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female baritone voices and is beginning Friday featured
soo with Phil Spitalnys band Morton Downey the irish
by oanng his press agent Barney McDevit to do the Spit
alnv hallYhOo
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ICOVer HOu wood

lbard's new one, Hands Across the
Table" 1t is complete in every de-
tail and is supposed to be the last
word in gentlemen beauty shops.
Dutch Petit is a Lon CLANCY
Of the stand-in men at Warmers.
He is not only the stand-in for
Paul NUM- but has also been with
Richard BarthelmeSS for many
years. In 80 Red the Rose"
there will be not a single you. al"
This expression is always confused
with the South. AS a matter of
fact, it is rarely ever used by
Southerners so Vidor has barred
it from his epic.
Mary Astor, playing in Warmers
From This Dark Stairway" was
found reading a novel of Wode-
houses the other day. She ex-
planned that during the filming Of
a tragic picture she reads light
amusing books for relaxation and
visa versa. Isn't it all too too in
tereSting?
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BY LLOYD PANTAGES
(Copyright, 1895, by King Features
Syndicate. Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. when
La Carlo returns to this country
from her native Sweden she will
bring along another Carlo to
grace the screen (not a female,
mind you, but her brother, Mr..
Gustofson). Up to date when
his illustrious sister has not been
at home his profession was grac-
ing a street car as the conductor.
When G. G.. visited home, he
whipped on a uniform and chauf-
feured for her. His advent in the
movies should be interesting to
watch. Ruth Fitting, one Of our
better known canarieS, gives forth
with the information that as soon
as she finishes her present assign
ment she will give her career
back to the Indians and relax in
her Beverly home for the rest Of
her normal life as a house frau.
That will be our tough luck.
Mae West is pulling a come up
and see me sometime" to Raoul
Walsh. If he approves Of the story
he'll direct her in her next op'ry.
"A new play, "Pocahontas Pre-
ferred," written by two local boys
IN. Brewster More and Harry
Blair) is really in demand. Orig
inally done at the Bliss-Hayden
Theater in Beverly, it may now be
done as a film at R. K. o.
Sally Eilers was all ready to 60
brunette when she received an Of
fer to appear in Universals Hang
Over Murder" so she'll have to
stay platinum q bit longer.
James Melton, radio tenor, who is
appearing in Warmers Radio
Jamboree," had a scene yesterday
where he had to smash lot of
records. For a joke, some sly prop
man slipped one of his Mr.. MS
own records in the pile and James
was but in the act of crashing it
when he realized it was his very
own voice he was breaking. SO,
he didn't.
Paul MUM plays germ destroy
ing doctor in THE Fighter" and
is being schooled in the def usage
of microscopes by no other than
Prof. Arthur Gordon HawkeSley. a
Pennsylvania bio-chemist who
possesses several degrees from
Vienna.
A modern barber shop with no
cash customers and no rent, en-
ploying six BARRIERS and two mani
curists, is holding forth on the
Paramount lot for Carole Lom-
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picture.
Steals the Show
Jessie Ralph plays the grand
ma, a crochety old lady of 80,
who has more discernment and
acid logic than any other mem.
Der of the Whiteoaks family.
This matriarch fumes and bosses
the Whiteoaks and in between
her cat maps contrives to hear
plenty not intended for her ears.
Granny is a well-written character
and Jessie Ralph plays her mag
nificently. I haven't enjoyed
watching such an outspoken and
human old fuss budget since the
late Louise Closer Hale etched
a similar portrait in iona Gales
Lulu Bett."
The story Of "Jalna," current
on the RKO Keith screen, tells
Of a rugged Canadian household
and it's long-tailed family.
Meg, the spinster, is living
with the bitter memories Of a
romance that went amiss 20
years before.
Kenny, the young master Of the
family, tries to keep the farm
going and falls in love with his
brothers wife.
Eden is the family poet, a
weakling, who brings hastily
wooed-and.won bride to upset the
tranquility of the household.
Aloyne is the young bride who
is destined to be disillusioned.
Uncle Nicholas is the bachelor
brother Of Jalna'S founder.
Maurice is a bibulouS neXtdoor
neighbor whose romance with
Meg went amiSs.
Pheasant is the young daughter
of Maurice, who \marries a hard
working Whiteoak to find out she
had made a mistake.
AS the story works out It Is
brother against brother with the
young brides caught in the do
nestle tangle and Granny finally
working out solution after a
mite Of tragedy has touched
'Jalna."
Is Well Acted
Director John Cromwell moved
his camera all over the rambling
homestead, tells his story by quick
flashes and little, human touches
that enhance value and stimulate
interest, develops his characters
by simple and seemingly unim-
portant incidents that take on
real significance.
A tiptop cast, dignified and in
telligent playing, give "Jalna" its
grip and consistent appeal. The
cast which divides merit marks in
cludes David Manners, Ian Hun
ter, Kay johnson, Nigel Bruce,
Peggy Wood, c. Aubrey Smith,
Halliwell Hobbies and Molly La"
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"JaIna," $40, 900 Prize Novel, Is
Brilliant as a Movie

"alna right close to the top with the class pictures
It is free adaptation Of Mazo De La Roches $4,000 Atlantic
monthly prize novel, skfuy cast beautifully produced and
merits visit from all who appreciate story value and erate
entertainment
You will search in vain for great stars name in Jana
for in telling this saga Of old Canadian family char
dominates the narrative Instead half dozen roles
equally important and it the grandma Of the tale who tuks
the high honors under her almost walks with the
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Even though Shirley Temples
mamma is mad at Fox for blowing
Jane Withers to Stardom, am
sure she is unnecessarily alarmed
at the opposition on her own lot.
Little Shirley is a child genius. No
other word adequately describes
her. She is the greatest juvenile
phenomena to appear in our times.
Baby Shirley is the complete
mistress Of the art of timing
speeches. She knows how to use
her hands, how to twinkle those
eyes to emphasize words, how to
be animate and decorate a song
with appropriate gestures, how to
tap dance, how to inspire and re-
spond to affection. In other
words, the kid knows how to act.
To act, I mean, with a minimum
of showoff or evidence Of studied
tricks.
Now I have little patience with
those who contend that they can't
stand Shirley Temple because she
is too smart. She is smart in pic
lures because her authors and di-
rectorS make her so. You have
only to watch one of her screen
stories to realize that here is an
exceptionally intelligent child, per-
fectly moulded and alive with the
power to arouse the potential ap-
peal that the average grown-up
reserves for children. Shirley re-
fleets her own natural disposition,
as do most good actors when con-
genially fitted. I submit Curly
Top" as tops in the Shirley Tenn
pie career. She is racing fast to-
wards the socalled awkward age,
hence doubt if she will ever
equal, let alone surpaSS, her work
in this feature.
About Jane Withers. A bright
child and a dandy little actress
although her success impressed
me as the complete product Of di-
rection. That is, while she is do
ing her acting stunts with such
precise perfection, you seem to be
conscious that just out Of sight
of the camera is somebody telling
her just how.
At any rate it is not fair to
Judge Jane Withers on "Ginger."
The scenario writer's are to blame
for its faults. It's chief fault is
the effort to demonstrate that
hamburger manners and a gutter
freshness are preferable } good
breeding. Some may think so.
But enough think the other way
to divide audiences and as the
chief exponent of childish devil
try little Jane Withers suffered
from a role that disSipateS her
natural juvenile appeal.
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MOVIE
o'clock

EARLE-Bette Davis. George
Brent in Front Page
Women" II a. m, LAS, 4:25,
7:10, 9:55 p. m. Stage-12:45.
$3.50, 6:15, 9 p. m.
FOX-Loretta Young, Charles
Boyer in Shanghai" 1850
q. M, LAS, AIS, 7:1O, 9:55
a. m. Stage-12:25, $40, sos,
1855 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Guy Kibbee,
Zazu Pitts in "Going High
brow" 1855 a. m, 1856. $3.50,
$50, 1850, 9:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Edmund Lowe.
Eugene Palette in "Black
Sheep" 1855 a. m, 1855,
1855. 5:55. 1850. $50 p. m.
PALACE-shirley Temple, John
Boles, in "Curley Top" 11:20
q. m. 1875. $3.50, 5:35. 7:4O.
and 9:45 p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S.-Kay johnson,
David Manners in "Jalna,"
11:N a. m, 1:49, 1851, $3.50,
7:55, 9:57 p. m.
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Dixie Lee Coming

Thumbing through the new
VARIETY I find that Dixie Lee
(Bing Crosby's wife and mother
of the famous twins) will play
three weeks for Loew's and one
of them will be at the Fox where
she will swap baby stories with
Carter Barron. She insists on
her maiden name and no Mrs.
Bing Crosby billing. .. The New
Deal has put 1O3,435 employees on
the Federal payroll in the D. G.
highest in history-one Of the
reasons why washington Is away
out in front as the best movie
city in the entire U. S. Ace.
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mont. AS mentioned above, Jes-
sic Ralph is tops and Nigel Bruce
deserves especial mention for a
striking piece of playing as the
bottle-Sucking Maurice.
"Jalna" probably won't be a
best-seller movie. But it ought to
be for it is distinguished Holly
wood. Put it in the gallery re.
served for the best of 1885.
ANDREW r. KELLEY.
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Paramount Producer
Returns From Europe

Arthur Hornblow, associate pro-
ducer at Paramount, has returned
to Hollywood from New York and
Europe. Hornblow spent almost
three months in Europe, confer
ring with Rudyard Kipling on
THE Light That Failed" which
will be his next production for the
studio, with Gary Cooper as the
star.
Hornblow also spent consider
able time in Egypt, visiting the
Sudan, scene Of the story,
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though he played the role on the
Coast stage. Lionel Barrymore
will be Nat Miller in the screen
"Ah Wilderness"
About BabY Shirley
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to know. He is running the show and the
local theaters have all refused to touch the
job of picking the best local beauty. The
tip off is that George P. Marshall will install
night baseball for the Braves baseball team,
thus giving the Boston theaters another head
ache They are suffering plenty from sports
competition with race horses and galloping
dogs getting all the loose change in city
that has gone temporarily parimutuel crazy
Gene Ford's protege, Maxine Marlowe,
will provide some of the Earle Theater op-
position for Genes Fox Theater Going Ma
tive revue. Maxine has one of those rare
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A modern barber shop with no
cash customers and no rent, en-
ploying six BARRIERS and two mani.
curists, is holding forth on the
Paramount lot for Carole Lom-
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Henry Ford has paid 100000 for
the right to broadcast the next
world series. Billy Rose has
propositioned Babe Ruth to play
in Jumbo" big show which
he will offer at the New York
Hipprodome and which Equity
classifies as a circus.
Nice Movie Salaries
In approving the Fox Twen-
tieth merger deal stockholders
are given a chance to peek at
the salaries Of those who will
boss the new movie company.
Sidney R. Kent gets $4,000 a
week, 5000 a week for expenses
and a $4,000 bonus on December
81. He also gets $25, 1000 as presi-
dent of the National Theaters
Corporation, a subsidiary.
Daryl Zanuck gets 5000 q
week, plus reasonable travel and
living expenses while away on
business, four weeks vacation an
nually.
Joseph M. Schenck gets $2'5OO
O week. =.
Winnie Sheehan, who bows out
as head man on production at
Fox with the merger, leaves be-
hind a record for money making
pictures that is something 70
shoot at. For instance the Mo
ton Picture Almanac lists these
crosses for features turned out
with the Sheehan imprint:
CavaIcade MISUNDERSTANDING
Sunny Side Up ...... 100000
Cock-Eyed World .... 2,5OO,O goo
What Price Glory .s. 2,1OO,OOO
State Fair .....U..so 1,SOO,OOO
Seventh Heaven ..... 1850
Common Clay ...... 100000
street Angel ..,.. 1900, 200
Daddy Long Legs 80. 1,5OO,OOO
Man who Came Back 1,4OO, 600
In Old Arizona zee. 100000
Merely Mary Ann ..s 1,30O, goo
Red Dance G......U 1,SOO,OOO
East Lynne E........ 1'1OO'VVV
Bad Girl ...sss...os 4s4VV'VVV
Mr.. Sheehan is leaving on an
extended vacation with a pocket
full of offers to join other produc-
ing organizations in Hollywood.
His future plans will be announced
after he returns from Europe
where-the gossip Solumns say
he will mary Nine. Jeritza.
Will Rogers told me last winter
he would never. play in Eugene
O'Neill's "Ah wilderness" His OBJ
lection to the role Of Nat Miller
was the story called for him to
censure his son for wild adven-
ture in the back room Of a saloon.
Actor Rogers didn't think the sa-
loon stuff, an important feature
of the play, would set SO well with
those who go to see the Rogers
pictures.
Metr o-Goldwyn- Mayer u.s. d
every argument on Will who sug-
ge6ted Erred Stone for the part.
M-G-M has finally given up on
getting the cowboy humorists al
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Mrs. Bing Crosby in Personal
Appearances for Loew's Is
Probable Star at Fox
Bv ANDREW R. KELLEY

Thursday roundup of loose items: Will there be Miss
Washington the Atlantic City beauty parade Labor Day
weeks Ed Corcoran of Phadepha's Variety Club wants
Evening star., 1935-08-04

incendiaries, careless campers and
other reckless forest users. 1t is
noticed these days that severe out
breaks Of incendiarism invariably
stop short when an airplane patrol is
put on the job. Then, too, plane OBJ
servers are able TO see the offenders
long before those on the ground can
locate the planes position.
In this general connection the fol-
lowing news item from Albany, N. Y.
of recent date is worthy of mention:
"Advices received at the Offices of the
Conservation Department (Which CO.
operates with the United States For
est Service) today were to the effect
that John Lester Patterson of Ressa
Gap charged with setting a forest fire
on Wursboro Mountain, had been
found guilty on a malicious mischief
charge following jury trial in Sui
livan County Court. He will be SEN
fenced next week.
"Patterson's case was an unusual
one, in that 1t marks the first time on
record that person starting a forest
fire has been discovered and identi-
fied from the air. During the after
noon of April %, this year, Patterson
was seen starting a forest fire by
Albert L. Leo-Wolf, pilot of the Con-
servation Departments fire patrol
plane. While on patrol duty Pilot
Leo-wolf discovered long string Of
fires burning near the top Of Wurst-
boro Mountain and near it an indi-
vidual he later identified as Patter-
son. After reporting the fire by radio
Mr.. Leo-Wolf continued his patrol.
Returning to the fire. he found that
Patterson had left, but he located the
offender from the air at q nearby
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Furthermore, six days later 70 fires
arose from one tempest.

Furthermore, six days later 70 fires
arose from one tempest.
T IGHTNING has a habit of starting
- fires in inaccessible spots, notably
in the remote canyons and potholes Of
the mountainous regions which are
impossible to view accurately from the
high mountain lookout points.
Oftentimes it is several hours, fire.
quently day or more, before a look
out may gain the lineup Of the re-
sulting fires. The airplane, on the
other hand, gives an immediate OBJ
servation weapon whose accuracy
rarely fails. Down into the most re-
mote corners the machine can dive
and drop messages to ground workers,
Offering direct instructions as to fire
locations. Occasionally the messages
are placed in canvas bags, weighted
down with sand. or If the observer hap
pens to be in strange territory he need
only look for the triangular ground
signs, which show locations of key men.
Sciences most modern contribution
to the air patrols communication sys-
TEN, however, is radio. Short-wave
messages are speeding over the 20 ma
Evening star., 1935-08-04

they may be constantly in communica-
ton with lookouts and ranger stations
while fighting fire. These smallest
sets have q working range Of about
20 miles, receiving messages by voice
and transmitting by code.
With these portable radio stations
q few minutes work will bring the
most distant forester or plane into
touch with the nearest ranger station,
and thence with forest headquarters,
Mr.. Horton says. Last year these
small radio stations proved invaluable
in the search for lost persons and in
other emergencies Of the forest. They
are used in isolated field crews and
newly located c. c. G. camps where
forest telephone communication is not
available.
CPEED in surrounding fire with a
control line is as vital as speed in
reaching it. A control line Is simply
q cleared way, Of varying width
through the timber, underground and
fallen logs, with narrow trench 70
mineral soil. The barrier Is widened
by setting back-flres, which speed from
the trench toward the main blaze
thus increasing the chance to hold It
In heavily timbered regions it often
requires from SO to 100 men to con-
struct a mile of such fire barrier in
a day. and when weather conditions
are adverse, or incorrect tactics have
been used, the control line 80 labori-
ously constructed may easily be lost
Here again the airplane has proved its
efficiency.
An interesting by-product of aeria'
patrol operations in the past few
years has been the moral effect or
Evening star., 1935-08-04
By James Nevin Miller.
LYING low over a blazing forest

LYING low over a blazing forest
l. fire, an air patrol pilot heard
terrific noise above the
4 whirring of his motor. His oil
tank had burst! Tragedy loomed, for
the intense heat seemed to spell a
burning plane at any moment. But
the pilot kept his head. With some
thing of luck and more of pluck, he
made for an old lake bed some miles
away. And after deft maneuvers of
the plane a successful landing was
achieved.
Small, numerically, is Uncle Sans
patrol Of flying foresters." Some
thing like 16 planes and II pilots
are taking part in its maneuverS this
Summer. Small, too, are the average
number of flying hours. Last year
there were only 458, drop of some
20 from the preceding year; and only
q handful of fires were sighted via
the plane method.
Figures aren't supposed to lie. Yet
they do in the case Of the air patrol.
Despite the fact that today its planes
are used mainly for emergency pur-
poses and that the plane is still, after
some II years Of employment, in an
experimental stage, the Importance of
the airplane as an adjunct to the
ground method of combating forest
fires is firmly established. Never a
year goes by without at least two or
three new uses of the plane in this
connection being established.
A IRCRAFT play much the same sort
of role in fighting the red enemy
OF our forests as they do in ordinary
military maneuvers. They are used
to gain bird's-eye view of great con-
nagrations, and to direct the attack
accordingly-an extremely important
consideration, notably in the case of
mountainous districts where recon-
Nuisance Of sizable fires is slow and
arduous when attempted from the
ground.
During the present season fire con-
troll operations in California, Oregon
Washington, Northern Idaho and
Western Montana are being directed
from eight major bases, at Oakland
Burbank, Fresno and Monrovia, Calf
at Portland, Oreg; Puget Sound ano
Spokane, Wash, and Missoula. Mont
Spread about in this valuable timber
land are some 1000 rangers, whose
duty Is to direct all fire-fighting ma.
neuvers. Key men are so placed thai
whenever q fire occurs they may bt
counted on to be at the scene of the
conf1agration in an amazingly short
time.
Practically every mountain distric
has its lookout, whose iron-clad dut!
is to remain at his post day in and day
out, forever watching for fires. Sight
ing one by its tell-tale path of smoke
he phones the nearest ranger, WHIT
thereupon starts directing operations
among his highly trained squad. con-
sisting of an assistant ranger, fireman
truck driver, and in the case Of a tre'
mendous blaze, score or more emer-
gency men hired from the nearest
towns.
With such q system, small wonder
that Uncle Sam can boast that his
''iron men Of the forests" are able to
stop over Sc per cent Of all forest
fires before they exceed quarter OF
an acre, and halt SO per cent before
{ they consume 10 acres.
Never very far from the scene oi
ground fire-fighting is the airplane
patrol, ready at all times for immed4
Evening star., 1935-08-04

The Chelan National Forest, with
headquarters in Okanogan, Wash.
ranks second with 70 stations and tbs
Siskiyou National Forest, in South
western Oregon, uses SO stations. Be-
tween 800 and 400 radios are n use
in the North Pacific region.
Most of this equipment consists of
portable 9-pound and 16-pound radio
transmitting and receiving stations
The e-pound sets are made compact
enough to fit into the "pack-sack" Of
the smoke chasers" in order that
Evening star., 1935-08-04

ate action. Always the pilot is Of tried
caliber-perhaps a reserve officer OF
the Army or q commercial flier Of dis
tinction.
For years a major problem of the
ranger has been to devise schemes to
combat the peculiar and devastating
electric storms of the Northwest. 1t
has been estimated that they cause
something like 40 per cent of all forest
blazes. On official records is an actual
instance of case some years back
where more than 200 fires we're started
on a July Gay by a single storm.
Evening star., 1935-08-04
Uncle Sans Flying Fo'rstev ~Reveal Nez0ea
Developments in Their Thrilling Task Of Com
bQttWg Forest Fires From the AW:

Upper, left: Fire lookout at Half Moon Tower, Ocaa
National Forest, Florida who has just spied tetale
cloud of smoke and is phonins in the to head.
quarters. At top: How forest fire looks from
airplane The observer quickly estimate its extent
direction and progress and aid in curbns it more
inteigently. Center: Biplane used forest patrol
in Southern California by the United States Air Service.
Lower left: The forest ranger, watchful guardian
of the National Forests. The introduction of the air.
plane patrol has made his work easier and safer Lower
right: Fire in Siuslaw National Forest Oregon.
-Anpho scourtes Unit q Forests
Evening star., 1935-08-04

tional forests Of Oregon and WASH
ington this season, carrying informa-
ton on fire and weather conditions
and Tightening up organization plans
generally for the Summer fre-fighting
plan. In charge of the radio develop
ment project Of the Forest Service in
Portland, Oreg., is Assistant Regional
Forester F. V. Horton.
The Olympic National Forest, In
Northwestern Washington, tops the list
in number of forest radio stations, Mr..
Horton says, with 81 stations.
Evening star., 1935-08-04
No sSBirth Control" :"
THERE appears TO be no birth c

troll" in the poultry business.
During June, the last month for which
complete figures are available, 314
hatcheries reported 9,894,0o0 chicks
Matched out, an increase of about 80
per cent over the chickens Matched
the previous year.
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Parents Make
Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan c.
Wyeth announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss
Mango J. Wyeth, to Mr.. Her
bert Ridley Stratford, the son
of Mrs. Herbert Ridley STRAIT
ford, of Bethlehem, Pa.
Miss Wyeth was educated
abroad and made her debut in
this city in 1880.
Mr.. Stratford was graduated
from the Hill School in 1924
and from Princeton Univer-
sity in 1928. Has has been re-
siding in Washington for the
past two years.