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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-16
BY HARRISON CARROLL
BY International News Service
Copyright, 1850

HOLLYWOOD, July Is. Pity
the poor actorl Wayne (Kid Gala
had) Morris appeared for his first
movie test attired only in a track
suit. He had burned hole in his
only pair Of trousers, and ex.
planned his make-shift costume by
saying he had hurried from a
track meet. However, he won a
part in the picture.
A pathetic Letter was received by
Dick Foran, Western star, the
other day from an aged woman
near Flagstaff, Ariz., stating that
he is the image of her son who
was killed in a fight with out
laws more than 40 years ago.
Hugh Herbert threatens to slay
his pet crow, Sambo. The come.
dian was losing all kinds Of things,
a pair Of glasses, two costume
rings and various small articles.
Hugh noticed Sambo pick UP some
bright paper fasteners. Hugh fol
lowed Sambo to the birds nest
and there found everything that
was missing.
Hes just kleptomaniac, "
snapped Hugh.
Pat OBrien is practically par
boiled from two weeks at sea on
his latest picture. He has severe
sun burn on his face and sun-poi-
Soning around his lips which are
swollen so he can hardly talk.
Director Lloyd Bacon has given
him several days vacation so Spe-
cialiSts can work on his face.
Now, isn't this sweetp Maureen
O'Sullivan has adopted a pair of
baby humming birds that Matched
in a tiny nest directly outside her
dressing room window. She puts
fresh flowers and drops Of honey
on the window sill for the mother
bird.
Cameo preview-"Wee Willie
Wrinkle" Goth entury-Fox. Shir
ley Temple. A good, smartly done
picture.
IT am firmly convinced that
can fight the devil through screen
performances just as effectively as
] did from the pulpit!''
The Rev. Gordon Hart made
that statement at Universal Stu.
dos where he is playing the role
Of villain in the picture, Radio
Patrol"
After 20 years as a Presbyterian
minister, the Rev. Hart retired
about a year ago and began a new
career as q motion picture actor.
81 believe Hollywood, through
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-16
Bert Frohmon as an Emcee
Shared Stage Spotlight
With Jean Harlow
By ANDREW R, KELLEY

Friday roundup fact and opnon So State Representative
Francis Xavier Coyne of Massachusetts, wants the movie stars
to use their Names else Il feel kind of guilty, Frank
Coyne because started you in politics member of the
Ward 20 Democratic committee Papa taught you any
thing like that What did teach you Always keep IN
the headlines While you're type and in the obituary
columns they know you're alive am afraid took those
early lessons seriously Anyway made the newspapers
from put that Slybly OF yours IN your
nocket l mean after counting up YOUR press notices.
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HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP.
L Cover HOLLYWOOD

the worldwide scope of its films.
is helping to mould high ideals
and provide great influence for
moral good that is comparable to
the deepest spiritual efforts Of the
church." he said.
An enviable list of beauty titles
Is possessed by Orien Hayward,
lovely Kentucky miss, who makes
her screen debut in Accidents
Will Happen"
A committee Of portrait artists
named her "the most patrician
beauty in the South" when she was
but IA years of age.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-16
'Korenino' For
The Little

anna Karenina," hailed as
Greta CARLOS finest screen
achievement, will return to the
Little Theater for a weeks re-
yival starting Sunday.
Acclaimed when it first broke
box office records as introducing
the new Carlo" 1t was distinc-
tive because it permitted the
queen of tragedy to laugh, sing
and dance. for one Of the few
times in her brilliant career. AS
the aristocratic heroine of Count
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-16
'Courogeous'At
Columbia

Captains Courageous" Rudyard
Kipling's famed tale of the heroic
Gloucester fishermen and the boy
whom they regenerated through
ideals of courage and humanity,
returned to the Columbia today
for a repeat engagement, making
the fourth week on F Street for
this great picture.
Backgrounded against the stir
ring and glamorous, ever-changing
moods of the ocean against the
striking, tall masted fishing
Schooners, their sails unfurled to
the breeze, it shows, step by step,
the fascinating and dangerous
work of the Gloucester fishermen.
The Kipling tale unfolds the
narrative of spoiled milloinaire's
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-16

Leo Tolstoy's romance of imperial
Russia, however. she has full play
for her power to create an unfor-
gettabley human character.
Fredric March, as the dashing
army officer for whom she sacri-
fees her husband, her child and
her position, Freddie Bartholo-
NEW. Maureen O'Sullivan, May
Robson, Reginald Denny, Basil
Rathbone and Cora Sue Collins
head the star-studded supporting
cast.
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told to get somebody who knew
how. to help out the platinum
bond. And he picked on you
=. And you made it home run
for yourself and sweet Jean L.
I have heard about your success
in New York and hope you can
do as much in one week for Car
ter Barron's Capitol Theater :. .
Come to think of it, I remember
YOU best for being the first to
sing "Shanty in Old Shanty-
town" And was that a set
of corny lyrics attached to a
pretty melody But welcome
to F Street again, Bert.
ALLAN ROGERS
see another old-timer on the
RKO-Keith screen Also an
other former Emcce at Thirteenth
and F streets Hello Alan
Rogers I recognized you in
1.-The Girl Said No." though you
wore a wig and danced Gilbert
and Sullivan song on top of a
galway "dSOA AEOPC CAAS
success of this G. and S. operetta
means that you stay in Hollywood,
Alan Why not? Ginger
Rogers is there So is Herb
RawlinSon {. So is Benny Rubin
So is Joe Penner So is
Milton Berle So is Joe Cook
So are a great many who
frolicked at LoeW's Palace when
vaudeville was vaudeville, and
not radio and band acts eXclu
sively So also was Rubinoff,
first to play the 1912 overture
on F Street with fireworks.
NEED A REHEARSAL
Gordon Hittenmark. of WRC,
was broadcaSting in front of the
TranS-Lux Theater at twilight
and it was Ray Bells opinion that
/ ought to address the microphone
with some impromptu remarks.
Not me. / still recall the day I
was scheduled for Is minutes on
a network with Percy L. "Skippy"
Crosby, and when our Well-re-
hearsed talk took only 1112 min.
uteS, they wig-wagged to keep 60
ing for three more minutes. i
] asked the questions-long-winded
ones-hoping Percy would give
some marathon answers. But he
merely replied Eyes" and mo-.
Well, sir, 1 made up my mind
then and there, never again on
the radio without full preparation
II stick to that resolution -.
So, I think, does the Squire Of
Mclean, Va.
RED" WITH RUDY
A word of advice to Red Skel.
ton You have your big
chance on Rudy Vallee'S program
In mid-August and give EN- the
works Rudy has started
many on the way to the impor-
Cant money Look at Alice
Faye, Tom Howard, Edgar Der.
gen, and, I hope, Joe Laurie, jr.
My advice is this. Self ex-
preston. Make it all Red Skel.
ton. For any attempt to do the
best features of other acts will
surely be discovered You
have plenty on the ball, and a
bop to your fast one Let it
be all Red Shelton. good or bad
think it will be good, and
then your agent, or Abe Last.
Eogel, can fight it out over which
B the best Hollywood offer
meanwhile, good luck, for your
Second week on F. Street.
ABOUT MOVIE SCRIBEs
Hollywood fills you so full o.
ideas, loads you down with Sc
much press material and propa
kanda, one has to catch hi!
Sreath to get back to normally
Let me give this bulletin II
those young hopefuls of the
Fourth Estate There seems
. be an impression that salaries
Aegin at 500 for mere newspaper
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keystone Kop

HOLLYWOOD, July 16.-Edward
Cline, who directs Wheeler and
Woolsey in their latest RKO Radio
comedy. ION Again-Off Again. :"
was the original keystone Kop Of
the days of Fatty Arbuckle, Ben
Turpin, Gloria Swanson and Mabel
Normand,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-16

HELLO, MR.. FROHMAN
Welcome back, Bert Frohman.
Welcome to F Street. l remember
you when you were Angie Ratios
favorite master of ceremonies, at
Loew's Palace Theater.
remember you, too, when you
helped Jean Harlow to sock over
a walloping hit in her first round
Of personal appearances =. What
an act that was Gotten to-
gcther at 10 minutes notice by
Gene Ford Gene was merely
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-16
Brown a Reporter

A small-town newspaper editor
who becomes involved in a big
city scoop is the character por-
trayed by Joe E. Brown in his
latest David L. Loew comedy, "Sky
High" an RKO Radio release.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-16

"LooIE" ARMSTRONG,
who blows the hottest
trumpet in captivity, brings
his blistering swing band
here for two river trips on
the steamer Potomac, satur-
day night.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
SCUTTLES PITT

Claude Rippy barged into the
Semifinal round by Scuttling
Harry Pitt Of Manor in the initial
round, S and 4, and then to come
back in the afternoon session to
whip Tommy Bones Of Manor,
2 and l.
So that's the historical set-up
for today's matches which should
draw a banner turnout despite
the more or less threatening
weather.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
COLLINS SON
PICKS BASEBALL

BOSTON, Sept. 17.-Counted
on as q possible first-string back.
field replacement at Yale this
autumn, Eddie Collins, jr., son Of
the Boston Red Sox general man.
ager, today left thoughts Of foot
ball behind him in favor Of a
baseball career.
Through his father, Eddie, IT,,
revealed that he will not return
to Yale until college reopens, Sep
TENDER ~, when all his time will
be given over to studies and fall
baseball practice.
Big league scouts who saw young
Collins play with the Yale nine
last spring declared him Of major
league timber.
Eddie Collins, ST., made it plain
he had not attempted to influence
his son to follow in parental foot
steps.
Young Collins has spent the
summer in workouts around the
circuit with the Red Sox.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
COvELLI TO END
WORK FOR BOUT
lou

frankie (Kid) Coveln, the fIashy
italian featherweight scrapper
from Brooklyn, is due in town to-
day to wind up his training for
the 10-round bout with Lou GeV-
inson, District southpaw, on the
al-Star card Turner and Ahearn
are staging next Monday night at
Griffith Stadium.
Coveln will work the next few
days at the Eleventh Street gym.
Eddie Hogan, Jack Dempsey's
heavyweight protege, who kayoed
Buck Everett in one round on the
Variety Club show, will arrive to-
morrow with his trainer, and will
train at the Eleventh Street gym.
Murray Hammer, the elongated
young heavyweight, who has been
going around with a bit Of q chip
on his shoulders ever since he
stopped Jack Torrance-and you
can't blame the fellow, since he
spotted Terrence so pounds-was
added to the supporting card to-
day.
Hammer, who has been kicking
UP quite q fuss in training with
Marty Gallagher at the National
Guard Armory and claims he. is
as good as Gallagher, Tow, Hogan,
ct al, has been matched for O.
six-rounder with Tom Wire, Of
Baltimore, Third Corps Area
champion.
Irish Johnny Dean, the local
crowd-pleaSer, faces joey Straiges,
Of Camden, in an eightrounder.
Kid Covelli was projected into
the Sarron VS.. Someone" picture
when Matchmaker Ahearn today
wireleSsed Jimmy Erwin, Cham
pion Petey Sarron's manager.
Sarron is en- route home from
Capetown on the steamship Ath-
lon Castle, and is due to dock in
America, october !.
Ahearn, in his wireless message,
said: District Boxing Commission
has your promise defense title
here. Overweight match offer you
Covelli- GevinSon winner or Archi-
bald, October u. Conform date
as per letter. Regards.
Thus, if Covelli beats Sarron,
he will find himself lined up for
a shot at Sarron, and If Gevinson
is impressive in victory, he, say
the promoters, will get the crack
at Sarron, who has promised
Ahearn and Turner he will fight
in the District.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
RYBA FLASHES
CATCHING FORM

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 17-Meet Mike
Ryba, Q member Of the st. Louis
Cardinals and who is often refer.
red to as baseball'S zone Man
Gang"
Mike can play every position ON
the baseball diamond. He is known
generally as q relief pitcher for
the Cardinals, but recently he
filled in as a catcher when Mickey
Owen, one Of the teams regular
catchers, was given a rest. The
other regular receiver, BruSie Ogro-
dowski, had been on the injured
list and Owen was doing overtime
work.
Ryba was sent in by Manager
frankie FriSch to replace Owen
and did SO well that FriSch let him
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
urse $1,000; claiming: 4year-olds and upward. One

catch the second game Of the dou.
bleheader that day.
THAT wasn't the first time
I've been behind the plate"
Ryba said. 1--WE caught often
in the minor leagues and played
every other position"
Would you rather pitch than
catch?
WELL" Ryba hesitated, TO
tell you the truth, I'd rather
CATCH"
Ryba is married and is 80 years
old. He was born a. Delaney, Pa.
Before joining the Cardinals, he
played with Dayton, Ohio:
Waynesboro, Pa; Springfield,
Md; Houston, Tex, and Column
bus, Ohio, minor league teams. He
was manager Of the Springfield
club in 1884.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
WOMEN READY.
FOR TITLE PLAY
AT BELLE HAVEN

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. IT.
Submitting the lowest scores in
the field Of approximately 30
entries, 16 golfers have qualified
for the title flight in the annual
Belle Haven Country Club wom-
ems championship.
Qualifying rounds, which have
been under way since last Friday,
ended yesterday.
Paced bv Mrs. John Howard,
who was low medalist with a card
Of "a, the title contenders who will
compete in the first flight include
Mrs. Edwin Pierce, Mrs. Mcleod,
Mrs. Dunr, Mrs. Werner Smith,
Mary Mccullough, Mrs. AL Will
son, Miss Jessica Callahan, Mrs.
Charles Waring, Mrs. Shuptrine,
Mrs. Arthur Drury, Mrs. Dallas
bort, Miss Elsie Cole, Mrs. Howard
Richards, Mrs. Charles Holden and
Mrs. Brant.
The pair1ngs will be arranged
today and the first-round matches
will begin tomorrow.
The first practice for the Vir-
ginia Athletic Club gridders will
be held Monday night under the
arcs at the municipal swimming
pool grounds.
Signal drill, Scrimmage and
dummy tackling will be featured.
Jim Luckett, standout local
bowler, has been appointed man
ager Of the Alexandria Health
Center bowling alley, which will
be open for the fall and winter
season tonight.
The st. Mary's Celtics play
their third game of series with
the Fredericksburg Red Sox Sun
day on the latter teams field.
So far the two teams are dead
locked,
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
LAST NIGHTS FIGHTS

AT NEW YORK-Henry Armstrong,
132%, Los Angeles, Negro, scored tech
nical knockout over john De Foe, 127h,
New York 90.
Bob Turner, 1853, Newport News Va,
decisioned Carmen Barth, 1896 Cleve-
land (S).
frankie Blair, 147, Camden, N. J., de-
feated Jay Macedon, 147, Newark (1O).
Ossie Stewart, 1852. Pittsburgh, out
pointed Tom Chester, 1852, New York co..
Ivan Medomatsky. lat, Washington,
drew with Victor Delecurti. 146. New
Vice Delrorto, 1925, Italy, scored
technical knockout over Carlos (Indian)
Quintana, 121, Puerto Rico az.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
Bowling
Department Store
League Opens

Lansburgh Brothers and Wood
ward & Lothrop got off to a fly
ing start in the Department Store
Bowling League. :.
Led by AL McDonald's 352 and
Shurgue'S 353, the Brothers
dropped 8. Kann's Sons for three
games last night at Recreation.
Woodward & Lothrop, paced by
Utterback's 375, Scrivener's 368,
Kingsolver'S 354 and Lindsay's
351, swept its set from Lamb Seal
& Stencil Company. WoodwardS
unreeled games Of $50, $40 and
GOT for a 1877 total.
In other league matches, Ra-
leigh Haberdasher took the odd
game from the Hecht Company,
despite a $50 set by Zook. Hahn's
Shoes grabbed a 81 decision from
Jelleffs, while the Credit Bureau
did the same to Guy-Curran.
Standings:
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
AFFECTS HITTING

Big Ed Coleman and Jack
Burns, former big leaguers with
Toledo, have had their trouble
batting at night.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
SEVENTH RACE
One and One-sixteenth miles
McCarthys
Selections
FOR TOMORROW
Weather, cloudy; track, fast.
FIRST RACE

AT BELMONT-Likely winners are:
Fourth race, Billionaire, due to i'm"
prove; fifth race, Sparta, fast at tops:
sixth race. Baby's Breath, vastly inn
proved.
AT BEULAH l. Third race, House
Baby, rates well; fourth race, McKell,
very reliable.
AT DETROIT-First race. Marition,
solid horse; sixth race, Sablin, in form
again; eighth race, Speed Queen, has
feather impost.
AT FAIRMOUNT-second race, Lady
Rosireight, at tops.
AT HAVE DE GRACE-second race,
Tiger Teddy. most speed; fourth race,
fifth race, Clingendaal, very fast.
AT HAWTHORNE-Fi race, In-
viting, call on last: third race. Polaris.
looks good; seventh race, Strategist II,
lowered peg.
AT NARRAGANSETT-First race,
Count Rae, one more chance; fourth
race. Count Dean. getting good again;
sixth race, Fair Deal. may not stop.
AT THORNCLIFFE - Third race,
Jealous Swain, holds an edge; fourth
race, Miss Formley, at peak Of form.
AT WHEELING-Second race, Zippy,
last promising: third race, Golden Dot,
should repeat; fifth race, Hurdy Gurdy,
very consistent.
Major smyley is parlaying on Tiger
Teddy and Polaris.
Copyright by King Features
Syndicatel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-04
Five New Matmen
Booked For Buck
Bouts On Friday

Professor Joe Zonsin, the little,
lively and loquacious wrestling pro-
moter, Is ready to resume the mat
sport in this city on Friday night
of this week at Buckingham hall.
He has no less than five new faces
land what faces to show the local
patrons, including a main bout OPP
ponent, tagged the Red Dragon, a
French Canadian who is reputedly
as wild and destructive as they
come, and will De afforded oppor-
tunity to mix with Max the Pan
ther, a Springfield mailman who has
proven intensely popular in this city
due to his ability and agility as a
wrestler.
When the Panther meets the
Dragon, something ought to happen
and more than likely will, as the
opponents know no fear, and also
know their arm-locks and body
slams. Sam Ginsburg, a Jewish boy
who can toss 'em around with aban-
don tangles with Walter Percy the
elongated Englishman whose bout
with Cavell was one of the many
pleasant memories of last Deem
Der. Cavell is also listed for action
again this time against Sailor Jack
Mccarthy, former U. s. Navy
champion who has shown in this
city to good advantage. The bout
will go 80 minutes or one fall.
Ginsburg and Percy are listed as
the semi-final and will be preceded
by Jack Sampson, a 212 pound Won
der wrestler, against Lilo Nardi the
Torrington Tarzan with the oblong
skull who has yet to lose a match In
this city while upholding his heavy
weight championship of Connecti-
cut. Two collegians, Stanley Scyl-
koWski of Boston University and
Jack Doyle of Columbia tangle in a
time limit bout to open the show
about $3.50 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-04
SHORE STARS AS
BOSTON BRUINS
BEAT RANGERS
Injured Player Returns to
Ice to Tie Then Beat
New Workers

! Boston, Jan. 4.-(UPJ -Limpin5
| back into the game after suffering
leg injury in the second period,
Eddie Shore scored the tying and
winning goals as the Boston Bruins
defeated the New York Rangers, 80,
In a rough, hard-checking National
Hockey league game before SELL
out crowd of 10000 at the Garden
last night.
The victory put the Bruins within
one point of first-place tie for
the division lead.
The veteran defenseman's tallies
came unassisted in the opening
minutes of the third period.
Cecil Dillon had put the Rangers
ahead in the opening period but 20
minutes later Flash Hollet equalized
for Boston. Murray Murdoch put
the New Workers ahead again late
in the second period. Then Shore,
who had been assisted from the ice
half way through the game, came
back and stole the show.
Wings, Rangers Tie
The American division National
Hockey league race frightened today
with the Detroit Red Wings and
New York Rangers deadlocking for
first place and the Boston Bruins
only point behind. Les Canadiens
led the International league by six
points.
The Wings tied for the leader
ship by overpowering the Toronto
Maple Leafs, 4 to-, ina game feat
ured by the return to the ice in
the last period of Gordon Pettin-
ger with eight stitches in his scalp
after being carried unconscious from
the rink in the first as the result
of a headon collision.
Eddie Shore suffered a leg injury
in the second period, then limped
back on the ice in the third to score
Boston's tying and winning goals in
the 3 tc 2 triumph over the Rang
ers.
Les Canadiens scoreda to 2 VIC
tory over the injury Amer
leans after a hard battle. Tallies
by Miller and Brown broke a %
deadlock and clinched victory for
the Canadienes. The Montreal Ma
rooms defeated the Chicago Black
hawks, 3 to 1. Standings:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-04

( really have been going at it. On
Friday their zeal to win made them
drag out roScoes, gatS, tommy guns,
typeWriterS and other forms of light
artillery, and also four companies
Of rural militiamen whose tin hats
didn't fit, but whose trigger fingers
and eyes had been sharpened by
years of knocking Off quail on the
fly. They even had the fire ladies
out to wave their big canvas water
snakes in most sinister manner.
Before the battle ends no one would
be surprised to see the rival gentle
men resort to depth bombs, boiling
oil, well poisoning, and thumb
screws.
What makes this spirit-this will
to win-So amazing is the meagre-
ness of the reward to the winner
Ty Cobb slid for a bankers salary;
Dempsey got off the floor to shoot
for millions, and Sande rode for five
figure purses.
But not these stout hearted, I'M
quenchable-spirited Daytona Beach
politicians. Which ever mayor wins
will get only $3.50 month pay, and
the commissioners only a third OF
that. While $3.50 month is not to
be sneered at, it hardly constitutes
the sort of money a man gets out
his six-shooter to defend or win
II he got plugged it would take an
entire years pay to get YulcaniZed
and out on the road again.
OF course, as some one has sug-
gested. there is a bare possibility
that there is more of reward tt
mayoring and commissioning and
city clerking and police chiefine
than is visible TO the naked eye OF
the initiated. I TO rome, though
can't figure out what this could be
After all, the privilege of driving
through red lights, parking by firt
plugs, and making the main addres!
ON Arbor day and the Fourth O
July, aren't very substantial re
wards. Neither is the right to z,
home to dinner behind a police es-
cort which frightens thew its out O
citizens on the highway.
Maybe I'd better stop this befor,
some of you really believe I don
know why politicians polite will
such great spirit. Because I do
they want the honor and the glor,
of naming the streets.
Copyright, 1886, by United Press