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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27

Texas Rangers" Freds mother has
learned to drive his car, the same
coupe he has driven for the last
two years. He has kept in close
touch with her ever since he left,
teaching her by phone how to shift
gears.
Sticks to Home Life
The role in Texas Rangers" is
the first horseback part Fred has
had. He used to ride lot when
he lived back in Beaver Dam, Wis.
He still refers to himself as a Wis
consin cowboy.
The biggest drawback to Fred's
life just at present is not being able
to get about as he would like to-
Although a bold, forward young
man on the screen, off the set he is
naturally bashful and nothing gives
him more of a turn than a crowd
of autograph hunters. So, for the
most part, he SHES from Holly
woodites haunts. He says he woulc
not mind going out for dinner
and dance once in while, but he'd
rather not run the gauntlet"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27

There have been added duties,
as we'll, during the last few weeks.
Many hours have been needed for
rehearsal with musicians who are
to present a program of his works
Sunday afternoon in John Heron
Art Institute. Several of these
works are to be heard for the first
time.
Since Dr. LOOMS is movie fan
at heart, however, and since he is
the author of five operas, he seemed
we'll qualified to answer our ques-
tions on the much discussed, but
still unsettled topic of opera in
the movies.
Considers Medium Rich
DR.. LOOMS believes that the
technique of operate writing would
have to be changed to conform with
the advantages and limitations of
the motion picture medium, but
considers it a field rich in possibil-
tiles.
80 far, the operate movies have
shown no belief in the possibilities
of the experiment, but there are, if
only the composers are given more
opportunity. And the people will
go to see these films.
AT present there is zoo much
repetition in the musical scores of
films. 1t would be better to follow
the uses of such a composer as
Tschaikowsky, who often gave the
suggestion of a theme and waited
for the climax for its complete
announcement"
Cites Interest in Picture
Asked what he would do if he
were commissioned to. write mo-
ton picture opera, DR.. LOOMS ex-
planned:
The composer who writes the
first successful movie opera will
have to realize, at the outset, that
his audience will be more interested
in the picture than in the music.
Therefore, his music will be one
with the picture. which will ap-
preach the ideal of sincere music
dramatic heightening of dramatic
effects by the music, and vice
versa"
The composer spoke of the spe-
cial adaptability of a mystery play
to operate treatment. Here" he
explained, the orchestra would
have the important part, though
the love interest would be pre-emi-
nently vocal. I should have the
dialogue either spoken or sung, for
lines, even when spoken, partake of
9, tonal nature. Particular emotions
excite particular tones, and it is i'm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27

Fred's success, sudden and UNI
usual as it was, was not an acct
dent. 1t took a lot of hard study,
concentration and patience. Fred
has that, and also something else
lacking in many of todays movie
StarS-common sense.
Keeps Level Head
So quick a climb to stardom
might easily have turned the head
of Mr.. MacMurray, but it didn't.
HIS first picture displayed him as a
saxophone player. His latest, 1.-THE
Princess Comes Across" shows him
playing a concertina. Although
Fred was told he didn't need to
learn to play the instrument, he
learned anyway.
And when the studio executives
offered him a new dressing room,
one of the stellar models, he re-
fused. Why? Just because he likes
his old one better.
I'm not one of these people that
pinch themselves to make sure that
it has all really happened" Mac
Murray said recently. II don't go
in for introspection. I suppose I'm
kind of funny that way, but I really
have had a hard time analyzing
my feelings"
Pay Check a Pleasure
"Of course I realize that I was
pretty lucky. Hard work and abil-
ity alone seldom get a man any
place without an element of luck.
AS I look back over the last year
or so, it comes to me that I have
not done much after ADJUST sort
of gone along. That may not actu-
ally be true but that's the way it
seems to me-"
Fred admitted it's rather nice to
be able to do things he couldn't
before because of lack of funds.
And his greatest pride comes in
being able to make his mother
happy.
Since he went on location for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Job Hell ps Sir Guy
in Desire to Travel

Times Special
HOLLYWOOD, May 81. Sir
Guy Standing is one of American
fllmdom's most travelled actors. But
1t required a business trip for him
to become acquainted with one of
the country's most noted resorts,
Palm Springs, Cal.
Sir Guy and principals of a new
production, including Frances
Langford, Smith. Ballew and Err
nest Cossart. travelled to the resort
to make several sequences of the
picture, also to be called Palm
Springs"
Hollywood and its environs see
little of Sir Guy when he is not
at work before the cameras. The
veteran actor spends most of his
time at his Lake Malibu estate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
The Mikado'
Given Again
by Singers
Light Opera Co. Stages
CoIorfuI Production at
NJ. {. Church.
BY JAMES THRASHER

1t takes more than sTamped
space or the absence of ar orches-
ira to dull the enthusiasm of the
indianapolis Light Opera Company,
which gave the second performance
of its brief career in the auditorium
of the Irvington Methodist Church
last night.
Colorfully coStumed, the singers
gave a repeat performance of The
Mikado" before responsive au-
dience.
The stage was tiny, but the cast
made its way about with a COM
mendable lack of confusion, and
the authoritative piano accompani-
ment of Miss Gretchen LEIGH lent
a full background.
Wide Range Voice
The Nanki Poo of last nights
performance was Hollace Arment,
guest scloist from Cincinnati. His
voice is of pleasing quality and wide
range, and in the all-important his
trionic portion of this Gilbert and
Sullivan opus he showed himself
ilO OIL anger W Tie stage.
Creditable performances we're
given by Allen Hamblen. Jacob VAN
derf1eet, Percy Turner, George Os-
borne, Miss Miriam Rouls and Mes
danes Clara Southern and Alta
Howell in the roles of Ko Ko, Poo
Bah, Pish Tush, the Mikado, Ka-
tisha, Pitt Sing and Peep 30, re-
spectively.
The chorus sang Justify and ac-
curately throughout, providing one
of the most enjoyable musical fea-
lures of the evening. The singers
were under the direction of Miss
Adelaide Conte, director of the Irv-
ington School of Music, of which the
present organization is an out
growth.
Fast Moving Production
Both Miss Conte and Miss Alice
B. Cooper, in charge of the dramatic
portion, are to be congratulated
upon a fast moving and entertain
ing production.
On Saturday afternoon, June s,
the ompany is to present Gilbert
and ,llivan's Trial by Jury" as part
Of a double bill which includes a
perfor nance of I'm Fairy Land"
by the Irvington Children's Theater.
1t Is to conclude the groups activi-
tiles or the season, and will be held
in the William H. Block Co. audi
toriurl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Ida Lupino TO Play
in Film With Mother

Times Special
HOLLYWOOD, May 27.-For the
first time in their theatrical ca
reers, Ida Lupino, blond film &C
tress, and her ex-actress mother,
Mrs. Connie Lupino, are to APP
pear together in a motion picture.
Alexander Hall, director of
Yours for the Asking" which fea-
lures George Raft, Miss Lupino,
Dolores Costello Barrymore and
James Gleason, has written a spe-
cial role for Mrs. Lupino, who was
known on the London stage as Con-
ME Emerald.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27

Mr. Burns learned from the Amer
lean Bison Society that Canada has
1900 buffalo while in Florida there
is only one. Even Japan has more
than Florida, with three, and Den
mark, Austria and Mexico each has
three.
Wyoming, with total of 1190,
has more than any other state. The
largest herd roams in Wood Buff
falo Park, at Athabasca, Canada,
and numbers 10000.
Producer DeMille now plans to
film his buffalo sequences at Vain
wright National Park in Alberta,
Canada, where exactly 6891 buffalo
await his cameras. The picture,
THE Breed of Men," is to have as
it's chief characters Will Bill Hickok,
Buffalo Bill Cody, Calamity Jane,
Lincoln, Grant and Gen. Custer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27

Robinson, plays one of her seri-
Gus roles. The picture is to be the
Apollo attraction beginning Fri
day.
4. 1t looks almost certain that
Ted Healy Cat piano. doesn't have
the right key" to the situation
presented above. Shown with Mr..
Healy during rehearsals for
Speed" to open at Loew's Friday,
are Patricia Wilder, James Stew
art and Wendy Barrie. The sec
ond picture on Loew's bill will be
Grace Moore's latest, 1.-THE King
Steps Out" with Franchot Tone
as leading man.
s. Here he is, folks: Joe E.
Brown in kits and a German he'll
met. 1t all takes place in Sons
O. Guns" his new comedy which
will be on the Lyric screen Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Father Watches Juvenile

Jane Withers' father visited the
studios last week to watch his tai
ented daughter at work with Irwin
S. Cobb and Slim Summerville on
her latest picture. 1t was the first
time he had seen Jane in action
for the films.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27

l. Starring vocalist with Bar
ney Rapp's orchestra, to open on
the Lyric stage for weeks en-
gagement Friday, is Ruby Wright,
former Anderson .Qnd0 girl.
2. Somebody seems to have
done wrong by Frances Drake
with gag in MOUTH and j. Far
rell Macdonald seems to be wor-
ried about her. Jack Oakie
doesn't look so perturbed. They
are principals in Florida Spe-
cial," one of the films to be fea-
tured at the Circle starting Fri
day. The other picture will be
Forgotten Faces" with Herbert
Marshall and Gertrude Michael.
8. Back at his old tricks again
is Edward G. Robinson who plays
a racketeer in Bullets or Ballots
Joan Blondell, shown with Mr..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Frank Lloyd Gets Role

Frank Lloyds first production for
Paramount will be THE Maid OF
Salem" starring Claudette Colbert
The story is an original by Bradley
King, and is a romance with a New
England background of 1892 when
witchcraft hysteria swept the COL
INV
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Jones Film to Start

"See America First" the new
Jones Family picture, will go into
production on June %. John Allen
Negro comedian, will be included
in the cast under direction of
James Timing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Producer Seeks Bison for Film;
Census Shows but $4,000 Alive
World Survey OF Animals DscIoses Canadian Herds
Largest; Wyoming Has Most in U. S.
Times Special


HOLLYWOOD May 2From the hundreds of thousands buffalo
that the plains North American $4,000 descendants
alive today the nearly extinct animals disclosed
the Cecil
DeNGle production said
he wanted buffalo, he wanted all the buffalo,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
CarnIe PLAYS Tennis

Carole Lombard wants to be a
tennis champion above anything
else. When not working, she plays
and practices hours daily under the
tutelage of a welll-known tennis
pro"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Sudden Elevation TO Stardom
No Shock to Fred MacMurray
Success, However, Fails to Swell Either Head or Habits
of AmiabIe, Hard Working Actor
BY JOHN w. THOMPSON

little more than Fred MacNluray obscure
Woodworking
Today the drawing
working Rangers" King
finished
Carole Lombard S the Circle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Cast With Shirley Temple

John Carradine has been added
to the cast of "Dimpies, Shirley
Temples new starring picture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Operate Movies Require New
Technique, Composer Believes
Music Incidental to Picture, Contends DR.. Clarence
LOOMS of Arthur Jordan Conservatory

When he night composition,
oous prefers movie to concert There not
full teaching schedule
he ORG t
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
WHERE, WHAT, WHEN
APOLLO

Under Two Flags" with Ronald
Coleman. Claudette Colbert, Victor
Mcbsglen and Rosalind Russell. at
III. 1850. $40, $50. TAO and $50.
CIRCLE
The Princess Comes Across"
starring Carole Lombard and Fred
MacMurray. at 1855. 4oS 7.o5 and
1915.
The Case against Mrs. Ames."
with Madeleine Carroll. George
Brent and Beulah Bondi. at il:25.
ass. 5:35 and S:45.
L0EW'S
zone Rainy Afternoon" featuring
Francis Lederer. Ida Lupino and
hugh Herbert at 1900. ASS. S.
Panic on the Air" with Lew
Ayres and Florence Rice. at ii:o9
i:3S. I. 6:25 and 9.
KEITH'S
The Trial of Mary Dugan." pre-
sented by the Federal Playe's, at
LYRIC
The Golden Arrow" starring
Eugene Palette. on tie seem snT an AZ
1852. 2io. 500. sos and M:ss. "
Speedway Revue" with FED Cook.
master OF. ceremonies. AT .:oS. 3:43.
t.42 and p:4l.
Evening star., 1936-02-22
HOME MORTGAGE DEBT
DECLINES FOUR BILLION
Urban Burden Lighter, Federal
Home Loan Bank Board
Figures Reveal.

The extent to which the burden OF
mortgage debt carried by urban home
owners has been reduced in the past
four years is disclosed by estimates
made public today by the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board. The aggre-
gate non-farm home mortgage indebt-
edness in the United States declined
from about s21, 1910, 900 900 in Janu-
ary, 1882, to approximately s17,500,-
100000 in January, 1886, reduction
of about 20 per cent, according to
the most dependable figures available.
The same analysis shows the pro-
portion of the total urban home mort
gage debt carried by various classes
of lenders. Savings and loan asso-
Citations hold the largest volume of
mortgages of any type of home-financ-
ing institutions, having about % per
cent of the entire estimated $780,
100000 volume of home loans in Janu-
AIRY, 1886. On the same date, indi-
vidual lenders ranked second, with 20
per cent of the total urban home
mortgage holdings; the Home Owners
Loan Corp. third, with II per
cent; mortgage companies and miscel-
laneous lenders fourth, with 13 per
cent; savings banks fifth, with IL per
cent; life insurance companies sixth.
with 8 per cent, and commercial banks
last, with only per cent of the total.
Evening star., 1936-02-22
hsanitary Homes Abolition
And Rent Subsidy 4 Approued
Building and Loan Industry Backs
Report of U.S. Chamber of
Commerce Committee.

Elimination of insanitary and un-
safe dwellings. and the use of local
relief funds to help families now living
in slums pay for more decent quarters
were two outstanding points of the
report of the United States Chamber
Of Commences Special Committee on
Housing which met with substantial
approval by the savings, building and
loan industry considering 1t this week.
The Board of Directors of the
United States Building and Loan
League. meeting in Chicago. studied
the recommendations made public
earlier in the month and their joint
statement is considered significant in
light Of the fact that savings. building
and loan associations have been the
one source of financing for the poor
mans home in the past.
I. Friedlander, Houston, Tex, i'm
mediate past president of the league,
is a member Of the chambers COM
mittee which reported its ideas on
the revival Of home building and
included suggestions about housing
for the low-income groups.
For several successive years the
national convention Of the building
Evening star., 1936-02-22

attractive living
2910 Tennyson street Tall
bad weather conditions prevailing the home
hibion period has extended through
Douglass Construction Wesley
Buchanan, has been furnished Hutchsons
Photos.
Evening star., 1936-02-22
SILVER STAR HOME
DISPLAY EXTENDED
Unfavorable Weather Keeps
House in Tall Oaks Sub
division Open.

Because OF continued unfavorable
weather, the exhibition period of the
first Silver Star Home of 1886, To-
Gated at 2sl0 Tennyson street, Chevy
Chase, has been extended through
Sunday March /.
The normal 30-day exhibition pc
Rod for The Star home expired Sum
day, but the extension was granted
to afford those prevented by the
weather from visiting the house q
chance to do so.
The attractive early American
house has been completely furnished
by Hutchison's, Inc. 1t was built by
the Douglass Construction Co., and is
presented through the ofice of j.
Wesley Buchanan, Inc. The firm Of
Dillon and Abel designed the struc-
ture. The location is the new Doug
lass subdivision of Tall Oaks, a
highly restricted section of Chevy
Chase.
The house may be reached by driv-
Evening star., 1936-02-22
MILLION IN SALES
REPORTED DBYF|RM
Commercial Properties and
Land to Government In.
voIved in Stamp Deals.

Sales during the past year Of COM
mercial properties to business firms
and land to the Government having
a total valuation of more than mil
lion dollars, were announced today
by R. Marbury Stamp g. Co.
Transactions recently closed are
two of the largest industrial land deals
made in Washington in recent years.
The Sanitary Grocery Co. has pur-
chased a tract having a frontage OF
$50 feet on Okie street northeast by
$50 feet, comprising of 10000 square
feet, in the New York avenue COM
mercial and industrial center. This
company will erect a group of ware
houses and cold storage buildings
to take care of their expanding busi-
ness. The Hecht Co. purchased a
site in this development at the cor
ner of New York avenue and Fenwick
street northeast. The company plans
a large building comprising over II
acres of floor space and costing ap-
proximately $1,000.000 Another firm
recently locating in this center was the
Ohio Chemical Co., which has just
moved into its new plant. During the
year the Greyhound Lines have COM
pleted bus garage having frontage
of 400 feet on New York avenue.
Property Sales to U. S.
Stamp & Co. has been active in
the sale of properties to the United
States Government in line of gov
ernmental development in various Sec
tions of the city. For the enlarge
ment of the Bureau of Engraving they
report sales, 10 properties amount to
over $260,000, the larger ones being
the McLachlen Bank Building, 308
Fourteenth street, and the Joe Judge
Grill, 314 Fourteenth street south.
west. In the Interior Department en-
largement, some of the owners repre-
Sented were the Frazee-Potomac
Laundry, American Security & Trust
Co. and the Texaco gas station at
Nineteenth and c streets. These
properties have now been razed and
the Government has started build
ing for the new structure. Other sales
negotiated were in the Reno section
for Reno Park, enlargement of Rock
Greek Park for the Martha Washing
ton Seminary and ground for an adj
dition to the Cook School.
A site containing $500 square feet
(See STAMP, Page 81
Evening star., 1936-02-22
LOAN LEAGUE TO DINE
Dancing on Program Thursday,
but No Speeches.

UUC NU 0PteCHeS,
More than 400 persons are ex-
pected to attend the annual banquet
and dance of the District Building and
Loan League which will be held at
the Mayfiower Hotel on Thursday at
q pm.
1t will be the sixth year the social
event has been held by the league.
There will be music and special en-
tertainnent. No speeches are on the
program.
Evening star., 1936-02-22
BUILDING PERMITS
IN ND|STR|CT TOTAL
$740,875 IN WEEK.
New High for Seven.Day
Period in 1886 Almost
Equals '35 February.
GREATEST SPRING BOOM
IN DECADE INDICATED
Apartment House Is Valued at
$500, 0,000-G W. U. to Erect
New Dormitory Soon.

Private construction in the District
during the past week reached new
heights for 1886 when permits were
issued through the Office of Building
Inspector John w. Oehmann for $740,.
875 in new building and modernization
work. The valuation was the second
highest recorded in any week since the
upturn in building started locally more
than year ago.
The valuation Of construction named
in the weeks list of permits was nearly
as great as the valuation for the entire
month of February, 1935-s833, 400.
The quantity of building included in
the permits presages for the District
this Spring a building boom greater
than any since the middle of the last
decade.
The valuation of the weeks permits
was swelled considerably by the inclu.
sion of permits for erection Of $780,.
900 apartment house on Rhode Island
avenue northeast, and of dormitory
to cost a similar amount at George
Washington University. The apart
ment structure will be built by the
Kay Construction Co., 1924 North Cap
itol street, at 200 Rhode Island avenue
northeast. 1t is the first of group Of
buildings to be built at that place and
will contain 79 apartments. When
completed next Fall the group of the
Kay Co. will contain about 1S0 apart
ments.
The George Washington University
dormitory will be erected at $40
Twenty-f1rst street. An eight-story
building. it will be constructed by the
Charles H. Tompkins Co. A. B. Trow.
(see PERMITS, Page %
Evening star., 1936-02-22

and loan industry has passed resolu-
tions asking for a complete ban on
the rental of insanitary houses and
the abolition of such properties, the
directors point out
Approving the chamber committees
recommendation for local rent assist
ance to the former slum dweller, the
building and loan leaders pointed to
the varying cost of building houses
in the thousands of localities in the
United States and the differences in
general cost of living between cities
of different size which make the
problem distinctly a local one. The
plan would be used as a substitute
for low-cost housing projects financed
with Government funds.
''We agree with the emphasis which
many thinkers in the sphere are
placing upon the smaller, less pre-
tentious dwelling unit as the keystone
Of the much-needed home building
revival" says the league directors S
(See HOMES. age a.
Evening star., 1936-02-22

ing out Connecticut avenue to Chevy
Chase Circle. thence east or right on
Western avenue to Tennyson street,
and right on Tennyson to the home.
It is open each day from 10 am
until 8 pm.
Evening star., 1936-02-22
BUILDING MARKS FALL

All January records for building in
suburban Chicago were broken last
month when a total of $797,681 in
permits was issued in 81 communities.
The January figure was 172 per cent
above the $293,698 reported last year.
For last December the total was
$1,329.138. The drop in construction
from December was attributed to the
extremely cold weather.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-18
REDS ARE CHAMPS
 AT PULLING GAMES
 OUT OF THE FIRE

CINCINNATI, O., June 18-Chucl; Dressen's Cincinnati Reds have set some sort of record for coming from behind.
 When the Reds were playing Bos- ton recently the Bees late in the game were jogging along with a seven-run lead. But the game went into the official records as a victory for Cincinnati.
 A few days later the Pittsburgh Pirates went into the last half of the ninth inning leading the Reds 80. but before they could get any body out the Redlegs had sewed up the ball game by 4-3 score by vir- tue of Sam Byrd's pinch homer with the bases loaded.
 Then, on a recent visit to Chi cago, the Cincinnati team went into the ninth on the soort end of a 20 score. But in the twinkling of an eye the Reds drove five runs across the plate, thereby sending the champion Cubs down to defeat