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Evening star., 1936-11-07
TRANSPORT TURNS TO SPEED
Railroads. Stirred from Years of Leagy by Planes and Other
Competing Media Open Throttle New Era. Safety
Receives Deep Consideration.

The pioneer passenger line installed
the first beacons as late as 1880, and
finally turned them over to the Gov
ernment for 81 when the Department
Of Commerce took over their erection
and maintenance.
THE radio beacon-now celebrated
for guiding pilots to happy land
ings-were first used experimentally on
coastwise line in California about
1881, and was not in general use until
some time later, according to Mr..
Scruggs. Two-way radio sets. making
1t possible for pilots to talk with
weather bureaus and officials on the
ground while in flight. and other in
struments designed as "avigation" aids
are innovations of the past few years.
Aircraft played the role Of dictator
in the revolution that has taken place
In the world of railroad tracks, rail-
road men are first to agree. Prodded
by the aerial inroads on their business,
the advance in scheduled high-speed
train service in this country Is with
out parallel in the world. From about
30 regular runs in 1880, timed at go
miles per hour and over, the number
at the end of 1885 had increased to
more than 400, while the mileage had
increased from about 1,100 to more
than 10000. Today there are about
10000 miles Of mile minute runs.
Record scheduled speeds on the ia
NOUS Hiawatha, between Chicago and
st. Paul; on the Union, between Gin
cinnati and Chicago; on the Twin
Zephyrs, between Chicago and the
Twin Cities of Minnesota; are the fast
est in the world for distances of 800
miles or more. !
Before the railroads were driven to
viewing their futures with alarm, due
to airplane and bus competition with
passengers, and trucking competition
in freight. they had it pretty much
their own way about conveying per-
sons and produce from spot to spot.
Profits were disappearing when they
looked aloft to see vehicles that needed
no roadbeds or bridges, and at Amer
ican highways that were making pub
lie and private automobiles delight.
Steam giants. fiicking $50 loaded
freight cars along at express train
speeds - silent electric locomotives
hauling loaded coaches beneath crowd
ed city streets-sleek, streamlined bull
lets dashing about the countryside
these are the railroads answers.
Train men like to quote the trans
portation magnate, the late Col. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, who said 1.-THE pub
lie be damned" OK carts and canal
boats were his only competition, and he
managed quite well with this attitude,
whereas railroad men today shower
every blessing conceivable upon their
customers.
THE public adored the first stream
lined. beaver-tailed train, and the
railways are giving them raindrop.
shaped transportation Some cases
merely enclosing veteran locomotives
In a shell that makes them appear like
their more modern brothers.
Beginning with aircraft, whose con-
tours sneered at wind resistance.
every means Of transportation has be-
come streamlined-even bobsleds.
roller skates and perambulators. But
they ask you, around the Interstate
Commerce Commission, What ID .
Evening star., 1936-11-07
By Lucy Salamanca.

Dv LNCv OUtuWUHCU.
T TE WAS brought up with a
- king. He wrestled and hunted
with a crown prince. and he
played in the grounds Of a
palace.
A member Of Washington's diplo-
matte crop? Some dethroned monarch
taking refuge in the Capital? A for
eign dignitary? Not at all. He is.
instead, one of the best-known door
men in the Nations Capital. He is
Joe Swentner. whose CHEEKY. "Vel-
come home! Welcome home!" greets
one at the Shoreham threshold. And
Joe has said his welcome home" to
royalty in Washington, as well as
abroad.
For six years he has said it at the
Connecticut avenue hostelry. and he
can call of to you by name the
famous. the elite. the political, Dip
lomatic, titled. literary, musical and
thespain stars for whom he has
opened doors, made change, or whom
he has sent on their way or greeted
home, in a procession of days dedi-
Gated to just these things. He can
tell you which Senator is grouchy
before IL O'Clock noon every day;
which has pleasant greeting for
every one as early as Z. He can tell
you how long Mrs. Roosevelt will park
her car; who dined with an Ambas-
sador last night; which door was left
open for Mrs. Hoover. He can. in
short, tell you more about the bril-
liant lights of Washington's social
life than any one man in the Capital
today.
That is, Joe could tell. But in his
own words, II see, hear, say nothing
and forget everything" He is the
perfect doorman.
T IFE has taught Joe. however, a
philosophy all his own. He has
learned to observe. and. being a very
intelligent individual, the result Of
his observation is q conclusion.
There are some people" says Joe,
"who think themselves possessed Of
culture, when the real truth Is they
don't even have agriculture!'
A cultured" person, says this OBJ
server, Is one who docs not have two
voices, who addresses every one alike,
50 far as the tone of his voice Is con-
cerned." That's . pretty wise OBJ
servation, we say. THE words cer-
tainly are different when one Is speak
ing to his family, let us say, or to a
bellboy but the tone that's
what counts. The real aristocrat
doesn't have two voices"
Life, or that section of life revealed
to some one who stands on duty hours
at q time before the door Of . fash
ionable hotel, particularly in such q
city as the Capital, passes in review
and from the cross-section, Joe as
sures us, one can piece together the
whole picture.
"The way somebody acts right here
at this door," says Joe. sis . pretty
good index OF how he acts in bigger
and more important situations"
Possessed of extraordinary patience
and reserve, Joe has only been called
down" once, entirely without justin
cation. And that was by . Congress
man Of the United States. 'Oh, well.
! think" says Joe, maybe he didn't
Evening star., 1936-11-07
By Vesfa Cummings.

T TOW much faster can you
IL travel today than your father
did in the eighties?
a u A reporter may have en-
circled the globe recently in 18 days,
but the average person-what has the
"age of speed" done for him?
Time tables scream of increased
velocity, speaking for themselves. You
may go more places, at more hours
Of the day, and much, much faster
not only than your father in his youth
but than you yourself could in 1888,
Just three years ago.
A Zeppelin nudges painting, float
Ing skyscrapers into record breaking
kprints across an ocean.
Blind flying in the air has forced
blind flying on the rails.
Buses melt like quicksilver along
mountain passes. schedule figures
pounding their drivers brains.
Nations dicker for the right to fly
paying passengers from continent to
continent, experts on international
law thumbing tones in search Of
precedents.
The lame duck" session of Con-
eress lies dead, murdered by speed.
Airway beacon lights sweep the
moon, while wayside signals flash to
the tune Of locomotive whistles.
Lighthouses announce themselves to
the sea in neon signs.
Messages crack along the ether
waves. We are landing! We are de-
parting! We are arriving on sched-
ule! Horror of horrors, We are run
ming 10 minutes late.
Increased transportation speeds
have enjoyed their greatest impetus
during the past decade, traffic ex-
perts agree, but acceleration of every
thing-man, letters, steers and vege-
tables-has advanced to q terrific
extent in the past three years.
RANANA traffic, originating at
- shipside in New Orleans, is now
deposited in Chicago in 36 hours,
whereas five years ago special re-
frigerator cars did 1t in so hours.
Solid trainloads of Strawberries now
run from Louisiana to Chicago break
fast tables in. "a hours.
>, Live stock rides faster to slaughter
now scheduled, for example, from
Denver to Chicago, for unloading with
in the 36-hour feeding law, while sew
eral years ago 1t was necessary to un-
load live shipments en- route at least
once for feed and rest.
Fruit shipments from California
arrive at Eastern markets 80 hours
faster than they did in 1880. To-day
overnight points 500 miles distant
promise third-day delivery, whereas 10
years ago freight leaving Chicago was
not delivered in New York until seven
or eight days later.
The movement, then, Of food and
merchandise has kept up with the
movement of man. 4.
The China Clipper spans the Pacific
In four days, whereas as late as last
Summer the journey was q matter Of
weeks, at sea. Her experimental flights
started last year, while the beginning
Of regular scheduled runs is news thi,
month.
The Hindenburg passes al the clouds
between here and Germany in three
days, while the Queen Mary and thu
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Continued on Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1936-09-27

FIVE BROTHERS ON SAME BATTLE
SHIP The Cowdrey brothers, Manley,
Paul, Harry, Burnem and Charles, are see
ing the world together in Uncle Sans Navy
All are serving on the Pennsylvania, from
which they had this shore leave in Hawaii,
long way from their home town of
Virden, ILL., 9 Wide World Photos.
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>storieS to leading magazines. His
collaboration on the magazine ma
teriaI Is Eleanor Griffin.
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Stors Gain by
Getting Off
Home Lot

HOLLYWOOD, June 20.
There's generally magic in the
Hollywood phrase, 80 and So
has been loaned to This and
That studio for an outside pic
ture." Actors, actresses and
managers alike are more than
aware Of this Sorcery and more
often than not, as new contracts
are drawn up, is inserted the
potent phrase which will permit
this professional Straying from
the home fold.
For more Little oscars"
bronze figurette emblematical Of
Academy annual honors, have
been won in fresh pastures than
in the old familiar stamping
ground. Or as many, at least.
Clark Gable is under contract
to M-G-M, and scored his most
recent big success in that studios
"Mutiny on the Bounty" But it
was Columbia that gave him his
first hand-up to Academy inn
mortality In the Frank Capra
production, "It Happened One
Night"
That same picture. for which
Columbia borrowed Claudette Col
bert from Paramount, gave that
beauteouS actress a twin award
and q part that all critics agreed
was by far the best Of her career.
The recent gala preview dnvi-
tation only to the elite Of tha
colony) offered Hollywood another
proof Of the wisdom Of borrowing
and lending. The picture was
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." di-
rected by Frank Capra for Colum-
oia and was unanimously acclaimed
as the best Of Gary Cooper's act
ing career. All further agreed that
his performance must be given
consideration some IL months
from now as the best academy
choice) Of the 1885 film season.
The list Of outside picture"
successes, where the player left
his or her home lot to make them.
could be carried on almost indefi-
nitely. Margaret Sullavan'S finest
picture so far, it is agreed, is THE
Moons Our Home" for which she
was borrowed from Universal.
Ronald Colman had to wait a
year, and have his contract with
Goldwyn rewritten, to star in Co
lumbia'S Lost Horizon" which
has just entered production. Jane
Wyatt was borrowed from Uni
versal for the part opposite the
English star. Randolph Scott
never had q chance at his home
studio until RK-O signed him for
q Katharine Hepburn picture, and
later several others. Some Of
Wally Beery's best films bear the
trademark Of goth Century-Fox,
who had to go to Metro to get
him.
"Put yourself in pawn for sue
cess" is rapidly coming to be
Hollywood'S favorite axiom.
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a cynical remark about women
''Oh, you don't have to worry about Moore" replies
Barbara, "Im just a sign"
It adds fp of interest," seeing these two reported
romancng in real fe playing sweethears the
When the shot is over ask Barbara:
"Don't you and Taylor get tired of each other9'
"Say she flips back, "This picture wasn't my idea.
think the studio has been reading the gossip columns
And, if you think they haven t, you're crazy.
Old Timers is This One
Coincidence pops outdo fiction again in the replica
of the Trocadero bar where Director Robert Forey is
shooting on the picture Hollywood Boulevard
Thrown together in the two od-timers Jack
Mulhan and Creighton Hale.
Muha is telling about finishing picture the night be-
FORE It's serial "The Cutching Hand" and Jack starts
describe the final episode
Suddenly, Hale interrupts and finishes it for him.
81 played your part % years ago when Arnold DAILY
starred in The Cutchng Hand" he informs the astonhed
Jack.
The amazing part is that Mulha completed the Is cpl
sodes in weeks WHILE back in 1914 Hale got years
work out of the film.
Even the hot this week. walk onto the
II Won't Dance" set (formerly called 'Never Gonna
Dance and find the electricians swerng in their shirt
sleeves while Ginger Rogers and Fred Asare bundled
to their in fur coats.
It's big set, the exterior Of deserted Adirondack
inn. Midwnter everything only there is
slush in ius the ability to reflect the heat of the lights
About 81 Won't Damce''
Ginger and Fred up in summerhouse knoll, have to
kid themselves that the shifting flakes the real thing.
Director George Stevens sitting close up the action,
directs the storm with Jovan nonchaance His lap is full
of snow and the hood Of the lens above his shou
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Silly Trade Marks
Are Often Cause of
Fans Saying Nay

HOIIywOOd's stars and starlets
are revolving against the studio
slogan makers, those who con-
Ceive such labels as "America'S
Boy Friend" "The Butterfly
Man" and "The Patent Leather
Romeo"
The leading men and the fenli-
nine luminaries Of the day believe
that with the general artistic
growth Of the screen and the policy
Of giving players more varied
roles should put an end to what
they term ridiculous trade
marks"
One Of the leaders Of the revolt
Is Robert Young, Metro -Goldwyn'
Mayer player, who announced to.
day that none is going to call
him Ruthless, Romantic Rolfo"
or 1.-THE Candy Kid" or THE Man
You Love to Hate"
He says that the late Lew Cody
suffered much in box-office popu-
larity when he was branded The
Butterfly Man." He says too,
that Jackie Cooper never should
be referred to as "Skippy" Cooper,
although the youngSter scored
such a success in picture by
that name.
"Some theater manager back
East billed me in an ad as Amer.
ica's Young Man Why pin a
label like that on me? Fredric
March shouldn't even be called
The First Gentleman of the
Screen" for even a fine actor like
Freddie could not live up to that
name in every picture he played
in"
Young cites Mary Pickford'S
label, Americas Sweetheart" de-
claring that branded her as an
ingenue so that when she was
ready to play more mature or
different roles, the public did not
think she could do them. He is
equally unenthusiastic about
'"The Smart Aleck," which was
hung on Jack Oakie for a time.
Jackie Coogan still Is trying
to live down the name Of The
Kid which often has been
tackled on to him, and George
Raft should not have been
branded as The Dancing Kid
Don't brand the actors. Let
their work and their names speak
for themselves. I'd no more
think Of calling Eleanor Powell
Twinkle Toes than I would to
call Clark Gable That He-Man of
Hollywood He'd probably punch
me in the nose"
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beatrice Bliss. James Wyatt is
playing opposite the star.
Henry Henigson, associate pro-
ducer for Paramount, will shortly
announce the addition Of three
more stories on his list Of planned
productions for this year. The
former Universal executive chief
Is now preparing for immediate
production easy Living" in
which Jean Arthur and Joel NC
Crea will co-star. Henigson will
then get busy on "Playboy," with
George Raft.
Predicating his story on Pro
ducer David o. Selznick, for
whom he is now directing Gar
den Of Allah" Richard Boleslaw.
ski has just had accepted for
immediate publication, in tn e
Sunday edition Of a New York
daily, a 1,500-word article on
"SouCnern doSplGauCy III 0OAAy-
wood"
Columbia will make a picture
based on the Life Of Wild Bill
Hickok." famous frontierSman
and scout.
William Rankin has established
q record by selling eight originals
in five months to major producers.
B. P. Schulberg bought Wins
Agent" "Pinkerton the Detective"
and when Your Hearts on Fire,
while Columbia took Counterfeit"
and Partner You're in Love.
Emanuel Cohen will make "Pen.
MES from Heaven" and Paramount
Diamond Rush" and "Time Out
for Romance" In addition to the
screen stories Rankin sold II
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tract with George Hirliman-
pRKO, George OBrien was &C
companied by Edgecumb Pinchon
novelist, as far as Chicago. The
film star. en- route to New York
to attend the RKO convention
discussed on the train the
screenizing Of his first story
"The Life Of Daniel Boone,
which David Howard Is to direct
With his entire arm firmly
encaSed in a heavy plaster cast
and suffering throbbing pains.
Clarence Brown resumed direc.
tion Of 1.-THE Gorgeous Hussy,"
an M-G-M production, last week
without the loss Of one moments
time. He had suffered q pain
full break In his left elbow while
attempting to separate several
Of his valuable dogs who were
engaged in a fight on his beautl'
full CalabaSsaS estate.
Walter Brennan, now one OF
Hollywood's foremost character
actors, but for Is years an obscure
extra, has been signed for the
Samuel Goldwyn production OF
Edna Ferber's Come and Get It,
starring Edward Arnold and Fran.
ces Farmer.
Alan Dinehart and Chick Chan
dler have been assigned featured
roles in The Holy Lie" headed by
Jane Darweu. Lewis Seller Is d.
recting for goth Century.Fox.
Isabel Jewell has been assigned
by goth Century Fox to "AcrosS
the Aisle" IN which Brian Donlevy
and Gloria Stuart have leading
roles.
Henry Hall, Phillip Armenia and
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eBeatrice Bliss. James wyatt Is
playing opposite the star.
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ngenue "Cave-In the picture that is reproduce the
recent mine disaster Halifax.
Jean plays the daughter of the enombed doctor Even
the characters similar to the real story
It is the second outofdoors picture she has made since
returning from London "White Fang" the other.
I ask her about it.
"Oh the dog the real star of that she says They
called up about retakes said was supposed
to start this picture in few days.
"Oh, that's all right, Miss Muir they told me- we just
take few closeups of the dog your shoulder"
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Jack O'Brlen have roles in "The
VigilanteS Are Coming" at Re
public. Republic also cast Ger
trude Hoffman in "The Gentleman
from Louisiana"
"Kow can you recognize profeS.
sionalS on the radio?"
"They have no gong to stop
them"
e. e. Give and George Regas
have been assigned by Warmers
to Three In Eden"
Latest additions to the cast foI
Frank Capra's Lost Horizon,
starring Ronald Colman, at Co
lumbia, are Matthew Carlton,
Beatrice Curtis, Joe Herrera and
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when I come onto the set
where Barbara Stanwyck
and Robert Taylor are
making screen love (for a
change) in the picture, His
Brothers. Wife"
Cool as anything they
look, just as if they really
were leaning on the parapet
of a New York roof-garden,
as the scene discovers them.
It's the first day Of the
picture and, to be different,
Director W. S. Van Dyke
(human enough to look very
warm) is shooting one Of
the early episodes in the
story. Barbara and Bob
are just getting acquainted.
The dialogue is a quick
give and take and he makes
The Washington times., 1936-06-20

collaboration on the magazine ma
terial is Eleanor Griffin.
Joseph PaSternak, who will pro
duce an untitled musical for Uni
versal, has been honored by the
Austrian government for making
Spring Parade" He was made
an honorary officer on a Tyroleau
government.
To aid the Will Rogers Memo
rial fund drive, Francis Lederer
Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert and
Countess Live de Maigret Of the
cast OF lone Rainy Afternoon,
made personal appearances at the
Four-Star, Los Angeles, and start
ed the collection. Lederer made
short talk to the audience.
Joel McCrea will have the male
lead in Columbia's Adventure
in Manhattan" Edward Ludwig
will direct.
Eddie Cantor mas arrived II
Hollywood to start on his seventh
annual picture for Samuel Gold
wyn. United Artists. It is PONY
Boy" by Henry Selby.
With Producer Edmund Grain
ger acting as pilot, John Blystove
who is preparing to direct the
Liberty Magazine story Big" fol
UNIVERSAL recently covered both
southern and northern California
by air, stopping off in over eight
cities In one day in quest Of loca
ton points for the production
Blystone expects to start actual
filming within the next two weeks
having already started selecting
the cast which will support the
star, Victor McIAglen.
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der is covered with it.
Very serious all this make
believe, too. The incongruity
of such things has long since
been lost to these people.
Even the lunch hour is no
respite. When Director
Stevens calls "cut!" they
rush off to the projection
room to look at the rushes-
all except Astaire.
I ask him if he doesn't
look at rushes.
''Very seldom" he says.
"Whyf" I ask.
He grins and replies:
"What I don't know won't
hurt me"
The modest guy.
The Washington times., 1936-06-20

sam 636dTuS WHO Is k11OWu W
millions as the dialect comedian
with the Jack Benny broadcast,
has been signed by Paramount for
1.-THE Big Broadcast of 1887"
which Mitchell Lessen will direct.
Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, Bob
Burns and Randolph Scott have
the principal roles.
Camera and microphone work
starts Wednesday on THE Cave
In" Cat first announced as Drager-
man Courage") at the Warner
studios. Jean Muir and Barton
MacLane have the two leading
roles in this story dealing with a
mine disaster like the one in Nova
Scotia. Louis King is to direct
the film, from a script by Anthony
Coldeway.
Malcolm s. Boylan has been
signed by President Nat Levine of
Republic Pictures to work on the
forthcoming Phil Regan starring
story, Join the Marines" Boylan
was formerly story editor at Uni
versal.
"Slim" with Pat OBhien and
Henry Fonda in the two princi
pal masculine roles. will go into
production during next month at
Warmers. Delmer Dawes has
completed the screen adoption
Of William Wister HaineS' novel
In order to expedite the start.
ing date Of his first production
under his recently signed con
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Double

Hoot Gibson, starred in '"The
Last OUTLAW" once doubled for
Helen Holmes. serial queen Of
silent movies, in '"The Hazards Of
Helen"
The Washington times., 1936-06-20
Stonwyck-T oyIor Are in Love
On Screen and the Gossip
Says It's Real Thing
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright 1874 King Features syndicatsl

HOLLYWOOD, June 20.
Sound stages hot these days that you stand and
steam, wondering how the actors manage to look 50 cool
under the full glare Of the lights
It's noon and the weathers bureau admits it's &c.,
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Jean Muir got an early
reputation Of talking back
to the studio. Either she is
becoming more philosophi-
cal, or has decided it is
wasted effort.
I discover her quite con-
The Washington times., 1936-06-20

HOLLYWOOD, June 20-James
Dunn and June Clayworth have
been signed by Columbia for the
leading roles in THE Fighter"
The Washington times., 1936-12-10

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