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Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-19
Snatching the DROWNING
from DAW JONES' GRASP
Capt. Charles B. Scully, Red Cross Official
Believes that Neqv Diving Mask VIII Prove
an Important Factor in Aiding Life Guards to
Retrieve Drowning Persons

which | needed to keep me upright
the mask on we tried the microphone.
The earphones were ready. The oxy-
gen was turned on, the breathing was
checked and the observers dropped
overheard weighted sack that l was
to retrieve when l reached the bottom.
Through the microphone l told my
associates that was ready to go over
the side. Down l started and expert
enced a peculiar sensation after l de-
scended about five feet and stepped
off the ladder into space AS l went
down the line the rest of the distance
it started to get cold and dark. When
my feet touched the bottom signaled
that | was all right and had arrived.
| started to explore and suddenly
discovered that the microphone wire
which the engineers had installed be-
fore l started my dive was too heavy
and that it was pulling the mask away
from my face. Water started to seep
in. l felt, however, that it wasn't bad
enough to force me to return to the
top, so l started to move around on
the bottom. Strange thoughts race
through your mind when you are on
the bottom. 1t is very lonesome, quite
cold and deadly quiet and those 25-
pound shoes felt as light as ballet slip
pers.
l started to talk to Grauer through
the mask microphone as people
throughout the country listened to our
two-way conversation through their
radio loud speakers.
Everything seemed to be working
out as we had planned. 1 was about
to congratulate myself when suddenly
something went wrong with the ear
phones. There seemed to be bit Of
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-19

THE movie house is dark.
Every one is quiet. The
picture flashes on. You're
holding your breath. And there
SHE is! Adorable Shirley Tenn
pie, her eyes sparkling, her curls
wagging up and down, and on
her face a million-dollar smile!
Like little fairy elf, she trips her
laughing way into millions of hearts.
Haven't you sometimes wondered
whether she is really real and not just
little person made of film and lights?
Is she like other children---a real, hon
est-to-goodness child?
The wonder of it-she isl
When Shirley Temple started school
recently, at years of age, she had
to study her multiplication tables and
learn to read just as other children
her age were doing.
And when s o'clock rolls around in
the evening, Shirley must be in bed,
Shirley is the idol of her two older
brothers, who call her "our little boss"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-19
Actinq Is Just FUNto Shirley Temple

and will do anything for her. >.
Like most children, Shirley likes
candy, but the "three things she likes
most in the world" are her mother and
father, Jimmy Dunn and 'ice cream
with gravy on it." Gravy-you guessed
it's chocolate syrup. To Shirley
Temple acting is "just fun" It's no
more work for her than it is for most
children to play "show."
How does she learn her part? Here's
the secret. Before she goes to bed, her
mother reads the lines to her and she
repeats them several times. The next
morning Shirley knows all of her lines.
In fact, she usually knows every one
else's lines, too.
There is a sand pile near Shirleys
dressing room and in between times
she has a lot of fun building roads
and mountains and tunels. Skipping
rope is also favorite sport WITH her
and she loves her two dolls.
Shirley has big time, too, racing
around the studio lot on.-s shooter,
honking the big stars out of her way.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-19

Before descending I had told En-
gelsen that they were to signal me
on the life line if they could not get
in touch with me through the ear
phones. I notified them through the
microphone to stand by for the signal
on the life line. Then l signified by
two pulls that l was o. K. and not
in trouble, and they answered, by the
same signal, that they had received
my message.
After informing them that l would
try to locate the weighted sack, I pro.
ceeded for about 80 feet The first
thing I knew had slipped on the mud
bottom and was caught in the line that
was holding the float. l rolled over on
my side-my life line got fouled and
l found myself in real difficulty. They
kept calling me from the top and still
l couldn't make out what they were
saying. They continued to signal me
on the life line, but did not feel tbs
pulls because I was trying to loosen
the ropes tangled around my legs. Ny
breathing was becoming labored and
my voice was thick. Suddenly l felt
a very determined pull on the life line,
which meant only one thing: those
who were responsible for my safety
knew that I was in danger and they
were going to pull me up at once.
l Immediately stopped trying to dis
entangle myself and called into the
microphone for them not to pull ne
up because l was caught. They would
pull the mask off and l would be in
danger, for if the mask had been
pulled loose and l had been hauled to
the surface, l probably would have ar
rived too quickly, with the possibility
of getting that dreaded disease of the
divers-the bends. Or, worse than
that, air bubbles might have been
forced into my blood stream. When
air is fed under pressure it Is neces-
sary to nave it reduced slowly.
1 managed to work myself loose and
informed them that l would continue
to search for the weighted sack that
had been sunk. | came on it after
having been down IL minutes. | di.
rected them to drop line to me, tied
it around the sack and saw it pulled
to the surface; then slowly came up
into the sunshine. DR.. Redden of
the Red Cross examined me care
fully and stated that had suf-
fered no ill effects. Incidently, dur
ing test of this kind it is very neces-
sary that medical assistance be avail
able. We had the Red Cross ambu-
lance alongside of the radio unit and
if anything had happened would inn
mediately have been transported to a
hospital.
After this test, under adverse condi-
tions, feel that the McCaa breathing
apparatus has proven its usefulness as
an important part of life-ssving equip
ment. However, it will be necessary
for me to do some more experimenting
before am entirely satisfied.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-19

current on the bottom and in moving
around one of the esrphones was pulled
away from my head and the pressure
became tremendous in my ears. All ]
could hear was mumbling and indis.
tinct voices. Meanwhile the men on
the float were quite anxious because
Grauer was asking me questions and
was not answering coherently. They
surmised that l must be in trouble,
especially as l had reported earlier
that the mask was leaking.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-19

r IFE SAVERS know that it
is not very difficult job
~ for a trained life saver to
rescue person in danger of
drowning as long as he stays on
the surface of the water, but it
becomes a hazardous job-and
not always a successful one
when the drowning person sinks
to the bottom.
The average life saver rarely is able
to go down to depth of more than 25
feet. Therefore l felt it my duty to at
tempt to find a means of quickly re-
covering the bodies of supposedly
drowned persons, for if they are re-
covered within 30 minutes there is a
possibility of resuscitating them,
Graphing irons have been used for
many years in the search for drowned
persons, and while many bodies have
been recovered by this means, it is not
entirely effective.
I've always been interested in the re-
covering of bodies, and as director of
the Life Saving Service of the New
York, Brooklyn and Queens Chapters
of the American Red Cross, 1 con-
Quoted a series of experiments, using
McCaa gas mask.
The equipment, an oxygen breathing
apparatus, consists of mask that fits
,rou,J 4be foco. apd 10 4be hand
with two tubes that lead to a heavy
bag on the back. The mask is fed
through this bag by an oxygen tank.
The supply of oxygen will last for two
hours, as the initial oxygen supply is
rebreathed several times. A unique ut
tachment known as a rejuvenator re-
purifies the air which the wearer ex-
hales and permits recirculation.
The bag on the back plays a very
important part in underwater work as
it equalizes the pressure under water.
After experimenting with this mask
in swimming pools | felt that it could
be tried in an open body of water. Tn
discussing the matter with William
Burke Miller, director of special events
for the National Broadcasting Corn
pany, he proposed that the company
cooperate to the extent of establish
ing means of communication so that
! would have extra safeguards while
was on the bottom. The broadcasting
engineers, after six weeks of expert
menting, devised tiny microphone
which was fitted into the mask in front
Of my nose and equally as small ear
phones were shaped for insertion in
my ears.
While we were preparing for our
test of this equipment there came to
our notice very tragic happening. A
youngster in New Jersey had read in a
mechanical magazine how to construct
homemade diving helmet out of an
old milk can. With the adventure
someness of youth he made helmet
that rested on his shoulders. With a
soldering iron he fastened glass front
IN the mask that enabled him to see.
He used garden hose as an air line
and connected it to bicycle pump
so that he could be supplied with air.
The principle followed in making the
helmet was that SO long as air was
pumped into the helmet water would
stay out-a principle used in diving
bells for many years.
The youngster obtained the help of
his father in his stunt, tied irons to
himself and with life line made fast
to his body went down to the bottom
of the lake in about 20 feet of water.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-19

the equipment tested, we journeyed to
Jones Beach to make our experiment
al dive in Zachs Bay. The description
and the result of the test was to be
broadcast over coast-to-coast hook
up of radio stations. At 1870 every
thing seemed to be in readiness for
the broadcast at o'clock.
One minute to two-the zero hour.
Ben Grauer, the announcer, raised his
hsud and said, "Stand by" Everything
was in readiness. Norman Engelsen,
my assistant, helped me put on large
iron shoes weighing % pounds apiece,
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PUPIL AWARDS
At RECITALOF
LOCAL SCHOOL
Washington Musical In.
stitlifp Holds Its Com
mpncpmpnt Exercises.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

The Graduate School of the Wash
ingt0n Musical Institute was heard IN
recital last evening following the
distribution of awards i'll the COM
mencement exercises. A teacher 5
diploma WAS presented to Mary Paul
Freeman by DR.. Edwin N. G. Barnes,
who. i'll All opening address. spoke
of the plans for the enlargement OF
the faculty for next year. A gold
medal for highest all-around scholar
ship, which Is II surprise presentation
at the commencement, WAS given 10
Mrs Freeman.
The musical program which fol-
lowed was Of an unusually high order
and disclosed some noteworthy talent.
Mrs. Freeman began the concert with
the Bach Allegro" from the Eng lisll
Suite i'll A Minor" and later played
MendelsSohn Song Without Words
in F. Major" and MOszkOWSkIS Con
cert Waltz in E Major" A fine mu-
steal intelligence combined with u
technical equipment which allows OF
minute StreSSing of nuance distin-
guiShed each Of Mrs. Freeman's in
terpretatiOnS. Another pianist OF
marked ability was Bertha Gordon.
whose warm temperament gave a
glowing color to the Rachmaninoff
arrangement OF M0uSSorgSky S
"Hopak" and Balakiref's "L'Alloutte."
Winifred Chamberlain was heard in
the Hummel-Siloti Variations OH q
Theme by Chuck" played with refine
ment and deliCacy.
F'reida Etelson proved herself
violinist far beyond the student class
in her playing OF the fourth move
ment of Lalo's Symphonic EspaSnole'
and Barnes Swing Song" Graceful
phrasing. directed with understanding,
poetic feeling and artistic poise made
her performance most enjoyable
one. Helen lie Fevre Lyons, III Zim-
baliSts Suite III Ancient Form,
showed a well-developed mualclanShlp
The vocal department was repre-
scented by Mary A. Stevens, who sang
the aria. III Est DouX, II Est Bon.
from Massenets ''Iierodlade" Esther
Bibber. who gave Plus Grand Dams
Son Obscurite." from GounOds Queen
of Sheba.' with, dramatic effect;
Harry Batsman. in Handel's Hear
Me. Ye Winds and Waves" and Clay
ton Wornson in Songs Of Araby' and
OHara's Give Man a Horse"
The program concluded with
Haydn's Military Symphony" played
by the Washington Musical Institute
Ensemble, directed by Marguerite
Carter. The ensemble, a new organ
ization at the institute. already DEM
onstrated the results Of good training,
playing with precision and standings
unmarried by any departure from
pitch. The accompanies of the eve
ming were Edgar T. Paul for the voca-
lists. Leah Effenbach for Miss EtelSon
and Charles !. Davis, jr.
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AND ANOTHER
PICTURE ON
C. MEN THEME
This Time 1t Is "PubIic
Hero Numbe, l." With
Plenty Of MeIOdramd.

Metro GoldWVl- Mayors contribu-
ton TO the current cycle Of pictures
clarifying the Department of Justice
is perhaps the ShreWdeSt and certainly
the gayest penny dreadful III the seT-
les. Public Hero No. l." which moved
its tommy gun and bad men into the
Loew's Fox projection room yesterday.
resorts to all almost classical simpllc-
ity OF narrative. eschewing the gau-
der mixtures Of ingenuity in favor Of
straight shots Of m- lodrama, with an
occasional twist OH the side.
The hero Of this accelerated thriller
seems TO care very little for the Sher-
lock Holmsie deductions which pre-
occupied his predecessors. lie never
attempts to tell the color OF a muir
derer's eyes by measuring the size Of
his footprints. or count the number
OF gray hairs ON bank robbers head
by making microscopic study OF his
sweetheart's left glove. As played by
the vigorous Chester Morris, our
hero is merely an earnest young man
of remarkable directness who works
his way INTO the confidence of a gang
where he has only to use his eyes
and ears to find out what goes on.
Bent on the eradication of evil from
the earth and the protection Of the
flower of American womanhood. he al
most puts his entire career on the
fritz while pursuing the latter ex-
ceedingly commendable ambition.
Fortunately, however. he is able to
set things Alright again before the
fade0ut, although no one could have
blamed him very much if he had not,
since the object of his chivalry was
the liSSome Miss Jean Arthur. whose
performance in this anedOte qualities
her as a legal excuse for neglect of
duty.
Miss Arthurs smile injectS a leaven
Of sanity in whatever mad murder
historiette she chances to adorn. she
underlines her characterization skill
fully, scores some resounding laughs,
and now and then Jerks an honest
tear without in the least slowing up
the. pace of her scenes. She even
dominates occasional moments before
the camera with the veteran Lionel
Barrymore, whose thinning OF drunk
en- medico Is guaranteed to amuse.
The third top performance is that Of
Joseph Calleia. cast as a plug-ugly
who undoubtedly got his early train
ing for the profession by biting the
ears off kittens. When the Holly
wood academies hand out histrionic
laurels this year, Mr. Calleia is a sure
bet to be elected the meanest man
Of the season. Paul Kelly, Lewis
Stone and Sam Baker contribute
expert bits
Headlining the Fox stage bill this
week are Al Siegel. pianist. and Car
olyn Marsh, a girl crooner whose
voice is good imitation of Gertrude
NiesSen's, which is high praise in
deed. She sings one or two of the
Niessen numbers pleasantly. but
slipped up in attempting a dramatic
reading chorus Of Isle of Capri"
which got laugh from the unsenti-
mental balcony gods. The other acts
are Charley Foy's insane "Buehouse
Blues; Sammy White. diverting &C.
centric dancer. who fares not SO well
when he goes comedian. and Don Lee.
Louise and the Sinclair Twins, a nice
opening number. r. B. p, Jr.
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-Ethel Barrymore in De
classee." at 2:20 and $40 pm.
R-K-O Escape Me Never"
at 1876 am, 1880, 3:24, 5:lS. TAP,
9:06 and IL pm.
LOew's FOx-"Public Hero No. l."
at l0:45 am. 1870. AIS. 7:O5 and
S:55 pm. Stage shows at l2:35, $40,
6:lU and 8:55 pm.
EArle-"Girl from Tenth Avenue "
at 1920 am. l2:40. 3:05. $50, 7:35
and 1910 pm. Stage shows at IL 80
AN, 2:l5, 4 40, 7 and $50 pm.
Palace-"Doubting Thomas" at
Has am. 20, 3:25, 5:35, TAO and
9;45 pm.
Metr0pOlitan-"Flor Dagger"
at ll:l0 am, 1855, 2:45. 4:3O, els,
= and $50 pm.
BelAsc0-"Unfnished Symphony, Fat
1892 am, 1872, 1882, $40. 7:45, 9:35
pm. and 1904 AIN.
COlumbia-"It's Small World" at
1915. 2:l0, 4, 4. 7:50 and GAS pm.
Little-"Sins OF Love" for men
onlU, at 10 am, 1890, 3;45. 5:45.
8:45 and 10 pm.
Laddie," at 2, 4:l0, 6:l5,
and $50 pm.
Ambassador -"McFadden Flats,
at :. 4. 6, 1850 and 9:35 pm.
Howard-"G Men" at 1880 am,
$50. 4:l0, $50 and $50 pm. Stage
shows at l, 3:2O, 40, 8 and 1920 pm.
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CHANGE IN VIEWS
LAID TO ROOSEVELT
G. O. P. Reprints Remarks Of
President Opposing Federal In
trusion Upon States Rights.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Republican National Commit
tee has issued a booklet listing, with
out comment, assertions made by
President Roosevelt as Governor Of
New York generally opposing Federal
intrusion upon the rights Of the States.
in one of the first political moves
of the kind since last Falls campaign,
it left the clear implication that the
President had altered his views in
calling for Nationwide decision on
whether the National Government
should have the authority which 1t
sought to exercise in N. r. A.
The excerpts from Roosevelt
speeches the committee summed up
Oh the title page with:
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"As Governor.
warned against
Federal control by master minds
Breaking down powers Of States.
Federal fixing Of local utility
rates.
Federal interference with COM
merce between States.
Federal Government running your
life and mine.
Setting up in Washington q gov
eminent by oligarchy masquerading
as democracy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-08
NEWEST FILM
OF CHILLS AND
FEVER SCHOOL
THE FlOrentine Dagger
Frightens Actors More
Than AUDIENCE.

Ben Hecht's usually effective and
horrific pen slipped slightly in scrib-
bling THE Florentine Dagger" a
scratchy and uneven fee-faw-fum
yarn, which opened yesterday at the
Metropolitan.
SparSely Sprinkled with chills and
ghostly fevers. the latest Clue Club
production lacks the essentials Of the
successful hobgoblin charades. 1t Is
alternately gay and morbid, without
the benefit of great wit or efficient
ghosts. and, solely dependent upon the
famed Warner Bros. stock company
for its interpretations, the story had
the additional misfortune To be mis-
cast.
Donald Woods, one OF our most
earnest Juveniles of the day, gives
practically no one but himself the
creeps as he attempts to portray the
last OF the bloody Borgias, while
Henry ONeill Is both too well man.
nered and smiling to inspire much
hatred ere he is stabbed and labeled
a scoundrel at the conclusion of sun
dry laggard sequences.
Mr.. Woods is meant to be the last
living descendant of that playful Ital-
ian family so dearly remembered for
its whimsical murders and suicides
Afraid that the ancestral taste for
Sitting Threats will interfere with his
social career. he decides to poison
himself, chin up and cheerio. A
kindly psychiatrist saves him from
self-destructiOn and leads him to the
authorship Of play in which the
lmpresario'S daughter Is starred
When the producer is prettily carved
10 death with an old Borgia family
heirloom, both the author and the
star are suspected by Robert Barrat,
the most impolitely f1ippant sleuth yet
invented i'll the films. Since lovers
are automatically exempt from guilt
In a celluloid mystery-and there are
only two other people who have the
remoteSt chance Of being connected
solving this crime puzzle will not be
much OF a strain on audiences. ANY
one who hasn't guessed at the end OF
the first two-thirds Of the tale goes to
the foot of the class
The Met program this week includes
fashion short and a musical act
staged by Dave Appollon and his
vaudeville unit. r. B. p, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-08
FAMILIAR PLOT ON
SCREEN AT COLUMBIA
Its a Small World" Has Some
Excellent Players. but the Story
Could Be Improved.

"It's Small World" motion
picture perpetrated by the Fox Film
Co and discriminating as accessories
before and after the fact Wendy Bar
RE. Spencer Tracy. Raymond WAL
burn and Director Irving Cummings.
burst yesterday upon an unsuspecting
public from the screen OF the CO.
lumbia.
or course, it may be a pleasant
and ,unprsposseSSing enough bit Of
entertainment. but 1t certainly suffers
immensely from that Hollywood all
ment known as story trouble, which
is peculiar to those program pictures
which constitute the exhibitors
strongest argument against block
booking.
It's q Small World" has neither
freshness nor original acc0uterments.
1t looks bit as though the movie
moguls just told the director to Use
Plot No. 4 and let him shoot from
the cuff; this hardly could have been
premeditated. 1t Is about 4 boy and
which in this day and age is no I'M
USUAL pfaCc lOI u TAU " meet h iaSS,
and theretlpon discover strong mu-
tual dislike. Bill does not like Jane
because she crashed into his car and
wrecked it. and Jane does not like
Bill because she Is one Of those rich
headstrong girls in photoplays who
have to take mental and moral beat
ing and like it before they can behave
as human beings After numerous
not too important happenings 1t works
out the way you thought it would.
Wendy Barrie. an exceptionally at
tractive and completely capable Eng
lish importation. and Spencer Tracy.
an also able performer. do the two
leading roles as naturally as they can,
but they could not have their hearts
in the commission Of this cinema
task. Raymond Walburn handles q
comedy part in fine fashion, but the
thing is overdone before the end is
reached.
The Columbia program includes also
Musical Cocktail" with Arson
Weeks Orchestra, newsreel and a
comedy, which is in the right place
on the bill with Its a Small World"
H. M,
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CHAPLIN w. c. T. U. UNIT
HAS GOTH BIRTHDAY
Anniversary Is Celebrated by
Program at Sixth Street
Headquarters.

The sixtieth anniversary Of the
Chaplin Union Of the w. c. T. U. was
observed Wednesday night at the
District headquarters. 522 Sixth street.
This is the oldest union in the
District.
The receiving line was headed by
Mrs. Darlington Richardson, president
of the Chaplin Union; Mrs. Jennie
Bailey Wadleigh. president of the Dis
trict Union, and Mrs. Ida w. Ramsey,
vice president. Officers of the Chaplin
Union present, besides Mrs. Richard
son, we're: Mrs. Margaret Keys. first
vice president; Mrs. Charles H. Mont
gomery, second vice president; Mrs.
May H. Dickinson, corresponding sec
rotary; Mrs. Frances Winters, treas
urer, and Mrs. Lula Davidson, record
ing SECRETARY.
A musical program was feature
Of the evening.
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Dog Weighs 238 Pounds.

Strathbogie Cochlarachie Lochinvar
Mister, a Great Dane. owned by A. p.
l.. Gordon, a finance expert in London,
Is Z feet long and weighs 238
pounds. He will answer to all or any
OF his four names. The dog eats three
pounds Of raw meat and a beef heart
daily, and his food costs nearly 81 a
week. He frequently lunches with his
master and Is friendly to the office
force. But he greatly dislikes stock
brokers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-08
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Military Band, at the bandstand, at
$50 O'Clock. John S. M. thinner
mann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner,
associate leader.
March. "Alhambra Grotto" King
Hungarian overture, "Csokonay,"
keler-Bela
Duet for flute and clarinet,
"A Dialogue" ................Ha mm
tPreZioso and Darby)
scenes from the comic opera. THE
Scarlet Feather. LecoQ
Popular numbers
III Take You Home Again. Kath-
CCH '.''. ........ WtSlefUQOTI
The Cuckoo March" Goldman
Waltz suite, Love and Life in vi
emma" .Konzak
Finale. The American Red Cross"
PAMELA
THE Star Spangled Banner"