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MEL0DRAMA IN THIRD
WEEK AT THE ROADSIDE
Among the Moonshiners' Brings
New High in Brilliancy
to Red Barn.

MELODRAMA has reached a roar
49, ing, bombastic, rip-snorting
height for the season at the Roadside
Theater in the current production Of
Among the Moonshiners, an ancient
blood-and-thunder drammy that comes
closer to Murder in the Red Barn
than anything the boys and girls
have done out at their barn theater.
This Is q piece that Is made to
order for the Roadside-made for a
group whose traditions demand heroes
who conquer all, even their inner
selves. and come out righteous; her
oines who suffer long, but remain
ever true and pure; villains who have
not single redeeming hint of decency.
1t is made to order, too, for audiences
that like to boo, hiss and otherwise
heckle mustachioed villains, cheer
beeyootiful heroines and shout ad
vice to various other persons.
Among the Moonshiners. now In
its third week, is all about a saloon
keeper who attempts to do one of his
customers out of legacy; about the
Oman, vintage 1850 or thereabouts.
who saves the day, the legacy and
everything else in sight. and about
the hero, who is reclaimed for his
wife, who loves him even il he did
hook her mothers shawl to get the
price Of cup Of tea at the villains
saloon. This latest of the Roadside
melodramas presents too. a new high
in Nllainy-a diet of salt mackerel.
no water. 1t all is performed with
rare enthusiasm by all concerned
and the only question is who enjoys
it more, the players or the customers.
The best bit of work in the piece
is done by Ralph Fowler, who dons
no less than four DISCUSSES to bring
off the capture of the villain. Eugene
Kressin, too, playing the villain for
this third week OF the plays run, is
splendid in his suave, sinister, oily
performance of various nefarious
deeds. Virginia True and Howard
Wierum are fine as the heroine and
hero, and other contributions of merit
are made by Phyllis Warner. the
closest child actress to the District:
Harold Minor and Ted Tenley.
H. M.
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of moonstruck boy. q gloomy ro-'
manifest. If read with considerable
fire by a handsome buck, Romeo's
speeches can be made to appear those
of great lover. Recited after the
fashion of a star pupil in algebra class.
they reveal puny, moody, vacillating
and ungallant character up to the
transition effected in the tragic re-
Quences. Mr.. Howard warns to the
latter scenes, but usually he still does
not create the impression of a young
fiery and charming fellow This is
one time when he should have waived
the clause in his contract which per-
mits him to be photographed without
makeup. if he chooses. At several
points he appears before the camera
much too realistically as an actor 43
years old. meticulous of speech and
not very robust in physique.
Norma Shearer as Juliet" Since
we had for years doubted that Miss
Shearers histrionic talents consisted
of anything more than certain sac
charine gentility of manner, it is a
pleasure to acknowledge that the lady
is a f1rst-rate motion picture actress,
that she reads to the hilt 95 per cent
of her lines as Juliet, that she was
unquestionably the wisest of all posi-
BILE choices for the role. In the final
portions of the picture the camera
man was not kind in photographing
Miss Shearers head and neck from
certain strained angles, but at every
other moment she Is surprisingly
beautiful. and while she is no Pavlova,
it is doubtful that any other actress
in Hollywood could have done the bril-
liant dance scenes so charmingly, with
such poise and good effect.
Two Hidden ROmeos. One Of these
Is Basil Rathbone. who has been a
competent if somewhat stilted stage
Romeo in his day. No one would ever
want him to return to such fioSsy roles,
however, after witnessing the maguifi-
cent. imperious Tybalt he has created
for the screen. BY this splendid per-
formance Mr. Rathbone removes for
ever the stigma of the crack describing
him as AN elongated umbrella that
has studied elocution."
The other Romeo concealed in the
cast is Ralph Forbes, who read
numerous sides from the role in a
and thereby made it obvious that he
should have been similarly cast in
the cinema. No matter what this
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Powell and Joan BlOndell
ToHave veNautical Wedding
Ceremony to Be Held Sept. 10 on S. S. Santa
Paula Before Pair Leave for New
York via Canal.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

I oLLYWOOD. September CNANA)-Dck Powell and Joan
- Bondei will have nautical wedding Pedro the
Santa September 49, leaving New York
a Canal couples intimate
Evening star., 1936-09-08
EVANS HONORED AT 80
Stage Singer Of so Years Ago Re.
ceives Congratulations.

HOLLYWOOD, September 8 R.-
Eighty-year- Charles Evans, who
sang on the stage half century ago
with "Old Hoss" Hoey, proudly dis
played birthday congratulations yes
terday from George Ade, George M.
Cohan, George ArliSs, Gus Edwards
and a host of other figures of enter
tainment.
A party for Evans Sunday night
was attended by $50 of the motion
picture industry.
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moon is over, they return to Holly
wood by train and start work immedi-
ately on their various picture COM
mitments.
Certain ladies in New York are
said to have offered $25 for the
telephone number Of George Kauf-
man. but Hollywood beauties are
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HORROR DESIRE DOUBTED
Karloff Believes Public Taste De-
mands New Type of Portrayals.

mands New Type of Portrayals.
HOLLYWOOD, September 8 R.-
Boris Karloff, returned from seven
months of picture making in Eng
land. believes the public taste for
strictly horror" portrayals has passed.
But if do five pictures a year, I
think one of them should be in a
heavy makeup role, while the others
should be in rather heavy character
parts" he said.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
FANNIE LAURIE" IN FILM
Ann Rutherford, 1s, to Play in
Musical Short With Terrence.

HOLLYWOOD, September UP.-
Annie Laurie" in a musical short"
OF that title will be l8-year-old Ann
Rutherford. Stanley Merner will play
william Douglas, author OF the song,
and David Terrence will take the.
part of Annies father.
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willing to pay
much more for
that of Marcus
Goodrich, writer,
present number
ne be au in
Mary Astor's life
Alice Faye
is not an ideal
girl to take on
a buggy ride
she would sooner
walk than eat.
T he airy
Grant Mary Bri-
an twoSome Is
QUAR-
Evening star., 1936-09-08

Registration Of all unemployed per-
sons on relief in Canada is scheduled
to start September !.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Howard Unable toConceal|
Romeo Role Weaknesses
Norma Shearer Gives Superb Performance
of Juliet However, Reversing
Earlier Judgments
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, Jr.

I |URTHER reflections On Romeo and Juliet:
said that the o Mr..
Howards due voice sends susceptible ladies into swoong
he delivers fawless reading this don
He however whit of the eoQuence
which nothing
Evening star., 1936-09-08
RITES HELD FOR BALIEFF
Master of. Ceremonies Popularized
parade of Wooden Soldiers

NEW YORK, September Lp).-
The liturgy OF the Russian Orthodox
Church was intoned yesterday over
the body Of Nikita Balieff, famed as
the master of ceremonies who made
The Parade Of the Wooden Soldiers"
popular in his "Chauve Souris" revue.
He died last Thursday.
Members Of the Russian nobility
with their titular head, the Grand
Duchess Marie, joined Broadway no.
tables at the services.
Evening star., 1936-09-08

Women Of England and women of
the south of England recently played
cricket match in Hove, England.
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LINK FEDERAL MOVE
ON STEEL CONCERNS
WITH THE CAMPAIGN
Continued from pare ropel A.

large steel companies on = " =
projects. Is% a.
The industry's organ, 1.-THE
lion Age" charged that hastv &C
ccDtaace Of the collusive bidding
resort BY the administration "for
Obvious political purposes indicat-
ed quite clearly that the steel IN
6uStry has already been singled
out az the whipping boy of the
political campaign"
The political significance Of
steel is assuming increasing i'm
portarce daily with the producers
SwinciNr into line with the Re
publican campaign and John l..
Lewis committee for industrial
organization launching vigorous
Organizing campaign among steel
workers. Lewis also is president
Of the United Mine Workers who
are pledged to work for MI.
Rooscvelt'S reelection.
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resolution for the sit m prlV1l-
coo md the convention unahi-
mously adopted it. 1t reads;
In addition to the designation
of a member of the committee on
platform and resolutions, each
state, district. and territory Shall
name an alternate member OF th&U
committee who shall be Of the OPP
posite sex to the member deSlg-
naUed." NJ.
tionaI Chairman James A. Farley
,Isn was enthusiastic. The Wo-
n,no are entitled to. this recogm-
Hon and | am happy the conven-
ton aeJed faEoEably,, ne Sa.u. :
IarN Y. Dewsom ( chairman OF
~ rs-;0nal woman's advisory
..,r,,oir,.... aid she believed the
,,,.srn.,rs would b. followed by
Kin ruithcr recoGnition. she
immeGlatr!. began Fo.uh& stare
G.lr.-.iuus for thc', elections so
IN, women could meet with the
rlatturm committee. ,..,
Among the fist Elected were
H.. Marc ANTHONY ot trenton,
Tenn. dcIegate-@t-.a.g' Ir9m n.'
state. and Ms. p. \. hctatf2n'
wifi, Of the senator from Nevada
who j. ~ alternate. .l
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-.. Cho - az hut does

questions: She is So, but does
not look 1t. Da
cratic women since the 1882 cam
naiyn. Her major success was III
inventing and organizing the re
porter plan" under which one Wo-
man in each locality is named to
keep herself thoroughly informed
on one activity of the govern
mcnt. and to speak and furnish m
formation on that subject.
Representative Caroline Q, Day,
daIegate-at-large from New York
presented platform recommends
tons of the women to the commit
tee yesterday.
Their 8-point platform includes
a peace platform calling for strong
neutrality legislation, taxing the
profits out of war, and appropri2t-
inc. funds sufficient only for de-
Tense against Invasion and rot Tor
protecting our interests in Tor
eion countries; ratification OF the
child labor amendment: recogni-
tion Of women ION merit and re
rcaI Of laws discriminating against
otherwise qualified persons on the
basis of marital or economic
ststus OF residence; conSumct
ygprcsentation and protection IN
administration of laws affecting
consumers: : strengthening ana eA-
trns;on OF the civil service; an
"aJcouate federal housing pro-
rram:" federal aid to education;
And an individual liberty plank,
opposing teachers Loyalty oathS
and similar special Caths.
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CHINESE TROOPS
ARE ON MARCH AS
CIVIL WAR BEGINS

Continued from paGA one1
Kwantung province for the first
time in the history of the Chinese
republic.
Leaders of Kwangsi and krang-
tung, autonomous southwestern
provinces under the Canton gov
eminent, have warned that an in
vasion will mean war. The Nam
king troops repeatedly crossed the
Kwangtung border last night from
their base in Fukien province.
They were said to be marching to-
wards Chaoleng.
Gen. Chen Chi-tang, overload of
Kwangtung, is rushing troops to
halt the Northern army's advance,
which already has carried them
more than Is miles inside south
western territory, through the tor
tuous Hsing-Shan mountains.
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FURTHER TURN
TO LEFT SEEN
Resolutions Sub Committee
Loaded With ardent"
New Dealers
By ARTHUR 2. DEGREVE
Copyright 1886 by United Press)

PUTTADEJ PUTA. June 25.-
0IPlNSarnn II s senators and
I've othey New Dealers drafting
the 1896 Democratic platform
ran into unexpected trouble last
night which may bring many
hours of delay in completion O.
the marty pledges.
Senator Robert +. Wagner,
New York, chairman of the plat
form draftcrs and close friend Of
President Roosevelt. m er g d
from 4 hotel room after two
hours Of debate on various planks,
to rerort their task was begged.
eve do not eypcct TO have anv-
thing before early morning-if
then" he said.
Wagner. who worked closely
with Mr.. Roosevelt IN preparing Il
tentative platform draft which
vas submitted TO the sub-comnit-
tee. was in shi.tsleCvcs. his neck
+io askcW. He did not appear wor-
lied but when asked if his an
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near agreement.
n the slow progress APP
parcntIy being made by the New
nnaI carpenters. there were no
;nJirat,ons that Mr.. RooseveIt's
nr;cinal draft would be cmascu-
Iatrd before il reaches the CON
ention floo-.
The United Press was inform
od from several sources that 1t
,y,s still! possible to complete ac-
+ion on the platform in time to
s,aallt it to the convention. &C
cording to schedule. some time to
night. 49,.
.Tehting liberals appal entity
had Won the first round Of Their
struggle 10 push the Democratic
r.,.f1. farther 10 the left when
convention leaders loaded d reso,,
lu1ions subcommittee, which Will
whip the 1886 platform into final
form. win ardent New Dealers.
Seven Of the y members OF
the group are members OF the
United States senate Five Of tn"
srrators-Robcrt +. Wagner. New
York. chairman OF the Full COM
mirtce; James T. Byrnes, South
Carolina: Carl Hatch, New Mex
leo: Joseph O'l;ahoney, Wyoming.
and Hugo Black, AlaDama-aIr
strong administration followers
ana supporters Of al Roosevelt
iihel@! policies.
The other two senators, David
7 Walsh, OF Massachusetts, ant
Robert Hulkley, OF Ohio, have dis
agreed with several Ne" Deal pol
icies and voted against admins
r,ation measures. Other known
liberals on the subcommittee are
Waync Coy, delegate from indi-
ana and spokesman for Governor
Paul McNurt. close friend CT the
president, and Frank Murphy.
philippine islands high commits
siGuQT
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WOMEN SIT IN
FOR DRAFTING
OF PLATFORM
Democratic Precedent Is
Shattered By Their
Admission d.
By, RUBY A. BLACK 80.
limited Press Staff Correspondent

CONVENTION HALL, Phila-
delphia. June -. - {UP). - The
Democratic national convention
shattered precedent yesterday and
cave 90 women the right 10 sit
IN on drafting the 1886 plat
form.
Only two will have a vote unless
the man from her state or terri
tory is absent, as all are alter
mates except two from Puerto Rico
with a half vote each. Right now
This doesn't mean much, but It.
was an opening wedge the women
politicians have been trying lcrI
years to drive and il probably ~,
see them on platform commits
of The future.
Spokesmen for the ladies before
tho convention vas Gov. Pau. y.
NcNutt OF Indiana. He Offered p
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z ARE INDICTED In
SPY PLOT CHARGES

CONTINUED from mage one)
searched msuccesSfully for him
at the Mexican border.
Espionage charges again t
Thompson were delayed in the
hope of arresting Miya2aki.
The indictment charges the pair
"conspired with various other per-
sons whose names at this time are
unknown" Thompson will be kept
incommunicado and questioned by
agents before he is arraigned in
federal court.
Miyazaki, according to naval
agents, was reported to be lieu
tenant commander in the Japa-
nese navy. 90
The indictment charged 10
covert acts" but contained only
two counts, ''espionage and con-
spiracy."
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GROUP VOTES TO END
TWO - THIRDS RULE
fContinuct. :.om page. one)

(COntinucI :"0m page. one'
tends as they listened to Robin
con Int under The surface the
fires of revolt were burning.
Dixie took its stand Yesterday
IN favor Of retaining the two
thirds rule and announced 1t
would die at the barricad@$ in de-
fansn of it. The rule provides that
two-thirds of the delegates, IN
stead of simple majority, must
vote for = man before he can be
declared the nartv's nominee. ,
CONGRESSMAN +. f. Cox OF
GEORGIA. led the faht for the
Sohth. c0ntencin@ that the two
thirds rule gave Dixie the loud.
clear voice in the direction CT
rarty affairs which it deserved.
Across the table from him was
senator Hcnnott c. Clark, Of MS
souri,, whose father lost the preSi-
Dental nomination to WoodroW
Wilson at baltimore IN l"lZ'
Champ Clark got a majority vote
Of that convention on seT@fai
ballots but never could reacn
two-thirds. That is why Behhctt
Clark. IS chairman Of the rules
committee. is Going to cast MS
vote today in favor Of abo!lshihg
the two-thirds rule.
The Souch and the North nuII"d
this fcud last night when ROBIN
SON.. l.~io. r.v tra3.r of TIE sen >,
ate and the man who gets the JOB
Of dr~.r:;n~ down the I;crublic1T;"
cvc,y thrcn months or 50, strobe
to the njarfo.n2. lie was 10 nav ( I
been elected permanent chairhlan
Of tn, convention last night nGt
the r~iir-c Of the q edent!&ISS
committees ID rcDort made that
Evening star., 1936-09-26

hoped that he might catch O half
grown young Rat. However. the Rats
seemed TO be up In the barn, and Unc'
Billy merely heard them now ana
then.
He was Just about ready to give up
and 60 back to the Green Forest when
he made . discovery. It was won
derful discovery. At least, it was
wonderful discovery from Unc' Billy's
point of view. What do you think he
found? Can you guess? 1t was some-
thing Of which he Is very fond. It
was something he had given up all
hope Of finding. What was it7 A nest
OF hens eggs. Yes, sir. Unc' Billy
found q nest OF eggs. A hen had stolen
her nest there, as the saying Is when
a hen goes OF somewhere and hides
nest
Now Unc' Billy did gloat over those
eggs. There were eight OF them. Yes.
sir, there were eight eggs. The won
der was that they had not been found
by some one else. 1t happened, how
ever. that neither Reddy Fox, Jimmy
Skunk nor Billy Mink had visited the
barn for . long time. As for Robber
the Rat, he and his tribe had had
plenty to eat In the barn above. SO
the nest had gone undiscovered.
Unc' Billy forgot his sore tail. H.
forgot everything but those eggs. He
just made himself at home there and
feasted until there wasn't an egg left
Then. because he had eaten so much,
he curled up for a nap. He curled up
right in the very nest in which he
had found those eggs.
(Copyright. 1885,
Evening star., 1936-09-26
Bedtime Stories
Unc' Billy Goes Exploring

philosopher is. 1t is one Who takes
things as they come. Unc' Billy does
Just this. Like most folks, Unc' Billy
has many. many disappointments.
But when he has a disappointment he
doesn't waste time thinking about it.
'Ah just goes out and tries some
thing else" says Unc' Billy. and his
example is one that it would be we'll
for some folks know to follow
AS soon as it was really dark, Unc'
Billy came out from his hiding place,
He did climb over into the hen yard
just to satisfy himself that he couldn't
get into the hen house. He didn't ex-
pect to be able to get in, so he WASH.
disappointed when he found that he
couldn't get in. He went up into
Evening star., 1936-09-26
NEWLYWEDS GET
HOME BUYING AID
Many Take Advantage OF
Services of F. H. A.,
Official Reports.

Reports received by the Federal
Housing Administration indicate that
o good percentage Of new homes pur-
chased under the Insured Mortgage
System are being bought by newly
married couples.
In the opinion of Federal Housing
Administration, the proportion Of
newlyweds moving into new homes is
greater than in many years, and will
continue to rise during the coming
several years.
This opinion is based on the fact
that the insured mortgage system
provides a means to home ownership
almost as easy as paying yourself
rent" and that this new method Of
home ownership is being used at a
rapidly accelerating rate throughout
the country.
There we're l,060,554 marriages per-
formed in the United States in 1881,
the latest year for which Official fig
ures are available. The number has
been considerably less in the years
since then, but is believed to be ap-
preaching again the predepression
level. according to reports
Under ideal conditions" officials
stated, each newly married couple
should have a new home in which to
start their new life together. Even in
the boom years. however, only a small
proportion OF newlyweds were able to
move into homes of their own"
One of the chief causes of this in
ability to own home was the lack
of reasonably sure and easy method
of buying home
Such method was established.
however, in 1884 under provisions Of
the national housing act and already
has come into national use.
The majority of persons contem-
plating marriage today may make
satisfactory and immediate arrange
ments for home ownership by paying
themselves rent without undergoing
the long interval of waiting for rain
bows end or assuming heavy financial
obligations
THE insured mortgage system Of
the Federal Housing Administration
is the stanch ally of the newlyweds
or others eager to purchase a home.
Under this system, homes need not be
the far distant dream to be attained
at an advanced age. but are within
easy reach to be readily acquired and
thoroughly enjoyed while purchase is
being made"
Evening star., 1936-09-26

Farmer Browns dooryard. He first
made sure that Bowser the Hound
and Flip the Terrier were not out
Finding nothing to eat there, Unc'
Billy went over to the barn. He went
around behind the barn. He could
get under it there. and this he did.
Unc' Billy was exploring He had
learned by experience that it pays to
be thorough. Even when he comes To
a place he is sure he will not find any
thing. he examines 1t just the same
AS a result he once in a while has a
happy surprise.
"Ah reckon said he to himself,
that it isn't much use TO- me to go
in here. Probably Jimmy Skunk done
look it all over, or Reddy Fox or Billy
Mink. But All haven't anything 10
lose but time. and All done got all
there is OF that"
So Unc' Billy began poking about
underneath the barn. Now and then
he would hear squeal. ''Robber the
Rat. or one of his family" Unc' Billy
would mutter to himself. He rather
Evening star., 1936-09-26
WOMAN DIRECTS 30
AT BIRD SANCTUARY
Assistant Landscape Engineer Be-
gan Career With Interest
In Garden Clubs.
b. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
PETERSBURG. Va. September 2e.
Mrs. West Holden, housewife with.
out formal training, is supervisor and
assistant landscape engineer of a w.
P. A. project here which Is employing
80 women relief workers in convert
ing 1,500 acres into a bird sanctuary.
Mrs. Holden, whose interest in
wild life and horticulture began in
garden clubs, learned her new profess
sion as she worked, and now has
taught her corps Of workers to distin-
guish the more than 40 varieties of
birds that have been attracted to the
sanctuary.
Under her direction the workers
have cleared the prepared Lee Park
and transplsnted 21,045 plants, in
GLIDING 500 redbud and dogwood trees
about lake.
Evening star., 1936-09-26

cool weather ANIMALS as Salpiglossis.
Viscaria oculata, Nemesia and annual
chrysanthemun.
Among these South African ANIMALS
Is Venidium fastuosum, which has
been praised very highly.
To evade the early Summer heat
the seed may be started indoors about
the middle Of March. When the cold.
frame is a safe place against frost,
transfer them there and finally set in
the bed or border after all danger Of
frost Is past.
Evening star., 1936-09-26

So he remained in his hiding place
until after dark. He heard Farmer
Browns Boy shut the hens up for the
night. He knew that then there
wasn't q chance that he would be able
to get into that hen house. He would
have to do without a chicken dinner
He wouldn't even be able to get an egg
or two.
Now, like most little people Of the
Green Forest and the Green Meadows,
Unc' Billy is something Of philos-
opher. OF course. you know what .