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Evening star., 1937-05-02

1919 UPSHUR ST. N.W-LARGE ROOM
ana Kitchen. with private bath gas, elec.
ana refrigeration included; $40 month.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

1923 WEST VA. AVE. NE APT. 81
rms. kitchen and bath: heat and hot water
included rent reasonable: to be vacated
May /. To inspect. phone MR.. TOMS, Dis
trlct 2434. Other apis. available.
18th AND E CAPITOL STS-BRIGHT
corner apt, OF rms. kit. bath: completely
redecOrated ready DOW. $40 = 11th
Evening star., 1937-05-02

s2is 18th NV RM, KITCHENETTE
PRIV D. continuous hot water: suitable
lOl =. N1U. CaI between | and = n n,
Evening star., 1937-05-02

bASEMENT-3 ROOMS PRIVATE BATH
ssiia sia ehlTanGei everything furnished, adults.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

9l6 c ST. SE-RECONDITION APT.
IurnlShed or unfurnished; lights. heat and
gas: reasonable
Evening star., 1937-05-02

SUBLET FOR SUMNER. ATTRACTIVELY
furnished. cool 6-room apt. 3 exposures,
near cars and bus. Potomac 0U23-W.
1912 ONTARIO PL NW.-MODERN
clean; > rooms kit glassed-in porch, re-
frigeration. gas, lights heat; nice section;
S55: also l room. glassed-in porch. S27.
Columbia 1929
Evening star., 1937-05-02

1341 MONROE ST. N.W-AIRY, LIGHT;
three rooms with tile bath; everything
new maple furniture; refrigerator; unlim-
lted phone; maid service
Evening star., 1937-05-02

40 RANDOLPH ST. NW-CLEAN
modern: living room. bed room kitchen,
elec, refrlg.. c.h.W. heat; adults
l241 POTOMAC AVE. SE-COMPLETE-
ly furnished. > rooms private bath, kitch-
en-, porch; adults
Evening star., 1937-05-02

new decorations; beautiful / and 2 room
KIT, bath. Frigidaire, gas, elec.. phone low
Evening star., 1937-05-02

1884 COLUMBIA RID LARGE. PLEAS
ant rooms. k. and b.. attractive ami
convenient; adults only. Apt. 305. a.
PARK CENTRAL APTS.. 1900 NV
one room. kitchenette completely fur
nlShed: accommodates three Ant an1
Evening star., 1937-05-02

5l5 K ST: NE.-2-RM. APT, FRIGID-
are; no linens; quiet, employed couple
preferred; $40 week
Evening star., 1937-05-02

balcony. kitchen and bed room: heat
c.h;W lW eiec. refrigerstion; lovely location;
Evening star., 1937-05-02

1927 YOU ST. Sc ROOMS NEWLY
oecorated: kitchen. bath; gas light, heat
and refrlgeration included. counle
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

dressing room. she talked about
the people who have helped her.
There was j. J. Shubert, who
picked her out of a chorus of a
Detroit night club, and brought
her to New York to dance in his
production of Innocent Eyes"
Another whom Joan named was
Harry Rapf, the Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer executive, who discovered
her. Rapf offered Joan a screen
test, which she refused.
IF it hadn't been for Nils
Granlund," Joan smiled, "the
whole course of my life would
have been different. I was i'm
patient to see my mother in
Kansas City when Rapf made his
offer, and. didn't want to waste
the time taking a test. Nils in.
sisted, and because he had been
such a good friend, I took the
test as a favor to him."
The screen contract that re-
suited from the test brought Joan
to Hollywood.
Hollywood was strange and
new to me-" Joan said. There
were many times when I wavered
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

and the columnist was left to pick
sadly at his coat lapel.
You see, dear hearts, the Auto
graph Hunters thought Glo-Dome
was Robert Taylor and when they
discovered he was not, they would
have torn him to bits had not the
columniSt began to sing Annie
Laurie" and dispersed them read.
lily.
Two braves from the studio now
flung up and bore them off to
that place where they were to
make Screen Tests.
The orchestra leader was
changed slightly over for this. His
ears were partitioned and folded
back on themselves to give q
rather natty seashell effect, and
a fungoid growth was attached
about his eyes to bring forth his
soul. The orchestra leader said
he didn't want his soul brought
forth. Not just now, anyway. But
they laughed and painted his brow
in pastels.
The columnist was made up
very simply. They gave him an
old hat (not his own and told
him to go home because he didn't
look like Robert Taylor. Where
upon the columnist was very sad.
as he hadn't known this before.
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

enate, it was his duty to help
others"
1t is a part of Joan's philosophy
of life to help others, too.
by doing so, you are helping
yourself" said Joan.
In mentioning others who have
helped her, Clark Cables name
was prominent. Although Joan
and Clark form one Of the screens
most popular romantic teams, she
looks upon him as a big brother.
I'm the years have known
Clark" she declared, IT have gone
to him with many perplexing PROB
lens and he has never failed me,
Clark has a capacity for taking on
other peoples troubles and max
ing them disappear"
At that point, Director Richard
BoleSlaWSki called Joan over to
play a scene with William Powell
and Robert Montgomery.
"Come around some day when
have more time, Joan smiled, land
I will give you a list of all the peo-
pie who have helped me.
But" she warned, 1T will I'LL
a book"
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

screen the bulk of have involved action rather than
words
The result so far as I'm concerned has been that have
been doing lot more and saying lot less, than
thought would I've been in dozen pictures in the last
two and with exception they all called for
to get into fight of kind
The exception champagne Waltz the picture
made with Gladys Swarthou and Jack Oake It's musical
romance and when read the script could hardly believe
my eyes, There wasn't fight for me! Well swallowed
my pride and went ahead.
Now I'm taking rest after completing with Claudee
Colbert the Frank Lloyd picture maid of Saem, and I'm
hitting my old stride My first fight with half
dozen sailors and my the told you about,
ambering through the swamp while the boodhound bayed
1t all seemed natural!
AS you probably know by "Mad of Salem" Puritan
picture the first Frank Lloyd made producer and director
here at Paramount Miss Colbert is girl who lives in old
Salem Village and I'm Virginia cavalier who up there
to hide after rebellion The fight hpboard takes place
when try to sneak back Virginia clear my name.
WE'LL took about 20 knocks the head in the battle
You know how movies You rehearse lot and then the
is photographed two three times, maybe
So for smack that shows the absorb
Did hear anyone aughng9 The fight took place aboard the
into British man-owar for "Mutny the Bounty" in
which it appeared a. M S. Pandora This time it the
Seraphim.
The swamp scenes were taken out at the Paramount ranch
about 80 miles from Hollywood Incidentally learned les
in natural history whatever it's called concerning
which end of the business end Honestly
such animal raccoon. He has perfect camou
flage.
We had the out there make the boodhounds bay
1t the way get hound excited is to turn loose
COON The coon In box and looked inside he was all
curled up, reached down to pet him the tail got
beautiful bite my finger and it that in ignorance
didn't know his head from his tail
ride horseback in MAID of Salem" too To hear tell
about you'd think didn't have word say But
have Miss Colbert and have romantic scenes
very romantic Good luck and your Washing
ton readers. My friends too, hope.
Sincerely
8s.4 ulS4Wnunu
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

HOLLYWOOD, M arch 6.-"1
have been fortunate in my
friends"
In these seven wordS-seven
is her lucky number-Joan Craw.
ford feels that she has explained
her success as a motion picture
star.
MANY people have helped me"
she said, and to them I owe a
debt that can never be repaid"
From the day she came to Hol-
lywood, Joan made friends easily.
The script clerk on the Last of
Mrs. Cheyney" set revealed the
reason.
II think it is because Joan has
always been such a good friend to
Others" he said.
On the lot, she is Joan" to car
penterS, grips and extras, alike.
The two hospital beds she main
tains are always at the command
Of those less fortunate. There are
many stories, not difficult to au-
thenticate, Of Joan'S kindnesSes
and the strength of her friendship.
There was an electrician who died
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

between staying or leaving. but
everyone was so helpful, I couldn't
let my friends down."
Although many famous names
are listed among her intimate
friends, Joan says the person who
helped and inspired her most was
a studio electrician.
HE was the happiest person I
have ever known" Joan said. His
studio job was the finest he had
ever had in his life. He was never
out of overalls and few knew him
by any other than his nickname.
Yet he was one of the most sue
cessful men I have ever known.
Being an electrician at a studio
represented important work to
him. He felt that he was so FORUM
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

There came one day, from a
land many moons away, a man
with q black cigar and a check.
cred sports jacket, who waxed in
eloquent manner about Moving
Pictures. This was most agree.
able to the orchestra leader and
the columnist, for it meant fresh
bison meat, much wampum in the
belt and maybe a good close look
at Myrna 10y.
So, rode these two on the Devil
Horse to the Holly Place, where
dwelled many chieftains and a
multitude Of squaws so pleasing
as to put q curl in the straightest
hair.
But the orchestra leader and
the columnist were set upon and
moleSted by q strange tribe Of
people called Ag Ents, who
swarmed about them in a manner
most alarming.
When the smoke had cleared
away there were no Ag Ents left
and Glo-Dome and the columnist
were not there either, as they had
gone over to the Brown Derby for
a vanilla matted milk.
Here a great crowd of Auto
graph Hunters set upon them. But
they all swarmed upon Glo-Dome
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Stars Footprints
Put Under Guard

Because one of the ushers at the
Chinese Theater In Hollywood OBJ
served several men and women in
the lobby after the last show, with
chisels and hammers in their
hands, the manager decided to post
guards to protect those famous &C.
ment blocks which contain hand
and footprints Of the Hollywood
stars. .. .- d..
When Clark Gable arrived from
the ''Parnell" set at M-G-M to put
his prints" in the hall of cement
fame, someone kiddingly remarked
that he would like to have such q
block in his backyard.
It is thought that several people
overheard this suggestion, and felt
that it might be a worthwhile idea.
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

Helen of Troy, Josephine, Cleo
patra and Katie O'Shea.
with their individual types of
charm they have come down the
ages in history" declares Gable,
$50 1t is only natural that the mod.
ern camera of today could cap
ture the same lovelineSs and
beauty that enabled them to
change the destinies of the worlds
most powerful nations.
Gas far as Delilah is concerned,
! don't believe in the adage that
the stronger they are the harder
they fall for Sampson was as
strong mentally as he was physi-
cally, yet the charm Of Delilah was
too great for him to resist. With
that charm, mixed with her clever
ness and beauty, she would have
been one Of the box-office favor
ties Of the world"
Gable puts Helen Of Troy on his
list because she was the type that
men fight over"
'The modern actress Of today"
he continues, finds that screen
plays usually put her in a position
where men are fighting for her
favor. When Agamemnon, her
husband, was involved in q histori.
cal triangle and discovered that
Paris had run off with his wife, he
was willing to set out after her
with his armies; she certainly
must have had that certain some
thing that would have made her
q feminine star of today.
Napoleon was so maSterful
that he practically conquered the
world. History shows that he had
little or no time for appreciation
Of feminine beauty until Jose.
phine came along. Considering
that the famous commander was
man of strength and intelli.
gence, it is only natural that
Josephine must have been Of the
same time. But as in the case of
other historical sweethearts, she
also was a woman Of charm and
beauty" Et9tt
Having done a great deal of re.
search for his title role in Par.
nell" Gable learned much about
the sweetheart of the ''Uncrowned
King Of Ireland" Katie O'Shea,
who is portrayed by Myrna 10y
In the John M. StahI production.
Here was a woman who not
only had the physical and mental
beauty that is attractive to a man,
but she had the science of under
standing down to such q point
that she was able to actually aid
Parneu with his work. She was
everything that a great artist
should be.
when one realizes that Cleo
patra was able to charm both
Caesar and Anthony, then there
Is little doubt but that she was
an intelligent woman who knew
how to handle any situation.
Situations in those days and
situations on the screen are very
similar so feel that the Egyptian
Queen would have been another
box office favorite were she a
woman of TODAY"
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

have to do nothing but sit
around on divans and talk.
Nowadays you really have
to give" as they say in
Hollywood.
The reason 1 say this is
because I've just been in
dulging in a little retrospect
tion. I can count my divan
scenes on the fingers of one
hand. The rest of the time
I've been riding horseback,
fl gh ting, and climbing
mountains. And I'm still
damp from sloshing through
a swamp with a pack of
bloodhounds after me.
No, l don't think my ex-
perience is unusual. Rather
it is typical. I think it's
quite evident that current
picture show producers are
more and more realizing
that the screen is primarily
a medium of action. Talk
is swell, but as I look back
on the memorable scenes I
have witnessed on the
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
No Stage Ancestors

Charles Boyer, who plays Ma
poleon to Greta Garbo's Madame
Walewska," comes from a family
Of French merchants and manu-
facturerS through whose veins no
drop Of theatrical blood had ever
flowed.
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

leading womtn
on the screen
today. At least
that is the opin-
ion Of Cla rk
Gable.
He ad m its
that any OF the
W o m en- men
toned in his
tory books could
have been : :
tresseS after a
fashion, but the
MGM'S actor
says that his
favoriteS wou' /
be lah,
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Joan Crawford, Good Scout. Credits Friends


bone Christmas day, with Joan
holding his hand.
HE was a very great friend"
she said, quietly.
Sitting in Joan's comfortable
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
SA& uAa-uuun4
Little Red Riding WincheII
A Bedtime StOru
By BEN BERNIE

Once upon time there lived orchestra leader and col
umnst One tall and straight and handsome and the
Of the tribe called him GloDoms because of his fine
black hair.
The other pale and weak and given to mumbng and
shelng walnuts. The of the tribe didn't call him
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Ocean Liner Built

For the burning steamship
scenes in Song Of the City" an
ocean liner is, being built on M-G.
Ms back lot.
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Gable Praises
Sirens Who
Had 1T

HOLLYWOOD, March 6.-The
great feminine sweethearts Of his
tory would have made darn good
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
ARTS OF HISTORY WOULD HAVE MADE GOOD MOVIE STARS
Fred MocMurroy, Is Peaceful
Actor, But Hollywood Makes
Him Fight in Each Picture

Dear Andy:
You don't have to take my word for it, but my
sidered opinion is that working in pictures is like full
in the gymnasium The DAYS gone when actors
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-24
J. P. Hodge Dies;
Mining Engineer

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. "a
(C.TPSO.-John P. Hodges, IA,
well-known mining engineer, died
in Wiltshire Hospital yesterday.
A native of Plymouth, Mich, he
resided for many years in Mime
apolis, but for the last is years
was active as a consulting engi-
neer in Los Angeles. Two broth
ers. the Rev. Henry Hodge of
Putnam, Conn, and George F.
Hodge Of New York, and two sis
tiers survive.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-24
initial SESSION
OF: PEN WOMEN
SLATED MONDAY
Committee Heads Will
Be Announced

With the resumption OF this
daily column By The Washing
ton Times, cIubtoon1en of the
Capital and picintty are tnvited
to send notices of activities By
their organizations to the CLUB
Editor. Such notices may be
either mailed or teIephoned. To
insure publication OF club tetDS
it Is advisable that material be
submitted tDeH in Advance OF
the date of desired publication.
Notices OF meetings, social &C.
tiuitieS, club aims and cam.
pGignS, sorority activities ana
personality sketches OF CLUB
Don1en are among items which
tDiH be daily features of this
column.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-24
Chatfield-
Coast Author, Ill

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Sept.
24.-Hobart c. Chatfield-Tay
author and publicist, in resigning
from all civic responsibilities, dis
closed that at the coronation of
King George he suffered heart
attack which has not responded
to treatment.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
EYES MAKE so NJ. P. H.
FASTEST SAFE SPEED
0ptometrist Says Persons Who
Don't Have Perfect Sight
Shouldn't Go That Fast.

Automobile drivers, even If blessed
with perfect vision, are not safe when
driving at speeds of more than 60
mile per hour, and those with 80 per
cent vision should be limited to 49
miles per hour top speed. according
to system of visual standards out
lined by DR.. Edwin H. Silver in talk
before the Cosmopolitan Club at a
luncheon meeting in the Carlton Ho-
tel yesterday.
DR.. Silver, Washington optometrist
and chairman of the Motor Vision
Commission of the American Opto-
metric Association, said visual stand
ards for drivers have been established
as result Of research over a period
Of 10 years instituted as . result Of
the Hoover Safety Conference.
The commission, created as 8 re-
suit Of that conference, inaugurated
at Ohio State University research
department, which co-operated with
the National Safety Council in a
study of motorists throughout the
country.
This program, DR.. Silver said, shows
that person with 100 per cent vision,
either natural or as result of proper
correction, may not drive safely At
speeds of more than so miles per
hour. For persons with so per cent
normal vision 81 miles per hour is the
maximum safe speed. The driver with
SO per cent vision should be limited
to 30 miles per hour, with 10 per cent
vision to 25 miles per hour. The
person with only 20 per cent normal
vision is not safe at any speed over
IL miles per hour, DR.. Silver said.
Of6cials of State and local govern
ments who fail to provide for ade-
quate examination Of prospective vehi-
Gle drivers, DR.. Silver said, ARE guilty
Of being accessories to murder before
the fact, because any set OF officials
that permit q partially sighted driver
to hurl ton and . half Of fast-mov-
ing death over the highways is Just
as guilty as that driver when he
kills some one unable to escape from
that certain death"
Evening star., 1937-12-03
PERSONNEL SHIFT
SYSTEM IS URGED
Management Forum Told
Plan Would Save ST.
100000 Yearly.

An adequate transfer system would
save 100000 annually for the Gov
ernment, and add a corresponding
sum to the pay of employees, DR.. Leo
J. O,Rourke, director of the Council
Of Personnel Administration said last
night at personnel management
forum, concluding a two-day confer
ence in which the council, composed
Of Federal personnel officers, partici-
pated with representatives Of private
industry.
The council now is studying such a
plan for application in Federal agen-
cies, DR.. O'Rourke added.
Several hundred persons attended
the session in the department audi
torium.
Leaders Discuss Aspect.
Aspects of personnel management
were discussed by four men prominent
In this held-William Conover Of the
United States Steel Corp. Thomas G.
Spates, General Foods Corp; J. Walter
Dietz, chairman of the Occupational
Conference, and Morris s. Viteles Of
the Philadelphia Electric Co.
Mr. Canover declared that not
enough attention is given to personnel
supervision, adding that more care
Is used in training men to run ma
chimes than to occupy places where
they will have authority over other
workers
Civil Service Heads Speak.
President Harry B. Mitchell Of
the Civil Service Commission and
Commissioners Lucille Foster Nc
Millin and Samuel H Ordway, jr
in brief talks emphasized the i'm
portance Of a proper system of per-
sonnel management.
The conference just concluded laid
emphasis on the necessity for i'm
proving civil service procedure in
Federal, State and municipal agen-
cies, and set up committees to CO.
operate with the Civil Service Com.
mission in formulating standard spe.
cifications for these several civil serv-
ice groups. Such a program, it was
pointed out, would be valuable as 6
guide to educational institutions ir
training students for Government
service.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
RED CROSS SENDS $1,000
FOR DEPORTED HAITIANS
By the Associate Press.

By the Associated Press.
The American Red Cross yesterday
sent $4,000 for relief Of Haitian citi-
Eens, who were reported to have been
deported en- masse from the Do
minican Republic.
An announcement by Chairman
Cary T. Grayson was the first indi-
cation that the Red Gross had been
concerned over recent friction in the
West Indies island OF Hispaniola, on
which both republics are located.
Admiral Grayson said the Red Crosa
was concerned over reports Of hard
ships experienced by thousands oi
Haitians who have been deported er
masse from the Dominican Republic
and who were reported to have lost
their small properties, personal be.
longings and savings"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-11
WENZEL WILL IN
 PROBATE COURT
Relatives to Share in Resi- due of Estate; Months
 Rent to Tenants

Relatives of the late Henry F. Wenzel will share the residue ot hls estate, according to his will which was admitted to probate court to- day. The will admitted supersedes three previous wills signed by MT Wenzel. MT. Wenzel, an architect died May 26. The will admitted was drawn July 8, 1886. A gold watch is left to Charles Dee, of Madison. A beuuest of $50 is left to Mrs. Martha Cleveland, tenant in MT. Wenzers home on Glenridge street. All fur niture, clothing, bedding and tools are left to Ellsworth Schmidt and \ Charles Schmidt, Jr.
 Families Get Months Rent
 The will stipulates that the Seibert and Cleveland families, if living l. the Glenridge street house, shall re- ceiye a months rent free after MT Wenzel's death.
 The residue is to be shared by the following, who are nieces, nepheWs and grandnieces: Lena Schmidt Frink, Charles Schmidt, ST., Louis Weazel. Mrs. Mamie Wenzel Pierce, all of Waterbury; George Heinrich and Marguerite Heinrich Krisak of Meriden; Dr. William J. Wenzel z. Hartford: William Schmidt, of St. Petersburg, Fla Mrs. Myrtle Fischer Dee, of Madison; and Clarence Fischer. of Waterbury. Before signing the will last year, Mir. Wen- gel had signed wills on the following dates: Sept. IS. 1886; Sept. 6, 1928; and Sept. 2, 1916.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-11
AMERICAN GUILD
 IN FINAL SESSION
Many Resolutions Passed as Members Prepare
 Election of Officers

St. Louis, June 11.-(UP)-After approving a series of resolutions the American Newspaper Guild met to- day in the closing session of it's fourth annual convention to elect officers and select a 1888 conven- tion city. A resolution, adopted by vote of 101h to 30h, put the Guild on record as favoring "inde- pendent political action in the fields of labor and agriculture to the end that the interests of labor and the farmer may be advanced" Led by Haywood Broun, New York column ist and president of the Guild, the organiza tion went on record against the Fascist revolutionary movement in Spain. In supporting the reso- lution Broun said it was flor the best interests and preservation of the entire labor movement"
 President Roosevelt's plan to en- large the supreme court and to re- organize other phases of the federal judiciary was indorsed. The con- vention also condemned instances ot alleged discrimination against the American Federation of Teachers. It demanded that murder indict- ments be returned against police- men involved in 8 fight at the Re- public Steel corporation plant in Chicago in which several union men killed. The Guilds international
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