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Evening star., 1937-09-05

State Of Washington and remarked
how near he thought the camp was
to the Pacific Ocean.
The boys in two Of the camps came
from Louisiana, Mississippi and South
Carolina, for the most part, with those
Of Camp 3 from Pennsylvania
Lieut.. Robert j. Moore is commander
OF Camp 4. succeeding Capt Hall.
He Is seconded by Lieut.. Raymond
Wheeler Roderick Benton is educa-
tional adviser.
Whereas Camp is the landscaping
and general Identification corps, the
men in charge Of road building, bridge
and general construction are from
Camp z Lieut.. Cullen is commander;
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fans and art lovers the world over.
Most Of the action Of Lost Hori-
zon" centers around shangri-La.
mythical lamasery, thousands OF miles
from civilization, theoretically In
country never penetrated by civilized
man. There, according to James Hill
toms novel, was Shangri-La In .
peaceful and ageless valley, sur
rounded and isolated by impenetrable
mountain ranges and unabating snow
flurries.
How to picture such place? How
to capture the realism Of furious
freezing torture? How to portray the
people who might live there? What
would they look like? What would
their customs be? What manner of
dress would they wear? These were
only few Of the questions that con-
fronted Capra as he started laying
plans for this new production that he
hoped would eclipse anything he had
ever done.
His first step was to obtain the
services Of one Of the few men who
had ever approached the country in
which Shangri-La was supposted to
be found. Harrison Forman, the
noted American explorer, had just re-
turned from an expedition deep into
the mysterious land of Tibet. He had
brought with him thousands Of photo
graphs of native life and customs,
81 T,hotoyo ~
dietary habits and folklore, cases OF
relics of their life.
CAPRA arranged. to take Forman
away with him to his favorite
hideout in Palm Springs, and there,
in conjunction with Robert Riskin,
who was soon to start writing the
scenario for the film. they spent two
weeks discussing the various phases
OF native Tibetan life as they might
bear on the picture. Finally Explorer
Forman put his entire collection of
films and notes at Caparas disposal
and agreed to stay around for further
conferences with scenic and costume
designers.
The design and construction Of
Shangri-La was left to Stephen Coos
son, Columbia's art director, an alum
nus of Michigan and Syracuse Unlver-
stiles and a member of the Immucci
Academy of Rome and the Academy of
Paris. His starting point was Hilton S
own description of Shangri-La in
Lost Horizon"
1t was to hang upon the mountain
side with the chance delicacy of
flower petals impaled upon crag
superb and exquisite . . An austere
emotion carried the eye upward from
milk-blue roofs to gray rock bastlon
above, tremendous as Wetterhorn
above Grindelwald Beyond that, in a
dazzling pyramid, scared the snow
slopes of Karakal. 1t might we'll be
.. the most terrifying mountainscape
in the world"
Goosson in turn called in his as
sistants, Lionel Banks and Paul Muir
ply, and the work of visualizing Hill
tons dream went forward-with fire.
quent suggestions from Harrison For
man, of course. First sketches were
made. Then Cary Odell. a brilliant
young artist, worked them into more
finished art forms His medium was
always the same-Water color plates
about l8 inches square.
From these preliminary stages ulti-
mately grew one of the most magnifi-
cent sets ever constructed for a mo-
tion picture. Shangri-La, as it was
photographed in Lost Horizon" COW
cred an area of more than half mil
lion square feet!
There were other settings, too. Not
so pretentious as the lamasery, per-
Evening star., 1937-09-05

Skip Faber, educationa adviser; w. B.
Catchins, general supervisor of work,
and E. H. Bowen, project leader on
drainage and pipeline building.
Hughes is commander of Camp 3.
1t aids the two others in their projects,
assists with sewer construction, gen.
eral building, machinery operation and
hauling. George Burroughs is educa-
tional adviser.
Illustrative Of the boys resourceful-
ness Is Camp 4. A small, stone and
concrete fountain fronts the head
quarters. Flowers are blooming in
profusion in neatly-kept areas. bor-
dered by walks and roads Cement
sidewalks are going down to replace
Evening star., 1937-09-05

" " tue lily VI "dSlllllS VII
that it has had its most
successful season on the Potomac.
After tomorrow. the boat will make
only two daily trips, leaving for Mount
Vernon at z pm. and sailing on the
moonlight with dancing by Sammy
Marks and his orchestra) at $50 pm
Glen Echo Park-Tomorrow the
holiday spirit reigns as the Labor day
celebration marks the end of a gay
season at the Capitals free-admission
amusement park. Today and tomor-
row, Of course, all the 50-odd attrac-
tions will be going full blast, the
Crystal Swimming Pool will be open
and tomorrow night there will be the
last session of dancing in the Spanish
Garden ball room to Dave McWil-
liams' music.
Potomac River Line-The last Co.
lonial Beach cruises Of the season will
be made by the steamer Potomac to-
day and tomorrow. The boat sails
at 9 am, remains for a full days
fun at the beach resort and returns
to arrive here at 7:30 pm. There's
the regular moonlight jaunt, with
dancing, at 8:45 pm.
Seaside-The ma jor event Of the
season will be the beauty contest to-
morrow night, when the winner will
be chosen from the girls who have
won top honors at the weekly con-
tests during the Summer OF course,
there will be swimming in the bay
or in. the saltwater pool, dancing in
the open-air pavilion by the Chesa-
peake Bay, and all the other amuse-
ments will be open.
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rollees, all Of whom are qualified to
90 out into commercial life to good
paying jobs
r. T. Walker supervises all landscape
projects at the Center. Cooperating
in laying out road parks Is L. Phillips,
supervising engineer.
Camp 4, an exemplary outfit COM
manded until recently by Capt. Staun-
ton Hall Of Hattiesburg, Miss, has a
splendid vegetable garden running full
growth at the Center, from which the
men bolster an already splendid larder.
The garden Is an educational project.
Il cannot praise the work of the
c. c. c. camps too highly said Earl
c. Sanford, general superintendent of
the Center. The Center's progress
would have been greatly retarded from
its present advanced state had 1t not
been for the men and their able ad-
visers and leaders. I could 60 further
and say that our efforts at physical
improvements would be crippled with
out them.
who can estimate the value Of such
q corps? These boys are learning to
be road builders, engineers, tech
nicians, forestry assistants and mas
ters OF numerous other occupations.
All the time they are making progress
on developments essential to the Gov
eminent at a minimum outlay"
THE progress educationally of tn.
personnel of the camps is tre-
mendous. Thirty per cent Of the en-
rollees at Camp were illiterate.
Many could not interpret a map Of
the United States and others could
not read.
One lad. looking at a map of the
Nation on the wall Of the camp school
room. noted the legend across the
Evening star., 1937-09-05
New Gayety Revue.

LILLIAN DIXON will headline the
new variety revue Jimmy Lake
Is bringing to the Gayety Theater for
Labor day week, starting with the
regular Sunday matinee today.
Miss Dixon will be assisted by Come
dian Harry (Wilbur) Conneiiy, and
there will be comely chorus to back
up the featured players in the more
extravagant production numbers.
Evening star., 1937-09-05
Outdoor
|Amusements
Moonlight Cruises and
Parks Wind Up
Season.
Season..

w WILSON LINE-Early Sep
| tember brings reports from
wv the City of Washington
that it has had its most
Evening star., 1937-09-05
Navy Foot Ball Film.

LIVE players-LeW Ayres, John
Howard, Mary Carlisle, Benny
Baker and Elizabeth Paterson-have
been set by Paramount for leading
roles in the Navy foot ball picture.
Hold En- Navy which recently
went into production, with Kurt Neu-
mann directing
Evening star., 1937-09-05
Studios to Open.

THE Estelle Allen STUDIOS, 1900
Connecticut avenue, will begin
their fifteenth year this Fall. Regis
trations for classes in acting. radio
technique, public speaking and voice
will be accepted after tomorrow.
Evening star., 1937-09-05
DANCING.
Popularity Is Acquired

BY dancing well. Consult Ethel NJ
Fistere, formerly with Arthur Murray.
Peggy Kelly School Of the Donee
Studio. 1918 18th st. NV. ST. 9sss
MAE DAWSON
Teach you to dance in . few private or
class lessons. Glasses - Tuesday and
Thursday. 3 PM
FeATURlNG-BiG APPLE
Waltz, Fox Trot, Tango, kumba, Tsp
Children's Glasses.
Call or Drop in from 10 am. to 9 pm,
for guest lessons
1929 M St. INV. Nat. 3341
Evening star., 1937-09-05
Research Was Lengthy
3 Before Lost Horizon"
Frank Capra and Associates Labored Long
and Hard Over Tibetan Customs and
Costumes for Hilton Film.

HR FRANK cAPRA shortly after he had
\H Columbia Studios a
with motion picture possibilities
he supposed to make
would
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18

nuZZle OF llS dHteIlHd midway DeIWeeH MdIlid
and Tokyo-and the human voice in the form
of electric waves is shot upward toward the
2OO-mile-high layer of ionzed gases like thun-
derbolt, thence bouncing down to their des-
tination.
And-all messages are secret Words 60
hurtling through space upside down, to be
transposed by modern miracle in voice
nverting" machine set up in the control rooms
of the telephone company. This strange "in-
verter" is made possible by the fact that every
word spoken sets up vibrations amounting to
hundreds or thousands per second. low
pitched voice makes fewer vibrations than
high pitched one-both of which then "in.
verted' by reversing their original speed. A
school girls giggle expands into the laugh of a
giant and a deep roar sounds like a woman
crying. Everything, both tone and words them
selves upside down. For example, the word
mountain" turns into layout" queer jargon
re-inverted at the other end of the conversation
channel into plain language
No code ever invented is so safe from listen
ing ears, and world-famous cipher experts say
that this latest secrecy machine" is the only
method known by which the speaker can be
certain that none but the person called can re-
ceive the message
Yet all mechanical Devices no matter how
wonderful-fashing lights on the board, compli-
Gated colored cords and magic "inverters'-are
useless without the quick and kindly under
standing of the girl operator, actually the
brains behind the switchboard" who begins
her daily service with routine duties, and may
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18

longest calls made put through by Mrs
Smith India to her family in North Carolina
call radio to England then to New York ane
routed from there to her home.
The telephone invention the
sideghts bringing together friends
every part of the earth But the
technical employed equally fascinating.
JUST international understanding is aided by swift COM
y Atlantic the Pacific of good
advanced with the opening of the fourth
channel Three other circuits have
operated several to the Dutch East Indies
Philippine Islands and Hawaiian Islands.
Tokyo the receiving station at Komura
and Dixon California transmitting station aims the great
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18

thieves and murdererS,
and saved poison vic
tins. Emergencies may
occur at any moment
calling for prompt
intelligent action. So
long as the wires hold,
messages go through.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
The Main Board Is a Busy
Terminal Where Flashing
Lights Play Crescendo of
Disaster, Comedy and
Romance.

THE growing list of calm, efficient herones
behind the switchboard is almost endless.
In New Jersey frantic druggist asked aid from
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Algor, the Holmdel oper-
ator. woman had just purchased a prescrp-
ton for eyedrops, and picked up the wrong
package-a bottle of acid If she used it her
eyes would be ruined. The operators task
to locate the woman soon as possible some
where in Wichatunk. No such person had a
telephone in the little town, but the operator
suddenly remembered that the woman had a
brother. She called the mans number, but
ceived no reply. After asking 20 of his neigh
bors she earned-after hours of steady work.
that he and his sister in New York for the
night, staying at some hotel. Which hotel,
among hundreds? Mrs. Agor called every
hotel where she thought they might be found,
and after long hours of heart-breaking
effort, at last connected with the woman
who had been about to use the acid before re-
tirng. Her eyesight saved, and Mrs Agor
was awarded the Vail silver medal and $3.50 for
Initiative resourcefulness persistence and de-
votion to public service"
Resourcefulness is an important part of
operators training from earliest student days.
Police, fire, and emergency calls become num-
bers etched in memory. Danger takes prece-
dence over everything else.
1t isn't unusual for a quck-thinking operator
to prevent suicide. Word came to switch
board girl of a Portland hotel that a woman
guest was about to leap from fire escape. The
operator, with quick intuition, rang the womans
room insistently, until the receiver
moved. San Francisco calling! Your home is
calling Wait a moment, please" She held
the woman at the instrument until hotel at
tendants arrived and Gained her.
IMMEDIATELY after the San Francisco fire
of 1906, undaunted operators giving the
best service possible under the difficult crcum-
stances and sat on rough boards and flour bar
rels the only stools available. During and after
this disaster theirs the arduous work of
helping thousands to find relatives, sending
warning of the fires approach, and remaining
at their posts. Every one of them, in those
desperate hours of uncertainty, was a heroine.
Yet operators say quietly: "Oh, nothing
citing ever happens. We just sit and watch the
little light fash" Even late night hours, when
most emergency calls come in, seem more
less humdrum to girls accustomed to anything
from sudden death to call for London-or
voice bent romance or business demanding
Paris, Madrid, Vienna, Copenhagen or the
Orient.
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Pattern H-3230. DRESS WITH

Pattern H-323O. DRESS WITH
JACKET This casual little dress
and jacket is Just the sort Of out
fit that you need to bridge those
days between late Summer and
the first chill days of Autumn.
The coat, if desired, is easily
lined for warmth. Tailored of
sheer wool, finished with ma
chine stitching, it is one Of the
most practical little outfits imag-
Unable Pattern is designed for
sizes "a, 36, 38, 40 and ~. Size
36 requires 43s yards of 54-inch
material, plus ia yards of 39-
inch material to contrast for
blouse.
Evening star., 1937-08-22

Pattern
pacca Fall outfit
uncnons @ teas ana bridge parties The outfit especially
pooice gher With
signed to Yards
OF 81 inch material for the
Evening star., 1937-08-22

ground tor its gay. refreshing continental atnos-
Phere. You will like the airy spociousness OF
your cabin the friendly. unobtrusive service
by Engish-speuldng stewards ). the sldlful
Breton and Norman seamanship. with thou
sond years OF sedtoring tradition behind it.
BY oil means. this time t1ovel French Line
SO you can enjoy the many added touches Of
luxury and comfort this gives. without added
cost. Your Travel Agent will gladly attend to
oil arrangements without charge :. and his
services will save you much time and money
Evening star., 1937-08-22

Whether you're off to Scotland for the shoot
ing London for business >. Poris for the
International Exposition . >. you will find go-
nous adventure aboard mY Of the French
Lines fleet Of modem steamers. For travel is
here raised to the high stutus Of ON ort.
You will be served food 50 delectuble you
would have to search five or six Of the leadinq
restaurants Of the world to find its equal. "a
every meul) You will appreciate the sleek
beauty Of the ship itself {. . appropriate back
Evening star., 1937-08-22
THE SUNDAY WASHINGTON.

Smart Styles Easily Made
Two attractive jacket frocks and
one.piece frock that are tops in style
for the turn of the season. There's
an easily followed pattern and sewing
guide for each.
The daily independent., 1937-08-13
CHILD, 2, HAS
VOCABULARY
OF $500 WORDS

Fulton, N. Y.-(U,H)-Fulton's
child prodigy, Eudora Louise
Graves, says the alphabet, counts
up to 100, has a vocabulary OF
$500 words and recites nursery
rhimes although she is only 2
years old.
Her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard S. Graves, already are plan
ming a formal home education for
her.
A pretty blonde baby with blue
eyes and rosy cheeks, Eudora is
in most respects quite the normal
little woman. She plays with
dolls will pound the piano keys
whenever the opportunity pre-
sents itself, and appears to enjoy
roaming about the house.
Her words are Understandable
but not clearly pronounced.
Without faltering once, she can
name % figures shown on her
play blocks. The list includes BIZ
cycle, fox, wolf, truck, eagle, trac-
tor, elephant, camel, seal, horse,
train, car, pig, cannon, bee, air.
plane, dog, duck, Indian, boat,
lion, mouse and zeppelin. She
can recite the name Of every
piece of furniture in the living
room.
In the realm OF mathematics,
she can count up to 100 and also
count to the same figures by
tens. She recites Jack and Jill" "
Little Bo Peep" "Humpty Dump
ty" and can sing Three Blind
Mice" and 1.-TWO Little Feet.
She started talking when she
was IA months old.
The daily independent., 1937-08-13
WPA PROGRAM
FOR LOW COST
HOUSING ENDS

washington, U,H)-Public WORKS
Administration officials have an
nounced completion Of the pro-
iected scope of its broadscaN
housing program. Preliminary
work on the fifty-frst PWA slum
clearance project is now underway
with negotiations launched 1or
erection of the Parkside develop
ment in Detroit.
This was the last OF the recovery
agency's housing projects to be
nut I'D for bids. All others are
either under contract or are CON-
pleted.
PWA's housing program, which
involved enormous Federal lano
purchases in metropolitan areas
and ensuing government dwelling
construction, was developed py
Secretary of the Interior Harold
IL, Ickes in his capacity OF PWA
administrator.
All told, 1904 acres of city prop
erty we're bought for S17,452'93S'
Approximately $4,000 families are
expected to be cared for by the
completed list of projects. The
DEVELOPMENTS range in size from
5O-unit prophet at Wayne, Pa
to the gigantic Williamsburg
Homes project in Brooklyn where
II blocks of slums were mcor-
porated.
The daily independent., 1937-08-13
Cotton Group Will
Demand Crop Loan
Continued from Page One)

der carrying out this program.
If the president fails to agree,
Smith said the committee had de-
cided to report a resolution max
ing the program mandatory.
The committees action related
only to cotton.
The committee also revised and
agreed to report a resolution by
Sen. Theodore G.. Bilbo, D., Miss,
asserting that it is the belief of
congress that a permanent farm
bill should be passed as early as
possible next session embodying
The following principles:
/. Fair share Of the national
income for farmers.
2. Protection for the consum-
ers by means of a reserve supply
the ever normal granary plan.
IF the president authorizes the
loans we will not have to pass the
Bilbo resolution" Smith 'old re-
porters after the session.
The daily independent., 1937-08-13

agent of Dare county, following
the writings of John Whfse has
planted and tended a garden
containing the most important
Indian crops, tended as nearly as
possible like the Indians crops
are reported to have been tend
ed.
The garden is on the north end
of the island almost directly in
front of Fort Raleigh, just a few
rods across the highway. Mr..
Overman, who plays the role of
Manteo III Paul Green's SYM
photo drama, THE Lost Colony"
has growing in this uique garden
potatoes and tobacco, which caus-
ed such a disturbance in England
following the frs settlement,
along with, matte pumpkins,
peas, wa$ermelons, speckle beans,
sunflowers, and gourds.
Although these plants are all
seen in many home gardens this
garden is a great deal different
from those around the majority
of the homes. The squash, water
melons and pumpkins were plant
ed in hills from four to six feeS
apart each way, with four hills
of maize planted around each
hill of fruit. It is presumed thai
the Indians planted these crops
in this way to serve twofold pur-
pose, to conserve landspace and
to shade the fruit of the center
plant. The Indians had to con-
serve landspace as their only
means of clearing land was to
burn down the trees and then
burn the stumps out. Their only
tools for cultivation were either
made of stones for forked poles.
According to the statements by
John White the Indians had no
way of fertilizing their land, so
had to move around as the natur-
al resources in the land burned
up.
Mr.. Overman started planting
in early spring, possibly in March,
with continuous monthly plant
ings in season. This will cause a
continuous line of vegetables to
be borne by the garden through
the whole summer up until frost
falls. He is going to do some more
planting this week, his last plant
ing of the season, consisting prin-
cipally Of field peas. Due 10 the
fact that the celebration comes
in between seasons, the potatoes
haven't done as we'll as most of
the other plants. However, they
have done fairly we'll.
The garden is blocked off into
five different sections. All the
plants have been planted in hills,
in order to follow John Whites
writings and 50 that they could
be readily observed by the public.
Tobacco constitutes one and one
half of the garden, with the bal
ance Of the land equally divided
among the other crops.
The daily independent., 1937-08-13
Wilson County
Sheriff Is Held
Under Charges
Counts of Drunken Driv.
ing and Assault; Has
a Past Record

Wilson, Aug. II. U.P-Two war
rants charging drunken driving
and one charging assault were
served today on Sheriff w. A
We9 e9therSby, Wilson county, fol-
lowing an alteration between the
sheriff. state highway patrolman
F. B. Fleagla and Detective P. R
Harris of Wilson city police last
night.
Weathersby was arrested twice
last night on drunken driving
charges. Coroner v. C. Martin
served one warrant on him after
Fleagle had signed it, and Harris
S'T"ed and served the other war
rant.
Ilartis disarmed the sheriff in
front of the Wilson police sta
ton when he arrested him, ac-
cording to reports. The police de-
IecLlH- said the sheriff threat
ened to kill both other officers
The alteration started last
night when Patrolman Fleagle
saw Sheriff Weathersby driving
his automobile in Wilson. Fleagle
followed the sheriff to his home
near Black Creek and the first
warrant was served. Later the
sheriff came to Wilson again and
the second warrant was served in
front of the city police station by
Detective Hartis after WeatherS-
by Ieportedly made the threat on
the lives of the two officers.
WeatherSby two years ago was
acquitted in county court follow
ing his arrest on drunken driV-
ing charges h Corporal j. A.
Merritt Of the state highway pa
tlol. Last year citizens of Black
Greek petitioned the Wilson coun-
ty commissioners for the sheriff S
removal from office, charging he
was drunk at the polls during the
July Democratic primary. On or
der Of Judge Marshall Spears ir
superior court, WeatherSby was
removed from Office in October
He was reelected at the genera!
election in November and return
ed to Office.