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The Washington times., 1937-05-07
ALL TYPES GET
CHANCE IN
FILM TEST

Somewhere in Washington TO-
day there is an unknown boy or
girls-perhaps a stenographer, or
a clerk, or maybe home girl
who soon will be heralded through
out the world as Americas per-
feet screen find"
But who is it? Is he or she
you?
Metro Goldwyn Mayer, great
motion picture company, is seek
ing this new prospect and has
asked the assistance Of The Wash
ington Times and Loew's Capitol
Theater in the search for q tai
ented Washingtonian.
The Metro-G oldwyn-Mayer crew
of experts will arrive here next
week and will set up a real "stu-
dio" on the Loew's Capitol stage
and will give to local boys and
girls actual screen and voice tests.
Send in Coupon
Will you be among those who
will receive a screen and voice
test2 1t does not cost you one
cent to enroll for a test, and the
rules are quite simple.
Boys and girls must be between
the ages Of 16 and %, and must
reside within or near Washington.
If you haven't filled out an APP
plication for a test, clip out the
registration blank appearing in to-
days newspaper, paste it on the
back Of a photograph Of yourself
and mail it Immediately to the
Metro-G oldwyn-Mayer Screen Test
Editor, at either The Washington
Times or Loew'S Capitol Theater.
Trip to Film Studios
Fame! :. wealth! perhaps
even eventual Stardon1 in the
movies beckons to you if you hap
pen to be the person this great
motion picture company is seek
ing. You will be sent, without
cost, to the vast M-G-M studios
in Culver City. in California, to
meet the glamorouS Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer stars, to be presented
with a thorough movie test, q
royal fete, and perhaps movie
contract!
C. Edward Carrier, prominent
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
B0Y,5,AD0PTED
BY COR0NAD0S

DR.. Enrique Coronado, Of 2601
North Sixteenth st., Lyon Village.
Va, editor Of the Pan-American
Journal, and Mrs. Coronado, have
legally adopted five-year-old Dan.
lei william Moore, Mrs. Coronado's
nephew.
Justice James M. Proctor in
United States District Court signed
the adoption decree on motion Of
Attorney Herbert r. GroSsrnan.
Danny" as he Is known, is the
son Of John H. Moore and Mrs.
Lorraine Moore.
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
Screen Talent Quest Rules

by . photograph Of the en-
trant. Photographs submit
ted must have sufficient post.
age to insure their proper de.
livery and return. A record
Of stage or screen experience
Of the applicant should &c
company the photograph.
5.-The Times will have the
right to publish these pic.
lures, but their publication
will In no way obligate The
Times or the judges Of the
talent Quest"
6.-FrOm time TO time dur.
ing the Quest applicants win
be asked for special screen
and voice tests.
For COMPLETE DETAILS
OF this Wonderful Oppor-
tuntty read
THE WASHINGTON TINES
The Washington times., 1937-05-07

test is considered the most prom
Using.
Personality Counts
Sometime soon after the win
ner has been selected, he or she
will be flown to Hollywood on q
Flagship Sleeper plane Of the
American Airlines and overnight
will be deposited in the magic
land Of Hollywood. There the
winner will be the principal in
what now looms to be . thrill
that will remain for a lifetime.
Never has the youth and
beauty Of this city been offered
SO vast an opportunity. Beauty
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
SUSPECT HELD
| GAMING

As police yesterday pushed their
gambling crusade, William Dietz,
described as one Of the chief vic
Tins, again was in the hands Of
the law.
DietZ, whose downtown estab-
lishment was raided recently and
who is ct liberty on bond, was
arrested by Traffic Policeman A.
D. Clark on the Highway Bridge,
which he was crossing, Clark says,
ct so miles an hour.
He posted $25 collateral on Q
speeding charge
The Washington times., 1937-05-07

is not the paramount quality
personality and talent are
today's chief attributes. Remem-
Der that the camera brings out
qualities you may never have
dreamed you possessed. So
there's an equal chance for all.
Don't pass up this opportunity
for it may never be presented
again. Clip the coupon and rush
it in with your application, and
remember that entries post
marked later than midnight Sun.
day will not be eligible. 1.
Hurry!
The Washington times., 1937-05-07

The Washington Times
M-G-M-LoeU'S Screen Tai
ent Quest DiH be conducted
under the tollotDin0 rules and
stipulGtionS::
1.-The contest Is open to
all readers Of The Washing.
ton Times Of both sexes be-
tween the ages Of 16 and 20.
2.-EmplOyes or members Of
their families Of the sponsor.
ing organizations are not eli.
gible.
3.-The contest ends Satur.
day, May 8. Entries bearing
pOstmark later than midnight,
May 8, will not be considered.
4.-Applicants must regis
ter on the official blank In
The Times. Application
blanks must be accompanied
The Washington times., 1937-05-07

M.-G.-M. test director, will super.
wise the filming and recording Of
the screen and voice tests to be
made here. Filming Of the tests
will be made on the stage Of
Loew's Capitol Theater on a day
to be announced, and will present
to film fans of this city an oppor-
tunity of seeing just how talking
pictures are made.
OF group of boys and girls to
be tested, when the tests are COM
pleted and exhibited the follow
ing week on the screen Of Loew's
Capitol Theater, M.-G.-M. judges
will select the candidates whose
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
Reciprocity Club
Will Lunch TODAY

The Reciprocity Club will hold
a luncheon meeting at 1890 p. m.
today at the Lafayette Hotel.
Voted into the club at q recent
meeting were DR.. j. M. LOTUS and
r. K. Stephens. a LAWYER,
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
18th Trade PaCt
Planned By Hull

Secretary Of State Cordell Hull
yesterday announced intention to
negotiate a reciprocal trade agree
ment with CzechoSlovakia, the
seventeenth such pact since the
trade agreements act was passed.
Evening star., 1937-03-12

by Inspector A. r. Bedinger OF the
Department Of Commerce.
Bedinger said the test, in which Miss
Earhart flew by instruments alone in
the covered cockpit Of her $4,000
flying laboratory" was necessary for
her proper rating as pilot before her
take-off, set for Monday.
"She can do It," said the inspector,
announcing the woman flyer had made
top-notch rating, both In effort and
achievement.
Miss Earhart, who has piloted planes
across the Atlantic and the Pacific
from Honolulu here, settled down to
q program Of relaxation today in prep
aration for the first leg Of her flight
over 2,400 miles Of open sea to Hawaii,
III I don't do 1t, somebody else will, :"
said Miss Earhart in discussing her
equatorial course to pioneer possible
new commercial routes and obtain
aviation data.
commercial flights never can be
Evening star., 1937-03-12
BY NINA CARTER TABB.

4 THRILLING paper chase was
~ staged near Langley, Va, re-
~ Gently, with 40 riders partici-
4 pating. Just prior to the
paper chase there was a horse show
at Paul Rhinehart's farm, with vari-
GUS jumping contests for young peo-
Pile. Mrs. John lands and Mrs
Minerva Patch judged the classes
and Mrs. Frank McSherry helped di-
rect the day of sport.
The paper chasers rode over
natural course, across country for
about six miles, with brush, post and
rail fences, water jump and q ma
chlnery or junk pile jump. The chase
started at the Old Georgetown road
and ended at Palisades Stables by the
forest on the Potomac The riders
traversed country which was ridden
over by George Washington and Lord
Fairfax when they hunted foxes to-
gether.
For those without experience in fox
hunting paper chase is great sport
and a good way to learn. The riders
eyes take the place of hounds In
short, they play hound on horseback
Finishing first in the paper chase
were Mr.. Hale, Miss Roberta Ayers
and Hobart Montee of Washington,
the latter riding the famous horse,
Rascob, but these three were dis
qualified The judges awarded first
place to Miss Nancy Lands of Alex
andria, on her mount, Mincing Midge:
second place went to Miss Nancy Jean
Fasanko of College Park, Md. During
the run Mrs. Frank McSherry was
seen out in front many times on her
thoroughbred, Fox, recently shipped
here from the Hawaiian Islands, but
at the end of the run she was back
in about fifth place.
Paul E. Rhinehart won the best
jumping class of the mornings show,
riding Sidney Azof, standard bred
by Azoff, who is the sire of Peter
Manning, champion trotter. Mr..
Rhinehart was the oldest rider among
the hundred show participants. He
took the course without a touch and
was heartily applauded by the spec
tators. Close second was Tony Mix,
ridden by Red Read of Richmond
The children's open for all classes was
won by Nancy Jean Fasanko, riding
Evening star., 1937-03-12
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D G,

place at the Tuesday meeting at
Bradley Farms. After a good run,
the fox was denned in the Owens
woods. Among those out were Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Carrico, Mrs. Edward
Gookin, Miss Frances Cox, Miss Eliza
beth Jackson, Mrs. Roland Riddick,
DR.. Joseph Horgan, Comdr. Justice
Lee, George Walker, John P. Brown
and Claude Owen.
Hunting Iog-TOmorrow's Meets.
VIRGINIA.
Warrenton, Middleburg and Orange
County Hounds will not go out on &C
count Of the point-to-point races, to
be held in Warrenton.
Cobbler Hunt, Edmund Horgan,
M. F. H.; AShby Glen, l pm. LOU
doun Hunt Club, j. r. H. Alexander,
M. F. H. (For time and place of
meet, call Leesburg 33-F-4) The
Fairfax Hunt, William Mcclellan,
M. F. H.: Wicken's Joy, 10 am.
MARYLAND.
Elkridge- Hartford Hunt, Harvey
LadeW, M. F. H.; Howard Prices, II
Evening star., 1937-03-12

a black mare named Smarty; second,
Raymond Schultz, riding Flip Flop;
third, Gilbert Gray, riding Dolly B.
nR. FRED r. SANDERSON, M. F.
H. Of Riding and Hunt Club
Hounds, is recovering from an attack
Of pneumonia, and his many friends
were delighted to hear that he was
able to leave the hospital and go home
yesterday. DR.. Sanderson has been
greatly missed in the hunting field
during his illness and it is hoped he
will be in the saddle again soon. Mrs.
L. T. Hundt made an efficient master
when she acted in Dr.. Sandersons
Evening star., 1937-03-12
COLONIAL VILLAGE ASKS
SAFER TRAFFIC IN AREA
Citizens Association Board Urges
. Provision for Signals in
County Budget.
Dy . Stan CORRESPONDENT OF The Star.

1y 4 Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
COLONIAL VILLAGE, Va, March
12.-Safer traffic conditions were
stressed at the meeting of the Board
Of Directors and Executive Committee
Of the Colonial Village Citizens Asso-
citation last night Chairman H. S.
Allen OF the Safety Committee reported
that County Manager Frank C. Hanra-
han already has been asked to provide
for traffic lights and better policing of
the village in the budget to be pre-
sented to the county board Monday.
j. Miller, reported that he already
has the signatures of more than 800
residents of the village on a petition to
A. M. Simpson, acting postmaster, for
branch post office in Colonial Village.
Plans are being made for ping pong
tournament and soft ball league
among residents of the village, it was
reported by George T. Talbot, chair
man of the Athletic Committee.
Evening star., 1937-03-12
RECTOR'S AID ELECTS

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LAYTONSVILLE, Md, March 12.-
Mrs R. Lauck Benson Of Sandy Spring
was reelected president of the Rec
tors Aid OF st. Bartholomew's parish
at a meeting held at the home Of Mrs.
Thomas Hyde, 4th. Other officers
elected were Mrs. Samuel Riggs, Lay
louisville, vice president; Mrs. Thomas
Ladson, Olney, treasurer; Mrs. Merhle
Haines, Laytonsville, secretary.
A dance will be held in Brookeville
School April 10 to raise funds for the
improvement of the rectory grounds.
Evening star., 1937-03-12
MISS EARHART "A"
IN BLIND FLYING
Test Over San Francisco Bay
Preliminary to World
Flight.

BY the Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calf, March Ia
Amelia Earhart possessed sciences
greatest safeguard today against the
ever-impending menace Of fog and
storm-an oncial "A" rating as 4
blind flyer.
AS last preparation for her world
girdling flight, the famous aviatrix
was put through a Commute test
hop yesterday over San Francisco Bay
Evening star., 1937-03-12

am. Green Spring Valley Hounds,
John X. Shaw, jr.; Frank A. Bonsal,
jr., joint masters; St. Johns Church,
2:30 pm. Riding and Hunt Club
Hounds, DR.. Fred Sanderson, M. F. H..
Normandy Farm, 1:45 pm.
Evening star., 1937-12-09

It was a burglar suspect and not
Santa Claus who tried to climb down
a smoking chimney at 618 D street
Sc. early today while police, taxi
drivers and aroused residents clamored
in pursuit.
The chase ended on second-story
roof top about 1880 am. when two
brawny policemen hauled Sam Thomp-
son, colored, 81, from the hot CHM
ney top into which he had lowered his
body to the armpits.
1t began Is minutes earlier in
mems clothing store at SIT Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. after Policemen
William T. Hayden and Henry w.
Whitlow of No. precinct looked
through window and saw q burglar
filling q suit case.
The store had been robbed several
weeks ago and the patrolmen looked
1t over as they were passing. They
saw q colored man stufilng ties, shirts
and suits Of clothing into a travelling
case by the light Of an electric lamp
the store proprietor had left burning
as a precaution against burglars.
The officers drew their guns and
yelled for the burglar to come out and
surrender. instead the intruder seized
Evening star., 1937-12-09
lOYALISTS REPORT
REBELS REPULSED
Insurgent Infantry Attacks Are
Launched on Madrid and
Aragon Fronts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, Dec. 9.-Fierce insurgent
infantry attacks that shattered weeks
of comparative quiet on the Aragon
and Madrid fronts were reported to-
day by government military authori-
ties to have been beaten back.
Dispatches from the Aragon re-
gion of the northeast, where govern
ment armies have been arrayed for
weeks to block an insurgent big push
toward the Mediterranean, told of des-
perate fighting from the Ebro River
to Martin del Rio.
A half hour of pitched hand-to-
hand combat at Monte Sillero and
on road between Mediana and Pueb-
la de Abortion in the Ebro River
valley about is miles southeast Of Ia
rhgoza ended in an insurgent rout.
Later insurgent field guns blasted
at government positions at Zapatero.
Insurgent positions along the Ebro
River were menaced by floods.
Ninety minutes of severe fighting
which brought machine guns. gre
nades and artillery into play yester-
day on government salient near Qui-
lorna, about Is miles west of Madrid.
the former Republican capital. broke
the lull on he central front.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
GARNETT SUBMITS
HIS RESIGNATION
U. S. Attorney to Retire
From Office Dec. 31-Pine
May Get Post.

Leslie c. Garnett today submitted
to Attorney General Cummings his
resignation as United States attorney
for the District of Columbia, effective
on expiration of his present term OF
office. December 81.
He plans to re-enter private prac-
tice OF law, but it was indicated at the
Department of Justice he may be
asked to serve as a special assistant
to the Attorney General after his re-
tirement from the courthouse post.
Mr.. Garnett took his letter of resig-
nation in person to the Department
OF Justice. He had discussed his plans
previously with the Attorney General,
Speculation arose Immediately as
to successor. If Mr.. Cummings
should not act promptly in recon-
mending to the President a new occu-
pant, the vacancy could be filled by
an acting incumbent designated by
the justices of the District Court pend
ing action by the President Former
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
was named as acting prosecutor under
this statutory prerogative of the court,
later to be regularly appointed by the
President.
David A. Pine, first assistant to Mr..
Garnett, would be in line for elevation
to acting district attorney
Pine May Be Named.
Mr.. Garnett came to the Depart
ment of Justice at 1890 pm. and
presented his letter first to Special
Assistant Matthew MCGUIRE, in the
office of Assistant Attorney General
Joseph B. keenan,. who is out of
the city. Mr.. MCGUIRE escorted the
District attorney to Attorney General
Cummings Office, where the latter re-
ceived the resignation and personally
expressed his regrets to Mr.. Garnett.
Mr.. Cummings Immediately pro-
ceeded to dictate formal letter of
acceptance. which will be released
later, along with Mr.. Garnett's letter
OF resignation.
1t was indicated the Attorney Gen.
eral would lose little time in sending
to the White House his recommenda.
tion for appointment of a new Dis
trict attorney.
1t was reliably reported that First
Assistant District Attorney Pine has
excellent chances of being nominated
for this post.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Suspect in Burglary Is Caught
As He Sticks Fast IN Chimney

a hammer from the floor beside him
and threw it at the electric light. His
aim was so perfect it spoiled Offcer
Hayden's.
The policeman shot through the
plate glass into the darkened interior
as Pvt Whitlow dashed toward an
alley to cover the rear Of the store.
Meanwhile, the officers yelled to a
passing taxicab driver to get help from
the precinct.
The burglar had fled through rear
window before Ofiicer Whitlov could
stop him. When the hacker returned
he had not only collected the police
reserves, but a number of his fellow
drivers anxious to be of assistance.
The, taxi drivers and police sur
rounded the block. Their cries
aroused residents, who issued in pa
jamas and bath robes. A policeman
heard running feet on the roof tops
above his head. He climbed to the
roof himself and other officers fol-
lowed.
Thompson was being held for in
vestigation today. In the store was
found a suitcase crammed with cloth
ing. The suit case had been taken
from the stor stock.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
AMERICAN COUPLE
MISSING IN RUSSIA
q. s. Embassy Probes Disappear.
ance Of New Yorkers.
Investigators Baffled.

6y the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. 9.-The mysterious
disappearance of an American couple.
who were named as Mr.. and Mrs Dom
aid l.. Robinson of New York. was
reported today to the United States
Embassy. :,
The disappearance was reported un-
der circumstances which investigators
found bafiiing. Acquaintance learned
last night that Mr.. Robinson was
missing. Mrs. Robinson told them
her husband disappeared December 2,
but she was not alarmed.
Omcials of the hotel where they
were staying had told her, she said,
her husband had been taken to a
hospital, where he had developed
pneumonia and had been placed in
an iron lung
Both Mrs. Robinson and hotel OIL
Gals, however, said they did not
know the name Of the hospital The
hotel officials declined to discuss the
case and said they were unable to
locate the only person at the hotel
who knew about it.
This morning callers found that
Mrs. Robinson also had left the hotel.
Hotel ofacials dsclsimed any knowlS
q Ssge Of the whereabouts Of the couples
Evening star., 1937-12-09
TENEMENT BLAZE
COSTS NINE LIVES
Seven of Victims in Knoxville
Are ChiIdren-House
Called "Fire Trap"
By the Associated Press.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dec 9.-Fire-
men dug the bodies of nine victims
seven of them children-from the
ruins of fame-razed tenement house
early today.
A long search of the ruins failed to
reveal any other victims in the old,
two-story structure described by Fire
Chief c. M. johnson as fire trap"
The dead:
Mrs. Mckinley Connatser, 35, and
three of her children, Virginia, s,
Vallee, 4, and Luther, u.
Mrs. Cora Tate, Sc; her son, Eugene
Tate, II, and her three grandsons, r.
L. Melton, IL: Junior Melton, 6, and
James Earl Melton, 8.
Flames Sweep Building.
Fire swept the building shortly after
midnight and trapped the victims as
they slept. Twenty-Five other occu-
pants, most of them children, ran or
jumped to safety.
Gordon Tate. %, son of Mrs. Tate,
said from hospital bed that he es-
capped by jumping from a second-story
window. He received only minor
bruises
The others were to have followed
me-" he sobbed. Il jumped and
thought they were coming. but they
didn't. They must have been trapped
before they could get to the window"
The blaze apparently started on the
second floor, possibly from defective
niue, iremen said.
Jumps From Window.
Mckinley Connatser, "a, husband
and father of four victims, seized his
5-month-old son. r. c. Connatser. and
jumped from second-story window.
Il screamed for my wife to follow
me. Connatser, a newspaper vender,
said. But she couldn't get to the
window with the other children, I
suppose.
Il kept waiting for them to jump.
1t was terrible"
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Wright and
their children. Lucille, 8, and Frank
lin. /. were injured and were taken
to a hospital. but they were not be-
lleVeu Dduly uuTt.
Chief johnson said the old build
ing was fire trap" but City Build
ing Inspector Walter Smith said it
never had been officially condemned
Chief johnson said the flames were
out of control when the flremen ar
rived.
Says Families Ordered Out.
He also declared the families had
been ordered a short time ago to
get out of the house, but said they
had been reluctant to leave.
There were little old stoves all over
the place." the chief said. 1T was
old and weak, of wood throughout
and had been cut up into apartments.
The people on the second floor
who died never had chance to get
out. My guess is tina. either faulty
f1ue or stove caused the fire.
I'VE had no chance to rescue any,
body. In fact, those that died had
already been burned to death before
we even got there
No announcement was Forthcoming
from city officials concerning pos
sible investigation.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Economy Perils
Ne,U Back Fence
At White House

The White House may have to
struggle along without a new back
fence for while longer-for reasons
of economy.
For some time now, the Fine Arts
Commission has been after the Ex-
ecutive Mansion to have higher
fence erected around the rear grounds
the idea being that the present
fence isn't nearly so attractive as the
one at the front. The new fence was
to have been of iron of a somewhat
more ornate design than the present
one. and the White House finally
gave in.
When bids were opened a few days
ago, however, it was found that the
lowest estimate was for S44, ,40O-or
about 25 per cent more than the Ex-
ecutive Mansion had figured on pay
ing.
Final decision in the matter will
be left to President Roosevelt, but
it was felt at the White House that
the improvement would be postponed
for some time at least.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
MAN DECAP|TATED
|NCROSS|NC CRASH
Truck Driver Killed, Helper
Critically Hurt in Accident
at College Park.
picture on Page BID
B, a Staff Correspondent OF The Star.

B, Staff Correspondent OF The Star
COLLEGE PARK, Md, Dec. s.-One
man was decapitated and another
probably fatally injured today when
the truck in which they were riding
was demolished by fast New York-to-
Washington passenger train of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad on the cross
ing here.
John Willie Durham. 20. colored
driver Of the truck, was killed and his
helped. Vanderbilt Harrison, colored
of 1856 New Jersey avenue NV.
Washington, was taken to Casualty
Hospital in Prince Georges County
rescue ambulance and was not expect
ed to live. The truck was loaded with
cement.
Station Agent r. G. Keys, who was
standing inside the window of his
station. narrowly escaped injury
when a cement block was hurled
through the window, narrowly miss
ing his head.
Durham had just left the Engineer
ing Supply Co. yards short distance
away and drove into the tracks, evil
IDENTIFY not seeing the fast passenger
train.
The body was turned over to the
Gasch funeral home.