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habitat. The rattlesnake there wends
its sinuous way, and Its sibilant hiss
often greets the intruder. Alligators
dwell in the fresh-water ponds. Along
the sandy beaches thousands OF birds
strut and preen themselves in the
Southern sun as they alight for rest
during their southwark migrations in
Fall and northward flights in Spring.
Herons and rails, marsh sparrows and
wrens live unmolested in the marshes,
cardinal darts, arroWlike, through a
shaft OF sunlight, and the catbird and
the mockingbird vocalize contentedly.
These are only q few OF the species
on the island-in fact, more than so
species have been counted there in one
day. 1t is a miniature Garden OF
Eden, to which, II its present status
continues, nature lovers will be enticed
hundred or thousand years.
Who knows but that some OF the
Wlldllfe species that are being pro-
tected from persecution may yet lend
their aid to man in disclosing the
buried treasure that has made the
island famous? Perhaps some WHY
racoon, mothering her litter in the
hollow OF some giant gum tree or live
oak, will lead the searchers to the
crumbling treasure chest that lies
hidden in the tangled network Of
roots deep underground Or a wood
rat, lureo by the glitter Of the buried
gold, may bring some of the treasure
to his nest from one of his subter-
ranean explorations.
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needed to be entirely overrun with
hrst-rate actors. I merely insist that
some Of the roles in q motion picture
must be acted, not merely turned into
living displays of manly or womanly
charm. 1t may be that only the COM
paratively minor roles require acting
ability, but these parts do demand a
certain histrionic talent and such a
quality can only be secured, in any
reasonable measure, in the theater.
A cinema made up entirely OF ela-
mour children would be as hard 10
bear as cinema composed exclusivelv
OF character actors-even. I suspect
little harder. One OF the reasons
for the improvement of the screen in
recent years has been its avoidance o!
extreme reliance on the methods Of
the theater. But another reason has
been the general improvement in the
quality of acting, and for this the
raids on the stage are chiefly RESPONSE
BILE, l am sorry TO say.
WHILE Mr.. Carmody seems chiefly
interested in the results OF the
aforementioned raiding on the cinema
Mr.. Kasper Monahan of the Pittsburgh
Press is a bit concerned with its effect
on the stage. But he is convinced
that one Of my proposed remedies
would prove futile "Mr. Watts" writes
Mr.. Monahan, seems to think that
the legitimate stage might partly stem
the onrush by establishing repertorv
systems. That wouldn't stop Holly
wood-lt merely would send its scouts
Snooplng about the repertory COM
panies, and the raids would 90 merrilv
on"
What the Pittsburgh critic saws Is
obviously true. but I believe that the
establishment Of some sensible method
OF keeping good actors regularly en-
ployed whether it be in repertorv or
by some other system, would. never
theless, prove to be of great help.
Ihere are many good actors who con-
sclentlously want to stick to the stage
ana VINO would do so If they could be
assured OF fairly regular work. When
tney md that it is almost i'm possible to
make living in the current chaotic
system Of production they naturally
begin to look longinglv to the screen.
Where money and jobs are to be had.
is to give these ambitious and
earnest young actors an opportunity
TO develop their talents upon the stage
ano to keep them at work in III.
theater that believe IN the establish
ment of repertory companies M
system could De devised, outside of a
new method of peonage. to keep all
the good actors that the producers
nave developed upon the stage when
the Hollywood awards are so great
Let them rush OF to California and
enjoy themselves. I don't blame them
at all. I merely am interested in civ
ing those who want to stick with the
oid-tlme religion chance to do 30.
lhe best compromise, Of course.
would be to arrange a system Of trades
between the two mediums bv which
actors would have chance to work
on both stage and screen with Rome
regularity I think it would be eood
Tor every one concerned. But it prob
ably Is too sensible an idea 10 be
worked out peacefully. Hollywood and
New York will continue to hattie IN
the end and eventually it will be de-
clded that both of them have suffered
by the combat. That's the way things
work out in all wars.
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Shows Promise.
IT TOOK \ lot of persuasion to e

IT TOOK lot of persuasion to gel
Marjorie Lord to give up her work
on the stage and continue her career
in Hollywood
Now this ebony haired attractive
l8-year-old, with only a few week,
Of film work to her credit, is counted
among R-K-O Radios most promising
young contract players.
Having appeared in Border Cafe
she now is playing a prominent role
opposite Bert Wheeler in the Wheeler
and Woolsey comedy, "On Again-On
Again"
Miss Lord was discovered while ap-
pearing in the Pulitzer prize play, THE
Old Maid" Although she had re-
fused many previous offers for a
screen contract, feeling she needed
at least three years Of stock company
training, the young actreAs finally
was prevailed upon to come to Holly
wood by Radios producer, Pandro s.
Berman.
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Perhaps the old barred owl on the
island Is a direct descendant OF that
grandfather Of all the tribe who first
put into language the demoniac query
that was inspired by his assumption Of
custodianship when he spied on the
gruesome rites that attended the Or
lginal burial Of the treasure.
An while mems blood pounds in their
temples with the excitement of the
buried treasure lure, an old green bull
frog rumbles his challenge from the
edge OF the water under a rotting log;
Under the root, under the root,
under-the root" as il to divert his
man enemy from his hiding place.
The mourning doves COO a sad re-
frain at the close OF day and the mel
low, musical song Of the wood thrush
echoes through the woods
This is peace. this is peace, this is
peace"
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Three New Tickets.

7 UCIILE BALL, blond actress, and
Harold Kusell and Bert Granet,
writer's, have received new contracts
from S. j. Briskin, vice president in
charge Of production at R-K-O Radio.
Miss Ball, currently playing in the
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers
picture, stage Door," has been as
signed an important part In the next
Lily Pons feature, Born to Sing"
Granets screen writing includes col
liberation on The Big Shot," Meet
the Missus" and Speed to Spare"
Kusel adapted, among others. New
Faoes Of 1887" and TAKE Q Number"
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producers, l said, that it threatened
the entire future OF the stage, while
If the theater were ruined, where
would the cinema get its character
actors in the future?
It pleases me to say that several
stage and screen commentators have
taken the trouble to brood over my
complaints, and in one way or another
to answer them. Before considering
their replies I must say that their
interest in my remarks flatters me
vastly, even though I realize that al
most anything In the field OF con-
troversy comes in handy to drama
columnist during the dull Summer
season.
Since observers outside OF New York
are quite likely to be more concerned
with the screen than with the stage
it Is only natural that these gentle
men seem a bit more concerned with
my remarks as they apply to the in
creasingly powerful motion picture.
1t is, for example, the contention OF
Mr.. Jay Carmody Of The Washington
Star that instead OF worrying about
where all the Hollywood raiding is
going to end, it seems much more
pleasant to sit back and contemplate
the improvement in pictures in the
last two years. Certainly not all OF
it is the result Of invasion OF the
legitimate field by barbarians from
the West"
Mr.. Carmody also reminds us OF
Robert Taylor. as a sample. OF what
the screen can do without stage help
May I say that I am quite willing
TO accept the example? In fact, ]
brought it up myself in my original
manifesto. The very fact that the
films can get their Robert Taylors
the Spencer Tracys, the Paul NUNS,
the Luise Rainers and, IN another
field the Fred Astaires. seems TO me
convincing proof Of the necessity of
the theater to the motion picture.
IT CERTAINLY is not my belief that
the stage and the screen should
remain in intimate alliance. They
have, I am sure, a bad influence or
each other, and the more completely
they keep apart the better it is for
both Of them.
One of the chief handicaps of the
cinema in the past has been its slavish
reliance on the drama for talent, ideas
and inspirations. AS long as the
screen remained a silent medium 1t
was reasonably original and indepen-
dent but once it started 70 talk, il
began its timorous imitation of stage
methods. In recent years 1t has re-
gained some Of its old-time originality
but in at least one field it must still
show its dependence or the theater
realize that, to greater degree
than in the case OF the stage, the
screen needs colorful and lively per-
sonalities; the glamour girls and the
charm boys sacred ts the flm fans
and their favorite magazines. Thus
the Robert Taylors will always have
their place in the Aims
AS mechanical medium. the ci-
nema needs all the possible warm
ing influences Of romantic PERSONAL.
ties, and there is no escaping the
fact that millions OF otherwise pas.
SADLY sane American women look upor
the beautiful Mr.. Taylor as such q
personality.
THE point that I made in my arti.
Gle was not that such people were
without value and that the screer
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Niilinsky Leap.
DOLLAR, only dance

WILLIAM DOLLAR, only dancer In
the world who can do the Mi
jinsky leap" has been signed by
Samuel Goldwvn for featured spot
in his forthcoming The Goldwyn
Follies'
Dollar has recently appeared with
the American Ballet in New York and
will come to Hollywood the latter
part Of July. The "Nijinsky leap"
for which he is famous. is an amaz-
ing terpsichorean plunge which takes
him high in the air, pauses, then takes
him still further upward.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Compromise Advised
In Stage-Film Rivalry
Washington Critic Involved in Debate Which
Is Concerned With Glamour People,
Good Actors and the Future.
BY Richard Watts, Jr.

EVERA weeks ago this department INDUCED good
disturbing propensity kidnapping
J Hollywood hem intoth
-
both the dincu
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Saturday


Jack Holt IN "Trou-
BILE in Morocco"
Bob LIVINGSTON in
Come On. Cow boys. i"
Ann Sothern and
Gene Raymond in
IT here Goes Ny Girl. 4"
Also serial.
Hollywood Cowboy"
Let's Get Mar
| ried."
! Popeye.
Charles Starrett in
Dodge City Trail"
James Ellison in
,'H23i1 Hours Leave" p"
Richard Arlen in
Silent Barriers"
Jed Prouty and
Spring Byineton in
/ Big Business"
Serial. Popeys.
Meet the Missus."
You Can't Buy
| Luck "
] Popeye.
Jack Haley and
Patsy Kelly in
Pick a Star"
Popeye.
/ Roscoe Harms in
Clarence.
Tex Ritter in Sing,
Cow boy. Sing SERIAL.
3 Charles Starrett in
Dodge City Trail"
Hush Herbert. That
Mans Here Again"
| This Is My
Affair
ori
Meet the Missus."
Roscoe Karns and
Eleanore Whitney in
Clarence. y
Comedies.
Gene Raymond and
Ann Sothern in
There Goes My Girl. !"
Popeye.
Paul Kelly and
Rosalind Keith in
The Parole Racket
Serial. Comedy.
VIM. Boyd in Hill,
OF Old Wyoming."
Comedy. Cartoon.
Serial tmatinee only
Fredric March and
Janet Gaynor in
"A Star Is Born"
! Cartoon. News.
1T Happened ou1
West and "Venu,
Makes Trouble"
Also Our Gang.
Jack Haley in
Mr.. Cinderella
Buck Jones in
Smoke Tree Range.
John Wayne
in
"California Straight
Ahead"
The Affairs OF Cappy
Kicks"
and
Ghost Town Cold
Charles Starrett in
Code OF the Range.
Mae Clarke in Hat.
On. y Cartoon. Serial
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Robert Taylor and
Barbara Stanwyck in
This Is My Affair"
Mickey Mouse.
Chester Morris and
/ Helen Mack in
Il Promise to Pay"
Comedy.
Spencer Tracy and
Franchot Tone in
They Gave Him q
| Gun" Cartoon.
Dorothy Lamour in
| jungle Princess"
Sylvia Sidney in You
Only Live Once"
Charlie Rueeles and
Eeanore whitney in
Turn on the
I Ma
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Norma Shearer and
Leslie Howard in
Romeo and Juliet"
Cartoon. News.
Victor McLa glen ir
Nancy Steele Is Miss
INK. - Ed. E. Horton ir
Let S Make a Million
Robert MONTGOMERY
and Rosalind Russell
in
Might Must Fall"
Spencer Tracy and
Gladys George in
They Gave Him q
Evening star., 1937-07-18

Spencer Tracy and
Franchot Tone in
They Gave Him Z
Gun. - Cart. News
Evening star., 1937-07-18

WEEK OF
JULY Is
Evening star., 1937-07-18

VET, armed with all the parapher-
MALTA and the blind faith of the
treasures seeker, searchers lay little
store by the old superstitions. These
dreamers are willing to face six head
less cutthroats who guard the bones
Of Blackbeard's unsociable wife. They
believe that the treasure Is there for
the taking. The flre-spitting bull
means nothing
Blackboard is reputed to have
Dragged that he had a treasure hid
and that 'the devil and me know
where 1t is; the one who lives the
longest OF us two shall have It,"
Well, Blackboard Is most certainly
dead
Edgar Allan Poe set US our examples
Of horrors such as are described by
Capt. White, but his teachings come
to naught with those who have lived
on Treasure Island with the Squire,
Jim Hawkins, John Silver, Ben Gum
and the other romantic characters
created by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Evidently visionaries prefer Steven
son.
But while treasure dig away
to unearth legendary Spanish pieces
Of eight or gold doubloous On the
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Wednesday

Joel McCrea and
Barbara Stanwyck in
"1nternes Can't Take
Money" Cart. News
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Thursday

Boris Karlon in
Might Key"
Mae Clarke and Johr
Payne in Hats on -
! Clark Gable and
Myrna 10y
in
! "Parnell."
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Mickey Talks
Oxford Conference to
Furnish Theme

At the Lutheran Church Of the
Reformation tomorrow morning
at II o'clock, DR.. N. j. Gould
wickey. executive secretary of the
board of education of the United
Lutheran Church in America,
will speak on the subject, "The
Message of the oxford Conference
to Industry and Labor"
DR.. Wickey's key thoughts are
as follows: The church's COM
placency in the face of economic
evils is sin. Attacks on the
church are not necessarily attacks
on God. For failure to be a
church, the church must confess
her sin. All economic and polit-
ical institutions must be tested
by Christians in the light OF
Christian principles, Transforming
and, if necessary, reconstructing
them. In doing this, the Chris
tan must be willing to make sac
rifices, to take effective action, to
forgive those who trespass against
them, and to love those who ap-
pear to be their enemies.
DR.. Mickey has just returned
from Oxford, England, and Edin-
burgh, where 800 representatives
of Christian churches were met
in a great conference to discuss
the work of the churches.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Peoria Minister
Is Guest Preacher

The Rev. william A. Young,
minister of the First Presbyterian
Church of Peoria, Ill, will be the
guest speaker at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church Sun
day. DR.. Young will have for his
subject at the morning worship
at IL o'clock. "Worry-The Sin
of Modern Man" At the evening
vesper hour, at 8 o'clock, he will
speak on 1.-THE Prodigal Son."
The church Bible school will
meet at $50 o'clock with classes
and departments for all ages.
The young people of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society will meet
on Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock
in the lecture room. DR.. Albert
Evans, minister in charge of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, will deliver the meditation
Thursday evening at 8 O'Clock at
the mid-week prayer service.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
CATHEDRAL RITE
SEPT, Is HONORS
BISHOP FREEMAN
Those Confirmed by Him
Urged to Attend

On Sunday, September 26, a
unique service is to be held in the
open air amphitheater Of Wash
ington Cathedral. Those who
have been confirmed by Bishop
Freeman during the IA years he
has been bishop Of the diocese
will be especially invited.
The bishop will deliver an ad-
dress and there will be a special
form of service of rededication
on the part of all communicates.
The service, which is to be of a
missionary character, is to be
held at $3.50 O'Clock instead of at
the usual 4 o'clock hour, so as to
meet the convenience Of members
of rural parishes.
The movement for this service
started in the Episcopal Diocesan
convention last spring when at
tention was called to the fact
that some $4,000 persons have
been confirmed by the bishop
during his episcopate, and a reso-
luton was adopted referring to
the "desire that there shall be a
special expression of the esteem
and affection in which our leader
is held by the communicates of
his church, and by the people
of the community at large" and
that the commemoration by made
the occasion for a rededication
by all concerned to the church'S
mission at home and abroad.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Man, Topic
OfScience
Readers

Man" is the subject Of the
lesson-sermon in all the Churches
of Christ, Scientist, tomorrow.
The Golden Text is from Gene
sis 1:27: God created man in
his own image, in the image OF
God created he him; male and
female created he them"
Among the citations which
comprise the lesson-sermon is
the following from the Bible:
But we all, with open face be-
holding as in a glass the glory
of the Lord, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory even as by the Spirit OF
the Lord" QI Corinthians
3:18)
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Town Surplus
Falls Church Has
No Deficit

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Sept. 4.
This town ended it's fiscal year on
August 81 with a surplus of $4.-
201.23. according to figures submit
ted yesterday by J. c. Parrot.
town clerk. Clerk Parrot listed
total receipts for the year at $780,
1884, and total disbursements at
$32,577.61.
The receipts were divided as fol-
lows: $24,056.50 from taxes, ST.
311.99 from fines. 81 ,230 from per-
mitS, sewer refunds and water
fund loan repayments. $1,625.37
from State liquor profits, and 3d.
$3.50 from miscellaneous sources.
Disbursements were reported as:
$5,486.08 for police, SABBATH for
roads, $444.50 for public health
and sanitation, $880.67 for the
fire department, $4,915.50 for
school bond retirement. $1,000. 40
for street lighting, and $1,318.40
for sewer bond amortization.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
STRONG
AGAIN AS TRADE
HITS Low Level
Price Changes Small;
Steel Up a Point
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Sept. 4 U.N.S0.
With pre-holiday influences domi-
mating, the stock market today
added moderately to the previous
sessions recovery.
Trading was extremely slow.
Price changes in most instances
were of minor proportions, with a
few scattered minus signs through
out the list.
FOREIGNERS BUY
The SinoJapanese situation ap-
peared a little easier, although
Wall Street continued to keep a
watchful eye on developments.
Foreign markets were closed. but
some light buying from aboard,
particularly in steelS, was reported.
Steel shares were led by U. S..
Steel, which climbed a point to
above 104. Bethlehem, Republic,
and youngstown improved frac-
tionally. Most rails, motors, cleo
trical equipmenSt, and coppers,
also were above previous closings.
BUILDING SHARES OFF
depend dent weakness was
showing in building shares, Johns
Manville slumping AZ to a new
low for the year. National Gyp-
sum, in the low-priced class, also
reached new low ground on a frac-
tional decline. Goodyear, in rub
bers, slipped point, while Union
Pacific reached a new 1887 bot
tom, despite general carrier firm
ness.
General Motors advanced close
to a point, but ChrySler held
around Fridays close, after recov-
ering an opening fractional loss.
Westinghouse Electric ran up a
point in electrical equipments.
Standard Oil of New Jersey gained
a large fraction in a firm oil de-
partment.
Commodity markets were equally
as dull as securities. Wheat and
corn moved up fractionally in a
quiet Chicago grain pit. Cotton
futures were mixed. Bonds were
little changed, U. S. Governments
displaying an irregular trend.
Closing prices: Anaconda Cop
per, 53b, up ": Republic Steel,
34b, up "a; Bethlehem Steel,
9Ok, up IA; Chrysler, 1852, off
"; General Electric, SLY, up l;
General Motors. 533s, up 1b;
Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1914,
up "a; Johns Manville, 1171a, off
4; Texas Corporation, 561s, up 3s;
United States Steel, 1045s, up 13s;
Westinghouse. 1872, up ~:
Atchison, 683s, up "a: Chesapeake
& Ohio, 461a, up Vs.. New York
Central, 343s, up IN; Pennsyl-
vania, S3A, up u: Union Pacific,
1121a. off ~.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Statue to Honor
Gen. Ward in d. C..

"A $4,000 statue Of General Ar
temus Ward, hero of the Revolu-
ton, is to be placed at Massachu-
sets and Nebraska Avenues, it
has been announced by H. P.
Caemmerer, executive secretary of
the Fine Arts Commission.
The statue is a gift from Her
ward University where General
Ward graduated. The granite
pedestal, from the quarries at
stone Greek, Conn, will be pro
vided by the j. F.. Manning Com.
pany, Inc. 1928 Connecticut Ave.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Navy Orders

Current Navy orders include the fol-
lowing:
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
Frank A. Saunders, det. U. 8. s.
Wright Sept. IL to 14th Nav. Dist,
Pearl Harbor, T. H.
LIEUTENANTS
Horace B. Butterfield, Diet. vB-3 90.
S. s. Saratoga. Oct IL; to command
VCS-3.
Claude w Haman. det vP-1i to vP-S,
Aircft. sqdns., Pearl Harbor. T. n.
Charles F. Horne, jr., det. U. s. 8.
semmes, Sept. Is; to o. s. 8. New
York
Andrew T. Lahore, on dischge. trtmt.
Nav. Hosp, Philadelphia; to home, rel.
all active duty.
ENSIGN
Dale E. Cochran. Diet. U. s. 8. Milwau-
kee. Aug. rs: to Asiatic Sta.
DENTAL CORPS
Comdr. Eugene I. Walter, Diet. Nav.
TrnE. sta, San Diego, Calf. In NoVII to
u 8. O. HsRada-
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

PARIS, 6 P. M.-Concert Re-
layed from Radio-PariS. TPA4,
25.6 M, 11.72 meg.
ROME, 6 P. M.-News in Eng
iSh. FRO, 25.4 m, 11.81 meg.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, 6 p. M
News from Hungary; Excerpts
from Lehar's operettaS, from the
Municipal Theater. HAS3, 1852
M, 1887 meg.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, I
P. M.-"Tipica" Band. LRX,
81. 06 M, 9.66 meg.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Woman Collision
Victim Identified

WOODSTOCK, Va, Sept. 4.
The mangled body of a 30-year-old
woman, crushed to death at mid
night in a collision at Mount
Jackson, has been identified as
that of Mrs. Lillian Racey, of
Woodstock, by Delmar Racey, her
son. r. C. Webster, of Intermont,
w. Va, member of the United
States Forestry Service, is in a
critical condition in a Harrison
burg hospital. Mrs. Racey was
riding with him when their car
collided with a truck operated by
Ellis S. Thomas, woodbury.,
Tenn, who was slightly injured.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
Dropping Icicle
Knocks Man Out

GREEN BAY, Wis, Sept. 4
U.N.S0.-When Ray Rasmussen,
30, told his friends today how he
got that bump on his head they
thought he had been knocked a
bit wacky.
Ray, an ice house worker, was
knocked unconscious by a falling
icicle.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04
DIR. Rustin Back
In Pulpit Sunday

DR.. John w. Rustin will re-
turn to his pulpit tomorrow fol-
lowing a vacation in Atlanta.
Ca, and Miami, Fla. His morn.
ing sermon subject will be For.
saken by God' and the evening
sermon at 8 p. m. will be "By
Their Fruits" The quartet will
sing at both services; the night
offertory will be violin solo,
Alteration" by Miss Margaret
KillingSworth. Miss Killings.
worth is graduate Of Peabody
Conservatory Of Music, Balti-
more.
The Washington times., 1937-09-04

LONDON, 1890 P. MA Talk
esp, 1875 m, 1881 meg; ESQ,
1877 M, 1913 meg; GSF, 1913 m,
1914 meg; GSD, 25.5 m, Ills
meg.
PARIS, 8 p. M.-Talk by Mr..
Archinard CIn English). TPA4,
25.6 m, 11.72 meg.
BERLIN, S:45 p. M.-Gardens
and Gardening, talks by notable
German gardeners. DJD, 25.4
M, lit meg.
CARACAS, 9 p. M.-Conchita