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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-25
TWO STOCKS HIT NEW
HIGHS; TRADING QUIET
General Motors, Allied Chemical
Are Feature Issues.

Are Feature Issues.
By United Press
NEW YORK, March 25.-The
stock market turned higher today in
quiet trading, featured by new highs
in General Motors and Allied
Chemical.
General Motors made a peak of
663s for Is gain, while Allied
crossed 200 for the first time since
1880 on 7l2 points rise to 2o3. U. S.
Steel was strong at 6412. American
Telephone climbed to 1884,. Sears
Roebuck was active and had 2as
gain. Railroads generally were easy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-25
Chicago School Chief Mead

CHICAGO. March 25.-William j.
Began, IS, superintendent of Chi
Cago public schools for eight years.
died at his home last night after
long illness.
Evening star., 1936-09-21
Text of Presidents Letters
Roosevelt Asks Wallace and Morris L. Cooke to
Head Committees to Develop Crop Insurance
and Suggests Hearing Farm Leaders,.

Grating farmers and farm committee
men it would appear that premiums
based on risk experience could be as
fairly assessed as with existing forms
of private insurance.
Cites Cost to Nation.
The expense in the past to Federal,
State and local governments of bur-
dens caused by drought shows it is
time to begin using the economical
principle of insurance to lessen the
financial and human costs Of drought
in the future.
There should be no question that
the welfare Of the entire Nation
would be served by including. as key
stones of our agricultural policy, crop
insurance and storage of reserves
along with conservation of soil and
water, better land use and increased
farm income.
Crop insurance properly worked out
should give adequate abundance to
consumers even though there are sew
eral years Of severe drought while at
the same time farmers would be pro-
tected from the low prices like those
of 1882 which might result from sew
eral years of good weather.
am sending similar letters to Ad-
ministrator Tolley, Assistant Secre-
tary Taylor. Assistant Secretary
Draper and DR.. Black
Very sincerely yours.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
Letter to Cooke.
The Presidents letter to Morris L.
Cooke, administrator Rural Electrifi-
cation Administration, dated Septem-
ber IT, follows:
My Dear Mr.. Cooke:
am writing to ask you to serve
as chairman Of a special committee
whose duty it will be to make a report
to me not later than January on q
long program for the efficient
utilization Of the resources of the
Great Plains area. I am anxious that
we leave no stone unturned in explor-
ing and reporting on all the possi-
bilitieS Of this region, as one in which
reasonable standards of living can be
maintained by the largest possible
population. We should face the fact
that the climatic conditions make
special safeguards absolutely neces-
sary. I would like your report to
include such recommendations for
legislation as you may deem neces-
sary. The report now called for Is
an amplification Of the recommended
tions presented to me at Bismarck
In the letter appointing the earlier
committee I said:
I'VE have supposed that the modes
Of settlement and of development
which have been prevalent repre-
sented the ordinary course Of civili-
zation. But perhaps in this area OF
relatively little fain, practices brought
from the more humid part of the
country are not most suitable under
the prevailing natural conditions. AT
any rate circumstances make it OBJ
vious that relief activities are not
sufficient and that competent study
and recommendations are desirabl >
Names Committee Members.
You are advised that I am appoint
ing another committee to report on
the crop insurance feature of this
general problem. After consulting with
the heads of their several departments
have designated the following to
serve with you on this committee:
Prof. Harlan H. Barrows, member
Water Resources Committee National
Resources Committee, Chicago, I'LL:
Evening star., 1936-09-21

DR.. H. H. Bennett, chief Soil Con-
servation Service. Department of Ag-
riculture, Washington, d. c.; DR.. L.
G. Gray, chief Division of Land Eco
nomics, Bureau Of Agricultural Eco.
nomics, Department Of Agriculture,
Washington, d. c.; Col. r. c. Har-
rington, assistant administrator, Works
Progress Administration, Washington,
D. c.: Col. Richard c. Moore, division
engineer. Missouri River Division,
Corps Of Engineers, United States
Army, Kansas City, Mo-: Mr.. John G.
Page, acting director, Bureau of Recla.
nation, Washington, d. c., and DR..
Harlow s. Person of the Rural Elec-
trification Administration, Washing
ton, D. C.
Sincerely yours,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
Evening star., 1936-09-21
HOUSE BREAKER GETS
$3.50 HIDDEN IN PIANO
Mary A. Stevens Reports Theft to
Police-Colored Man Snatches
Purse Containing $50.

The thief who entered the home OF
Mary A. Stevens, $50 B street south
east, apparently had a turn for music.
At any rate, the $3.50 which had
been secreted in her piano is gone,
she told police today.
Myrtle Cronkhite, 1901 Sixteenth
street, reported her purse, containing
$50, was snatched from her hands by
colored man while she was walk
ing on Sixteenth street, near Caro-
lima place, late Saturday night.
Theft of surgical instruments valued
at $97 from his automobile last night
was reported by DR.. J. Francis War
rem, 1921 Sixteenth street. He said
the theft occurred while his car was
parked in the 1900 block Of Mintwood
place.
Evening star., 1936-09-21
new DEAL PR0GRESSIVES
OPEN HEADQUARTERS

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 21.-The
Progressive National Committee,
headed by Senator Robert M. La Fol-
lette. jr., Wisconsin, yesterday opened
headquarters for its campaign to unite
progressive and liberal forces behind
President Roosevelt.
"The vote gained by the Progress
sive National Committee for President
Roosevelt ought to amount to 2,000,-
000," said Maurice p Davidson, New
York, executive vice chairman of the
committee.
Davidson declared he thought that
speech-making by former Gov. Alfred
E. Smith would not add "a single
vote" to the total for Gov. Landon.
Evening star., 1936-09-21
AUTOPSY SCHEDULED

An autopsy was scheduled today in
the case of Thomas Mason, IT, Of
606 Maryland avenue southwest, who
died yesterday in Casualty Hospital,
where he had been confined since
walking into parked automobile and
breaking his leg on August IS. The
accident occurred in front Of his
home.
Funeral services will be held at the
Maryland avenue address at 2 pm.
Wednesday. Burial will be in Pros
pect Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-09-21
PRISONER IN HOSPITAL

Found bleeding from several cuts
on his wrist in his first precinct cell,
Amory A. Sibley, 80, of 521 First street
was under mental observation in GAL
linger Hospital today. He was sent
there yesterday, police said, when he
was unable to explain how he received
the injuries, which, it was said, were
slight.
Policeman Francis Knott noticed
6ibley sitting in his cell with blood
dripping from his wrist. Sibley had
been arrested Saturday night and
held for investigation. He was given
first aid at the precinct before being
taken to Gallinger.
Evening star., 1936-09-21
CAMPAIGN BEGUN
BY CIVIC THEATER
$500 Seasons Members
Goal in Drive for New
Group.

A city-wide campaign was begun to-
day seeking 1.50c season membership
subscriptions for the newly organized
WASHINGTON Civic Theater, which
hopes to give to Washington in the
drama what the National Symphony
Orchestra has given it musically.
Under present plans eight plays will
be produced yearly-one a month from
October through May-at Wardman
Park Theater, with the eventful aim
of establishing here a fully equipped
and modern theater building for con-
tinuous productions.
Day Tuttle and William Girvan will
eerve as directors for the first season,
backed with leading local talent.
Commissioner Hazen. a member Of
the theater's Advisory Council, said:
1T should be supported in friendly
and spirited fashion so that it may
best serve to fill the long-felt need it
answers, providing entertainment and
enjoyment for its members and au-
diences and adding to the city's cul-
tural institutions"
The Advisory Council has not yet
been completed, but members an
nounced thus far include Mrs. Lloyd
Biddle, president of the Federation
of Women's Clubs Albert E. Con-
raids, president of the Junior Board
of Commerce; Mrs. John Allen Dough-
erty, Mrs. Karl Fenning. president
of the Twentieth Century Club; Edwin
C. Graham. president of the Hamil-
ton Bank; Mrs. Richard Hogue, presi-
dent of the Women's University Club: +:
Thomas Ellis Lodge, Mrs. w. w.
Mackall, jr., president of the Junior
League; Lowell Mellett, editor of the
Daily News; Felix Morley, editor of
the Washington Post; Edgar Morris,
president of the Washington Board of
Trade: DR.. William Mcclellan, presi-
dent of the Potomac Electric e. Power
Co.. Huston Thompson, president Of
Town Hall; Miss Ella Werner, presi-
dent of the Soroptimists. and Mrs.
Harvey Wiley. president Of the Wom-
ans City Club.
The Board Of Governors is headed
by Lee D. Butler and includes Oliver
Gasch. first vice president; Dorothea
j. Lewis, second vice president; John
Garland Pollard, jr, treasurer; Dr.
Frederick v. Rand, secretary, and
Marvin Beers, Nelson B. Bell, Olin
Dows, Selma Klein. Margery Rice and
Caroline Thompson. Five members
of this board and Richard p Creyke,
Eileen Fowler, Robert M. Miller and
Ethel Prince make up the Production
Committee.
Membership in the theater's produc-
tion group is open to every one. Ap-
plications may be obtained from the
theater's business office at the Raleigh
Hotel. First tryouts for the opening
production, Shaw's Caesar and
Cleopatra" will be held Wednesday
and Thursday.
Tuttle will come directly to Wash
ngton from his famous Westchester
Play House in Mount Kisco, N. Y. At
this theater and also at the Ridgeway
Theater at White Plains, N. Y, he
has directed some 80 plays in the last
three Summer seasons and such
famous stars as Burgess Meredith,
Ina Claire, Henry Fonda, Margaret
Sullivan and Henry Hull. A graduate
of the Yale Drama School and a
former member of the Lobero Theater
In Santa Barbara and the American
Laboratory Theater, he also Is known
Is an actor and playwright.
Evening star., 1936-05-25
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Tobacco Road" at $50
pm.
R-K-O Keith'-"Show Boat" at
10:45 am, l, 3:04, sos, 1928 and
9:38 pm.
Earle-"The King Steps Out" at 10
am, 1915, 2:45, S, 7:30 and 10 pm.
Stage shows at 1885 am, 2:05, APO,
$50 and 9:20 pm.
Loew's Fox-"One Rainy After
noon," at II am, 1885, 4:20, 7:10 and
10 pm. Stage shows at 1875, 3:20,
6:10 and 8:55 pm.
MetropoIitan-"Devil's Squadron, :"
at 11:20 am, lis, 3:25. 5:25, 7:30
and $40 pm.
Belasco-"Ecstasy," at 1905, 2:05,
4:05, sos, sos and 1905 pm.
Columbia - Champagne Charlie, "
at 11:15 am; 1855, $50, 4;3O. 6:10.
8:05 and 10 pm.
Palace-"Small Town Girl" at
11:45 am. 2:15. 4:3O, and $50 pm.
Tivoli-"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, -
at 2, 4:20, $40 and pm.
Ambassador-"The King Steps Out, u
at 6, 8 and 9:45 pm.
Little-"Lives of a Bengal Lancer, +"
at IL am, los, $40, 5:25, 7:25 and
9:35 pm.
Howard Hours by Air" at
1890, 4, 7:o5 and 10 pm. Stage shows
at 2:40, $50 and 9:l0 pm.
Evening star., 1936-05-25
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

ILAINSE AT IIlC ALot OA 1AahiCo
n recently announced by the
~ Roadside Theater as members
of casts Of plays to be done
this Summer would indicate that the
little red barn out on the Rockville
Pike is going to be one Of the brighter
dots on the Capitals after dark en-
tertainment map during the coming
months.
ANY number Of those enthusiastic
people who started the Roadside on
by playing a piece called The Octo-
room" in an ex-shoe heel factory two
years ago and who last year helped
make over the barn which Is the
present home of the group, will re-
turn again to brighten up this season.
First they will do Around the
World in Eighty Days" ." scheduled to
open the 1886 season June Is. Then
will come Under the Gas Light"
Arizona. "Windmills in Manhattan" "
Sherlock Holmes" and Among the
Moonshiners, covering a number OF
years in the history of the drama.
The company assembled by the
Roadside is a fine one, containing
much of the cream of the local crop.
All of those slated for leading roles
are we'll known to followers OF the
Capitals little theater groups.
For heroines there will be Frances
Brunt, who is whiz when it comes
to being the proper sort of a down.
trodden bit of femininity to make you
hiss the melodrama william intent
upon doing her harm; Adele Gusack,
who is capable in most any feminine
lead and a most adept comedienne,
and Virginia Rand. who will bring
the spirit of romance to the Road
sides plays.
Elinor Cox Karsten and Ann Ives, a
pair of the most accomplished charac-
ter actresses in the village, also will
be on hand and you may be sure
in advance that they will turn in
smooth performances. Janet Coon, a
topping little comedienne. who can be
serious If called upon, will do her
Evening star., 1936-05-25
Ethel Kane
|DanceGroup
Is SPreSented
Interpretation Of
Bach Music Is Of
fered by Pupils.

Ta THEI HOFFMAN KANE pre-
- sented group of her pupils
last evening In her studio on
G street, when they gave a
demonstration of motor mental
rhythmics in interpreting a program
of Bach music. The work is not SO
much an Interpretation of the emo
tions stirred by the tonal sounds as
an expression of the mood, and the
rhythm of the composition, using the
body as an instrument. Each individ-
ual in the group gave emphasis to the
note value and melodic line as well
as the phrasing in each of the COM
positions, showing careful analysis
Of Bach work as a whole.
This careful and understanding
working out of the music was par
ticularly evidenced in the chorale.
"Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring" the
two and three part inventions and the
organ prelude in E minor. A num-
Der OF the musicgraphs, worked out
by Mildred Kolb Schulze, who played
the greater part of the program last
evening. were on view. showing how
the groups developed the individual
parts in the concerted numbers. In
the inventions, two of the students
gave the two-part invention and in
the three-part, there were three
groups of three each, each group work.
ing as single unit. The actual three
ha Ycfn oil ~ II
defined in the dance as in the music
played by Mrs. Schulze.
There were other numbers, each
interesting in its own way, and the
program closed with the chorale II
Call Upon Thee, Jesus" done by the
whole group in flowing white robes,
each carrying a lighted cathedral
candle, which was the only light in
the studio. The effect was like a
benediction.
Felian Garzia, assisting, played four
of the numbers, the Prelude in Flat
Minor" the "Gigue," the "Toccata in
D Minor" and the Little Fugue in G
Minor" The dancers were Meredith
Hayward. Jacquelin Whiting. Katha-
rine Heald, Josephine Burke, Margaret
Vycital. Ruth Baxter. Elizabeth
Ulman. Agnes Birney, Grace Houchen
and Bernice Stafford. Each showed a
well developed sense of rhythm, grace
and litheness of body and an under
standing and appreciation of the
depth. vitality and spiritual value of
the music of Bach. The program will
be repeated this evening in Mrs.
Kane's studio. K.B.
Evening star., 1936-05-25

DO IIlS pdL doC VII eAAo
Janet still leads them all. Her next
picture may not be Small Town
Girl" but it will certainly be shrewdly
simple and full of the heart throb that
Gaynor audiences know they will get
Then. again, she'll probably be
cloncked on the head. 1t is this sort
of business that has kept her going.
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nNE of the hits of the week is Miss
Vim Lindhe, that amazingly ener-
getic young lady who is leading the
Radio City Music Hall Glee Club with
bewildering success at the Earle. Miss
Lindhe stands quietly in the pit.
takes over Freddie Clark's post, moves
her hands rhythmically this way and
that, and astonishes her audience by
such vocal melody as hasn't been
heard here in a blue moon. While
the boys roam nonchalantly around
the stage, their eyes are nevertheless
riveted on their leader, and if a note
goes awry it is easy to detect fire and
birthstone in Miss Lindhe's otherwise
docile profile
Miss Lindhe directs the glee club
On the air as we'll as in the theater.
A graduate of Southern Methodist
University, she has just been made
a fellow of the Gran Quivera" and
If you are a member of the Lone Star
State you know what that means.
eve don't) Anyway, she's an i'm
portant person in her own right and
deserves a ton of praise as well for
the job she's doing here this week.
Watch carefully when she is at the
helm. Even Ina Ray Hutton might
take some lessons from her.
WE'VE unearthed the den, the lair
or the what have you of Pete
Macias, Washington's Paul White
man, who is vacationing before he re-
turns in musical full bloom to the
roof of the Powhatan. Mr.. Macias
Is living the life of a prosperous
Robinson Crusoe, on a floating castle
Evening star., 1936-05-25

Delporte Institute will be seen in
the schools annual revue at the
Wardman Park Theater. The revue,
directed by Ruth Perrott. Is titled
Monopoly" and was inspired by the
game which recently had everybody
in the land trading railroads for a
lot on the boardwalk.
DR.. E. v. Wilcox was elected presi-
dent OF the Washington Shakespeare
Society for the eighteenth consecutive
term at the nineteenth annual busi-
ness meeting of the society, held last
week at Thomson School.
Other officers chosen are Leander
Mccormick -Goodhart, vice president;
Shirley Rowe, secretary, and Alex
ander Veland. treasurer. Mrs. Julia
McGarvey. William J. Wallis, Mrs.
William ]. Wallis, C. j. Craig and
Miss M. Lenore Flint we're selected as
additional members of the Executive
Board.
Seven of the eight regular programs
of the society next season will be de-
voted to the plays of Shakespeare and
the remaining meeting to one of his
contemporaries. A lecture and a dra-
matte feature will be included on
each program. Six of the features will
be condensed versions of Shakespeare's
plays, one evening will be devoted to
vocal and instrumental music OF
Shakespeare's day and another eve
ming to a presentation Of a group OF
famous soliloquies from his plays.
Evening star., 1936-05-25

Somewhere" on the Potomac. (The
exact spot may not be divulged)
Pete new home is a miniature Queen
Mary, blunt Of bow and stern, roomy.
white and green, brand-new and sea-
worthy.
1t is technically a house boat. OF
one Of its decks is swung q brand
new blue and white canoe Especially
sent down from Maine). OF another
deck floats his trim sailboat. OF the
stern floats the small "putt-putt" by
which he can navigate to shore.
For the Heigh-Ho something-or-
other is stationary. 1t bobs up and
down, but not in shore or out of
shore. 1t was built to live in, not to
sail in. 1t has small piano and a
trumpet, on which Trumpeter Arthur
Humes can blow. 1t has hunks for
six, a kitchen and fishing tackle
enough to dazzle the eye of Massa
Walton.
Pete cooks himself. He's gotten so
good that on a recent visit to town
he cooked the Heigh-Ho chefs din
ner. He spends his time cooking,
eating, fishing and swimming. He's
put on pounds.
X +
THE newest musical prodigy in
town is Stuart Moore. Mr.
Moore, who works for the A. A. A, is
currently represented by a compost
ton called Moon Dust" which is
being sung and danced to by the
Elida ballet at the Fox. Mr.. Moore
works like 40 men all day at the
A. A. A. and like 40 more men all
night at his music. Gene Ford says
his music has great promise. You'll
hear more of him anon.
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A WORD of sympathy to George
Crouch and his family in their
recent loss. The entire local theater
world is keenly conscious of his be-
reavement.
Evening star., 1936-05-25
CITY OF WASHINGTON
SETS CRUISE RECORD
Passenger Total for Opening
Week Establishes All-Time Mark,
Wilson Line Reveals.

CTARTING its season last Thurs
- day, the Wilson Line steamer,
City of Washington, has set an all
time passenger record for the OPEN
ing week. The first moonlight cruise,
May IA, was sponsored by the Junior
Board of Commerce, and the steamer
carried capacity load.
Boat travel to Mount Vernon has
been exceedingly heavy during the last
week, owing to the large number of
student groups visiting in the Capital.
There are two boats daily to Mount
Vernon, leaving at 10 am. and pm,
and one on Sunday at pm.
Marshall Hall Park. popular play
ground on the Potomac. is open now
from 10 a m. until 10 pm. A number
of new Improvements, including an
enlarged picnic grove, new base ball
diamond, added parking facilities and
new kiddies' playground, have been
added this season.
Evening star., 1936-05-25
Capitals Drama Groups
Roadside Theater to Start Third Season
With Company of Capable Players.

share toward making the Roadside
Theater's plays successful. Lansing
Hall, last year the baby Of the
troupe" also will be back again.
Leading male roles will be en-
trusted to Eugene KreSsin, who, as
far as Washington Is concerned, Is
practically the inventor of mustachio-
twirling, leering, sneering villainy:
Harold Stepler, who can be a pretty
mean guy himself when he takes a
notion (on stage); Dennis Connell,
who can tackle anything from the
vagabond of George NJ Cohan's "The
Tavern" to Svengai and come through
with honors; Ralph Fowler (remem-
Der his strong and righteous hero of
that piece about counterfeitting in old
Kentucky?); Fred Haskin, who dur
ing the last Winter has been doing
a lot of good work out at Maryland
University in Footlight Club plays.
and other such able local thespians as
Marvin Beers, John Rappolt and Jesse
! Veitch.
With those people in the casts and
with Harold Weinberger and Tony
Hardt back to do the directing, the
next few months ought TO see things
on the up and up out on the Rock
vile Pike.
The Pierce Hall Players produc-
ton of Percy MacKaye's poetic drama
in four acts. THE Scarecrow," takes
place Wednesday and Thursday nights
of this week. The play, considered
the most significant of the play
wright's works, is to be the last on
the groups program this season.
Frank s. Koonce will be the scare
crow come to life. and others in lead
ing roles will be Jack Aracey. Jo-
anne Adams, William Austin Davis
Felice Lloyd and Robert P. Marshall
The cast also includes Hildegarde
Gray, Arthur Morley, Margaret Os-
terwald, Virginia Christie. Robert
Duke. Dan Boddie, Clarence w. Moore
Carl Pribek and Sally Stewart.
The players are under the direction
of Ina L. Hawes.
Tonight students Of the Bekefi-
Evening star., 1936-05-25
Familiar Rite for Doctors.

KANSAS CITY, Cp).-On the fifth
day it seemed the 1896 convention
of the American Medical Association
might pass into history tonight with
out the re-enactment of one familiar
rite.
Then it happened. An elevator
door opened on a crowded lobby
where many of the thousands of ply
sicians we're milling about A young
man stepped out and, in stentorian
tone, shouted:
rs there a doctor in the houSe?"
Evening star., 1936-05-25
FLOOR SHOW OFFERED
ON POTOMAC CRUISE

Four Professional Entertainers to
Be Aboard Every Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday Nights.
EVERY Friday. Saturday and Sun
day night there will be four pro-
fessional entertainers aboard the S. S.
Potomac. when it sets out on its moon
light cruise down the Potomac, to pro-
vide floating floor show. If the en-
tertainment is well received by the
passengers, B. B. Wills, manager Of
the line, promises it will continue.
The Potomac River Line reports ca
pacity crowds aboard on every trip
since the boat started its moonlight
cruise season this week
Next week end, at last, Sidney's
Mayf1ower Orchestra will be on board
to supply the dance music.
Evening star., 1936-05-25
Well Goes Into Reverse.

REMBERT, s. C.. P).-W. F.
Bakers "whistling WE'LL" apparently
needs its second wind"
Baker, drilling for water several
weeks ago, encountered a mysterious
source of subterranean air, so strong
that it blew whistles and a harmonica
which he attached to the upper end
of the shaft.
Now, spectators say the well-lo-
Gated on Bakers farm near here
'inhales" almost as much as it blows.