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The Washington times., 1937-04-13
Roadside Bids
For Actors

Open tryouts for those wishing
to take part in the 1887 summer
season will be conducted by The
Roadside Theater on Saturday,
April 10, from l to 5 and from
in the rehearsal room of the Rialto
Theater, entrance on Eighth Street
between G and H.
This is an annual event and is
the only period of "tryouts" Road
side conducts. From those reading
and from former Roadside players
the casts for all productions are
chosen.
I'VE are very anxious that all
aspirantS appear" states Director
Anton Hardt, who will come to
Washington to conduct the read
ingS, las many of our principal
players have been discovered at
these tryouts. Veterans Of previous
Roadside productions need not ap-
pear.
Applicants should come pre-
pared to give q reading Of
from three to five minutes. If
desired, two players may give q
scene together"
Further details may be Sc.
cured by telephoning Business
Manager Richard P. Creyke,
Cleveland 0036.
The Roadside Theater this sum.
mer will be managed by a board
director; Richard P. Creyke, bust,
ness manager; Catherine Prich.
ard, publicity director: Edith I.
Allen, MISREPRESENTATION Gour.
neying from Los Angeles solely to
take up her old duties); Edwin H.
Etz, treasurer; and Ralph s. Fow.
Ter, counsel.
The 14-week season will begin
around the middle of June.
The Washington times., 1937-04-13
MOVIE;
CLOCK

LITTLE-Wallace Berry, Lionel
Barrymore, "Ah wilderness, /"
1920 a. m, 1924, 1928, 5:32,
1885, 1908 p. m.
RIALTO-Lilian Harvey in Con
gress Dances" 1870 a. M, 1925,
5:22 and 1924 p. m.s and Frederic
March in Death Takes a Holt
day." 1909, 4:05, 1909 and 1908
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Madeleine Carroll.
Dick Powell, "On the Avenue"
11:40 a. M, 1:40, $40, $40, TAO,
$40 p. m.
CAPT. O|Margaret Lindsay,
Song of the City," II a. m,
1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10 p. m. Stage,
Cab Galloway, 12:45. 1925, $40,
9p. m.
EJeanette Macdonald,
Nelson Eddy, 'Maytime," II
a. M, 1870. 4:10. $40. $50 p. m.
RK-O KEITHS-Charles Boyer
Jean Arthur, History Is Made
at Night" 1875 a. M, 1885, 1886
5:36. 7:36. 9:36 p. m.
EARLE-Bette Davis, m arke d
Woman" 1880 a. M, 1880, 4:20
7:1O, 9:55 p. m. Stage, Willie
and Eugene Howard, 12:45, 3:35
6:25, 9:1O p. m.
Observation-Disclosures Ora
vet, Joan Blondell, king ano
the Chorus Girl" 11:10 a. m.
lis, 1920. 5:25, 7:30. $40 p. m
TRANS-LUX - Continuous shows
IS minutes, 10 a. m to II p. m.
H o w A r DEAN Muir, Donald
Woods, "Once a Doctor" 1915
2:45, Sis, 7:45, l0:30 p. m
Stage, Jimmie Lunceford, 1870
4. $3.50, els p. M,
The Washington times., 1937-04-13

A ROMANTIC STORY
A good cast can make almost
any picture and this Cosmopol-
itan production has a cracker
jack lineup. 1t has, for instance,
Alice Brady in one of those
feather-brained babbling roles.
Bonita Granville, the most preco-
cious juvenile in cinemaland in
q very appealing part: Marcia
Ralston, who looks and acts like
Joan Crawford. Roland Young,
congenially cast. and those two
Warner Bros. de-lovelies, Olivia
De Havilland and Anita Louise.
Just what happens to the Hill
ton family on this bright and
balmy spring day? Well, in brief
the happenings are these:
MAMMA HILTON: She kisses
her husband good-by as he goes
The Washington times., 1937-04-13

Spencer Tracy the high honors Of
this screen version of the Rudyard
Kipling story.
The point Of this paragraph is
that local interests are moving
heaven and earth and burning up
wires trying to bring Master Bar
tholomew to Washington for a
glimpse Of the cherry blossoms
and Q bijou reception. Freddy
wants to come and it looked last
night as though he would have
his way.
HOW THEY DID IT
In History Is Made at Night"
currently at Keith's and worth
anybody's time-the climax shows
an ocean liner which rams mon
Ster iceberg.
Obviously the idea stemmed
from the sinking of the Titanic
although in the picture the grey
hound Of the Atlantic manages to
The Washington times., 1937-04-13
KELLEYGRAMS

Freddy Bartholomew Is coming
East for a personal appearance at
the premiere Of Captains Cou-
rageous" at the Locust street
theater in Philadelphia next Sun
day night.
Young Freddy has his most i'm.
portant picture role since Little
Lord Fauntleroy" and shares with
The Washington times., 1937-04-13
/ Cover HOll YWOOd

Francisco, has been dangerously Ill
at their home following heart at
tack.
Page Morton, Chicago socialite
with film aspirations, is playing in
"Potter's Clay" in a little theater
she helped finance.
Robert and Jack Heasley, twin
sons Of Walter HeaSley, wealthy
Beverly Hills, Cal, social regis
terite, have the inside track" for
the roles of the twins in Gone
With the Wind"
Jacqueline Wells, of New York,
who plays the part Of Miss Casey
at the bat" in "Fielders' Field" a
film about softball, was tutored by
Charley Grimm, of the Chicago
Cubs baseball team The first,
softball she caught ruptured q
blood vessel in her right hand.
Karl Freund, cameraman for
Madame Walewska," has solved
the problem of letting his stars
know when the camera is ready
.. . He has a two-tone electric auto
horn on his camera When he
sounds the low tone it's for Charles
Boyer The high tone Is for
Carlo.
Lionel Atwill is Hollywood's
busiest actor these days, playing in
Last Train from Madrid" at
Paramount, and Road Back" at
Universal. He bicycles between the
two studios daily.
What-of-it Paragraph. H u g h
Herbert, film funnyman, mixed a
request by new weekly pictorial
to make a candid-camera strip Of
his recent SurgicalS Buddy Eb-
sen. screen dancer, has bought a
trailer for his star boat and will
take it to Santa Barbara, Calf. =,
for the Upton star boat races next
month Sonia Henie is teach
ing Tyrone Power to Jump through
hoop on skates for a picture .
Many believe the couple will marry
In which event Mr.. Powers
present practices will not have
been in vain {. Dixie Dunbar has
cast off a wealthy New York
clothier in favor Of a poor assist
ant film director Reason is
simple She loves him
George S. kaufman, the No. man
in Mary AStor'S widely read diary,
wanted to communicate with her
Saturday by telephone, but was
unsuccessful :. She's changed her
unlisted phone number again.
James ]. Jeffries, former worlds
heavyweight champion, gave an
exhibition for film stars Flat
tened four opponents in 40 sec.
ondS >. Jeffries still lives in near
by Burbank and regularly attends
the Friday night fights at the
Hollywood Legion Stadium with
film friends But what he says
about some Of the current powder.
puff boxers can not be repeated
in respectable column like this
E. Lon Chaney'S newest mystery
picture, Mr.. w." was given a
gala opening. Eva Novak said she
would make movies in Australia
Sophie Tucker was heading for
Hollywood (she's here now) 30.
The Washington times., 1937-04-13
A DELIGHTFUL PICTURE *ar.e =:
"CoII 1t a Day" Is a Sparkling
Adventure in Romance With
Louohs and ChuckIes
By ANDREW R, KELLEY

"Call It Day. is delightful exposition of the belief
that when spring in the air the romantic germ likely
to bite any one.
Last the Dode Smith play topight stage hit
for Philip Merivae and Gladys Cooper Under its Hollywood
retains all of the wemannered charm of the
footgh version with Ian Hunter and Freda Inescourt
thu heads Of the well-bred English family.
The Washington times., 1937-04-13
Just as Easy

Anyone can learn sword swallow.
ing. It's as easy as sharpening a
pencil, says John G. Lucky Ball.
who performs the feat in Shirley
Temples "Wee Willie Winkie," for
Twentieth Century-Fox.
The Washington times., 1937-04-13

to work. Sets out on a matinee
and shopping tour. Meets her
friend, Muriel West. and Muriel's
brother. The latter mistakes
Mamma Hilton for his prospec-
tive fiancee and pays violent
court to her before he is dis
illuSioned. Mamma flirts just a
teeny-weeny bit until it looks
dangerous and then reminds
Romeo she is happily married
and has three children.
PAPA HILTON: Starts jauntily
for work. His business as account
ant calls on him to straighten out
the income tax affairs of Beatrice
Gwynne, glamorous actress. Bea-
trice likes the looks of her fiscal
expert and arranges to have her
business matters adjusted at her
apartment. There she makes a
The Washington times., 1937-04-13
Lace Gown for Jean

Expert lace workers have begun
work on an elaborate costume to
be worn by jeanette Macdonald
in FREELY" for MG-M- The lace
work alone will require two weeks
for completion.
The Washington times., 1937-04-13
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
SIS Cash, Theoter Tickets, In
Snoppy Comeback Contest
Y comeback

How quick you on a snappy comeDa"Kf
How would you stranger who approached you with
the remark. "Haven't We Met BeforeW
The Washington times., 1937-04-13

person to the "Love From q
Stranger" editor at The Wash.
ington Times. Think fast, hurry
along your response to a stran-
ger and be sure the contest edi.
tor receives it not later than
midnight Thursday.
The Washington times., 1937-04-13

Francisco, has been dangerously Ill
at their home following a heart at.
tack.
The Washington times., 1937-04-13

Robert and Jack Heasley, twin
sons Of Walter Heasley, wealthy
Beverly Hills, Cal, social regis
terite, have the inside track" for
the roles of the twins in Gone
With the Wind"
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
Listen. World!
Bv Elsie Robinson

G<vTVHE GREEN LIGHT"-great picture, isn't til
/ Few stories have hit America hard-gone as
Deep Perhaps that's because we see our own misery
in it the struggle that had OF us down during the
beautiful and beloved woman dies on the operating
table because nervous surgeon blunders The brilliant
Young doctor who assisting charged with the mistake
though innocent The older DOCTOR who is guilty goes 1ee
Embttered by the injustice with his career seemingly AZ an
end the younger man goes INTO Vhe "huelneSo " "
things out with fate
Not merely the story mans misery but Of all mems
Watching you plainly some similar period your
own life. business gone wrong the treacnery 0a
friend loved ones death life dream travelling out
So pognantly you felt the anguish of all again.
Your story And them as though he spoke to directly
the crippled pastors words -.
own crippled egs-to all there time when some,
thing forces us to slow up time when the Red hgnV
flashes sTOPr Then for while we can only wait 80
carry on may But presenty-sooner or later
the signals changed The Red Light shifts to Green and
the Green Light flashes GOE
"To ALL" How quiet the theater was as ne spoke:
with the strong deep reaching out like steadyng
hand into the into the misery OF each shadowed
heart. ,cuon,rvo.
he knew what it meant wait with the straight fine body
twisted at one stroke shuffng wreck And you knew
toonew well how it felt to have the Red Light sgnal
"STOP The loneliness. the hurt the sick despair
the weak hands beating the empty aryes you knew!
But that wasn't all you knew. There was something else
something YOU never discovered unless you went through 1t
yourself he signals change and the Green Light flashes
cor" These words seemed such comfort such glorious
PROMISE if you didn't know
But suppose the Light flashed too late? Suppose
you'd stopped long that you'd lost your willingness to
"GO"?
That was the worst part of Bad Luck which most folks
never suspected until they up against it themselves
Bad Luck could become habit "a convenience - an
albi for lodging life. sort of hide-away!
Your eyes flashed back to the film You an old man
putting aside his cowardice up to face his
shame You saw young putting aside his hurt PRIDE
bending in humility to take the humbles task You saw
in flash the secret Of all heroism.
Courage didn't just mean FIGHTING BAD LUCk-
It meant BEING WILLING TO GIVE BAD LUCK UP
And to grab fresh start when it came!
Copyright Syndicate, Hns@
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
Tickets For Pedestrians?

NTEEK-ENDS seem always nowadays to mean
w TRAGEDY.
We confronted with national record of 50 to 100
dead and injured.
Many of the victims pedestrians
Which leads to the query:
Are drivers only responsible?"
Speeding drivers the highways their own prob
lemsas Mr.. Hardings cartoon this page today graph
icaly shows.
Pedestrians should be careful also.
But-sad to say-pedestrans rule are not traffic
conscious
They shuttle in and out between the 'juggernaus They
ignore red lights.
Perhaps and probably weekly death rate could he cut
down if they also observed signals
Or if the traffic police occasionally pinned TICKET
upon fragrant offender who proceeding reckessy
under his leg power contemptuous of the rules Of
safety.
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
By Blood Alone

nESPITE troubles of own America stands aghas at the
~ bloody from Bilbao and Moscow-two cities at op-
poste ends of Europe but both brutality which
there parallels since the French Revolution the
Dark Ages.
The slaughter of and children in Spain the suffer
ng of all innocent noncombatans crowd the columns
The latest purge" in Russia heavily yelled by
ship but less ghasyas the series articles this
by Isaac Don Levine noted Russian expert makes plain
IF it is true that man cannot live by bread alone it
equally true that Communism and Fascism to live by
BLOOD ALONE
The blood of all who refuse to bow to their dictates
The blood of all who prize lberty-that forgotten word
most OF Europe but word which still has its meaning here
To Americans there little if anything choose
tween Communism and Fascsm
Both spell ruthless dictatorship both spell death to democ
racy
AS of the last stronghods of democracy in the world
the United States says them "a plague both your
houses"
We have where these sms" lead and know now as
before, that Amercansm is the ONLY SAFE ROAD
for ANY AMERICAN to follow
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
A National Necessity
BIZ J. T. Williams. Jr.

LII of the various and sundry proposals before Congress
"A for the reorganization of the Executive Departments
will fail of their fundamental purpose unless they include
the elimination of the spoils system in the filling of Federal
offices
And until the Federal Government sets an example for
the several States by initiating this vital REFORM the cost of
the spo system will continue to be Of the for the
increasing tax burden which all the people bear.
Theodore Roosevelt put the convincngy for the sub
ution system throughout the Federal Service
when he said:
he merit system Of making appointments is in its
democratic and American the common school system
itself It simply the applicant should have fair field
and no favor"
More than ninety per cent of Federal offices today
charged with the execution of policies and not with their
formulation These nonpolcy shaping positions should be
filled by those whom experience training aptitude and tech
nica fitness best qualify discharge their duties honestly
and efficiently.
The question has been properly asked:
of what it be to Democratic Administra-
ton that pathologist tmekeeper believes in kind
of tariff, to Republican Administration that typist,
janOr postal clerk believes in another kind Of tariff
The making of tariff is the duty of typs janors
postal clerks any of the other hundreds of thousands
of Federal employees doing the routine but essential work
of the Government.
In the early years Of the American Government there
of Federal employees small Their duties for the most
part simple.
The situation today entirely different With than
eight hundred thousand civilian employees the Federal
payroll the substitution of the merit system for the spos
system has become urgent necessity 1t is essential
first step toward raising the standard OF Federal Admins
traon and reducing its cost to the taxpayers
This is the testimony Of all the Presidents that have
shared the honor of extending the merit system 1t the
testimony of all experts public administration
Both political parties pledged to the extension Of the
merit system. All the universities and colleges of the
country urging its extension in order that the men and
they the Government service be given
"a fair field and no favor when they apply for appoint
ment.
The only way that Federal appointments can be made
merit basis is for the Executive and LEGISLATIVE
Branches of the Government to protect these offices by
law from the raids of political spoilsmongers and open
up applicants qualify by of thorough
test of their fitness that is fair to all
When Congress begins debate the pending proposals
recognizing the Executive Departments the people
will have the opportunity insist that whatever plan OF
reorganization is adopted its basic provision shall be the
substitution of the merit system for the spols system IN
the filling of the 95 per cent of Federal positions which
have nothing to do with policy.
The Washington times., 1937-06-18

and out of the public galleries felt the silence and turned red
and became embarrassed the noise of their shug
sounded like the cang of horses hoofs cobblestone
Members smiled weakly in remembrance of Billy be.
the unique sprgnes of his personality gone and
the loss keenly felt His zip and vim something
jure with. t'
REMEMBER him best for the in which he could
a story of his favortes he told at the
trip to Quantico with the members the news
paper During lull before the boxing Matches he
jumped into the ring and speaking his rapid manner made
the hail. filled with the Marines and their guests at this
When was in France with the A. E. F. he Paris
and standing in the middle of of the intersections
huge sxfoo ishman directing traffic Doughboy Connery
went to talk to him and huge limousine dared out OF
Of the side and almost knocked them both
As Billy recounted it, in Paris, if automobile knocks
down. they arrest the pedestrian for blocking traffic
But in this instance the American cop went to the
pulled the French chauffeur and lit into him. The Amer
couldn't understand word of French the French
word of English, and the American paused for
BREATH the Frenchman unloaded enough French to fill
couple Of textbooks.
The American stood aghas under the torrent for at least
three minutes and then suddenly shouted
why didn't you say SO in the first place? Get along
with you"
It was in sort of the bewilderment that the
members of the House spoke of BILLY" Connerys death
talking strange language to most of Them and
they too stunned to even think of a comeback
Washington gets this appropriation bill through Con-
gress as was rewritten by the Senate bridge will
be built the site of the present over the Anacosa
River at Pennsylvania Avenue.
Senator ROYAL s. Copeland has such high hopes that he
has introduced bill the bridge after John
Phillip Sousa. So we have name without bridge
WAS it the Garner Of humor or does it take some
" one with an open mind such things to make the best
Vice President John Garner has appointed Senator Joe
Gufey to the board of directors Of the Columbia Hospital
Senator Gufey is one of the most eminent bachelors r
the Congress.
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
Prove It or Retract

~ VERY decent citizen who knows that criminal
r. condition exists certainly should furnish law
forcement officials with what information he has that
might be of value in remedying that condition.
The other day. on the floor of the House, Repre-
sentative Wright Patman, of Texas, declared:
81 nuuu san that / haze neUer heard of as many
rackets or UOuLd-be rackets in any city of the
UorLd as there are right here in Washington,
DC They are aLIUdys trying to geI fresh hold
on the Threats of the people IUhO come to the
District"
Of course no other Representative on the floor
thought of asking the Texan to explain what he meant
by this charge or to question him to what he had
done to eliminate that condition.
We say ''of course because Representative is
charged with the duty of protecting and defending the
half million voteless residents of the District.
But the next day Representative Patman asked
by reporter of The Times what the rackets to
which he referrd.
And Mr. Patman's reply
"MGybe shouldn't haze said it,"
Representative Patman should do either one of two
things in fairness to himself and to the people of the
District against whom he has issued blanket in
dictment.
EITHER HE SHOULD MAKE RETRACTIoN
OF HIS CHARGE ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE,
ADMITTING THAT IT IS BASELESs, OR HE
SHOULD FURNISH TO THE DISTRICT ATTOR-
NEY OR THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPART.
MENT ANY INFORMATION THAT HE MAY POS
SEsS WHICH WOULD ENABLE RESPONSIBLE
OFFICIALS TO MAKE ARRESTS AND PROSECU
TIONs.
Failure of the Representative to pursue either one of
l. e
and will leave him open to the charge that he picks
those who have opportunity to fight back
The Washington times., 1937-06-18

TALINS slaughter of the Red Army leaders is just
~ the final Of the Russian tragedy and
continuation of what has been going the Soviet
purgatorv since his rise to power
The Red Army purge not be judged military event
It political development 1t part of the general purge
inaugurated Summer The executed Commu-
mist leaders first and army chiefs secondarily.
The systematic process Of the revolution devourng its chill
has merely reached faster tempo and is approaching
its grand climax This shown by the farreachng extent of
the great purge Of recent months.
The Stain has already fallen the heads of the COAL
STEEL lumber cotton gold transportation industries upon
political Bosses foreign ambassadors outstanding editors and
writer's the leaders of the labor federation 1t has struck
down the nqustor general of the countryside director Of
the OGPU. The command of the Red Army inevitably fol-
lowed down the rapids.
The iron broom has swept the entire upper crust
of Stant hierarchy It's layers too ntermxed not
to crumble together under knife is like fatal train
rushing toward abyss The dictatorship the tobog
gan, and one section drags after it the rest.
That the Army purge the consequence Of military
munies conspace against Stain does not square with
the known facts There have been mutne and plots the
Red Army since the Inauguration Of the FiveYear Plan But
they were sterny suppressed the very people who have
just been shot, Yagoda the head of the OGPU who
had framed Kamenev Zinovev and Radek found himself
caught in very which he forged for his master
When Stain first emerged into prominence the popular
saying in Russia was "enin Saln but Stain
nobody It the prophetic voice of the people speaking
Stain worked the capegoa system under terrific
If there spies, they had to be invented
What going in Russia today is the twilight of the sys
The Red Terror began by purging Czars Every
posed anti-Bolshevik was labeled Czarist.
The machine of then proceeded to purge Socialists
(Menshevks). Every feared antagonist was branded a
Menshevik
The next stage the purgng of industrial experts
When scapegoats needed engineers raroaded
wreckers and saboteurs.
The espionage mill then went on to make kulaks
Every peasant who resisted the srdom-and there
miions-became a kulak.
The last phase in with the purging Of Communists.
Every imagined critic of Stain stamped Trotskyst
traitor, spy.
Every of stages Of terror the result Of ECO
NONIIC AGONIES The pressure of the witchhunt in
proportion the pressure Of the chronic economic crisis
When Stain launched his FiveYear Plan and his vast mill
taraion program he started road from which there is
return He headed straight for deficit economy into the
blind alley of all tyranny Behind the latest purge the
threat of another famine and general economic collapse
which clearly spells the coming end of the Stain regime
The Washington times., 1937-06-18

held in the House in his honor before it adj
journed because of his death.
Gone were the wild-eyed loud-shouting, in
temperate outbursts that mark the usual
consideration of District day. Gone was the
bitter strife of partisanship that motivates
seven-eighths of the bitter debate over ma
tional legislation. Gone was the lackluster,
dilatory atmosphere present during long
speeches.
Billy Connery was dead and chamber
filled with at least three-fifths of the men,
bership sat quietly. So quietly that for the
IL.
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

"DILLY" CONNERY, JR. Snowman. And it was
ID this part of his scinlang personality that would have
thrilled the shown him when brief services
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
The Red Army Purge
BIZ Isaac Don Levine

By isaac Don LeOINCe
(This is the second Of three articles on "The Red
Army Purge" by Isaac Don LeOine famous student Of
Russian offairs.)4 1873 aa. s-5. BIT >ss"@