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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10
Spectacular Setting
For New Musical Film

An amazing night club, built of
glass and metal and moored to the
topmoSt tower Of a Manhattan sky
scraper, with a huge floor window
through which patrons can watch
the lights of New York far below,
is one of the amazing settings of
Swing Time" new Fred Astaire-
Ginger Rogers musical.
Designed by John Herkrider,
who created the Pretty Grip
number of THE Great Ziegfeld,"
the set has 80-foot-tall mirrors,
around which are grouped ter
raced rows of tables that seat 400
patrons.
VOTE AMERICAN
You'll thrill again and again with
THE Boy Castaways." by Jules Verne, Il
new novel by the famous French author.
just discovered. Watch for it Monday in
The Times,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10
Fiesta Due at
Monument

"a Fiesta Pan-Americana" will
be given at the Sylvan Theater
in the Washington Monument
Grounds Tuesday, August II, at
7:45 o'clock when popular Wash
ington singers and dancers will ap-
pear in a typical street scene Of
the Latin Americas, the panto-
mime action and the songs and
dances telling an interesting story
with inSets Of music by a string
trio to give further variety and
charm to the whole.
The stage will be set with a
profusion of flags of the Latin
American nations. with flower
decked booths adding to the color
Of the scene. The singers of the
Estelle Wentworth Opera Group,
the dancers of the Marian Chace
Group, and others will participate
in the fiesta. which is expected to
be one of the most lureful OF all
summer festivals this season.
Costumes by the Community
Center Department, lighting I'M
der the direction of Harold Sny-
der, a flag professional as in
terlude, and music by the United
States Army Band will add to
the Importance and impressive
ness of the fiesta.
Tickets for chairs in the re-
served sections, for this festival,
may be had now at the Willard
Hotel, the washington Hotel. the
Dodge Hotel, the American Auto
mobile Association, and the Com
munity Center Department. The
public is welcome to seats on
the grass. also.
The festival is the ninth sum-
mer festival Of the present sea-
son sponsored by the Community
Center Department and the Of
flee of National Capital Parks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10
Bette Davis At
Metropolitan

Satan Met Lady" new
Warner Bros mystery comedy
which stars Bette Davis with War
rem William. opens today at
Warner Bros Metropolitan The
alter.
With it's original story by Dash
iell Thin Man" Hammett, Satan
Met a Lady" presents Bette Davis
as sly and clever crook trying her
best to get her hands on a fortune
in jewels. Warren William ap-
pears as a private detective who is
sometimes her ally, sometimes her
enemy.
Alison Skipworth Arthur
Preacher, Marie Wilson and Wini
Shaw are others in the talented
cast. The production was directed
by William Dieterle and is said to
combine an unusual degree Of
comedy with its fast-moving &C
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10
KELLEYGRAMS

Best newsreel shot of the week
is George Bernard Shaw planting
tree and kidding not only his
visible audience, but those beyond
the screen he can't see. At the
Earle. The difference in size be-
tween Baltimore movie crowds and
Washington, as determined by the
Duncan sisters with their dough
nut song: In Baltimore it took only
four dozen SinkerS a show to sup
ply the orchestra and balconies,
while on F Street they use 10 dozen
each performance. Rosetta is hav-
ing extra-sized doughnuts made
for the pitch to the gallery, in
order to avoid kink in her throw
ing arm. Vivian Duncan once sat
out three dances with the Prince
of Wales (present King of Eng
lanO and made every front page
in the land when some royalty OBJ
jected to the democratic monarch
giving so much attention to stage
people.
A WRONG GUESS
Those who can glance back to
1911 would do well to look over
the August issue of Stage maya
zine, which is a captivating and
solidly interesting review of
things theatrical Is years ago
A long letter from William C,
DeMille to the great David Be
lasco written July 25, 1911 in
this passage, an unusual com
mentary on Mary Pickford's fore
sight and the DeMille ability as
a prophet:
ooh, by the way, you remem.
Der that little girl, Mary Pick
ford, who played Betty in "The
Warrens of Virginia.? met
her again a few weeks ago and
the poor kid is actually think
ing of taking up moving pic
lures seriously. She says she
can make a fairly good living
at it, but it does seem shame.
After all she can't be more
than II and 1 remember what
faith you had in her future;
that appealing personality of
hers would go a long way in
the theater, and now she's
throwing her whole career in
the aSh-Can and burying her
self in a cheap form of amuSe.
ment which hasn't a single
point that 1 can see to recon-
mend it. There will never be
any real money in those gallOp-
ing tintypeS and certainly no
one can expect them to de-
velOp into anything which
could, by the widest stretch
of imagination, be called art.
81 pleaded with her not to
waste her professional life and
the opportunity the stage gives
her to be known to thousands
Of people but she's rather a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10

stubborn little thing for such
a yOungster and says she
knows what she's doing.
$50 1 suppose we'll have to
say goOd-by to little Mary
PickfOrd. She'll never be heard
of again, and feel terribly
sorry for her.
I'm few weeks now we'll
be rehearsing and it will GER
tainly feel good to wOrl. with
you in the theater.
Until then, my best to you
"Your friend and pupil,
william C. DeMiIle."
BUSY MR.. HARRINGTON
Busiest man in town is Billy
Darlington, architect planning
the cocktail room and rathSkeller
in the National Theater Building,
hoping to have it open for first
nighters by the time Max Cor
don's est. Helena" rings up on
September 27. This is the Sher-
iff-Jeanne de CaSaliS play with
Maurice Evans, English actor, as
Napoleon It will be followed
by the Theater Guilds And Stars
Remain" on October S with Helen
Gahagan and Clifton Webb, CO
starred A letter from Francis
Lederer thanking this critic for his
review of lone Rainy Afternoon, "
is the first bouquet of the kind to
come from Hollywood. Stars
take sweet reviews as a mat
ter of form . Maestro Pete MaciaS
has lost IA pounds and feels better,
all without going on a diet. On
his houseboat, anchored near Fort
Belvoir, and where he is spending
summer nights, he does his own
cooking. When his class night club,
Heigh-Ho, opens for the new sea-
son, patrons will notice remodel
ing to make it more intimate.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10
'ZIEGFELD LEADS PARADE
Astoire-Rogers Are No. I in Poll;
Taylor Presses Clark Gable;
$50. Other Newsy Items
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

For the first six months of 1886, "The Great Zegfeld
GodwynMayer production, led the movie box office
parade according the financial recaptuation of MOTION
PICTURE HERALD.
Martin Qugleys progressive weekly lists the exhibitor win
for the first half of 1886 in this order: Thc
Zieged" with William Powell, Nyrna 10y and Luse Rainer
"Folow the Fleet" with Fred Astare and Ginger Rogers
"Rose Mare with Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy
a. 'Modern Time with Charlie Chaplin. s. "N[r Deeds Goes
to Town. with Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur Captain
Blood, with Enrol Flynn "Magncen Obsession with
Irene Dunno and Robert Taylor 'Showboa with Irene
Dunno Charlie Winnnger and Paul Robson g. Stoy of
Louis Pasteu with Paul Num- Josephine Hutchinson and
Donald Woods TO- "The Bride Comes Homes with Caudete
Colbert and Fred MacNurraY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers,
as a team, were found to have
popularity in all type movie houses
and in every size town. Shirley
Temple received great support
from neighborhood locations, and
cities and towns under 100000
population: the little Twentieth
Century-Fox star is a terrific
standout in the small towns and
gaining rapidly in the major spots.
Most of the votes from the cen.
tiers result from Poor Little Rich
Girl" which exhibitors deem more
adult than any picture Shirley has
played in.
TAYLOR MOVING UP
An analysis of the votes indicate
that Clark Gable will soon have to
battle with Robert Taylor, M-G-M's
new male favorite, who is taking
huge popularity strides. The RE-
PORTER traces much of Dick
PowellS strength to his weekly
radio activity, finds that Jimmy
Cagney was at the peak of his
career when he elected to quit
Warner Bros.
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through three or four people, and
then you can't speak to her after
all. To reach Fred MacMurray.
the studio has to call his mother,
who in turn, relays the message
to him.
Leave it to George Brent to
have the most unusual accident
of the year. While making love
to Beverly Roberts, on good
old oregon log, he fell off and
broke his ankle.
Which reminds one that the
casualties are getting more hectic
by the day on The Plainsmar."
Two more riders bit the dust
last week. One was thrown off
his steed onto his head, almost
decapitated himself by landing
on his sabre, and has an injured
back. The second also was hurled
from his horse, and scalped in
reverse. if you get what I mean.
He will be standing for his meals
for weeks now.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10

the First Ten from January to
June, although she is the most
active of Hollywood stars, and
with three features already issued
and circulating in 1886, will nrob-
ably wind up the year as the great
est individual money-making celeb
rity of the industry.
The Hollywood Reporter recently
canvaSsed 5000 theaters, North,
East, South and West, in large
cities and small towns. in first
runs, neighborhoods and tanks on
the Ten Top Money stars. A total
of 1892 exhibitors filled out the
ballots with this result:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10

ASTAIRE is TOPS
1.-THE Great Ziegfeld," which
heads the list, has only been road
showed, or offered as a two-a-day
reserved seat attraction, to date,
and it is the only picture Of those
mentioned not yet nationally re-
leased for general showing in first
run, or Grade A theaterS. Seized
uled for September bookings in the
regular movie theaters it has a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10

Burgess Meredith, now starring
in RKO Radios "Winterset." ap-
peared for a year and a half with
Eva LIE Gallienne and her famous
Civic RepertorY Comply.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10

grand opportunity to be the prize
money-making picture of 1886,
when the annual poll is taken later
in the year.
This Six-month canvass does
not include pictures such as "San
Francisco" Mary of Scotland"
and Green Pastures" which have
been released but recently and
are rolling up July and August
dividends.
Significant is the fact that there
is no Shirley Temple picture in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10
New Dance

Hailed as the first innovation in
waltzing since its inception, the
Swing Waltz" will be danced by
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
in RKO Radios Swing Time"
VOTE AMERICAN-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10
FRED ASTAIRE

heartily as ever at some of its
ludicrous situations.
In addition to the unbeatable
combination of Astaire and Rog-
ers. the play also brings us Alice
Brady and Edward Everett Horton
in important roles.
A travelogue, in colors, of Hawaii
is also on the program and is gor-
geously beautiful. The newsreel
completes the program. w. B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10
Voice CHANCES Career

Frances Langford sang in a
church choir in Lakeland, Fla,
until her voice changed from So
prano to contralto after a throat
operation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-10
Murder in HOLLYWOOD

Janet Beecher is murdered for
the first time in her screen career,
in M-G-M's mystery thriller, THE
Longest Night"
VOTE AMFRIcAN-
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With lie GaHienne

VOTE AMERICANA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
NEW HAVEN ROAD
 MADEPROPOSAL.

New Haven, Conn, May 20-(UP) Liquidation of the New York, Westchester 6 Boston Railway was proposed today by trustees of the New Haven system who considered reorganization of the subsidiary iill- practicable and ian injustice to the security holders of the New Haven" 1" U. S. District Court Judge Carroll O. Hincks, considering 6 petition of the New Haven to intervene in the Westchester proceedings, said at 2 hearing late yesterday he would name an expert to study the con- tracts existing between the two roads.
 Failed to Earn Expense
 Prof. winthrop M. Daniels, Yale transportation authority and one of the trustees, told the court the Vest chester had failed to earn operating expenses for a number of years and would incur e cash deficit of 35l2,- 22S for this year. Continued unre- munerated use of property of the New Haven, Daniel said, lis current ly diyerting large amounts of Tev- enue from the New Haven"
 Millions Paid Out
 w. ". Meyer. chief counsel for the larger system, declared 440, ,SBO, 900 has come out of the New Haven es- tate in protection of the Westches- ter property in an attempt to make something out of it." Counsel for Westchester bondholdegs asserted the New xzeven was "exhOrbitant' in its rentals, power charges and equipment trust obligations and asked for a review of the asseas- ments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
FATAL MISTAKE
 MADE BY POSSE
Shot Three of Their Own Men as They Sought
 Escaped Killer

Angola, La, May % = (UP) -- Three hundred men seeking Q 23- year-Old escaped convict beat the Mississippi boundary pine wilder ness today with orders to kill the fugitive at sight. The possemeTl, ale ready had shot three of their own number. Three packs of blood- hounds circled through the scrub on various trails but led the man. hunters to nothing more than negro shanties or detached groups of the posse itself.
 SherlHG's Cousin Killed
 In the heat of the chase two prison farm trusties hunting their escaped fellow convict, shot and killed Billy Wade, 19, cousin of Sheriff Ted Martin. A prison guard dangerously wounded two other guards with Q shotgun charge. The victims were mistaken in both cases for the fugitive, Wilfred Lindsley, who was sentenced to the farm for c murder four years ago and escap- cd after two murders Wednesday night. His record and the rifle and revolver he was known to possess kept posse trigger fingers contin- ually shaking.
 Convict Was Trtsty
 Lindsley was Q trusty assigned as yard boy at the home |. of Guard Captain Nelson J. Himel on the 10000 acre prison reservation. Wednesday afternoon he cut the throat of Himel's 60-year-old wife, presumably because she resisted an attack. Then he laid in wait for the captain, shot him in the back when he came home, and drove out the farm gates in the oflcer's auto- mobile with an explanation to guards that he was "rlinnin' an errand for the cap'n." He had done 50 many other times, and was not challenged.
 The two who killed young Wade William Green, negro, and Jake Hoover, white-said they expected Lindsley to shoot any trusty posse- man at sight and that was why they fired at figure moving in the brush,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
CHOIR SINGER
 DIES AUGUST 2

Worcester, Mass, May 20--(U.P) Newell P. sherman. 27, Sutton scoutmaster and choir singer, to- day was sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week of August 2 for the American trag- edy" murder of his young wife. Un- moved, the 220-pound church work CT stood in the prisoners cage while Superior Judge Thomas J. Ham, mond imposed the mandatory death sentence. Though the courtroom was crowded, no relatives of the doomed man were noted among the spectators. Sherman was clad in @ black suit, white shirt and blue tie. His eyes were puffy, as though he had passed a sleepless night.
 Asked by Judge Hammond if he wished to make a statement before Exposition of sentence, Sherman shook his head. The defendant showed no emotion as sentence was pronounced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
JUDGE REFUSES
 DELAY REQUEST
Insists on Case Starting Despite Absence of
 Counsel, Witnesses

Although Attorney William F. HeaIey, Of Derby, was busy at Q hearing in the ofiice of Compensa" tlon Commissioner James M. Lynch judge Carl Foster in New Haven superior court yesterday stated that case in which Attorney Healey Wns chief of defense counsel should Ro on as scheduled. The court de- clared that he would no longer tol- erRto the practice of lawyers of be- fng tInprepared or absent when a case is called for trial.
 Tn New Haven superior court, one of the cases listed for yesterday was tho appeal of Clara Rose from the will Of her father, Benjamin Stock, of Ansonia, in which she was left but 4l. Judge Foster ordered that tho trial get underway, although Attorney Nathan Levy protested that Attorney Healey was not present, and that four witnesses were also absent.
 Judge Foster was told that At torney Heaiey was busy in this city, and q clerk was instructed to call the superior court here. MT. Healey could not be located and Judge Foster insisted that the case go on. Meanwhile, Attorney Levy located Attorney Healey in Commissioner Lynch's ofice, and told the court that MT. Healey and the witnesses could not get to the courthouse.
 Attorney Levy asked that non. suit be entered, but his request was refused. He asked for an additional recess and was also refused, and Judge Foster ordered the case to go on.
 After the first witness had been heard, and Levy was asked if he wished to ss-examine, he de. clafed: I absolutely cannot go on with the case" Judge Foster de- clared that the point had already been ruled on, and he ordered the case to proceed.
 Attorney Healey reported at court for the afternoon session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
RELIEF SCHEMER
 GIVEN JAIL TERM

Bridgeport, Conn, May 2s.-(UP) Stephen Hovanecs, 40, father of five children, who was discovered to have hoard of $6,20O while ob. taining relief from the city, began serving six months jail sentence today for obtaining money under false pretenses. City Court Judge Frank E. Jamrozy, who imposed sen- tence late yesterday, declared Ho- vanecz "one of the most contemp. tible criminals" presented before him.
 Disclosure of the hoard came aft- CT Mrs, Hovanecz complained to po- lice her husband had taken the money from a hiding place in the cellar and planned to go back to Australia because of Q quarrel. When arrested the money was found sew. ed in the lining of his cap, strapped to his leg in Q bandage and in two tobacco cans. The city and state took actions to recover approximate ly 4l,750 given the family for re- lief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
Steel Issues Feature Pre- Holiday Trading
SteeIs Responded to Outlook Rails Bid Up on Higher
 CarLoadings Coal Mine Shares Were Up

spurt in demand. Rails were bid up on higher car headings.
 Gold mining issues rose fractions to more than ? points. Dome set a new high. Utilities were better. Talk Os improved buying of equipment by utility companies stimulated buying of copperS. Oils picked up. Building shares made special small gains. Numerous special issues were higher.
 us. Steel reached e1 1-2, up 3-4, while Youngstown Sheet and Tube made a new high at 61 7-8, up 2 I-S; Bethlehem reached 53 1-2, up 1 3-4, and National Steel 64, up 2 3-4. Executives at the meeting of the American Iron & Steel institute found the industry at the best levels since 1o30. Case gained more than 3 points. American Hide &s Leather issues were up fractions to 2 points. Monsanto Chemical gained more than points. Zenith made a new high. Radio corporation made 8 small advance.
 Railroad issues were. dull but strong. New York Central was up . point. Gains of fractions to more than e point were made by Pennsyl- vania, Illinois Central, Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific. Nickel Plate common touched 30, up 1 3-4 and the preferred 6l l-8, up 3 1-8.
 Business news was mostly favor- able. The bullish side included the weekly Dun 6S Bradstreet report on trade, which showed retail business 10 to l6 per cent above year ago.
 All financial markets and nearly all commodity markets in the country close tomorrow in celebra- tion of Memorial day.
 Volume approximated 740,0O0 shares compared with 100000 shares yesterday. Curb sales were 16i. 900 shares compared with i76,000 shares yesterday.
 Dow Jones preliminary closing averages showed industrial 152.46 up 0.87, railroad 46.28 up 0.20, util- ity 31.40 up O.l7.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
STUDENTS WOULD
 BATTLE ARABS

Jerusalem, May 29-(UP) .---Stu- dents of the University of Jerusa- lem today petitioned Gen. Sir. Ar thur Wauchope, British high corll- missioner, for permission to form a Jewish legion to take over preserva. ton of order against Arab rioters. The petition was the direct result of the murder of a British police man yesterday. Jewish students argued that there was no reason for British sacrifices in defense of Jews if Jews were permitted to or- ganize themselves.
 It was reported that Wauchope was planning sterner measures to suppress disorders. Scout airplanes took the air today, to spot Arab snipers gathering to snipe British troops. Wauchope authorized the use of tear gas to dispel the riot CTS who have spread disorder throughout Palestine. The order was a sequel to a day in which four Arabs were killed and an unknown number wounded in attacks on Brit ish police and soldiers and on Jews.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

(Continued from Page 1O were paralyzed when workers quit their jobs but continued to occupy the buildings.
 The government announced that 8O,OO0 men and women are striking with prospect that the figure will increase. ~a tt u a President Is Prisoner
 Louis Renault, president of Frances greatest industry, was re. pc:-ted held a prisoner by strikers today in one of his great autcmo- bile plants. 't'
 workers, on a siege strike in which they refused to leave their factories, were reported holding Renault locked in his ofiice.
 The Renault plants employ S4,. 900 men in all. Principally engaged in automobile manufacture, they are working also on heavy contracts for shells and munitions in the governments rearn1ament program.
 Information of Renault was sought by authorities as the cab- inet met today to consider the strike situation.
 The government was anxious both because munitions contracts were imperiled and because of fears of a political crisis.
 Socialists May Bolt
 It was reported that the radical socialists, the big party in the chamber, might threaten to bolt the prospective popular front" govern ment of Leon Blum, socialist leader, if revolutionary tactics by dissatis- fled workers continued.
 At .today's cabinet meeting, Premier Albert Garraut reported that he believed the strike disor- ders were almost over as the result of an agreement on which Ludovic Frossard, minister of labor. was working.
 It was understood that responsi- ble leaders of the labor unions and the communist party were urging their members to go back to work.
 Even as the cabinet met, 1,600 men of the Rosengart automobile factory struck and, like others, locked themselves inside the fac- tory walls. They congregated in the sunshine in the courtyards behind the walls, awaiting an answer to their demands for 6 collective wage agreement.