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The Washington times., 1936-12-09

The loveable old codger Of
Banjo On My Knee" is called
Newt Holley. He is devoted to q
nondescript contraption tn t
makes music and his favorite
tune is "St. Louis Blues" Nevis
one hope in life is that his son
Ernie will stay married to Pearl
and eventually present him with
an heir. Their marriage con-
fronts difficulty from the start.
Ernie and Pearl separate q
couple of times through miSunder-
standing, a wicked vamp Kath-
arine De Mille) almost succeeds
in nabbing the stubborn husband,
and all hands have lively times in
New Orleans before the river
SweetheartS decide they are for
each other.
SOME GOOD SONGS
At last Hollywood has con-
trived to fit Buddy EbSen into a
role where his oose-limbed dane
ing belongs, where his lacka-
daisical humors hit the target,
and where his languid songs
blend with the character. This is
Buddy Ebsen's first bullseye in
cinemaland, and let's hope we see
more Of him.
Helen Westley, Theater Guild
director, sinks her personality in
cackling old hag who smokes
a pipe and swigs corn liquor from
the jug. Just bit role, but very
well done.
There are two humble tunes in
Banjo On MY Knee" chat come
from the Song-writing team Of
Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adam
son. You will be hearing more Of
where the Lazy River Goes BY"
a torch tune that is cleverly sung
by Barbara Stanwyck, who also
does a waltz clog with Buddy
Ebsen. with a Banjo On My
Knee" is the other melody that
fingers.
III the last 10 minutes Director
John Cromwell lets his story go
"haywire" for excitement's sake,
but by that time Banjo On My
Knee" has plunked its way into
the hit column.
Screened yesterday matinee at
the Fox exchange, this picture
opens at the Capitol Theater Fri
day It should prove a bonanza
when it hits the neighborhood
locations.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
KELLEYGRAMS

There was Joy around the Twen-
tieth Century-Fox Exchange yes
terday for, after a good year, the
Daryl Zanuck Company is about to
distribute q Christmas bonus. It
amounts to two weeks pay for all
getting 500 a week or less.
"Ethan Frome" curled up in BoS-
ton, one Of the first 1886 road at
fractions that failed to attract.
Too grim and too moody despite
fine acting by Pauline Lord and
Earle Larrimore Tub Thumper
John A. Jameson jumped immedi-
ately from the gloomiest play en-
tour to the most hilarious. boy
Meets Girl" due here Christmas
week with Roy Roberts, graduate
of Steve Cochran's stock company
as it's leading man. Among the
latest to join the Monday Night
Regulars" on E Street, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudy Berger Of M-G-M, Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Lust. Sad, in
deed that David Freedman should
pass on at 80, just as he was being
recognized as the No. / writer
for modern revues. Author Freed
man has several ace skits in the
latest Ziegfeld Follies, is response
BILE for most of the sparkling COM
edy in THE Show Is On" now at
the National Theater. Long had
radio recognized his genius as a
wit. His standard price for 80
minute radio script was $500 and
he had more assignments than he
could fill at that figure. He was
also one of the very, very few who
was not hypnotized by the prodigal
offers Of Hollywood. The musical
comedy stage and the networks
suffer a real loss in his untimely
death.
GENE FORD, POET
It appears that Gene Ford has
the title of poet-laureate for the
Loew organization clinched. When
Maestro Phil Lampkin decided to
pay a lyrical tribute to King Ed
ward in the Capitol's overture,
Managing Director Ford cooper
ated with this rounded accom-
panying philosophy for the screen:
Since Time Immemorial the
Royal Road to Romance Has Been
q Path of ThornS.
While Mother Nature, reveling
In the loves of humber breth-
ren, paints each Lovers Lane with
shadows of sweet scented trees
with white moonlight and jas
mine.
Again history repeats. A be-
loved monarch declares his love
and the echo reverberates around
the world.
And the slumbering lion of Brit
ain awakes to controversy and
alarm.
Let nations totter and high
councils hold their sway.
Old Mother Nature will smile
and claim her day.
And those whose hearts are
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
BY LLOYD PANTAGES

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 9.-Since
Mr.. Trem Carr had to call off his
whaling picture because Of the
maritime strike. and his trucking
picture because Of the truck
strike, he has now picked a theme
with a desert background, hoping
against hope that the desert rats
won't strike.
Mr.. Goldwyn, Mr.. Selznick and
Mr.. Wagner, smart gentlemen,
have decided to take no chances
Of having to borrow players for
their pictures. They will make
three-way pactS with actors and
actresses, and then pass them out
amongst their various producing
companies.
Only / per cent Of the stories
read by the scenario departments
are ever bought, it has been fig
ured out. "Mutiny on the
Bounty" was turned down by
every studio in town, until Frank
Lloyd bought 1t personally, as
was Maid of Salem" just COM
pleted by the same gentleman.
Also, "Gone With the Wind" was
rejected by both Paramount and
RKO, before it became so sen
sationally popular, and now it's
too late, because Selznick owns it.
Today's Ripley set B. P. Schul-
berg back a Thousand dollars, on
an added scene for John Meade'S
Woman" set the entire studio
bowling, and proves again to what
lengths people will go to break
into the movies. A gang Of gentle
man extras we're placed in front
Of a 60-mile-an-hour gale produced
by airplane motors, for a dust
storm sequence. Suddenly, in the
middle of the sequence, one of the
extras hat blew off, and long
blonde hair fell to the waist. It
was a woman in disguise.
Dorothy Lamour, after fitting
around in a sarono or almost moth
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
'Bing's' Latest
For Earle

There's happiness ahead at the
Earle Theater where Bing Crosby'S
latest picture, Columbia's Pennies
From Heaven" is due on Friday.
A cast that includes Madge Evans,
Edith Fellows, Donald Meek and
Louis Armstrong, famed king Of
swing, works along with Bing in
the film.
Crosby's latest picture wa S
Rhythm on the Range" in which
he scored a hit. Madge Evans was
last seen in "Piccadilly Jim," and
little Edith Fellows, thirteen-year-
old starlet, will be remembered for
her performance in "She Married
Her Boss" and And So they Were
Married." and other films. Arm
Strong'S celebrated swing band ap-
pears with him in Pennies From
Heaven"
Norman Mcleod directed, from
the screen play by 10 Swerling.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09

Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea Share
Honors With Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
BANJO ON MY KNEE HITS
Gene Ford, in Lyric to the King,
Pays Tribute to Romance
With Words That Sinq
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Banjo My Knee" title that sounds like Landon
campaign song reality, it of the most entertaining
pictures issued from the goth CenturFox studio this
When has had its at the box office feel quite sure
that Barbara Sanwyck and Joel McCrea will have added to
their regulations the Hollywood male who aspres the
title of Best of 1885, will have to
Walter Brennan
This Brennan is show ealer rather than grabber
forced Edward Arnold split honors Come and Get It,
and now in this story of Mississippis hanty dweler he
emerges again with very much like the brass ring
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
Bridqe COMPANIONS

Brian Donlevy and his fiancee,
Marjorie Lane, planed to San
Francisco as special guests of
Congressman Frank Havenner, for
the formal opening of the new
San Francisco-O ak1and Bay
Bridge. Donlevy, a World War air
hero who recently completed the
lead in goth Century-Fox Crack
Up" broadcast a Bridge of
Friendship" message picked UP by
a Toxic plane and rebroadcaSt
throughout Japan.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
7 Cover HOII IIyWOOd

and be done with It. He has just
signed again at Twentieth Cen.
tury-Fox to be "Mr. Chan" in
ten more pictures. I have lost
count Of how many he has made
already.
Bing Crosby has ten stable res
ervations at the Santa Anita race
track, and the location spot for
his new picture, waikiki Wed
ding" happens to be right next
to the track, which he must have
arranged. Joe e. Brown has ten
reservations, and william LIE
Baron, four.
Which reminds one, since most Of
these are Paramount people, that
the studio is stepping right along
on production at the moment
Clarence" has started, along with
waikiki Wedding" Also be-
ginning right away are 'The
Years Are So Long" with Victor
Moore whom they borrowed from
RKO to play opposite Buelah
Bondi, "Internes Can't Take
Money" for which they borrowed
Barbara Stanwyck from the same
place, and Joel McCrea from
Goldwyn, High, Wide and Hand
some" with Irene Dunno and
Randolph Scott, Murder Goes to
College," and a nice place for a
murder at that, Saturday Nights
Free" with Lew Ayres and Mary
Carlisle, and TOO Young to Die, +"
with Mary Boland and Charles
Ruggles.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09

BRENNAN Is FINE
However, Banjo On My Knee"
Is such a persuasive piece Of folk
story telling, delightfully."- punctu-
ated with homely melody and
levee dancing, there is honor
enough to go around.
It reminded me much of "Show
Boat" Since this Pearl Of the
shanty boat stuck to her worth
less Ernie, much as Magnolia
Hawks remained constant to Gay
lord Ravenal through adversely.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
Excuse, Please! !

Gene Fowler, who is working
on the Daryl F. Zanuck Twenti
eth Century-Fox special, "The
Great Chicago Fire." Is apologiz-
ing to all the friends who walked
into his office and found him
wearing a monocle. Gene drop.
ped his spectacles and is using
the unbroken glass until he
achieves q new pair.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
Goyety Lists
Comedians

The Gayety offers as its pre-
Christmas attraction, that comedy
combination from Broadway, Sam
Raynor and Murray Briscoe, aided
by Harry Jake" Fields. It opens
next Sunday matinee.
The allure department features
Miss Bubbles Yvonne, and Gladys
Mccormack.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09

BARBARA STANWYCK
Barbara Stanwyck is the Pearl Of
"Banjo" and Joel McCrea is the
Ernie.
You will love, I think, the
mood and the home-Spun atmos-
phere that surrounds life with
the Mississippi mudderS. In the
Shanty village on the river bank,
they live, and laugh, and love
and seems to have more fun than
cultured civilization. The river
types appear very genuine.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Frances Drake Home

Frances Drake has returned to
Hollywood from q months New
York vacation to start her re.
Gently signed Twentieth Century.
Fox contract.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
Triple Entente
Is Great Threat
tOu S. OIynlpians
Japan, Germany and Fin
land Likely to Be Big
gest Challengers
By GUENTHE.; s5IlKERT

BERLIN, July 30,-It's the United
States against an athl~tic triple
entente in the Eleventh Olympic
Games, August Lie.
At least. much speculation is
based en- the question of what the
combined forces of Germany, Japan
and Finland can do to break down
Yankee supremacy in the worlds
quadrennial super-sports carnival.
The host nation is at maximum
strength numerically with a team
numbering 448, but on the whole
the Germans are hardly of the
calibre to make an appreciable dent
in the dominance the United States
has enjoyed in track and field ever
since the current series of Olympic
Games began.
Curiously, viewer, Germanys
strength seems to lie in the events
in which Japan's and Finlands
marks fall short.
"Gang Up" on U. S.
And thus these three nations
Japan, Finland and Germany-com-
prise sort of triple threat against
the highly favored star spangled
brigade.
Nowhere have the sensational
performances of the Finnish mid
die and long distancers been more
envied than in the Reich, which
time and again sees its weaknesses
demonstrated by a runner from an
ether direction-Juan Carlos Ia
bala of Argentina, the 1882 Olym-
pic marathon champion, who came
to Europe months ago for his train
ing siege.
While American success seems
assured in the sprints, hurdles and
broad jump, manned by such stars
as Jesse Owens, Forrest Towns and
Glenn Hardin, it is highly ques-
tionable that the American pole
vaulting trio from Southern Cali
fornia can stand off the challenge
OF the diminutive, acrobatic Jap
anese, who also are threatening in
the hop, step and jump
The Reich carefully cultivated a
team of shot, discus, hammer and
javelin throwers and, be it luck or
native ability, succeeded in bring
ing them up to the Olympic level.
The German Hans Woellke is in
position to challenge Jack Tor
rance of the U. S. in the olympic
shotput. Woellke is heaving the iron
ball close to Torrance's best marks
and the Louisianian is reported
to be fat and far off his best form.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30

and chain 189 feet 61s inches %
years ago.
The Reich's greatest loss in track
and field events is Hans Heinz
Sievert, the German holder CT the
listed world record for the deca-
thlon, a mark recently beaten by
Glenn Norris Of Fort Collins, CSC.
sievert broke a t.. II bone 10
Italy two years ago and never re-
gained his full strength. He says
he tires tco fast ii the sprints ana
he is sadly deficient in the jumps
A replacement for him appeared
in the person of Gerhard Stock,
one Of the worlds foremost javelin
pitchers and pentathlon men.
For the high jump Germany pre-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
CALIFORNIA LEADS
ON TOURIST LIST

Where do you come from, tour
lists, dear?
Out of California into here"
So might an old ditty be revised
after perusal of the passenger list
of the Prince Robert, through here
yesterday
Analysis of the tourist list re-
veals that of the 300 persons aboard
the vessel, 140 are from California
with only 30 from her nearest ri
val, Ohio.
Massachusetts is third with a to-
tai of "a and New York fourth with
10.
Other states in order are: Min
nesota, IL; Washington, 10; and
oregon, 4. British Columbia claim
ed 8 of the Roberts passengers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
PLANT LICE

When your plants have just been
watered or are still wet with dew,
sprinkle them with BUHACH if you
wish to free them from lice. BU-
HACH is sure death to insect pests.
So save your cherished plants this
easy way-cannot injure the most
delicate foliage or blossoms. In
Handy Sitter Cans 25c up at all
Drug, Grocery, Seed Stores and Pet
Shops. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
Nazis Count ON Discus

Germans are confident Wilhelm
Schroeder will win the discus throw.
List year he bettered Swedish Har-
aid Anderson's world mark with a
tess of TIA feet 2 9I16 inches.
Schroeder is rated far ahead of the
U. S. discus throwers, led by Singer
Dunn Of Fresno, Cal.
Germany has strength in the
hammer throw Erwin Blask was
locked unon as the Nazis' best bet
here, but he recently was dethroned
by a newcomer, Bernhard Greu-
ich German Officials are praying
or a native son to beat the world
record which has stood since Pat
Ryan of the U. S. tossed the ball
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30

C. L. Andrews, authority on Al
aska history, who has written two
books about the North, is visiting
in Juneau, having arrived on the
Alaska after making the trip to
Palmer.
Mr. Andrews has been associated
with Alaska, either through living
here or through work in connection
with the Territory while living
outside, since 1897 1t was in that
year that he first went to Sitka
from Oregon In 1889, Mr.. An
drews entered the U. S. Customs
Service at Skagway and remained
there through the gold rush days.
In 1909, he went to Seattle as
special agent for the Department
of the Interior at the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition.
Writes Bill
During the years 1915 and 1916,
Mr. Andrews resided in Juneau and
did Photographic and newspaper
work In 1920 and 1921, be became
associated with the Alaska Bureau
of the Seattle Chamber of Com
n1erce, and during this period he
collected and wrote material for
the Curry Bill, which was presented
to the U. S. Congress by Senator
Curry of California and which pro-
vided for a radical change in the
government of the Territory.
From 1928 to 1929 Mr.. Andrews
was back in Alaska, this time in
the Arctic in connection with the
Reindeer Service and Indian Bureau
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
CANADA is TO
IMPORT WASPS

BUDAPEST, July 80 = Fifteen
million Hungarian wasps will be
exported to Canada this SUNNI er
by DR. Kenneth Morris, the Can
adam biologist. These wasps have
en- important mission; they have to
kill the Lophirus-wasps which de-
stroy the pine trees in Canadian
woods.
In the last years over 10000
square miles of pine woods were
destroyed by the Lophiri, whose on
ly enemy is a Hungarian wasp spe-
cles. In 1884 and 1885 many mil
lions of Hungarian wasps were
taken to Canada as cocoons and
carried on efficient warfare against
the Lophiri Now DR.. Morris en-
ploys a legion of workers in Izsak,
near Budapest, to collect fifteen
million cocoons during the sum-
mer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
SO WE COMBINED THE gar -
BEST FEATURES OF BOTH
IN THE CAP SEALED CAN

NTOT content to make just a can for beer,
J. y we produced custom -buih can worthy
OF the flnest beer. It's the Cap Sealed Can. 1t
brings you all the true beer flavor, and for
three big reasons: Like beer barrel, it is
lined after 1t is made, to insure one-piece
lining; it keeps out light; it permits faster
dissemination.
also it opens and pours like bottle. You
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30

d 70 .
schools in Point Barrow, Nome,
Kotze bue. and numerous small
northern villages. When he left the
Arctic in 1929, the Alaskan author
went to Seattle, where he now
resides.
Books on Alaska
Mr.. Andrews two books on Al
aska are The Story of Sitka, .
published in 1921, and THE Story
OF Alaska" off the press in 1881.
Besides these historical works, Mr..
Andrews has compiled an anthology
of verse, Nuggets Of Alaska Verse,
Planned from Pebbles of the Past. :
Mr.. Andrews claimed here today
that he wasn't collecting irforma-
tion for a new book on this trip,
but Just seeing Alaska again. He
was impressed with the Matanuska
experiment and thinks that 1.-The
plan is good and is going forward
in fine shape However, he believes
that poor Judgment was used in
picking number of the colonists
and this sort of person will have
to be weeded out" and he explain
ed that doing too much for per-
son can be as injurious as doing
too little for him" The Seattle
visitor, from his sourdough view
point, believes that the colonists
would do better without quite so
much government ''coddling"
Mr. Andrews plans to leave Ju-
neau for Sitka next week and to
return to Seattle from there.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30

drink right from the can, from clean, cap
protected, sanitary opening. And on sum-
mer outings the Cap Sealed Can is so handy
saves half the weight and space, chills
quickly, no deposits or returns, no special
opener, used once and thrown away, no
breakage.
Remember, for the finest beer in the finest
container, ask for the Cap Sealed Can.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
WATER NOTICE

Arrangements nave been made by
the Juneau Water Company to use
water from the Alaska Juneau
water supply until repairs are COM
pIeted on the damaged supply line.
Mr.. Lewis suggests, because this
water goes thru pipe lines not
regularly used by the Juneau Wat
err Company, that all drinkin G
water be boiled before using until
further notice. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
PRIEST TRANsrnRRrn

The pastor of the Russian Ortho-
dox Church at Kodiak, the Right
Reverend Archimandrite t. Kul-
chitsky, has been transferred to
the Russian Cathedral at Unalaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30

sents Gustav Weinkoetz, who leaps
around the 6-foot-6 mark and con-
sequently isn't real threat against
Americas housekeeping negroes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
MRS. PITTINoER DIES

Mrs. Emma c. Plttinger, early
day resident Of Ketchikan, died
recently in Portland, oregon. She
was IS years CID.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
COMES TO HOSPITAL

Melinda Fields of Klawock ar
rived in Juneau this morning on the
Zapora to receive medical treatment
at the Government Hospital,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
SEVERAL INJURED
In MINOR MISHAPS
IN ASHEVILLE TUESDAY

ASHEVILLE, March 18.-Sev-
eral minor accidents which occur
red in the city yesterday were at
tributed to the storm. A number
of autoists were shaken up and
slightly bruised when their cars
skidded into curbs and trees due
to slippery roads.
William Vance Harold, Jr.. II,
a messenger, boy for the Postal
Telegraph company, was internal
~ injured when he was struck by
a motorist who it is said failed
to stop, while the boy was walk
ing on Battery Park hill about 9
o'clock yesterday morning. He is
being treated at Mission hospital,
where last night his condition was
said to be good" -. -
The boy said the binding snow
prevented him from seeing the
car in time to dodge. ~:
w. 8. Simpson, of Buena Vista,
an employee of the Biltmore Es-
tate company, suffered slight lac
crations of the scalp when a eBilt-
more company truck he was driv-
ing on the. estate skidded into: a
tree about 6 o'clock last, evening.
He-was treated at. Biltmore hos
pital and allowed to return to, his
work. The truck was slightly: dam
aged. =. .,..>H ~
r.. w. Rector, 40, of the Caso-
lima apartments, suffered a br,Iis-
ed, knee and side when he, was
hit by q taxicab driven by r. "A.
Oldham. of 45 Clayton street, in
front of the Swamanoa-Berkeley
hotel at 9:15 o'clock yesterday
morning. Mr.. Rector was crossing
the street carrying an umbrella,
which prevented him from seeing
the taxicab, he told police. The
taxi driver said he did not see
Mr.. Rector. Mr.. Oldham rushed
the injured man to Mission hos
pital where he was treated.
Mrs. J. X. Stackhouse was
treated at Aston Park hospital
last night for a broken right
Wrist, suffered when she slipped
and fell in the snow at her home,
az Ridgclawn road. The mishap
occurred late yesterday after
noon. p.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-18
STATES ACREAGE
IN CULTIVATION IS
SHOWING BIC GAIN

WASHINGTON, March 49,
North Carolina had almost 2,O00,-
600 more acres in farms in 1885
than in 1880, it was revealed in
summary report released late
Yesterday bv the department Of
commerce.
The 1895 acreage in farms was
19,936,3O7, as compared with 49,
O55, 103 in 1880.
At the same time, the numbe"
of farms in North Carolina in
creased from 279,70S in 1890 20
3OO.9G7 in 1885, an increase Of
21.259, or 7.6 per cent. Her
ncighbor, South Carolina, showed
a gain of only 4.8 per cent, and
Georgia's number Of farms de-
creased 2 per cent.
Along with North Carolina 5
gain in number Of farms during
the fivc-ycar period, .he average
number of acres per farm increas-
ed from OO.c dSlSS ~ lpcp W
.66.2 acres last year.
Buildings Of North Carolina
farms, however, decreased N
value from $S4d,121,SO9 in 1880
to $622,718,51G in 1883, a de-
crease of 1852 per cent, which de-
crease, compared with that of
other states, is about average.
The average value per farm DE-
creased during the five years from
$3,0rS to $1,000, and from SiG.75
to $3l.24. per acre.
The figures show that North
Carolina. had 1888 per cent of all
land in the United States in farms
in 1880, and that in 1885 the per-
,centage was raised to l.89. A
much larger increase was shown
in the figures for crop land hat-
vested, however, for in 1929 tn"
Tar Heel state harvested only
1852 pc recent Of the total acres
harvested in the nation, whereas
in 1884 it harvested POP per cent.