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The Washington times., 1937-09-08
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HOLLYWOOD 0epC. o
JUDY CANOvA Models declares Henry Meddo
singing in the bath accompanied by portable tai mSa AFTER
the doore Miss canoya and Miss Eupno each other and tax
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opening the fashion show shown driving up with Cali
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EDWARD BRoPHY the theatre owner calls for police to get
Fred Waring and his troupe out Of his theatre Varsity Show
When the calls the police to the
college students from his theatre and the cops sit down to watch the
National door
declare martial law call mobilization
arm and pd then en-. drive to S a IN less time than took War
Now Mr. MARSHA others should be informed that this not
the Be if ;5s esn yan: and aid
Therefore this Of fan boner than movie boner
Pictures Now Playing
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ALTHOUGH doesn't figure small attraction, Elephant
Boy" nicely Exhibitor Mary Lind of Rifle Co.. writes
hbors cannot afford to this for Friday Saturday show
Don't be afraid thick when tell the public
about this one Because has action and real
2pe AL han make b az ySps
It sounds though Lind writing the trailer for the
picture.
Exhibitor L. A. Irwin Of Penacook H. has this to about
GOOD Old Soak This fell the box office particu
the fact that confused it with Old
Hutch and thought they had It, keen disappointment with
they thought
after seeing it?
Concerning "New Faces Exhibitor Warner Mclaughlin
uriteS 1T has been long time since the had
to hide aDhen the audience out Don't let them
Copyright by Chicago Syndicate Incl
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
Two New Films
At RioIto

M" the picture that ripped
the mantle of secrecy from sex
crimes and shocked the world
into accepting Peter LORE and
Fritz Lang as one Of the great
est actor.director teams in
screen history, is being shown
with English dialogue for the
first time in Washington, begin
ming today at the Rialto Thea
ter.
Pathetic and terrifying in the
same breath, m" is called the
only horror picture" ever to
win universal acclaim as worth
while artistic drama. 1t was the
praise Showered upon M" that
cataputed Actor Peter Lore and
Director Fritz Lang to interna-
tional fame and ultimately to
Hollywood.
AS an added attraction, the
Rialto is presenting the Ameri-
can premiere Of Invitation to
Waltz" gay Viennese operetta,
with Lillian Harvey in the same
type of role that established her
as a sensation in "Congrss
Dances"
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

Jaffee. The new version was
prepared by Thornton Wilder.
It was on the same National
Theater stage that Ruin Cor
don leaped into the prominence
that brought about Broadway
stardom. The play was Mrs.
Partridge Presents" in which
Ruth Gordon as the ingenue
succeeded in purloining first
mention from the anointed star.
Blanche Bates.
HOLLYWOOD VISITORS
Two Hollywood visitors in
town: Bob Sisk, R.K-O producer
and one of the few working news
paper men to graduate to high
place in Hollywood. BY plane
from the Paramount studio to-
day came Rufus Blair, in charge
Of publicity at the home sector
Of the Zukor organization.
Bob Sisk was political reporter
and later makeup editor of the
Baltimore Sun. From there he
went to Variety, followed by six
years as general press repreSen-
tative for the New York Theater
Guild. With R-K-O he was chief
tub thumper until promoted to
associate producer. The success
of 1.-THE Informer," earned him
a producers chevrons. This year
he was in charge of Annapolis
Salute" and Flight From Glory
both awaiting fall release.
Rufus Blair has the distinction
of being the best looking man in
Hollywood, not working for the
camera. Visitors to the Para
mount studio often seek his auto
graph and can't believe he isn't
an actor. Instead the Blair dis
tinction is Of knowing more
movie editors and critics, person
ally, than any single executive in
the industry. He takes a jaunt
around the country twice year
to keep in close touch with edi-
torial desks.
HOORAH FOR VICTORIA"
RKO-Radio Pictures is plan
ming big things for the Ameri-
can premiere of Victoria the
Great" due next month at
Radio City Music Hall. The
present plan, subject to change,
is to transport molten picture
critics from key cities to the
fancy opening.
The screen play presenting
for the first time the romance
OF England's great Queen, won
the Cup of Nations award at
the Fifth International Exhibi.
ton Of Cinematographic Art,
held last week in Venice. A
jury representing IA countries,
including the United States,
was unanimous in voting this
coveted distinction.
The grid premiere Of "Yic.
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MOVIE
Clock

CAPITOL-Luise Rainer, Spencer
Tracy, big City" II a. M, 1:40,
4:30, 7:10, 9:55 p. m. Stage,
12:45, 3:35, 6:16, Q p. m.
PALACE -Sonja Henie, Thin
Ice," 1920, 2:40, sos, 7:2S, 9:25
COLUNTBIA-Paul Mum, Luise
Rainer. The Good Earth"
11:15 a. M, 1850, $3.50, 7:06.
$40 p. m.
LITTLE-Ronald Colman, Claud.
cite Colbert, Under Two Flags"
1900 q. m, 1:14, 3:1s, 6.24, 7:29,
a. M, 1859, 4:4s, 1888, 1928
RIALTO-Lillian Harvey, invita-
ton To the Waltz" 1924 q. m,
1859, 4:34, 7:15, $3.50 p. m. Peter
LORE, M" 1858, 3:2s, sos,
S:44 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Jack Benny,
Artists and Models" II q. m,
1908. $40, $40, 7:25. 9:35 p. m.
EARLE-Ronald Colman, Mango,
Lost Horizon" 10:45 q. m, 1:25.
4:15, 7:05, $3.50 p. -. Stage, !.
1855, 6:45, 9:25 p. m.
HOWARD - Pat O'Brien, San
Quentin" 1918, 2:45, SIS, 7:45,
1905 p. m. Stage, 1880, 4, 6:31,
9p. m.
R.K.O.-KEITH'S-Gene Raymond,
Helen Broderick, 1.-THE Life Of
the Party" 1882 q. M, 1915.
8, 4:44, 6:2S, S:12, 9:56 p. m.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
KELLEYGRAMS

Eleven-year-old Carl Crosen,
jr., Of Arlington, Virginia, seems
headed for a Hollywood career.
The youngster, a protege of Jack
Mullane, won second prize in
the finals of the All States con-
test conducted by Universal Pic
lures to uncover new talent.
Second prize is a one-year con-
tract with Universal and OPP
lions for five years. The finals
were held in Biloxi. Mississippi,
on Monday night. Master
Crosen, a clever little singer and
dancer, scored his high marks in
the finals on voice and person.
atty.
"a DOLLS HOUSE" SOON
Washington will get one Of
the first weeks of the Jed Har-
riS production Of Henrik Ibsen's
"A Dolls House." the play be-
ing booked into the National
Theater for the week Of Septem-
Der 81.
Ruth Gordon will be the star
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Varsity Show
For Earle

Varsity Show" Warner Bros.
filmusical, will open Friday at
the Earle Theater.
Dick Powell and Fred Waring
and his famous orchestra, the
Penn6ylvanianS, head the cast.
Ted Healy, Lee Dixon, Priscilla
Lane, Rosemary Lane, Buck and
Bubbles, Walter Catlett, Johnny
Davis and Roy Atwell have sup.
porting roles.
The plot of varsity Show"
centers around the efforts Of q
Broadway producer PowelD to
stage the annual Varsity Show
at Winfield College. The story
has q youthful zest and fresh
ness, marked by fast moving in
cidents and engaging playing.
Song hits include Have You
Got Any Castles, Baby?" and
you've Got Something There"
On the stage starting Friday,
Oracle Barrie, Washington's
favorite rhythm singer, will
head a show including Jack
Seymour and Co., Joe and Jane
McKenna, and the Gilbert
Brothers.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

toria the Great" will be held at
London's Leicester Square Thea
ter, under ropal patronage, and
then the picture gets a fancy
opening at the Paris Exhibition.
Follows the American pre-
miere for which Anna Neagle,
star of the picture: Herbert
Wilcox, producer, are coming
over. They will make personal
appearances at New York, To
ronto, Montreal. Hollywood and
Washington. The washington
engagement will be at RKO-
Keith's Theater some time in
late October.
QUEEN ETHEL TO ACT
Definitely now. BesS Davis
Schreiner announces the APP
pearance of Ethel Barrymore in
Washington as a Theater Guild
star.
Sidney Towards new play
"Ghost of Yankee Doodle" will
bring the queen Of the Barry
more family back from her an
nounced retirement. The sup
porting company will include
Dudley Digges, and Director
John Cromwell is coming from
Hollywood to put on the play
for the Guild.
It will be the fourth play Of
the Theater Guild and Amer.
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Star For
R-K-O-Keith's

In 100 Men and q Girl"
Deanna Durbin has achieved the
heights Of movie stardom in her
second picture.
The youthful singer has won
the acclaim of radio and screen
audiences. That the leading
musical figure in America, Leo
pold Stokowski, has devised q
new method for enriching screen
music and giving it perspective
in sound, makes the film in
creasingly significant.
This Universal Pictures pro
duction. q drama with music.
comes to R-K-O Keith's on Fri.
day, September 10, and features
many who have played in
notable hits. In addition to
lovely Deanna there is Alice
Brady, Adolphe Menjou and
Mischa Auer. Miss Brady and
Auer scored in IS Smart Girls"
the previous Deanna Durbin pic
ture. These two players along
with Eugene Palette, also in the
new picture, were equally sue
cessful in my Man Godfrey"
Those pictures in which Adolphe
Menjou has appeared with
honor are so numerous that but
a few will be mentioned: Sing.
Baby, Sing" "A Star Is Born"
zone in q Million" and "Cafs
Metropole.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
$50 Cash, Theoter Tickets In
"SteIIo Dallas" Contest

Some Of the most successful
motion pictures ever made have
been those which glorified the
courage, faith, and sacrifice of
mother love.
Exactly how many Of these
mother love" movies can you
recall?
The newest, and some say the
greatest, Of these unforgettable
screen stories is Stella Dallas"
which comes to Loew's Palace
Theater on Friday. Barbara
Stanwyck is In the leading role,
portraying an uneducated wom-
an who married out Of her social
class; who was common and
cheap. but who rose to sublime
heights Of love and devotion
toward her daughter.
In connection with this
Samuel Goldwyn production,
the Palace Theater and The
Washington Times are offering
cash prizes Of SIS, $40, and IS,
respectively, to movie fans who
accurately guess the names of
six famous movie mothers and
the pictures in which they ap-
peared.
On Monday and Tuesday pic
lures Of famous movie mothers
Of the past were published on
this page. Secure these photo
graphs, identify them and, along
with the concluding pictures
published today, submit your
guesses to the "Stella Dallas"
contest editor at The Washing
ton Times. He must have your
entry by Thursday. Neatness
and any cleverness in presenta-
ton will count along with &C.
curacy in making awards.
In addition to cash prizes, is
other Times readers will each
win a pair Of guest tickets to see
this perturbation Of Stella
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lean Theater Society subscrip-
ton season and is pencilled in
for E Street in mid.November.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

travel in her husbands society.
Not even the baby, Laurel, in
spired her to move higher.
1t was inevitable that the
Stephen DallaSSes would sep
arate and that Laurel would be
the greatest sufferer from this
misalliance. She was ashamed
of the mother who dressed like
a Christmas tree and associated
with cheap company. In the
end Stella Dallas realizes 1t Is
best for her child that she sur
render her to the advantages Of
better environment.
In the Samuel Goldwyn pro-
duction, directed with fine feel
ing for its emotional values by
Henry King, Barbara Stanwyck
makes no effort to create sym.
pathy by accentuating Stella
Dallas few commendable quail.
ties.
1t is an honest and fortnight
Stella, whose one towering
virtue was a willingness to sac
rifice for her daughter, to the
point of becoming a social out
cast. Barbara Stanwyck has
overcome her propensity to
shout through emotional scenes
and her Characterization gains
in vigor through this repression.
Indeed the pathetic sequences
Of this lachrymose story are
heightened by the quiet dignity
of the playing.
SOME GOOD SUPPORT
Anne Shirley does an excel
lent portrait of the adolescent
Laurel, not one that completely
grasses the thought of Lois
Moran in the role, but more
than adequate.
The gambler and roustabout,
Ed Mum, is handsomely hand.
led by Alan Hale, fast taking
rank as one of Hollywood's best
character actors. There is fine
support from Barbara O'Neill,
Marjorie Main, Edmund Elton
and some clever juveniles.
About John Boles. He gives
Stephen Dallas dignity and a
Park Avenue veneer but he is,
as ever, frozen and stiff in his
playing. making it hard to con-
ceive Of this airistocrat melting
long enough to WOO q time
clock puncher.
"Stella Dallas" has been fitted
with the customary high grade
Goldwyn production and Henry
Kings direction is beautifully
paced. It arrives at Loew's
Palace Theater on Friday and is
almost certain to please those
who like a good cry with their
entertainment.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

RUTH GORDON
Of this new adaptation Of the
Ibsen classic and she will be
supported by a brilliant com.
pany which will include Dennis
King, Walter Steals and sam
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

the flashy tout, Ed Mum.
PLAYS A LAZY TRUMP
As it unwound in the 1887
version at the Fox exchange
yesterday matinee. IS lila
Dallas" proved to be one of the
seasons prize sobbers, helped
immensely in its appeal by the
sincere quality of the perform
ances contributed by Barbara
Stanwyck as the suffering
parent, and Anne Shirley as
the unhappy Laurel.
So far as I can observe (and
I witnessed it with an audience
at Radio City Music HalD there
is today the same willingness
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

to lend tears for the plight Of
Stella, who forfeited her daugh-
ter through crude inability to
adjust herself to money and
position.
The story is substantially
that found in the original novel.
The wealthy and refined
Stephen Dallas, alone in a mill
city and craving companionship,
becomes infatuated with the
daughter of a factory worker.
SO he married Stella Martin.
Why? It is one of life's puzzles.
Stella was lacking in good
taste, was lazy, too indolent to
acquire the polish and educa-
ton which would fit her to
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

Samuel CoIdWyn Production Of Mother
Love Classic Is Unveiled for Critics
Evening star., 1937-12-17

plenish the supply of benzoin and to
see that everything was all right.
Miss Gaynor was in the room at
8 O'Clock and DR.. Laughlin visited
the child at $40 O'clock" he said.
THE fire was discovered about $50"
DR.. Laughlin, discussing ordinary
practices in the use of Group tents,
said he has seen an entire ward full
OF children under them In other hos
pitas, requiring no more than ordinary
attention.
1t was DR.. Laughlin's belief, as well
as DR.. Edgar A. Bococks, superin-
tendent Of Gallinger, that the Group
tents In the children's ward were not
below par, mechanically.
Thelma entered the hospital last
Saturday, suffering from spasmodic
Group, in fairly serious condition. ="
but she was said to have been recover
ing. She was placed under the tent
Sunday, where she has remained day
and night since.
Her mother, who came to the hos
pltal shortly after the tragedy, was
led away weeping and grief stricken.
Among those who were summoned
to the hospital last night was DR..
Daniel Seckinger. assistant District
health officer in charge of hospitals.
DR.. George c. Ruhland, District
health officer, inspected the scene Of
the tragedy this morning. DR.. Edgar
A. Bocock, superintendent at GAL
llnger, conducted him on q tour Of
inspection through the quarters where
the tragedy occurred.
B. A. Snyder, chief engineer of GAL
Evening star., 1937-12-17

Florida plans to celebrate in 1898
the centennial of its first constitutional
convention.
Evening star., 1937-12-17
Coroner Probes
"TOrch" Deaths
In Pittsburgh
By the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1.-THE coro-
ner's ONCE Investigated today the
human torch" deaths Of . 50-year-
old automobile salesman and his blond
and attractive 39-year-old wife.
( Mrs. Cora Woodring Kretchman
died today OF burns in q Suburban
McKeesport hospital, where her hus-
band, Charles, died yesterday Of shock
and burn.
Roy Woodring, 4 son of Mrs.
Kretcham by . previous marriage
told Deputy Coroner F. Jackson that
he went to his home in nearby Mif-
hin township and found his mother
and stepfather in the bathroom, their
clothing ablaze.
He said he broke down the locked
door and saw his mother in the bath
tub with the water running. "He
(KretchmAn) crawled out INTO the
hall, where he lay on his back.
ran for help" Woodring said.
The coroner, Withholding q ruling
pending an inquest, said he believed
Mr.. Kretchman poured gasoline or
his clothing, ignited the cloth and
then clutched his wife to him.
Evening star., 1937-12-17
BY FRANK SMOTHERS,
Chicago Daily News Correspondent


ROME, Dec. 1.-THE Japanese
have their own ways Of evaluating the
death Of non-combatants OF other
lands killed by the japanese.
These ways vary according to- cir
cumstances. Since Italy Is Japan's
partner in the Toxic Berlin Rome tri-
angle the death of Sandro Sandri,
Italian newspaper man who perished
from Japanese-inflicted wounds on the
U. S. S. Panay, has received quite re-
markable treatment.
Perhaps destiny willed that his
generous blood should be spilled, the
better to cement friendship between
two great countries" Hayone Matsu-
mlyo, Counselor of the japanese EN-
bassy here, has told the family of
Sandri, to whom he journeyed from
Rome to Milan. THE memory of
Sandri, whose many virtues are known
Will not be sacred alone to the Italian
people, but to the Japanese as we'll"
The stricken father was deeply
moved according to the press. and
Is quoted only as replying that he
desired that the remains of his son
be brought home to Italy.
To Sandris wife at Milan JAPANESE
Ambassador Hotta has sent telegram:
I dare to hope that the blood of
Sandri, shed in the same sad worldly
circumstances in which 50 many Of
my compatriots have lost their lives
IN the defense of human civilization
VIII contribute an everlasting tie of
nrotherhood between the Italians and
the japanese. One thing is certain:
Japan will never forget Sandri and
Evening star., 1937-12-17
Slain Italian q "Sacred B0nd''
Between Nations, Say japanese
Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.

his family. They will always be con-
sidered sacred by the Japanese"
The Japanese naval attache yester-
day went to Turin and expressed con-
dolences in the offices of La Stampa,
the newspaper for which Sandri was
correspondent.
Certain Italians privately speak
with sophisticated Latin irony of the
sentiment expressed by the Japanese
to the stricken family Of Sandri. The
press, meanwhile, although now in
Guiding daily few paragraphs on the
exchanges between America, Great
Britain and Japan in consequence Of
outrages on the Yangtze River, still
bury these paragraphs. The con-
trollers Of Italian opinion continue
their policy of obscurantism as re-
CARDS the Far Eastern crisis
Copyright. 1887. by Chicago Daily News,
Evening star., 1937-12-17
|D.C. HEADS
ON HEALTH CENTER
Acquisition of Homeopathic
Hospital Is Opposed by
Rutland and Wyeth.

Health Oficer George c. Ruhland
and Municipal Architect Nathan c.
Wyeth today advised the Commits
sioners that acquisition of the Home
opathic Hospital as a substitute for
construction Of a new health center or
the first of the proposed series of poly
clinics would be undesirable.
Their reports were made at the
request of the. Commissioners after
purchase Of the hospital had been
suggested as matter Of economy by
Representative Collins, Democrat, Of
Mississippi, chairman OF the House
Subcommittee on Appropriations for
the District.
Both DR.. Ruhland and Mr.. Wyeth
held, generally speaking, that the
hospital was unsuited for the purposes
of q polytechnic.
At the last session Of Congress there
was incorporated in the District Ap-
preparation Act an appropriation Of
$165 900 for construction OF the first
of a series Of health centers on the
site Of the old Jones Elementary
School, at First and L streets NV.
Later, representatives of the board Of
the Homeopathic Hospital proposed
that this nearby structure be pur-
chased and converted into the first Of
the polyclinics.
Mr.. Wyeth, after his assistants in
the engineer department had made
technical inspection of the hos
pital building, told the Commissioners
that in general q building designed
and planned for hospital does not
meet the requirements of a modern
health center unit.
Mr.. Wyeth reported that H. H.
Marsh, chief of the structural division
of the municipal architects Office, had
found that any rearrangement of par
titions between rooms in the Homeo-
pathic Hospital would involve strength
ening work to be done on the floors.
He reported also that A. H. Green
leaf. chief of the mechanical division
of the architects Office, had found
that the electrical wiring in the
Homeopathic Hospital Building was in
very poor condition" and that "the
building does not readily lend itself
to centralized air conditioning"
Evening star., 1937-12-17
Calinger Doctor, Who Saued
62. Doesn't Look Like q Hero

DR.. Kenneth F. Laughlin, staf1 ply
sician at Gallinger Hospital, does not
look like the hero he is.
Slim Of build, with curly red hair
and rugged features, he looks more
like -too-serious medical school
undergraduate.
But it was with sober mien and
extreme modesty that he emerged as
the rescuer of 81 babies from the
flame-threatened children's ward at
Gallinger Hospital.
His actions, like those of all heroes,
were spontaneous, and it was only
after 1t was all over that he realized
he himself was burned.
Grease-smeared to ease the pain Of
the burns on his face and hands, the
24-year-old physician refused to be
photographed until Dr. Edgar Bocock,
GalllngerS superintendent, interviewed.
In few short sentences, he dis
missed his part in the fire. "I heard
the nurse scream and rushed upstairs.
I found flames shooting from the
room and the smoke was choking. I
snatched the baby from the bed. I
knew Immediately that the child was
dead. Then hurled the mattress out
Of the window. I didn't know I was
burned until it was all over. 1t was
an unfortunate tragedy"
DR.. Bocock had only praise for the
manner in which DR.. Laughlin con-
Quoted himself.
by his presense of mind" the su-
perintendent said, ''he instantly re-
moved the burning bed clothing,
thereby preventing not only an ex-
tensive fire, but very likely removing
the danger to the 81 other occupants
of the building. consider DR.. Laugh
lin to have performed a wonderful
service in a very heroic manner"
Evening star., 1937-12-17
4 STEEL MEN HELD
IN WOMAN Staying
Seized in Pittsburgh After
Nude Body Is Found in
Their Hotel Room.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 17.-Four del
egates to this weeks convention of the
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
were held on technical charges of
murder today while police investigated
the death of 30-year-old Rose Ault,
whose nude body was found in their
hotel room.
Inspector of Detectives Walter
Monaghan said Jacob Zelkind and
Morris Engaold, both of Brooklyn,
were being detained here and that
New York police had taken Louis H.
Green of Brooklyn and Fred A.
Odenwald of Ozone Park, Long Island,
into custody on murder charges pend
Ing an inquest.
Monaghan said the four men came
to Pittsburgh to attend the steel
workers convention.
Coroner w. ]. McGregor said he
had not decided on time for the in
quest.
DR.. j. w. McMeans, coroner's physi-
clan, declared poSt-mortem exami-
nation gave no clue and said the cause
OF death was Undetermined. Cor
oner w. j. McGregor said he was con-
sidering chemical analysis of body
fluids.
A cruciflx, on which the name OF
"Ault" was engraved, led to identifi.
cation by Joseph Ault of Pittsburgh
an uncle. Investigators declined to
name the woman's former husband.
Sarah Marty maid, discovered the
body yesterday and said note pinned
to dresser read:
"Jake-We are pulling out on the 4
O'Clock train. Better get rid of it II
you can, We will see you in New YORK
some time next week. Fred"