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The Washington times., 1937-04-24
fifty Roads to Town
Rating: Good
Goth CenturyFOx)

Comedy and romance given farce
treatment form the substance OF
this film. Much Of it is very anus
ing. Other portions, which have
the atmosphere Of q high school
amateur theatrical, are not. Con-
Sequently, the entertainment is
slowed somewhat. However, good
dialogue and situation combine to
offer general attractiveness and
appeal for average audiences.
Featuring Don Ameche and Ann
Sothern, the plot follows the mis-
taken identity formula. In speed
ing auto, Ameche is fleeing Q d.
vorce mess. Miss Sothern is also
in flight-on the way to an elope-
ment. Both come together In an
isolated mountain cabin where the
boys thinks that the girl Is a
process-serving deputy and she
thinks he is gangSter. Intimate
but wholesome relations enSue and
bring Spencer Charters, an inn
keeper; Stepin Fetchit, his handy
man; Slim Summerville, q trap
per; Paul Hurst, motorcycle police
man and John Qualen, sheriff,
into the film for some hilarious
comedy contrast. The appear
ance Of Douglas Fowley, the real
gangSter, lends a dramatic note
to the comedy. AS Miss Sothern
and Ameche come to love each
other real Identities are revealed.
This is followed by a farce comedy
situation which eliminates in a
roaring gun siege wherein Qualen's
posse fires more bullets than ever
were aimed at Dillinger. The VIC
lent situation is not to be taken
seriously.
The film is based on novel by
Louis Nobel which William Coun-
selman and Georgia Marion, Jr.,
transcribed to the screen. Nor
man Taurog's direction accen-
tuates comedy, but points for
enough love interest to hold the
story together.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24

About four years ago, when I
had finished reading Tiffany
Thayer's exciting novel, zone
Woman" started raving about
what a swell movie it would make
If certain portions Of it could
be adjusted to suit our cinema
censorS.
Paramount evidently liked the
book, too. At least, it was pur.
chased with the idea Of producing
1t with an all-Star cast. But the
scenario department and many an
able writer struggled through
script after script, all in vain. It
just wouldn't come out right.
Several years passed. Zone
Woman" was obviously q ink
yarn. Finally, and luckily for Para.
mount, capable Doris Anderson
came in with q bright idea and
managed, by interpolating many
new characters and an entirely
different beginning and end, to
scribble out q rapid-fire melo-
drama that is suspense-filled and
extremely exciting.
I do think, however, that a bet.
ter title than king of Gamblers"
could have been selected. Never.
thelesS, there's plenty of kick IN
lift you like Suave killers, lots of
gun play, noSey and romantic re-
porters and a pretty heroine.
Director Robert Florey has
tackled his subject with sort of
spirited frenzy-a celluloid re.
porter out to save the gal from
the wrong" guy, expose a slot
machine racket, capture the
crooks, kill off the murderers and
fix it so that "girl gets the right
fellow" And Mr.. Florey accom-
pliSheS his task easily, well balanc.
ing his thrill moments with lighter
sequences of comedy.
Particularly good is Lloyd Nolan
as the snoopy and go-getter type of
reporter. Claire Trevor turns in
her usual capable performance,
while Akin Tamiroff does a neat
job as the oily menace.
Helen Burgess didn't live to see
her best work on the screen, nor
to hear it applauded by an audi
ence Saddened at losing such a
lovely and talented actress.
Porter Hall made his managing
editors role shine, although he
was ON the screen but briefly.
Larry Crabbe, Harvey Stephens,
Barlowe Borland, Paul Fix, Cecil
Cunningham and Robert CHECKER
were especially good in supporting
roles.
Seen but briefly, Evelyn Brent
stood out just as Importantly as
she always did in the days when
she was q star. It is a shame she
doesn't get better breaks. She's a
fine actress.
You'll like 1.-THE King Of Gam
blerS," if you go for thrillers and
ShockerS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
Louis Hayward Would
Plane to South Seas

Louis Hayward is planning
trip to Tahiti on board the China
Clipper as soon as his picture COM
mitments will permit. He intends
to stay at least two months in the
South Seas.
Hayward currently is, playing
the romantic lead opposite Miriam
Hopkins and Paul MUM IN RIO
Radios 1.-THE Woman Love" ana
has been signed for two more RkO
pictures later.
Although the young British
actors family resides in England,
Hayward fears that a vacation
across the Atlantic might be upset
by war.
I'm not a pessimist," he ex-
planned, "but that situation IN
Spain looks like q powder .keg to
me-"
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
Dick Powell Phones His Joan
About Every As Minutes

before he married Miss Blondell.
The only time anyone runs
anywhere near getting as many
calls from Dick as Joan is when
the racing season is on at nearby
Santa Anita, then Dick puts in
about six calls during the after
noon to find how he is making
out. His limit is about two dol
lars a race.
Thoroughly familiar with the
human falling of having to call
someone" the moment an instru-
ment is sighted, the studio has
to save the time of its employees
and its own money by curtailing
wire conversations.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24

HOLLYWOOD, April "a G.N.SD
Dick Powell is we'll on the way to.
wards becoming the worlds most
attentive husband.
He telephoned his bride-Joan
Blondell to you-an average of II
times a day while he's making a
picture. If your arithmetic is bad,
that is an average of once every
Is minutes.
It all came out when some War
ner Brothers statistician set out to
determine the studios champion
telephone caller.
Powell won, hands down, with
an average Of % a day. His all
time record, At, was made the week
The Washington times., 1937-04-24

"Acon" he whispers: Its all yours" And, in place Of
cu he usually ends by telling the acors cts per-
fecty charming Couldn't have been better" Then he makes
them do it again.
dramatic sidelght this picture the appearance of
Henry Fonda opposite Bette Davis 1t is the first film they
have made together But their acquaintance dates back the
Cape Playhouse in New England.
At that time Fonda playing the juvenile in
stock production of 'The Barker"
Bette whose acting talent was yet to be discovered was
working usher.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
PREVIEWS
By Jimmy Starr
king Of Gamblers"
RGtinO: Good

Produced by Paramount. FeaturInR
Claire Trevor, Lloyd Nolan and Akin
TamirOff. Directed by Robert FlOrey.
From the novel by Tiffany Thayer.
Screen play by Doris Anderson. Photo.
grRphed By Harry Fischbeck.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24

Grant, Roland Young and
company are making the pic
ture Topper"
1t is 10: 80 in the morning,
but a band of Negro musi-
clans dressed in bright yell
low costumes is giving an
imitation of a Harlem night
club at 3 a. m.
You can make a tour of
five night clubs without
leaving this sound stage.
In the story, Constance
Bennett and Cary Grant are
whooping it up, and Director
Norman Mcleod is shooting
vantage shots of the various
places they visit. They start
in a swank supper club, then
make the rounds of a Cuban
cafe, a Harlem hot spot, an
Hawaiian hut and finally a
cheap dive, where the turned
up tables and stacked chairs
show that day is at hand.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24

ing is showing them how to
play it.
''Let me be both of you for
just a minute" he says.
Taking a position before a
desk, he speaks Bette's lines.
Then he moves over a few
feet and speaks Hunters.
AS a one-time winner of the
Academy Award, Bette might
think she could figure out the
scene for herself. But she is
completely sold on Goulding.
when most directors try
to act a scene, they look
funny" she whispers to me.
"But when he does it, you
wonder how you can do as
WELL"
Set visitors like to watch
Goulding, too. He puts on a
great show. One of his fav-
orite instructions before a
scene is: Gust do it like a
charade." Instead of saying
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
New Constance Bennett Gives
Our Reporter CIose-UPs on
Her Latest Picture
By HARRISON CARROLL
HOLLYWOOD, April "a.

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
Best bargain of the week for the Hollywood set VISITOR Is
the Hal Roach studio where Constance Bennett Cary
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
Director Acts TtUO Roles

Bette Davis and Ian Hunter doing for Bettes
picture "That Certain Woman Director Edmund Gould
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
62-POMmd GOoU1a

US"I UtUBUW UUHOBV
Constance Bennett arrives the set around H. She has
poured herself into white evening made of thousands
of sequins
eff you don't think this is heavy she says, Gift the hem
of it."
We do ddently, and discover that the Bennett toenais
this morning stained to match her finger nails.
"Prey heavy" observe.
"Sixty-two pounds" informs Constance.
La Bennett you know, has great head for figures Ask
anybody who ever tried to gyp her in business deal.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24

All these sets adjoin each other
1t is like weird composite picture of night the loose
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-07

one learn the tacts about the uni
verse. It seems strange that q
man of Mr.. Wells historical out
look would not realize that we have
had encyclopedias from the very
earliest days of printing, and be-
fore. Each of these contained a
chapter on medicine, and for that
reason I have been interested in
them, because some Of the early
discoveries in medicine were writ
ten in these books. The "Marghe-
rita Philosophia" was one of these,
which was probably in Shake
peare's library. The medieval
schoolmen, such as Albertus Mag
nus, were constantly writing en-
cyclopedias, and they were widely
distributed.
One of the most interesting Of
the encyclopedias was Roger Ba-
con, that greatest "apparition Of
the Middle Ages, and in one part
of his encyclopedia books he care
fully concealed in a cipher the in
vention by which he is best known
today. In this book the first eight
chapters were written in clear and
readable Latin, but the following
chapters, according to an eminent
scholar, read like so much gibber-
ish.
The fact is that Bacon had de-
vised what is called the argyle
Cipher, which consists Of clever
way of hiding sentences that are
important under a lot of high
sounding phrases and words. AL
legedly he was discussing the Elixir
of Life and the Philosophers Stone,
and actually he described saltpeter
and the making of gunpowder, and
he puts the most important sem
tence, which related to the proper
lions of the explosive mixture, in
an anagram which successfully
withstood translation for almost
700 years. Is it not too bad that
this encyclopedias secret was ever
rediscovered?
Apropos of cures Of the worlds
ills. we are reminded of what Prof.
e. A. Ross once remarked, "The
real enemy of the dove Of peace is
not the eagle Of pride or the vul-
ture Of greed, but the stork."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-07

p,.Tf. "
a,, PUBIC affairs among private in
o,, ',ualS' How it is going to work
s.s - Aooody knows, and Mr.. Wells
. ssI.> 70 think there is quite a pos
N 10y mat it won't work out at
s,. ailu mat human civilization will
+ .'ppear He thinks that while
,:.s lave improved enormously in
>, .'lanlcal devices, m ans of
h -spoftatlon and communication.
ern 10, IAN organization of the mod
desl " ..'ile mas not been organized to
h.. WIN the new problems which
D. machines impose.
hi, itsohally, 1 am not so sure that
Of h. = possible. From what 1 know
cban t,,dn nature, mankind is a me-
viii ss5 not a mental, animal. who
cal MI NJ MS salvation in mechani-
poouI E@ys, and that the average
viii f sn3 even in times of war.
somab r'lu means of subsistence
tlanca and carry on some SEM
70 hana u our modern civilization
l. viii VIM bo On to the next generation.
the bl h pe pretty hard to eradicate
is inno .'an race. We even find it
quito .aposslble to eradicate mos
ana typhoid germs
n, Mr.. Wells Solution
encyclo mells' solution is to have an
minds o ff tbs drawn up by the best
y Tile world. and have every-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-07

Of1erlng a rem
edy. AS in most
cases of social
reform, the di-
agnosis is bet
ter t h a n t h e
treatment.
We all recog-
nize the symp-
toms which en-
danger civ ia
ton with the in
crease of unem-
ployment, t h e
lack of business
stability, danger
of war and lack
Of rocnnnnil,iIifrz
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-07

dealer: South North-South
vulnerable
How should South play to make
his contract of 7-Clat3?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-07

~ ncharted puzzle starts with l. across hve-letter
Tc nober down. hveleter Fill in SQUARES at the
so s Of each and check with tomorrows solution
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-07
Cure for Worlds Ills:
Suggestion byH. G.. Wells

By LOGAN CLENDENING, Nj. d.
MR.. II. C. WELLS has been
curing the United States and Can
ia delivering lectures on the dire
'.dle OF our present civilization and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-07
REVERSING THE ORDER

RUNNING a side suit before
sa-.ing the trumps reverses the
xal procedure. On certain hands
is absolutely essential to do so,
"a means Of discarding losers in
-1ther suit, if the opponents are
a-.1ally certain to get in the lead
7tan the trumps are tried.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-07
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

would be difficult with that lead,
as a trump would be lost, two
hearts, one club and possibly a dia-
mond. The declarer, however, de-
cided to go after the diamonds first
before he lost control with trumps.
He finessed the diamond 10, which
held, then the diamond ] and on
the diamond A discarded one club.
He then led the diamond @, dis
carding his last club, and West
trumped.
Vests club return was ruffed by
South, who then led a small spade.
to the A, which picked up Vests
K. Two heart TRICKS in addition to
the diamond that was ruffed were
the Only tricks taken by the op-
ponents.
Tomorrow's Problem
AAK75
OAKS
AK75
q QS2
AQJs2 - 1000
V10937 :" :. GQ42
AJ62 IS u q Q 20 8 4
A93 S. s
sas75
A64
@J65
f. A 8
g 4 = J 10 "a
(Dcaicr: South. North South
vulrerable)
How should South play to make
his contract of 7-Cl,iS?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-07

Dealer: South. East-West vul-
feyable.)
North and South reached a con-
Tract Of 4-Spades on this deal with
South the declarer. After two
passes, North bid diamond, eX-
l9eting his partners response
would probably be 1-Reart. How
ever. South bid 1-Spade, which
North raised, and after a bid of
three by South, North took the
contract to four.
The club K was led and South
E.a With the ace. l. was i'm
Ie-.atelY evident that the contract
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-04
Navy Orders

Current Navy orders include these:
CAPTAIN
Andrew D. Benney, det: as Off. in
Chge. Navy Rctg. Sta. Los Angeles,
Nov. 80; to comm. U. S. S. Pensacola.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS
George L. Harriss, Diet. C. o. U. s. S.
MacLeish, Nov. s: to II. S. S. Rigel a.
repair officer.
John F. Warris. ors. by c. in c.
Asiatic modified: to U. s. s. New York
As gum. officer instead duty Rec. Ship
at New York.
LIEUTENANT
George W. Stott, det Blu. Engr.. Navy
Dept, Dec: 80; to sumb. Div. u as div.
LIEUTENANTs, JUNIOR GRADE
Richard C. Latham. det. U. S. s. RIA.
January 10; to C. +. o. U. S. S. Skipjack
and ON BID. when commiss.
William L. Lawrence. Diet. U. s. s.
Dahlgren. Dec. 81. to instn. Subm. Base,
New London, Conn.
Richard H. O'Kane, det. U. s. s. Pruitt.
John R. Van Evers, Diet. vcs-5 CU. s.
9. Chesterl in Dec; to VCS-5 (U. S.
8. Portland).
ENSIGN
John A. Hack, det. U. S. S. Lawrence,
Dec. 1S; to instn. Subm. Base. New
London.
1t. Edward Ritter Won Preissig Is. CO..
o. S. N. (Ret.), died Sept. 20.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-04
Army Orders

Army orders of the week include the
PROMOTION
The following officers have been pro-
NOTED to ranks indicated with rank from
November /, except where otherwise in
dicated:
To Colonel-John A. Warden, Q. NJ.
c.; John T. Harris, Q. NJ. C.: John
Mather. o. D.: Frederick A. Prince. F.
A; Albert s. ]. Tucker, inf; Marion o.
French, inf; George w. c. whiting, inf;
Frank NJ. Kennedy, A. c.
To Lieutenant Colonel-wesIey C. Cox,
NJ. C.. Oct. 80; Floyd v. Kilgore, NJ. C..
Oct. 30; John G; Woodland. M C., Oct.
G. Peyton, cav; Ellicott H. Freeland,
C. A. c.; James C. Ruddell, C. A. c.;
Abram v. Rinearson, jr.. c. A. c.; Rich
ard C. Birmingham, inf; Joseph H.
thur N. Ellis. inf; Maurice L. Miller,
inf: Junius H. Houghton, A. c.: Walter
L. Perry, M. C.. Oct. 81; Harvey R. Live
say, NJ. c.
TO Major-Frank N. Bsrreli. Q. M. C.;
Franz j. Jonitz, Q. NJ. c.; John A. Gil
man, Q. M. c.. Lewis A. Murray. G. of
E.; John E. Langley, C. of E.; Paul s.
Edwards, Sig. c.; Stanton Higgins, cav;
Redding F. Perry, cav: Walter A. Metts,
jr., F. A; Frank Camm. F. A.: Arthur
A. c.; Richard o. Bassett, IT.. inf.
Lorenz D. Macy, inf; William v. An.
drews, A. C.
Retirement of Brlsadier General
Brig. Gen. George B. Pillsbury, assist
70 cn: OF enErs'' Washington; retired
Appointed to BriEadier General
Col. Walter e. Prosser, Sig. c., apptd.
gen. with rank from November /.
Retiring Board
A retiring board Consisting of the fol-
lowing officers is appointed to meet
from time to time, at the call of its presi-
dent, at Fitzsimmons General Hospital,
Denver, for the examination of such
Members-Col. Robert T. Phinney,
inf; Col. Frederick s. Wright. NJ. c.;
Col. Larry B. McAfee, NJ. c.; Lieut.. Col.
George A; Sanford, inf: Major Archi-
Recorder-Capt. william B. Walters,
F. A.
Medical Examiners and Witnesses
1t Col Edwin H. Roberts, n. c., Maj.
OTHER ORDERS
Lieutenant Colonies
Burgh $. Burnet. NJ; C.. Lettermau
and N. Gen. Hosp. Hot Springs National
Park, Ark. sail from San Francisco Jan.
IS for New York ana proceed to
Herbert E. Taylor, Cav, Philippines,
to duty with Org. Res. Salt Lake City.
Utah.
Captains
James B. Nichols, Y. c.; FIT. Myer.
Va, to FIT. Mason, Calf; sail from New
Joseph JOS 5O F. 5attley, c. W. s., ordered to
take part in aerial flights from Nov.
Sam F. Seeiey, M. c., detailed as mbr.
Of Central Med. Dept. 3D., apptd. in
John r. Wood, M. c.. rel. above.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS
Sam W. Cheyney, A. c., Philippines,
to A. C. Trng. c.. Randolph Field. Tex.
Thomas S. Power. A. C., same.
William c. Sans. A. C., Hawaii, to
same.
Robert W. Warren. A. c., same
Henry r. McKenzie. @. M. c.. Wash
inRton: to addtl. duty with Arg. Res.
Sd Corps Area.
Maj. Harlan L. Mumma, Q. N. CO.
Capt. Kenneth C. Hogs tcav). A. G.
D.. days, Nov. 4.
Capt. Joseph R. Doughsrty. 1nf- 2
mos, Dec. 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-04
TAX REvISIONS
ARE TAKEN UP
IN HOUSE GROUP
Opposition to Profits
Levy Increases
BY WILLIAM s. NEAL

U.N.S0. Increasing pressure for
revision Of the undistributed prof
its tax was reported today by mem
bers Of the House Ways and Means
special tax subcommittee as 1t
convened today to begin work on
general tax revision.
With many members of the sub
committee indicating belief the
law should be revised, congress.
sional action appeared probable
unless the Treasury attempts to
block changes.
MAGILL TO TESTIFY
Strong demands for repeal may
be shunted to the floor Of the
Senate and House, along with de-
mands for repeal Of the capital
gains and loss provisions.
Undersecretary Of the Treasury
Roswell Magill, the Treasury'S tax
expert, was slated to confer with
the subcommittee and report the
results of his investigation. Treas.
ury officials, in the face Of con
tinued deficits, were said to be
ready to resist any efforts to re-
duce taxes in the coming regular
session Of Congress.
Returning members of Congress
indicated that proposals for a
sharp boost in taxes to balance
the budget also would be resisted,
REVISION PREDICTED
II think the subcommittee
will consider revision of the I'M
distributed profits tax but l do
not think it will be repealed"
said Representative Buck CD
Of California, a member. ZAP.
parently there are some in
equalities and it may be that
some cushions are needed"
Representative Treadway (R0
Of Massachusetts, expressed belief
that business, crying for revision
or repeal Of the undistributed
profits and capital gains and loss
taxes, cannot expect much relief.
REPEAL DOUBTED
while the undistributed prof
1t tax should be repealed and
Republican members of the
Ways and Means Committee
doubtless will take that posi-
ton, it does not seem likely I'm
less the Roosevelt AdminiStra-
ton changes its attitude" said
Treadway.
With Treadway declaring that
the Administration will block tax
revision, Buck predicted that the
general level of taxes will not be
raised by Congress in the coming
session.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-04
ADVE RISEN EMIT
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACK ACHE
Caused by Tired kidneys

Many Of those gnawing, nagging, painful
backaches people blame on colds or strains
are often caused by tired hdnsye-and may
DO relieved when treated in the night way.
The kidneys are Natures ahief way Of taking
sxcsss acids and poisonous waste out Of the
blood. Most people pass about 3 pints day %
about pounds Of waste.
II the Is miles of kidney tubes and GlteES
don't work well, poisonous waste matter stays
in the blood. These poisons may start nagginG
backachss, rheumatic pains, los Of Pep and
energy, getting up nights, swelling puffina@
under the eyes, headaches and diEIinsss.
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Deans
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
Is miles Of Kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from the blood. Get Doan'S Pi0s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-04
Pope Plus Blesses
Rome Athenaeu1n

ROME, Nov. 4 d.N.SJ.-Look-
ing tired and pale, Pope Plus left
the Vatican yesterday and drove
across Rome to attend the inaugu-
ration Of the new pontifical Athe-
naeum for high religious studies.
The Pontiff blessed the Athe-
naeum, pronounced q few words of
praise, for Catholic learning and
returned to the Vatican.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-23
CREAM THEFT
LAID topaz ..

ARLINGTON, Va, July %.
Theft of $500 worth Of cream
from the Marcy Brothers Dairy,
2701 Wilson Boulevard, in recent
months was disclosed in county
court today when Substitute JUS
tice Clarence Ehalt ordered a man
and q woman held for action Of
the October jury in connection
with he larceny.
Although specifically charged
with theft Of only two cans Of
cream valued at $50, the pair Sc
cretly shipped more than 500 cans
of cream from the Arlington dairy
to the Mountainview Dairy at
Purcellville, Va, since January, &C
cording to information given the
court by Commonweal's Attorney
Lawrence w. Douglas. Douglas
said they received approximately
81 800 for their shipments which
were sold as "sour" cream at one
third the regular wholesale price
Of $50 per 10-gallon can.
The man, Henry D. Iddings, SO.
Of Falls Church, an employe of the
dairy, pleaded guilty to the charge
today. The woman, Mrs. Louise
Beach, 20, Of 1925 o st. N. w.,
Washington, D. c., entered a plea
Of not guilty.