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The Washington times., 1937-03-31
THE MAGIC WORDS

Congress has been paying so
much attention to the farmers
recently that to be a farmer is
just the thing nowadays. Imagine
the surprise of the District sub
committee when they asked for
the background of C. E. Lamson,
Director of the District Public EN-.
ployment Center.
He gave them a long list Of the
jobs he had held and then said
that before that he had been a
farmer.
"a farmer" echoed Chairman
Collins.
eyes, sir" replied Mr.. LamsOn.
But a member Of the House is
hard to convince sometimes and
he said:
"YOu do not look like a dirt
farmer"
"Yes, SIR" replied the victim,
/ mean witness, 81 was q real
dirt farmer"
Apparently that gives him q
good start on the road to being an
expert on employment.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
AND THEN?

Found a place that men can
prohibit women to enter.
Justice Jesse Adkins was queS-
toned before the District appropri-
ations subcommittee on the com.
plaint that women lawyers were
not allowed into the Bar Asso-
cations Library in the District
Supreme Court. Said Representa-
tive Collins:
1--WE have heard quite a lot
of criticism, and they want to
use the library, and we are all
afraid Of the ladies, too"
To which Justice Adkins re-
piled:
1--WE like them very much, and
whatever the reason is, we want
to accommodate them all we
cam"
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
The Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

because 1 am ashamed Of the
men or of our force, but because
I am ashamed of the headquar.
terS.
1--WE are equipped with fairly
good equipment, but when it
comes to our building, it is very
bad. As a matter of fact, in 1922
the Army condemned the build
ing we are in"
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

C r a m ped our
style. But this
particular prob
lem is so far
reaching.
Here's how it
S t a r t e d. On
M o n d a y S
YOUNG AMER
meaning
a n y one under
80 takes this
space, discuss
ing any lively
current topic.
This has result
ed in some red
h0t. W0rd rodn0S
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

of the hand
maidens of big
business. There
was qui t e a
flare of what
was later identi-
fled for me as
the new thistle
color. There
were new and
n ov Ell orchi-
daceouS shades
d e C king g the
typists and sec
retaries.
Easter isn't
here yet, and
49,. aaw1
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

up with a GER
tain member of
Congress W h o
c a m e to a
tragic end were
more than sur
prised to learn
that during the
hearings on the
1888 Di S t rict
Appropri a tions
oill t h i S story
was labeled as
4 pu b lici t y
stunt for the
police d e p art
nent.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Must a High Official
Be Killed?

* ENATOR ROYAL S. COPELAND, reporting on
- ''safety in air. for the Senate Committee on Com
merce adds further testimony to the need for providing
ADEQUATE and safe air terminal facilities in the National
Capital.
But the best that the District Airport Commission,
created early last year. do is to announce that
will hold meeting ''soon."
Committees, commissions, meetings, sessions but not
a sign of the urgently needed airport
The Commerce Committee in its report certainly does
not overstate the case when it says:
"Todays airport in our National Capital is not
onIy somewhat unsafe but is also no credit to our
country"
Few who are familiar with the air terminal facilities
of the city would hesitate to brand that masterpiece
of understatement.
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CONDEMNED
anne. shame. shame.

Shame, shame, Shame.
Major Ernest w. Brown, Chle1
of Police in the Nations Capital
is so ashamed of the police head
quarters that he never invites any
visiting police officials to the de,
partment. He told a congressional
committee:
81 never invite any of the visit
ing police officials to come to my
office, or my headquarters not
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
THE SET RIFLE

DR.. George F. Bowerman, Il.
brarian, testifying on the hill, said
that the Free Public Library had
about 10000 titles but that
wasn't enough for:
Take, for instance, a book like
Gone With the Wind; I suppose
we have over $50 copies of that
book in order to give service. But
we never have enough copies Of
any very popular book"
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
CARRIES ON

Visitors to the Senate gallery
Easter Monday were perhaps a
little confused by the fact that
Senator j. Hamilton Lewis, Demo
cratic whip, announced the ab.
Sence of Senator Carter Glass be.
cause of illness. For Immediately
thereafter Senator Bennett Champ
Clark, with all the subtlety in his
makeup, said:
"Mr. President, following the
innovation in practice Of the
Senate begun a few days ago,
by my friend the distinguished
Senator from Arkansas (Mr.
RObinsOn), the Majority Leader
of this body, Of giving timely
notice in the Senate of forth
coming radio programs which
may be Of interest to United
States Senators, / desire to an
nOunce that this evening at
10 o'clock p. m. on the COlum-
bia BrOadcasting chain, from
local WJSV there will be broad
cast an address by the distin'
guished and beloved senior SEN
atOr from Virginia (Mr. Glass
on the subject Of the proposed
change in the Supreme Court"
And so, although he was too III
to attend the Senate session,
Senator Glass did not disappoint
his audience and talked, despite
the fact his delivery was ham
pered by his illness.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
The Copeland report goes on to say:

The Copeland report goes on 10 say:
"Crovdon, outside of London; LIE BOurget, out
side of Paris; and Templehof, outside OF beT'n'
are unaOnq the finest fields in the IUOrLd. Amer
ica has such airpOrts in feW places, as, for eF-
ample, Oakland, Cal. The Capital of our country
should have safe and adequate airport, suitable
to the needs of a nations capital THE DEATH
OF SOME OFFLCLAL HIGH IN The SERVlCE 5dI
OF OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE
NECESSARY TO ARRIVE AT A SOLUTION.
"This is a subject that has frequently been
under discussion by UariOus governmental Ggen-
cies for number of years. The situation remains
a sorry spectacle
"YOur committee recommends that the matter
of prOUiding the city of Washington Wtth safe
and credttabLe airport and also proper auxiliary
airport be provided for WITHOUT UNDUE
DELAY"
The committee does not state what it considers Gun
due delay but in view of the fact that it about ten
years ago that the first congressional committee began
looking into the local airport problem it is safe wager
that the average believes that undue delay has
already taken place.
Even if the District Airport Commission holds that
meeting which it promises to hold soon, and should
as a result submit report with definite recommended
tons there is going to be plenty of difficulty in obtain
ing action during the present session of Congress.
Legislation of all sorts is being jammed up behind
the Presidents proposal for remaking the judiciary
branch of the Government.
Even the appropriation bills are far behind the normal
schedule.
Undoubtedly when the judiciary bill is out of the way
the Administration will have almost mplete
legislative program ready for congressional consdera-
tion.
What chance will there then be to get through bill
providing for specific airport sie-a highly contro
versia queston-and providing for a method of fnanc
ing the airport the latter point also being highly
controversial
The commission should report at once and action
should be pushed at once.
Or WILL SOME HIGH GOVERNMENT OFF,
CIAL HAVE TO DIE TO PROVIDE THE NECEs-
sARY STIMULUS, AS THE COPELAND COMMIT
TEE SEEMS TO THINK?
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
The Human Side of the News
By Edwin C.. Hill

Looking in on a friend in a big%
office the other day, 1 observed |
an unusual color in the raiment |
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

We've done it again-started
more than we can finish. Hitherto
such lapses haven't particularly
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
CRITICISM

Newspaper reporters who were
kept hopping around all hours OF
the day and night trying to keep
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

mostly centering around JOBS
how, when and if an ambitious
young person can connect with
one.
Reasonable and natural ques.
tions. You and I asked 'em, too,
when We were II. Usually solved
them by Delivering Groceries on
Saturdays for Old Man Jones
or minding Mrs. Higgins baby
after school.
But nowadays such simple so.
lutions no longer exist. People,
under the Machine Age, don't
live in neighborly little commu
mites, doing friendly little chores,
They're jammed, mostly, in vast,
Indifferent centers where no one
gives a particular hoot what hap
pens to a dreaming 16-year-old
girl a rarin'-to-go 1S-year-old
boy.
LITTLE BY LITTLE
So, little by little, Uncle Sam
has stepped into the picture-be'
gun to look after the hopeless old
folk, the helpless young ones, call
ing such service SOCIAL Sc
CURITY." That ideal sounded
so good to one YOUNG AMERI
CAN that she came forward with
the following plan
"IF OLD PEOPLE NEED So
CIAL SECURITY AID, WHY
NOT THE YOUNG ONES?
Aren't we, whose lives haven't
yet begun, as worth saving as
those whose lives are nearly
over?
Here are millions of us, all
over the country, crazy to work
but with no job available. With
out jobs we can't marry-cant
make a place for ourselves in
the wOrld-can't be of any use
to ourselves or anyone else.
But, even more than a job,
most of us need to know what
we're fitted to do. Need a
chance to experiment with diff
ferent kinds of work; for,
chances are, we may spoil every
thing by making the wrong
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

From the complimenting Jekyll
To abusive and ungrateful
Hyde; a double role enacted,
Strangely, by the self-same person.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Listen, World!
Bv Elsie Robinson

SHOULD THERE BE SOCIAL SECURITY FOR YOUTH?
Evening star., 1937-12-17

Jack Benny and Carole Lombard, also
send kilograms instead Of cards.
Shirley Temple is faithful to the
more popular method of Christmas
Greeting. This year, one thousand Of
her more intimate friends will receive
a card depicting Shirley standing in
front Of window wearing her Heidi"
costume. and singing from the book
OF hymns in her hand.
Claudette Colbert has ordered two
sets Of Christmas cards-one for
friends, the other for fans (about 500
Of the latter. Friends GOO of them)
will get plain white card with en-
graved greetings Prom DR.. and Mrs
Joel Pressman." To Claudette's f1lm
admirers 60 tiny red and white cards
with a picture Of girl in a Christ
mas dress Of red
Mae Vests card. Santa Claus re-
clines on chaise lounge. Mae says:
It's been long time since you've been
here. boy" Santa: I'm a guy what
takes his time" Inside the card is
printed what Mae wants for Christ
mas :'"I want enough sables to keep me
warm want enough diamonds Gce)
to keep me. cool. And want strong
man with a weak mind" Santa: Tall,
dark and handsome?" Mae: mo, that
was my last years model"
Fred MacMurray's is quite cute and
depicts a one-horse sleigh containing
q prim- looking maiden and driven by
a bewhiskered gentleman Of the old
school. The greetings include those
Of Fred's wife, Lillian.
From Sandra and Gary Cooper" on
a plain card is all that the friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper will receive this
Christmas.
George Raft has ordered 300 heavy
white linen cards. each costing around
rs cents. that yield quite lot for the
money spent. A background Of blue
and red foil Is stenciled to show one
red and two blue candles shining
through. Also Christmas greetings"
on the outer nap and George Raft"
inside.
George Burns and Oracle Allen 20
10 cents better than Raft with brown
corrugated paper foil nap. on one side
Of which Is q Christmas bell and
greetings in shiny green, on the other
q Christmas candle.
Dorothy LAmour Incorporates her
Christmas message with an advertise
ment for her Forthcoming film, big
Broadcast of 1888"
Evening star., 1937-12-17

measure. The human element Is
woven into it mostly in the two final
movements, the Adagio mestro, pas
sionate and despairing and the final,
where the composer remembers the
ancestry Of the French horn and has
written for 1t lively, vigorous hunt
ing melody
Mr.. Grasner and Mr.. Barrows gave
vivid Interpretation Of this cele-
brated work further illumined by the
brilliant and colorful playing Of Mr..
Rubinstein at the piano.
The two quartets programmed Offset
the darker mood of the trio by the
gayety Of their character. The Mozart
number, written in \ year full of
trouble for the composer, bears no
taint of gloom to disturb the sparkle
and brightness that flows so spon-
taneously through 1t. Mendelssohn,
too, wrote gayety into the Quartet
IN D Major" infusing it with special
charm and flavor. It is a work that
should be heard more often. The
four artists were at their best in this
last number on the program, the en-
semble gaining in unity and the tone
blending taking on . finer hue. The
Mozart Quartet was played with less
poise, the final Allegro being hastened
unduly and the whole wanting the
polish which was to be found in the
Mendelssohn.
This evening the Beethoven sonatas
will be continued, played by Adolf
Busch, violinist and Rudolf Serkin,
pianist.
Evening star., 1937-12-17
Jumbo Christmas Cards
OF Stars Shrink
Stars Become Recession
Conscious, With Prices,
From l Cent to 50.
BY sHEILAH GRAHAM,

ID Dse ~ Christmas cards not
o more expensive the Christmas card Today Hollywood
caos OF greeting
W. c. Fields greeting telegram
Evening star., 1937-12-17

John Barrymore and his Elaine are
too busy this year planning q trip to
New York to send either cards or tele-
grams
Gail Patrick prefers to wish her
friends a merry Christmas and happy
New Year, the hard way. Gail has
personally penned 400 letters OF greet
ing. They are all written-with Calls
customary red nixon plain white
stationery with . tiny red border.
,Myrna Logs Christmas greetings
will be an etching Of her Lake Arrow
head cabin, seasonably covered with
snow.
The award for the prettiest Christ
mas greeting this year goes to Bing
Crosby. He is sending q large four
flap card. On the first, Santa Claus
wields q baton. On the inside is
bar Of musical notes-six OF them.
The first note Is a picture of Bing.
The second, his wife, Dixie. The
third, Gary-eldest Of the Crosby chill
dren. Fourth and fifth are the twins.
The last note is blank, but has the
words, Me Too" Cfor the expected
baby. They cost so cents each and
500 will be mailed.
Hollywood celebrities whose Christ
mas cards will only cost one cent in
clude Joel McCrea, Frances Dee,
Charlie Ruggles, Irving Berlin, Alice
Evening star., 1937-12-17
l1:45 am, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and

11:45 am, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
9:45 pm.
= Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Show
runs l hour and is minutes, continu-
ously from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"The Petrified Forest: 11:35
am, 1:35, $3.50. 5:25, 7::25 and 9:25
pm. THE River: IL am, 1855,
2:50, 4:50, Gas, 8:45 and 1880 pm.
Ambassador-"The Awful Truth"
Dunno and Grant in one of the best
Of the seasons romantic comedies:
6:l5, 7:55 and $40 pm.
Permits Love I'm After" Leslie
Howard fleeing from love: 2, 3:55,
$50, 7:45 and Gas pm.
Tivoli-"45 Fathers" Jane Withers
and ventriloquists have fun: 2:35,
4:20, sos. 7:55 and GAS pm.
Uptown-"The AEful Truth: 2,
1855, $50, 7:45 and s:4o pm.
Sheridan-"High Flyers" Wheeler
and Woolsey: 2:35, 4:25, $40, 8 and
$50 pm
Howard-"Trapped by G-Men," Mr..
Hoover's men 60 to town again: 1890,
4, 7;05 and 1910 pm. Stage shows:
2:3o, $50 and 9:o5 pm.
Evening star., 1937-12-17

she was born in Alabama, about four
hours as the automobile flies from
where Scarlet was countryside
character, Miss Dees has lost her
Southern accent. That Is rather i'm
portant in Hollywood and during the
years she spent As an extra, double.
and stand-in In the film colony, Miss
Dees tried to learn to talk like any one
else. She succeeded. You have to ask
her, or consult the records, to dis.
cover that she is an Alabama girl.
And such thorough Alabama girl.
in spite Of having no accent, that she
hopes her State University's football
team Is victorious over California in
the Rose Bowl game on New Years
Day. If the Alabama gridders could
see the expression ON Miss Dees' face
when she says it. they would win at
least $50. II California didn't mind,
Of course.
IKE Miss Dees, Monte Blue also is
very happy to be touring the
vaudeville circuit in their dramatic
skit. Hollywood. he would have YOU
know, is marvellous town, but 1t is
nice to get away from 1t once in 4
while. You just have to get away
from 1t. Mr.. Blue insists. Otherwise.
something dreadful would happen to
your perspective. You can't learn
what Is going on in America Just stick
ing around Hollywood boulevard and
Vine street, he says, and any man
worth his salt must know what is
going on in America.
AS intimated above, Mr.. Blue goes
way, way back in pictures. He was
a star in silent days and his eyes pop
and his hands wave when he starts
telling about how the boyh and girls
did stunts in those days They hadn't
learned the art of taking. or using
doubles, in those days, and Mr.. Blue
always was having narrow escapes,
miraculous ones in fact, from bro.en
necks and various other bones. His
life was easier than that of many
other players, however, for he started
as a stunt man. Ever since then act
ing has seemed like child's play to him.
THE last of Washington's major
night clubs, the Shar-Zad room
OF the Carlton, had its gala opening
last night. Under canopy of
twinkling stars-modern science can
do those things, you know-Jules Duke
played, Moya did oriental dances, and
some OF Washington's better known
nighter-o danced their little
hearts out. Mr.. Duke, who will play
anything you can think Of, played
nearly everything you ever head Of
before the ofiicial ceremonies ended
with the z am. curfew.
Evening star., 1937-12-17
Geneva Association
Plans Frolic.

THE Washington Branch Of the In
ternational Geneva Association,
an organization composed of res
taurant, hotel and club executives
and employees, is completing arrange
ments for its Christmas party and
dance. to be held Sunday evening in
the ballroom of the Raleigh Hotel,
beginning at 10 o'clock. Proceeds
will be utilized In contributing to the
support Of the Geneva National Home
IN Littleton, Colo, maintained for
aged and infirm members.
Music is to be supplied by sidney's
orchestra. and q program in keeping
with the holiday spirit has been
planned by the Entertainment Com
mittee.
Louis Costello Is president and chair.
man of the local chapter Of the a..
Sociation.
Evening star., 1937-12-17
| Where and When
lCurrent Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing.

Palaoe-"Nothing Sacred" Lombard
and March say it with fists in this
one: 11:35 am, l:35, $40, $40. 7:45
and $50 pm.
Keith's-"Manhattan Merry-Go-
Round" another musical screen va
riety show: 11:24, 1:29, 3:S4, 5:3s,
7:44 and 9:49 pm.
Capitel-"52nd Street." another big
musical show: ii am. 1:45. 4:34,
7:20 and 10:08 pm. Stage shows:
1926. 3:25, 6:15 and 8:59 pm.
Earle-"The Barrier" filmization Of
the Rex Beach novel: IL am, 1870,
4:25, 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows:
l2:45, 3:35, $50 and s:15 pm.
MISUNDERSTANDING Witnesses"
. crime and courtroom piece: 11:40
am, 1:45, 3:45, $50, 7;50 and $50
pm.
Columbia-'Double Wedding" 10y
steals Powell to save" her sister:
Evening star., 1937-12-17
Character Study
VitaliZes Play.

A DASH of psychological tension, a
quantity Of nature in the raw,
plus some Midwestern bar-room
drama grated together again last night
in The Deluge" Frank Allen, au-
thor as the Jewish Center Theater
closed its two-night stand in the Cen
ter auditorium.
Generally disconcerting of nature,
what with such an aggregation of
undesirable characters like stock
market dabblers gone broke, sharpster
prosecuting attorneys, erratic inven-
tors, and a ham vaudeviller getting
on each others nerves when forced
to seek refuge together in a saloon
during big flood. the play, out of it's
content, offered chance to spare for
that which is called character study.
The players proved themselves adept
in that line.
Hy Orling, as the handsome and
weak dabbler- in the -ticker-tape: Harry
Fonoroff playing Fraser of the
evil-eye. and Dena Zindeman in the
only girl role as Sadie, shared closely
divided top acting honors. Marvin
Kapln Sid Ritt, Joseph Engler, Sam
Jay Schore and Paul T. Lane pro-
vided sturdy supplement.
Bernard H. Fishgrund directed
capably. J. S.
Evening star., 1937-12-17
Stradivarius
Quartet
Heard
Concert Offers
Works of 8
Composers.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

BY ALICE EVERSMAN.
Asst evenings program, in the
series of concerts being given
IL at the Library of Congress this
week, made a pause in the
Beethoven sonatas featured 50 far
and continued tonight, in order to
present . work apiece by Mozart,
Brahms and Mendelssohn. The artists
were the Stradivarius Quartet, Wolfe
Wolinsohn and Bernard Robbins,
violins; Marcel Dick, viola and Ivan
d'Archambeau, cello, and Louis Kras-
ner, violin; John r. Barrows, French
horn, and Beryl Rubinstein. piano.
The latter three artists were heard in
Brahms Trio in E fiat, Op. 40" and
the quartet in Mozarts Quartet IN F
major" and Mendelssohn's Quartet
In D major, Op. A, No. l."
That these concerts are providing a
rare treat for music lovers was testi-
fed to by the crowded auditorium
~AAA oAAS SAIn a SldAo pldCCU III Vic
corridor to accommodate the OYER
now. The interest in the cultural
value of the programs is enhanced by
the quartet Of Stradivari instruments
which are used, both concerts and
instruments being the gift Of Cert
rude Clarke Whittall under the foun-
dation formed in her name This
weeks series is part Of the bicentennial
commemoration Of the death Of the
celebrated violin maker which will
close tomorrow on the exact ami
versary date.
The chief point Of novelty on last
evenings program was the Brahms
Trio for the third member of which
the French horn Is used. This in
strument, favorite with Brahms but
rarely utilized for chamber music by
other composers, is admirably adopted
to both the violin and piano tone. It
forms the third stage in a gradation
beginning with the violin with the
piano linking the two together.
Brahms drew his inspiration from
she Black Forest, where he loved to
spend his holidays, but without this
biographical data, one could not escape
associating 1t with nature in its most
mysterious form. The brooding large
ness Of this famous forest, its stiffness
and its sombreness is heard in every
Evening star., 1937-12-17
Myers and Dawn
For GaVetV.

RLOND Evelyn Myers and the dark
er tressed Dolores Dawn are the
feminine charmers to be placed on
display by Jimmy Lake at the Gayety
beginning Sunday. Reds" Marshall,
one Of the better regarded comedians
on the circuit, also is featured with
Murray Leonard As straight man"