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Evening star., 1937-02-28

the poverty-stricken young man in
love with her and thereby reminded
her mother embarrassingly of her own
days Of feminist revolt in the heydey
of Greenwich Village. is sane, anus
ing and attractively narrated.
Yet, for all its pleasant writing and
artful direction, the presence in the
cast of the wrong people might readily
have made it a sly and hopefully
rowdy work. Fortunately, though, the
roles of the mother and daughter are
played, respectively, by Miss Lucille
Watson and Miss Peggy Conklin, who
happen TO possess vast personal
charm. The result is that the two
characters seem delightful and en-
gaging persons whose fates are worth
bothering about, and the comedy de-
Scribing their plight takes on the
all-important quality Of heart-warm-
ing interest. Something that might
have been merely artful assumes the
warm glow of humanity.
HE same QuaIlty OF TRANSPORTATION
takes place in Arthur Kober's
Having Wonderful Time" This keen
eyed comedy of life in a Summer rec
reational camp in the Berkshires, in
habited by what the playwright calls
"hill-billies from the Bronx" possesses
all of that gift for the satiric con-
temptation of racial types and that
shrewdly scientific ear for the eccen-
tricities of Jewish-American speech
that have made Mr.. Kober's sketche1
in THE New Yorker" and his book.
Thunder Over the Bronx" 50 ad-
mirable.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

for something entertaining and to
heck with the profundities. The play
deals with the repercusSions of an
injustice in the for of an increase
in taxes on dogs. That theme hardly
sounds like guild material, brt- may
turn out to be great deal more fun
than plays concerned with the travailS
of Napoleon and Wagner. 1t is con-
ceivable that a common love for dogs
will bring the guild and the press and
public together again. Hollywood
might have thought it up, indeed.
X X X
THAT'S going to be quite a test for
the critics at the Belasco tonghit
when The Night of January 16" has
its first local performance. All Of
them are going to be on the jury which
is used in the play. If they agree that
the fan dancer is guilty or innocent
of the murder of which she is accused.
it will set something of a record for
unanlmity. They may do it, of course,
since verdictS of that kind cannot be
shaded. That is where murderesses
have it on playwrights; they either
did or they did not, while in the case
of playmakers. the line which sepa-
rates guilt and innocence is often so
faint as to be imperceptible.
After the opening night, any one in
the theater is likely to be selected for
jury duty. Persons who arrive at
different verdictS probably will not
be speaking at the end of the plays
engagement next Saturday night.
The whole thing promises to be
quite exciting 1t ran eight months
in New York
Evidently Metro GoldWyn-M Mayer has
men in its publicity department who
have mastered the art of keeping the
left hand from knowing what the right
hand is doing. The right hand of the
department, for instance. has been
writing of late as how the company
has new dialogue writer in Holly
wood named E. de S. Melcher. Mr.
Melcher, as every one knows, wrote
with high distinction in this very de-
partment of The Star for many years.
Yet. while the right hand of M-G-M
heralos his arrival on its pay roll, the
left hand still sends its publicity re-
leases to Mr.. E. de S. Melcher, at this,
his old (and berefD address.
The first release addressed to Mr..
Melcher, which relates to his first
screen creation, will be printed here
in full
Evening star., 1937-02-28

VI hlllSS, ny NdAWSIl aiIuCio ooll, di4u
may be forgiven more after Storm
Over Patsy But the first four plays
Of the season left critics and public in
a mood to go on thinking unhappy
thoughts and saying unhappy things
long after the living stage has sur
rendered Summer to the air-cooled
movies.
AS a matter of fact. the best thing
the guild has staged so far this season.
apart from the Anderson play, is its
row with the critics.
The two appear to have grown sadly
upon each others nerves. For months
they have exchanged unpleasantries-
in the form of bad plays on the guilds
part and bad words from the critics
AS an adventure in acrimony. it has
viewed, of course, from the proper dis
tance.
The critics who had to print the
guilds words, as well as their own. did
lose one round of the struggle That
was when the guild went back to its
1G(OIdS dIlu COillJdl iSOl4 VI bliC
critical and commercial successes of
its offerings through the years The
bookkeeping department dug up some
potent figures by way of proving that
the critics and the public were pretty
far apart in their opinions on plays;
that is. to say. there were times when
the hosannaS Of the press for guild
work seemed to have the effect of
keeping the public at home listening
to the radio or whatever the public
does with the time it does not give to
the guild.
Reading the statement of the Guild
Board on the subject, one got the i'm
preston that 1t was mighty glad to
have lost all that money Just to say
embarrassing things about drama re-
porters.
The idea of the document. of course.
was not to gloat over having lost
money. Rather it was to prove that
the critics, in their own peculiar way,
also have made mistakes in selecting
plays.
"STORM OVER PATSY" is an i'm
ported product American play
vrights, outside of Maxwell Anderson
having let down both the guild and
the public this year the organization
went to England for the sixth and
final play of its season.
1t sounds, as Theron Bamberger
narrates the plot, as if the organi-
cation had needed the critical c!amor
Evening star., 1937-02-28
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Evening star., 1937-02-28
New Style Comedy.

ROBBY CLARK of the famous
vaudeville and stage team, Clark
and Mccullough. left alone by the re-
cent death of Mccullough, will at
tempt to start an entirely new type
of comedy for himself when he soon
makes his first picture comeback
alone. Samuel Goldwyn announced
today that Clark has been signed for
a leading role in The GoldWyn Fol-
lies"
Evening star., 1937-02-28
TODAY'S FILM SCHEDULE

EARLE - Ready, Willing and
Able" at 2:40, $40, TAO and
1Op.m. Stage shows at 2, 4:25,
$50 and 900 pm.
R-K-O KEITH S-"We're on the
Jury" at 2:37, 4:25, 6:l3, 8:0l
and 9:49 pm.
CAPITOL John Meade's
Woman" at .. 4:25. 7:05 and
$50 pm. Stage shows at $40,
6:25 and 9:05 pm.
PALACE-"The Last of Mrs
Cheyney," at 2:30. 4:5O, 7:l0
and 9:35 pm.
METROPOLITAN -" Crack Up"
at 2. 4, $50, 7:50 and GAS pm.
COLUMBIA THE Plainsman,"
at 2:O5, ABS, 7:05 and 9:35 pm.
RIALTO-"The Amateur Gentle
man." at 2:29. SAB and 8:47
pm. Duck Soup" at 4:06,
7:2O and 1924 pm.
LITTI IE-"T'he Scarlet Pimper-
mel" at 2, 3:5S, 5:56, 7:54 and
953 pm.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
(HEATER GUILD OPENS SIXTH AND FINAL PLAY OF YEAR
Acting Charm Becomes
Power in Days Drama
Maurice Evans and Katharine Cornell Are
Fine Examples Comedy Favored With
Heart Warming Interest.
Bv Richard Watts. .Jr.

osT OF the discussions about technique in acting pednc
sense 1t Is not that such thing technical
exist without
portrayal Of Richard
intelligence not of intermittent emotional
of the of hand
Evening star., 1937-02-28
"Storm Over Patsy Seeks
Happy End to Sad Season
Four of Groups Offerings Rated Well Below
Its Established Standard Belasco
Melodrama Promises Thrills.
Bv Jaw CarmOdy.

National Theater the Theaer Guild going
the public successfully what the
guild Patsy is the play 1t is the sixth of the
guild the
undertaken
for the organization
Masque
Evening star., 1937-11-17
MEAKIN WILL ADDRESS
COMMITTEE OF D. A. R.
Will Speak at willard Tonight on
"A Motion Picture Theater
Mans job"

Hardie Meakin, manager of Keith's
Theater, will address the Motion Pic
ture Committee of the Daughters of
the American Revolution on "A Mo-
ton Picture Theater Mans Job" at
the Willard Hotel tonight.
Mrs. Edwin J. Ryan, State chair
man of the committee, announced
that a picture program will be
launched calling for:
Cooperation with other organiza-
tions interested in "selective motion
pictures"
Promoting interest in authentic his
torical films.
Cooperation with Washington
theater managers in the interest of
children's programs.
Furnishing postcard reviews to the
members through the D. A. r. Pre-
view Committee in Hollywood.
Organizing motion picture study
classes among junior groups and rec
ommending courses in photoplay ap-
probation in public schools.
Evening star., 1937-11-17

himself so much
Mary didn't answer this letter
either. He began to worry He lay
awake nights. His mind was tortured
but he resolved to go through with it.
He wrote two more letters, recounting
imaginary tales of wild parties and
visits to night clubs. He mentioned
Anne Little in as casual a manner as
he could.
Three days after he mailed the last
letter his two weeks were up and he
left for home. The town looked pref
ty much the same. The few people
that he saw greeted him profusely.
He told them he'd had a swell time
and was glad to get back.
That night after supper he dropped
over to Marys. She was sitting alone
on the porch.
Joe! You're back"
Hello, Mary It's good to see YOU
again" He looked at her in the
darkness, striving TO keep his voice
normal You didn't write9"
mo, 1--we been away"
"Avay?" He stared blankly.
"Yes. To New York. Father had
to go down on business and I went
with him. tried to get in touch
with you"
Joe felt his skin begin to crawl.
He wet his lips. You did,"
II didn't know soul in New York.
and I thought you'd like to take me
around l called Craig Sydney's
house. He-he came to my hotel
and-and We went out together"
JOE didn't answer. He was glad 1t
was dark He turned away and
started down the steps.
'Joe!" She was standing behind
him. Joe, I'm awfully sorry.
had no idea
idea about what?'
About how you felt Craig told
me. And-your letters. Joe, /"
He waited. He wanted to say some
thing, but somehow the words wouldn't
come. She said:
1T wasn't until after I'd received
your first letter that l decided to go
to New York. suddenly realized how
much-how much-oh. don't stand
there gaping! Can't you understand
what I'm trying to say?"
The light wasn't very good. Joe
couldn't see her eyes very clearly.
But he didn't have to. The sound Of
her voice was enough. He embraced
her.
tCopyright. 1872
Evening star., 1937-11-17
EMPLOYEES TO MEET

The United Civil Service Employees,
non-union group, will hold forum
at o'clock tonight at the All States
Hotel 5l4 Nineteenth street NV,
on Pending Employees legislation"
DR.. John T. Doylee. former secre-
tary Of the Civil Service Commission.
will act as chairman of the meeting
and introduce the speakers. They
include:
E. Claude Babcock, president of the
United Civil Service Employees; Ru-
dolph R. Stratton, former chief ex-
aminer of the Civil Service Commits
sion. and John T. Chichester
Evening star., 1937-11-17

sponsoring the affair have arranged
for the street to be decorated and
lighted in Christmas style throughout
the holiday shopping season.
The parade will form at pm. at
Eighth and G streets Sc. march
south on Eighth street to the Navy
Yard and then return to the starting
point. Prizes will be awarded for
the best floats and costumes in the
parade.
A street dance and beauty contest
will follow on December 3.
Evening star., 1937-11-17

1t. He showed Craig what there was
70 see and introduced him to his
friends. Among the friends he intro
duced him to was Mary Brown. When
they were back in Joe's bed room that
night, Craig said:
Listen, kid, let's have it. How
about this Brown woman?"
What do you mean?" Joe said,
startled.
Craig smiled wisely kid, you're
zone on her and she's giving you
run-around. She's got you where
you don't know which way you're
gong. The answer is easy. You're
not giving Brown any competition
She likes you, but you're too easy
Listen, come down to New York to
see me awhile. She'll change when
she hears the kind Of time I've given
you"
Don't b. ridiculous!" Joe scofIed
"Mary's not that type"
But down in his heart he felt that
she was. After Craig had gone, he
brooded. Mary was certainly stand
ing him on his head all right. He
loved her, but by jinks, the way she
treated him was enough to drive a
man nuts. Maybe if he did give
her some competition-but he wouldn't
let Craig know. Craig would kid him
and act triumphant. Craig had al
ways patronized him. He disliked
Craig's attitude toward him almost
as much as he disliked the way Mary
acted.
Joe was due for a two weeks va
cation. He told every one he was
going down to New York to visit his
college roommate, Craig Sydney,
Most of hio friends were envious. but
they wished him we'll The night be-
fore he left he saw Mary Brown.
Have good time, Joe. And write,
won't you?"
Sure. III write. Take care of
yourself while I'm gone" 1t was
too dark for him to see her eyes
clearly. He had tried to make his
voice sound casual, but he guessed he
must have sounded like a sap.
A IL the way down he felt msser-
cradle. thinking of Mary. It
was going to be torture being away
from her and wondering who she was
spending her time with, but it was
worse torture being near her and
watching her fiirt with other men.
This thing that he was doing was his
only hope
He got q room in a small hotel
and hired 4 post office box. He waited
Evening star., 1937-11-17
JOURNEYS END

two days. hanging
around. not doing
much Of anything.
Then he wrote
to Mary. He told
her that Craig was
showing him a
swell time. He'd
met some nice peo-
pie. There was one
girl named Anne
Little that he liked
4 lot.
He expected q
letter from Mary,
b ut none came.
Two days later he
wrote again. He
told a vivid tale OF
how they motored
down on Long Is
land and spent a
night at Anne Lit
ties summer place.
He didn't know
when he'd enjoyed
Evening star., 1937-11-17
PARADE WILL MARK
YULE SHOPPING FETE

Eighth Street Sc. "Christmas
Lane to Be ecorated for
Opening November 30.
A parade on Monday night. Novem-
Der 20, will mark the opening OF a
Christmas lane" on Eighth street
sc.
Business men of the area who are
Evening star., 1937-11-17
TWO years after
Joe Bellows

l"o years ai"f
Joe Bellows
was grad ua t E d
from Dartmouth,
his room m a tie,
Craig Sydney. who
lived in New York,
dropped in on him.
Joe, of course. WAS
q little embar-
rassed. Templer,
the town where he
was orn an d
raised and where
ne was now em-
ployed in his IA
theirs bank, boast
ed a population Of
1900 citizens.
There wasn't much
there. he thought,
that could interest
q man from New
York City.
j oe, however,
made thu hast ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-24
Cholera Is
Killing Out
Jap Troops
Worst Epidemic In
Shanghai's History
Reaches Invader;
Jap Claims

=
Shanghai, Sept. 24.(AP)-The worst
cholera epidemic in Shanghai's his
tory was reported today to have
struck the Japanese army advancing
against the Chinese defense lines
northwest of here.
Some 200 Japanese troops were said
to have died. of the dread plague in a
sector 20 miles northwest of Shang-
hal
JAPANESE CLAIM STRONG
CHINESE BASE COVERED
Peiping, Sept. 4.-(AP)-The Jap
anese army completely surrounded
the strategic Chinese base of Pacting-
flu, 80 miles south of here, today and
issued an ultimatum to the Chinese
army to surrender or be annihiliated.
The Japanese high command report
ed the 50-foot high walls of the an
Continued on Page Five.l
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-24

Pretty Champaign, ILL.,, Wife
Assured by Franco Hus-
band To Be Free

Salamanca, Spain, Sept. "a (AP)-
Only the red tape of arranging for
an exchange of prisoners keeps Har-
old Dahl, the Champaign, Ill, aviator
in jail here while his beautiful wife
waits for him in Cannes, France, it
was learned today.
An aide of General Francisco Franco
the insurgent chieftain, said there was
no possibility the 28-year-old flier
would go before the firing squad.
Dahl was captured July IL on the
Madrid front when he bailed out of
the gun-riddled fighting plane he was
flying for the Spanish government.
Frances aide, a cousin also named
Francisco Franco (and apparently
the author of re-assuring letter re-
ceived yesterday by Mrs. DahI re-
ported by telephone to the insurgent
leader on reports abroad that Dahl
was about to be executed.
Cousin Francisco fairly shouted his
protestation when he left the tele-
phone: Everybody knows the gener-
alissimo always keeps his word!
There is absolutely no truth in the
story Dahl is to be executed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-24
BUILDING IN STATE
WAY UP IN AUGUST
Huge Apartment House in Durham
Among Biggest Items in IL
Cities Reporting

Raleigh, Sept. "a (AP) -Building
construction in 81 North Carolina
cities increased 80 percent in August
over August, 1886 and ran O.8 per-
cent ahead of July. The State Labor
Department said permits were issued
on 537 buildings in August in the 81
cities, with costs estimated at &1,7S2,-
556, as compared with permits cover
ing IT'S buildings in August, 1886, to
cost $1,S49,951. In July permits COW
cred 600 structures to cost 81 Ate, 1863.
The permits covering new buildings,
additions, alterations and repairs,
and Durham led all cities in August
with permits for $672,251 worth of
work. Included in the Durham per-
mits was the largest apartment
house ever to be built in North Caro-
lima
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-24
Legion Head
Promises No
Raids

New York, Sept. 24.-(AP)-Danlel
Doherty, stocky Woburn, Mass, attor-
ney and veteran of the navy, took
command of the American Legion to-
day with a promise there would he
no raids, on the national Treasury dur
ing the next year.
Speaking just before he sailed for
France at midnight to take part IN
the veterans pilgrimage to World
War battlefields, the newly-elected ma
tional commander likewise counselled
Legionnaires to take their stands on
labor controversies "as private CIT
liens, not as Legionnaires."
The American Legion and each IN
dividual Legionnaire must preserve
law and order when called upon by
the legal authorities, Doherty said.
He Specified, however, no individual
post or department has the right TO
decide who is right or wrong in sucn
disputes"
The new commander said the LIE
gion's policies would be carried out
by the national executive committee
according to the dictates of the con-
vention, but added:
First of all, the promotion OF
Americanism will be my objective
Secondly. will come placing the wives
of veterans on the same level as tne
wives of veterans of previous wars
in receiving pensions. There WIZ pc
however, no raids on the natlona
treasury for further pensions"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-24
M. p. MINISTER AT
CHARLOTTE OUSTED
Church Court Convicts Him OF DE
strOying" Charlotte Church
and Being Unfaithful

Concord, Sept. "a (AP)-Rev. G. =.
Hendry, of Charlotte, was adJudgeo
guilty of destroying the First Meth
odist Protestant church at Charlotte
and .of being unfaithful as pastor
and guilty of mal-administration at q
hearing here today before court OF
the church.
The committee which served as q
iurv recommended that Mr.. Hendrey
he suspended from all official rela-
tionships with the Methodist Protest
ant Conference"
Under church rules, officials said,
Mr.. Hendrey may appeal within ~
days.
The verdict was announced by Rev.
CLAW Madison, pastor of the First
Methodist Protestant church of High
Point, who served as clerk. Rev. r.
M. Andrews, of High Point, president
Of the North Carolina Conference OF
the church, declined to discuss the
proceedings before or after the hear
ing. The names of the ministers serv-
ING as Jurors were not disclosed.
Mr.. Hendrey, now pastor OF the
Community Church, Inc, of Charlotte
went there as pastor of the First
Methodist Protestant church.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-24
Jim Farley.
Delays His
Resignation

New York, Sept. "a (AP)-James "A.
Farley's resignation as postmaster gen
eral and his acceptance of the Fierce
Arrow Motor Corporation, presidency,
it was understood in informal circles
today, has been delayed by the cur
rent decline in securities and the pre-
paration of an Securities Exchange
Commission registration statement for
a new issue of Pierce-Arrow Stock.
After considering numerous other
offers of executive positions, Farley
agreed several weeks ago to become
head of the reorganized Pierce7Arrow
Company.
Following his acceptance of this OF
fer, the companys stockholders APP
proved plans for new issue Of stock
aggregating $1O,7OO,000, which will be
used mainly to place low-priced car
on the market in competition with the
cheaper priced Packard and Cadillac
cars. Production of the highest-priced
Pierce-Arrow also will continue.
Besides his salary, which has not
been disclosed, but which is believed
to be above $4,000 year, the post
master general will receive 1000
shares of the new stock outright and
5000 more during the first year.
The decline in stock market prices
fc.ontin,,ed an page Eour.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-24
Mussolini Surprises Europe
by Pledge to Britain and
France and Join
ing Patrol
MIGHT BE PLAYING
HAND WITH HITLER
Dictator on Way for Con-
ference With German
Reichfuehrer May Be Seek
ing To Pave Way for Driv-
ing Hard Bargain In Ber-
lin Parleys

London, Sept. 24.-(AP)-Authori-
tative source asserted today Premier
Mussolini had promised Britain and
France he would send no more ''volun-
teers'' to Spain, making possible Ital-
ian entrance in the Anglo-French Clip
lomatic front and a new balance of
power for Europe.
While Britain and France were
keenly anxious to accept Italy's ad-
vances at face value, they could not
help but look for possible snag. A
definite feeling of optimism prevail
ed in foreign office circles, but it was
tempered by a slight suspicion of II
Duce's motives in presenting such a
startling assurance about Spain.
His sudden willingness to promise
no further troops should be sent to
aid the Spanish insurgents, coming
on the eve of his departure for an
important conference with Chancei-
lor Hitler of Germany, caused many
observers to wonder whether Italy
was preparing some new and surpris-
ing move.
Some British observers Rome
dispatches here bore this out were
frankly considering Mussolini's ges-
lures of cooperation with France and
England as a method of strengthen
ing his position to drive harder bar
gain with Hitler.
This authoritative source said ltaiy
had given France and Britain a de-
finite promise no more italian troops
would 90 to Spain if the three powers
could agree. among other things, on
Italian demands for parity with BTU
tain and France in the Meolterrean
anti-piracy accord.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-24
"Most Good for Greatest
Number" Is Aim, He
Tells Crowd at Chey-
enne, Wyoming
SENATOR O'MAHONEY
GREETS PRESIDENT
Court Foe Not Invited on
Private Car But Goes On
Anyhow; Few Words Pass
Between Him and Roose-
welt; Tells People He's
Sounding Out

Cheyenne, Wyo. Sept. 24.-(AP)-
President Roosevelt told a crowd of
thousands here today he was going
to continue in his second term the
way he had in his first, trying to do
the most good for the greatest num-
ber'
after being welcomed by a group
including Senator O'Mahoney, Demo-
crat Wyoming, foe of the Roosevelt
Supreme Court proposal, the Presi-
dent declared he had told friend
recently who advised him to coast"
from now on, that he would not take
such advice.
81 don't want to coast and the ma
tion doesn't want me to coast with
my seat UP on the front wheels
People are thinking in national
terms. he said, adding the admins
tration projects up to date had had
the national point of view in mind.
Don't let anybody deceive you: the
government of the United States, is
not going broke he said.
Senator O'Mahoney was in the well
coming committee with Governor Les
lie Miller, Senator H H. Schwartz, a
court bill proponent, and Representa-
tive Paul Greever, all Wyoming DEM
ocratS.
OMahoney, although he was not for
mally invited to board the Presidents
special, boarded the chief executives
private car as the train pulled out.
During the Presidents talk he had
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