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Evening star., 1936-10-18
Seabrook to Speak.

A lecture on Magic and Witch
craft" will be given by william B. Sea-
brook, writer, explorer and adven-
turer, October 26 in the Roosevelt
High School auditorium under the
auspices of Sigma Delta Tau Frater-
nifty.
Evening star., 1936-10-18
new CUTTER, DUANE,
WILL VISIT CAPITAL

ship to Be Used in
Smuggling War.
The new Coast Guard cutter, VII
liam ]. Duane, named for q former
Secretary Of the Treasury, will visit
Washington sometime this week, 1t
was learned yesterday.
This cutter, which is of the latest
type built for the Coast Guard, has
left Philadelphia and Is expected here
Tuesday or Wednesday. The ship is
scheduled to 60 to Hawaii to aid in
the Governments new drive against
narcotic smuggling.
During her stay in port here, 1t is
expected the cutter will be inspected
by high ranking Navy and Coast
Guard official.
Evening star., 1936-10-18
MERRILL ON AIR TODAY

E. D. Merrill, vice president and
general manager Of the Capital Tran
sit Co., will discuss Mass Transpor-
The Washington times., 1936-06-10
M OWL
{ NAONN

EARLE-Mary Ellis. Fatal Lady u
: 1900 a. m, lao, 4:30, 1920,
: 1905 p. m. Stage-12:05, 1885,
: $50, 9:10 p. m.
FOX-R bert Montgomery In
: Trouble for Two" II a. m, las.
4:3O, 1920, 1905 p. m. Overture.
: 1890, 3:15, sos, $50 p. m.
/ Stage, los, $3.50, 6:4O, 9:25
sp. m.
COLUMBIA-Janet Gaynor in
Small Town Girl" 1855 a. M:
2:2S, 1855, 7:lO, 9:40 p. m.
BELASCO - 'The Guardsman,"
Z 1908. 2:06. 1904. 500. 8. 9:5S
kALACE-Ronald Colman in ''Un-
1 der Two Flags" 11:45 q. M,
2:10, 4:35, TOO, $3.50 p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-Irene Dunno in
: "Show Boat" 11:15 a. M, 1919.
: 3:25. 5:27, 7:51, 9:S5 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Grace
) Moore in king Steps Out"
Z 1874 a. m, 1884. 1874. 5:34. 7:34.
: 9:35 p. m.
ETTTLE-"smilin' Thru" 1900
"a. m. 1908. $40. S:24. 1882,
$3.50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-06-10
I Cover HOu yWOOd

'band, william Powell, to the tune
of II over Come Back To Me-"
Nevertheless it doesn't mean a
thing towards any sort OF reconcile
alton.
Thought you'd like to know that
Joan Blondell thinks nothing Of
churning her own butter. Page
Miss Dairy"!!l
The news that Martha Raye has
been signed to appear in The
Big Broadcast of 1887" simply
carries out Bing Crosby'S and
many others predictions that
she'd be a sensation If she ever
struck the screen. She was in
Rhythm On The Range" and
now Paramount will do big things
for her. Oh yes, she sings like
nobody else can Sing-hot music.
Lionel Barrymore has received
more than 800 requests for copy
of the speech called "A Tribute
To a Dog" that he gave vent to
in 1.-THE Voice of Bugle Ann"
Director Clarence Brown has
discovered through advice from
Washington that his magnificent
ranch at Calabasas, California is
located in one of the best parts Of
the country for short wave recep-
ton. AS a result, he's having a
75-foot tower erected and is TAX
ing up short wave radio as his
hobby, so get in touch with him,
short waverS!
The Washington times., 1936-06-10

NumefOl0gy, or the science OF
numbers, has always been aSso-
ciated with some degree Of mys-
terry. But here is a little contest
based on numbers which holds no
mystery whatever, but, rather, $25
In cash and 10 pairs Of Loew's
Palace Theater tickets for those
who can Immediately recall the
names Of Hollywood stars.
On Friday the Palace Theater
will present the driving drama,
Fury" which co-starS Sylvia Sid
ney and Spencer Tracy. Through
sheer coincidence the names Of
Miss Sidney and Tracy each con-
tain IL letters.
So the numeral IL offered q
very novel, entertaining and ex.
tremely simple basis for q contest.
All you are asked to do is to sub
NIT the names of as many movie
players you can think Of whose
names also total IL letters. Movie
directors, stars, featured players,
screen writer's, in fact anyone hay
ing anything to do whatever with
a motion picture whose name will
total IL letters.
AS an illustration, Norman
KraSna, who wrote the original
story Of Fury" has IL letters in
his name. Norma Shearer and
Robert Taylor are two more ex.
ampleS Of 12-letter names.
How many can you think Of?
Jot them down Immediately and
rush them to the Fury" editor
at The Washington Times. If
your list contains the most 12-
letter names, you'll win the first
prize Of $40 in cash. The three
next best lists will each earn q
SIS award. Ten other entrants
will be rewarded with q pair Of
tickets to Loew's Palace Theater
to see Fury" which Walter
Winchell describes as being bet
ter than "A Fugitive from a
Chain Gang" and which other
critics recommend as one of the
finest dramas Of the year and
picture that packs power, punch
and solid entertainment.
Incidentally. through coinci-
The Washington times., 1936-06-10
Moon on River
Lures Crowds

Glorious weather, moonlit skies,
and smooth sailing attracted
record breaking crowds to the vii.
son Line during the past week.
The steamer City Of Washington,
built especially for Potomac River
travel, has four broad spacious
decks, and can comfortably accom-.
modate 2,100 passengers. A nam.
moth 20 600 candlepower search.
light, mounted atop the pilot house,
projecting 9 two-mile beam, is an
added delight to moonlight riders.
Under command Of Capt. John
Emering, the steamer makes four
round trips daily, 10 q. m. and
p. m. to Mt. Vernon and Marshall
Hall, the $50 Sunset cruise, and
the Moonlight cruise each even.
ing at $3.50.
Music and special entertainment
Is provided on both the Sunset
and Moonlight trips by Stephen
LeSieur and the Commodores
The band has been acclaimed by
rtvergoers as the best ever pre-
sented by the Wilson Line. Vocals
are capably handled by Craig Nor
ris, and the novelty swing tunes
are arranged and presented by
Abe Clarr, the pianist.
Marshall Hall Park, Washing
tons playground on the Potomac
River, is attracting more picnick
ers and eXcursionists than ever be.
fore. The grounds have been beau
titled and the buildings modern
lied. New rides and devices have
been added. Under the Supervi
sion Of L. c. Addison, park man
ager, a unique Japanese landscap
ing idea has been achieved. Many
rock gardens and clinging rose
vines have added unusual color to
this historic old Potomac River
playground.
The Washington times., 1936-06-10

/ have box office value. In some
cases where O famous work is
being reissued or made for the
second time O new title gives a
fresh appearance to the feature,
Is. Bank nights and similar
stunts. Dual bills.
They are not evils in this ter
ritory and this corner strings
with those who call them general
nuisances. Nevertheless small
town exhibitors claim they could
not survive without such box
office stimulationS.
IA. Watch important details to
avoid "bOner" accusations.
I think the "boner'' searchers
are the real nitwitS of the moving
going populace. While they are
watching for red ties that ought to
be blue and noting that the clock
says $3.50 when it ought to say 10,
they probably miss the important
trends in the story. Hollywood
pays too much attention to these
flea biters. They deserve as much
consideration as the baseball fan
who goes to the stadium and
squawks if some player makes an
excusable error. While pictures
are made with myriad detail, there
win always be "bonerS." Talking
about these minor faults will only
cease when those who make q
business Of finding and comment
ing on them are claSsed where
they belong, with the dumbbellS
and the smart alexis who never
make a mistake, or refuse to ad-
NIT to one.
SULLIVAN IN VIRGINIA
Your item reporter here is the
towns best fashion editor, Wilma
La Vile.
Margaret SULLIVAN had to
shop for her dinner in Char
lottesville Tuesday night. She
spent the day there, with her
brother, who received q law de-
gree from the University Of Viz
gfnia. The town was crowded,
and when last seen, Margaret
and her brothers party were
going from restaurant to hotel
and back again, trying to find
an available table. She wore .
white linen suit and white hat,
her hair in q long bob, and she
looked charming. A Virginian
herself, she knew many people,
and was particularly gracious to
them, though she avoided the
spotlight generally, as word had
gotten around the camp s that
"SuNavan hunts" were to be
staged all day by the curious.
Ethel Barrymore is the house
guest Of Mrs. Evelyn Walsh Nc
Lean at Friendship and eager to
help out Steve Cochran'S haymow
theater on the Olney Road. But
Miss Barrymore thinks 1.-THE Sec
ond Mrs. Tanqueray" is dated and
will confer with Director Karl
Nelson on her choice for the
Darby farm drama.
Incidentally a feature Of the
Darby Theater will be a museum
of programs, pictures and back
stage relics that Impressario Coch-
ran has been collecting for years.
Jack DAILY made contribution to
the gallery of mementoeS yester.
day in a full-length mirror used
by Duse in her dressing room.
The Washington times., 1936-06-10
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
copyright. 1885. by King Features
2vndicafa Inc

HOLLYWOOD, June 1o.-Much
ado about very little. The Brit
ish Lion Exchange in England
has contracted for the release Of
all Of Republics Ian independent
company next years output,
simply because its picture, "Danc-
ing Feet" which cost $4,000 to
make, crossed in England alone,
half a million. This is amazing
when you consider that the two
stars therein, Joan Marsh and
Eddie Nugent, at the time were
not box office draws.
Jean Harlow certainly has two
great fans in the presence Of H.
Van Marker "a Dutch aviator)
and j. J. vesser (cargo manager
for the Holland,American Steam
ship Lines). When they docked
in New York recently they hired
q car and a nveried chauffeur
and motored all the way to
Hollywood Just to say "How-je-do"
to Miss H, whom they'd never
met before.
The Joseph Schildkrauts are in
the market for a basinette
They're hoping 1t will be a boy
so they can name it Rudolph
In honor Of Joe's famous father,
the late Rudolph Schildkraut.
Luise Rainier slipped on her
bathroom floor the other day and
gave her back a nasty wrench.
Now she's having the entire house
carpeted including the bathrooms
so there won't be any more slip
ping.
On account of Carole Lombard
like the proper type Of music on
the set to get her in the spirit OF
emotional scenes, she played her
last love scene in the picture my
Man Godfry" opposite her ex-hus-
The Washington times., 1936-06-10
New Train

The Super Chief. one Of Amer
ica's crack transcontinental trains,
served as atmospheric background
for recent scenes Of the new Fred
AStaire Ginger Rogers musical,
Never Gonna Dance"
The Washington times., 1936-06-10
Among the Pet Peeves Listed
Are Drinking and Smoking,
'Hoppy Ever After findings
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

General Squawks Meaning what critics find wrong with
motion pictures and the industry generally FILM DAILY
vted the nations movie scrbes to rid themselves of pet
peeves and they make interesting collection of individual
irrations
If the lads and assies who sit in judgment upon the passing
Holywoodana their way the industry would adopt plat
form that would eradicate of its blemshes The commit
Tee resolutions finds these faults and delegate
briefly on the draft:
/. Too much drinking and smoking in pictures.
There is indeed much free swggng and much flag putting
in the modern screen stories But producers will ask: How
are you going mirror life, with its cocktail lounges, its
penthouse revey and night club gayey without bottles and
cigarettes This is swift age wer living in, and all stories
~ ho
The Washington times., 1936-06-10

can t be pastoral.
2. Too many bOnerS in free
treatment Of history.
In this respect the screen can
plead Hollywood license, where
the stage juSti6ieS everything by
dramatic liberty. BY sticking
hard and fast to the historical
facts producers might make better
museum features, but would tney
be as entertaining?
3. Too many theaters run
too much screen advertising ana
3trailerS.
Trailers I find are inclined to be
YepetitiouS. Press agents insist
upon telling the story twice just
as il it meant the things to come
were twice as impressive through
reiteration. I have seen many a
trailer that convinced me one
minute of this stuff was enough,
and under no circumstances would
I be tortured with q full dose OF
mediocrity.
4. Not enough pictures deal
ing with vital social topics.
In this case Hollywood pro
ducers will insist it tries to avoid
controversial stories and features
that invite censorship. Hollywood
Is terribly afraid of treading upon
anybody's toes, for stepping on
community corns or artrontlng
national honor inspires cosby
and troublesome interference.
{. Too much fuss made over
one.hit writers and actors VINO
are signed to lOng-term con-
tracts and then promoted Oy
THE mass, movie public takes
care of this protest. If authors
can't deliver the screen goods
then all the publicity in the world
is of no avail. Some publicity Is
even damaging. Such as that gwen
Clifford Odets, who pirates that
George Bernard Shaw is pasSe
and Eugene O'Neill is dead one.
This challenges most critics to
feeling How good is fat-headed
odets with a purely Broadway
reputation?" :.
6. Too much editOrializing in
news reels.
: See the news reels that suits
YOU best and that pictures actual
happenings. Avoid the features
shat fake the news to suit them
selves and accompany 1t with Tree
editorial opinion.
7. Too many Illogical endingS IN
6ictures, the 'Ehappy ever after
finish being forced when not nee
eSSary.
!. Show Hollywood a satisfactory
box office substitute for the happy
ending and collect a couple OF MIL
lions. The reason that so many
features end in a clinch Is because
those who pay have demonstrated
time and again that's the way
they like the closing shot.
8. Not enough credit given to
writer's for their part in the sue
cess Of pictures.
This is a writer's problem and
not q critical one. The Screen
writers Guild is wrestling With
it at the moment.
: 8. insufficient Identification OF
casts.
This complaint could be met
il producers would adopt gener'
aily the custom Of running the
Gast after the action has been
screened as well as before.
10. Miscasting.
This complaint is as old as the
industry. It will ever be present
while contracts and expediency
are factors in the making Of pic
lures.
II. SenSeIess censorship.
This depends entirely upon who
calls the censorship "Senseless. !"
IL. Changing titles Of popular
works.
.Titles are not changed If they
The Washington times., 1936-06-10
Aviator

Hoot Gibson, star Of '"The Last
Outlaw" Is one Of Hollywood's
baSt-knoWn aviatorS,
The Washington times., 1936-06-10
SIS Cash, Theoter Tickets, For
Twelve Letter Movie Stars

'dence, "Fury" begins its run on
June IL.
Evening star., 1936-09-20

A Landon-Knox Boys Club is in the
making here, because 13-year-old jim
mie Roman, 5616 Nevada avenue,
liked the way Gov. ALT Landon sat on
his horse in a newspaper picture he
saw several months ago.
This picture showed the Governor
and his three children, Peggy Ann,
Nancy 10 and Jack. So impressed
was Jimmie that he wrote Gov. Lam
don, telling him all about the parks
and bride paths in Washington and
expressing the hope he would be
elected so he could meet him when he
came to Washington to live.
In reply Gov. Landon thanked
Jimmie for his expression of good
will, adding:
Il have shown your letter to Peggy
Ann and have told Nancy 10 and little
Jack about your kind wishes, and
they all join me in thanking you for
writing us. I hope to meet you some
day and say thank you in person" I"
Some time after receiving this let
ter Jimmie decided he ought to do
something more about it, so he went
to the headquarters of the Republican
State Committee for the District to
inquire about joining the Landon-
Knox Campaign Club. Learning that
Evening star., 1936-09-20

the membership fee was $40. Jimmie
decided to support his correspondent
in some other manner.
WELL" he inquired, may I wear
a sunflower? How much are they?"
Help yourself" he was told. They
are yours for the asking"
After taking the flower, the boy
said: But I do wish to contribute
something"
He thought the matter over for q
while and then took a nickel from
his pocketbook and laid it on the
counter.
THAT isn't very big contribution"
he said, land I wish I could give
more, but it's all I have"
On being assured that his gift was
more than welcome, he left, taking
sunflowers for his mother and father.
When next heard from, he was hard
at work organizing the Jimmie Ro-
man Landon-Knox Club among his
friends at Alice Deal Junior High
School.
Eight or ten of his friends have
already signifled their desire to join,
and Jimmie said yesterday he ex-
poets to complete the organization Of
the club within few days.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
House Parliamentarian Writes
Manual on Rules of Procedure
Work Viii Be Used to
Help Adrise Speaker
on Debate Control.

BY the Associated Press.
Thirty -year-old Lewis Deschler yes
terday began to redraft the highly
specialized legal system for which he
serves as code maker, chief practi-
toner and supreme court.
Parliamentarian for the House of
Representatives the last eight years,
Deschler is the recognized authority
on the complex laws which govern
that body's procedure.
When the Seventy-fifth Congress
opens he plans to provide it with a
new manual, summarizing regulations
adopted at the last session and a
century-old mass of precedents and
court decisions.
With this book for his sceptre,
Deschler literally will rule the House.
His job Is to advise" the Speaker
how to control debate, curb unruly
Representatives and route bills
through the various committees. Ev-
cry day he must make a score of
hair trigger decisions, each buttressed
with references to the Houses own
parliamentary law.
This legal system rests on four cor
nerstones-the Federal Constitution,
Jefferson's Parliamentary Manual,
formal rules of the House and a few
Supreme Court decisions. In addition
it includes every ruling made by
Speakers of the House for nearly $50
years.
Deschler is a soft-spoken young
scholar with shoulders like a profess
sional wrestler. He mastered the
House system while still student at
George Washington University.
He holds his job through merit, not
political pull. Speaker Nicholas Long
Evening star., 1936-09-20
DROUGHT RAvAGES
IN WEST ON WANE
Ground-C Conditioning Rains Civ.
ing Winter Grains Good
Start.

Ey the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, September 1s.-Drought
scars of two months ago were virtually
removed in many sections Of the
Northwest today, following generous
ground conditioning rains which have
given Winter grains a good start and
alleviated an acute pasturage shortage
in the Dakotas.
j. S. Jones, secretary Of the Minne-
sofa Farm Bureau Federation, said he
had received reports indicating Min
nesota farmers 'were going into the
Fall seeding season in pretty good
shape generally. Many sections OF
the State appear now as though there
had been no drought"
Generous rains late in August, "fol-
lowed by nearly ideal weather, have
benefited corn and late potatoes also,"
reported Paul H. Kirk, Federal-State
crop statistician. Winter wheat and
rye seeding, he added, was well ad-
vanced.
Where there have been satisfactory
Fall rains in North Dakota. there has
been heavy seeding of Fall rye, OFF,
cials at the North Dakota Agricultural
College reported. The central and
Northeastern sections have received
copious moisture.
Rye seeding in South Dakota has
been heavy, said E. v. Jones, Federal
agricultural statistician at Brookings,
s. Oak.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
TENANCY PARLEY
URGES OWNERSHIP
Greater Opportunity in Life
for Share Choppers Goal
of Movement.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, September
19.-Leaders in Gov. j. M. Futrell's
farm tenant uplift movement today
set farm home ownership and "a
greater opportunity in life" as the
principal objectives to be sought for
Southern ,sharecroppers when the
movement Is formally inaugurated
here Monday.
The newly appointed Arkansas
Farm Tenancy Commission will star.
a broad study Of the problem and lay
the groundwork for a proposed South
wide conference on the same subject
n-November.
A 15-point program will be
examined by the 57-member commits
sion with q view of making recon-
mendations to State and Federal au-
thorities which will aid agricultural
labor now working on share basis
to acquire land OF its own through long
term financing.
"It Is my hope" said c. z. Palmer,
South Arkansas publisher and chair
man Of the State Commission, that
feasible plans will be formulated to give
the tenant greater opportunity in
life, for earnings which will give him
higher standard of living. better
housing, greater opportunity for edu-
cation. greater security in his tenure
en- the lands he occupies, an in
centive to conserve the soil, to i'm
prove his home. and to arouse in him
the hope to become a farm home
owner"
While the State Commission meets
on Monday, a Federal grand jury
will assemble in Little Rock to in
vestigate alleged peonage in Eastern
Evening star., 1936-09-20

inform himself about new means Of
detecting spurious handwriting, both
as a private consultant and examiner
Of questioned documents with the
Havana clearing house. Senior Ruenes
spent some time in New York with
Albert Osborne, who testified in the
Lindbergh case on the ransom notes.
In Milwaukee and Chicago Senior
Ruenes consulted with friends inter-
ested in criminology.
Senor Ruenes, who was educated at
the University of Havana. first became
interested in handwriting as a hobby.
Before that he devoted his time to
architecture. He designed the Bacardi
Building, one Of the show places Of
Havana.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Police Official
Commended for
AidingaForger
Mercy Sho,vr, 2 Hungry
Families by Ne,U York
Lieutenant.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September ia let
ter Of commendation from Police Com
missioner Lewis j. Valentine was
added today to the official service rec
ord Of Police Lieut.. James A. Pyke be-
cause he defied regulations by aiding
Q forger to escape punishment.
Two poverty stricken families, hus-
bands and wives and seven children,
were brought before Pyke yesterday.
One Of the men had tnd0rsed and
cashed q relief check for $11.30 which
had been lost by q woman.
It developed the husbands and wives
had consulted together and decided to
take this action in view Of their own
lack of funds instead Of attempting
to return the check.
While Pyke was considering the case,
q supply Of food, including four quarts
Of milk brought in by police detectives
for the hungry families vanished in q
few minutes. The wives pleaded hys-
terically for mercy.
Pyke finally refused demands Of
complainants to arrest the forger and
paid the $1l.30 out Of his own pockst.
Evening star., 1936-09-20

worth, a Republican, put him behind
the parliamentarian's desk In 1928,
and four Democratic Speakers-Gar-
ner, Rainey, Byrns and Bankhead-
have been glad to keep him there.
Legislatures, debating societies and
even women's clubs in all parts Of the
country depend on him as a sort of
unofficial arbiter. His library covers
every type of parliamentary procedure,
and he is continually asked to settle
obscure points of order.
In his spare time he often drafts
resolutions for inexperienced Repre-
sentatives and gives lessons on the
Houses complicated regulations. He
is assisted by william T. Roy, who,
like Deschler, began his Washington
career as q messenger for Speaker
LongWorth.