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Evening star., 1936-08-04
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Bill Shakespeare First
Foot Ball Star to
Crash Talkies.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

N TOTRE DANES Bill Shakes.
nj peare, starting his film career
at Hollywood this week, will
be the first foot ball player to
crash the talking films, although there
were several in the silents, unable
to make the shift when the films
found voice. John Mack Brown of
Alabama has fine start and seemed
to be promising actor, but his in
durable Southern accent narrowed
his vocal range and he was counted
out. Lefty" Flynn, brilliant Yale
halfback, also dropped at the speech
barrier. Red Grange did first rate in
two or three silent films. but couldn't
qualify in the voice tests.
The late Louis Wolheim was a foot
ball player who doubtless would have
eased into the talkies without any
trouble had he lived. His bashed-in
nose, souvenir of his foot ball days
at Cornell, was an asset in his eat
'em-alive roles, such as The Hairy
Ape" on the legitimate stage. and he
had made nice start in the silent
films
A Hollywood correspondent informs
this writer that star athletes are mov-
ing on the film capital like an army
with banners. In the boom years,
they used to be routed into We'll
Street or into show window jobs with
big corporations. That's all over and
done with and now they want to be
actors.
Bill Shakespeare has legs. pulchri-
tude and a passable voice. If he
makes good in big way in the films.
Staten Island will have to be tied
down. Over there they are inces-
sanity parading. banqueting and hur-
rahing over Bill Shakespeare's ex-
ploits He is the son of Capt. Valen-
tine Shakespeare of the Staten Island
Fire Department not related to that
other distinguished figure Of the the
ater of Stratford-on-Avon. The latter
is just an added starter, over on Staten
Island.
Bill Shakespeare went TO Notre
Dame from Port Richmond High
School. He did well in his studies
and, if the film business shouldn't
turn out as he hopes it will. he prob
ably will study law at De Pauw
University. He is good-lookiing
lad. with abundant reached hair, reg
ular features and nice teeth. He
says that, whatever happens, he
never will be a professional or a
coach.
Evening star., 1936-08-04

positions under the key executives OF
cabinet or assistant secretary rank
will be subject to the merit system.
This pledge goes further than any
promise from Mr.. Roosevelt. But
neither party's pledge is worth very
much as long as Representatives and
Senators are permitted by public opin-
ion to make political appointments
and to pass laws that disregard civil
service rules. Many Senator and
Representative gets his political Or
ganization for reelection free of
charge by using the persons who are
obligated to him for favorS done. This
has never been included specifically
under corrupt practice legislation.
There seems to be plenty of time to
regulate private contributions for po-
litical purposes but little curb on the
immense political power OF the spoils
system machines.
Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-08-04
Fighting Journalist.

Without too much pride Of craft.
it may be observed that newspaper
men are mixing in more Importantly
in public affairs. at home and abroad.
than they ever have before. While
it can't be said that the typewriter is
more powerful than the airplane. it
is at least a runner-up. In Spain.
Julio Alvarez Del Vayo. a working
journalist, is the right arm Of Fran
cisco Largo Caballero. leader of the
government forces, ranging through
the battle area rallying Loyalist armies
and doubling in fighting and propa-
ganda.
AS vigorously as the Nazi journalist,
Goebbels, he expounds the govern
ment's case and is the regimes point
of contact with foreign correspondents.
For many years, Senor Del Vayo has
been the correspondent of Spanish
and Latin-American newspapers in
various capitals of Europe. In the
late nineteen-twenties. he was presi-
dent of the Berlin Society OF Foreign
CORRESPONDENTS
Evening star., 1936-08-04

Democratic drum beaters admitted the trend
beyond the control his
opposition which him opportunity exhibit
spending relief excellent advantage The
speech the drought
which has vehicle show worth in The dying
Administration
creating permanent European qudrdon
nnminduI OF such
against it,
With no home port the squadron would naturally move from
p to port and require grants permission enter each one Dpna
repercuson might trail the ships
to another
and from there They long for the
their long
ing will be unfulfled
usually has
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people, who throughout the depression
have dug down into their pockets to
help the farmer through the crisis, are
now going to be taxed by the few for
tunate farmers, on top of world, by
high prices on every item of food that
they put into their mouths. For the
price of grain determines the price of
meat, poultry. milk, eggs, butter and
every other foodstuff which has not
been directly affected by the weather.
Imports Necessary.
This year we shall have to import
vast quantities of both wheat and
corn. This fact will be politically ex-
plotted to the utmost. The Republic
ans will blame the production con-
troll policy, although it was the vast
grain surpluses previously collected
which contributed to driving the price
down to 20 cents busnel on the farms
in 1892, when it was being used in
some places for fuel But for most
Americans the immediate question is
not whether this policy or that would
have produced a better situation at
this moment. The situation is here.
1t is going to be even harder for great
many people to eat. Wheat sold in
New York last week for $l.33A per
bushel Corn for $1.19, and where the
latter is going no one SO far can guess.
The canning companies report that
total packs of all types Of vegetables
will be 20 per cent under last year,
with only ITO per cent carry-over.
Prices of standard canned peas. beans,
corn and tomatoes have advanced 25
per cent over three months ago.
We have a tariff of AZ cents bushel
on wheat. If that is added to the world
price it will be enormously advantage
Gus to those American farmers whom
God has blessed, and who have goo6
crops. They are the winners in
cosmic sWeepstake. 1t will be very
hard on the people who eat, which is
everybody. The President has the
power to reduce that tariff, so per cent,
by proclamation. He does not have the
power to put anything on the free
list. but he does have that much power
In any case, food prices will be so high
that there will be universal demand
for higher wages, for higher relief
payments; food consumption will
diminish, and in the end the farmers
will suffer, and then We will all be
taxed for more farm subsidies. Only
the use OF the tariff. now, in the IN
terests of the whole people. will keep
food prices from sky-rocketing even
higher than necessary. Nobody is 60
ing to dump food here. There isn't
any to dump. Wherever we buy we
shall have to pay dear.
Asks for Agreement.
II the President does not do it, 1t
will only be due to the fear of par
tisan exploitation of the move. Is 1t
too much to ask that both parties
should suspend for moment their
hostilities, and agree not to exploit
this issue? I suppose it is. Yet, is
there any reason why tariff COM
mission should be in politics, and the
Interstate Commerce Commission out
of it? I see none. And will venture
a wager If matters concerning the
welfare of the whole people continue
to be dealt with in a demagogic man
ner, with view to the pressures which
particular groups are able to exercise,
there will be a lot fewer votes for
either Democrats or Republicans in an
other four years.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-08-04

of the British withdrawn the die
hard attitude which led them Egyptian garrison after the
will be allowed immigration
Egyptians
administration.
protection
from military distinctly
which settled in the coming month will
Egyptian laws
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severest political problem. Sundays
newspapers announced that the Demo-
Gratis are planning a special drive to
cover the territory from Ohio to Mon
tana and are gathering together a
committee composed of well-known
farm leaders, probably to be headed
by william E. Settle. president of the
Indiana Farm Bureau, and until re-
Gently director of the National Grain
Corp. Mr.. Settle was also chairman
of the grain conference which Presl-
dent Hoover called soon after his elec-
ton, out of which the Federal Farm
Board developed.
Every poll shows that the President
is slipping in the corn belt. And he
is slipping on the Republican argu-
ment against the reciprocal trade
treaties. the argument that. due to
them. the farmers domestic market
has been sacrificed to foreign produc
ers 1t is in the midst Of such a sit
uation. with the success or failure Of
Doth candidates hinging upon the
will Of the farm bloc, that the Ameri
can people are faced with the most
acute food shortage in years.
Probable Cost Of Bread.
If 1t is possible in these months to
take anything out of politics, and to
regard anything with a disinterested
eye. or rather with an eye to the well
fare of all Of the people. We might con-
slider the probable cost in the near
future OF our daily bread incidentally
our daily bread is. even normally
speaking, the worst bread consumed
by any civilized Western people. II
our grain farmers, so we'll organized
and so powerful. and if our consumers.
so unorganized and so docile, would
insist that the bakers of this country
sell us. for our money. chiefly wheat.
instead Of a product largely COM
pounded of water, air and waXed
paper sanitation. We could greatly in
crease the farmers domestic market
for wheat. But that is another story
Right now there is a world wide
wheat shortage, for all the world, ex-
cept Russia and China has expert
enced drought and insect plaques. The
Canadian crop is off Al per cent. The
world price, as we'll as the domestic
price. is at one Of its highest levels in
recent history The wheat shortage Is
accompanied by a shortage in corn.
and in all vegetables and fruits. And
the question is whether the American
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the Middle Ages
to a
has rot been accomplishing the change sat
brutal dSorganzed and inconsistent Th Is why
the opposition picked started shooting
In long the current battles
reformation uH continue The fight
the political confusion and hasten the
ultimately accomplished gears
little than hds already oeen
ACCOMPLISHED NTH less loss OF life
The difference Spanish revolution that the Latin
taking credit for the successful
Castan 1t neat eVacua
the credit due
Ihey swear
bv hi footin well domeSticaly
publicity only they hint Mr. Hull moved his two cruisers
from Britain that the situation was
seriously did The fact Is Mr. Hull had no up
ports solely because
Hull still Smarng
adequate precautions for projections OF
in British
rescue our own Minister Americans hudded in the
legation thee)
This time He moved before the situation
required
credit for all acts fate even the
him this
the mldshpnen
had not been on shake-do~n ru HUNS
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than willing
considerable sacrifice
the British Arab
it interference
The Watd
HaSaS a peace,
attitude uhich broke
negotiations the October
inUaSion from Ltbya erpected momenarly.
The treaty to judge by unofficial reports will little the
Inflated 1880 military
the the the
Evening star., 1936-08-04
ASSERTS "PLOW" MOVIE
WILL SWING VOTE G. O.P.
South Dakota Republican Chair
man Says Political Reaction to
Lose State for New Deal.

BY ire Associated Press.
MILLER. s. Oak. August 4.-Harlan
]. Bushfleld. Republican State chair
man. in a statement issued yesterday,
criticized the ReSettlement Admins
tration for circulating a motion pic
ture depicting effects of drought and
duststorms in the Plain States, and
predicted it would place South Da-
kota in the Republican column at the
election next November.
Bushfield declared that the picture
Gin one savage blow ruthlessly de-
stroyed all that South Dakotans have
built up in a generation" by pictur-
ing the State "as q waste land"
If there was any doubt about 1t
Evening star., 1936-08-04
New War on Noise.

NEW YORK, August R.-Mayor
F. H. La Guardia has opened a new
war on noise. He called on the po-
lice department to enforce the anti
noise ordinance which he said was not
intended to be a "nine-day wonder" !"
"You will find cases where perhaps
the offender will insist upon getting a
diploma in the shape of summons, "
he said.
Evening star., 1936-08-04

capture this vote
each major party
is vieing with the
other in its prom
ises to the farm
ers. The Repub-
licans promise the
farmers e cry
thing that the
New Deal gives
them. minus pro-
duction con t rol
and plus a higher
agricultural tar
if. The business
of meeting these
DrOmiSeS is Presi-
Evening star., 1936-08-04
Civil Service
; Order Has
J Leaks
Spoils System in Post
masterships Still
Entrenched.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

YUST about fortnight ago an
executive order came from the
White House supposedly put
~ ting all postmasters under the
"merit system" and it was hailed far
and wide as a step in the right di-
Section."
But unfortunately it now turns out
that the order really means the en-
trenchment of politically appointed
postmasters and does not call for the
Evening star., 1936-08-04

more ODJeCtIOHapIe 10 Ine EgypLIdnS
than infantry, will be greatly in
creased.
Alexandria. whose use as a naval
base has always been bitterly abused
by the Egyptians, will be greatly
strengthened.
The British, on the other hand,
will encourage the Egyptian army's
growth and will allow it machine
guns. tanks and other weapons pre-
viously denied it.
Evening star., 1936-08-04
Behind the News
Experienced Diplomatic Bettors Lay Odds Against
Spain's Trouble Starting War.
BY PAUL MALLON.

will lay 10to-1 that the coming Euro
\ pean Spanish political conflict
Spanish a problem
~ dangling international phases 1t being called
fascism communism really cearct deep
Spanish Nonarchs and Republicans
Socialists
Anarchists other brghteyed
overcrowdng their ranks
caught slipping little backhand aid to
the radical
Evening star., 1936-08-04

application of
civil service re-
form of a perma-
nent character.
The u nj t e d
States Civil Serv-
ice Commission
has is sue d a
memorandum in
answer to in
quiries. 1t says
in part:
IS. Does t h e
new system &C.
tually put the
post Offices under
civil service?
Evening star., 1936-08-04
PRISONERS BEATEN
Inmates Kick Two Accused OF
Forcing Girl of 212 to Drink.

Forcing Girl of 21a to Drink.
DALLAS, Tex, August P.-Two
men charged with forcing a 2i2 year
old girl to drink three glasses Of
whisky were knocked down and
kicked by angry fellow inmates in the
city Jail yesterday.
Jailers rescued the men, Emmett
Sigler and Joe Thurmon. charged with
contributing to the delinquency of a
minor, and placed them in solitary
confinement.
Evening star., 1936-08-04
SHOW SET TONIGHT
Band, Dancers and Glee Club on
Sylvan Theater Program.

The Washington Gas Light Co.
Band. the Alice Louise Hunter Dane
ers and the Potomac Electric Power
Co. Glee Club present the program
tonight at the Monument Grounds
Sylvan Theater, under auspices of the
Community Center Department and
the National Capital Parks.
The band will play from 7:30 to
8. following which the dance group,
with Ray Williams as guest per-
former. will join with the glee club
in the remainder Of the program.
The giant bamboo. although over
100 feet high, is claSsed as a grass.
Evening star., 1936-08-04

expected to be followed by quick
accord on the question Of capitula-
tions and other minor points 1t is
probable that the treaty itself will
be ready for formal signature by Sep
tember.
Success In the present negotiations,
after miserable failure on five previ-
Gus occasions, has involved extreme
concessions by both parties Prompted
by common nervousness over the
Ethiopian situation and more ur-
Evening star., 1936-08-04
British Diplomats Score
Sudan Question Is Settled After Many Crashes on
Rocks of Nationaism.
BY WILLIAM II. sToNEMAN.

ONDON England major diplomatic
sharply with failures in other fields during the
resulting them
of the British and Egyptian
question remaining
negotiations for an Anglo-E Egyptian treaty.
the which reached
the military
Evening star., 1936-08-04

but this is Eo more than expected
political maneuvering for domestic
effect in Italy and France.
1t is certainly nothing to go to war
about, and is not likely to become
that serious.
The Spanish trouble is fundamen-
tally a growing pain. The country
has been in the throes of revolution
since the republic was instituted five
years ago. The revolution was de-
signed to throw down a feudal land.
Evening star., 1936-08-04
G. O. P. Headquarters Opened.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., August 4 P).-
North Carolina Republicans have
opened campaign headquarters here
with Brownlow Jackson of Asheville,
secretary of the State Executive Com
mittee, in charge.
Evening star., 1936-08-04
Tariff Slash
on Grain
Urged
Vital to Hold Bread
Cost Within Limits,
Writer Says.
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

THE most catastrophe thing
about the drought. from the
viewpoint of the great Ameri-
Il can public, is that it occurs in
a campaign year, when every move on
the part of the administration will be
made with an eye on the political Sit
uation. The outcome of the campaign
depends upon the votes of few crit
ical Middle Western farm States. To
Evening star., 1936-08-04

nearest Warship would have been
5000 miles away when the call for
help came.
* X X
The theory of Roosevelt luck has
become so widely accepted that at
least one outstanding observer of
political trends now is discountlng his
own election figures on that basis.
He says the Presidents whole political
career indicates he is unusually for
tunate. and adroit enough to take ad-
Evening star., 1936-08-04

before. The plow that broke the
plains has made South Dakota def
nitely Republican" he said.
Evening star., 1936-08-04
Note on Texas Republic.

Clark Horton of Dallas owns a $40
promissory note Of the Republic Of
Texas, dated November 8, 1888.
Evening star., 1936-08-04

HOLLYWOOD stars tell you,
II "Use rouge and powder all
you wish, but guard against Co.'S
metic Skin with Lux Toilet Soapp'
The ACTIVE lather of this gentle
soap goes deep-carries out of
the pores every trace of dust and
dirt, stale cosmetics. Don't risk
thetinyblemishes, enlargedpores,
dullnessthatmean Cosmetic Skin.
Use Lux Toilet Soap faithfully
before you put on fresh makeup
during the day, ALWAYS before
you 60 to bed at night.
Evening star., 1936-08-04

TOTRE DANES Bill Shakes.
peare, starting his film career
\ at Hollywood this week, will
be the first foot hall nlayer tn
The Washington times., 1936-09-25

world series, play over their heads.
The Giants have only one man
Mel Ott-who is a constant
home run threat. Being pull hit
ter, OFT finds those close fences to
his liking. But Bill Terry, who
slugs a ball farther and harder,
hits almost always down the long
left center lane and rarely gets a
homer and is, therefore, not half
the threat OFT is.
If the YankS can handcuff these
two hitters they will have the
Giant attack virtually stopped.
Long HitterS
The Giant flippers will have a
whole lineup to stop. Dickey, Geh-
rig, DiMaggio, Rolfe, Selkirk, Laz-
zeri, Crosetti and Powell are all
long hitters and half of them are
pull hitters.
If the Giants are foolish enough
to pitch to either DiMaggio or
The Washington times., 1936-09-25
McCarthyn1en Pack Dynamite
In Their Bats; Giants Boast
Great Pitching Strength

>Dickey high inside, the cash Gus
toners will have plenty OF SOU
venixs to take home. But there's
the rub-the Giants are low ball
pitchers who are not likely to give
the Yankee Sluggers any fat ones
to feed on.
Pitching, like weight on race
horses-can bring two teams to-
gether. To illustrate what might
happen: jackson, Of the Giants,
is hitting .232; Rolfe, of the YankS,
.310. Offhand, you might say
there could be no comparison be-
tween them. But-will Rolfe hit
$40 against Hubbel & Co.? And
will the Yankee throwers hold
Jackson to his seasons puny
mark?
The writer believes Bill Dickey
will be the most dangerous hitter
in the Yankee lineup and that Joe
Moore may be the surprise pack
age in the Giant fold.
If the pitching happened to be
ordinary on both sides, it would
be no conteSt-the YankS would
bury the Giants. But the Giant
pitching is more likely to be eX.
cellent for the first two games, at
least, and if it is the Yanks are
not going to spray those stands
with home runs.
The Giant pitchers should be
able to bring the Yankee Sluggers
down to about the level Of their
own hitters. In fact, it would be
no surprise to see the Yankee bat
ting average in the composite box
score at the end Of the second
game much closer to 200 than to
their seasons 300 average.
If the series goes six or seven
games, the Yankee hitting will
grow stronger as the Giant pitch
ing grows weaker. But at the start
there should be no noticeable diff
ference in the hitting Of the two
teams.
The Washington times., 1936-09-25
Hotel Fire R0uts
Gopher Gridders

MISSOULA, Mont, Sept. 25.
Minnesota'S Gophers rolled west
ward today sans shoes, shirts,
watches and various other articles
of apparel and adornment, but
with a consuming determination
to whip the University Of Wash
ington at Seattle tomorrow.
Many of the athletes were forced
to flee their hotel here clad only
in their pajamas, as flames con-
sumed the four-story building and
most of their personal belongings.
Quickly bedded down in their spe-
cial train, they suffered no i'll
effects. If anything, the excite
ment broke the tension occaSioned
by tomorrow's game for they went
through a stiff drill late yesterday
with snap and dash.
The practice session indicated
Bernie Bierman intends to start
Andy Uram and Julie Alfonso at
the halves, Vic Spadaccini at full
back and Bud Wilkinson at quar-
ter.
The Minnesota special is Sched-
uled to arrive in Seattle late this
morning, and Bierman will put his
charges through light drill this
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1936-09-25
Subs
For Guckeyson,
Injured Ace

Waverly Wheeler, who has been
nominated to fill the shoes of the
injured Bill Guckeyson in the left
halfback post on the University of
Maryland football team for it's
opening game tomorrow with St.
Johns at College Park, is coun-
terpart of his teammate in one
respect at least. TomorTow's game
begins at 3 p. m.
Neither played football before
matriculating at College Park.
Wheeler was a star in both bas-
ketball and baseball at Tech High,
while Guckeyson gave his atten-
ton at BetheSda-Ch Chase to
baseball; basketball, shotputting
and soccer.
Guckeyson, one of the coun-
try's greatest kickers. cannot be
matched in this department, but
Wheeler should do a satisfactory
job in the other elements of at
tack and defense, although it
would be expecting too much of
him to measure up to the great
Bill.
The Washington times., 1936-09-25
CoChrane 10 Strinu
Along With Yanks
In World Series

DETROIT. Sept. 25.-"I'm going
to string along with the Yankees"
said Manager Mickey Cochrane Of
the Tigers today, who for the first
time in three years will be q specta-
tor at a world series.
Mickey, skipper Of the team
which won the worlds title last
season and the American League
pennant the year before, explained
his choice:
"The power of the Yankees is
strong enough to offset the
Giant pitching as represented
by HubbeM."