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Evening star., 1936-06-20

posed to be conductive to prophesy, l.
will go overheard and say that Mr..
Ameche makes a better blond than
brunette prediction definitely in a
class with the box writer's soothsay-
ing anent a recent scuffie in Madison
Square Garden. 1t might also be
said that Mr.. Ameche will never play
in company with worse luck, for Jean
Hersholt, the star of the production,
is cast as q twentieth century Job
whose wife dies, whose favored son
runs away to America, whose youngest
offspring is deaf mute.
Mr.. Hersholt, definitely embittered
because his senior son has no yen
for life in a steeple, dismiSses that &C.
centric hopeful with harsh words,
wanders about despairingly trying to
find some one to cure the other child's
affliction. Just when he seems about
to get an even break and the runaway
son writes, telling him to come on to
New York, share in his success and
bring the ailing brother over for ex-
pert treatment, the aSsiduouS fateS
kick poppa Hersholt in the teeth again
and down he goes, down to scrubbing
American floors, sleeping in bowery
flop houses and carrying sandwich
signs for the princely salary Of so
cents a day.
This endless series of dismal events,
which prove at least as wearing on
an audience as climbing Mount
Everest on stills, is frightened at
last by the entrance of Allen Jenkins
in one of his happy bum roles and
the discovery that Mr.. Hersholt's long
lost son ibid mention that his baby
boy was supposed to have been blown
up in the World War?) had escaped
demolition and taken to composing
symphonies in big way. The re-
union of father and son winds up one
of the marathon ordeals in screen
history.
In passing permits me to note that
the title Sins of Man" has absolutely
nothing to do with the story.
Things are in more jovial state on
the Fox stage this week AS a starter
Phil Lampkin presents an overture
that is neither too loud nor too
funny, medley Of operatic airs reach
ing its peak in the Meditation from
That's" wherein the maestro's string
section does itself inordinately proud
Next came a small young lady who
performed gargantuan stunts on a
swinging rope cher name is Mickey
King and then Jumping Jackie
Heller, whose frantic antics may make
you nervous, but who nevertheless is
an expert song oer-uper. He stopped
Evening star., 1936-06-20

In March of
Time Story
"ShoW Boat" Begins
It's Fifth Week on
Keith Program.

THE possible return of a Hapsburg
to the Austrian throne, a study
in crime prevention, and the current
history of that batty battle Of blonds
being waged between Dallas and Fort
Worth, combine to make the new re-
lease of THE March of Time" yes
terday added to the program at R-K-O
Keith'S Theater. chapter in this
pictorial journalism series that should
be seen. It's one of the most COM
pletely interesting yet.
The return of Otto to Austria and
the restoration of lands and titles to
exiled members of the proud Hapsburg
family have given the March of
Time" editors opportunity to turn out
brief and comprehensive history of
the name, from its birth, centuries
ago, when Austria meant a large slice
OF Europe, to today, when Austria Is
3 minor state Sandwiched In between
Germany, Italy and the Little Entente,
and Hitler and MuSsolini look upon 1t
with greedy eye.
The case history Of young criminal,
bred in slums, starting with petty
thievery, doing time" in a reform
school, and finally graduating to major
crime. which leads to murder, is
March of Times" cogent editorial
endorsement Of plans to cure crime
before it starts, by the cooperation
OF welfare egencies in child education.
Humor and brightness are added to
the current March Of Time" release
by the city fathers Of Dallas and Fort
Worth in their battle to see who shall
turn out the warmest celebration of
Texas centennial. and by Billy Rose,
who has brought Jumbo" and hun
dreds of "eye-bedevilling coryphees"
to Forth Worth to make Texas the
biggest State in the Union" he says.
UniverSal's gala festival of song and
sentiment, the perturbation Of SHOW
Boat" continues into its nth week at
Keith's, which is as 1t should be. for
Show Boat" Is something nobody in
town should miss. It has Irene Dunno
as very pleasant Magnolia, Paul
Robson singing "Or Man River"
Helen Morgan singing II Can't Help
Lovn' That Man. Charles Winninger
as Cap'n Henry, Jerome Kern, music.
and has been directed with an un-
canny hand by James Whale. It's a
topping MIN entertainment. H. M.
Evening star., 1936-06-20

Summers and cold Winters of the
east"
Moore was in pictures during the
silent days, "18 years ago before you
were born" he says CALAMITY. See
that woman in red over there?" He
points to a middle-aged graying dress
extra That's Cleo Ridgely. She's
first silent stars and gave up the
movies to raise twins, now 18 years
old"
George Metaxa, late of Rumania,
London and the New York night clubs
he's the singing orchestra leader in
II Won't Dance"-gloats, America is
a Wonderful Place. You can never tell
what will happen. One moment you're
down and out without dime in your
pocket, the next you're in Hollywood
on top of the world with money pour
ing in faster than you can collect" +"
Those who should know predict speedy
screen fame and fortune for Metaxa
The dark-eyed European is scheduled
for an important role in Street Girl"
starring Lily Pons.
Frank Capra used 80 youngsters
from Los Angeles Chinatown to play
Tibetan school children in Lost Hori-
zon," which he is now making with
Ronald Colman as the star. Half Of
them were boys, ranging from to 8
years old. The girls were about the
same age.
AS they finished a school scene, with
Jane Wyatt leading the little ones in
singing, Capra explained the subse-
quent action.
"All of you boys race over to the
swimming hole, throw off your clothes
and jump into the water" said the d.
rector.
where's our swimming suits?"
asked one Chinese lad, about S.
You haven't got any swimming
suits" laughed Capra, you go in just
the way you were born"
What" exploded the little fellow,
pointing to the little girls, "in front
of all those dames?"
Capra arranged to have the danes"
turn their backs so as not to offend
the sensibilties of his modest young
charges.
'Ctpyrlsht 1886. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance IncJ
Evening star., 1936-06-20
"Met' Film
Has Thrills
And Action
"Border Flight Is
Tale of Coast
Guard Flyers.

ESPITE the fact that its plot is
the one about the fellow who
was alright all the time and
~ you knew he would get the
girl and the chap who was heel"
far all but the last 107 feet of Gel
luloid when he turned noble and
saved the day Border Flight"
which yesterday came to the Metro
politan, turns out to be a pleasant
and thrilling hours entertainment.
The tale has to do with brave Coast
Guard flyers who crash and get them
selves burned to death and otherwise
inconvenlenced in the process Of put
ting to end a fur smuggling racket.
You're never kept in the dark as
to what is going to happen next. You
know for instance that Grant With
ers is the william of the piece as soon
as he comes on the scene; he has
the look about him You know also
that John Howard is the hero, be-
cause he lands an airplane without
any wheels and only the leading men
do that in the movies.
pretty early in the piece, you can set
tie back with no fear of being suddenly
startled by surprising plot twists.
You'll know that Robert Cummings
is going to be the first to go on ac-
count of he is such an intense young
feller that he is Immediately tagged
to drag in the pathoS; that Mr.. With
ers will join the smugglers when his
exploits cause him to be booted from
the Coast Guard service; that Mr..
Howard will trace the smugglers to
their lair and save the gal, and that
everything will end just as happy as
can be.
But knowing all these things in ad-
vance, you still won't be bored by
Border Flight" 1t paints the men
of the Coast Guard and their bravery
and their traditions with the proper
respect and, while it will not go down
in Hollywood history, it still has
enough air thrills and flying action to
give you an enjoyable hour or SO.
Roscoe KarnS does a very fine job
of acting in an incidental role, Miss
Frances Farmer is attractive as the
feminine interest, and Howard and
Withers are authentic The air shots
all have a feeling of reality about
them, too. H. M.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
"UNDER TWO FLAGS"
BACK AT COLUMBIA
War to End War for Cinema's
Foreign Legion Returns for
Third Week.

1nlro w eek.
81" TNDER TWO FLAGS" the war
to end wars fer the cinema's s
Foreign Legion, returned to Loew's
Columbia yesterday to begin its third
week on F street. Ronald Colman,
Victor McLaglen, Claudette Colbert,
RoSalind Russell and $4,000 gents clad
in sheets and pillow cases star in the
spectacle, lively melodrama built
on the pattern familias Of the hand
some hero who joins the Legion to
forget and forget and forget.
Miss Colbert is Cigarette, the dar-
ling OF a rough and tough regiment
stationed in darkest Africa, and Miss
Russell represents a cool, well-pressed
British lady out for a Summing jaunt
in the desert tenements. Mr.. Colman
makes successful goo-goo eyes at both
Judy O'Grady and the coloners lady
in quick succession, an adventure
leading subsequently to vastly excit-
ing wars and rolling on the sand
dunes. At one point a wicked shiek
who has captured the redoubtable
Ronald threatens to play soccer on
horseback, using him as the ball This
tasty promise, lament to report, does
not materialize, but there is a deal of
shooting, whooping and wild riding
that makes for entertainment on these
sultry nights. r. B. p, r.
Evening star., 1936-06-20

is, as we said before, left violently
in the lurch.
THIS weeks stage show at the Earle
is less ambitious than the film
Mr.. Edgar kennedy. popular Holly
wood funny man, has an act which
is not by any means up to his cinema
antics. Loretta Lee of radio fame
sings agreably, Brown and Ames have
a moderately amusing act and the
Bebe Barri girls kick their heels in
the air with average results.
The whole business is not, however.
one mite as good as that Sybil Jason
technicolor short" called The
Changing Of the Guards" or the
"Merrie Melody" which is also in
cluded. In fact, the stage show seemed
pretty bad.
X \
THERE is little more to be said
about Fury" now in its second
week at the Palace. Its a good Aim.
Go see it!
Evening star., 1936-06-20
CHURCH LAYS PLANS
TO END MISCONDUCT
Cardinal Explains Position in
Connection With Trials
in Germany.
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, June 20-The Catholic
Church in Germany is doing all in
its power to eradicate misconduct"
Johannes Cardinal Bertram said in a
pastoral letter yesterday.
His pronouncement explained the
church's position in connection with
the trials of members of Catholic or
ganizat1onS for moral delinquencies.
CThe Nazi government recently in
dicted 276 Franciscan monks for in
decent acts in various monasteries in
Westphalia and the Rhineland. A
number of the brothers already have
been tried, convicted and sentenced
to prison terms.)
THE betrayal of Jesus by one
apostle could not stain honor of the
other H." Cardinal Bertram said in
exhorting Catholics to regard the
present tribulations as q trial Of
faith
The cardinal complained bitterly
against what he called exceptional
cases" being featured in Nad news
papers, regardless of the pure, un-
selfish lives of thousands of earnest,
clean minded brethren"
Evening star., 1936-06-20
100 Koreans Drowned.

SEOUL, Korea, June 20 CP).-One
hundred Koreans were reported
drowned yesterday when a motor boat
capsized in a storm of the coast of
Southern Korea.
The Japanese News Agency said the
craft was en- route to Shimonoseki from
a small Korean port and carried ap-
proximately 100 persons mostly coolies.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Dancing Sole Objective.

SANTA BARBARA, Calf. (R.-
The City Council, having no fund
from which to appropriate a dollar
q week for corn meal to slicken an
asphalt street for a series of dances,
appealed to shoe dealers for the money,
figuring the wear and tear on shoe
leather would more than return the
investment.
Evening star., 1936-06-20

4eQulIcu LII dIl IlOuI -dIlu-WIl IL
Nevertheless, it is the clowns and
the mint juleps which have the most
fun and in spite of clever perform
ance by Claude Rains as Napoleon,
and a nice dramatic scene in which
Nappy tells Marion that she must give
up Jerome for the sake of France, the
film is buttered on its best side when
it is being Silly-and Edward Everett
Horton is being told that if he was
given a brace of swords the best thing
he could probably do with them would
be to knit himself sweater.
Miss Davies is as handsome as
usual in a style of hair business that
would probably have caused revolu-
ton at that time in Baltimore and
Mr.. Powell sings song in French to
her which he translates in English.
AS these amorous people are beating
around the bush, the Ruggles outfit
is quietly awaiting its turn to pro-
pose to the lady, well lined with
juleps and senatorial quips. The
Senate in this case wins out over
even Napoleon-and poor Miss Davies
Evening star., 1936-06-20
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Soldiers Home Band this
evening at the bandstand at $50.
John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster;
Anton Pointner, associate leader.
March, "On the Goldman
Overture,
bohemian Lift" BergenholtZ
Suite characteristic, Caucasian
Sketches" -Ippolitov
l. In the Mountains"
2. I'm the Village"
3. In the Mosque"
4. Procession of the Sardar."
Excerpts from the musical comedy,
The New Moon" Ronberr
Patrol, THE Crack Regiment" Tobani
Waltz suite, "Eternelle Ivresse"
Everlasting Rapture) Came
Finale,
Americans We" Henry Fillmore
The Star-Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1936-06-20

against her profile, and Jerome Is
left in France believing that he will
wed Marion on the following day
(the dope.
The picture. thanks to the Ruggles-
Horton -Treacher trio, is not difficult
to take. And yesterdays first audi
ence at the Earle seemed to enjoy
it. The theme of a brother Of the
great Napoleon, being sent to America
at the time Of the Louisiana Purchase
and how the poor man doubled" as
a tutor to a charming Miss Patterson
Evening star., 1936-06-20

noticeable thing
about him, apart
from a friendly
hello" is the
large, black flop
py Windsor tie
with which AS
taire hopes to
start a new FASH
ion for evening
wear. Things
are going better
than I expected,
e n t husiastically
says the youthful
director, George
Stevents. "I think
we have a great
Evening star., 1936-06-20
DISNEY AND MISS HARRON
NAMED FOR TAX POSTS
Ex-Representative and California
Woman, SO, Nominated for
Board of Appeals.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt yesterday sent
to the Senate the nominations of
Richard L. Disney of Oklahoma and
Marian j. Harron of California to
be members of the United States
Board of Tax Appeals.
Disney, former member of the
House and a lawyer of Ardmore,
Okla, and Oklahoma City. will sue
ceed Herbert F. Seawell whose term
has expired.
Miss Harron, only 80 years old,
is now property custodian in the office
Of the Resettlement Administration
in Berkely, Calf. formerly employed
in the legal division of the N. r. A.,
she will succeed Annabel Matthews,
whose term also has expired.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
ARMY ORDERS.


Retirements, June 80:
Carlson, First Lieut.. Anna B., Army
Nurse Corps.
Pohl, Second Lieut.. Francis /.
Field Artillery. with rank of First
Lieut..
NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau of Navigation.
OConnor, Lieut.. Maurice A., dis
charged Naval Hospital to home. re-
lieved all active duty.
stoVal, Lieut.. q. G. William S.,
jr, orders June 6 modified, to Navy
Department instead of Naval Observa-
tory.
Deaths.
Larson, Lieut.. Robert Warren, June
II, of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Eaton, Commodore William Colgate.
retired June /.
Evening star., 1936-06-20

the third show yesterday, and evidently
had been stopping em all day long.
Featured on the vaudeville bill are
Molasses n January. further importa-
tions from the radio. Their black
face chatter, all mildly rude" as the
British say, wore all the Somber edge
on the audiences mood and left them
laughing. The closing turn is a
quite paSsable dance revue called
"The Dare Devils" Forgive them their
name, as we forgive movie title in
ventors.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO ENTERTAIN G. A. R.
George w. offutt Appointed Gen
eral Chairman and E. c.
Graham, Treasurer.

Graham, Treasurer.
An executive committee to take
charge Of arrangements for the re-
ception and entertainment Of Civil
War veterans coming here for the an
nual encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic has been named by
the Commissioners.
George w. Offutt was named gen.
eral chairman. Other members are
E. c. Graham, treasurer; Robert j.
Cottrell, executive secretary, and Mai.
Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor.
Representatives of the Army and Navy
later will be selected.
Congress has provided $4,000 for
entertainment Of the G. A. r. in addi-
ton to 81 1000 for public order facilities.
The executive committee win enlist
other members to serve on subcom-
mittees. The general group will han
die expenditure Of funds.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Don Ameche Makes Film
DebutTwicein Sins sofMan'
Plays Part of Elder and Younger Son of
Tyrolean Bell Ringer at
at loves Fox.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS. JR.

YOUNG Ameche, Of
Sins Man" at portion
film
bell and the later he the
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Three Funny Men Star
In Marion Davies Film
Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton
and Arthur Treacher Steal Hearts Di-
vided," Now Playing at the Earle.
BY e. de S. MELCHER.

YERoME BoNAPARTE Charles Rugg Edward Everett Horton and
Arthur Tcher pretty together Hearts Divided which
is now playing History however well Mr. Bona
seen in America blows gently
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Il Won't Dance" Great
Picture, Stevens Believes
Helen Broderick, Musing About Movies, De.
clares "All This Is Fake"-Victor
Moore Likes Hollywood.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLLYWooD June 2O-on the deines of II won't dance out
gambling thick cornfakes-
falling Inside Ginger Rogers being photographed with her
chief Just show the
expode jagged
Evening star., 1936-06-20


Betsy spark
holr-a -en-m film
Evening star., 1936-06-20

BIeIoo NSIIIIlNIo NIIIIBOI . SUWII' III4o',-
ing her face by dangerously narrow
margin.
Fred Astaire Saunters in. The most
Evening star., 1936-06-20

picture" This statement Is prac-
tically unique. Most megaphonists
have been made cautious with ex-
perience.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
WARWICK

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kitchens
and family have moved to Dagsboro
were Mr.. Kitchens has accepted a
position in the lumber mill Of Brea-
sure and Truitt.
Mrs. W. r. MCGEE is on the sick
list. We hope for her a speedy re-
coYery.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Shep Short and
little daughter Marguerite spent
Monday with the latter's brother,
William McGee and family near
Dagsboro. who is slowly conyaIesc-
ing, much to the qualification OF bis
many friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Cooper and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Smith spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Barto.
John and Fayetta Short spent
night with their cousins,
Hazel and Charles Short, Jr.
2 Several in this vicinity are busy /
aking care Of baby chicks.
Mrs. a. II. Lingo entertained sew
raj frienda on Saturday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
THE sTORY OF FHB AAA BIRD
Bv c. e. Qan peWaIker


BY C. e. Van DeWalker
Our Brain Trust discovered a wonder
full bird.
And gave It to cOngress-at least Sc
I've heard:
And they turned it loose at their mas
ter's command.
To fly with its Blue Eagle mate Ger
The scientists named this rare bird
And they said that its mate was the
But some folks have said. when itwas
1t looked very much like the bird called
However this be. it new such q fast
That / distanced its mate. who qoit in
So it We went on alone. this rars funny
bird.
And caused lots OF trouble at least so
I've heard
Some say that they saw him (aud they
Fun Up The young wheat 50 that it
They said he TUNED much cotton and
Ard he killed young pigs in the early
But. wonders of wonders tlis bird
Had plenty q money with which he
would pay,
5or he always rad stacks Of his mas
ter's gold
70 scatter around-that is what I've
Ie often got Chased with a hoe or an
axe.
Jntil IN his anger he levied a tax,
I'll the hunter got out his Injunction
% chase him away and stop an his
t length this bold bird that was called
lad become very violent in his play.
0 the daddy court bird-catcher Of the
1as called for to catch him and take
e looked him wen over from head to
toe,
nd found his Constitution weak: so
fter duly rejecting. he wisely said,
rhis bad bird must die upth he is
Ow tlis swift.ayius bird that once
was so bold,
IN no longer carry his masters bright
) he scars aloft in the sky overhead.
IT the law doctor nan has pronounced
him dead.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
FARMINGT0N

Our revival services AZ Todd'l
Chapel will continue through mex
week. The cooperation Of everyont
IN he community is earnestly de-
Sired
Miss Geneva Thompson Is leader
Of the deYotions 10 the Saturday
Study Circle at Farmington, this
week.
Todd's Bible class meets n the
church, Monday. January 30 At 1850
p. "a. The lesson IS n Chronicles.
1913. Our Juuiof Bible Glass con-
Yenes AZ the same hour.
The fourth quarterly conference
for. Farmlngton charge viii Be held
IN tarmingtOn Methodist Church,
Friday, February z. at 2:SO D. M. A
large attendance will be appreciat-
ed.
Prospect Bible class meets at the
church every "Wednesday night The
lour IS p. m.
Church calendar Sunday, January
Todd's: $3.50 a. m. Sunday school.
0:30 q. n. Preaching. 2. "a. Be
ival SERVICE
EpWorth: 2 .. n. Sunday school.
p. m. Preaching.
Farmington: GAS p. m. Yesper
srviee.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
NelU BOOndOggliRg
Project

The Honorable James A. Farley,
postmaster general and the Demo-
cratic party boss, said sarcastioaliy
the other day that big business
will help build up ehuge fund. FOR
use against the New Deal adminis-
tration IN elections next year.
Which led some Washington wise
crackers to remark that here was
an opportunity for a new Harry L.
Hopkins bOondoggling project. The
idea: install giant bell IN the Cap
itol dome and keep a gang OF men
on three eight-hour shifts to ring it
meFrily every time Genial JIM
turns down a campaign contribution
from any source.
Needless TO say, the bell-ringers
would have no more work to do
than a lot Of Hopkins other boom
iogglers.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17

in "auto repair. with the courteous
use Of Wright's shop as labora-
tory, Under the same supervision.
Frank V. Reedy Is teaching course
in radio electricity with The use 81
Peterman's Radio Shop as labora-
tory BY courtesy 81 Mr.. Peterman,
proprietor, Also under the same SUI
pervision are courses In foreman
ship and sub-foreman training
taught by one Of the outstanding vo-
cational education authorities h the
United States, Mr. Glyer, Of viii
mington. r
Additional courses III practical |
English, spelling, mosquito identifi- /
cation, marsh dora Identification and /
surveying are taught by members Of
the camp supervision staff and the
staff Of forestry person
mel. Mosquito Control Division.
One of the outstanding and most
successful courses OF In
is that for illiterate boys
taught by Benjamin Prohaska OF the
Mosquito Control Supervisory STAFF.
q