctured with bullet holes until
they resemble sleeves, and a few
of the G men bite the dust in
the call of duty.
defy any youngSter to see
&c Men" and not come away
with a wholesome respect for
the Government agents who pur-
sue the evildoer until justice
wins the fight.
Bang, Bang, Bang
&C Men" has a mite Of 70.
nance with Margaret Lindsay
and Ann Dvorak concerned.
But you will like it most for its
wild excitement and the thrill
of the chase. 1t is celluloid de.
signed to make the blood race
faster and to thrill, and the
low-down, yeuow-bellied gangster
serves as the fox of this hunt,
If you like the gangster pic.
ture, here is bang-up or bang.
bang entertainment. Personally
prefer it to the high-brow
psychiatry, or life in a bug,house.
which is just leaving the Earle
screen. &C Men" arrives at the
Earle next Friday. Meanwhile
there will be the opportunity to
read the story on the fiction
pages of the Washington Times.
Sir George ArIiss?
Wonder how long it will be be-
fore England knights George Ar
liss? Surely his stage and screen
artistry warrants such recogni
ton.
Mr.. Arliss is going back to Eng
land to make two more pictures
his latest Hollywood exh i bit
Cardinal Richelieu," being ma
tionally released and doing smash
business in all first run stands.
There is a rumor that the
Crown froWns on Mr.. ArliSs be.
cause he is smart enough to fix
his English recompenSe so that
Gaumont-British pays his personal
taxes. Be that as it may, he will
get away from the historical char.
acters in his next English feature.
It is called Spike" and the Arliss
role is that # a tramp whose
name is that of a world famed
financier. This finished, he will
make "Mr. Peppys," in which pic
ture, the Era says, he will be more
of a hard working patriot than a
dilettante diarist.
Saving Orchids
Before any more mention it,
this department corrects an error
in yesterdays column. Alexander
Woollcott appeared with Francine
Larrimore in Brief Moment, I"
and not, as I incorrectly chron-
icled, in Biography" It must be
the May flowers.
That was Raymond Bramley,
the Nationals leading actor this
week, standing in The Times bust
ness office and clipping out good
notices about his acting in "Ac-
m v4,1&b
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03
Saving Orchids

Before any more mention it,
this department corrects an error
in yesterdays column. Alexander
Woollcott appeared with Francine
Larrimore in brief Moment"
and not, as I incorrectly chron-
icled, in Biography" It must be
the May flowers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03

That was Raymond Bramley,
the Nationals leading actor this
week, standing in The Times bust
ness office and clipping out good
notices about his acting in "Ac-
rant On Youth 1"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-03

In &C Men" They Are Pursued
To Death by Justice Agents
The Washington times., 1935-04-26
EX-D. c. WOMAN
: RELATIONSHIPS
CITIZENSHIP

NEW YORK, April 26 Q.N.S0.
Mrs. Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst,
sister-in-law of Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, and daughter of a for.
mer Secretary of the Navy, has
renowned her American citizen
ship to become a British subject,
1t became known today.
Mrs. Elmhirst, born in Washing
ton, D. c., in 1887, while her
father, the late william C. Whit
ney, was a member of President
Cleveland's cabinet, explained
Through her attorney that changes
in American laws make citizens
living abroad subject to the same
tax liabilities as citizens here, and
that those abroad are also taxed
by the country in which they are
living.
Robert Young, her counsel, said
that Mrs. Elmhirst, whose per-
Sonal fortune, estimated at
$5,000,000, was inherited from
her first husband, the late Major
Willard Straight, who died in Paris
in 1918 while in the service of his
country, feels that she must give
up the one citizenship which it is
in her power to relinquish, al
though she does so with the keen
est regret"
He further explained that she
Ne 01rnaHTy a p1Sifich cI1hinNt nnHnT
English law, by reason of her
marriage, in April, 1925, to Leon
ard knight Elmhirst, a Briton.
Her affidavit of remuneration
was attested at the Naturalization
Bureau.
Mrs. Elmhirst is at present in
New York, but her home is in
Darlington Hall, Totves, Devon
shire, England. She was born in
Washington, D. c., while her
father was serving as Secretary
of the Navy under Grover Cleve-
land.
Her family goes back to John
Whitney, who came to America in
1885 with Sir Richard Saltonstall.
Her ancestor, Gen. Josiah Whit
ney, fought against the French
and Indians, was military com.
mander at Harvard in 1774, and
helped fr a m the Constitution.
His son, James, was an officer
In the Continental army.
Mrs. Elmhirst formerly was mar
ried to the late Major Willard
Dickerson Straight, international
financier, statesman, artist, jour-
nalist and soldier, who was killed
during the World War.
The Washington times., 1935-04-26
Puerto Rico Banks
Ask FDIC Rights

In brief appearance before the
Senate Banking and Currency
Committee yeterday, Governor
Winship of Puerto Rico asked the
banks of Puerto Rico be included
under the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation, as carrying the
proposed Federal banking act Of
1885.
Filing kilograms he had re-
ceived from the Puerto Rican
bankers, Mr.. Winship said:
81 only want a moment Of the
committees time to ask that
Puerto Rico be included in the
guarantee Of deposits under the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poratiOn."
The Washington times., 1935-04-26
Waste of $15O,OOO
Shown in Project

NEW YORK, April 26 (U.S0.
Loud jeers and outlaws almost
drowned out disclosure yesterday
that the city's East River seaplane
ramps were built at an alleged
waste of $15O,OOO by a man who
had seen only one ramp in his
life and was not a licensed engi-
neer.
The disclosure, and the demon.
stration it evoked from specta-
tors, threatened to break up the
hearing OF the aldermanic COM
mittee investigating relief.
The loud climax to one of the
liveliest hearings the committee
has held came during the exami-
nation of C. Keith Pevear, who
supervised the building of the
seaplane landing at Wall and
East Thirty-first SITS.
The Washington times., 1935-04-26

Following close on the charge
of a representative of the Master
Plumbers Association that Sen
ators and Representatives were
threatened with a disease because
of Anticipated plumbing fixtures
in the Capitol, a resolution passed
by the House calling for an i'm
mediate survey of the plumbing
and sanitary systems in all Fed
eral buildings was laid before the
Senate Public Buildings and
Grounds Committee.
The resolution was introduced
in the House and passed yesterday
after Representative John D. Din
CELL CD of Michigan declared
that an emergency existed and
the investigation was necessary to
prolong the lives of the men who
work in these buildings.
An INVESTIGATION of the Capitol
plumbing is being conducted un-
der the direction Of David Lynn,
The Washington times., 1935-04-26
G. w. U. Engineers
To Hear Mcclellan

Guest speaker at the annual
banquet of the George Washing
ton University school of engineer
ing tomorrow night will be DR..
William Mcclellan, president of
the PEPCO.
The banquet, to be held at the
Mayflower Hotel, is sponsored by
the engineers council of the
school. A picture of Dean Hodg'
kins, head of the school,. will be
presented at the time.
The Washington times., 1935-04-26
10 Women Injured
b In Mine Strike

w11KESBARRE, Pa, April 26
II.N.SO.-Ten women were in.
1ured yeterday when State police
dispersed a parade of pickets OF
the United Anthracite Miners of
Pennsylvania in the lower Wyom.
ing Valley. Four of the women
were taken to a hospital. Thomas
"A. Maloney, district president OF
the new union, charged the
women were beaten ruthlessly"
by State police.
The Washington times., 1935-04-26
2 Church Groups
To Dedicate Club

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, April
26.-Knights of Columbus and
Catholic Daughters of America
will dedicate the John Carroll
Clubhouse, rebuilt from a portion
of the old courthouse, here June
2, with prominent Catholic church
men aiding in the ceremonies.
The club is a short distance
from the birthplace of John Car
roll, the first archbishop in the
United States, who was the
speaker at the laying of the cor
nerstonI of the washington Monu-
ment.
The Washington times., 1935-04-26
Reserve Officers
i Hosts to Regulars

Army reserve officers on duty
In the office of the Assistant Sec
rotary of War entertained the
regular Army officers on duty in
the same office at dinner at the
Army and Navy Club last night.
Special guests included Col. C. T.
Harris, U. S. A; Capt. E. j. Mar.
quart, U. S. NJ, and others.
The Washington times., 1935-04-26
PLUMBING BILL CONES UP

ARCHITECT of the Capitol, who is
Of the opinion that no immediate
danger exists. He declared, how
ever, that he would get to work
Immediately to eliminate potential
sources of disease.