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Evening star., 1937-11-26
RAIL CHIEFS READY
FOR RATE BATTLE
Hearing Opens Monday on
Request for Freight and
Fare Increase.
~ the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press.
The ailing railroad industry mar
shalled some Of its best known leaders
today for fight for higher income.
The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion will start hearing Monday on
the roads request for a Is per cent
freight rate increase and q half cent
boost in passenger coach fares on
Eastern lines. These would produce
An estimated $508,000, 900 in new reve-
nue. annually.
President j. j. Pelley Of the Associa-
ton of American Railroads Is to We
the flrst witness. Others will include
Daniel Willard, president Of the Balti-
more & Ohio; M. w. Clements, presi-
dent OF the Pennsylvania; F. E. Will
Hanson, president Of the New York
Central, and Hale Holden, chairman
OF the Southern Pacific.
The Association Of American Rail-
roads said the industry needs greater
revenue to meet increased prices and
rising costs of operation. The wit
nesses, it said, will submit to the
I. c. c. evidence to bear out that con-
tention.
Eastern district railroads are asking
an increase in passenger coach fares
from cents. one way and round trip,
to ~ cents. Southern and Western
lines recently raised some of their
rates and already are making other
upward revisions.
The Is per cent freight rate in
crease would apply to all except five
commodities, for which certain maxi
mum increases were asked. These
commodities and increases requested:
Bituminous coal and coke, is cents
per net ton, except that in cases where
Evening star., 1937-11-26
CATS AND DOGS GET
THANKSGIVING Dinner

Many Of Washington's stray alley
cats and dogs won't have to wait this
year until turkey bones are picked dry
for post-holiday hash and soup be-
fore they get their Thanksgiving
meal.
More than 200 feasted yesterday on
special dishes" circulated through
the southwestern and southeastern
areas by the Animal Protective Asso-
citation Of the District, located at 5000
Wheeler road Sc.
The cats licked their paws to wash
their faces after settling down to 4
menu Of salmon spiced with catnip.
prepared meat and waters, while the
dogs gorged themselves on a diet of
stewed onions and carrots, canned dog
food and graham crackers.
Others In the animal world treated
by the association yesterday included
% horses stabbed in the poor areas
Of the city. They contentedly munched
oats, carrots, apples and mixed feed
Evening star., 1937-11-26
being arranged in their honor upon
their arrival in Middleburg. ~
HUNTING LOG.
TOmorroW'S Meets,
virginia.

Virginia.
Old Dominion Hounds-Sterline
Larrabee, M. F. H.; Flint Hill, 9 am.
Casanova Hunt-Miss Dorothy Mont
gomery. NJ F. H.: Creedmore. 10 am
Orange County Hunt-Fletcher Har-
per, M. F. H., Mr.. F. H. Prince, jr; 10
am.
Blue Ridge Hunt-William Bell Wat
kins. M. F. H.; Clay Hill, Q am.
Pennington Hunt-Mrs. J. p Jones
and Rodger Rinehart, joint masters;
Drag g-Farmington. 2:3O pm.
The Fairfax Hunt-William McClel-
Ian and Reed Thomas, joint masters;
Winfall OMr. Thomas place.; 9 am
Keswick Hunt Club-Miss Jamie
Terrill. Mrs. Cary Jackson and Mr.
George Barkley, Hunt Committee;
Richard w. Hall, huntsman; Ben Coo.
lyn; 9 am.
Loudoun Hunt Club. r. H. Alex.
ander, M. F. H.; Big Spring, 9 am.
Middleburg Hunt-Miss Charlotte
Noland and Daniel c. Sands, join,
masters: Hibbs Bridge, 8 am.
Warrenton Hunt-Amory Carhart
M. F. H.: Ashland Farm, 10 am.
Maryland.
Green Spring Valley Hunt-John K
Shaw, jr. and Frank A. Bonsal, jr.
joint masters; therefore, Farm, z pm.
Riding and Hunt Club Hounds-Dr
Fred Sanderson and Henry H. Sem
mes, joint masters: Normandy Farm
las pm.
Redland Hunt-Thomas T. Mott, M
F. H.; Muncaster Mills, 9 am,
Evening star., 1937-11-26

the maximum would be 10 cents:
anthracite coal, IS cents per net ton !:
lumber, 6 cents per 100 pounds;
sugar, IS per cent applied to rates be-
conIhg effective December Is, but
with Scent per 100 pounds max
mum; fruits and vegetables, is cents
per 100 pounds
The Inland Waterways Corp. filed
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission today request for permission
to join rail and water carriers in their
effort to obtain the Is per cent increase
in freight rates.
The waterways corporation, which
operates the Federal Barge Lines, op-
posed any permanent "flat increases"
Evening star., 1937-11-26
lYNCHBURG COLLEGE
STUDENTS ON STRIKE

By the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, va, Nov. 2s.-A
one-day Thanksgiving holiday proved
unacceptable to Lynchburg College
students today, when they refused to
go to classes and paraded the West
End section on foot and In automo-
bileS.
Around 400 students were said to be
involved in tho demonstration.
Evening star., 1937-11-26

Its petition said 1t desired to maintain
present relations between railroads and
water transport lines, and that this
could be accomplished only If increases
were made by the percentage method
Evening star., 1937-06-17
JURY ASKS MERCY
FOR GIRL SLAYER
lnVokes New Law to Save
Tommy Smith From
Execution.
b the Associated Press,

0S LHe AetOCldteO FIeSS.
BUFFALO, N. Y, June l7.-Supreme
court Justice Samuel j. Harris was
faced today with deciding whether he
will heed the mercy plea of jury
which acted under a newly-Written
State law in 'convicting Tommy Smith,
le-year-old girl-shy newsboy, Of the
pocketknife murder Of pretty Mary
Ellen Babcock, II, during felonious
attack last February.
Smith, the model boy with a
bulging forehead. grinned when he
heard the foreman last night intone
the verdict finding him guilty Of first
degree murder. with recommendation
that he be imprisoned for life.
1t was the first time jury in New
York State has exercised its right,
permitted under the new law. to
recommend life imprisonment when it
returns a verdict of first-degree mur-
der in the commission Of a felony.
Heretofore the death penalty has been
mandatory.
Justice Harris. however, need not
follow the jury's recommendation. He
VAL pass sentence next Tuesday.
The jury deliberated six hours.
Tommy cried when q defense at
horney told the jury he Is victim Of
nementia praecox "and soon will not
recognize even his loving mother. u
That was one of the few times in the
il-day trial that he broke his sullen
composure.
Tommys widowed mother WAS too
III to be in the court room when the
verdict was read.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
SUBSTITUTE TAX PLAN
IS OFFERED BY BRITAIN
~ the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 1.-THE govern
ment offered 4 maximum per cent
tax on excess profits yesterday rs
. substitute for its national defense
contribution program, which would
have taken up to Is per cent Of new
profits In industry.
The national defense tax on profits,
offered by Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain when he was still chan.
cellor Of the exchequer, was with
drawn from the governments budget
legislation after 1t had aroused q storm
OF opposition.
A government white paper outlined
the substitute tax proposal, which
would be imposed for . fve-year
period. retroactive to April /.
Business by British companies or
individuls within or outside the United
Kingdom would be affected. Public
utilities and professions are exempted.
The rate would be S per cent for
corporations and per cent for in
dividuals on 'proflts exceeding $lo,-
900 annually.
The tax is expected to yield $123,.
100000 a year.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
OIL WILL BE USED
; BY BRITISH NAVY
Earl stanhope Says Admiralty
and Government Have Agreed
It Is Essential.

b the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 17-Britain viii re-
kain her policy Of using oil exclusively
to drive her varships. the government
indicated yesterday in the House OF
Lords after critics of the policy said 1t
would expose the country to grave
danger in case of war.
Earl Stanhope, president of the Board
hf Education, asserted the admiralty
and the government were agreed lit is
essential to maintain oil and not go
back to coal or even to dual-firing in
the ships of his majesty's fleet"
The admiralty found, Lord Stanhope
said. that If l0,0o0-ton cruiser were
converted from oil to coal it would lose
three and one-half knots in speed"
Technical arguments were so strong
In favor Of oil, he said, that they out
weigh the disadvantage of having to
buy fuel from foreign sources"
Lord Ailwyn urged the use Of coal
declaring: I'VE are hazarding the
future Of the empire on specialized
type Of engine, the vital motive power
Of which is in the hands Of foreigners
who may be our enemy in wartime"
Lord Stanhope said reserves OF oil
were being accumulated steadily.
New Workers Face "Branding."
To decrease industrial accidents
newcomers In factories of England
may be compelled to wear LIS" on
their ba acks,
Evening star., 1937-06-17
MISTAKEN "lNFIDELITY"
SLAYER DOOMED TO DIE

Jury Holds Wealthy Man Sane
When Wife Was Killed, With
Son in Same Room.
Ey the Associated Press.
SANTA CRUZ, Calf, June 1.-THE
jury which convicted him Of wife mur-
der last week decided yesterday Allan
D. Boggs. 81, wealthy former Detroit
resident, was sane when he committed
the act. Under California law the
death penalty is mandatory.
Boggs had pleaded not guilty and no.
guilty by reason Of insanity to the
charge he shot his wife last April Is
after finding her at = neighbors house,
where she and her email son had re
tired in the same room.
Boggs. in confession introduced at
the trial, said he had suspected his
wife Of infidelity and had mistakenly
believed the l2-year-old boy was an
other man."
Evening star., 1937-06-17

Germany's is dry ice manufac-
turers produced 1850 tons In the last
year.
Evening star., 1937-06-17

Sizzling sidewalks won't thing to you in these COOL
ventilated Packard Kent White Shoes Every time you toke
step the breeze filters perforoon and the warm or
comes out the other It's the perfect cooling system your
two trusy friends The cool comfort Of venti|oed style
speaks for ITSELF but in Packard Kent venotos you get
you get their fomous style and quo'ity.
cen1 Ths Heeht Cal
Evening star., 1937-11-25

Of 1t, that escapes the excellent script
of .Morrie Ryskind and Anthony
Vellier. !
Miss Hepburn plays the part Of the
rich young girl, who comes into the
interesting menage to receive 4 well
come only slightly less deadly than
revenue agents used to meet In the
mountain moonshine factories. She's
hardly over the threshold before she is
engaged in feud with the young lady
played by Ginger Rogers. This feud,
along with the Is miscellaneous others
raging at all times between all occu-
pants Of the place, gives to the piece
incredible spirit and movement (and
some very marked gallantry on the
side).
THERE are numerous interludes
which are worthy OF mention. Ex-
cellent playing and direction marks
particularly the tragic part inter-
jected by lovely Andrea Leeds. Miss
Leeds is cast as Kaye Hamilton, the
girl who lived for q role in . play
called Enchanted April" and who
died of heartbreak when she did not
get it. Rich Terry Randall did get
it, leading to fine dramatic compli-
cations in the form Of some gallant
last-minute coaching by Kaye, news
of the latter's suicide in Terry's dress
ing room just before the play opens,
and fine bit Of acting afterward by
the dazed Terry, who regards herself
as responsible for the tragedy. Bril-
liant" is the word for the handling
of this part Of the story
1t is the word, too. for the per-
formance Of Miss Rogers, most par
ticularly in the scene where she drinks
over-much in the penthouse apart
ment OF the producer, interpreted by
Adolphe Menjou Miss Rogers need
never dance another step unless she
wants TO, for she exhibits q talent
here that is far more important than
ever was revealed in her dansicals
with Fred Astaire.
Mr.. Menjou, incidentally, does very
will among all those glittering girls,
two more Of whom are Lucille Ball and
Constance Collier, . couple Of the
merrier features of Stage Door,"
A dozen other aspects of the film
fairly clamor for attention. but 1t is
the kind Of attention that is better
given in seat at Keith's than in q
review.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Tour of Pitcairn
For Trans.Lux.

7 DWELL THOMAS will take audi
ences on . pictorial jaunt around
Pitcairn Island, refuge Of the survivors
Of the Bounty mutiny, Is feature
Of the short-subject portion OF the
Trans-Lux program beginning tomor-
row. Glimpses Of the everyday ac-
tivity Of these sailors defendants are
to be shown.
The variegated program also will
include . release in the Popular Sci
ence series with the equipment of
the wheelhouse and bridge Of q mod
ern ocean liner, the cultivation Of
roses. including Z black variety, and
an operation for the removal of for
eign matter from the lungs, among
the topics treated. "Ukelele Ike" Clih
Edwards, Composer Harry Owens and
the Royal Hawaiians are featured In
another item. A color cartoon and
complete news footage completes the
bill.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"To Be Continued" q
new comedy with Luella Gear: 2:30
and $50 pm.
Palace-"The Firefly," jeanette Mac
Donald in the Friml operetta: II am,
1875, AIS, e55 and 9:35 pm.
Keith's-"Stage Door," Hepburn,
Rogers, story Of Broadway called
better than that of the play: 11:l5
am. l:2l, 1927, 5:37. 7:39 and GAS
pm.
Capitol-"Navy Blue and Gold,
youthful romance in an Annapolis
locale: 11:l5 am. 2:05. 4:45. 7:25 and
1905 pm. Stage shows: los, 3:35,
6:25 and 9:05 pm.
Earle-"It's Love I'm After" Leslie
Howard attempts to dodge the De
Havilland affection: II am, 1885
4:25. tbs and 10 pm. Stage shows:
12:40, $50, $40 and 8 pm.
Observation-Disclosures Island" a,
11:55 am, 2, 4, 5:55, 7:55, $50 pm.
Columbia-"Ali Baba Comes to
Town." Eddie Cantor nonsense under
Evening star., 1937-11-25

4 turban: 1855 am, 1:55, 3:55, 7:55
and 9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Show
runs hour and IS minutes continu-
ously from 10 am. to midnight.
Little "Showboat," revival Of the
Jerome Kern-Edna Ferber musical;
II am, los, $40. $40. 7:25 and 9:35
pm.
Ambassador - THE Prisoner of
Zenda," blood, thunder and love: ITO,
3:l5, 5:25, 7:30 and 9:35 pm.
Penn-"Heidi," Temple and Her
sholt: 1870, $50, $50. 1880 and $50
pm.
Sheridan The Awful Truth"
marital comedy, one Of the years
brightest: l:25, 3:25, 5:25. 7:25 and
$50 pm.
Tivoli-"Heidi":: l:so. $50. 5:25,
1880 and $50 pm.
Uptown-"Heidi":: 1880, 3:35, $40,
7:45 and 9:<5 pm.
Howard-"Life Begins in College:
1890, I, 7:05 and 1910 pm. Stage
shows: 2::30, $50 and 9:l0
Evening star., 1937-11-25
RodLa ROGUE Back
In "Shad0w" Films.

r Cd LA RoCQUE, popular star OF
the silent films. will be seen again
in pictures under the aegis Of Grand
National. He has the leading role in
four pictures for that company based
on the famous Shadow" character Of
magazine and radio fame.
La ROGUE has already completed
The Shadow Strikes" and will soon
be seen in "The Shadow Returns"
They are based on stories by Maxwell
Grant, who Is called the most prolific
author Of magazine articles, writing
a million and half words q year.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Manhattan COWBOY.

HARRY CAREY, currently appear
ing In R-K-O Radios Danger
Patrol" and one Of the screens Oldest
and best-known portrayers OF cowboy
roles, learned to ride horse on the
bride paths Of New York City's Gen.
trail Park!
Born in what is now the heart OF
the city, he made his first picture on
Staten Island in 1908, playing a cow
boy several years before he'd been
west Of the Hudson River.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Don Ameche With
SirnOne Simon.

CMONE SIMON and Don Ameche
win play co-stellar roles In the
romantic comedy drama "Josette, /"
soon to 60 into production at goth
Century Fox studios. Simone and
Ameche both will sing several num-
bers in the new picture. Simone's
voice was but recently discovered
by the studio. and she maker her
screen singing debut in the forth
coming Love and Hsses," in which
she co-stars with Walter Winchell and
Ben Bernie. Ameche has had extern
sive radio and screen experience as a
singer.
"Josette" Is based upon the play
40 and Josette," by Paul Frank and
George Fraser, European playrights
Roy Del Ruth will direct and Gene
Markey Is associate producer.
Evening star., 1937-11-25

VdS1y olIeTent, Is CONSIDERABLY more
than that. It excels the original In
4 dramatic power, Characterization. in
Interpretation, poignance, humor and
every other quality that goes into
splendid story telling.
George kaufman and Edna Ferber.
authors of the original mixed two
moods in their writing, one of COM
passion for stage-struck girls. another
of savage irony for Hollywood. R-K-O
IN making the picture tossed out the
nasty asides referring to filmdom,
tdoubied the spirit of compassion and
achieved something fine, humorous,
tender and vastly moving.
Greatly helping Director Gregory
La Cava in the achievement are Gin
ger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn and
number of other girls, among whom
Andrea Leeds gives an unforgettably
vivid performance. AS the picture
feeds back into the mouths which
uttered them the harsh words about
pictures, Miss Hepburn does the same
thing to those who have scoffed elo-
quently about her acting If she ran
the gamut Of the emotions from A
to B" in "The Lake." as Dorothy
Parker once so brightly said of her,
she moves on from B to z this time,
The role of Terry Randall calls for
nre, compassion, anger, gentleness,
tenderness and intelligence, and what
ever 1t needs at given moment,
Miss Hepburn is there to administer
lt-and at the same time administer
reproof to her severest critics.
MISS ROGERS, whom you may
have thought Of as an extremely
agile dancer, runs neck-and-neck
race with Miss Hepburn from the
beginning to the end of Stage Door"
AS q wise-cracking spitfire with
profound tendencies toward wisdom
~he latter concealed behind a harsh
voice uttering bad English, she posi-
lively scintilates.
The screens Stage Door" keeps
the same background and characters
as the original. 1t tells, however, q
substantially different story about the
mostly hilarious but sometimes tragic
goings-on in the Footlights Club, a
very non-exclusive boarding house for
stage-Struck girls. In that respect
able, if shoddy theatrical dump
haunted by the specters of defeat for
the spirit and hunger for the body
1t takes lot of fast, harsh talk to
keep up ones courage And it is very
uproarious dialogue most of the time,
some of the funniest the screen has
ever had, But just when it looks
as if the wise cracks have routed the
specters comes Illustration in the form
of q job lost or, on one occasion, the
suicide of brilliant and beautiful
young actress who missed a part
upon which her fine proud heart was
set. Indeed, there isn't much of life
\ as the ambitious young actress lives
and laughs 1t, or dies or marries out
Evening star., 1937-11-25

is = strong presentation of problems
arising from the origin and growth
of modern industry It cleverly de-
picts the class struggle with charac-
ters of modern industrial life and big
business in turn clashing and CO.
operating with one another.
Evening star., 1937-11-25

Edmund Lowe has been signed to
play the leading role in the next Mae
West starring picture for Paramount,
Every Days q Holiday"
Evening star., 1937-11-25

G. u. Play.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITIES
Mask and Bauble Club will
present "Amaco," Martin Flavin
drama of the machine age, at CASTOR
Hall December IS and Is. The play
Evening star., 1937-11-25
'"Stage Door" at Keith's
Is Brilliant Film
Screen Version Far More Dramatic
Than Original Play-Hepburn
And Rogers Shining Stars.
BY JAY CARMODY.

rAaE AGE naming brand pucked from the burning that Holly
gives brilliant rebual to
about the hlm industry yesterday
moion deserved must
entertainment The picture daptston which IL
Evening star., 1937-07-07
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Meeting, Chi Sigma sorority, May
flower Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1937-07-07
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