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The Washington times., 1936-05-18
Richard Dix Is
Next at Met

The test pilots-those unsung
heroes of aviation who take their
lives in their hands every time
they take off in experimental ships
are the leading characters in
The DEVILS Squadron" new
Columbia picture. which brings
Richard Dix to the Metropolitan
Theater on Friday.
Dick Grace, famous flier and
Hollywood stunt man, wrote the
story .bout the men who are the
first to fly new planes, who try
them out so that if they have any
structural defects the flying dare
devils will be the first to come
crashing to earth in them.
Featured with Dix in the cast
of Devils Squadron" are Karen
Morley, Lloyd Nolan, Billy Burrud,
Shirley Ross, Gene Morgan and
Henry Mollison. Erie Kenton di-
rected the production, which is
filled with thrills from start to
finish,
The Washington times., 1936-05-18
NJ .OV I F
CLOCK

RKO KEITH'S - Charles Col
Inns, Frank Moran in Dancing
Pirate" 1888 a. m, 1:4l, 3:44,
SAT, 1850, 1853 p. m.
METROPOLITAN y. :eh Will
liams in Times Square Play
boy" 11:40, a: M, 1920, sos,
4:45, $50, 8:15, 9:55 p. m.
EARLE Madeleine Carroll,
George Brent in THE case
Against Mrs. Ames" HOO a. M,
1875, 4:2O, 7:05, $50 p. m. Stage
-12:45, $3.50, $40. 9:05 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Sylvia Sidney.
Fred MacMurray in THE Trail
of the Lonesome Pine" 1910.
2:30, 4:50, 7:10, $50 p. m.
PALACE-Janet Gaynor. Robert
Taylor in Small Town Girl"
1905. 2:25, 4:45. 7:o5. $50 p. m.
FOX-Wallace Berry, John Boles
in "a Message to Garcia, !"
II a. M, 1885, 4:22. TIA and
10 p. M. Stage-12:44, $3.50,
6:32 and 9:08 p. m.
BELASCO-"Ecstasy," at 1905.
2:O5, 4:05, sos, sos, 1905, 1870
p. m.
LITTLE-Bette Davis, Leslie How
ard in Human Bondage" II
a. M, 1903, 3:16, ,5:24, 1882 and
9:40 p. m.
HOWARD-Gene Raym on d.
Wendy Barrie in Love on a
Bet" 1890, 800, $50, 800, 1890
p. m. Stage-"Fats Waller" and
his orchestra LAS, AIS, 6:45, 9:15
o, m,
The Washington times., 1936-05-18

opposition and questioned the
Bunchuk ability to conduct not
withstanding, that he had led for
a number of years orchestras at
the Capitol Theater and the Roxy
Theaters with the full symphonic
Instrumentation Of ITO musicians
and was solo cellist with Walter
Damrosch when that conductor
led the New York Symphony.
The Bunchuk proposal for con-
certs on the river was abandoned
through inability to secure the
sounding board shell float for this
series. Bunchuk is a protege of
GlaZounow and a graduate of the
Petrograd Conservatory with the
highest honorS. He has been heard
in recital and as a conductor in
France, England, Germany, Aus
tria, Italy, Scandinavia and the
Orient.
The Washington times., 1936-05-18

ORIGINAL STUFF
It was the First Lady who
signally recognized vaudeville by
having her favorite dancing team,
CLANCY and Fox, as overnight
guests at the White House. Later
she overwhelmed the back stage
crew at the Earle by ascending in
the theater's freight elevator to
the dressing room for a between
shows visit with her friends.
las a matter of fact it isn't the
first time that the administration
has been gorgeously kidded for
footlight fun. There was no OBJ
lection raised to the Life Begins
at $40" sketch with Luella Gear
which had its moments of mirth
over Mrs. Roosevelt'S ceaseleSs
round of activities. Song writer's,
also, have had their fling with
this topic.
Sybil Bowan gets away from
the conventional in her new act
which makes her entertainment
refreshing. She could do the GAY
Tank Ay Go Home" "Cummup
N'See Me Some Time" and "Oh
Dear and Oh My" with fluttering
hands stuff, but in getting away
from conventional and the stencil
mimicry her act becomes smarter,
if controversial.
"SHOW BOAT A WINNER
I was the fellow who rode over
to Baltimore Saturday afternoon
and didn't go within five miles Of
the PreakneSs.
Being pushed around and
tramped on in Pimlico'S antique
The Washington times., 1936-05-18
Mary BoIand Gives
Corned Beef Party

A real corned beef and cabbage
dinner today was on its way to
Hollywood from New York for a
party that Mary Boland, Para
mount Coincidence, is going to
give early next week.
During her stay in the East.
Mary discovered a little restaurant
that serves corn beef she asserts
is like no other corned beef in the
world.
Because she is fond of the
dish that Jiggs, made famous,
Mary ordered a keg of beef sent
by fast express to Hollywood for
a dinner she is giving for mem
bers of the cast of her current
picture, early to Bed"
The Washington times., 1936-05-18
Little Revives
Bondage

"Of Human Bondage" Holly
woods highly-praiSed dramatiza-
ton Of w. Somerset Maugham's
novel of a sensitive youth and an
ignorant, INSCRIPTIONS girl was re.
vived yesterday at the Little Thea.
ter. THE Three Little Pigs" and
The Big Bad Wolf" are added
attractions.
Bette Davis portrayal of Mil.
dred, the selfish, cold-blooded
waitress, was her first tragic role
and changed her overnight from q
light comedienne to one of the
most popular dramatic actresses
The Washington times., 1936-05-18

and this "Show Boat" has not
forgotten that Edna Ferber wrote
the. story Of great love. Author
Hammerstein has tucked on a new
ending which has Magnolia and
Gaylord Ravenal. Captain Andy
and his Partly, sitting in a stage
box while Magnolia'S daughter,
Kim, enjoys all the glorieS Of a
first night triumph.
Yes, like the new "Show Boat"
as much as I disliked the silent
version. Papa Laemmle bows out
of Universal with his last feature
the finest thing that ~" has given
the industry since "All'S Quiet on
the Western Front"
P. S. Comes this telegram: "We
are opening Show Boat starring
Irene Dunno, and with Allan
Jones, Charles Winniger, Paul
Robson and plenty Of other stars
Wednesday, May 20, at 1880 p. m.
-Stop-Final showing, Dancing
Pirate at SAT that day. Regards.
RKO-KETTHS. "HARDIE."
"OLD MAID" CANCELS
Producer Harry Moses Cancelled
Washington's week with "The Old
Maid" scheduled to begin next
Monday night.
He tried out the first act Of the
Pulitzer prize play with midgets
in the juvenile roles. He didn't
like the way they simulated chill
dren and he was unable to get
any understood actors who would
fill the bill. Accordingly he can
celed.
BUNCHUK'S SYMPHONY
YaScha Bunchuk, famed 'cellist
and conductor, will toss it right
back at those who questioned his
ability as a musician. He will
lead a baby symphony Of so tune
smiths at the Fox Theater the
week of June in a special over
ture merging Tschaikowsy and
other great composers. The SYM
phony probably will be backed up
by trained chorus Of Is voices.
Maestro Bunchuk gets this op-
portunity through wage conces-
sion made by the musicians union.
They granted his request to aug
ment the regular Fox instrumental
ton, not only to help out their
unemployed members but also in
recognition of his artistry.
This will be the first time that
the Fox orchestra pit has held so
musicians since the late Roxy
opened the F Street theater with
an Instrumentation of this size.
The Instrumentation of this sym
phonic unit will comprise IL first
violins, five second violins, four
violas, six 'celloS, six BASES, one
tuba, two flutes, two clarinets, two
oboes, two baSsons, four horns,
three trumpets, four trombones,,
three percuSsionS, one harp, three
saxophones, a piano and guitar.
Maxim Finder will be concert
master.
Mr.. Bunchuk'S proposal for
Tidal Basin concerts this summer
recently met with vigorous oppo-
sition from friends of the National
Symphony Orchestra. For some
reason they considered it unfair
The Washington times., 1936-05-18
A BOLD LITTLE SKIT
SHOW Boot With Irene Dunno
Has Sweetest of Music
Famed Love Story
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

Whether Syb Bowan the Fox should include her bold
satire of Lady of Great Importance addressing the Girl Scouts
her routine of stage Impressions matter of opinion.
Most audiences recognize the acid spoong directed at Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Personally, feel that the Mistress of 1900 Pennsylvania
Avenue such good friend of the heater and such
a rich of humor, she would enjoy it. !,
deduce from fact that twice visited First Lady"
the Music Box in New York and found evidently, keen
oyment the way George Kaufman and Katharine Dayton
have treated Washington with wit and wisdom.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
BODIES
OF . MINERS

DOWELL, ILL.,, Aug. 3 U.N.S0.
Bodies of nine men, victims of
coal gas which enveloped them
Saturday night as they fought a
minor blaze in the Union Col
lieries' Kathleen coal mine here,
were claimed by their families yes
terday.
The men were suffocated when
they entered the workings to ex-
tinguish fire believed to have
started from electric wiring. The
victims were identified as Clar-
ence CawVey, Logan Graef, John
Kelly, Lou Rees and Joseph Spill
ler, of Elkville; Forrest Beaver
and Steve Hrin, of, Dowell, and
Edwin Harris and George Ford,
of Du Quoin.
Cawvey was sent down with the
fire squad to extinguish the blaze.
There we're 10 men in the crew,
but some tim, later r'1gle miner
reached the surface and reported
his companions overcome.
Another squad of 35 rescue
workers found the bodies.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
REVIEW SEES
MOTOR ARMY

FORT KNOX. KY. Aug. 3
0.N.SO.-A review of the mech
anized units of Uncle Sans Army
opens here today as a prelude to
the war games which open
Wednesday with battle between
Red" and Blue" troops, com
manded respectively by Col. Bruce
Palmer, commander of the First
Cavalry, and Maj. Gen. William
E. Cole. commander of the Fifth
Corps Area.
Following the inspection the
mechanical units, which will COM
pose the Red" army, will pre-
pare for a trip to the vicinity Of
Nashville, Tenn. The Reds" will
work northward from that area
to meet the Blues" in a battle
which will reach a peak near Fort
Knox.
The Red" mechanical force is
composed of 1T officers, 1,841
men. fast combat cars. cross
country personnel carriers with
machine guns and rifles and
armored cars.
The nonmechanized, or Blue"
army, will be composed of the
remainder of the 1000 troops.
quartered here for the second
Army maneuvers.
-voTE AhFRIcnI
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
CITIZENS PUSH
COED DEATH
INQUIRY
Business Men of Ashe-
vile Hire Detective
to Hunt Slayer

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Aug. 3.
Private detectives today entered
the two-weeks-old Helen CleVenger
murder mystery. when Aubrey w.
Brown, of Charlotte, announced
he had been asked by "AsheVille
business men" to undertake an in
vestigation of the case.
At the same time, it was learned
that many OF the towns leading
citizens, annoyed at the failure to
solve the brutal murder of the
New York University coed in her
room at the Battery Park Hotel
on July 16, are considering rails
ing a public fund to engage ad-
ditional detectives and to increase
the $1,000 reward offered for So
luton to the murder.
Sheriff Brown plans to give
Daniel Gaddy, night watchman,
another round Of questioning TO-
day. If Gaddy remains as 81
lent as he has been the last two
weeks, since he was taken into
custody for questioning, he prob
ably will be released, officials
hinted. Public sentiment here is
that Gaddy possesses information
of vital importance in solution of
the mystery.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
CHARGE DENIED
BY. INQUIRE

Declaring he never threatened
his wife with bodily harm or
abused her, although under the
lash of her nagging, it has often
been difficult to refrain from so
doing" Thomas w. Mcclure, a
retired naval officer with offices
in the Shoreham Building, today
asked the United States District
Court to dismiss the suit for
limited divorce and maintenance
filed by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Cor
bey Mcclure, of 1701 Park Rd.
N. w.
Through Attorney Jean M.
Boardman, Mr.. Mcclure, who is
now engaged in the engineering
business, said that his wife's
fears we're unfounded. He re-
ferred to her charge that she and
their three daughters frequently
locked themselves in a room
when he would come home out Of
fear of his rage.
Mrs. MCGUIRE, in her suit. filed
through Attorney Godfrey l..
Munter, accused her husband of
addiction to the use of intoxi.
eating liquor, cruelty and failure
to provide for his family.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
POWER
FOR FARMS

The average American farmer
soon will be able to have much of
his work done by electrical ma
chinery at an installation cost Of
less than $1,000, Rural Electrified
ton Administrato Morris L. Cooke
estimated today.
Cooke said his program soon
should make possible the use OF
many labor saving devices on the
average farm at a moderate cost.
He declared:
This will not allow for
gadgets, nor for air condition
ing, but it will provide the essen.
tiaIS of wiring, home appliances,
a few aids to work about the
farm like a good powerful util-
ity motor, and good Serviceable
plumbing equipment
Only about 100000 farms, ap-
proximately II per cent of the
nations 6,812,350, are served at
present by central station elec-
tricity. It is the aim of the REA
program to extend this benefit to
another 100000 farms and to
encourage private utilities to cleo
trify still another million in the
next 10 years.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
PAIR TO DENY
AK Staying
Continued from Page II

Continued from Page u
over the strange and seemingly
unreal tragedy that has shocked
the East. Instead, they quote her
as displaying a morbid interest in
her position as a headline lumi-
nary asking on several occasions:
what are the papers saying
about me?"
DENIED BY LAWYER
The Jail attendants reports
were vigorously denied, however,
by R. Lewis Kennedy, who has
been retained as the girls attor-
ney by her father.
Kennedy blamed her supposed
icy attitude on the fact that she
was stunned and dazed" by the
tragedy.
He also said Gladys had re-
quested permission to attend her
mothers funeral, scheduled for to-
night, but that he did not think
it could be arranged.
Mrs. MacKnight was killed by
the blows of an ak, struck late
Friday afternoon, in the kitchen
Of her home.
The girl and Wightman were
arrested Friday night in Jersey
City and subsequently confessed"
they murdered the woman in a
quarrel which had it's inception in
Gladys anger over her mothers
refusal to prepare an early dinner.
Plan Reputation
According to this confession. 4"
Gladys hacked at her mothers
head with the hatchet, while
Wightman pinioned her arms.
Kennedy indicated the "con-
fesSion" would be repudiated when
they are brought to trial. He said ::
"ThiS girl is a normal girl,
perhaps more intelligent than
the average girl and perhaps a
little wiIIful. She is one Of those
ultra-mOdern girls.
'It is my impression she did
not kill her mother.
"ThiS girl is not the hard
vicious character she has been
painted"
He added that she was badly
repentant" and wept repeatedly
when he interviewed her in her
cell.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
6. 0. P. LEADER
G0ES0N TOUR

CHICAGO, Aug. 3 U.N.S0.
Spearhead of the Republican drive
for votes in the States west of
the Mississippi River, John Ham
ilton, red-haired G. o. P. National
Chairman, took off here early To-
day in a chartered plane for an
18-day speaking tour with sched-
uled appearances in "a key cities IN
Is States.
Hamilton's ambitious itinerary
called for him to traverse the vast
stretch of Northwestern States this
week reaching Seattle, Wash,
Saturday. Spending the week of
August 10 on the Pacific Coast,
his return was to be charted over
a southernly route embracing
Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Texas and Missouri, arriving back
in Chicago August 20.
Announced as IAN organization
tour" the national chairman's S
first stop was st. Paul at noon
today. He was to leave immedi-
ately for meeting in Bismarck,
N. D., tonight, flying there to Bill
ings, Mont, to spend the night.
Accompanying him were Mrs.
John E. Hillman of Delta, Colo,
national vice chairman; James
Jappe of Cleveland, executive Sec
retary to Hamilton; A. L. Schultz
of Topeka, Kan, press representa-.
tive, and two research men. two
stenographers, a radio engineer
and newspaper correspondents.
The huge twin-motored cabin
plane, chartered for the duration
of the tour, was captained by
Howard Hall, with P. H. Redpath
for first officer and Miss Isabel
MacAlister, hostess.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
C0NV|CTS END
4O-H0UR FAST

SALEM, Ore. Aug. 3 0.N.S).
A 40-hour fast for 993 convicts at
the Oregon State Penitentiary
was broken yesterday when the
prisoners, surly but subdued, filed
into the mess hall to eat their first
meal in nearly two days, follow
ing Fridays riot in which one con-
vict was slain and two critically
injured.
A few of the convicts remained
defiant through the night, shout
ing for food and rafting bars,
but when the fast was lifted yes
terday, all was quiet.
WARDEN James Lewis had suS.
pended meals until the convicts
quieted down after the riot. Lewis
said today he believed the crisis
had passed. Precautions against
a renewal of the outbreak, how
ever, were not leSSened.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03

are everywhere cooperating with
the insurgents.
Today the whites announced
one major, three captains. and
180 men Of the civil guard at
Badajoz. who had had no oppor-
tunity to join the rebels. took ad-
vantage of a government order
to march to Madrid, and deserted
as soon as they got out Of sight of
Badajoz.
These civil guards, assert the
whites. as well as 400 others from
Valencia and Ceunta have now
Joined the white forces.
Red and white propaganda con-
tinueS to make the air of Spain a
battlefield. THE reds take no
prisoners. but shoot all captives"
is repeated daily by the white
radio stations.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
Insurgents Hammer Radicals
LIN Drive on Madrid Reservoir

into a considerable threat. despite
the white practice of shooting at
sight any civilians outside the
white organization caught with
arms.
One Rising Snuffed Out
One such rising, it was reported
today, took place in Calaceite,
Aragon. but it was suppressed by
the civil guards and the Fascist
phalanx of Antonio Primo de
Rivera with a loss Of $50 lives.
Claims are made that the fam
Gus Spanish civil guards or state
militia, the most considerable
armed force in the country next
to the army itself. had remained
loyal to the government. but this
is certainly not true in the north
ern sector traversed by your cor.
respondent. where the civil guards
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TALLY but not wholly besieged
Terrorism behind the front line in
creaSes in savagery. so the pros
poets of a speedy decision are not
bright.
Some perspective can be got.
ten from Burgos, capital of Gen,
Miguel Cabanellos' military gov.
ernment, and after the experience
of the fortnight in the midst of
this. the following points may be
established:
/. The Spanish land army
numbering theoretically $780,
900, but probably not having
more than 100000 effectiveS,
went over almost completely to
the insurgents. led by Gen.
Francisco Franco in Morocco
and Gen. Emilio Mola in the
north.
Navy Holds Loyal
2. The Spanish navy, a dis
appointment to the insurgents.
remained loyal to Madrid, with
the exception of two ships. the
Admiral Cervera and the Gala
tia. Capt. Moreno Fernandez
is chief of the white navy.
3. The insurgent failure to
swing the navy hampered the
revolt, for General Franco has
been unable to transport his
foreign legion across the straits
of Gibraltar to Spain, and lack
of these troops. the best fighters
in the army and the least scrup-
ulous. has checked the advance
on Madrid.
4. The Spanish air corps,
with only $50 actually service
able planes at the outbreak of
the revolution, is divided about
equally for and against Madrid,
but Madrid retains the superior
bombing airplaneS. Most of
the air officers went over to the
insurgents, but Madrid kept
enough. especially non-commiS-
stoned flying officers, to make
its air defense the most formid-
able obstacle to the inSurgent
advance from the north.
S. The three columns of insurg-
entS in the north have reached
points almost within sight of
Madrid, at Siguenza, Somo
Sierra, and Guadarrama.
6. The Madrid forces, or the
Reds, still hold the capital and
all the territory reaching down
to Calencia, although today the
insurgents claim without con-
firmation to have taken that
seaport. Barcelona and practi-
cally all Catalonia remain in
anti-FasciSt hands, nor has San
Sebastian. with a spot of terri
tory including Irun and Bilbao.
yet been conquered by the
insurgents.
Red raiding parties from BARGE,
Iona, at the moment the only gov
ernment forces on the offensive
are devastating the region around
SaragoSSa, one of the chief inSur'
gent bases. Today, the whites
report, reds in two villages near
SaragoSsa rose with the help of
the Barcelona raiders, and com.
mitted the usual atrocities" be.
fore being driven out.
Behind the white lines in Ara
gon there is beginning a series
of red risings which may develop
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
HARD FIGHTING
REPORTED IN
ETHIOPIA
Paris Hears Of Battle
at Dessye and 1000
Casualties

PARIS, Aug. 3. UNS0-Offi-
cial sources today were without
confirmation of reports of fighting
around Dessye, Ethiopia, in which
there were reported 1000 cauSal-
ties.
The Djibouti correspondent Of
the newspaper Excelsior reported
the fighting. quoting messages
from the interior"
Attacks upon Adds Ababa also
were reported, with groups of
Ethiopian tribesmen reportedly
entering the capital and throw.
ing the population into panic"
VOTE AMERJcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
IETZED SPAIN IS PLANNED BY RADICAL DECREE
ZiOncheck Quits
Politics, BldneS
Persecution

SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. 3.
Marion Zioncheck today confirmed
his retirement from politics.
ReaSonS-AdminiStration per
secution" and his mothers health.
His announcement climaxed a
convention of Washington Com
monwealth delegates from the
First district. Zioncheck said:
at isn't surprising that some
Of my views are out of step
with some of the leaders of the
Administration. They probably
could be depended upon to
carry on their persecution Of
me.
Il am Withdrawing from the
race because of my mothers
health. wouldn't have the
vigOr and fight in me to carry
on, so I've stepped aside"
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
-N0IE AMERIcRi-
Virginia Democrats
Hold Outing Tonight

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Aug. 3.-Several hundred
prominent Democrats from Ar
lington county and the neighbor-
ing section will steam down the
Potomac tonight on their annual
moonlight excursion.
Tonight's excursion will Off
cialIy launch a mouth-to-mouth
campaign for the United States
Representative who is being op-
posed by the Republican nominee.
John Locke Green. Commissioner
Melvin C. Hazen, of the District
of Columbia, will be among the
honor guests attending the affair
tonight,
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
Arlington Legion
Fete Opens Tonight

The annual carnival sponsored
by Arlington County Post 139,
American Legion, will be opened
tonight in the 5400 block Washing
ton Blvd, Clarendon, Va. The Of
ficial opening will be preceded by
a parade at 7 p. m. in which bands
from Fort Myer, Washington and
Alexandria will take part. The
main feature of the week will be
the formal dedication of the two
acre legion site for the holding Of
Arlington county Child Welfare
activities.
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
Filler and Nephew, IA,
Killed in Plane Crash

WARREN. Ohio, Aug 8 GN.SD.
William T. Dreyer, SO, Cleveland,
and his 14-year-old nephew, Ar
mold Dreyer, Indianapolis, Ind,
were dead today. victims of an
aerolane crash at Parkman, 10
miles northwest of here.
Dreyer'S two-seater plane crash
ed last night as his wife, Marion;
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Dreyer, and a group of friends
looked on. The plane plunged
from a height of about 500 feet,
burying it's nose in the earth. Wit
nesSes said Dreyer apparently
"froze the controls"
The Washington times., 1936-08-03
5000 Will Attend
Church Sessions

EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass.
Aug. 3.-With some Of the best
known Protestant clergymen in
this country and Great Britain on
the program the General Confer"
ence of Chri ian Workers.
founded by Dwight L. Moody,
opened here last evening.