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Evening star., 1936-10-28

Two great charges, one by a land
ing party Of armed Marines, who
charged through the ranks of a mot
ley crew of ''insurrectos" in a spec
tacular sham battle. and another,
wholly unprogrammed and unexpect-
ed. by thousands of Washington
youngsters who charged impartially
through insurrectos and conquering
Marines alike in quest Of spent car
tridges. brought Washington's largest
Navy day observance to q joyous,
noisy close at dusk yesterday.
1t was a great day for the Navy.
which entertained 05,400 visitors at
the Washington Navy Yard, and for
the visitors, who witnessed one of
the most colorful spectacles staged by
the Navy in connection with its "at
home day"
The crowds cheered impartially for
flying sailors and Marines. who put
on three spectacular aviation shows
during the day, and for Marine In
fantry, which paraded. went through
the colorful formal guard mounting
and battalion parade ceremonies and
demonstrated machine gun and light
howitzer firing.
Get Red-Hot Souvenirs.
BY tens Of thousands they went
through the great Navy Yard shops
and watched the processes Of turning
out naval ordnance ranging from 16-
inch gun parts to cartridge cases for
saluting guns. Disregarding warn
ings, they picked up hot metal shaw
ings from giant lathes and milling
machines, scorching their fingers but
acquiring souvenirs to show their
neighbors who didn't get to the yard.
The Navy threw down the bars and
many q mechanic and machinist went
home hoarse after hours of answer
ing all of the hundreds Of pertinent
and impertinent questions visitors
from every walk Of life fired at them.
Buildings which during the whole year
are closed to sightseers were wide open
yesterday, and the crowds poured
through them in never-ending
streams. gasping at the forging Of
giant slabs of metal, weighing many
tons, and at the fiery fountains ac-
companying the pouring Of heats of
brass and iron. Navy carpenters
turned out miniature mallets by the
hundreds out Of dowel sticks for chill
dren who begged for souvenirs.
Flyers Bomb Target.
The big spectacles of the day vert
Evening star., 1936-10-28
CAPT. H.K. CAGE, RETIRED
NAVAL OFFICER, DIES
Native of Texas Served Here Form
1924 to 1927 and Again
in 1929.

The Navy Department was informed
yesterday by telegraph from jackson,
Miss, that Capt. Harry Kimban Cage,
U. s. NJ, retired, died there Monday.
He was 81 and served in Washington
in the of1ice of naval operations at
the department from 1924 to 1927 and
again In 1929.
The captain is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Julia Hubbard Cage.
Capt. Cage was born In Harris, Tex.
August rs, 1879, and was appointed to
the Naval Academy inl896.
During the World War he was ex-
ecutive officer Of the cruiser Hunting
ton, and In 1918 he commanded the
y, s. s. Chattanooga.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
LAST APPLICATION DATE

The North Carolina Democratic
Club of Washington today notified
resident Democrats from that State
that tomorrow is the final day on
which absentee ballot applications
can be mailed to their places Of legal
residence before the general election.
Thus far the club has handled
more than 1000 absentee applica-
tions for North Carolina Democrats
here.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
TWO HOSPITAL OFFICIALS
REQUESTED TO RESIGN
Superintendent Also Reproved by
Board After State Auditor
Charges irregularities"

By the Associated Press.
MARION, Va, october 28.-The
Special Board of Directors of the
Southwestern State Hospital, in session
here yesterday, requested the resigna-
tion of Walter E. Johnston, steward
for the past 10 years, and w. S.
Robinson, jr., bookkeeper, and mildly
reproved DR.. George A. Wright, hos
pital superintendent, for not having
required Johnston to "have been more
diligent in collection of accounts" and
the general conduct of the institu-
tion's business. The position of steward
Is equivalent to business manager.
Yesterdays action was taken in the
form Of two resolutions after the board
had heard reports from DR.. Wright
and Johnston prepared for submission
in view Of "irregularities" recently re.
ported by State Auditor L. Mccarthy
Downs after special investigation
into the hospitals financial affairs.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
FUNERAL TOMORROW
FOR VICTIM OF AUTO
Raleigh ]. Dunaway, IS, of Lin
colnia to Be Buried in
Richmond, Va.

b . Stan Correspondent OF The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, October a.
Funeral services for Raleigh j. Dun
away, S., Of Lincolnia, who died yes
terday at the Alexandria Hospital from
injuries received in an automobile &C.
cident, will be held at 1880 pm.
here tomorrow at the Cunningham
funeral home.
He leaves his wife, Mrs May Dun
away. and two sisters. Burial will be
in Richmond.
Mr.. Dunaway was struck by an au-
tomobile on the Alexandria WASH
ington road Sunday night. After an
inquest yesterday afternoon, police re-
leased william s. Simmons, driver Of
the car, who was absolved Of GRIM
inal negligence by DR.. Llewellyn
Powell, city coroner.
Evening star., 1936-10-28

ing the inscription: "B P 1929" 1t
is thought by family members to mean
Betsy and Isaac Pierce" Others
think it means Built by Isaac Pierce 4"
Pierce Mill was put in working
order by the Welfare and Recreational
Association of Public Buildings and
Grounds. with w. P. A. funds.
The corn meal and -four from the
mill will be sold to the public at retail
and used in the Government cafe
terias,
Evening star., 1936-10-28
LAND0N CALLED
BACK-SEAT DRIVER
Secretary Hull Has Difficulty
Learning What Nominee
Advocates.
By the Associated Press.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. October 2s.-
Secretary of State Corden Hull. after
a 10-minute wait for Gov. ALI M. Lam
don to finish his radio speech, told
Washington County Democrats that
Landon is "our principal back-seat
driver"
The Roosevelt cabinet member spoke
here last night at Democratic rally.
Gov. Landon, Republican presidential
nominee, spoke in Pittsburgh. Their
addresses used the same radio chain.
Hull was all set to give his address
when it developed that Gov. Landon
had over-run his allotted time Will
liam Preston Lane. jr., former State
attorney general, announced the rea-
son for the delay and had the organist
play during the interim.
Not Sure Of Landon Aims.
The Secretary of State, after term
ing Gov. Landon q "back-seat driver,
added:
But have some difficulty in find.
ing out precisely what the Governor
advocates, and am sure you have had
the same experience"
Landon, Hull said, "says in effect
that he agrees with our destination,
namely, the restoration of our foreign
trades; but he doesn't like the kind
of car we are driving or the way we
drive it,"
Tydings, Lewis Speak.
He termed reciprocal trade agree
ments of the Roosevelt administration
! as step in laying "the most i'm
portant groundwork for world peace.
Prosperity and peace are not sepa-
rate entities" he said. ITO promote
one is to promote the other. The eco
nomic well-being Of peoples is the
greatest single protection against civil
strife, large armaments, war;" -
He cited efforts to remove trade bar.
riers to tobacco, staple Maryland
crop, as typical of the action of the
trade agreements.
Other speakers included Senator
Millard E. Tydings and Representative
David j. Lewis, candidate for re.
election from the sixth congressiona
district.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Officer Who Nabbed
Persian Minister
Declines Old Job
n, the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
ELKTON. Nd. October 49,
Jacob Biddle, the town ofIicer
who arrested the Persian Minis
ter and caused international
complications last year. declined
q reappointment to the police
Job. He resigned shortly after
the arrest Of the Minister. Bid
die said he had another job In
Pennsylvania. w. Coudon Reyn-
olds was appointed in his place.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Washington,
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
DIAMONDS.

TINE Federal Government has
been mighty disappointing to
woman who lives IN New Or
= leans and 1t might as well
know about 1t. The woman made
known her complaint in . letter re-
ceived yesterday by the Health De-
partment.
It vas her understanding, she said,
that the Federal Government made
it a practice to give diamonds to all
babies born on the Fourth OF July.
Well, come last Independence day, the
stork dropped in, but since then has
come no diamond from Washington.
Evening star., 1936-10-28

golden corn meal issuing from q
trough.
I've milled in almost every State
from New England to the coast"
Outside, the UNCOVERED granite
walls of the old mill blended with the
bright Autumn foliage. The clear
water Of Rock Greek, the mill race,
and the slow-turning water wheel
must have looked that way when
Isaac Pierce built his mill about q
century ago.
Evening star., 1936-10-28

Few people understand the system" +"
he said, but I worked with it 10
years before the new system was In
vented"
"You can say I'm co." he jested,
while performing his duties. That's
close enough. Anyway. I've been mill
ing since I was II and have never
done anything else"
He pointed to the intricate sys-
tenn of wooden wheels, grain chutes,
leather drive belts, and the pile of
Evening star., 1936-10-28

The commanding ofiicer was amazed.
The girls, including the Presidents
daughter, never could have done such
a thing.
There was an investigation. Finally
the petty ofiicer had to take the rap
for the fudge party. He had to pay
$32 out Of his own pocket for q new
tablecloth.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
FUDGE.

A LICE ROOSEVELT LONGWoRTH
- when q little girl, was making
fudge on board the Presidents yacht
Sylph, with some girl friends. When
she cut the fudge the knife slipped
and slashed the green baize table
cover.
Before the party was over the green
baize was slashed in three places,
twice across the middle and angle
wise across one end.
A petty officer now living here in
Washington tells the story. He was
on duty at the time and was called to
task by the commanding oficer Of the
Sylph.
Whats the meaning of this?" asked
the skipper"
He was told what had happened.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
CLIPPER PASSENGERS
WELCOMED TO MANILA
Aerial Display and Civic Festival
Marx Arrival of First Pay
Planeload.

1y the Associated Press.
MANILA, p. l., October 28.-Manila
greeted the arrival of Pan-American
Always first planeload of pay pass
engers yesterday with an serial display
and civic ceremonies.
As the Hawaii Clipper neared
Manila Bay, an escort Of United
States Navy planes joined the giant
flying boat and guided 1t to the
mooring base at Cavite, in Manila
Bay.
A huge throng was on hand a. the
Is passengers disembraked and we're
handed huge bouquets Of flowers by
Filipino girls garbed in colorful native
costumes.
An escort Of the Filipino Constab-
ulary led the passengers motorcade
into Manila. 10 miles away.
In recognition Of the sisnificarce Of
the flight, Commonwealth President
Manuel Quezon invited the visitors to
Malacanan Palace
Evening star., 1936-10-28
IA 70. THE machinery isn't the

IkN 70, THE machinery isn't the
original" said Robert A.
" Little, miller of the rejuve-
4 mated Pierce Mill in Rock
Greek Park, opened to the public yes
terGay. But it's an exact reproduc-
ton and works perfectly"
Little, who was unemployed before
the Works Progress Administration
gave him his present job. knows all
about the old French burr milling
machinery at the historic water mill,
and takes pride in his work.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
PASSES CRISIS

Mrs. Irwin .. Cobb Survives
Pneumonia Attack.
SANTA MONICA, Calf, October
20 R.-Mrs. Irwin 8. Cobb passed the
crisis in her illness yesterday. her
physician, DR.. Adolph Kosky, said.
The humorist,s wife, suffering from
pneumonia, may be Transferred from
hospital to her home in two weeks,
he added.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
HORSES.

A BRAZILIAN gold prospector, WIS.,
= iting here, estimates that he can
buy q horse back home for what it
costs him to hire one in Washington
for q three-hour jaunt through the
park.
He says horses are that cheap there
not that expensive here.
+ A%
GIRL?
An operative, the one Dho GETS
his hair cut regularly, came hip
pety-hop from the barber shop
yesterday with some knowledge
eauesdropped from couple OF
manicurists. What he learned inas
that stenogrdphy, after all, Is the
fountain OF youth.
1t come out in the remark of one
nanicurist to the other:
D. "You know that girl in the hotel,
the public stenoorapher, I mean.
Would you belieue it, they let her
90 after ~ years."
Y y
PEARL.
A WASHINGTON woman who re.
Gently dined with . Yale pro.
fessor in New Haven had cause to bl
considerably embarrassed during the
sea food course.
Delightful oysters were served and
as the lady was contentedly munchinl
them, she clamped her teeth on some.
thing hard, obviously . pearl.
"Oh, professor" she said, II believl
I've found o pearl"
She held forth her hand to show Il
to her host and. to her horror, saw
she had cleaning gold filling graspet
firmly between her thumb and fore
finger.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Monks Rule Tibet Lives.

The Tibetan, If he has anything
out of the ordinary to do, consults
the monks, who pronounce by divina-
ton whether or not 1t is advisable to
risk 1t.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Niqht Finol Delivered by Carrier
Anywhere in the City
Full Sports

Race Results Complete Market the Day. Latest News
Flashes from Around the World whatever it b you'll nnd
It in The Night Final sports Edition
THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY sTAR-delivered
by carrier-7oc month Call National 5000 and service
win start at once.
Evening star., 1936-10-28

She thinks that's no way for OIL
cials here to act. but perhaps she will
change her mind when she gets the
Health Departments letter. In II
they pointed out that the Federal
Government might 60 broke giving
Independence day babies diamonds.
It Is too bad, in q way, that the
woman was wrong. A Federal "stork
derby" would make q fine July story
every year.
JUSTICE.
Haze you eper Wondered wtat
goes on tn the mind OF young
la,oyer trying his first divorce case?
We knoD. Abraham Chasanoto
told US. Coming up before Justice
Wheat the other day in his first
case OF that character, Chasdnoto
wondered II the Justice remembered
that he had oMciated at the young
lawyer's cum iDedding three years
ago.
In some OF the exchanges that
marked the progress OF the case,
Chasanoto had feeling that Jus
tice Wheat did remember.
4 4 -
/, DIMINUENDo.
nON'T look now, but 80.
Smoke poured from the win
dows. Two dozen pieces Of the towns
fire-fghting equipment gathered ir
front of q Connecticut avenue might
club the other morning to battle what
turned out to be q minor blaze. Sid
ney, the orchestra leader, driving by
in his car, stopped to have q look al
the excitement.
Nobody connected with the club, ex'
cept for the watchman who had dis
covered the fire, was on hand. SO Sid
ney did his duty. He dashed to
telephone, called Virginia Macias
sister of the clubs owner, Pete.
virginia" said Sidney over th'
phone, II hate to disturb you and
don't want to alarm you =. but thu
club Is on IRE.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Eight Out of Ten Americans.

Despite the Oriental ancestry Of
most residents Of Hawaii, Q out Of 10
residents are native-born American
citizens.
Evening star., 1936-10-28

The big spectacles Of the day were
reserved for the late afternoon, when
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Deeds Moves
Tothe'Me

"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" went
to the Metropolitan Theater today
to begin its second week down
town.
Thus this Frank Capra produc'
ton, which concluded a sensa.
Cional week at the Earle Theater
last night, will continue its down
town run uninterrupted, affording
an opportunity for hundreds Of
WaShingtonians, who could not
get into the Earle last week be-
cause of the crowds that damned
the house day and night, to see the
years biggest comedy hit.
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" is a
comedy-drama about small town
boy and twenty million dollars.
Gary Cooper is the boy, Jean
Arthur is the city girl who falls in
love with him and Frank Capra
is the director who made their
story a record breaking attraction
that threatens to smash the fig
ures SET up by Capra'S other ace
production. 1T Happened One
Night"
A talented supporting cast that
includes Lionel Stander, George
Bancroft, H. B. Warner and doz-
ems of others adds to the interest
in "Mr. Deeds, which is expected
to continue as a sensation in its
extra seven days in the downtown
sector.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Pine Is Movie
In Color

Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda and
Fred MacMurray are the stars of
1.-THE Trail of the Lonesome Pine, "
first great outdoor romance ever
to be filmed in natural color,
which will be featured at Loew's
Palace after Things to Come, "
the H. G. Wells prediction of the
future, has completed it's down.
town run.
In addition to the memorable
story and the excellent cast, '"The
Trail Of the Lonesome Pine"
marks a memorable step in movie
history because it is the first film
in which color is used on the
screen as it is in nature-aS an
inevitable natural background,
rather than as a delightful new
novelty. Already the color in this
film has won much acclaim.
The story, itself, is one Of feud.
ing in the Kentucky mountains
MacMurray, a city engineer, in.
vades the hills to build a railway
Henry Fonda is in love with Sylvia
Sidney, both being members OF
the same clan. Sylvia becomes
fascinated with the stranger, and
much jealousy is aroused with
many subsequent thrilling dram
attic sequences.
Fred Stone, Beulah Bondi
Spanky Mcfarland, Robert Bar.
rat and many others are in sup
port. News, a comedy and short
subjects are added.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Nozimovo Due
Here May 4

One Of the most sensational
successes in theatrical annals Of
this generation will be available
to playgoers Of this city when
Nine. Nazimova arrives at the Ma
tional Theater on Monday, May 4,
for a weeks engagement in re-
vival of Henrik Ibsen's master
piece. Ghosts" which scored such
q phenomenal success at the En-
pire Theater in New York.
The play was presented for an
eugagement limited to two weeks,
but the ovation accorded Nazi-
nova on the opening night and
the popularity Of the play despite
the fact that it was written over
so years ago, made 1t necessary
to extend the run.
An ovation such as is rare in
any theater found the audience
at the New York premiere cheer
ing and applauding and refusing
to leave the theater before the
curtain had been raised in tribute
% times. The manager Of the
theater admitted that not since
Sarah Bernhardt had played there
had there been so many curtain
calls and so much genuine APP
plause. Critics raved, Brooks At
kinson of the New York Times
saying Great is a word for spar
ing use but there is no other way
to characterize a tranScendent
performance. Nazimova has i'm
parted to Ghosts the aura Of in
spired acting" William Lyon
Phelps declared it to be the best
production of Ghosts" he had
ever seen, "incomparably better
than DuSe in this role"
A cast worthy of Nine. NaZi-
mova's brilliant acting has been
seehhbled for the production and
includes Mckay Morris, Harry
Ellerbe, Beatrice de Neergaard
and Raymond O'Brien. Stewart
CLANCY has designed the setting
and Nine. Nazimova herself staged
the play with a talent touch that
made it, as Robert Garland of the
New York World-Telegram said,
mo longer a classic. 1t is a play,
and a four-Starred one"
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
copyright. 1885, by King Features
Syndicate Incl

HOLLYWOOD, April 25.-A rose
by any other name: The Irish
Free State has whipped up a new
censorship board constituted main
ly of church dignitaries. They will
see to it that not only is the cinema
kept clean, but that theaters be
built not too close to churches and
that the seating capacity Of the
theaters be limited. Miriam Hop
kins and Gertrude Stein ("the Rose
is a Rose is a Rose" poetess) have
struck up quite friendship in Eu-
rope. Miriam is teaching Nine.
Stein to makeup and Nine. Stein
is teaching Miriam to write. That
combination should be something
One Of the reasons why Jerry
Mayer Il. B., Mayors brother)
gave up his agency business to be
Brother Louie'S assistant is because
John Stahl had in his contract
that Mayer would be the personal
producer of all the epics he turned
out and, as L. B. wants to take a
nice long vacation for himself, he
substituted his brother.
Our girl friend, Shirley Temple,
at the tender age of seven Scholas-
tically is miles ahead of the aver.
age kiddie. She's in the low third
grade and in June she will be
promoted to the high third. Not
bad!
In 1.-THE Great Ziegfeld," the
gentleman in "A Pretty Girl Is
Like a Melody" number is Stanley
Morner but the voice that emitS
from his facial expression is that
of Alan Jones. Peter LORE is
going to become a. full-fledged
American citizen in the near
future.
May Robson was handed a new
MGM contract on the eve of her
seventy-firSt birthday which was
a tasty gesture, believe you me. .
Margaret Lindsay is whipping up
a short story for her own amaze
ment, only instead of writing
about Hollywood she is writing
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Table 7 ennis Shown
As a Speedy Game

While considered to be q "vest
pocket game" Table Tennis"
shown this week at Loew'S Palace
Theater, is the cause of many
nasty so ills and even broken
bones!
In all probability a great ma
jority of people who are under the
impression that table tennis is q
"lackadaisical SPORT will change
their opinion on viewing this 1896
version of this game. Pete Smith,
probably the most humorous Of IL
screen commentators, provides a
steady and interesting description
of the play in this sports subject.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Cover HOLLYWOOD

|about New York and Iowa, her
native State.
Sam BriSkin new head Of
R.-K.O0 has actually started
something new in Hollywood pro.
duction circles. Realizing that
there is plenty of good producer
and director talent about the town
sans very much experience, he de-
cided to place together one veteran
and one newcomer on some of the
coming R.-K.-O. pictures. So, we
have at the moment, John E,
Burch and Ernest Pagano CO.
producing white Heat" and Ed
Killy land assistant directory and
William Hamilton "a cutter) CO
directing His Majesty Bunker
Bean" He's smart-Mr. B.
As soon as Mary of Scotland" is
in the bag automatically speak
ing), John Ford, its director, will
be off to Honolulu on his own
yacht. Only it won't be much OF
vacation because he's taking
Dudley Nichols (the screen writer)
along with him to whip up a script
for his new picture.
Barbara Stanwyck gave her all
the other day to a smash :ng drive
with tennis racquet and as a
result Sprained her wrist.
To add to our little screen addi-
ties: Olivia de Haviland worked
a Whole year in the movies before
she saw herself on the screen but
then of course she was making "A
Midsummer Nights Dream; Joan
Blondell drinks spinach root tea
to keep her figure intact; Kay
Francis has flown to New York
about thirty times, yet she will
not go to the top of the Empire
State Building because she has a
height phobia.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Producer Sails for
Short Film Material

Robert Bruce. short subject pro-
ducer, and two cameramen, Roger
Mace and Sidney Zipser, have
sailed for Honolulu whe-e they
will spend a month filming scenes
for two new short musical ro-
mances to be released by Para
mount studio.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
SPRING SERVICE SPECIALS
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The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Bids and Proposals

COMMISSIONERS. d. c., Washington,
April %, 1886 Sealed proposals will
until 2 o'clock P. M. May II, 1896, for
furnishing crushed Stag and screenings,
and sand and gravel. Specifications and
ing.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24

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