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The Washington times., 1936-04-17

city. They had been forced to go
elsewhere both for experience and
to earn a living.
DR.. Kinder, appealing to the
musicians union, gathered up all
the professional talent here he
could. He drew men, whose prin.
cipal experience had been in the
hotel or theater and who came to
his rehearsals to read Beethoven
and Brahms symphonies in many
cases for the first time.
The great majority of the men
were young. All were like sturdy
army recruits who could walk. but
had to be drilled to be marchers.
DR.. Kinder started to drill. He
started at the beginning, teaching
the men not only his own inter
pretations, but technique Of
phrasing, attacking, building
climaxeS.
Five years have brought results
artiStically. Winning the con-
fidence of his men, the conductor
has built his young group into a
spirited corps. The orchestra plays
not like any symphony orchestra,
but like the National Symphony
Orchestra.
The future of the Symphony de-
pends on the maintenance and
further development of this esprit
de corps. Without it the orchestra,
even with all the money in the
world, cannot climb the artistic
heights its hackers have mapped.
Up to now the artistic direction Of
the orchestra has been in the
hands Of Conductor Kinder. a0d
the progress made is to his credit.
He can advance the orchestra's
position. even further, if given a
chance to work out his plans.
Because those who control sym.
phony activities of the players
wish to curb the conductors au.
thority over his men, his power to
select those musicians who will
work the hardest for the ultimate
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CONTINUED from Page u

kCOnt1nued from rage ~
bearing license plates stolen from
a Newark resident, a telegraph
operator at the Franklin Avenue
station Of the road said he saw
q blue limousine dash at high
speed over the Park Avenue
bridge Immediately after the
holdup.
Passengers Unaware
Reports conflicted over how the
loot was obtained. One report was
that the men opened the strong
box, removed the manila envelopes
containing the bank notes and
dashed for their waiting automo.
bile.
The walnut Street station
agent, however, said the bandits
loaded the safe, intact, into the
automobile before making their
getaway.
Bandits Give Alarm
The thieves, themselves, gave
the first alarm, either as a bit Of
misplaced humor or as a gesture
Of triumph.
Before leaving the baggage car,
one Of the men reached UP and
pulled the emergency stop" cord.
The engineer climbed out Of his
cab and, on his way to the bag
gage car, met a brakeman who
also had sought to investigate the
mysterious signal.
Both reached the baggage car
as the bandits automobile roared
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
Morgan Addresses
CoIored Democrats

w. Forbes Morgan, secretary Of
the Democratic national commit
tee, was the principal speaker at
the jefferson day dinner held by
the local branch Of the colored
Democratic League at the Capt.
tai Pleasure Club last night.
A message from President
Roosevelt was read before the
league. Other speakers included
John F. Costello, District national
committeeman; Paul Best, presi-
dent of the Young Democrats Of
America; Emory Smith and L. o.
Robertson. Charles M. Tomas
was master of ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
0RCHESTRA'S
PLANS TOGO
FORWARD

'"The board of directors assures
you that it will make every effort
consistent with its convictions to
continue the National Symphony
Orchestra without interruption" !"
was the assurance given in the
presidents report yesterday after
noon to the annual meeting Of the
National Symphony Orchestra AS
sociation in referring to the dis
pute with the musicians union.
The members Of the board Of d.
rectors whose term expired this
year were reelected with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Leland Harrison,
who will leave washington on &C
count Of official duties. In his
place Mr.. Mark Lansburgh was
elected. Mr.. Corcoran Th ON,
president; DR.. william Mcclellan.
vice president; Mr.. Walter Bruce
Howe, secretary, were also re-
elected to serve for the ensuing
year. Mr.. H. L. Rust, jr., was
named q member Of the admins
tration committee.
The board of directors re-
engaged DR.. Hans Kinder, con.
ductor; Mr.. Robert v. Fleming,
treasurer; Mr.. I. j. Roberts, assist
ant treasurer; Mr.. C. c. Cappel,
manager, and Mr.. George Gaul,
personnel manager and librarian.
DR.. William Mcclellan, empha-
sized the statement made by the
president in regard to the fact
that the board Of directors in
tended to carry on as usual next
season as some members of the
various committees assigned to
raise the sustaining fund felt that
many people had heSitated to
make contributions because they
were afraid that the row with the
musicians union might prove dis
aStrouS to the orchestra.
The campaign committee, Of
which Mr.. Harold Marsh and Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe are cochair-
men, reported the collection in
cash and pledges for the 1936-37
season Of $60.S75, or about $500
less than last year at this time.
However, DR.. Mcclellan held forth
slim hopes for the Watergate sum-
mer series Of concerts, unless a
miracle happens"
The report of the treasurer was
presented in a brief summary as
follows: 1885 sustaining fund,
$68,543.39; income from outside
engagements, $5,941.15: general
ticket sales, $4S,091.91; surplus
from former season, $5,O27.77;
summer series deficit, $777.41;
totaling $121,s26.S1. Disburse-
ments to April Is, 1896, $780,
339.64: estimated deficit at close
Of 1886 season, including small
items after April is, $4,937. .83.
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
The World Of Music

success of the organization is
jeopardized.
DR.. Kinder has labored in good
faith with washington musicians
in building UP the orchestra. Hav-
ing demonstrated that, his mo-
tives in importing musicians to fill
key positions, for which there is
no available talent locally, should
not be questioned. That is the
way the directors Of the National
Symphony Orchestra Association
feel about it, especially since the
results have benefited every man
in the orchestra.
More than any other man, the
conductor Of an orchestra is re-
sponsible for its welfare. When
all goes well he is accorded the
credit. When 1t doesn't, he is
blamed. It is hardly reasonable to
place responsibility except on an
adequate foundation Of authority.
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
Good Excuse

LONGVIEW. Wash. April II
GN.S0,-Haled into police court
here on a charge of reckless driv-
ing, Jane Leaman told the Judge
she thought the officer who ar
rested here was a "maSher" and
that she speeded up to get away
from him. She was acquitted,
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
Thomas Acknowledges
Letter From BIanton

The letter that Representative
Thomas L. Blanton CD. Of Texas
made public before he sent it to
Senator Elmer Thomas CD Of
Oklahoma was politely acknowl-
edged by the Senator today.
Senator Thomas emphasized the
friendly relations that have ex-
listed between himself and Blanton
and refused to take offenSe at the
character of the communication.
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
Thugs HOldup Train,
Get $4,000 i'm Cash

away from the station platform.
License tags on the speeding car
had been stolen, police said. from
a car owned by Walter Jacobus,
Of Newark.
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
Roosevelt Names
Two Art Officials

President Roosevelt yesterday
appointed Henry Richardson
Shepley, Of Massachusetts,, and
reappointed Gilmore D. Clark, Of
New York, members Of the Com
mission of Fine Arts.
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
Radio Star Speaks
At KiWanis Meetino

Jim McWilliams. radio artist,
entertained the Kiwanis Club yes
terday at its meeting at the May
flower Hotel with musical selec-
tions and a campaign speech"
DR.. w. Ross Morris vas intro
duced as a new member by John
S. Bennett, a member Of the XII
wants Educa Committee.
Bynum E. Hinton, president of the
club, presided.
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
Chick in Pigeon Nest

WIOTA, Iowa, April II QN.SO.
A three-pound spring chicken is
doing we'll" on the Emil Fries
farm despite the fact that it was
Matched in a pigeon nest. A hen
had laid an egg in the pigeon nest.
The Washington times., 1936-04-17
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"Foher of Voters" Themes From Mississippi Suite,
by Ferde Grofe
IA socestion using prescribing the daily music tee
Mann teachers appreciation 0du their pupils to clip Gnd
pnSte filing cards NTH the composers name Gt e
ton and file them In alphabetical orderJ
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
FLOOD CALLS
CLOG PHONES

Anxious relatives in Washing
ton swamped the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Company
with long distance calls into the
flood areas today causing more
than an hours delay in all calls
in and out Of the stricken COM
munities.
Also, the Washington Times
switchboard was deluged with
calls from persons seeking in
formation on the flood. Many
persons reported they had rela-
tiveS in the areas flooded and
had been unable to communicate
with them.
The telephone company re-
ported it was handling calls as
quickly as possible, but in addi-
ton to the unusual number Of
calls was handicapped by i'm
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
FLOOD SWEEPS
PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH, March 18 q.
N.S0.-The great industrial city
of Pittsburgh was virtually isolated
today by raging flood waters
which swept above the record
stage Of 1877 feet set in the
disastrous flood Of 1907.
Stores and business houses in
the golden triangle" near the
point" where the Allegheny and
Monongahela flow into the Ohio
were flooded. Virtually all rail
road traffic was suspended when
bridges leading out of the city
were inundated or endangered
by the foaming waters.
The northSide was separated
from the city by the overflowing
Allegheny and the southside by
the Monongahela. Hundreds
were forced from their homes in
the flooded sections.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
NOVICE RADIOS
STORY ABOUT
J0HNST0WN

For the first time since late
yesterday, communication with
the flood-stricken city Of Johns
town, Pa, was established today
when an amateur radio operator
here received faint signals from
q Short-wave set in the PennSyl-
vania community.
The JohnStown amateur, Gerald
d. Coleman, U. S. Naval Reserve
operator, owning amateur station
W8FRC, apparently remained
awake all night in his efforts to
maintain contact with the outside
world.
Shortly before 8 a. m. today the
local operator, Frank Daniels of
1923 Fourteenth st. N. W., heard
Coleman describe the conditions
Of the flooded city.
Coleman said the waters had re-
ceded three feet, but were still Is
feet above normal. Three deaths
have been authenticated, he said
One victim was a little girl and
the others were two men who fell
from q rescue boat.
AS waters receded, Coleman
radioed, mud to the depth of
three feet was left piled against
buildings.
When Coleman managed to re-
sumo communication this morn
ing, after having been unable to
get any power for his set since
shortly before midnight, he an
Swered q request Of the local
United States Naval radio station,
N3QV, that he report on the pos
Sibility of establishing Short-wave
sets in the downtown district of
JohnStown, where 500 people are
marooned in business buildings.
Coleman replied that the plan
was impossible. Only two radio
stations, his and one operated by
. man named Dixon. are able to
reach through the ether, Coleman
reported.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18

paired service in some areas.
Also, telephone companies re-
ported wire difficulties and were
unable to get communications
through to some sections of the
Shenandoah Valley.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18

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The Washington times., 1936-03-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

Italy's breach Of the Covenant-as well
as Japan's defiance in the Manchurian
affair-have not been settled. Like
Banuuo's ghost they will rise to plague
the League and its Neutrality-suspicious.
like Great Britain and France who
form its strongest links for years to
come.
Alfonso on Way Back.
Down in Spain, far removed from
the center Of the European stage, an
interesting little sideshow is being en-
acted. Unless all signs are wrong
Alfonso is on his way back, via a
Catholic Agrarian election victory.
The Spanish reactionaries are not say
ing much these days, but they are saw
ing wood. So are the Socialists, who
ousted the late King. They know they
may not be able to prevent his return
but they are prepared to make the
throne too hot for comfort. Their
alliances with the Communists. Syndi-
calists and Anarchists will become
effective when Alfonso comes back
perhaps by Summer.
As stated at the beginning OF this
story the death Of King George " has
provided breathing spell. All Europe
is glad for the break, even Geneva and
the League.
But behind the scenes forces are
coalescing-and officials, diplomats
and statesmen are working feverishly
to keep them under control. Another
month, another week or perhaps even
in few days, the pot may boil over.
Europe Is still travelling the road that
leads to war.
(copyrisht. Mcclure Newspaper oyndicate.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
BY c. PATRICK THOMAS.

A CCORDING to Blackstone, the
n great Eighteenth Century
~ lawyer whose common law
4 a principles form the basis OF
the American code, the sovereign in
England Is immortal. A king may
die, but the kingship is never vacant;
1t is embodied without a moment S
lapse in the person of the next heir,
who by the mere fact of his predeces-
sor's demise exercises all the sovereign's
powers and is clothed with all the
sovereign's attributes.
Thus the death of one English king
and the accession Of his heir should
not, in theory, mean much in terms
of the long life OF England, or the
briefer but broader life Of the great
commonwealth of nations which ac-
cept the English crown and throne
as the keystone in the arch which
sustains the whole world-encircling
empire structure.
But in the new strange days that
have come upon the world. crown
is what rs wearer makes 1t; and its
passing 70 a restless young bachelor
from a patient patriarch, who had
four sons and a shrewd, respected
queen to aid him, and who managed
to associate himself intimately with
the everyday life of the British
people. whom he had seen through a
quarter century of great crises and
tremendous change-this is a switch
fraught with infinite possibilities. 1t
may mean the entry Of the British
monarchy upon its dangerous age, OF
the beginning of new conception
of kingship in the modern world.
Viewpoint Different.
Handsome, debonair, adventurous,
athletic, a good mixer" world trav-
eled, somewhat impatient. staccato OF
speech, the new King as Prince OF
Wales was one Of England's best as
sets. The historian will observe with
interest how this enormously popular
prince turns out in the entirely diff
ferent rolf o. king; he is not only a
very different man from his father,
but all the old notions and legends
about kingship have been shed from
this sophisticated and modern mind,
which faces life in very direct
manner.
j He is not an acquiescent type. There
Is certain dynamic quality about
him, When a million coal miners
were on strike, sullen and angry, he
made a personal tour of the dis
affected areas accompanied by only
Sir Noel Curtis Bennett, the treasury
man in charge of the miners relief
fund-not a policeman or secret sery-
ice man within miles from first to
last.
Acting as trade ambassador, he got
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
BY LEWIS w. DOUGLAS.

THERE seems to be prevalent
the thought that no very
serious imitation can occur
= unless the Government re-
Evening star., 1936-05-17

son which finds the theaters darkened.
along Broadway. Up to now. most of
the Radio Theater's talent has been
recruited from legitimate.
Eddie Cantor and the rest of his
troupe will trek to the West Coast for
the Summer and will stay on when his
Fall series opens with new sponsor
paying the bills. With Cantor again
before the cameras, Bobby Breen and
Parkyakarkus of his radio cast will be
busy with film shots on different lots.
Burns and Allen have already moved
their broadcast to Hollywood for sew
eral months. Jack Benny soon moves
out Of Manhattan for the West, stop
ping en- route for a few vaudeville dates
and to air his Sunday night shows
along the way, of course. However,
Musician Johnny Green will be miss
ing when the Benny aggregation
finally hits Hollywood, due to the
bandsman's preoccupation with the
musical show he is writing for Fall
production on Broadway.
PING CROSBY and Bob Burns take
the air these Thursday nights
after a day of shooting scenes for
their new film, Rhythm on the
Range" Fred Allen is dickering to
take his air show to Hollywood next
Fall. Kate Smith makes the trip soon
to I'LL her contract as co-star in Shir-
ley Temples next picture. Walter
O'Keefe goes West next month. James
Melton has already arrived. Rudy
Vallee's program will come from Holly
wood for some weeks while he is play
ing the lead in the movie in which
Dick Powell was to have starred, but
won't because of his recent illness.
Tito Coral goes to the Coast in Au-
gust for role in the next Mae West
opus. Ben Bernie starts broadcasting
from the new N. B. c. Hollywood
Studios next Tuesday, with two film
colonists, Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon,
doing a guest spot for the or Maestro
on the eve of their departure for Eng
land.
The business of airing from movie
land is no novelty to some of your
favorites, Of course. Sigmund ROM
berg. Mary Pickford, Smith Ballew.
Frank Fay, Marion Talley and the
Hollywood Hotel" bills regularly hit
the air-waves from the Hollywood
studios-and this group may be aug
mented by San Franciscos "One
Mans Family"-this coast-to-coast
drama having been approached with
film offers.
Meanwhile. Igor CORN, whose Fri
day night vocals emanate from the
West, is all set for two personal ap-
pearance dates at the Hollywood Bowl
Howard Price gets a screen test
Friday .. Sheila Barrett Is busy on
movie short Niela Goodelle has
signed for some screen songs and SO
has Jerry Cooper.
Carl Hof1, on the other hand, is
headed East. The young conductor
who left Your Hit Parade" for Hol-
lywood and the Walt Disney studios,
returns to that air show the end of |
next month. And Eddie Bowling & |
Co. also are on the move in this |
direction, to air from New York be-
ginning May 26
Evening star., 1936-05-17
Major Features
and Notes

GIOVANNI MARTINELLI. Metro
politan Opera tenor, will be the
guest soloist with Victor Kolar's Sym
phony during the Sunday Evening
Hour on WJSV at 3. He will sing
"Ingemesco." from THE Requiem" Of
Verdi and Santa Lucia" The Or
chestra will feature New England
Symphony" and Dvorak's "Slavonic
Dance No. l."
A special orchestra party" featur-
ing various sections of the 70-piece
orchestra Of Erro Rapee, will be q
high light Of the concert on WRC at 8.
Works of Bach, Tschaikowsky, Haydn,
Strauss, Debussy and Albeniz will be
featured.
A program dedicated to Norwegian
Independence day will be broadcast by
WRC at 2. 1t will include an address
by the Crown Prince of Norway.
Judy Canova, hillbilly comedienne
and a star of the current edition Of
the "Ziegfeld Follies." will be the guest
of Paul Whiteman and his orchestra
during the Musical Varieties program
on WMAL at 8:45
Senator Hastings, Republican. of
Delaware, will reply to President
Roosevelt's Jefferson day address on
WJSV at 10.
Three soloists-Viola Philo, soprano;
Jan Peerce, tenor, and jacques Cas-
selin, concertmaster of the Radio City
Music Hall Symphony Orchestra
will be featured during the Music
Hall on the Air program on WMAL
at 11:30 am. The program will be
made up entirely Of the works Of
Wagner.
Evening star., 1936-05-17
Socialist Broadcast.

THREE-and-a-half hours of the pro-
ceedings at the National Conven-
ton of the Socialist party in Cleve-
land, Ohio, will be broadcast over the
Columbia network this month. c. B.
S also plans extensive coverage of
the Republican and Democratic con-
claves in June.
Broadcasts from the Socialist meet
ing will start Saturday when the key
note address by Leo Krzycki, national
chairman of the party. will be heard.
On the same day c. B. S. micro
phones will pick up convention adj
dresses by Norman Thomas, probable
candidate for President; Daniel Hoan,
Socialist mayor of Milwaukee. Wis,
and George Lansbury of the English
Labor party,