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Evening star., 1937-09-28
Famed Tenor PLAYS
"RigOlettO" Lead.

r ALPH ERROLLE, one of the light
opera stages outstanding tenors,
returns to Washington October IL to
sing the leading tenor role in Verdi's
"Rigoletto," to be presented that night
at Constitution Hall.
Errolle will be remembered by legit-
innate theater patrons for his work in
robin Hood" Naughty Marietta" I"
"The Chocolate Soldier and many Of
the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
After these appearances he made his
debut at the Metropolitan Opera House
in the romantic opera Romeo and
Juliet"
Evening star., 1937-09-28
De Mile Meets a Pal
From the Past.

CECIL B. DE MILE, selecting play
ers from group of 400 extras
for a scene in The Buccaneer," today
halted before one Of the men and
said:
Your face looks familiar to me but
I cannot recall your name"
We'll. c. b." said the actor with a
smile, the name is Edward Sturgis
and if you'll think back to around
1907 you'll recall that we used to have
lunch together every day in a little
place behind the old Empire Theater
in New York where out-of- work actors
like us could get bottle of milk and
a couple of buns for cents"
De Mile smiled in reminiscence as
Sturgis went on:
Then we'd go around to the Offices
OF the agents looking for work and
we considered ourselves plenty lucky
Evening star., 1937-09-28
Gable FED Up" with Recent
Roles, Friends Learn
Reports Say Star Is Slipping
At Box Office-Talkies
Turn Chaplin's Hair.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

OILYWOOD, September % NANA)-Anta
~ Brent have the
/ marital interlude with Constance
telling every that he all his acting
charlie ChapNns whittier
the
Evening star., 1937-09-28
Next Set for Musical
Is 6O>Acre Affair
Merrill Pye to Guido Himself
On Big Number of "Rosalie."
Gielgud in Richard H."
BY JAY CARMODY.

Hollywood
massive they example
Walk the enthusiast and him what he
thinks of the admit
he heard of the fellow probably
either
The however person reckoned
Evening star., 1937-09-28

ulous terms, which would be Holly
wood, naturally, Pye is one of the most
fabulous thinkers. Fast is that Pye
has become so well known for expan-
sive ideas that he is hard put to keep
them constantly more expansive.
He Is the genius, if one needs to be
reminded, who designed that battle
ship set upon which the finale of
Born to Dance" was danced and
sung by Eleanor Powell and so many
other persons there couldn't have been
any unemployment in the country at
the moment. Even before that man.
moth accomplishment, Mr.. Pye had
commended himself to Metro Gold
Cyn-Mayer for his work on THE Great
Ziegfeld," in which he revealed him.
self as set designer who thought in
hemspherical terms at least hemi-
spherical.
With such background, it was in
evitable that Pye should be recruited
for work upon "Rosalie," the current
biggest musical show on earth, which
is being made by M-G-M. w. S. Van
Dyke, who is directing 'Rosalie," has
given Pye what amounts approximate
ly to his head, with the result that
the picture will have the largest musi-
cal set ever filmed-an affair covering
so acres, involving 500 ballet and tap
dancers, and destined to be photo
graphed at night.
In the past Pye has had streets to
work with, or battleships. or young
love. Any of the three lends itself
to treatment in dimensions that are
positively spectacular. But this time
Pye has a whole kingdom. Resale, u
dealing with the mythical land OF
Romanza, the finale will deal with
that subject in terms so vast no one
but Pye could encompass them.
In addition to this particular set
the specifications of "Rosalie," which
came in the morning mail, point out
that it will have Nelson Eddy and
Eleanor Powell in the major roles
The former not only will sing. as you
would expect, but he also will dance;
as you wouldn't. There's a great deal
of West Point in the story OF
"Rosalie" and reports are that some
Of the cast, the director and camera
crew will come East to shoot the au-
thentic background.
X X
A NOTE and some clippings from
Maurice Greet informs this de-
partment that the John Gielgud-
Maurice Evans rivalry is not yet at
an end. The critics, not he princi-
pals, it will be remembered, started
the rivalry last season when the
Evans Richard II" came bouncing
onto Broadway to sweep ali acting
honors, honors Heretofore held by
Evening star., 1937-09-28

Kenyon's custom to speak at colleges.
schools and womep's clubs on various
subjects relating to the drama, but
this will be his only talk in Wash
ington this season. Arrangements for
attending may be made through Bess
Davis Schreiner at the theater.
Evening star., 1937-09-28

II we could get couple Of weeks
at $40 week, if you recall"
De Mile and Sturgis left the crowd
OF extras and walked of together chat
ting, and bit later the studio an
nounced that Edward Sturgis had
been assigned the role of general on
the staff Of Andrew Jackson in The
Buccaneer."
Evening star., 1937-09-28
ACTOR DENIES PROMISE
TO REWED Ex-STAR
Robert Ellis, Answering $3.50, 900
Love Suit, Says Vera Reynolds
Knew Prior Divorce Not Final

Ey the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, September 2s.-
Robert Eds, actor, denied yesterday
that he ever promised to remarry
Vera Reynolds. former screen star,
after learning she had not obtained
final decree OF divorce from her
former husband, Earl T. Montgomery,
when they went through q wedding
ceremony in 1926.
Ellis statement was made in reply
to sl50,000 breach Of promise suit
brought by Miss Reynolds, who claims
she had lived with Ellis as his wife
since the ceremony.
"She knew all the time she was
not my wife," Ellis charged.
Ellis said he permitted the former
actress to live at his home until last
August, and then, he charges, he
became tired Of her alleged excessive
indulgence in liquor and prevented
her from re-entering the home after
she left voluntarily.
Evening star., 1937-09-28
Slated for Stardom.

A S A result of her work in Souls at
Sea-" Paramount is grooming 16-
year-old Olympic Bradna for stardom.
She's an importation from the
Partisan "Folies Bergere."
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
WILKINS TO HOP.
FOR POLAR HUNT

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 G.N.SJ.
Sir Hubert wilkins, noted explorer
planned to take off with two COM
panions here today to make a
second search in the Arctic wastes
north of Point Barrow, Alaska, for
the six Russian fliers missing since
August on q projected flight from
Moscow to California.
wilkins was to stop at Winni-
peg where the plane will be fitted
with skis and other winter equip.
ment.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
EX-SALES GIRL
ASKS $4,000 OF
BROKERS' RICHES
l0-Year Friendship and
Agreement Claimed

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (C.TPSJ.
Blonde Olga Swami, former $4S-
a-week sales girl, has begun her
fight in sufrogate's court for q
$4,000 slice Of the estate OF
George Shaw as "a secret consid'
Grafton" for her ten years friend
ship with the wealthy Wall Street
broker.
DETAILS BARRED
The money. Miss Swami told
Surrogate James A. Foley and .
Jury of eight men and four
women, represents. the sum she
would expect to receive II Shaw
had carried out his promise to
make provision in his will for a
$4,000 annuity for her.
Miss Swami was barred from
going into detail on the stand re-
garding the reputed agreement be-
tween her and the broker, but In
her original action she declared
Shaw promised her a lifetime in
come in 1928.
CASE NEARY JURY
The basis for the agreement,
she said, was the fact she gave
I'D her Job with q cloak and suit
establishment.
The case is expected to 80 to
the Jury today.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
WE'D MAESTRO?
ABSURD" CARLO
SAYS OF REPORT
StokoWski Good Friend ,
Greta Insists

LOS ANGELES, Oct, "a U.N.S0.
In a copyrighted story, the Los
Angeles Examiner today quoted
Greta Carlo as emphatically deny.
ing reports she would marry Leo
pold Stokowski, leader Of the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
WIFE IN NEVADA
Mrs. Stokowski has gone to Ne.
vada to establish legal residence
to obtain a divorce. Hollywood
.r1lmor was quick to get under way
with the possibility Of a romance
between the beautiful Carlo and
Stokowski.
But, while it amused the great
Swedish actress, she was perturbed
over the report and told the Ex-
aminer:
GOOD FRIENDS"
"Such rumors are absurd. I
will not deny that Mr.. Stokowskl
and I are very good friends.
But as for marriage to him
that is out of the question"
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
MODERN BRIDE
TOPS GRANDMA

ROCKFORD, H., Oct. 20
(C.TP.S0.-The modern bride is
q better home manager than her
grandmother, Miss Clara M.
Sparks, Of Springfield, State
superintendent Of home economics
education for the state vocational
education board, declared here
today.
Miss Sparks, is one Of the
speakers at the annual joint con-
vention of the Illinois home eco.
Monies association and the voca-
tional home making teachers
association.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22

ton Of skin cancer, research
workers we're interested at the
moment in seeing what effect
upon cancer statistics would be
shown in the current craze for SUM-
tanning by mechanical as well as
natural devices.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
SOME HONEYMOON

HOMESTEAD, Pa, Oct. %.
Raymond Moody and his bride,
Anna, spent the first day Of their
married life in a hospital here
after they were injured in a col.
liSion.
They were oh their way to their
new home in West Homestead
when they were hurt.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
NEVER WITH LOSER

Dick Cassiano, Pitts new back.
field sensation, mas never played
on a team that lost a single fame.
His Albany, N. Y, high school
team was indicated during the
years he played there.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22

DR.. OBrien is associate presi-
dent Of pathology, preventive
medicine and public health at the
University of Minnesota.
DR.. OBrien said that, in view
Of the apparent connection of
skin fermentation and the forma.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22

Sentenced to five days in jail
Karen Mallory finds tail really quite
interesting. Read about the richest
:. Vera Browns Exciting First-run
Novel. appearing daily in the Times.
Call DI. 1000 for homo delivery.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Cancer, Too, Prefers
Blondes, Study Shows

CHICAGO, Oct 90 (C.TP.S) Blondes and ightcompex-
toned persons appear show susceptibility to of
the skin than darker persons according present research
tscs DR.. William A. OBrien of Minneapolis told guests of
the research committee Of the Chicago Womans Club
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Sports World
Passing Show

A series OF law suits was
threatened by the Madison
Square Garden Corporation as
a result of the arrangements for
the James ]. BraddOck-JOe Louis
heavyweight title fight in Chi.
CagO.
Dick Metz, Chicago, defeated
Ed Dudley, Augusta, Ga, to win
ThOmasville open golf tOurna-
ment.
Brig. Gen. A. C. Critchley,
British sports promoter, an
n0unced he wanted to take Els
worth Vines and Fred Perry
to England for q professional
tennis tour.
A bout in May between Fred
ApOstOli and Fred Steele for the
worlds middIeweight title was
proposed by Mike Jacobs.
Lightweight Champion Lou
Ambers won 1O-rOund decision
over Al Roth in New York.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Riders, Raiders
In Crucial Tiff
In Series
BY GARRETT WATERS


The first important battle Of
the interhigh basketball week
takes place today when the Roose.
Velt and Western fives meet at
the Tech gymnasium at $3.50
p. m.
UndiSputed possession of second
place will go to the victor, and
with it the mathematical chance
of finishing in tie for first place
with the title-marked Eastern
High Five.
One other contest is on the slate
today, lest it be overlooked. It's
between the Tech and Woodrow
Wilson fives at the Roosevelt gym
at $3.50 p. m. Tech is favored in
this one, since the Trainers are
by far the stronger team.
The expected victory will gain
the ThompSon-coached machine .
tie for third place with the win
ner of the Roosevelt Western tilt.
Will Bide Time
With this on record, the Tech.
ties will bide time until Friday
nights important game with East.
ern at the Tech gym-a game
that will decide whether Eastern
will win its fourth consecutive
title, or whether it will tie with
Roosevelt or Western.
Now that Roosevelt Western
clash. Both teams are well
primed, with Roosevelt probably
the more determined.
The Riders still have the three
period overtime loss to Eastern
on their minds, and wish to settle
to their own satisfaction that
they are still good enough to make
a race Of it to the very end of the
schedule.
Thus, Bill Fogel, Joe Conner, Ray
Frldrtch and company will be on
edge today to grab every advant-
age that presents itself.
In contrast, Western will pit is
dangerous crew, featuring George
De Witt, Gerald Burns and Paul
Hell, against the Riders in the
determination to gain q stretch
foothold itself. The contest prom.
lses to be another of those "dog
fights" which have characterized
the entire series.
Center Duel Seen
An interesting tap-off duel will
be an added sidelight. For the
two best centers in the series will
face each other in Joe Conner, of
Roosevelt, and George Dewitt, of
Western.
The latter has outscored the
Roosevelt ace for the year, but it's
a question whether he's outplayed
Conner from the floor. Today's
contest will give a more complete
sample Of the qualities of the
pair.
Two other performers will come
in for notice. They are Gerald
Burns, of Western, and Ray
Friedrich, Roosevelt. Both have
been veritable bulwarks to their
respective teams
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
CIV. W.HighMeets
{. j. Frosh Five

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. %.
The George Washington High
Presidents play the Catholic U.
yearlings tonight at 3:15 o'clock
in the gymnasium on Mt. Vernon
Avenue.
A highlight on the program will
be a comedy contest" featuring
the dads Of the boys.
Manassas High School today
Cancelled its contest with the
George Washington High Jayvees
because of the illness Of several
members on its team.
The game will be played two
weeks from today.
All games in the Alexandria
Senior Basketball League sched-
died for tonight have been post
poned for one week because of
the drill night program at Armory
Hall.
Dodo Robinson, star forward Of
the George washington High PreS"
idents, has been named on the
mythical all-star five Of the cen
tral division.
Joe Ferguson, Jimmy DoWnes
and Forest Ticker of washington
and Lee High, and Eddie Nowland
and Kennie Wood of George Wash.
ington were honorably mentioned.
The poll was conducted by the
Richmond News Leader.
The varsity mythical five fol
lows: Emlo Berry, John Marshall,
and Dodo Robinson, George Wash
ington, forwards; Morris Boltz,
John Marshall, center; Capt. Billy
Mccain, John Marshall. and
Woodrow Nelson, Pet ersburg
guards.
Matches in the Alexandria Serv-
ice Club Bowling League will be
resumed tomorrow night at the
Health Center Alleys on King
Street.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
C.U.BoxersN Meet
.UndefeatedC|ub

The Catholic University boxing
team will wind up its campaign
Thursday night when it takes on
the undefeated University OF
Miami mittmen in the C. U. gym,
starting at 8:15 o'clock.
Victorious over such sterling
teams as Tennessee and Syracuse,
the invading Miami team will pre-
sent a veteran array of collegiate
punch artists, headed by Bunny
Lovett, 115-pounder, who is the A.
A. U. titleholder Of West Virginia,
and is unbeate in los starts to
date.
Another lad said to be a fine
performer is Scotty McLachlan.
135-pounder, who was runner-up in
the National A. A. U. tournament
last year and also holds the South
eastern A. A. U. title. McLachlan
went to the quarter-finals in the
national intercollegiate tourney at
the University Of Virginia last
year, losing to the boy who eventu-
ally went on to win the title.
In its two matches Of the sea-
son, the Miami outfit, trounced
Tennessee by the score of 71a to
u and last Saturday night
annihilated the powerful Syracuse
ringmen, ii. According to dis
patches from Miami, the Hurri-
canes expect little or no trouble
from the Cardinal swingers.
The team is coached by Bill
Regan, one Of the better battlers
during his days in the ring as a
lightweight performer. Regan also
had as his assistant during the
last few weeks Jack Dempsey,
who resided in Miami during the
last few months, and who worked
out with Lou Chesna, heavy
weight, and Stan Raski, light
heavy, of the invading team.
Dempsey is highly impressed with
these two lads, and should these
collegians care to, can Join up
with the former heavyweight
champion upon graduating from
school.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
A|f Engen Takes
Ski Crown

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb.
23.-Alf Engen, of the Utah Ski
Club, was the new American ski
champion today as the result of
his spectacular leap of 245 feet
over the famed Ecker Hill, Mon
day, to Shatter the national anna
teur record held since 1884 by
John Elvrum, Of Los Angeles.
More than 5000 spectators wit
messed the 1.-the Norwegian out
class the cream Of world ski jump
ers, including George Kotlarek,
1885 national champion, and Sig
mund Ruud, Kongsberg, Norway,
to win the 1887 title. He bested
the amateur record by five feet in
his final Jump.
Walter johnson, Of Bush Lake,
MINI, won the Class B champion.
ship. Roy Laramie, of Minnea-
polls, Mimi, captured Glass C hon
ors and Sven Ramsey, of Ana
conda, Mont, led the senior class.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Owls FACE HeaW
Track Schedule

Temple University'S track team
will undertake q most ambitious
track program this spring, six
dual meets having been carded.
Two new teams have been added
to the schedule, Manhattan, in.
door champion Of the I. c. A. A..
A. A., and Holy Cross.
Pittsburgh, Villanova, New York
University and West Virginia, all
met last season, and again hold
places on the Owl log. Schedule:
Penn relays.
May /, VilIanOva, away; 8, Holy Cross,
home; Is, New York University, home /;
%, Manhattan, home; 20. West Virginia.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
I'm Telling You
The BrOndpQu BuQLe
Bv DAN PARKER

'Cary OF Cne 1nCernaG1Onal League,
was launched on his baseball
career back in 1911 when Ed Bar.
row, then prexy Of the loop,
yanked him off the New York
Press sports staff and put him
to work on the job he still holds.
Tom Yawkey, Red Sox magnate,
was "a Sunday. . Saturday will be
the 41st birthday Of Cy Perkins,
Detroit coach, and Alva Bradley,
president Of the Cleveland Indians,
will be SO Sunday. Hans Wagner
will be "a Wednesday :. King
Clancy, the hockey star who re-
Gently retired, will observe his 34th
natal day Thursday, and Grover
Cleveland Alexander will be so Fri
day. The New York Yankees
weren't the first baseball club to
use the name. Back in the 80'S the
Providence club, later known as
the Gray's were called the Yankees
:. Nor are the Pittsburgh Pirates
the first team to be known by the
Sobriquet.
Comiskey Took All
The Chicago Brotherhood team
of 1890 was so designated because
Old Roman ComiSkey, when he
left the Browns, took everything Of
value in the playing line with him,
including w. Arlington Latham,
who is still in circulation and al
together too spry for one Of years
as would-be crasher of the press
box in the worlds series last Fall
will attest. The Pittsburgh club
fell heir to the designation Of
Pirates in 1891 when they swiped
Louis Bierbauer, great second base
man, from the Athletics.
The Boston Nationals originally
were called the Red Stock
ings and always wore red stock
ings, but in 1907, Fred Ten
ney, their manager, announced
that to avoid the danger of players
contracting blood poisoning from
the dye in their carmine stocking
the team would henceforth wear
white stockings. The next day
the Boston Americans, then known
as the Speedboys, notified the
press if the Nationals didn't want
the Red Sox, they did and from
than on they not only wore red
stockings but we're called the Red
SoX.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
.LeadingF.B. |.
Faces Federal.
WPAQuint
By SID KATZNELL

Undaunted by their 20 to 26
loss to the much improved Jewish
Community Center team in the
Washington Times Community
Center Basketball League Satur-
day night, the Columbia Beverage
tossers march into their battle
with the UP and coming Labor De
partment combination tonight in
Tech School with loads of con-
fidence.
Another bang.up game is also
scheduled in the star-studded
league. The leading Bureau OF In
vestigation, considered by many
the outstanding unlimited quintet
In the District, matches points
with Federal WPA. Works Progress
Administration is a dangerous
team especially with Don Fones,
the former Central High School
sharpshooter in its lineup. This
young man is a dead shot and a
top-notch paSSer.
Interesting Throughout
The j. C. C.-Columbia game was
interesting from start to finish.
Displaying a whirlwind offensive,
the Center boys jumped into a
10 to 2 lead before the Beverage
basketers could adjust themselves.
With but five minutes remaining
for intermission, Columbia found
the range of the hoop and dropped
In six field goals in succession,
while Leon EsenStad Of j. c. C..
was registering three. The first
half ended with Jewish Commun-
ity Center leading. Is to Is.
For five minutes neither team
was able to score in the second
half. Then Fox found an opening
and dribbled passed the defense
and scored a field goal for j. C. C.
Evidently this two-pointer aroused
Columbia for every member on the
team shot a basket. However, the
Center boys awoke, and with Esen-
stad leading the way managed to
keep within striking distance.
EsenStad Scores
With less than a minute and a
halt left for the final whistle, the
score stood 27 to 26 in favor of
Columbia. But here is where
Esenstad rose to his greatest
heights. The former Georgetown
University player potted a beau-
tiful fielder from the side and fol
lowed up with a charity toss, to
give Jewish Community its second
league victory.
There's no doubt in the basket
ball fans minds today that the
United Typewriter Girls are the
best feminine team in town. Satur-
day the Typewriters easily de-
feated a picked aggregation from
the Community Center League, 81
to 81.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Navy Bow|ers
Stay Normal

Even though a doubleheader
was on tap in the Navy Depart
ment Duckpin League this week
the first five teams retained their
same relative positions.
Ordnance, by breaking even in
its six games retained a tWogame
lead over it's nearest competitors.
Bureau of Engineering and Marine
Barracks by winning four out Of
six each, as Lithographers was los
ing a like number, moved into
three-way tie with them for the
runner.up position: while Secre-
tarys, by winning five out Of six
moved to within one game Of these
three teams.
Secretarys with a 631 game and
Marine Barracks set of 1898 was
the best team efforts of the week.
Jerry Small and McElroy with
games of 146 each and Falck'S 394
set took individual honorS.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23

in the A. A. U. meet in the 1900
meter race, the rest Of the field to
include Gene Venzke, the defend
ing champion; Luigi Beccali, of
Italy; Miklos Szabo, Of Hungary,
and Archie Sam Romani, an alb
sentee last Saturday night.
With that array, this event will
be the standout, but the 800-meter
fixture will approach it, with
Johnny Woodruff, of Pitt, the
Olympic 800.meter champion,
entered.
While he doesn't let himself be
fettered by running form, he
proved in the New York A. C..
games, in his first indoor appear
ance, that he can go as well on
boards as anywhere, and he is
among the few entrants for next
week that can be banked upon to
win.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
.iseman Heads
Tech Body

Leon Wiseman is the new presi-
dent of the Tech G. O., a school
organization controlling finances
for functions Of athletic and dra-
matte nature during each yearly
term.
The election Of Wiseman, who
polled $50 votes to his cadet op-
ponent, Earl Davis 526, is be-
lieved to be a break for Tech
athletics inasmuch as the new
president has pledged to do all in
his power to straighten out the
family mess" which has handi'
capped all activities at Tech in
the last couple of years.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
LEFT JABs of any power

LEFT JABs Of any power
prove telling in a ring bout,
particularly if the jsbber
gets in enough of them. Ray
ingram got in more than his
share in his fight with
Cristo bal Jaramello, the
Puerto Rican, at the Arena,
hence won by decision after
eight rounds. This jab, a
lefty to the jaw, was hurled
by Ingram in the fifth round.
international News Photo by
The Washington Times.