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Evening star., 1937-01-03
MOVIES ESTABLISH
ALL:T|ME RECORD
FOR ATTENDANCE
1886 Total at 4,180,'
100000, or 1870 Ahead
of Previous Year.
Special DISPATCH to The Star.

NEW YORK, January 2.-Attend-
ance at motion picture houses set a
new all-time record in 1896. with es-
timated audiences totaling 4.180, ,000,-
600, according to news report ap-
pearing in Poor's Industry and
Investment Surveys.
This was II per cent over the s.
735, 100000 attendance in 1885 and
compares most favorably with the
previous peak of 1926, ,oo0, 900 recorded
in 1880.
Even more encouraging is the fact
that the rate of attendance has been
upward Throughout the year, 1865
final quarter showing a Is per cent
gain over the like period of 1885.
Fewer Theaters Idle.
Reliable trade sources estimate
that there are now nearly 10000 do
mestic motion picture houses, of
which 86 per cent are operating"
continues the report.
AT the bottom of the depression
there were more than 10000 show
houses. but only 70 per cent t14,6OO)
were open. To experts on the busi-
ness aspects Of amusements, fluctua-
tions in the percentage OF dark
houses are an excellent barometer of
the public's spending ability. Also
significant Is the fact that whereas
during the depression the average
box Office charge dropped to 20 cents
per customer from about 80 cents,
subsequent improvement. although
slow, has been real. with 1936's aver
age charge estimated at Is cents.
Refundings Talked.
These factors, together with i'm
provement in the quality Of entertain
ment, are being reflected in the in
dustry's gross revenues. And since
expenses do not rise in direct propor-
tion, after volume passes the break
even point, approximately 10 per cent
OF gross gains is being converted cur
rently to net earnings.
Another factor of importance is
that investment bankers are now be-
ginning TO consider the amusement
industry as suitable for refunding
operations. With most of the organi-
cations fairly heavily capitalized, the
opportunities for savings in annual
fixed charges are substantial"
Evening star., 1937-01-03
NEW HIGH RECORDS
ESTABLISHED IN YEAR
srecial Dispatch to The Star.

Srecial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January 2.-In its
weekly summary Of the general busi-
ness situation, the Standard Statistics
Co. Of New York points out that new
high records we're established In 1896
in the following lines: Air condition
ing, air transportation, alkalis, Canad-
ian newsprint, cigarettes, crude petro-
leum, Diesel engines, dyes, electric
power, electrical appliances. such as
refrigerators, washing machines and
ironers; foreign copper production,
gasoline, glass and metal containers,
gold. kraft paper. mail order sales.
mechanical stokers, motor busses,
nickel output, oil burners, plastics,
rayon, shoes, typewriters.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
GERMANY SLASHES
DUTIES ON GRAINS
Action Due to Shortages in Feed.
Amounts Still Subject to
Strict Control.
Py the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
A sharp reduction in German i'm
port duties on grains, effective the
first eight months of this year, was
reported today by the Division Of For
eign Crops and Markets Of the Agri-
culture Department.
It is said the lower duties appeared
to have been caused by shortages of
grains and other feedstufs in 1886.
The import duty on wheat was cut
from $3.8325 to 1895 cents a bushel,
effective January through August 81.
Similar reductions were made on rye,
spelt, barley and oats.
However. a cable from Berlin said
the amount of imports was still sub
ject to strict control.
Another new German regulation ap-
plies to retail sales and purchases of
butter, lard, margarine and other fats,
the division was informed, establish
ing virtual ration system. Dairy and
butcher shops register regular CUSTOM
ers, who must buy fats where regis
tered.
The system limits sales to 80 per
cent Of normal volume and was
termed more rigid than last years.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
Wholesale Index Hits 1922,
Compared With 77.@
in Same 1885 Week.
INDUSTRY CONTINUES
INVENTORY PURCHASES
Food, Agriculture and Non.Fer'
rous Metal Groups Climb to
New Tops for Year.
BY A. A. PATTON.

NEW YORK, January 2.-Persis-
tent demand pushed commodities to
the highest average level since April,
1880, in the week ended December 81.
The Associated Press weighted in
dex OF IS wholesale prices rose to
1922 per cent Of the 1926 average
from 1882 last week and TAO in
the like week of 1885.
In the background of the advance.
commodity experts said, was con-
tinued aggressive buying of staples by
industry for inventories and increased
consumer purchasing power.
Three groups - Food, agriculture
and non-ferrous metals-thrust ahead
to new tops for the year.
High spots in the rise of the food
group was run-up in lard, sugar.
coffee and cocoa.
Grains and Cotton Rise.
The advance in prices of agricul-
tural staples was scored with the aid
Evening star., 1937-01-03
INVESTMENT COMPANY
STOCK INDEX HIGHER
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January 2.-The in
vestment companies common stock
price index advanced last week, as evi-
denced by the averages compiled by
Distributors Group, Inc.
The average for the common stocks
of 10 leading management companies
Influenced by the leverage factor stood
at 22.79 at the close Of December 81,
compared with 22.29 on December "a.
The average of the mutual funds
closed at 1888 December 81, compared
with 1912 at the close of the previous
week.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
BY the Associated Press.

6J Tue ASSOClateQ TGeSS.
CLEVELAND, January 2.-The
magazine Steel said In statement to-
day world output of steel in 1885
topped the 100. 900 ,000-ton mark, thus
exceeding all prior records In the his
tory Of steelmaking.
The statement continued:
Production Of steel ingots and cast
ings was l23, GAO, 900 gross tons. an In
crease Of 26.8 per cent over that Of
1885.
For pig iron, the total production
was 89,615,000 tons, against 72.7l3.000
tons In 1885, an increase Of 23.2 per
cent, last years output being the
largest since 1929.
Production of steel ingots and cast
ings in the United States In 1886. with
December estimated, was 48,812, 900
tons, 43 per cent over 1885, and coke
pig iron, 30,69O.00 tons, up 81 per
cent. This country's share in world
Evening star., 1937-01-03
CLEARING HOUSE ISSUES
REPORT AT new YORK
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 2.-The
weekly statement Of the New York
Clearing House shows:
Total surplus and undivided profits,
$685., ,531 800 (unchanged).
Total net demand deposits (average)
decreased $51, ,191 900. Time deposits
(average) increased 3,791 900. Clear
ings, week ending today, '$3,962,l09,-
$50. Clearings. week ending Decem-
ber 26, 81, ,923, ,168,160. 'Five days.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
Most Exchanges
Stay Closed For
Extended Holiday
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 2-The New
York Stock and Curb Exchanges were
among the few markets open for trad
ing today.
Most exchanges in this country,
Canada and Europe remained closed
for an extended New Year week end.
Foreign exchange trading resumed
Also open was the Chicago Cattle
Market. Among those remaining
closed were the New York Cotton
Exchange, Chicago Board Of Trade,
Liverpool Grain Market, Paris Bourse
and the New York Commodity Ex-
changes.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
WARDS ESTIMATES AUTO
PRODUCTION AT 1883
Y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, January 2.-Ward's Au-
tomotive Reports estimated today that
production of the automobile plants
for the current week totaled 1858
units, compared with 81,482 In the
preceding week and 65,388 in the
comparable week last year.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
WINDOW GLASS BOOSTED.

NEW YORK. January 2 @.-Job-
bers' prices of window glass have been
increased approximately 10 per cent
within the last three weeks, it was
reported in the trade today. A glass
shortage because Of strikes and un-
certainty over manufacturers prices
when production b resumed were
ascribed % causes.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
GAS REVENUES CLIMB
WELL ABOVE YEAR AGO
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 2.-Revenues
of manufactured and natural gas
companies were s633.036.100 in the
first 10 months of 1886, the American
Gas Association reported today. This
compares with $597. .196, 200 in the like
period of 1885. October revenues Of
$50, ,436,2 200 we're 3.3 per cent higher
than the 1885 month, the report
showed.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
FIVE NEW BANKS OPENED.

CHICAGO, January 2 (speciaD.-
Five new banking offices were opened
during the past week. one in North
Carolina, three In Indiana, and one
in North Dakota, with a reopened
bank in Kentucky, according to the
Weekly Banking Market released by
Rand McNally Bankers Monthly.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
Substantial Rise
In Profits Shown
By Chicago Banks
By the Associated Press.

BY the AsS0c1ated Press.
CHICAGO. January 2.-Chicagos Is
big banks increased earnings substan-
TALLY during 1886. their annual re-
ports disclosed today.
The Continental Illinois National
Bank reported earnings of $21 .495, 100
equal to $22.10 a share, after pre-
ferred dividends. compared with $19,-
927.058, the previous year.
The First National Bank reported
profit of $5,099,318 or $16.37 share,
against $5,083, ,983 in 1885.
Loans and discounts of ell banks
were greater than a year ago. and
deposits also were larger.
Evening star., 1937-01-03

"The small amount Of equipment
built from 1881 to 1885, inclusive,
and the fact that 40 per cent Of the
freight cars in existence year ago
were over 20 years old, combine to
make it practically certain that two
or three prosperous years lie ahead
for the railroad equipment industry.
December 80, 1885,"
Evening star., 1937-01-03
1875 BUSES ORDERED.

NEW YORK, January R.-A
subsidiary of Public Service Corp. OF
New Jersey has ordered 1875 buses
from Yellow Truck b Coach Manu-
featuring Co.
Evening star., 1937-01-03

To December b. 1885.
"As q further indication of prob
able equipment needs the following
figures, showing the relative age Of
freight cars at the end of 1885, are
significant.
Evening star., 1937-01-03

N0h-1eff0uB metal T6I.53 81 34 b6.ZI
Q tNew 1886 high.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
CHECK CASE HOLDS
REAL ESTATE MAN /.
Toledo Prosecutor to Confer
With Arlington Police
on ParmeIee.
BY asian Correspondent of The Star.

ARLINGTON. Va, Oct. 28.-
Thomas J. O'Connor, county prose-
cutor of Toledo. Ohio, was expected to
confer today with Arlington County
police on charges against William r..
Parmelee, president of the Toledo
Guaranty Corp. and Parmelee, Inc,
real estate firm of Washington, of
passing bad check issued against
him in Toledo.
Meanwhile, Parmelee, who was ar
rested in his sick bed yesterday by
Arlington County Detectives Harry
woodward and Hugh Jones, was under
police guard, pending his removal to
the Arlington County jail. Parmelee
is confined at his home in the 2100
block of Glebe road, Livingston
Heights. Mrs. Parmelee said his con-
dition was mot good" this morning
and he had been q sufferer of heart
ailment for some time. He is being
treated by a Washington physician.
Six warrants were served by De-
tectives Jones and woodward. The
sick man is said to have collapsed
from shock after nearing the charges
against him.
Mr.. woodward said Parmelee indi-
Gated he would contest extradtion
proceedings. The Toledo prosecutor
is expected to confer with police on
extradition of the man.
Parmelee, Inc. has Offices in the
Woodward Building in Washington
and is the developer of the Henderson
tract on Glebe road.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
CUTTERS CONVOY
TWO ILL SEAM EN-
Skipper Refuses to Leave Schoon
er, but Sailor From Steamer
Rushed to Hospital.
Ey the Associated Press.


NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 28-One
Coast Guard cutter conveyed The
schooner Albert F. Paul, whose i'll
skipper refused to leave his ship for
removal to a hospital, toward Norfolk
today while another approached with
sick seaman taken from the steam
ship Patrick Henry.
The cutter Talapoosa picked up the
four-masted schooner flying the inter-
national distress signal, 80 miles north
of Diamond Shoals. The Talapoosa.
expected off the Virginia cspes this
morning, reported the skipper. whose
name was not given, was confined to
his cabin with pleurisy. but not in
serious condition.
Meeting the Patrick Henry $50
miles off the capes. the cutter Sebago
took off Sam Rankin. Baltimore,
reported suffering from an acute kid
ney disease. He was expected to be
brought TO the Marine Hospital about
noon today.
The Patrick Henry. Government
owned. but operated by the Waterman
Steamship Co. between gulf and Euro
pean ports, sent out its distress call
while 300 miles at sea yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
CHINA NEED NOT FEAR
JAPAN, SAITO DECLARES
Am mbassador Declares, However,
That Organized Hate Cam
paign Must Cease.

Ey the Associated Press.
Ambassador Hirosi Saito of Japan
said last night China's millions have
nothing to fear from his nation. but
that their leaders must discontinue the
organized campaign to stir up hate"
against the Nipponese.
The Sino-Japanese conflict was
forced ON Japan, Saito said in radio
speech. and Japan wants to end it so
decisively that there never will be
further need for fighting.
Meanwhile, the State Department
announced that Japan has apologized
for an incident in the conflict, in which
q Japanese warplane fired on party
of Americans who were horseback
riding at Shanghai on october "a.
Two of the horses were killed.
Evening star., 1937-10-28

few months. The aliens later re-
turned to the European Continent be-
fore their presence was suspected.
Police hope timely warning to pilots
will avert the necessity Of stricter
enforcement of regulations.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
Air Smuggling; Grows.

Police and customs officers of Britain
are alarmed at the growth Of snug
Cling by air. Those in London know
that several aliens have been landed
by airplane In England in the last
Evening star., 1937-10-28
Ceremony Unites ~.

Thirty-six Blackshirt soldiers and 36
local girls were married at one cere-
mony in Verona, Italy. Four generals,
the chief Of the regiment, the local
prefect and many local officials acted
Evening star., 1937-10-28
Degree in Sandwiches

Germany has decreed that all phar-
macists must obtain appointments
from the minister of the interior be-
fore being admitted to practice.
Evening star., 1937-10-28

Africa Sells $l1 900, 900 in Gems.
South Africa has sent this year more
than $ll 100000 worth of diamonds, a
gain of s2.250,000 over last year, to
the markets of the world.
Evening star., 1937-10-28

as witnesses. The Bishop of Verona
ofnciated. After the ceremony every
one Of the couples offered their gold
rings to the nation.
Evening star., 1937-10-28

ARVILLA KINSLEA,
Pretty 22-yedr-Old halt caste.
in WhoSe death Prince David
KGlakdud KdlDananakoa, 80,
member of the HaWdiian royal
family, is held, charged 1Oith
second degree murder at
Honolulu. The Prince is dc-
cuSed OF seuering an artery in
the girls neck NTH q broken
plate after an aU-night party.
-Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1937-10-28

Food prices are soaring in France.
Evening star., 1937-11-27
Footlisht Club
Earns Laughs.

IN ITS happy tangle of love be-
qualmed sequences "Petticoat
Fever" by Mark Reed, finished round
three of four night engagement at
the University of Maryland in a pedi-
greed presentation by the College Park
thespians, who comprise the Footlight
Club.
Popular anyway. Mr.. Reeds three
act spree of guy who had trouble
with couple of gals up in icy Lab
rador, was accorded a touch of in
dividual brightness which aroused
laugh upon laugh and proved a
thoroughly well-handled piece Of effort
by the cast and director, Dr. Charles
B. Hale. Opportunities there were
many to display specific character
Innings and plenty of banter had to
be sustained at high pitch. The cast
apparently kept this we'll in mind, con-
sequently forming a product worth the
long trek into the country to view
Speaking for the minority, a loud
good word" may be spoken for one
caller Sugar Langford. who played
in captivating manner the captivat.
ing role of an aviatrix; Albert Cole.
man, as Sir James, should be held re.
sponsible for acting honors. and Dick
Hunt, playing the amour -aucoeur tas
they say in the Montmartre) treated
capably heavy assignment.
Martin Stein, as the reverend of the
benign countenance; Florence Small
the demanding fiancee, and Tom
Wharton as an Eskimo or whatever
inhabits Labrador performed with con-
viction and wit. Others appeared
suitably. Us,
Evening star., 1937-11-27

1t will be They Seek a Country" by
Francis Brett Young. and Bob will
be called on to escape from a South
African penal colony. fight three
hand-to-hand duels and destroy
few wild beasts Of the jungle-just to
prove to fandom that good looks and
vlrility can travel tandem. Carl
Laemmle. jr., and M.-G-M. couldn't
blend ideas about producing THE
Hunchback of Notre Dame" the late
Lon Chaney's big success so Laemmle
has withdrawn and the studio will
go it alone. Saucer-eyed Peter LORE
is likely choice for the crippled hor-
ror. Katharine Hepburn is
scratched and black and blue from
tiger claws and falls incurred in
Bringing Up Baby" Gossips are
aghast at Loretta Young's refusal to
play opposite Tyrone Power in "Ac-
cent of Love" Loretta addressed q
firm request to Daryl Zanuck that
some other girl be given the role.
Copyright. 1887. by the North American
Newspa per Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1937-11-27

performs gracefully and with good
humor opposite her and other ex-
ceedtngly able contributors to the
wit Of the affair are Stuart Erwin,
Marjorie Weaver, Claire Trevor, j.
Edward Bromberg and Lyle Talbot,
all Of whom are just about right. Miss
Weaver, especially. plays her comedy
role in a manner which juStifies the
hopes Daryl Zanuck is reported to
have for her career
CASS DALEY, the gal who can twist
herself into Some unbelievable
shapes and who can put plenty of fun
into song. is far and away the top
attraction of Dave Apollon's Varieties
Of 1888" She's the only one of her
kind and her antics behind a micro
phone are heartily recommended
The rest of the show is recommend
ed, too, If Mr.. Apollon has seen fit to
pare it down to some reasonable length
it appearing at the first show yester-
day as though the Russian gentleman
never was gong TO get tired and was
going right on through lunch to
dinner and maybe to supper before he
thought Of finale
He's packed wealth of entertain
ment into his current show, though
and it's fast-moving revue. Tops
next to Miss Daley, are the Five
Hollywood Co-eds, quintet of young
ladies who know lot OF things about
dancing. And there are Bob Ripa,
the fellow you've seen juggling on
various vaudeville stages; Maxine
Lewis, who has a bit of a way with a
song; Max and His Gang, a clever dog
act; Annavann and her Gladiators
smooth adagio artists; the IL Cont
mental Beauties and. of course, the
famed Apollon String Orchestra.
Evening star., 1937-11-27

Two dIllSlS OIl dIl equal DdSlS, may we
suggest that to set one above the
other would merely start an argument
as to whether it is better and more
laudable to be beautiful or to be funny.
Once again Miss Moore is the candi-
date of the beauticians and those who
relish musical drama as one of the
higher arts. In this instance her
operate exploits are tempered by the
Columbia Pictures studio policy of
mixing low comedy and high c, a
blend, after all, more devoted to
amusement than to assuagement of
the serious, or gloomier, side of the
soul.
Mr.. Kavanagh is the shrewdest
comic seen in the juggling business
since the days of w. c. Fields. The
trapplngs for his act are much simpler
than those Fields used, but he wields
three yellow balls and three Indian
clubs in variety of patterns so end
less that he is never wearisome. To
Mr.. Kavanagh for lessons in the arts
of timing and creative humor we
refer approximately half the people in
today's theater who are supposed to
be practicing comedians.
About this matter of the picture
again. it will not surprise you to learn
that Miss Moore appears as a famous
opera singer who is bored with the
secluded life and eager for adventure
In answer to this call comes a young
man (Melvyn Douglass intent upon
persuading her to sing in Buenos
Aires rather than in Paris, a purpose
he achieves via f1attery, love making
kidnapping and other crimes of VIC.
lence. His partner in these episodes
Is that famous bad man of the pam.
pas, Stuart (Pecos BilD Erwin, anc
his chief opposition is the theater'.
most enchanting battle-ax, Heller
Westley. who is meant to be the aunt
of our singer.
Strewn about among the high
hearted events of I'll Take Ro.
nance" are liberal sprinklings OF
opera-the gavotte from "Manon,
the drinking song from "Traviata,
Evening star., 1937-11-27


will bear certain striking similarities to
the sensationally-selling Margaret
Mitchell novel. on which Selznick has
repeatedly delayed a production start,
caused considerable apprehension in
the Selznick camp and led to
thorough check-up on "Jezebel'
Should it be discovered that the
scenario of "Jezebel," which has been
in work almost month, treads too
closely on characters. period and plot
action of Gone With the Wind"
potentially the richest crossing plum
the industry has known since The
Birth Of a Nation" Selznick might
logically carry protest before the
Motion Picture Producers Association
and demand that encroaching pas
sages be deleted
Meanwhile. Jack Warner, produc-
ton manager of Warner Brothers.
denied that "Jezebel" infringed in any
way on the Selznick story and scof1ed
at reports that Hays ONCE demands
had been made on him to suspend pro-
duction
Our production Of 'Jezebel' is q
close adaptation Of the play of the
same name. which opened in New
York in January, 1884" said Warner
I'VE bought the screen rights from
Owen Davis. the author, and Abem
Finkel and Clements Ripley adapted it
for our screen purposes.
"At the time 'Jezebel' was playing
in New York, the book. Gone With the
Wind had not even been published.
While there may be certain sim
ilarities in the characters of Julie
Marsten of 'Jezebel and Scarlett
OHara in Gone With the Wind they
are truly coincidental"
Warner added that his studio felt
particularly fortunate. however, in
having Bette Davis to interpret the
"JezebeF' role
THE fact that she has been sug-
gested by many important critics and
thousands of fans as the actress who
should play Scarlet O'Hara may have
led to some Of the present confusion
between the two pictures in the pub
lie mind" he said.
It Is reported around the Warner
lot that when script writer's completed
their adaptation and revisions of the
play for picture purposes its resem-
blance to the Selznick treasure be-
! came starting The two heroine
characterizations are said to be very
much alike in many ways.
And friends of Bette Davis have
changed her name. They all call
her Scarlet" around the lot-and
Bette smiles as she Acknowledges those
greetings.
X
Scattered sights and sounds: To
counteract the beautiful Robert Tay-
lor" publicity engulflng their cham
pion Adonis M.-G.-M. plans a rough
and-tumble. he-man picture for Tay-
lor to start work on as soon as he
returns from ENGLAND in two weeks
Evening star., 1937-11-27
FiVe.Man Camera
Costs $4,000.

THE motion picture camera used in
protographing Samuel Goldwyn's
"The Adventures of Marco Polo'' cost
approximately $4,000. It weighs 600
pounds and requires a minimum crew
of f1ve-a chief cinematographer, an
assistant, a film loader and two men
to move it about. Most movie cam
eras pass an average of $500 feet Of
film day, although their capacity is
approximately 5000 feet of film per
hour if run continuously. Most ex-
pensive items on cameras are the
lenses, which sometimes cost as much
as $2,500 each.