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Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20

The first quarter of the present century
showed the heaviest losses of life ever recorded.
The story is not ancient history. The fall OF
Pompeii was only one of the early chapters
There are earthquakes that come without
warning, but thosP of origin through volcanic
eruption may be predicted if the volcano is
under scientific observation. The direct danger
from the volcano is not great. While hot lava
has been known to run down mountain side
at speed of thirty miles an hour, the front OF
the wave cools rapidly and moves only few
miles in day.
-HE eruption of Mt. Peee in 1902 was an
exception. There the heat and gases poured
down upon the town of Saint-Pierre and snuffed
out the lives of the inhabitants as if they mad
been caught in lethal chamber. Survivors on
ships in the harbor, however, said they were
scorched by the heat but did not experience the
symptoms of asphyxiation.
krakatoa, in the Straits of Sunda between
sumatra and Java was another exception II
celebrated in August 1888 with one OF the most
stupendous eruptions ever recorded. Five years
of earthquakes preceded 1t, and three months OF
minor eruptons was eliminated In blast that
blew into oblivion peak 1,4o0 feet above sea
level and excavated beneath that TREMENDOUS
mass a sub-sea crater another 1000 feet oeep.
Forests were buried with ash; MONDAY 15o
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Fire Priest Predicts 40, 900 Persons Doomed In 36
Scientist Would Tap Earth's
Energies For Factories mxzx
BY Woods Peters

TORTY thousand persons are doomed to die.
Forty thousand persons, this year, will be
crushed by buildings tottering from earth
quakes or drowned in tidal waves or burned in
the fires or buried in the ashes belching from
volcanoes. Forty thousand deaths and most of
them needless, according. to Prof Thomas A.
Jaggar, outstanding authority on volcanic activ-
ity, will be recorded between January l and
December 81, 1885, if the average of the last 25
years is maintained!
Property losses totallng $2O0,0O0,0O0, suffi
cient to pay six per cent dividend on three and
third billions of dolars-almost equivalent to
the total gold held in the United States. and
nearly one-third of all the gold in the world,
will be incurred 1t is a sum that constitutes
replacement tax equivalent to 10 cents per
year for every man, woman and child, be he
civilized or savage, throughout the world. This
loss is sufficient to pay every inhabitant of the
United States. from the cradle to the grave,
S1.62 next New Years were it returnable in
cash.
That is the world wide known toll OF vol
canoes, earthquakes and tidal waves, as based on
the average losses of life and property each
year for the last quarter of a century
Dr. Jaggar believes it unnecessary.
ut may be impossible" he says, Ito make the
tants-f not all of them-may be made shock
proof"
AS one of the worlds leading scientists In
volcanology and director of the great United
States observatory on the brink of kilauea
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20

rent news value of the disaster For to add 1t
otherwise would compel the adding of columns
of similar mishaps that have been recorded and
appear now in brief historical paragraphs.
To gain picture of the power of terrestrial
activity it is necessary to hold the lists to
major catastrophes where 10000 or more have
lost their lives, and to hold even that restricted
list to the last $50 years Even then the figures
are incredible:
Date Place Loss of Life
1855 Lisbon earthquake and tidal wave 10000
17s3 Calabria and Messina 100, 900
1907 Quito and Cuzco. Peru 1l.... 10000
1899 Aseppo. SYRIA a........... 1000
1861 Peru and Ecuador. 25,Ooo
1ss3 Mount Krakatoa, Straits of Sunda $4,000
1e02 Mt Pelee. Martinique ......... 10000
1oo5 Northern India ........ 10000
1ooS Sicily and Calabria. ria..........9 $4,000
1915 Avezzano Italy ................ 3o,OOo
1e15 Central Italy y............... 10000
1000 Kansu China ...........1OO 100, 900
1909 .Janan 200, 900
Tho fret cI,arter of the present century
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-20
Photos by Pan Pacific Press BHrean


nous voleanologis!, Is & HnoMn .xn A Typical l
inoiea'ing u U on Neiiel n,aP ',ie n Dr. Jaggar
Areas or Volcanic Acuvity III dicted
the Last Eruption of Mauna
Loa.
There is reason for this
l/ILAUEA and Mokuaweoweo on Mauna Loa
r. in the Hawaiian Islands are the prlnclpal
volcanoes in the United States though MI Las
sen in California has had a number OF erup-
tions in the past two decades and in both the
Rockies and the Sierra Nevada mountains there
are many examples of the craters of extinct
volcanoes
s Earthquakes in the United States have not
90 always been directly associated with known vol
canc activities, but terrestrial disturbance
includes both phenomena and the new world
wide bureau would deal with the entire subject
Almost instantaneous around-the-world COM
munication and rapidity of transportation are to
be relied upon to reduce greatly the loss of life
from earthquakes and volcanoes in the next
two centuries.
Of his plan it has been tentatively out
lined, DR.. Jaggar says:
''The economics of how to meet nature on her
own ground would be the primary job OF the
Evening star., 1936-11-22
Today S Film Schedule

R-K-O KEITHS - "Luckiest
Girl in the World" at 2, 1927,
asa, 6:21, 8:06 and 9:51 pm.
WARMERS EARLE Three
Men on a Horse" at 1850,
Sis, 7:45 and 10 pm. Stage
shows at 2, 4:30, 6:55 and
9:25 pm.
CAPITOL Reunion at 2,
4:30, 7:25 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows at 3:35, $50 and
9:10 pm.
PALACE+"Come and Get It,"
at 2:20, 4:45, 7;l0 and $50
pm.
METROPOLITAN wives
Never Know" at 2, 3:45, 5:45,
7:45 and 9:4S pm.
BELASCO - Carnival in
Flanders" at 2, 4, 6, 8 and
10 pm.
RIALTO-"Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town." at 2:l7, 4::38, 1902 and
9::32 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Pigskin Parade"
at 2, f.. $50, 7::S0 and $50 pm.
LITTLE bill Of Divorce
ment," at 2, 3:5s, $50, 7:53
and 9:52 pm.
Evening star., 1936-11-22

his own carefully deliberated mental
processes. That Is the part Of him
which Mr.. Gielgud desires to interpret
for US The Howard version thus pro.
vides the touching and sympathetic
picture of likable, romantic youth in
an unfortunate predicament, and he Is
always Q figure Of pathos il not Of great
tragedy. Mr.. Gielgud, on the other
hand. emphasizes the mind behind
the tragic ineptness Of the princes
misdirected efforts TO be o man OF
action. II Is because this aspect Of
the character, even though it Is not
the only important phase Of the role,
Is more important than mere sympa-
thetic wistfulness that Mr.. Gielgud's
portrayal Is the more successful Of
the two. For example, neither actor
captures to q satisfying degree the
superb eloquence of the soliloquies, but
while Mr.. Howard is merely o bewil.
dered young man in confused con-
temptation Of his dificulties, Mr.. Giel-
gud gets every bit Of thought con.
tent out of the incompatible speeches.
He really gives the impression Of o
man thinking deeply and with subtle
insight Of the mysteries Of human
conduct and human fate. His Is the
most UNDERSTANDABLE cerebral II not
the most eloquent Hamlet OF our
time.
If, you might ask me. Mr.. Howard
is not properly eloquent or brilliantly
contemplative as Hamlet. and II he
lacks the corroding humor and the
biting fury of the man, Just what vir.
tues does he possess? As ! have said.
he suggests most successfully one i'm
portant trait of the man: his pathos
in the face Of a personal universe col
lapsine about him. When you think
over the Hamlets you have seen you
will probably find it remarkable to
recall how few Of them really made
the prince the enormously sympathetic
figure that he should be. In the rush
of suggesting Hamlet's contemptuous
sense Of fun or his incompatible elo-
quence or his neurotic bitterness or
his subtle mind or his pre-Freudian
sex complexes or perhaps q combina-
ton of such qualities. not many Of
them have also remembered how COM
passionate and human figure he
was. It is Mr.. Howard's inability to
make his role much more than quietly
pathetic that Is the measure of his
failure. It is his skill in capturing
Evening star., 1936-11-22

GSTHEODORA GOES WILD"
new Columbia film, with
Irene Dunno in her first
comedy role, will be the next
screen attraction at the Earle Theater,
starting Friday Melvyn Douglas plays
opposite Miss Dunno in the story of
the small-town girl who writes the
most. sophisticated novel of the year.
Richard BoleSlawski directed. Eddie
Carr. late of Thumbs Up" will head
line the vaudeville show accompany
ing "Theodora.' Others on the bill
will be Ray Smeck, Virginia Bacon
and company. and the Danwells.
The new M-G-M film, starring Clark
Gable and Joan Crawford, Love on
the Rum" opens at Loew's Palace
Theater at special midnight show
Wednesday night, starting its regular
run Thanksgiving day.
White Hunter" a new romantic
drama, bringing back. the stars Of
Road to Glory" Warner Baxter and
June Lang, starts Friday at Loew's
Capitol Theater. Gail Patrick and
Alison skipworth also are important
in the cast. The Capitol's stage show
will bring together some Of the out
standing young stars Of the day
Gloria Gilbert, Don Cummings, Dick,
Don and Dinah, and Jack Clifford.
The Elida Dancers also will be on
hand.
Warner Bros hit production, "The
Charge of the Light Brigade moves
to the Metropolitan Wednesday for
its second downtown week. It has
Enrol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland and
the famous charge into the valley
Of death.
M-G-M's four-star comedy, LID
beled Lady" which bring together
Jean Harlow, Myrna 10y, Spencer
Tracy and william Powell, returns
downtown to play the Columbia
starting Thursday. It recently had
successful two-week run at the
Palace.
Broken Blossoms" which was one
of D. w. Grifiths outstanding hits as
a silent film, has been remade as .
British talking picture and will be
seen locally for the first time
Wednesday evening, when 1t makes
its bow at the Belasco.
Evening star., 1936-11-22
"You're Telling Me-"

THE Stella Maris Club will present
You're Telling Me-" three-act
comedy, tomorrow and Tuesday
nights at Sis o'clock at st. Gabriel's
Hall.
Evening star., 1936-11-22
Walpole to Talk.

HUGH WALPOLE, one Of Great
Britain's outstanding authors,
will be In Washington December 8
to lecture at Constitution Hall.
Mr.. Walpole's subject will be THE
Novel and the Film-Some Personal
Adventures in Both" He has been
writing scenarios in Hollywood for
some time and was responsible for the
scripts Of David Copperfield" and
Little Lord Fauntleroy." He recent
ly turned out the scenario for Rudyard
Kiplng's Kim" which has not Jet
been released
Tickets for the Walpole lecture are
available at the T. Arthur Smith Con.
cert Bureau.
Evening star., 1936-11-22

them "Winterset." Mary Of Scot
land" and. Elizabeth the Queen"
Walter Abel has secured a leave of
absence from the R-K-O studios in
Hollywood to come East and play the
role of the sea captain. opposite Miss
Cornell. The cast also includes Ellie
Shannon, Ruth Matteson. Kent Smith,
Helen Zelinskaya, Arthur Chatterton.
Mary Michael, Lois Jameson. Barry
Kelly and Morton Stevens.
The play was directed by Guthrie
McClintic and the settings have been
done by 10 Mielziner.
Evening star., 1936-11-22

OBVIOUSLY Hamlet was a charm
ing and admirable young man
suddenly caught up in a course Of ac-
ton for which he had no talent. That
is the side Of him which Mr.. Howard
shows us. Obviously he was thought
full and melancholy prince, so neurotic
that he had learned to doubt all Of
Evening star., 1936-11-22

drama with her in mind for the char
acter of the Malay princess, Oparre.
The setting of the play is Salem,
Mass, where Oparre comes with her
New England husband, a sea captain
who has been saved at her hands.
The prejudice Of the New England
villagers againsh this foreign woman
is the basis Of the drama, which was
inspired by Euripedes' 'Medea," to
which 1t bears some structural re-
semblance.
Anderson has given the American
theater several notable plays, among
Evening star., 1936-11-22
Pierce Hall PLAY.
'CRUMPY," by Forrest Hodges and

by Forrest Hodges and
T. Wigney Percyval, will be pre-.
sented Tuesday and Wednesday nights
at Pierce Hall, as the second play Of
the Pierce Hall Players season.
r. Elwood Allen, who has played the
leading role three times previously.
will essay 1t again for the Pierce Hall
group. The supporting cast includes
Evelyn Wynn, Frank s. Koonce, VIII
liam Austin Davis and q number Of
other Pierce Hall veterans.
Howard r. Wentworth is staging
the play.
Evening star., 1936-11-22
Next at National

N1CTOR HERBERT popular
operetta, Naughty Mari
etta," in new revival comes to
the National Theater for Q weeks
engagement, starting November
80.
Considered by many Herbert's
greatest achievement, the operetta
has some Of his best remembered
music-"Sweet Mystery Of Life"
"I'm Falling in Love With Some
One" italian Street Song" and
the title song, Naughty Mari
eta"
The leading roles in the musi-
cal play will be enacted by Ilse
Marvenga and Robert Shafer and
others in the cast will be Violet
Carlson. Harry K. Morton, Bart
lett Simmons, Zella Russell, Dean
Dickens, Gus Howard, Lee Beggs,
Walter Armin, Mary Rix, Ruth
Rietter and Joe Toner.
Evening star., 1936-11-22

n AXWELL ANDERSON'S new
M play. THE Wingless Vic
Iv tory" will be presented for
= the first time on any stage
Tuesday night, at the National The
ater. by Katharine Cornell. There
will be five night performances Of the
drama and two matiness, Thursday
and Saturday. during its run on E
street.
Miss Cornell, in "The Wingless Vic
tory" makes distinct departure from
all the roles she has enacted hereto
fore. She long has wanted to play
an Oriental, and Anderson wrote the
Evening star., 1936-11-22
'TheOdOra
Goes Wild"
For Earle
"Love on the Run" Is
Booked by
Palace.

GOES WILD"
new Columbia film, with
Irene Dunno in her first
L. ,,L
Evening star., 1936-11-22

the files Of dramatic criticism, but the
denunciation of particularly vicious
killer by some unusually savage district
attorney. Mr.. Howard wasn't received
with any remarkable enthusiasm when
he appeared upon the screen as Romeo,
but his reception in the role opposite
Miss Norma Shearer's excellent Juliet
was acclamation as compared with his
greeting In the part Of Denmark's
sable clad prince. Yet despite the
novel anti-Howard assault still sus-
pect that the verdict against him was
not absolute, but was based on mat.
ter Of timing. If he had brought his
Hamlet into town before Gielgud's, !
believe he would have received proper
credit for the numerous merits of his
performance. On the other hand, !,
who was little cold to his rival, would
probably have been bit more enthu-
siastic over the Gielgud portrayal.
There can be little doubt that Mr..
Gielgud's Is a considerably more dis
tinguished Characterization. At the
outset 1t seems to me that both he
dklQ NlIs k4OW0lo AdtA s&4S @A4N eAA
the sardonic humor which, as appear
to be saying over and over again, be.
long 50 strongly to the role and which
made John Barrymore's perform
ance so great. It is sometimes denied
that Hamlet possessed either OF these
two qualities. which seem to me such
important traits in the man. Hamlet,
1t is said, was a weak and tin1id neu-
rotic, incapable Of either fire or humor,
just as he was incapable Of action.
But he wasn't incapable Of action.
He had no talent for it; he brooded
over it long and savagely and he
almost invariably did the wrong
thing, but he was capable OF sud-
den bursts Of energy, volatile If mis-.
directed. After all, in q fairly brief
career as an avenger he managed to
slay Polonius. Lsertes. the king and
those two cloak-and-suit classmates Of
his, Rosencrantz and GWldenstern. He
was obviously more comfortable when
brooding, but surely in his fits Of in
troSpection he had bitterness, flre,
savage humor and mocking self-con-
tempt. His scornful, ironic contempla-
ton was not that of a thin-blooded
pedant but of one in whom the gift
for action had gone tragically awry.
I do not see how the most casual
reading of the lines can deny him
both passion and humor. 1t was their
maladjustment to his time and his
predicament that made him failure
in his world. Unfortunately for my
taste, it is other qualities in this
subtle and many-sided prince that
Mr.. Gielgud and Mr.. Howard concen-
trate upon.
OBVIOUSLY Hamlet was a charm
ing and admirable young man
Evening star., 1936-11-22
HOward's ''Hanlet' Suffers
In Contrast With Gielgud's
Both of Broadways Latest Creators Of the
Melancholy Dane Lack the Fire and
Sardonic Humor of Barrymore.
By Richard Watts. J.

MUST be cold comfort to Mr. Leslie Howard to be od that his Hamlet
notices this
would led to believe that he
nnoceny attempting
classic
Evening star., 1936-11-22
Problem Is Box-Ofice,
Not an Artistic Matter
Retention of Original Stage Cast and "Dif-
ferences" in Story Present Sales Diff
culties to Film Sponsors.
By Jay Carmody.

problem child theater
moving problem play Of Maxwell Andsons which carries the
about to make its public debut
handsomely accomplished
with unchaengh artistry
testified.
Evening star., 1936-11-22
SET" AS FILM BECOMES MOVIES PROBLEM CHILD
that quality which Is the mark Of his
success. At least his Hamlet is not
too much the selfish egoist.

A. 9 TO the supporting roles in the
two productions, there seems TO
be q hearty difference Of opinion.
Spurning the contention Of any one
else, ] will offcr you my viewpoint Of
the t9pic. Certainly Ophelia Is q
curiousiy thankless role, and it is
even rarer than to see good Hamlet
to find an Ophelia who can be per-
suasive In the scenes both of ingenue
sweetness and suicidal madness. I
think We should be pleased II an
actress handles either section of the
part with satisfying conviction.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02
The Cooperative
Goal
(By r. NJ. GOlightly)

The Cooperative movement is
heading in the direction of the Ill
innate establishment of a Coopera-
tive Commonwealth in the not dis
tant future.
This movement, after more than
ninety years of successful operation
is pointing the way to solution
of the ills which have been conceiv-
ed in and nourished by the pre-
sent system of business manipula-
tions.
Many examples are in evidence in
our today's world which demon
strate the feasibility of such a goal
as advocated herein, outstanding
among which are Sweden, Den
mark, and Norway, and in our own
State of Michigan, the little town
known as Rock stand out as fur
Their proof.
The cooperative" way is an ex-
ample Of how Democracy can really
be practiced intelligently through
a vigorous education of its Consti-
tuents. The so called democracy
in existence in our country today
lacks very sadly that one import
ant feature so necessary to any
true democracy, education. "Where
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02

there is ignorance or lack Of know
ledge the people perish"
The Cooperative movement seeks
to supply the following goods and
services to its members: retail dis
tribution of commodities such as
food, clothing, personal and house
hold needs, the supplying of utili-
ties services such as gas, electri-
city, heat, water, operation of res
taurants, warehouses, hotels, laun-
dries and baths; the promotion of
the real arts, sciences, inventions,
research; and in fact to supply the
needs Of its members from their
cradles to their graves. It is not
simply collective buying for the
purpose of saving a few dollars.
II embraces a philosophy of life
which is all inclusive in its ends.
The writer has in his possession
a package of tea which was grown
on a plantation in Ceylon, India,
owned and operated by the Co.
operative Wholesale Society of Lon
don, England, cured in their own
plant, transported in their own
ships to England, and stored and
packed in their own warehouse, and
sold to their members through
Cooperative wholesale. This arti-
Gle has been graded by the United
State Government as the best tea
| imported to this Country. In nc
single transaction was this tea ever
handled by any other hands than
cooperative" hands.
If this is possible with one Com
modify, what is the future posi-
bilities for creating, and, all along
the line, supplying all the needs OF
its members with the additional
guarantee of employment. The
goal then is a Consumer-producer
Cooperative, philosophy, and Com
monwealth.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02
NOTED SPEAKER TO ADDRESS
B,T. W. TRADE ASSOCIATION

A. NJ. Schulz, divisional manager
for Investors Syndicate, Minneapo-
lis, has accepted an invitation to
address the Booker T. Washington
Trade Association MONDAY Lunch
con Club at its weekly meeting
Wednesday noon, May 6, and the
members are looking forward to
this occasion with keen anticipa-
ton.
Mr.. Schulz was born in the Mid
die West, earned his education, be-
came an educator and entered
business. He met both triumph
and disaster" as Kipling puts 1T,
published business books and pa
pers, and gained an all round ex-
perienee in business.
His subject will be where DO
Wo Go From Here-And How" He
will give a straightforward analy-
sis Of present day times, the econo-
mid ups and downs and their signi-
fcance, and Interpretation Of prac-
tical value to all business and pro-
fessional men. His talks are highly
Landed as being full of sound sense
spiced with humor, a combination
of punch with dignity, vision with
experience, and humor with SOLID
fact.
Last meeting the Club enjoyed
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02
May Festival
To Be Held
At Y. w. c. A.

Everyone is looking forward to
the Junior May Festival at Lucy
Thurman Branch Y. w. G. A. in
which some fthe finest OF the
towns younger talent will partici-
pate in songs and dances and dra-
matte numbers, on Saturday, May
8, at 7:45 o'clock.
The program is sponsored by the
Education Committee of the Y. w.
C. A. of which Miss Beulah Cain
is chairman, assisted by Mrs. La
Claire Knox and Mrs. Helen G.
Reid. The public is invited and a
fine evening of entertainment is as
sured.
The first group of performers in
cludes Rose Campbell in a dance;
Mary Ann Clemens in ballet
dance; Richard Carson, clarinet
solo; Marvin Crawford, harmonica
solo; Gloster Current, zylophone
solo, Paul Foster, violin, Dorothea
Phillips, puppet show, Robert Sim
mons, harmonica; Muriel Simmons,
piano; Zelma Smith, reading; Jane
Wandalas, piano; Dora Wallace,
vocal number.
An interesting skit Lets Make
Believe" will be presented by Char
letta Whitby, Bessie Bell Lowery,
Dorothy Priestly, Geraldine Bled-
soc. Carol Shaw, Patricia Whitby,
and Tom Crawford.
The Children Variety Orches-
ira featuring Robert Taylor, John
Taylor, Robert Lewis, Alphonso
Ford, Clarence Wilson, Collie Bar
nett, and Hortense Reid, will pre-
sent some numbers, and also the
Vocal Trio composed of the Eph-
riam Sisters. Evelyn Rivers will
do a tap dance.
The modern Creative Dancing
classes meeting at Lucy Thurman
Branch Y. w. G. A. on Mondays at
Z o'clock and the Personality De-
velopment class on Wednesdays at
4 o'clock are both very popular.
Boys and men, as we'll as women
and girls may enroll in both now.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02

The banquet given in honor of
the big Sisters" recently, by 9TH
er auxiliaries of the church, was
one OF the most elaborate affairs
OF the kind ever sponsored at the
church. The crowd was so large, 1t
was necessary to seat them at the
table in two relays.
The banquet was given in ap-
probation of the splendid work of
the big Sisters" in the church
rally, Mrs. d. Cummings, the presi-
dent of the organization, wore a
lovely black crepe dress, trimmed
in brocade velvet. Mrs. Effie Rose
vice president, wore a beautiful
black transparent velvet dress
with orchid trimmings. Mrs. Fran
els Davis, the secretary, looked
smart in a peach satin chiffon
while Mrs. Sonnie Beasley, the
treasurer, wore stylish black chif-
fon lace dress. Mrs. Effie Puller
the chaplain, was clad in a black
chiffon, trimmed in rhinestones
Mrs. Abelia Woods, wife of Rev. p
II. Woods, wore a beautiful white
satin dress. Mrs. Mckenzie, Of the
membership committee, was gown
ed in a pretty black crepe dress;
while Mrs. Pattie McGill wore a
pink satin, trimmed in lace. Mrs
Woodruff wore a becoming green
dress, with large flat flower. Mrs
A. o. Wells, looked charming in
black crepe dress, with lace sleeves
and Mrs. E. McCrary was exquisite
ly gowned in white satin creation
with a lovely red flower.