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The Washington times., 1937-10-30
CADILLAC GIVES
'SURPRISEC CAR
IN new MODEL
V-8 and the go" Make
Up 1888 Offering

A completely reengineered 16-
cylinder, a longer Cadillac va, the
Cadillac. Fleetwood and surprise
line of CadillacS at the automo-
bile show.
The new V-8 supplants the for
mer Series 65,", which last year
was produced in only one body
model, much longer car than is
customarily listed in its price field.
introduced on the V-8 are the
"synchromatic shift" and a fly
wheel that eliminates virtually all
motor vibration in the car.
BODIES WIDENED
Besides greater length, Fleet
wood bodies have been widened
and headroom increased. Fabrics
selected for durability as well as
beauty, softer cushioning, tasteful
appointments combine with the
smooth flow of 140 horsepower to
raise the standard of Cadillac
Fleetwoods.
Through a doubledrop frame
that carries a deep kick-up over
the rear axle and raised front
end, Cadillac has achieved IN the
Sixty a body that is only 5 feet 5
inches high and yet has more
headroom than the normal car.
The Sixty has no running boards
and the effect of ruggedness is
enhanced by horizontal lines OF a
sturdy grille that runs completely
around the front of the radiator.
Body pillars have been narrowed
and windows deepened, affording
an increased visibility OF 81 per
cent. The V-8 motor will develop
1876 horsepower.
Mechanically, the new Cadlllacs
hold considerable interest, partlcu-
larly in the design of the new six
teen-cylinder engine. Two banks
of eight cylinders are mounted at
1876 degrees, the power plant de-
veloping 1876 horsepower. A high
ratio of power to pounds of car
weight assures great flexibillty,
Cadillac engineers say.
CURBS VIBRATION
The "Syncro.Flex" flywheel on
the V-8s practically eliminates en-
CINE vibratioa. Flexible damperS
have been installed along the pre-
viously rigid surfaces of the fly
wheel, absorbing energy that
would be transmitted by normal
crankshaft bending"
Through the synchromatic shift,
installed on all Cadillacs as stand
ard equipment, front-seat compart
ments have been cleared. The shift
lever, in this development, has
been mounted on the steering col
umn instead of the floor. The
shifting procedure is the same as
always, with finger-tip pressure
controlling the lever that moves
parallel to the steering wheel.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
Automobiles, Parts
Head U. S. Exports

For the second time in history,
automobiles and automobile parts
led all American exports, exceed
ing even unmanufactured cotton,
during the first six months OF 1887.
The first time was IN 1929.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
1st LOng-Distance
Race Run in 1901

The first long-distance automo
bile race, New York city to Buff
falo, 500 miles, was run in 1901.
OF 80 cars entered, AZ reached
Rochester, where the tour was
abandoned.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

(above) Again Oldsmobile
sets the styles for America to
follow. Here is the dashing
Oldsmobile Six, with its bril-
liant new front end design.
lat right The new Safety In
strument Unit, with clear
vision gauges and no projecting
controls, is a distinct innova-
ton, in styling and utility.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
8Ht .Qnvo

Camera lobbyists at Para
mount who will be restrained
from using their equipment in
the lot include elSo Ray Milland,
Lew Ayres, Bob Burns, Gary
Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Fred
MacMurray and Martha Raye.
M-G-M also lists several play
erS who are known to be inter-
ested in the hobby, including
Clark Gable, Joan Crawford,
Franchot Tone, Jeanette Mac
Donald, Eleanor Powell, Nelson
Eddy, William Powell and
Myrna 10y. And at Warmers
are such camera fans as Kay
Francis, Enrol Flynn, Edward G.
Robinson and Bette Davis.
Fredric March and Warner
Baxter likewise are said to have
become inveterate amateur pho
tographers. And Sylvia Sidney
has gone in for the hobby so
whole-heartedly as to set up her
own developing and printing
laboratories.
Perhaps the group to be most
affected, if the mo shooting"
ban becomes a reality in all stu
dios, however, is that compris-
ing the film cameramen them
selves. Almost every cinematog.
rapher in Hollywood carries one
of the little cameras for spare
time shooting.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
Studios Bar Candid Cameras
Of Stars, and Mere People

Minicamera addict. among
Hollywood'S top flight stars
have brought the wrath of studio
front offices down upon their
heads, it was disclosed today.
So many players have adopted
the hobby that almost every set
has at least one or two actors
scurrying about between scenes
snapshooting anything and
everything within sight.
So:
effective Immediately, use of
cameras by unauthorized indivi-
duals will not be permitted on
sets or elsewhere on studio prop
erty. There will be NO excep-
tions to this rule. Only camera
equipment to be authorized will
be that of regularly assigned
still photographers"
In these words Paramount
studio, taking the lead in abat-
ing what has obviously become a
major annoyance to the produc-
ton office. has put an end to
minicamera activity on its sets.
1t was a way of saying that
Carole Lombard, Claudette Col
bert; Frances Dee and others Of
the studios stars who may be
interested in miniature photog-
raphy cannot be expected to
learn their scenes we'll and shoot
pictures at one and the same
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

It IS IN Norwegian, SO no o7R'0ES 111''11
body else understands it. Realizing this perhaps the star
addresses the nearest table Of extras in English
'When I'm whirling, can't the circle" she says.
Sonia Henie the queen of the cernks apologizng for
her skatingl
Nothing stranger than that happen so we leave the set
On the '"MOaoNeqAilU" Set
On the Mannequin" set at MGM we run into one that
will amuse Francis Lederer and his bride, Margo.
The scene before the is Irish cottage Joan
Crawford and Spencer Tracy have just been married and
they are lyrically happy
Rehearsas completed and they are ready for take
when the phone rings on the stage An assistant answers
looks surprised, and then shouts
Somebody wants know if Francis Lederers on the set
AS Lederer isn't even in the picture it gets laugh
second later Director Frank Borzage gets bigger when
he yels back:
'tNo! Tell 'em they've got the wrong Honeymoon
Copyright Features syndicas)
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

things he ever attempted was
to reWrite the text Of Shake
speare's Hamlet" in such a
way as to make the bard turn
in his grave like a squirrel in q
wheel-cage.
HE REWROTE "HAMLET"
In Garrick's version Of Ham
let," Ophelia is brought back to
life and marrieS the Sorrowful
Dane; Laertes is proved inno-
cent of plotting the princes
death; the queen goes insane:
the king is killed in a duel with
Hamlet.
When the press questioned
Garrick as to what seemed sac
rilege, he replied: TN this way
get rid Of the tiresome grave
diggerS and I avoid the abom-
inably ill-written fifth act"
During his rise to fame and
wealth, Garrick had become a
member of the foremost coterie
of wits the world had ever
known-a circle which included
johnson, Goldsmith. Boswell,
Cibber, etc. AS a group they be-
came the coffee-house oracles,
and fat old DR.. johnson was
their mentor.
Among these immortals, Gar
rick Shone. Yet he was prob
ably the most cordially disliked
man Of the English stage. While
they paid homage to his sublime
art, they deteSted the mans
stinginess, his cowardice, his af-
fectationS, his habit Of toadying
to the nobility. Perhaps, too,
there was a grain Of very hu-
man envy in this dislike, for he
was rich and most of his fellow
geniuSeS were poor.
Samuel Foota said: "Garrick
once started out to do a benevo-
lent act, when, turning a corner,
he met the ghost Of a half
penny and it frightened him
back to miSerliness. But he
would do anything for money
even a good action"
A CHASTITY TRICK
During his French visit he
played a gruesome joke which
added tenfold to his fame in
that country. One Of his
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
BY MERVYN LIE ROY

The most interesting produc.
tion that I have ever made is
the forthcoming 1.-THE Great
Garrick." Few persons have ever
had such a mad, exotic and
glamorouS career as David Gar
rick'S. Through various periods
of research chanced upon
some unusual material pertain
ing to one of the theater'S great
est mines which certainly has
more than passing interest.
Playgoing London, one Octo-
ber night in 1741, crowded the
Goodman's Fields Theater to
see a performance Of Richard
III" The throng had come to
guy. even as audiences of far
later days were wont to guy.
Count Johannes, James Owen
O'Connor and the Cherry Sis
tiers. For Clifford, manager of
the Goodman'S Theater, had an
nounced:
"The part of King Richard
III will, upon this occasion, be
enacted by Mr.. Lyddal, a young
gentleman who has never ap-
peared upon any stage"
FIRST NIGHT SURPRISE
AS the tragic role Of Richard
is not one easily grasped by an
amateur, the audience looked
for a joyous evening. Then rose
the curtain upon Colley Cibber's
version Of the hunchback king.
A slim, undersized young man
came forth to mutter the hack
neyed "Now is the winter Of
our discomfort" soliloquy.
AS "Mr. Lyddal" limped into
the glare Of the crude foot
lights, a voice from the pit
cried: 49,
"Why, scrape me raw and
lay me bleeding, if it's not
young Davy Garrick, the gro
cer!"
This was part true and part
libel, for young Garrick was a
wine-seller and not a grocer.
The audience hooted and set
tied back to enjoy the fun. Be-
fore the first act had finished,
they were on their feet in ex-
cited wonderment as to the
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

with money, was murdered. An
Italian count was accused, and
denied guilt. There was too lit
tie evidence on which to hold
the count, and the police were
about to set him free-when in
walked the ghost Of the mur-
dered man.
The apparition strobe gently
anc silently across to the count,
and fixed blazing eyes on him.
The murderer, with a howl Of
terror, fell writhing to the floor
and sobbingly confessed the
crime. The ghost broke into a
laugh and tore off his wig and
false eyebrows. He was David
Garrick.
It is not generally known, but
nearly all the epitaphs on the
tombS Of illustrious EngliShmen
who died between 1742 and 1776
were written by Garrick. In
spite of his greed, he was the
first to establish an Actors
Fund, continued to this day BY
our own beloved Daniel Froh-
man. a
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

Fields ad-libs so much Of
his dialogue that the other
actors have to be on their
toes to get their cues. This
is a broad comedy scene.
Martha Raye, who plays
Fields daughter in the pic
ture, is supposed to have
been thrown over the rail by
sailors who believe she is a
jinx and will bring disaster
on the ship. Only Martha's
voice is heard in the scene.
Fields WiSecrGck
When the camera starts
to turn, she is in a sound
booth 80 feet away. She
yells cries Of help into a
microphone and a loud
speaker makes her voice
seem to come from over the
side of the ship.
Fields, a natty figure in
white pants, sport coat and
a straw hat, takes it big.
"My daughter" he cries.
'My little Jonah! Eight
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
All the Servants WoIkout On
Joan and Dick Powell

Powell, "but the help told US
that we hadn't lived up to their
idea of movie stars. That we
never gave parties and that life
was dull working for u.s."
When the conference was
over, declared the actor, he and
Miss Blondell suddenly found
themselves without any staff to
operate their home. So
Yesterday morning, Joan
cooked the breakfast herself.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

did Garrick. And a new star
was to blaze in the theatrical
armament.
AIDED BY ACTRESS
Garrick's success may be
credited to Peg Woffington,
foremost actress Of her day.
who fell in love with him, and
who, incidentally, discovered he
could act. She found a way to
have him get a London engage
ment, and from that time on
his fame was assured. He
rented the Drury Lane Theater
for the entire winter season
1742-43, and became his own
manager.
One of the most daring
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

difficult feat - bring her
number to a whirling finish
exactly in the center Of a
neon-lighted circle about five
feet in diameter.
Director Roy Del Ruth
gives the signal to try it
once. To the music Of a play
back machine, the star skins
out across the ice. She and
her four companions go
through the number and the
star makes her whirling fin
ish-but three feet away
from the circle.
The extras at the ringside
tables applaud; Sonia makes
a gesture of impatience.
They try it several times
more. At the end Of the
fourth take, when she has
again missed the center of
the circle, the star calls
something to her mother on
the sidelines.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

It's costume picture-my first-and
0rry Kelly has designed 90 gowns that are
really something. There S one in particu-
lar, made Of face wells, all in white, that
i a woman S idea Of heaven. But costumes
mean work. Before the picture went into
production made tests for two weeks
tested every gown two or three times. And
then made more tests trying to find two
leading men.
It didn't take US long to pick George
Brent, although he was busy in Gold Is
Where You Find It," He joined the company
after the first test. But the other one was
harder to choose and we decided on Henry
Fonda, who was wi tn me in "That Certain
Woman" don't think Director William
Wyler could have made a better choice. do
you?
The peri Cd in whi ch "Jezebe1" is laid
New Orleans in l852-is Fascinating. Four
stages are filled with settings for it.
One stage, the biggest on the lot, contains
a complete Southern mansion. On another
big one is portion Of the old city Of New
Orleans. That's where we film the street
scenes f or the Mardi Gras.
I have a Southern accent noW-not as
broad one as I had in "Cabin in the Cot
ton, but an accent nevertheless. Dalton
S. Raymond, who used to be prof essor Of
music at Loui siana State University, is my
tutor and he's good one. He won't Let me
say "you all" and "honey"-says they
didn't talk that way in New Orleans back in
1852. And he should know, for he's stu
dent Of Southern customs and Southern
speech.
We'll be still working on the picture
around Christmas time if you are out this
way. Maybe you can visit US before then?
I look forward to seeing you again.
AS ever,
40 A. a.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 80 QN.
sO.-The years strangest story
of servant trouble was related
today by Joan Blondell and
Dick Powell, of the films.
According to the two stars,
they were enjoying a quiet after
noon at the home when their
five ServantS-cook, butler, maid,
nurse and chauffeur-came to
them in a body.
Believe it or not" said
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

For four months
I worked not at all.
After We finished
It's Love I'm Aft
er" I decided I
needed a rest and
took a cottage near
Carpente eria-on the
beach. That IS where
I got sunstruck.
It was a month before
I felt anything like
myself.
The most excit-
ing thing at the mo-
ment is "Jezebelo"
I saw it on the stage
three years ago and
want ed Warner Bros.
to buy it for me, but
they weren't con-
vinced it was my type
Of picture This
spring I finally
convinced them and
now we're making it.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
Bette Davis, Well Again, After
Sunstroke, Will Dress Up
For Role In "JezebeT
Dear Mr.. Kelley:

Dear Mr.. Kelley:
This has been hectic summer-a summer
that started with a sunstroke (for me) and
ended with an operation (for my mother).
Now m we'll and working again and mother is
on the mend.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
David Gorrick--Miser Wine Clerk, Fu|erhe Actor,
Even Rewrote Shokespeore's Moody Hamlet

friends. Sir George Lewis, re.
turning from a night at the
card tables, his pockets filled
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
Bill Fields Wisecrocks About
Rubber Hommering Martha,
Has Studio Roaring
By HARRISON CARROLL

HOLLYWOOD, Oct 30
On The Big Broadcast this week. w. c. Fields turns
lawsuit into movie comedy Everybody edge as the
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
SO1Gia'S Problem

SOmia'S Problem
At the unexpected line Director Mitchell Leisen al
most spoils the scene by laughing
For Carotta Mont, Fields secretary recently told of
acas Fields home and claimed that she hit the
head with rubber hammer
It is the first day of Sonia Henies fim "Hot and
Happy Hollywood fashion, they going to shoot
Of the last the picture It is skating number
roofgarden rink in New York The famous skyline rises
in the background
In Miss Henie skating scenes the Photographic problem
is to counerac the bankness Of the wide expane of ice
Sometimes they do with large chorus. In "Thn Ice"
they froze design beneath the rink making appear like
a huge checkerboard.
The Washington times., 1937-10-30
T4"ick Ice For Sonia

Only four other skaters in tophats and tails to
work with the star in this particular number.
Ingenious techncians have risen occasion by freezing
tubes beneath the ce They form border about the
ring and various designs inside it. Miss Hene has to do
The Washington times., 1937-10-30

years ago hit her the head with rubber hammerhaH
in jest half in earnest-and she took the wrong way
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
PLANE MISSING

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 12.- 7. Western Air Express plane was reported at 1910 o'clock this after noon to be overdue from Salt Lake City. The plane has ten passengers aboard.
 The Union Air Terminal last heard from the plane at 11:05 o. clock near Newhall, south of Teh- achapis, Southern California. The plane was due here at 10:45 o'clock this forenoon.
 Passengers Aboard
 Among the passengers aboard are MT. and Mrs Martin Johnson, ex- plorers and big game hunters, in- ternationally known from their ex- ploits with films of South African animal life.
 Other passengers are D. E. Spen- cer, H. Hules, T. Tillinghast, J. Bra den, S. Robinson, A. L. Loomis, Miss L. James, R. T. Anderson.
 w. w. Tevis is pilot; T. Owens is co-pilot and Esther Conner steward eSs.
 Last Report
 The last report from the plane was about 12 miles from the spot where an airliner crashed on the night of December 27 killing twelve. Company officials with a ground crew left by automobile for the region the last report was received from to give aid if the plane was forced down.
 John Wood, rancher living four miles east of Newhall, drove into the sheriff's substation shortly be- fore noon and said he heard "an airplane engine sputter and then fi- nally die" near a ranch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
COLD SIEGE IS BREAKING DOWN
 WESTERN HALF
Scores Are Still Snowbound F ears Felt Five
 Have Perished

CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 12.-General ly moderating temperatures today brought the western half of the na- tion a measure of relief from the coldest siege of the winter, although the mercury remained far below the freezing point in most of the Rocky Mountain and prairie states.
 More than one hundred persons are still snowbound in the west.
 May Have Perished
 Fears are expressed that five mo- torists have perished in blizzard north of Las Vegas, Nevada. An airplane observer sighted the auto from the air. The auto was half buried in the snow and there was no sign of life.
 California citrus growers estimate a ten million dollar loss.
 Heat Worries Florida
 Florida fruit growers are worried the heat will damage the crops as the temperatures, in the eighties, may ripen the fruit too fast.
 Quincy, Illinois, is still virtually isolated for the fifth consecutive day by broken power and commun- ication lines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
"CO GET THEM"
 COMMANDS FOR
 IN KIDNAP CASE
Abduction, Murder Shocks Nation $l0,000
 Reward Offered

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Presi- dent Roosevelt today declared that the murder of ten-year-old Charles Mattson, following abduction from his home, has shocked the Ma tion," and added that every means at the command of the Government must be enlisted to capture the "perpetrator of this ghastly crime"
 Simultaneously with the statement of the President, Attorney General Cummings offered $10,000 reward for the arrest of the kidnaper or kidnapers.
 In an official statement, Presi- dent Roosevelt said the Department of Justice is engaged in a search which will not be terminated un- til the murderer is caught
 Stephen Early, White House Sec retary, told of President Roosevelt's reaction on the first news of the discovery ot the Mattson boys body and he immediately directed Attor- ney General Cummings Ito geu them"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
.F.D.R. PROPOSES CREATING Z NEW
 CABINET POSTS
SweepingReorganization of Administrative Machin-
 cry Urged on Congress WOULD CHANGE NAME INTERIOR DEPARTMENT l05 Agencies Would Be Grouped in l2 Depart
 ments in Setup.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-Presi- dent Roosevelt today recommended to Congress sweeping reorganization of the Governments administrative machinery which would create two new Cabinet positions-Social Well fare and Public Works-and would eventually bunch 105 agencies in twelve departments, in transmitting report of a special committee who has studied the question for months.
 Civil Service
 The President also proposed the extension of Civil Service for all non-policy determining positions, including all postmasters, depart mental jobs, except highest execu- tives, increased Cabinet salaries from $15,O00 to $20,000 a year and substitute for. the Civil Service Ad- ministrator an unpaid board of citi- zens as the Civil Service Commis- sion.
 Six Executive Assistants"
 The new set-up would give the President six executive assistants" and relieve him of tremendous de- tail work and would substitute an independent Auditor General for the vacant post of Comptroller General with the Attorney General passing on the legality of Government ex- penditures. It would strengthen and expand the Budget Bureau and change the name of the Department of Interior to the Department of Conservation.
 Although the committee predict ed some saving in money, time and effort, it said the proposal had but "one grand purpose, namely, to make democracy work out in gov ernment'
 The report is expected to start warm debate in Congress.
 Details Explained
 On Sunday night, President Roos- evelt, after whipping together the final details of the program to reorganize the Federal Government. explained them to Vice President Garner, Speaker Bankhead and other Democratic leaders at the White House.
 The President let it be known that after he delivered his message, it was up to Congress to make final decision regarding the recom- mendations or changes to be made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
SOuiet Russia Ansluers War
 Query; Wil Raise Huge Chest

MOSCOW, Jan. 12,-Soviet Rus sia today answered the talk about war with the declaration that a four billion dollar war chest. will be raised.
 In the presence of Josef Stalin and others high in the Councils of Bolshevism, Finance Commissar Gregory Grinko made the announce ment of the huge war chest. The amount is about 36 percent greater than last years military expendit- ures. Grinko stated that the mon ey will be used to increase the Red Army, swell the air force and build great fleet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-12
z NATIONS ARE
 NEARING ACCORD ION MANY ISSUES
France and Germany Re- ported Making Full,
 Lasting Settlement

PARIS, Jan. 12.-In a sudden break of the acute tension in which Europe has found itself since be- fore Christmas, France and Ger many are reported today to be nego- tiating a vast accord with full and lasting settlement" of their difficulties.
 Ambassadors of both nations have returned to their capitals bearing dispatches which diplomatic circles said signalled overtures for a broad economic and political agree ment.