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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14
Is ARE CHOSEN
FOR MOVIE
VOICE TESTS

In Washington today there are
is excited young men and women,
who yesterday found themselves
selected to take actual screen and
voice tests on the stage of Loew'S
Capitol Theater, starting next
Monday.
AS winners of The Washing
ton Times.Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Loew's Capitol Theater voice and
screen tests, these Is Washingto-
mans will vie for the honor Of be-
ing selected to go to Hollywood
for a week of meeting the stars
and seeing Hollywood.
Last night, the Is selected met
at the Capitol Theater, where they
we're given scripts-which they are
to memorize, and it is these scripts
that they will repeat when they
begin to make their appearances
before the camera next week.
Rehearsal Tonight
RehearsalS of the contestants
will be held tonight at the Capt..
toll after the last show. The stage
will be cleared and both Charles
David, MG-M test cameraman,
and Steven Jones, sound man, in
addition to C. Edward Carrier, di-
rector Of the screen tests, will put
the contestants through their
PAGES, giving them various little
hints which will tend to make
their appearance more profeS-
Sional.
Then, starting next Monday,
four of the Is winners will appear
on the Capitol stage for actual
tests. On Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, the same program
will be carried along. Appearances
and actual tests will take place
four times daily.
EumS 10 Be Shown
Immediately upon completion of
the tests next Thursday night, the
negatives will be rushed to Holly
wood, where they will be devel-
oped and printed and rushed back
to Washington where they will be
shown at the Capitol Theater for
a week.
Immediately after the washing
ton winner is announced he or
she will be placed upon the flag
ship of the American Air Lines
and whisked away to Hollywood.
In Hollywood, the winner will be
a guest at the famous Los Angeles
Ambassador Hotel. Then for one
full week the winner will be feted.
Visits to the Metro Goldwyn Mayer
studios will be in order and meet
ing the stars will be another high
light. Entertainment at the IA
nous Coconut Grove will be in
cluded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14
JEWISH BIRTHS
ON DECLINE

NEW YORK, May IA de-
clining birth rate, which threat
ems the Jewish people with sta
tionary population within the
next four or five decades, and a
steady diminution of its once ire
mendouS commercial class consti-
tute "criSiS" unparalleled in Jew
ish history since the time of the
First Exile, according to DR.: Salo
Wittmayer Baron, professor of
Jewish History at Columbia Uni
VerSity.
DR.. Baron listed intermarriage
and suicides as two contributing
factors to the falling population
level.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14
Court Backs the Mayor
In JerseYC Council Row

TRENTON, May IA. - The
warmly disputed contest in Man
vile. Somerset county, between
Mayor Joseph Onka, Republican,
and the Borough Council, Demo
cratic, over the selection of the
councils president has been de-
cided in favor of the mayor by SUI
preme Court Justice Charles w.
Parker.
The contest dates from New
Years Day, when the council adj
journed after failing to elect a
president. Mayor Onka named
the councils only Republican
member, John Mack. The Demo
cratic members countered by nam
ing Francis S. Polonko. Demo
crat,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14

Of enacting legislation to permit
divorce was voted down, so to 80,
by the house Of representatives
yesterday.
Under the bill, voters would
have been offered a constitutional
amendment which would permit
the legislature to enact a divorce
law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14

mound, Is earning Myles his COT.
fee and buns with the Toledo
Mudhens.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14
Reich Levies Duty
On Crude Rubber

BERLIN, May IA (U.S), - To
finance artificial rubber plants"
under the four-year plan, a duty
of 1875 marks per 100 kilos was de-
creed yesterday on crude rubber.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14
Attempt to Get
S. G. Divorce
LdW Killed

COLUMBIA, s. c., May IA
G.NS).-An attempt to carry to
q vote Of the people the question
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14
Earns His Spurs

Myles Thomas, coaching others
in his old tricks Of the pitching
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
Davis Matched
WithMCLeod

Wee Willie Davis, who entered
the ring last week and challenged
the winner of the Laverne Baxter.
George Koverly match, has been
booked with George Mcleod, the
Ohio northumberland, for the
semi-windup battle to the feature
bout between Ed Meske and Jack
Hader Thursday night at Turner'S
Arena.
Davis, one of the biggest men in
the wrestling game, is q former
v. P. I. athlete, and once played
football for the Alexandria Fra
tiers. In his last appearance here
he lost a rough and tumble scrap
to Baxter. ....
Promoter Turner also closed out
for three preliminary bouts. Hank
Barber, the Dartmouth Destroyer,
will tackle Floyd Marshall; George
Lehman will beet Ernie Powers
and Jim Coffield will take on Ted
Key.
Fans attending Thursdays show
will see an entirely different MeSke
than the one who has Wrestled
here previously. Tired of being but.
feted around and bullied by the
mat villains, Meske has announced
that he, too, will turn villain. Ha-
der ranks about third on the list
Of villains appearing here.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

by FRANK BUN" ONEALL
ORLANDO, April 6.-Some-
body Numbered in defensive
strategy as the Griffs broke their
four-game losing streak yesterday,
and for the next few days Bucky
Harris will order a complete re-
view of strategic baseball in pre-
game practice. The defense Of
the Griffs will be built around cut
off plays on throws from the out
field, and no repetition of the lax
work yesterday will be counte-
nanced.
In the eighth inning yesterday
Guetteridge smashed a single to
center field with Frenzy Broada-
garay on second base. Jess Hill
fielded the ball and threw to the
plate. He failed to catch Borda-
garay, which does not enter into
the considerations of the Wash
ington board of strategy. Cutie
ridge went to second and then to
third when Hills throw hit Bor-
dagary. That did enter into the
considerations of the strategiStS.
The discussions lasted far into the
night with Clark Griffith and
Bucky Harris in a close huddle.
Hill was not to blame, for when
he cut the ball loose he did all he
could. Where the laundering was
done was in the infield. None of
the highly specialized athletes on
the inner works leaped into posi-
ton to cut off Hills throw and
stop Gutteridge from going to Sec
ond base.
If there had been a cut off, Gut
teridge would have been easy. He
Just tucked down his head and
ran for the midway, and then con-
tinued to third. In a close ball
game-and this was on by a sin
gle run-Such defense is pretty
bad.
Travis or Mihalic, or Linke
should have taken Hills throw
and stopped Gutteridge, who even
tually scored with the tying run
OF the game.
There was contrast offered for
the approval of the crowd in the
fourth inning when Mickey Owen
doubled down the left field foul
line. Simmons got to the ball
quickly and whipped a throw to
Travis, who was out on the grass.
Travis shot the ball to Lewis and
Owen was out by a foot. Had
Travis been remisS in his duties,
or Simmons negligent, it is readily
conceivable that Owen would
have scored, and a rally might
have followed.
So, holding up one play for
the consideration of the team,
Harris will stress the failure to
coordinate on the part Of the in
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
Simmons Sees
Big Year as
Griffmdn

Continued from LIST Sport Page)
posing. There was some trouble
over there in Detroit, just as there
was trouble with Chapman in New
York. But Simmons feels that he
has a job, and it is up to him to
make most Of it.
He certainly was full of ginger
and hustle yesterday. He got two
hits and took an extra base on
q single to left field. He made a
great throw on a double by Owen
and got the Card catcher at third.
He is going to be another spark
plug for the team. The thing that
delighted observers about SIM
mons hitting, was that once he
singled to left and then he poke
hit a single through the infield for
q base.
With hitter like Simmons bat
ting in the fourth slot, a variety
Of plays may be possible for the
Griffs. There was the first inning,
for instance. With Chapman on
base, the count worked to three
and one on Simmons. Ordinarily
a manager might have a batter
wait out another pitch and take
the full percentage. Harris, how
ever, put on the hit and run, and
when Weiland put the ball over
the plate, Simmons took his cut.
Will Make Good
He failed that time, but he will
make good many another time.
Often enough to justify risks that
would not be possible with some
other hitters in the slot.
Buck Newsom pitched against
the Tigers and his performance
was easily the best of the year.
He pitched overland throughout
the six innings allotted to him,
and his stuff was all right. The
Cardinals made six hits and one
run off him, which was all right.
Linke finished the game in more
ways than one. He relieved New
som, allowed two runs, but hit q
terrific triple to left center and
drove in the winning run. A right
good pinch hitter is Herr Linke.
We had new closeup of Johnny
Mihalic. The young il fie Id r
slapped a single to right field and
also whacked a long fly to right.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
Washington Returns
To Orlando Camp
Next Season

ORLANDO, Fla, April 6.-Nego-
tiations between the city of Or
lando as represented by the Cham
Der of Commerce and other civic
groups having failed to eliminate
in an agreement with the New
York Giants, the way was cleared
this morning for the return of
the Washington baseball club
to Orlando in 1898.
According to authentic sources,
Clark c. Griffith will sign the con-
tract before leaving here on Thurs
day night.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
GRIST OF THE GRIFFMEN

field when Hill threw. There will
be few slips of this nature.
Shanty Hogan gave the fans a
laugh when he charged some 40
yards after Boardagaray'S foul
fly, but was yards short. Shanty
found himself five yards from the
stands, going 40 knots per hour
and no breaks. So he threw him
self to the grass in a perfect
football take out.
Hogan played fullback at SOM
erset High School, and he has not
forgotten the football technique.
Buddy Lewis greeted Mike
Ryba with a perfect bunt down
the third base line, and sped to
third when the lone man gang"
threw into right field. Lewis
scored ahead of Padgett'S great
throw of Kuhel'S line drive.
Fred Sington ran a long way
to capture Padgett's hard belt. 1t
was Sington's best catch Of the
season.
Martin Haley, veteran st. Louis
baseball writer, is greatly puzzled
as to why the Browns should want
Cliff Bolton.
"They cannot find HemSley
half the time" said Haley land
with Bolton on the team, Horns
by would be looking for two men
instead Of one.
"Linke must be the doubtful
member of the Washington
staff" observed the dOur Mr..
Haley. 81 knew it when the
Cards got three hits off him."
Johnny Stone was out Of action
yesterday with lumbago. In his
absence, and with left-handed Bob
Weiland in the box, Fred Sington
patrolled right field.
Dizzy Dean, Paul Dean and
Lonnie Warneke did not accom-
pany the Cards to Orlando. The
dope was that the Dean boys and
Warneke will pitch nine innings
in their next starts.
With Chapman on first, two out
and the count three and one on
Simmons, the Griffs put on a hit
and.run play. 1t failed for the
reason that Simmons fouled out to
Mize.
The Griffs put on a show in the
second innings, getting two runs
on three hits. Travis tripled past
Padgett, and there followed hits
by Hogan and Newsom, with a
play for Frisch that bordered
closely upon an error. That citi-
zenry acclaimed the GriffS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
Max Harrington Plays
For Badminton Title

Tonight's the big night in local
badminton circles. Max Earring.
ton, graduate manager Of athletics
at the George Washington Uni
versity, faces his doubles partner,
Waldron Faulkner, for the cham
pionship in the National Capital
tournament in Eastern Highs gym.
The match will start at 8:15. The
championship in the mixed doubles
also will be decided tonight, with
the semifinal round scheduled to
start at 8 o'clock, and the final
at GAS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06

Charlie Tompkins, track coach,
is banking on Karbury, Hender-
son, Hopkins, Gravatt, in the run
ming events, and Goodwin and
Rinehardt in the field events, to
bring home the bacon. The meet
begins at $3.50 o'clock.
On Thursday the baseball team
meets the Alexandria Boys Club
nine in a practice game, and on
Saturday, Tome School of Fort
Deposit, Md, will play here.
The baseball team defeated the
National Training School hitters
this season.
The Washington and Lee High
nine of BallSton, Va, will clash
with Lee-Jackson High Of Fairfax
County today on its home field
at $3.50 o'clock.
Ray Cost or frankie Preston
will twirl for the Arlington County
team.
Hal Chilcotte, star local semi
pro player, has been farmed to the
The Washington times., 1937-04-06

This is important for the reason
that it illustrates the effort Mihalic
puts into his playing.
He is a dead left field hitter; a
fact known to one and all. But
he constantly attempts to defeat
the set defense of the enemy by
cutting late and driving the ball
to right field.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06

Winston-Salem, N. c., club by the
Chattanooga Lookouts. Chilcotte
is a catcher.
He formerly played with the st.
Mary's CelticS,
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
Perry Is Winner
Over Veteran TiIden

BOSTON, April 6. - Fred
Perry, Of England, worlds anna
teur champion for the last four
years, tonight defeated. big Bill"
Tilden, 44-year-old veteran Of the
courts, 3-6, 90, 8-6, 6-3, in
the fifth match Of their current
professional tour here before
5000.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
Kirk Miller
Says:
CONTINUED from LIST Sport Page)

Continued from LIST Sport Page)
Griffmen or ever draw on a
glove, therefore, he'd help us.
Simmons has ever had a way
of being a thorn in the side Of
the Washington team-at least
that is so of recent years.
In the past the guy could be
on the bench here, and, called as
a pinch hitter, get on first base
more consistently than any player
in the league, even If a Washing
ton error put him there some
times.
So that bug-a-boo is quite out of
the way.
Not Negative Gesture
However, have no idea Griffith,
Richardson, Eynon, etc., have
brought Simmons here to help
us go places in a strictly negative
capacity.
It would be a very expensive
manner indeed to help your club
simply by buying up all the players
who have given you trouble, and
letting them sit on the bench,
albeit the Boston Red Sox might
have done better with the galaxy
of stars they bought, had they
followed come such formula
And there is yet another angle
Of Simmons arrival which will
bear reflection.
Speaker and Cobb
You will recall about a decade
ago, or such a matter, that a
couple of broken-doWn outfielders
named Iris Speaker and Ty Cobb,
were grated to the body corporateS
of Washington and Philadelphia
for some reason or another.
They stayed only a year and
neither played in the world series
that season.
All things taken into considera-
ton, form your own conclusions.
I've drawn you the picture.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
Section Trials
At Indian
Springs
BY CHICK KENNY

After wild and woolly session
which lasted for about four hours,
the Middle-Atlantic Professional
Golfers Association patched up its
differences which threatened to
tear the group asunder, approved
its schedule for the coming sea
son and then elected George Diff
fenbaugh, Indian Springs pro,
president, before calling it a day.
The meeting was staged at
Indian Springs, following short
discussion concerning published
facts which came near to a wide
open split between the Washing
ton and Baltimore delegations.
Closer cooperation between the
two factions was motioned and
passed with no dissenting votes
Therefore, harmony reigns SUI
preme amid the Mid-Atlantic once
again.
In addition to the above bust
ness, the all.important scheduling
Of the Mid-Atlantic qualifying
flight for the P. G. A. champion
ship to be held at the Pittsburgh
Field Club, Aspinwall, Pa, May "a
to 80, was sealed.
Match, April 20
The match will be staged at
Indian Springs Thursday, April ~.
It will be a 36-hole test for the Gus
tomary three places, awarded the
Middle-Atlantic section. The quail
tying round for this district was
held at the Country Club OF Viz
rinia, Richmond, last year, with
only Leo Walper among the Dis
trict pros to make the grade.
A lengthy slate Of highly attrac-
tive tournaments starting April 10
was approved by the pros yester'
day afternoon.
The schedule follows:
April 19-Indian Spring Pro
Amateur, State Handicap for
Amateur.
May 1O-Chamberlaln Coun'
try Club, near Old Point Com.
fort, IS holes sweepstakes. 500
prize money plus entry fees.
May 24-CIiftOn-Mt. Pleasant
Scotch FOursOme, PrO-PrO.
June 7-Hille Pro-
Junior. Under 81 years Of age.
June 2S-COngresSional, Ia
dies.PrO.
July 19-ROlIing Road, Pro
Pro. Best ball.
August 9-Beaver Dam. Pro-
G&akA UnWAAfNmM
August 3O-RichmOnd, Va.
(COurSe to be selected. 1S-hOle
sweepstakes.
September 2O-S uburba
PrO-American. One-haf State
Handicap.
October 11-ManOr. Pro-Ama-
teur. One-half Club Handicap.
November Rodgers Forge.
PrO-Amateur.
Top NOtcherS To Va.
Should the Chamberlin Coun-
try Club of Old Point Comfort, Va,
be able to muster at least o dozen
or more nationally known profeS-
SIGNALS by the middle Of next week,
Q new tournament, which will be
an annual fixture, will be inaugu-
rated. The dates have been set
for April II and ID. AL Houghton,
pro at the club, has already sent
out wires to the top notchers, and
the first answer to be received, was
from Henry Picard, the Hershey
(Pa.) star.
The affair will be a 54.hole tour
ney in which three different size
cups will be used, namely, regula-
ton; small and the eight-inch,
which has been given the okay by
Sarazen.
In addition to George Diffen-
baugl1 as president, new officers of
the Middle-Atlantic P. G. A.
elected at the meeting were Ralph
Beach, Suburban Country Club,
Baltimore, first vice president;
Bobby Cruickshank, Country Club
Of Virginia, Richmond, second vice
president; and Bill Schneider, Mt.
Pleasant Country Club, Baltimore,
secretary.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
Clarendon Gathers

The Clarendon A. C. baseball
team meets tonight at 8 o'clock at
the home of Manager Watson,
1905 Gusts I'd, Clarendon. Va.
The Washington times., 1937-04-06
Episcopal High Faces
Busy Sports Card

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 6-EpscOpal High School ath-
letes will face busy week in sports Today the baseball
tossers engage st. Adams and Friday the tracmen
Eastern High of Washington at Hoxton Field.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Shone in Operetta

Dome O'Delle Moore, as Donne
O'Delle, sang the leading role in
the Columbia Opera Company's
light operetta "Sweethearts" at
the Rialto Theater recently {.
Miss Moore, a very attractive
blonde, has been giving singing
and dancing very serious study
during the past year and bids fair
to meet the expectations Of her
friends. Those who were
fortunate enough to see her say
she gave a splendid rendition and
was very beautiful in her many
attractive costumes. Miss Moore
(COL) is a stenographer in Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, and her
picture has adorned this column
before,
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
A Bill to PreUent

Flash: While Treasury Gusts sew
eral hundred Social Security tax
auditors from Civil Service status
to the field, there to succumb to the
patronage wolves, a bill to elimi
nate such spoils pillage rests
within the House Civil Service
Committee 1t is H. R. 6587, in.
troduced by Representative j. Har'
old Flannery of Pennsylvania in
April. . 1t would blanket deputy
internal revenue collectors into
the merit system after six months
Of probation, and all future ap.
pointments would be through Civil
Service Commission. .AFGE plans
to press it.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Height of Optimism

That Bureau of Engraving and
Printing bunch is optimistic E.
They announce their "Pre-Winter"
dance Thursday and Friday O.
1880, when most clerks are
sartin-sure winters already here
. Anyhow, it's slated for the
Arcade Ballroom, Fourteenth and
Park Road, and the melodious
chunes are to jump from the
braSSes, reeds and strings of the
bureaus own mammoth band and
orchestra, headed by John j. Will
liams, president; Maurice H.
Calker PAL), general business
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Weeks Calendar


NFFE meetings this week:
Today-Navy Yard Local GOT, 8
p. m, Arcadia Hall, Fourteenth
and Park Rd. N. W.; Finance COM
mittee, Local 2, Z p. m. head
quarters; War Local 261, 8 p. m,
headquarters.
WedneSday-Executive council,
D. c. Federal FE.U., p. m, head
quarters. ...- -...
Friday-Board of representa-
tiveS, Local q, 8 p. m, headquar-
terS. Headquarters, ITO Four
teenth st, N. W.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Navy NFFEs Increase

N. F. F. E. Notes: Navy Yard
Local GOT reports a growth from
20 members last March to 106 at
present time, with a dozen signed
up but not 'in the bag" officially
:. Orford Tomlinson, president,
reports Navy Yard employ
beginning to realize values of
membership in an organization
well established with a record of
definite ACCOMPLISHMENTS"
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Note to COllegians

Civil Service will test you for
statistical and marketing agent,
assistant and Junior, Bureau Of
Fisheries, if you apply before
January 4 To avoid polluting
the service, however, you must
have attended two years Of col
lege or a resident accounting
school,.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
NeWS Tips!

The symbol fPAL) beside
your name or "pen name" in
UiteS you to call at this desk
for tho passes to Loe1D'S Pal
ace TheGter, noU shouting
Jeanette Macdonald in "The
Firetly." Those tabled
(CAP) are entitled to taDo
free ducGts for the Capitol,
shouting William PoaUeH and
MyrnG Loy in Double We'd
ding" and those 1Dtth (COLJ
may call for tho Columbia
tickets for GretG Carlo and
Charles Boyer in conquest"
Tickets are GpGrded for
best "nepS tips" about Coz.
ernment conditions, tDhich
mag be mailed or ptoned
and should carry q nom de
plume" or "pen name" If of
the "touchy" OGriety, irritGt.
ing to Officials or stooges.
General r1etDs about folks In
the office" may also t0in, and
often the tickets are GtDGrded
Just as a good-iOiH gesture
from The Times.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07

Lodge, AFGE...
w ith Charlie
will serve, as
vice proxies,
Gail T. Judd,
(name'S S o
very familiar),
Ere d erick I.
Mobiles, Sopro-
mia M. e ! m e r
(COL). Made
line G. Liston,
L o ri n a M.
Wendt (CAP)
and Alice K.
Derrow. .Th e
hard work, sec
rafarvinr falls
The Washington times., 1937-12-07

SpeakiH7s OF
GOVERNMENT
WORKERS

By J. EARLE MosER

Civil Service Commissions widely praised Inauguration of
competitive examinations for promotions within the agency
tans loophole wide enough for freight locomotive Off
cay declared that jobs will filled from the registers set
up unless peculiar requirements of duties administration
OF particular vacancy require SELECTIVE cercaton to be
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Frinnt Aide Back

Annabeth Steelman has re-
turned to her desk as secretary to
Mr.. Julien N. Friant, (AAA)
after a months visit in Pueblo,
Col, and Chicago, Ill AT the
former she acted as wedding al.
tendant for a close friend, who
was formerly in AAA, and at the
latter visited with her parents.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Streomlined

GAO News, issued by GAO
Branch of Local No. 2, NFFE
is issued the second Tuesday of
each month, solely to GAO men,
berShip. The issue of December
Is will be two streamlined pages
chock full Of interesting news.
The lack Of space prevents the
News from printing lengthy
articles or attempting to analyze
employe legislation that may be
pending. The Federal Employe
certainly covers that field very
very thoroughly. The GAO News
will feature a special column that
will prove to be of great help to
the membership of GAO Branch.