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Evening star., 1937-05-28
Thenter to Giue
u. S. Employees
"Pay.Day" Credit
National to Let Federal
Workers Attend
'<0, the Cuff"

Until pay day rolls around Govern
ment employees here may go to the
National Theater ION the cuff"
This novel offer was made today by
Sam CALAMITY, Washington chief Of
Columbia Pictures, producers Of the
cinema, Lost Horizon" now in its
second week at the National.
Galanty said the theater will &C.
cept I. O. Us for two tickets from
any Government employees who might
otherwise be too broke to get around
to see the film until pay day next
Tuesday. He added that he couldn't
imagine anything tougher than hav-
ing holiday and no money to do
anything.
Those who accept the theater's
proposition will merely sign 4 slip,
receive tickets and forget about it
until Tuesday. Mr.. Galanty admitted
that maybe . few Of the signees
might 60 right on forgetting long
after Tuesday, but like smart show
man, he figured that loss would be
more than offset by publicity given the
stunt. In stories like this, for ex-
ample.
Evening star., 1937-05-28

porting his mother and two sisters
for the last two years. He was at
work when word was received that
he had drawn a horse, and he does
not yet know Of his good fortune.
Members OF the family said he had
played the sweepstakes only once be-
fore.
Arlington Woman Wins.
Mrs. Frances D. Naquin, wife Of
Lieut.. o. r. Naquin, U. s. N, 25O7
Lynn street, Arlington. Va, drew 4
non-starter. Sentayana.
Il don't believe it, it Just can't be
true" she exclaimed when notified by
telephone. She said she has pur-
chased tickets before, but that this is
her first prize winner. Asked what
she would do with the money, she
replied:
Now. that certainly Is a stupid
question. What do you think a naval
oh1cer's wife would do with that
much money!"
Colonnay, also a non-starter, was
drawn by wild Fire" giving the
Cavalier Hotel, $500 Fourteenth street,
as an address. Hotel officials were
trying to identify the user OF the
nom de plume.
Another non-starter. Mr.. Grundy,
was drawn by skinny" whose address
was given as 1895 B street southeast.
The user Of this nom de plume will
have to read the newspapers to learn
OF his windfall, since there Is no such
street number as that given on his
ticket.
Persons holding tickets on the
winner OF the race will get about
$l50,000 each. The horse running
second will pay about $4,000, while
the third prize Is $50,000. In addi-
ton, there are residual and consola-
ton prizes, the minimum OF which
IS $500.
BY a strange quirk Of chance, the
nrst six tickets drawn from the
drum were from the United States
and on Cash Book, second favorite
among the horses scheduled to start.
This years sweepstakes Is the richest
since 1880. and about $s.2l5,0oo win
be divided among the lucky ticket
holders. A total Of approximately
$l2,255, 600 was taken in.
There will be 100 cash prizes of $500
In each Of several units, and the
residue, after division Of the fund into
units for distribution OF prizes, will
be given out in 10 more cash prizes.
Americans held Of 16 tickets on
the first favorite, lie Ksar. Three were
from New York, three from Brooklyn,
one from Chicago and one from Long
Island. The first ticket actually drawn
from the drum was listed to Chi" Ipo
Of Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
HOUSING PROGRAM
FOR D. c. IS URGED
Change in Law to Let A|Iey
Body Assume This Work
Is Sought.

Amendment Of existing legislation
to permit the Alley Dwelling Authority
to function as . full-hedged housing
organization in the District was the
chief recommendation adopted by the
Board Of Directors Of the Washington
Housing Association, its president,
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, an
nounced today.
With legislation pending In Con-
gress designed to aid local commune
ties in providing proper housing for
low-income families" said statement
from the board, "the Washington
Housing Association urges that the
District begin now to make necessary
preparations for q balanced program
Of low-rent housing and slum recla-
nation"
It recommended the Alley Dwelling
Authority be permitted to construct
low-rent housing on vacant land, re-
claim sluns not in or adjacent to an
Inhabited alley, receive Federal loans
and grants for these purposes, and that
restrictions limiting money for pur-
poses Of the alley dwelling act be re-
moved.
The association believes, said DR..
Stokes, that the name of Alley Dwell
ling Authority should be changed to
the Housing Authority for the District
Of Columbia or some similar name. We
strongly recommend that this change,
which could be accomplished by execu-
tive order Of the President, be made
because the present name concentrates
public attention negatively upon =
single phase Of our housing problem.
1T Is also true that the unpleasant
connotation Of the word alley often
carries over to the new housing con-
structed by the authority and serves
as . handicap to the social adjustment
Of the families occupying these
dwellings,"
Evening star., 1937-05-28

part Of the department.
There comes THE rub.
SO much goes on In the department
that Wallace was put to 1t to choose
the topics his aides should hear dis
cussed. Well. suggested one suggester,
Why not show stenographer q list
Of topics and let her name the winner.
No good, said another, who had
let = girl pick his horse from the
track program.
1t would waste time. said the ob.
1ector, and It Is not scientific. !,
He pointed out:
Evening star., 1937-05-28

There are 1900 different activities
In the department. The stenographer
would be too bafiled to make choice.
Well, the suggester countered, why
not call In the aid Of chance, fate.
lady luck and the law Of averages.
In other words. employ the principle
Of the lottery for the sake Of higher
education.
He carried the day. Lesson-time Is
2:30 pm. every Tuesday and Thursday.
And masked stenographer pulls
number from big box to decide Whist
tl1o lesson u koln9 = b about.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
GARBAGE PLANT
CHARGES DENIED
Co|ored EmpIoye Tells Board
Work on Farm Was
Own Benefit.

Dsputing charges made by earlier
witnesses, two employees OF the Dis
trict garbage transfer plant yester-
day denied before a board Of inquiry
that they had ever worked on a pri-
vate farm on Government time or
had been expected to contribute funds
to the support of some one they
didn't know.
These statements came after the
board had heard grievances from q
long list Of plant employees, some Of
whom claimed they had been discrimi-
mated against. The hearing will be
resumed June 10.
Work for Own Benefit.
Mack Robinson, colored worker, told
the board he and other employees had
worked on 4 nearby Maryland farm
for their own benefit, and that they
had shared in the crops they raised.
Robinson also stated q fund for
the support Of Aunt Mary" an in
nrm and destitute colored woman,
was started by the employees them
selves because they feared Aunt
Mary" would be sent to q poor farm.
Testimony Substantiated.
John Rogers, another colored
worker. substantiated Robinson's
testimony, adding that the men
worked on a cooperative farm on
their own time and on week ends.
Rogers also declared he had at times
taken Aunt Mary the funds COL
lected for her and stated that on one
occasion he had seen William r.
Wood, plant superintendent, drop a
dollar in the box.
1t had been testified that Wood
had cursed = man for failing to con-
tribute to the fund Another witness
claimed the superintendent had laid
him OF apparently because he was
taken sick while working on a nearby
farm and was unable to continue.
Evening star., 1937-05-28

Is made, while Wallace looks on ex-
pectantly.
He notifies the winning project, and
the man who knows most about the
subject Is sent over for the discussion.
Usually the lottery comes up with
. good topic. But yesterday the girl
slipped.
She arranged for the assistants to
be told how the Chicago Board OF
Review Of the Bureau of Agriculture
Economics handles appeals made by
wheat sellers from the grades assigned
thetr grain b ths STATE inspsctogs.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
e Masked Lady, or How Men Learn About Agriculture

terest of education, education Of grown
men. administrative assistants, Ia the
Department Of Agriculture.
Wallace doesn't think these men
know enough about the department.
Three weeks ago he began to send
them all-there are but dve-to what
might b called school, although the
Secretary calls It . discussion.
Anyway, it is an educative process.
The administrative Assistants at
attentively around table and hear m
expert te1 them what's eoing On IN hts
Evening star., 1937-05-28

Here Is the system:
Consider the Bureau Of Entomology.
It divides its study Of the insect into
224 projects.
You can see it would take Wallace's
twice-a-week scholars more than two
years to find out everything that the
department u doing about the Ameri.
can bug.
Co.. Each project In the bureau
Is given Q number.
For each number 4 . slip Of paper.
The slips are dumped into the box.
Enter the stenog1apher and The draw
Evening star., 1937-05-28

- ECRETARY WALLACE has
started = new "game"-a kind
OF educational "srab-ba9."
He has . big box In his ONCE
and twice q week he stufs it with
slips and on each slip there Is .
number.
The number beautiful stenographer
In the Wallace encourage picks out Of
the box Is going to win.
It sounds something lke the Irish
hospital sweeps - Tar, but not tor
long. '-a
The Wallace gasne u an IA thA in.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
HADASSAH TO. MEET
National Vice President to Speak
at Spring Luncheon.

Mrs. Moses p Epstein Of New York,
national vice president Of Hadassah,
women's Zionist organization, will be
guest speaker at the annual Spring
luncheon Of the Washington Chapter
Of the organization, to be held next
Wednesday at the Maynower Hotel
Approximately 900 persons are expect
ed to attend.
Proceeds from the affair will be
donated to Youth Aliyah, . move
ment for providing transportation to
Palestine for Jewish youths in Ger
many, Poland and other countries in
Central Europe.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
WOMAN LOSES 81, 500
Victim Of Pocketbook Trick Parts
With Life savinex

= AS~AAAA VI Z 4VCACLUOOk xI1Ck IAT1A
With Life Savings.
Alice Dorcy, colored, 50, Of e55 G
street southeast, was swindled out of
her life savings last night by two men
who invoked the ancient lost pocket
book trick.
sne said she encountered the men at
thirteenth and s streets and saw
them pick up = purse apparently
stuffed with bills Of large denonina-
tions. The men offered to share the
contents with her, the woman said. II
she would give them \ deposit to show
her good faith.
She withdrew $1,000 from 4 bank
and secured $500 from her home. The
men vanished after she gave them the
money.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
Cornell Honors D. G, Girl.

Miss Helen Jane Rogers, 1910
Brandywine street, graduate Of
Central High School and Junior in
home economics at Cornell University.
Is one Of three members OF the class
Of 1888 elected to active membership
In the Women's Athletic Association
Of the university.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
BANQUET AND DANCE
Southern Society Of Washington
Announces Plans.

The Southern Society Of Washing
ton will hold banquet and dance
at the Willard Hotel Wednesday night
with Gov. and Mrs. George Earle Of
Pennsylvania as guests of honor.
Gov. Earle, who will be introduced
by Senator Reynolds Of North Caro-
lima, will speak on THE South and
Our National Problems. His address
will be broadcast over . Nation wide
network.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
BOY CYCL|ST DIES
OF HURT, z RIDERS.
INJURED IN TRAFFIC.
Alexandria Lad Suffers Skull
Fracture in Crash
With Auto.
TWO ON SAME WHEEL
FELLED IN NORTHEAST
Youth on Handle Bars May Have
Severe Injury-Child Hit
Datring Into Street.

One fatality In Alexandria and two
lesser casualties in Washington in
volving boy bicyclists. were reported
overnight.
Donald Cumming, II. of BIS East
Bellfonte avenue. Alexandria. died in
Alexandria Hospital early today as a
Evening star., 1937-05-28

result of injuries
suffered at Dewitt
avenue and How
ell street there
last night.
According to po-
lice. young Cum
ming, who was
delivering news
papers, rode his
bicycle into the
rear Of an auto
mobile driven by
Mrs. A ne l..
Slaughter, A, Of
1885 South Meade
street, Arlington.
The Inv s,YHAred
Evening star., 1937-05-28
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Army Band in the auditortum
at 1880 Am. tomorrow. Capt ThoEaas
r. Darcy, leader, Karl Huhr.
assistant,
Evening star., 1937-05-28

HREE District residents, among
them Floyd E. Rush, manag-
ing director OF the Washing
II ton Hnfal aro Il, &hA r,1xani,n
Evening star., 1937-05-28

(eeo RELIEF, Page B-l0.)
Evening star., 1937-05-28

Voice on PhygroundsL
A delegation from the Twentieth
Century Club appeared in opposition
10 transfer Of is Fairgrounds from the
municipal playground department to
Tho Community Center ONCE. They
also opposed House action in eltminat.
(soo RELIEF, Page B-I0.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
Irene' Will Be
A Musical

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 27.-RKO
Radio pictures has purchased the
screen rights of one of the most
prominent Ziegfeld musical pro-
ductions, "Irene," which is to be
adapted into a pretentiouS film
starring Ginger Rogers.
Pandro S. Berman, who has
been responsible for many Of the
screens outstanding musicals,
"The Gay Divorce" "Top Hat, |"
Roberta" and Swing Time" CO.
starring Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers, will supervise the filming
of the former ziegfeld success.
Coincident with the purchase
of the talking picture rights of
the popular stage musical, RKO
Radio has signed Harry Tierney
and Joseph Mccarthy, authors Of
the original Irene" music and
lyrics, to prepare additional mu-
sic for the screen adaptation.
First produced by Ziegfeld in
1919, Irene" was presented for
670 consecutive performances at
the Vanderbilt Theater, later hav-
ing an extended road show run.
Irene Dunno, under contract to
RKO Radio, at one time carried
the leading role in a revival Of
the extravaganza.
In 1925 Colleen Moore appeared
in a silent motion picture version
of the play.
Production Of Irene" will COM
mence following the completion OF
Miss Rogers starring vehicle, viva
cious Lady" which goes before the
cameras Immediately after the
finish Of the latest Astaire- Rogers
opus, stepping Toes" currently
being produced by Pandro s. Ber-
man,
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
Swanson Gets
Star Room

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 27.-One
Of the screens most glamorous
names has been added to the list
Of feminine stars occupying the
most famous studio dressing room
in Hollywood.
It Is that Of Gloria Swanson,
who has been given dressing room
c, which is opposite that Of Norma
Shearer. Others Of Miss Swan
sons new neighbors are Joan
Crawford, Myrna 10y, jeanette
Macdonald and Jean Harlow.
Miss Swanson has been given q
warm welcome on her return to
pictures after an absence Of two
years. She has moved into the
dressing room suite to start prep.
arationS for her first M-G-M pic
ture, "Mazie Kenyon" which
Harry Rapf will produce.
The Washington times., 1937-02-27

the thought brings to mind my
most embarrassing experience.
On the stage and screen
Groucho is always proposing to
me for my money with some
such nonsense as Marry me
and we will eat in any cafe you
can afford" or LET us lodge
with my fIeas in the hillS-I
mean flee to my lodge in the
hills" as he has said in earlier
pictures.
This fact prompted a certain
newspaper to once print the an
nouncement that I was really
Mrs. Groucho Marx. I said to
Groucho isn't it embarrass-
ing?" Embarrassing" he re-
torted. "Why, one Of the maga-
zines is running a picture OF my
wife in its next issue and when
that comes out, they'll throw me
in jail for bigamy."
People frequently ask me how
I like playing with the Marxes.
The truth is that I like those
roles. have never met q nicer
group Of men than the Marx
brothers. They really treat me
marvelously and I am proud that
they consider me their favorite
leading lady. Incidentally, the
only thing that does make me
see red is for someone to mis-
takenly call me a "stooge." Can
YOU think of anything worse?
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
Hepburn Back
In May to Star
In Stage Door

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 27.-Now
on tour in the stage production
of "Jane Eyre" Katharine Hep
burn will return to the RKO Ra.
dio Studios in May to star in the
film version of the George Kauf-
man-Edpa Ferber play, "Stage
Door," Sharing honors in the pic
ture with Miss Hepburn will be
Ginger Rogers and Burgess Mere
dith.
OF added interest Is the fact
that Leona Roberts, brilliant
Broadway character actress re-
Gently signed by RKO, has already
arrived in Hollywood and will be
cast in "Stage Door" in the same
role she portrayed on the New
York stage.
"Stage Door" will be produced
by Pandro s. Berman as one Of
the major offerings on RKO's fea-
ture program for this year.
The Washington times., 1937-02-27

|
One of the first sets to be torn
down by carpenters was the quaint
French Street on which the late
John Gilbert and Renee Adoree
played their famous gum-chewing
scene in 1.-THE Big Parade"
Memories OF Gilbert and Greta
Garbo in their first picture, Flesh
and the Devil" were revived with
the wrecking of the old house with
it's quaint doorway through which
they had walked.
The vast range of artificial rocks
that figured in the scenes with
Claire Mcdowell and Kathleen
Key. enacting roles Of lepers, in
Ben Hur" came down. Also, the
odd little Oriental street where
Lon CLANCY played in Road to
Mandalay," EAST Is West" and
"Tell it to the Marines"
The medieval gateway through
which Gilbert staggered in Bard
elys the Magnificent" the Russian
village through which Lawrence
Tibbett rode in "The Rogue Song"
to serenade Catherine Dale Owen,
the French street over which Lii
liam GiSh trudged in the snow in
LA Boheme," were others re-
moved in the wrecking operations.
The doorway to the lobby of
Grand Hotel" was placed on
rollers and moved away. This was
the picture in which Garbo, Joan
Crawford, Lionel and John Barry
more, Wallace Beery, and others,
worked together.
The old galley used in "The
Mysterious Island" was taken
away. as was the cottage of Helen
Hayes in Might Flight"
A brick-walled row, representing
Tin Pan Alley" in the original
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
Stars Sister
Gets Chance

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 27-Marie
Blake stole a march on both New
York and Hollywood when she won
a screen test, following her success
in the Theater Guild, and came
to Hollywood for M-G-M. Not until
her arrival was it disclosed that
she is Jeanette MacD Donald's sister,
In New York, taking the name
Marie Blake, Blossom MacDo Donald
won a role in Dead End" last sea-
son, This year she scored in the
Theater Guild production, "The
Grace Of God"
M-G-M officials in New York
asked her to make q screen test.
But at no time had they the faint
est idea who Marie Blake was.
Finally, she left for Hollywood. OF
course, the secret couldn't be kept
when she reached there.
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
George Gershwin, Writing For
Astoire-Rogers, Attributes
Inspiration to Necessity

ework at home. He finds it helpful,
however, to have an office at the
studio where he can shut himself
away from the more familiar en-
vironment and buckle down to
polishing work."
GerShwin considers this his first
bona fide experience in composing
for the screen, although he did
the musical score for the Janet
Gaynor musical, Delicious" some
six years ago. The picture was
made months after he had re-
turned to New York, however.
Consequently, he did not get the
actual "feel" of film production.
The composer expects to do
lot more picture work, and already
has contracted to write the music
for the next AStaire picture.
II the Hollywood climate doesn't
get him, he hopefully expects to
do much Of the best work Of his
career in the film capital.
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
Franchot Tone Must
Win MedaI-But How

How could Franchot Tone win a
Congressional Medal of Honor?
This is the question agitating
Director w. S. Van Dyke, and
scenarists at the M-G-M studios.
In "They Gave Him a Gun" the
story opens with a war sequence,
in which Tone, a drafted soldier,
wins a medal of honor through
his expert handling Of a rifle.
To have him rout an enemy com.
pany in the trenches wouldn't be
convincing, Van Dyke contends,
for even though it has been done,
audiences wouldn't believe it on
the screen The, scenaristS are try
ing to work out way to h have
Tone volunteer to essay some haz-
ardouS task, and extricate him
self with his rifle.
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
Perfect Star
Picked From
10 FdUOriteS

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. ~.
The ideal composite screen
actress would not be made up
Of the lips Of one star, the
eyes of another, and so on,
through their points Of physi-
cal beauty, but from the out
standing character traits Of
presentday players.
This is the belief Of Robert
z. Leonard, director of Jean.
cite Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy in M-G-M's "Maytime,"
who herewith gives q new
treatment to the composite
actress selection.
He would piece together the
traits for which 10 different
stars are most famous as fol
lows:
Greta GarbO's depth, Norma
Shearer's sincerity, Marion
Davies innate kindness, Jean
ette MacDOnald'S ch arm,
Joan CrawfOrd'S tenderness,
Claudette COlbert's pOise,
Jean HarlOw's sense Of hu-
NOR, Constance BENEFITS in
teIligence, Elisa Landi's cuI-
ture and Kay Francis grace.
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
Tracy SaIesmanship
Conouers Director

Spencer Tracy is congratulate
ing himself on what he thinks
was one of the best perform
anceS he ever gave, and not be-
fore a camera. AS its result, w.
s. Van Dyke gave up his plan
to attend the Presidents Ball in
washington to start direction Of
'They Gave Him . Gun" at
M-GM.
Producer Harry Rapf wanted
Van Dyke to direct the new pic
ture, with Franchot Tone, Tracy
and Gladys George. The direc-
tor insisted on going to Washing
ton first. Tracy volunteered to
intercede. Van Dyke admireS
Tracy as much as Tracy admires
him. Tracy talked earnestly, ex-
planning how much Van Dykes
direction meant to the picture.
Finally, he called Rapf on the
phone. Sold" he reported.
The Washington times., 1937-02-27

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. AZ d.N.s0.
Necessity, says George GerShwin,
is the inspiration which drives him
to his composing.
GerShwin, who cast his lot with
motion pictures to do the musical
score for Stepping Toes" RKO
Radios current production star
ring Fred AStaire and Ginger
Rogers, says that he does what he
has to, when he has to.
"I have no system about my
work." he admitted today. often
I wonder If would not get more
done if I had. But I never get
past the wondering stage.
"I've never tried working office
hours, or devoting a regular period
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
Sent to
June Bride

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 81 G.N.S0.
Every day is Christmas for Jea-
nette Macdonald.
Since the actress announced
June II as the date of her wedding
to Gene Raymond, each mail has
brought in gifts from her admiring
fans.
With the ceremony still almost
four months away, the star has
had to turn over a room in her
house to the packages that are
now arriving from all over the
world.
The presents include everything
from lingerie to subscriptions to
magazines. Included are several
sets of dishes, 10 sets Of glassware,
handmade kimonos, afghans, bed
spreads, and silver.
One that specially pleased the
star was a honeymoon tea-set, the
gift Of little Chinese girl. It has
a teapot and only two cups.