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Evening star., 1935-03-11

I watched him directing a scene
from oil for the Lamps of China"
the other day, which had Pat O'Brien
and Teru Shimada as the principals
Teru Shimada is a japanese actor of
some Importance in his own country
brought to Hollywood to take part
in this picture.
The scene was supposed to be in
Toxic and I had the luck to be in
on the final takes, instead Of the
rehearsals
AS to acting honors. 1t is hard to
say Both Shimada and Pat OBrien
read their lines so well and timed
their speeches so beautifully that the
result was perfect.
We've learned to expect such per-
fornances from Pat O'Brien, who
never fails in a role, but We shall
wait with interest to see the COM
pleted film and TIE japanese actors
work in it.
No one has ever replaced the late
Rudy Valentino in pictures, though
countless Latin types have been
OAOdSliO W IlAC 3lAliA SoPAloA WIN
idea in mind.
Some of Valentines would-be sue
cessors have succeeded in their own
way with roles of sort he would
never have attempted. Most of them
have returned into the obscurity from
which they emerged.
Though he may not like to recall
the fact now. Hollywood insists that
George Raft was first brought out here
to take Valentines place on the
screen. He didn't make good in this
respect, but he was a sensation. some
years later, in gangster part played
in Paul Munis picture. "Scarface'',
that was the means of bringing him
to the fame he now enjoys.
Since then Raft has appeared in
many different roles and has \done
more to improve his acting technique
than almost any one on the screen.
After appearing in Anna Karen
ina," Fredric March is slated to play
the part of Dr. Alexander Mudd in
picture that will protray the life of
this Monte Cristo" of Civil War
times
Daryl Zanuck will produce this un-
usual film, and though March has
Evening star., 1935-03-11

who attended to all his yays and
nays, will tell you.
Ben Lyon says: Eve have done
great deal of work on the play since
you saw it, having put an entire new
act in, also tightened up the loose
spots III the first and second acts.
We opened here last Thursday with
standing room only, and the play
went over with terrific bang; eight
curtain calls at the end of the play
and also speeches made by our little
boy friend. Gallagher AS you
perhaps know, Washington is off the
route
Martyr Green writes: "If you are
in London this Summer, do by all
means get in touch. We will go
over the matter of Tit-Willow in the
bath, and my fondnesS for my left
toe over a half of Bitter in one OF
the more reputable pubs
And very pleasant lawyer from
New York, one Alma G. Watson,
writes in to say that she has written
Mr.. F. P. A. to reprimand him for
reprimanding us about Box and
Cox"-something which, alas. he had
every right to do. But thank you,
just the same.
nTHERWISE-Ray Henderson, in
his welcome daily bulletin. says
that Katharine Cornell will present
John van Druten'S new drama,
Flowers of the Forest" for the first
| time in America in the Maryland
Theater in Baltimore on Thursday
night April 4. Lottie Lee Simpson OF
Chevy Chase Md. puts in plea for
us to try to get one more showing of
1T Happened One Night for those
poor unfortunateS who. like me, did
not see it and for the many who did
but would like to see it again" NesRray
Sheehan says that Margaret Wright
is co-author with him of the play
Devil in the House" which the Pierce
Hall Players will present as their final
attraction of this season. Ruth Per-
rott. Drama Guild press demon, wants
to remind local playWrightS that their
opuSeS must be in the hands of Eliza
beth c. Sypher. 23l0 Connecticut ave-
nue. northwest. not later than mid
night March Is. if they want to enter
llIdI Dldlld ouIlu pidy NIIlllS lOUi-
nament. Morris V. Boley sends tickets,
etc. as an introduction" to the
Calvary PlayerS-a new group which
will spread its wings for the first time
with three one-act plays on Wednes-
day night. And here is a longer
epiStle from the Columbia Players who
are knee-deep in Uncle Vanya"-
and who have been having high old
time with samovarS and Russian
boots for the past few days.
Thus a quiet morning in a local
drama Office with Steve Cochran gone
to New York to make final arrange
ments for his stock company (and
why for instance doesn't he include in
his troupe certain Helen Trenholme
who is now living in this city and
who made considerable splash when
she played the Bette Davis role in
The Case of the HoWling Dog" last
Summer, in Hollywood "Ba-
boona' doing a smash business at
the Columbia. with Roberta" knock
ing them cold at Keith's. with Helen
Hayes making even the ushers cry at
the Fox and with Edward G. Robinson
in his best role to date at the Earle
Evening star., 1935-03-11
Written 100 Years Ago.

The manuscript of Hugh Milier's
well-known Scenes and Legends" has
been received at Cromarty, Scotland.
having been donated by an invalid in
Canada to the Miller Institute just
100 years after the books appearance.
Evening star., 1935-03-11
Director Says Orientals
Are Better Film Actors
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

I I OILYWOOD Calf March 11.-Mervyn Leroy, Warner
- Brothers white haired child the
young director you might be tempted call prodigy"
if he swell person. thinks Orentas
heart acting ability than Anglo Saxons
them sensitive when taking
direction possessed of natural dramatic instinct that
Evening star., 1935-03-11
PLAY is IN REHEARSAL
Pierce Hall Group to Appear in
"Field of Honor"
THE completed cast for Field of


"Field of Honor"
THE completed cast for Field of
Honor" the new three-act play by
Mrs. James NJ. Souby, which the
Pierce Hall Players will present March
q and %. is in sehearsal under di-
rection of Ina Hawes aid includes
several newcomers to the group. nota-
bly, T. c. Gardner, who played in a
Toledo stock company: Dixie Diket,
formerly of the Little Theater of New
Orleans; Clarence Moore and Howard
wentworth, who have played with the
local Drama Guild: Frank Jamison,
Elinor Cox Karsten, Helen Shields.
William Austin Davis. Clifford Harriz.
George Harrington, Paul Alexander,
Larry Hart and two child stars. Nina
HackStaff and Stuart Hackstaff.
Evening star., 1935-03-11
Romance and Reality Mix
In Moments With Drama
Dick Powell and Gloria Stuart Lend Charm to
Thoughts From the Managers Office.
johnson Items.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

n ONDAY morning local drama office: Somebody has
mn left copy of the ParisMdi on the desk so that
continue with that swell serial called The Real
Secret of Grea Garbo-a secret which the Midi appar-
emily will weeks The
call BeSs Davis Srer what picture did leave out Sunday?
The elephant which D. has been turned around and
its Schnozze facing the window the doo-that
,oL
Evening star., 1935-03-11
Marriage Court Successful.

In its three years existence the
marriage court" of Bury. England,
has registered only one failure to set
tie a marriage dispute.
Evening star., 1935-03-11
All-Wagner Concert Gives
View of Masters Genius
National Symphony Orchestra Highly Sue
cessful in Second Selection From
Composer Work.
BY ALICE EvERSMAN.

SECOND aWagner the choice for yesterdays
concert of the National Symphony Orchestra the
~ rangement of the numbers made with great
for comprehensive glimpse of the genius
as at the former Wagner The first in November
made by of experiment. and successful that
second exclusively Wagnerian arranged for in
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
ROGERS RITES
THURSDAY

CHICAGO. Aug. 19 Q.N.S0
Will Rogers family remained in
seclusion while their private rail
road car passed through here to
day on their sad homeward jour
ney.
Will Rogers, jr., announced that
public funeral services in Los
Angeles Thursday morning will be
followed by private services in the
afternoon. Indicating that Mrs
Rogers is nearly Frustrated with
grief, he added:
"The body will rest in a vault
in Forest Lawn Memorial Park
until mother is able to travel
with it to CIaremOre, Okla, for
the burial"
Dorothy Stone, actress, and
Frank Phillips, Oklahoma oil
man, accompanied the family
Will, jr., emphasized:
"The accident will not keep
me from flying. Unfortunate
as it was, we are not allowing
ourselves to be embittered. We
came by train because it gave
mother more time for rest. She
has been lying down nearly all
the time since we left New
York."
The party was to be joined at
Kansas City by Rogers sister,
Mrs. Thomas McSpadden, of
Claremore. They will arrive in
Los Angeles, Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
SECRET WORK
PACTSRAPPED

Charging that "secret agree.
ments" had been made by which
their section of the city has been
Sighted" in public works pro.
jects, the Northeast Conference of
Citizens Associations today filed
a list of requests for works funds
with the District Commissioners.
The conference asked that two
delegates be empowered to sit
with the Fine Arts and Park and
Planning commissions "to elimi.
nate the danger of secret agree
ments."
The secret agreements referred
to are understood to be those
whereby the District Commits.
Sioners and the Pennsylvania and
the Baltimore & Ohio railroads
agreed to construct two rather
than three bridges over the tracks.
Later this plan was Shelved in
favor of an underpaSs and viaduct.
Seepding of construction on this
project was urged by the confer
ence. Other requests urged better
bus service, additional recreation
facilities, street improvements and
strict enforcement of health reg
ulationS.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
CANADA LAUDS
ROGERS, POST
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CONTINUED from Page I
from Fairbanks. He made the
flight from Fairbanks in 10 hours
stopping at White Horse, Yukon
Territory, en- route at 1920 a. m,
yesterday.
He brought the big Electra to a
perfect landing at Vancouver at
5:55 p. m. P. S. T. (8:55 E. S. to
last night.
Cr0SSOn WeepS
CroSson'S eyes were red from
recent crying and the gruelling
laps of his sorrowful flight from
Point Barrow, Alaska, at the "top
Of the world" where Rogers and
Post met death when the intrepid
aviator's plane crashed Thursday
night.
The tall, black-haired, husky
pilot, weighing about 100 pounds,
his face beaten by the winds of
the frozen North, was hesitant
and shy as he talked to Interna-
tional News Service. He said:
eyes, I'm a bit tired, but I'm
glad tO~have the honor of flying
my friends back to their home
land.
"I'd gladly fly anywhere or
do anything for these two men
who in life were truly great.
Anything I can do in their hon.
OF will be all too little"
He dismissed his great flying
from Point Barrow to Vancouver
with a shrug and the slow COM
ment:
"Oh, we just came along"
SILENT ON FLIGHT
He wouldn't discuss his 1900
mile round trip from Fairbanks,
Alaska, to Point Barrow round
trip through high winds and rains
and over bleak mountain peaks
veritably reaching up to smash
him into eternity. He said:
Nothing, really nothing at
ALL"
His 1,700-mile hop yesterday
from Fairbanks to Vancouver,
with but one stop at White Horse,
also was nothing, positively moth.
in0 tn oct excited about"
His tired eyes turned grave with
grief when his last meeting with
Rogers and Post, at Juneau,
Alaska, only a few days ago, was
mentioned. He said, simply:
81 can't talk about it. Please
don't ask me to-"
Read interview with Dorothy
Stone on Will Rogers, Page 8.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
Jones Doubts
Rogers Left
6 Millions
international News Service

The estate of Will Rogers will
come under the California tax law
rather than under the Oklahoma
laws, Jesse Jones, chairman OF
the RFC, declared today.
At the same time, Jones, close
friend of the family, said that
estimates of six million dollars on
Rogers estate were grossly ex'
aggerated." Jones said that he
did not care to divulge his
knowledge of the Rogers affairs.
"Mrs. Rogers has no feeling
about the question of flying and
has no fear of it, in spite Of re-
ports that she had asked the
famous comedian not to take
this flight with Wiley Post.
ITO show that Mrs. Rogers
still has no fear Of flying the
first thing she did was to wire
her sons to take planes and
join her in New York city"
Mrs. Rogers chose to take the
train to California in preference
to a plane, Jones explained. as
there was no purpose in flying to
the West Coast,
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
GARNET OPENS
MAGAZINES
PROBE
Aides Told to Survey
D. c. Stands; Police
Ready to Act

An investigation Of the sale of
salacious magazines on local news
stands was ordered today by Dis
trict Attorney Leslie c. Garnett.
Instructing his assistants to
make a survey of the extent Of
sale of lascivious publications in
the District, Mr.. Garnett asked
police to cooperate in banning
magazines which are plainly OBJ
scene.
Little Amazed
His first reaction to the con-
tents of certain magazines han
died here by legitimate dealers
was one of surprise. He asked:
"DO they sell such magazines
here?"
The District Attorney pointed
out that it is the manner in which
certain material is presented by
the magazines which makes them
Objectionable. He stated:
"There are certain high.claSs
magazines which 1 get at home
each month and enjoy reading"
Mr.. Garnett indicated that he
would order a drive be made
against the sale of questionable
publications if after further study
he found them beyond the bounds
Of the law prohibiting circulation
Of obscene literature.
Eager for Action
Various District officials have
expressed objection to the sale of
unWholesome magazines. Capt.
Rhoda Milliken, commander of
the Women's Bureau, declared the
publications should be banned
before the fall school term be-
gins.
Major Ernest w. Brown, super
intendent of police, indicated that
he was eager to begin a drive
against the lewd magazines, and
that he would take action as soon
as he receives orders from the
District Attorneys office.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
D. {. Man Faces Trial
For Bethesda Threat

BETHESDA, Md, Aug. 19.-El
bert Beverly Rhodes, 700 block
of Park Rd. N. w., was held by
police here today on the charge
of assaulting j. H. Vogel, an en-
ploye of the Washington Subur,
ban Sanitary Commission, with
a deadly weapon
According to police, Rhodes
engaged in a quarrel with Vogel
over his car, which was parked
behind Rhodes.
When he refused to move his
automobile, Vogel says, Rhodes
pulled pistol out Of his car and
threatened him.
Rhodes will be arraigned for a
hearing before Judge Harold C.
Smith at Rockville Friday.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
Britain Alarmed,
Angry at II Duce

p A r l S, Aug. 19 4.N.oJ' y
Alarmed and angry over Premier
Mussolini's uncompromising de-
mand for complete military con-
troll of Ethiopia, Britain today
left the futile three-power peace"
conference resolved to take firm
and positive action against 1taly'S
war plans.
Diplomatic pussy-footing, dodg-
ing of responsibility by Geneva.
are no longer of avail, and Bri-
tain is determined that the
League of Nations must grapple
directly with the Italo-Ethioplan
issue at the next council meeting,
September 4.
Then, if Italy persists in her
Ethiopian offensive, Britain will
not shirk from calling for League
sanctions"
To Consult U. S.
Other steps Britain contem.
plates include consultation with
the United States in the event Of
war, lifting of her arms export
embargo, strengthening of her
defenSes around Ethiopia, and
maintaining the Mediterranean
fleet at top strength.
Premier Pierre Laval Of France
is also understood to have swung
more to the British point of view,
and may support Britain when
the League meets in a session
that may mean it's death.
ConciSely, the French-Italian-
British conference broke down
after only three days because of
the irreconcilability of these two
views:
Britain, with Ethiopia's &C"
quieScence, offered Italy eco
nomic predominance under a
League commission, and some
territorial concessions.
Italy demanded cession Of the
Ethiopia lowlandS, a protec-
torate over the remainder of the
country, and military occupa-
ton.
Italy argued that the three-pow-
er treaty of 1905 called for par
tition Of Ethiopia, and that eco
nomic and political control of
Ethiopia would be unreal with
out military power. Britain replied
that the partition" was meant to
be economic only, and that En-
perof Halle SelaSSie would not tol-
crate q military occupation. Ne
| gotiatiou1 will BE- continued
''tiironRh d1plom&tfS effafne4S."
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
Wire 10 Wife Traps
Swind|inq Suspect

DETROIT, Aug. 19 Q.N.SO.
Trapped when he sent a telegram
to his wife, Lloyd Kingsbury, IS,
was under arrest again today for
st. Louis authorities where he is
said to be wanted for swindling a
woman of $4,000 after proposing
marriage.
Explaining his escape from a
Federal man in st. Louis three
weeks ago, Kingsbury said:
eve stop at q bar and have
several Shots He took too
many and I walked away"
The Washington times., 1935-08-19

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 G.N.S0.
Charged with being the author of
numerous extortion notes sent to
Thelma Todd, Hollywood screen
actress, demanding $4,000 to $20,.
600 on threat of death, Harry
Schimanski, "a, Queens apartment
house superintendent, will be ar
raigned in Federal court here to-
day.
Schimanski was arrested at his
home Saturday, after a six
months search by Federal agents.
The first letter sent Miss Todd
was received FEBRUARY 2, and the
last, August IL, this year.
Abe Lyman, orchestra leader,
was also said to have received
similar notes, all of which threat
ened the picture stars life.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
Rehearsal Tonight
For Romeo, Juliet

Final rehearsal will be held to.
night for the Bartfield Players
presentation of Romeo and
Juliet" to be given tomorrow
night in the National Sylvan
Theater on the Washington Monu-
ment grounds.
The cast includes Mrs. Mabel
Owens Wilcox, Mrs. Edythe Lag
aroff Goldman, Miss Yerby Pan.
mill, Miss Marjorie Beall, Miss
Polly Hope, Miss Dorothy Man.
ming, Miss Jessie Redfield, How.
ard Whitfield, Robert Duke, A. L.
Diket, Hugh C. Smith, Harry
Crow, William j. Mclean, James
M. Rawls, Paul w. Murphy, John
Sikken, Stanley Protheroe, E.
Francis McDevitt, Jack Robinson,
Robert Halsted, jr., William
Gochenour, James Hewitt. Thomas
Owen and Lewis Shallenberger.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
CARLIN SUED
FOR DIVORCE

Charging him with "the enter
tainment and association Of other
women" Mrs. Annie Macon Car.
lin, of Richmond, Va, today filed
suit for separate maintenance in
District Supreme Court against
Charles Keith Carlin, of the 1000
block Sixteenth st. N. w., local
attorney.
Mrs. Carlin asked support for
herself and their three children,
Charles Keith, jr., 20, a student
at the University Of California; !;
Annie Macon, 10, and Charles
Creighton Carlin, I'd, Is.
Declaring that she has received
small sums of money from her
husband which were inadequate
for her maintenance. she said
further:
"The defendant, since his de.
SertiOn Of the plaintiff, has at
all times maintained himself in
an abundant state, including
persistent OverinduIgence Of in
tOxicantS and the entertain
ment and association Of other
women, which at times has be-
come the subject Of notice Of
the public press and otherwise
to the shame and scandal of the
plaintiff and their children"
Mrs. Carlin said further that
her husband lived with her in
California until February, 1893,
when he came to Washington.
Shortly afterward, she said, he
notified her to sell their house
hold effects there and come to
this city.
On arrival here, she charged,
she was forced to live with rela.
tiVeS in Richmond.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
EUROPE WAITS
DUCES
MRS. ROGERS
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at any time. They can assemble
within 40 hours.
Capt. Anthony Eden, who con-
Quoted the futile talks for Britain
in Paris. is due back here today.
Loans Discouraged
1taly's determination to pro-
ceed with war plans in Ethiopia
has already been discussed by
Captain Eden with Prime Minis
ter Stanley Baldwin and Foreign
Minister Sir Samuel Hoare.
Britain has discouraged any
loans to italy, yet Italy plans to
make extensive purchases of coal
and other products here, it was
learned.
Today's financial news said
that a high official of the italian
government is expected to arrive
in South Wales this week to
establish an organization to buy
coal, nickel, and other essential
materials. Purchases will total
$15,000,000 a year, the paper
said.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19

in order that he might engage in
the conflict.
The story of what happened
when he got there Is best told in
Wills own language:
$50 I worked my way to South
Africa on q cattle boat, but
when got there the BOer war
was all Over-SO / Joined up with
q little wild west show, dOin' q
rOpin' act.
From South Africa I. went to
Australia, where worked with
the Wirth Shows, owned by Mae
Wirth'S Daddy. Then 1 went to
Japan and China, and then to
San Francisco and from there
bummed my way home, and q
felIer told my dad he didn't
think 1 had done so well because
he heard 1 came home wearing
OveralIS for underdrawerS."
Read interview with Dorothy
Stone On WIN ROgeFS-P31S 0.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
-Four Soviet Officials
Die, d jailed in Fraud

K1EV, Aug. 10 0.N.SO.-Con-
victed of conspiracy to defraud
the government, four officials of
the Ukraine department of agri-
culture had been executed today
and "a others received prison
sentences.
The government said the men
were guilty Of speculating in
horses, and Of overcharging their
department in connection with
purchases of the animals.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
County Asks Bids
On Sewage. Plant

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, Aug. 19.-Bids for
construction of the county'S sew
age disposal plant will be received
not later than 10 a. m, September
II, in the offices Of County Man.
ager Roy S. Braden, it was an
nounced today.
Erection of the plant is one Of
the chief projects in Arlington
county's $2,500,OO0 sewage dis.
poSal system, much Of which has
been constructed in the last year,
The system is being installed
mainly through loans and grants
by the Public Works Administra,
ton.