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Put your toes on this match" the
same far-away voice says, "and look
directly into the camera. I'll give you
the signal when to begin talking"
YOU nod dumbly while some one
grabs you by the arm and moves
you over to the match marking the
spot by the microphone. You cannot
talk. The nervous shock has robbed
you Of the power of speech. You are
a dazed pushover for any member Of
the camera crew You are there to
talk, you dimly remember You must
talk. You run final despairing test
Of your vocal chords and find them
paralyzed. Your lips and tongue move,
but soundleSsly. You try to think what
you would say if the power of speech
and sense of poise were miraculously
to return. Then you realize, horrible
moment, what terror your expression
must be registering. You know you are
going to look exactly like a doomed
man before the death cap is applied on
the gallows. The phrase Frozen with
fear" becomes finally comprehensive.
Your glazed eyes and benumbed
brain work together again in one
binding flash Of pain to tell you that
a great mob has gathered around to
witness your hour of torment. The
whole street swarms with leerine.
enemy faces.
"All set now" says the sadist at the
crank Of the camera. I'll give YOU
the signal when to start talking" he
adds. 1t is Tommy Dorsey speaking,
the man who grinds the camera. Be-
yond him, few feet to the rear, is
Jimmy Corrigan
You always thought of them as
swell fellows before. They have gone
over now to the enemy. They are the
enemy
Dorsey gives the signal. You try
to talk and nothing happens. The
camera stops. After a few seconds,
speech returns. Returns long enough
for you to say, II can't do it,
Eyes, you can" chorus Holland,
Dorsey and Corrigan.
GENTLY Holland leads you back to
the microphone and the match
stick. The camera grinds. The signal
is given. You try to speak, and, sur
prisingly, words come. They are halt
ing words monstrously banal You
stop. Dorsey stops the camera. Cor
rigan stops the sound apparatus. The
only thing that does not stop is the
growth Of the crowd 1t is larger
and more leering than ever.
You have to do 1t now. Otherwise
the crowd will get out Of hand. One
more break and it will turn loose a
jeering laugh. You could not stand
that.
You take the initiative now. Rush
over to the mike and the match, take
your place and signal your readiness
to go through with it II it kills you.
You hope it does-that it kills every
one, so none will be left alive to wit
ness your humiliation. You speak
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rapidly, huskily. running all the words
together. 1t makes no difference
The dominant desire is to get away
from that awful combination OF ma
chimes.
And, then, finally, it all comes TO
an end.
I'm sorry" you say to the camera
squad.
That's all right it says right back
at you. You did very we'll"
And you know you have made a
news reel The worst news-reel shot
ever made in the history OF the talkies.
But 1t is over and you leave quickly
You 60 up to your Office. You are
very, very i'll for little while. But
you do not die. At least, the body
does not. The spirit, however, is COM
pletely broken. A part OF you. the
worthwhile part, has heen given to
your public-Which probably wishes
you had kept it yourself.
Evening star., 1937-03-14

ll-IRE OVER ENGLAND" Alex
- ander Korda's spectacular
film romance Of the days Of
L Queen Elizabeth and t ne
mighty Spanish Armada, comes to
R-K-O Keith's Wednesday. Flora Rob-
son plays Elizabeth, and the other
featured players are Laurence Olivier,
Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Raymond
Massey, Tamara Desni and Morgan
Selten. The picture was directed by
William K Howard, one OF Holly
woods megaphone aces.
England also contributes the Earle's
next Aim, Head Over Heels in Love-"
starring Jessie Matthews. Music for
the picture, which opens Friday, was
written by Gordon and Revel. Eng
lands dancing divinity sings and
dances to such hit tunes as May I
Have the Next Romance With You?"
Through the Courtesy of Love" and
Head Over Heels in Love- Variety
will be the keynote of the Earle's
stage bill with Sylvia Manon and COM
pany, Bert Walton, Kirk and Law
renee and James Evans and company
appearing on the program.
Grace Moore's latest picture follows
q week at Warmers Earle with a week
at the Metropolitan, moving to the F
street house Friday. Cary Grant, Aline
Mcmahon, Thomas Mitchell and Luis
Alberni are in the popular singing
stars supporting cast.
The popular singing sweethearts,
jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy,
are again united in song and romance
in the M-G-M production Of May
time" The film version OF the Sig
mund Romberg success is scheduled
to follow "On the Avenue" at Loew's
Palace Theater
"Espionage," with Madge Evans and
Edmund Lowe, will be the next screen
attraction at Loew's Capitol Theater.
It's mystery in the bright Thin
Man" manner and tells the tale of
pair Of foreign correspondents engaged
in the business Of trying to outscoop
each other. The stage show will be
headlined by Wini Shaw, the popular
Lady In Red" Of the screen, making
q personal appearance. Co-headliner
will be Arthur Reilly, and there will be
four other vaudeville acts.
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thing Is widespread phenomenon In
British life. We don't even permit tho
insistence OF P1ccadtlly playwrights
that there have been fran ladies in
the august ranks Of tho English
nobility to make US lose our high
reverence for Albions upper classes.
VET II we did go in for the en-.
tertaining business Of construct
ing another nations ethical and social
code by watching few Of its plays,
we might find some interesting things.
1t would be something like the method
by which a scientist builds up an
entire prehistoric monster by the
study of jawbone he has just brought
back from Tibet, only perhaps not so
accurate. And We should be very
polite about 1t, since the English, not
being in the same league with the
German Nazis when it comes to ma
tional mud singing and totalitarian
venom, are at least fairly restrained
in pointing with alarm at Us.
Evening star., 1937-03-14

Class Instruction and
Dancing, Tuesday and Fri xo
day Evenings CUC
Individual Practice
Lessons, Tuesday and o,oo
Friday Evenings p1 wv
COMBINATION COURSE OF 6
Private Lessons. g Glass and 6 2ll-
hour Practice Periods drS ~
in Ballroom Dancing 0l).OO
Course Starts Tuesday. March %.
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play. He has turned to international
politics and diplomacy for his theme.
The result Is declared to be comedy
with a pleasantly satirical flavor Boy
Meets Girl" by Sam and Bella Spew-
ack, is hilariously farcical treatment
Of the ways and works Of the Holly
wood motion picture colony.
Robert Shayne, former Washington
youth, heads the cast Of His Excel
lency' which includes Lili Valenty,
exiled German actress, George
Graham, Tenen Holtz, Frank Nc
Cormack, John Williams and others.
Betty Field, who plays the lead in
boy Meets Girl" interpreted the same
role in New York last Summer. She
will be supported by Donald Macdon-
aid, Clinton Sundberg, Frank Fenton,
Nigel Blake and others recruited from
the London and Chicago companies.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Coming
Attractions
Cinema Houses Book
Films for Next
Week.

IRE OVER ENGLAND" Alex
i ander Korda's spectacular
film romance of the days Of
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who stand in front of it allowing
their jitters and gibberish to be
recorded indelibly on celluloid.
We know We made a news reel
shot. We made mess of a news
reel shot. indeed. We made an imbe-
cile of ourself. Not privately as most
persons do, but for every one to see.
To die for Rutgers is one thing. but
to die for Roland Robbins and his
Translux Theater, to die for Pathe
News, these are the ultimate IN self
sacrifice That is what Washington's
drama reporters did last week. Per-
haps all of them did not die, but one
contributor to that celluloid strip died
enough deaths for an even one thou
sand persons.
NTHEN Al Holland, or someone else
in the business, calls and asks
you to make a news reel shot, 1t
sounds like the opportunity you have
been waiting for all your life. A
chance to demonstrate to all those
miscellaneous mugs who have made
speeches to the news cameras just how
1t should be done! What an oppor-
tunity! What a break! There is
quickening OF the pulse, the breath
comes bit faster and surge Of ella
ton pulsates along the spine.
Then, another day, after you have
forgotten the promise and the original
thrill, Al Holland calls again.
We're set up down here in the
street" he says. Come on down.
TERROR engulfs you. Your stom-
ach starts gyrating. Your knees
wobble and your voice breaks. You
remember all the men and women
who have made fools of themselves
being awkward and banal in the news
reels you have seen before. You are
not prepared, you say. You cannot 90
it. You will do anything for them II
they will let you of. But a news reel
cameraman has heard all that before.
You're hooked, like fish, and, fight
Gs gamely as you will, you are bound
to end up before the camera. You
dEC OH yOul way W VAC oolihS OtAAAeAAAeS
and awkwardness that others have
shown on sound screens. You are go
ing to look, act and talk like a SIM
pering idiot and there is nothing to
do but look, act and talk like SIM
pering idiot as quickly as you can.
Get it over with; that's the idea!
After that you can go in search Of a
dark, silent place to die. You know
you never will face the world again;
that through your own stupidity you
have let the darkness come laundering
down.
Dimly, from some great distance.
the voice Of the chap directing the
thing comes to your ears. Don't be
worried" he says. Everybody does
It. It isn't as bad as 1t seems. You'll
b all right"
Yes you will. It would be only fair
II you died right there In the street
and the camera crew was arrested for
manslaughter. You hope you do-and
that they are.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
DANCING.

'LANGLOTZ STUDIOS" 2715 Conn. Ave.
Private lessons day or night. Ballroom
classes every Mon, Wed and Sat- nisht .
Evening star., 1937-03-14
., When the Dance Is on, do you Join in
the merriment or Just sit and watch your
husband or wife; boy or girl friend having
fun with others?
Don't expect them to help you keep the
seats warm!
Let the Competent and patient Rhythm.
Masters Of the
Snel(i5
]f7dio5
l2ls cohkEcTlcUT AVENUE
va GtEvChra SrRCCr,h. W.

1l~ GtCvChTA SrRCCy,h W.
Under the direction Of Leon D. Canellis
Exhibition Dancer. Teacher and Critic put
RHYTHM in your feet and make you .
The CANELLIS DANCE STUDIOS
system OF instruction will enable you to
dance lust As easily and naturally as when
you walk
TRoT. TANGO and RHUMBA BY appoint-
ment from 10 to 10.
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Next at National.

HELEN JEROME's dramatiza-
ton Of Charlotte Bronte's
Jane Eyre" with Katharine
Hepburn in the leading role, will
be presented by the Theater
Guild at the National Theater
the week Of March %.
Dennis Hoey, British stage and
screen star. has been engaged by
the guild to play the important
role Of Mr.. Rochester. Jane
Eyre" has been staged by Worth
ington Miner, who staged the
Pulitzer Prize-winning Both
Your Houses" for the Theater
Guild.
The supporting cast includes
Tom Powers, Viola Roache, Bar
bara O'Neil. Philippa Bevans,
Marga Ann Deighton, Patricia
Peardon, Irving Morrow, Teresa
Dale, Teresa Guerini, Wilfred
Seagram, Boyd Davis, Katharine
Stewart, Wallace Widdecombe
and Shirley Dale.
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TODAY'S FILM SCHEDULE

R-K-O KEITH'S-"The Soldier
and the Lady" at 2, $50, $40,
7:35 and 9:35 pm.
EARLE-"Women Of Glamour"
at 2, ABS, 7:20 and 10 pm.
Stage shows at 3:45, $50 and
9:l0 pm.
METROPOLITAN Green
Light" at 2, 3:55, $50, 7:45
and GAS.
CAPITOL-"Nancy Steele Is
Missing" at 2, 4:35. 7:20 and
1905 pm. Stage shows at 3:25,
6:15 and 8:55 pm.
PALACE-"On the Avenue" at
2:40, ass, tbs and e:35 pm.
COLUMBIA-'Loyds Of London"
at 2:10, 4:40, 7:05 and $50 pm.
RIALTO "Cloistered," at 2:25,
4:2O, $40, $40 and 1910 pm.
LITTTE-"Dinner at Eight" at
2, 3:35, 5:35, 7:30 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Molly Picon Film.

"VIDDLE WITH HIS FIDDLE"
Molly Picon's all-Yiddish mu-
sical comedy film, will be shown for
the first time in Washington at the
Jewish Community Center this eve
ming. The fllm goes on for the first
time at o'clock and will run con-
ttnuously, with performances at $50,
and 9 pm.
The musical. made in Warsaw, Po-
land, has English subtitles. 1t has
garnered much praise at showings in
Warsaw, London, Paris and New York.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Play
and Movie
Drama Set
Belasco to Offer For
mer. Latter at
National.

A PREMIERE and a repeat en-
" gagement Of an established hit
~ are scheduled for Washing
4 4 tons legitimate theaters this
week
The former is represented by His
Excellency'' at the Belasco, the latter
by Boy Meets Girl" coming to the
National. Both plays open tomorrow
night.
Leslie Reade is author Of the BelaSco
Evening star., 1937-03-14
English Drama Tolerant
Toward Social Crooks
Americans May Retaliate, as Neighbors De-
clare Our National Traits Are Debased
as Represented by Playwrights.
By Richard Watts, Jr.

aman cousins the English have exasperstns growing
pretty shocked the
presented tho
~ hoNer thou attitude which
their building
cultural and ethical standards
Evening star., 1937-03-14

Camera InnOcent-LOOking
Instrument Of Torture
Third Times Charm for Anguished Actor
Being "Shot' for Sound Pictures at
New Translux.
By Jay Cdrmody.

ERoUs citizens searching for substitute for capital punishment might
y well consider the sound
unexcued
~ public either
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to the water seepage will be deternin-
ed by tests and this information will
enable the designing engineer to de-
termine how thick an earthen barrier
will be necessary to safely and salts
factorily retain the millions of gal
Ions of water to be impounded.
Regardless of the quality of the dirt
used in construction of the dam, the
enormous pressure and the natural
ground flow of water cause a certain
amount of seepage. The concrete core
wall in the center of the earthen dam
plays an important part in checking
this seepage and in turning the satu-
ration line downward so that it will be
as far as possible from the down
stream face of the dam.
This problem of seepage, affected by
the nature of the strata under the
dam site and by clay deposits, together
with the necessity of having the spill
way sufficient to prevent an overflow
as discussed in an article in the Herald
on December "a, show the importance
of accurate and thorough surveys to
provide an adequate and safe dam.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-01-21
THE PRESS SURVIVES

If all the utterances Of the. prophets
of doom could be compiled into. a
single volume they would provide
some delightfully."- amusing reading.
The extreme pessimist, thank heaven,
is usually wrong: The dreadful things
he sees ahead rarely happen. The
hopeless outlook HE presents is usually
tinged by his own jaundiced dispo-
sition. t.
We recall particularly right now the
forecast uttered several years ago by
a representative Of metropolitan
journalism. A dismal future he pre-
dicted for newspapers large and small.
The radio, he believed, would soon
supplant news print and printers ink
as the medium to convey knowledge
and information to the general pub
lie. That was almost fifteen years ago.
What he did not visualize was the
fact that people are not likely to lose
their interest in the printed word.
They hear speeches and news COM
ments on the radio but this merely
whets their interest for the more de-
tailed and more accurate reports
which follow in the press.
It is further to be realized that the
printed word alone leaves an accurate
record of what has been reported. 1t
can be considered at leasure. 1t offers
no opportunity for a brilliant orator
or an excited announcer to convey a
distortion in Interpretation.
The press, we hold, has lost none of
its appeal and influence with changing
times. True it may be unable to tell
people how to vote. In the heat of a
partisan contest over candidates and
issues people are disposed to do their
own thinking. ''''" .'''''' 90
But by presenting the facts with
out fear or favor the press can still
exert a profound influence upon the
course of public affairs. So long as it
adheres to the principles Of. ethical
and honest journalism and keeps
abreast of the currents of change in
this changing world its place is as
sured. -,
We predict that it will go on for
years to come and provide its critics
with many opportunities to predict it's
early demise.
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nounced as follows: Garrett National,
Gilmor S. Hamill, D. E. Offutt, G. A.
Fraley, H. L. Jones, John T. Mitchell,
Charles S. Davis, Joseph E. Harmed.
First National, Fred. A. Thayer, Ed
ward H. Sincell, D. M. Dixon, E. E.
Sollars, M. N. Wilson, R. A. Raven
scroft, W. H. Smouse, R. E. Sliger,
w. A. Smith.
William Canty, 35, of Oakland,
was killed at a point near Tunnelton
when he fell from a railway train and
was caught beneath the wheels.
The Agricultural Department was
arranging to place a county agent in
Garrett county.
A livery barn on Liberty street, sold
by ]. A. Kelly to E. S. Evans was be-
ing converted into a garage.
Fairmont coal was selling at Sc per
ton delivered in Oakland, while Garrett
county coal was selling at $3.75 per
ton delivered. /
Secretary McAdoo, in Washington,
warned Congress of an impending def
icit for that year of $279,OO0,O0O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-01-21
WE LEARN FROM
DICTATORS

The world is learning from the die
tators. 1t is discovering that by their
very nature relationships must be a
disturbing force. Quite apart from the
good or evil they work in their own
countries, the international system is
too sensitive, too closely intergrated, to
stand the SCATTERING shocks of pictorial
methods. Dictators are too powerful,
their tread is too heavy, their voices
are too thunderous, their manners are
to masterful, for this tremulous and
aging planet we inhabit. The earth has
no room for giants any more.
We are learning that even the
virtues of dictators are too much for
US. The internal order they enforce,
for instance, only magnifies their ca
pacity to provoke external disorder.
Their decisiveness turns their very act
into an ultimatus. Whatever they do,
they do with an effect of violence.
Whenever they move, they move sud-
denly and swiftly, in the manner of a
supreme command springing surprises
in war. The diplomacy they practice is
not high-hat, not shirt sleeve, not even
the iron hand in the velvet glove. 1t is
the diplomacy of the mailed fist, of
naked force.
The dictators, in short, teach US to
chalk up one more advantage for demo-
cratic government. In the horse-and-
buggy age they might have functioned
without upsetting the universe. In the
radio era they crowd up on one another.
They fill the air with noise and threat
and turmoil. The world has become too
small for rulers with limitless and I'M
questioned powers. If only to curbe and
slow down the drive of nations to the
speed limit where international traffic
is possible, we need the creaking
breaks of democracy.-The New York
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-01-21
Oakland Elementary School At
tendance Honor Roll For
December. 1895

Miss Resale Click, principal of the
Oakland Elementary school, has fur
nished The Republican the following
list of attendance honor roll students
during the month of December:
GRADE Ernest Orendorf, Robert
Porter, Delbert Swartzentruber, Floyd
Lee Wensel, Mary V. Gauer, Betty S.
Kildow, Virginia Lancer, Hazel Mar
tin, Laura M. Nine, Elizabeth Shirer,
Kathryn Miller, Madeline Nethkin,
Robert Dodge, Billy Kildow, Howard
Shahan, Marion Field, Mary Nero
bic, Beatrice Spiker, Gloria johnson,
Stanley Bond, Ellis Cogley, Norman
Smith, Richard Wilson.
GRADE 2-Harry Biser, Thomas
Browning, Harry Friend, Charles Fill
singer, Leo Gauer, Earl Holtschnei-
der. Dale Harvey, George Kahl, Ed
ward Martin, Billy Shobe, Chester S.
Sines, Harold Phillips, William Har-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-01-21

found shelter in the wilderness, max
ing his headquarters in a mountain
of Ziph. Here Jonathan secretly met
him, and greatly encouraged his heart
with assurances of unfailing friend
ship. The perfect unselfshness of this
noble young prince is revealed In
his parting message to David: Gear
not; for the hand of Saul my father
shall not find thee; and thou shalt be
king over Israel, and 1 shall be next
to thee" in honor prefering one an
other was the principle of these
knightly young men.
The Ziphites were the next in line as
betrayers of David. They hurried to
Saul in Gibeah with a full descrip-
ton of his hiding place in their coun-
try, and promises to aid in capturing
him for Saul. The King warned the
Ziphites against believing that this
capture could be made with ease, urg-
ing them to familiarize themselves
with all the hauntS and lurking places
frequented by David, and when full
information was secured, to call him,
and the hunt would be on.
David was not one to sit by while
a Gordon of enemies cut off his retreat.
He was always several laps ahead of
Saul in his race for life. So, learning
of the new plot to destroy him, he
again slipped away, this time taking
refuge in the forest of Maon. So close
were his pursuers that there was
often only hill between his men and
SauPs army. Just when escape seemed
we'll nigh hopeless a new invasion of
the Philistines recalled Saul from the
pursuit, and David dwelt in strong
holds at Engendi.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-01-21
ENGINEERS TO PREVENT |
SEEPAGE THRU PROPOSED
DAM ON SAVAGE RIVER

The prevention of seepage of water
through, around and under the pro-
posed dam on Savage River in eastern
Garrett county is one of the impor-
tant tasks confronting the U. S. Army
engineers who are making the survey
necessary before the plans for con-
struction can be drawn. Drillings to
determine the nature of the formation
beneath the site of the proposed dam,
soil analysis and calculation of water
pressure are few of the tasks con-
fronting these engineers in solving
this problem of seepage.
Should the proposed dam be con-
structed, the amount Of water i'm
pounded would be sufficient to exert
a pressure of 9,375 pounds to every
| square foot on the inside face Of the
dam. Hence every precaution must
be taken to prevent not only break
down of the dam itself but seepage
through and beneath the dam, A. D..
Neeld, U. S. Army engineer in charge
of the survey points out.
Preliminary tests have already been
made of the formation and nature of
the soil under the river bed at the site
of the proposed dam and core drills
will be brought to the river side in
the near future to make more thor
ough study of the substrata. This is
one of the important features of the
survey. If the tests indicate that the
formation under the dam site is of
such nature that it will not withstand
the tremendous pressure of the water,
then one Of the first tasks Of con-
struction work would be to fill up the
crevices and thus provide a solid and
water tight base. This is usually done
l by boring holes down for distance of
$50 or more feet and pumping con-
crete down into the holes. This con-
crete fills up the crevices and binds the
loose shale and rock into solid mass.
This work must be thorough as seep-
age under the dam would not only re-
suit in the loss of much water but
would threaten destruction of the
dam, as it might result in undermin-
ing to such an extent as to cause col
lapse of the core wall and earthen
barrier. &
Seepage of water through the earth
en- dam must also be taken into consid-
GRAFTON by the engineers. The amount
of seepage in the earthen barrier will
vary according to the nature of the
soil used. The engineers are now pros
pecting for clay deposits, and when
these have been located core drills
will be used to secure samples and to
determine the area of the deposits. The
resistance which these samples offer