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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
MAN DIES UPON LEAVING
HAVRE De GRACE TRACK
Victim of Heart Attack Identified
by Paper as Norfolk Res
taurant Manager.

By the Associated Press.
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md, April is.
"A man identified by papers in his
pockets as Ligh S. Tigh, so, restau-
rant manager of Norfolk, Va, died
from heart attack here yesterday
just after he left the race track to
board a bus for Baltimore.
Letters indicated Tigh was on a va
cation from his position as manager
Of a restaurant in Norfolk, and that
he had been stopping at the Southern
Hotel In Baltimore.
After his collapse he was taken to
the Hartford Memorial Hospital, where
DR.. F. w. Steiner pronounced him
dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15

citizens Is "nimsy, temporary and
unsightly" along arteries leading to
the District Several located on Rhode
Island avenue northeast were cited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
SILVER SPRING TEACHER
TO SERVE AT COLUMBIA
Principal Of Elementary School
Chosen for Summer Faculty

Chosen for Summer Faculty
at New York Institution.
b the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 1b.-C. Mabel
Smith, principal Of the Silver Spring,
Md, Elementary School, Is to serve Is
an instructor on the Summer session
faculty Of Columbia University.
The university's information depart
ment announced Miss Smith will lee
Evening star., 1937-03-25
FIRST AND O,000TH
PASSENGER TO BE FETED

The first and the one-millionth
passengers on the American AirlineS
system will be guests Of honor at a
dinner by the National Aeronautic
Association Tuesday evening at the
Willard Hotel.
Federal officials in charge of civil
aviation affairs, members of Con-
gress, air transport and other avia-
ton executives will be guests of the
association, it was announced by
Charles F. Horner, president. Among
the speakers will be c. r. Smith,
president of American Airlines.
On February l6 T. c. Baker, Brook
line, Mass, purchased the one-mil-
lionth ticket for a vacation trip to
Florida He is to receive gold me-
dallion from the airline, round-trip
passage to Europe on the airship
Hindenburg this Summer, with 81 900
for expenses, and silver loving cup
from the N. A. A. 49,.
The first passenger, Mrs. Gardiner
Fiske of Boston, who made the first
trip on April /, 1927, from Boston to
New York, also will receive loving
CUP
Evening star., 1937-03-25
CHARCESLAGC|NC
IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
Archives Officer Tells A. U.
Group Progress Must
! Keep Step.

Danger to civilization is seen by DR..
eolon Buck, director of publications
Of the National Archives, because Of
sciences" to keep pace with progress
In natural sciences, in technology.
Speaking before the College Honor
Society at American University last
night, Dr. Buck warned the real
source Of the difficulty is mans ignor-
ance of the fundamental laws of hu-
man nature The possibilities of the
physical sciences" he explained, "are
so obvious as compared to those Of the
human sciences that they have in
recent years attracted an undue pro-
portion Of the best minds into their
service.
Unless the balance between the
two can be improved" he declared,
unless, for eamplxe, scientific progress
In destructive warfare is balanced by
progress in the art of preventing wars,
modern civilization may give way un-
der the strain"
Cites Separation of Years.
Pointing to an amazing series OF
scientific inventions in mechanical and
chemical progress during the past so
years, the speaker said that turning
from the natural to the social sciences,
we flnd no comparable progress in
the last half century. 1t is doubtful
If men know much more today about
how to live together as an organized
society than they did so or 100 years
ago Such working rules as are ten
tatively formulated may serve for a
brief period, only to become useless
advances in the physical sciences and
technology"
"The most outstanding variation in
the progress of the human mind-that
is, Of knowledge-in recent genera
tions," said DR.. Buck, has been be-
tween the natural sciences, and the
sciences, if we may call them such,
that deal with humanity-in other
words, the so-called social sciences.
Men have acquired knowledge Of
certain kinds and physical wealth
more rapidly than they have acquired
knowledge of how to use them for the
best interests of humanity. 1t must
be admitted, moreover, that the ten
dency of most men to use their acqui-
sitions of knowledge for the benefit
of themselves and the groups to which
they belong has not always been con-
ducive to human progress"
Nine Join Society.
The speaker called on the nine stu
dents who were indicted into the
College Honor Society to pursue their
future course with this discrepancy
between the scientific and the human
relations in mind. He hoped there
may be few who will make some
contribution toward the discovery OF
the laws Of human nature and their
application to human affairs"
DR.. Edward w. Engel, president Of
the College Honor Society, presided.
DR.. Joseph M. M. Gray. chancellor,
spoke for the university, and DR..
George B. Woods, dean of the College
Of Liberal Arts, introduced the speaker.
The nine senior students, including
seven girls, whose high academic rec
ords for more than three years had
led to their election to the honor So
ciety, whose standards are similar to
Phi Beta Kappa, are: Susan Drager,
Margaret Hall, Marguerite Stevenson,
Frances Page, Helen Sanderlin,
Owenita Sanderlin, Ethel Whitlow,
Richard Hummer and William Powell.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
PARADE LEAVE GRANTED

Government employees who actively
participate in the Army day parade
April will be excused for the after
noon by most of the Federal depart
ments, according to officials of the
Military Order Of the World War,
sponsors Of the parade.
In response to a request from the
order, it was announced, admins
trative assistants Of most Of the de-
partments have replied that if en-
ployes are given leave to participate
in the parade it will be necessary
for them to present certificate that
they actually participated in the
parade to prevent such time off be-
ing charged against annual leave.
Arrangements are being made to
supply such certificates to members
Of Reserve, veteran and patriotic
organizations marching in the parade.
Evening star., 1937-03-25

HaUe you eUer noticed hoW
the tree boreS in Washington
are getting so rundown at
the heels that they giUe q
shoddy appearance to the sur
roundings? Well, keep your
eyes open and you 1Oill be
surprised. Somebody hit this
tree bor at Fifteenth and N
streets an GWtul 1Dhack, and
that is the Wdy it stayS-and
Stdys-dnd stays. Somebody at
the District Building ought to
be getting busy on the tree
bores, 1aoW that Spring is here,
and help spruce up our tO1On.
The furniture is certainly
7Dedring out.
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

is attained by any particular type Of
radio entertainment.
ONE problem that the behind-the-T
scenes workers are puzzling over /.
is the talent situation. At present !:
there is tendency to get big-name. I
casts for dramas, with the names
being used as drawing cards even ifsa
lesser-known talent could turn out an =,
even better production. Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer and Warner Bros, two Of
the largest Hollywood movie studios,
have contracted with radio sponsors
for exclusive use of their talent, and
Twentieth Century Fox is understood
to be dickering. as Is Paramount, for
similar contracts.
With talent being sewed up, othe-
program makers are developing regu-
lar stats of artists, somewhat on the
stock company plan. They plan to
exchange actors among themselves as
their needs require. The plan should
not be difficult to operate, since radio
ranks are full Of expert performers
whose voices are familiar to millions
though their names never may have =
been put on the air. Lacking name
artists, these producers will be forced
to rely on sheer quality. They feel
that radio dramatic shows, despite
their present high standards, hardly
have scratched the surface in growth
and popularity. They are making
elaborate plans to lift this field OF
microphone endeavor to new levels,
and the next few months will reflect !.
their creative efforts.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

quality Of thrillers and just plain
"drayma."
Most interesting Of the October in
novations has been Columbia net
works Silver Theater. Presenting a
permanent cast headed by Hollywood's
Rosalind Russell and Jimmy Stewart,
the series shows some new wrinkles In
the art Of bringing the footlights to
the loudspeaker. Custom-tailored to
radio was the description given in ad-
vance notices about the program and
the first three performances this
month bore out that claim. First OF
all, the actors commit their lines to
memory. This procedure is rare in
radio and it is designed to give the
actors a freedom of expression not
possible If scripts merely are read.
The initial performance, october 3,
had an abundance of freedom of ex-
preston, listeners discovered, for the
actors forgot their lines couple OF
times, and the slips were apparent
despite the showmanly ease that en-
abled them to cover up their verbal
skidding. OF course, the principals
were new to radio and probably had
the customary attacks OF mike fright.
Conrad Nagel, veteran trouper and
FINLAND pioneer, is directing the
Silver Theater, aided by Felix Mills,
musical director. Mills has developed
background music designed to reflect
the emotions marking each scene of
the dramas.
A MOTHER Sunday evening dra-
matte program that quickly won
q following is National Broadcasting
Co.'s Hollywood Playhouse. with
Tyrone Power as the permanent male
lead. The young devastator of girlish
hearts has an effective microphone
personality. and his programs on the
red network are of top-notch caliber.
While these two programs were at
tracing attention, the radio world
was watching preparations for a new
Columbia series featuring Edward G..
Robinson, the little man with the big
screen following, which started last
week. Like many of the other new
dramatic series, the Robinson pro-
duction is prepared in Hollywood,
where superior plays, name players
and good production directors are
available. Success of Columbia S
Radio Theater, Hollywood Hotel and
the Don Ameche program. among
others, has focused attention of pro-
gram buyers on dramatic programs,
field that has been neglected some
what in recent years.
Programmes have been pleased
with the success Of dramatic shows
during the early Autumn weeks. They
attribute this to the quality of the
programs as well as to the large num-
Der of variety programs. Already pre-
dictions have been heard that 1888
will see an oversupply of dramatic
shows, since programs run in cycles
and programmes Chamber on the
bandwagon when exceptional success
Evening star., 1937-10-24

~ Ado has much duplication of
u names as far as the artists
1 are concerned. DR.. Frank
y Black, general musical di-
rector Of N. B. c., says that it all is
a bit confusing to have name doubles"
inasmuch as letters often go astray.
There is another musician named
Frank Black, who Is heard over a
station in Rock Island" says Black.
"Other Implications are the Edgar
Guests, one being the poet-philosopher
Of the air and the other announcing
over CKCL in Toronto. There are
two Helen Browns, one dramatic
actress on major West Coast script
airings. the other a singer on WNAC
in Boston The same holds true for
John Brown, one being heard on
Walter O'Keefe's Town Hall Tonight
and the other emoting in the Thatcher
Colt stories. Henry Busses the network
orchestra leader, often Is mixed up
with Henry Busse. symphony conduc-
tor with the Chicago Philharmonic
and others Eddie Dean is an actor on
Modern Cinderella and another Eddie
Dean is a network singer and was
heard on the 'Minstrels' programs.
There is a Bobby Griffin ANNOUNCE
ing over WHO in Des Moines and q
Bobby Griffin heard in the network
serial. Story Of Mary Marlin George
Evening star., 1937-10-24

tina, Hoff's first trumpeter, was TAX
ing solo Interpolation. Suddenly
there was a teeth-on- blast and
the mute shot from the bell of the
instrument, missed bald cellist and
crashed into a music stand. The only
person more surprised than Martina
was the control engineer, who jumped
as far as his volume indicator needle
did.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Stooge Prefers Music.

CINCE doubling on Walter OKeefe's
- program as comedian-stooge as
well as musical director. Peter Van
Steeden has had three offers for new
shows which would feature him mainly
as a humor-vender, but Van prefers to
keep his music his main concern and
read comedy lines only incidentally.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Adage Gets Mauled.

THREE Englishnen in the same
boat applies to the radio status
of Ray Noble, Harry McNaughton and,
Oscar Bradley. The Burns and Allen
maestro -stooge with the Cambridge
accent along with Phil Bakers wacky
lackey and musical director, respec-
lively. do their best to disprove the
old adage about the English not hav-
ing sense of humor.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Duplicate Names in BrOadcasting
Cause Confusion Among Fans

Hall is an entertainer on WKRC, IN
Cincinnati, and George Hall is we'll
known network orchestra leader.
There are two dramatic actresses
named Barbara Lee, one on KPO, San
Francisco, and the other on True
Romances' via the networks. There
is an Abe Lyman announcing over a
local New York station and Abe Ly-
man the batoneer. There are two
Charlie McCarthys. one an announcer
at WIN. New York, and the other a
dummy"
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Multi lob Host.

GABRIEL HEATER is not only q
~ news commentator and host of
the I'VE, the People" series. He also
manages to edit a well-known trade
magazine, write books, give daily in
structions to his two children, main
tain three homes and edit q newsreel.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
When the Mute Fails.

THE wonder that trumpet mutes
evoke often is tinged with the
hope that the little anti-noise gadget
might pop off in the middle of
heek-straining high note. Last week
that happened. Carl Hoff reports that
it took place during an Al Pearce re-
hearsal in Hollywood when Fred Mar
Evening star., 1937-10-24
lust a Country Boy.

carson robson, mentor Of The
- Buckaroos, describes himself
simply as "a country boy" Radio
row describes him as one of its most
versatile artists. Carson makes his
own arrangements, writes his own
material, composes songs. directs the
recordings of his songs and can claim
to have made more phonograph rec
ords than any other contemporary
artist In addition, he can play the
guitar, harmonica, banjo, jews harp,
sing and do double-tone whistling.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Baltimore, coming to Washington
to join the kaufman agency in
March, 1888.
Miss Stewart was born in New
ark, Ohio, and attended North
western University. She worked
on the. editorial staff of the New
ark (Ohio) Advocate and as sec
retary to the City Council of CO.
lumbus, Ohio. In the latter city
she participated in a number OF
commercial radio programs. Since
coming to Washington Miss Stew
art has continued her work In
connection with the writing and
production of radio shows.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Advertising Agency
Aide to Join N. B. C.
Sales Department

HELEN M. STEWART, super
visor of radio production for
the Henry Kaufman Advertising
Agency, will join the sales depart
Evening star., 1937-10-24

ment OF the
N a t 10 n a |
Broadcasting
Co. t m or
row.
Miss Stew
art goes to N.
B. c. with a
b a ckground
VI experience
in the radio
a d v ertising
field. S h e
formerly was
c o n n e cted
with Stations
WCAO an d
w r r r. in
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Limits Movie Work.

A IL Joe Penner's future motion pic
4 = lures will be made during his 13-
week Summer vacation. Joe wants to
concentrate exclusively on radio
during the Fall and Winter seasons.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Radio Popularity Swings
To Dramatic Thrillers
Big Names Being Turned
To Programs, Streamlined
In Design.

odahoned drama rpendent trimmings getting
Of an
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Radio Music Composition
Plan Is Continued
Columbia Names Second
Commission-20.Minute
Opera Is Ordered.
By Chris Mafhisen.

with the results of its experiment the Columbia Boadcastng
Columbia
&he specifically
Gutenberg
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Very Close

Hugh COnOUer 1eJD OF
WJSV emerged Uictor in the
contest to choose Washing
tons best commercial an
nouncer, a0ith Bud Barry OF
". B. c. a close second. Con-
ouer will be presented 10ith
the Victory Trophy at q
breakfast on Thursday. >The
contest 1Das conducted by the
Henry J. Kaufman AdUertis-
ing Agency.
Photo by Bachrdch.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

of the first commission were Roy
Harris, Howard Hanson, Aaron Cop
land, Walter Piston and William
Grant Still.
These have been replaced now by
Quincy Porter, Robert Russell Ben
nett, Leo Sowerby, Jerome Moross, r.
Nathaniel Dett and Vittorio Giannini
All but Giannini have been granted
the liberty to write whatever type of
music they desire, subject to the limi-
tation of time, the works being sched-
uled for presentation in a program
series next Summer. Giannini, how
ever, has a definite task He must
write an opera capable of being per-
formed in exactly % minutes and 80
seconds, a coherent operatic produc-
tion for a half-hour radio program.
The composer is fellow of the Juilli-
ard Foundation and the American
Academy in Rome. He won the
Grand Prix de Rome several years ago
and has two operas to his credit,
"Lucedia" and "The Scarlet Letter"
Porter, well-knoWn as writer OF
chamber muisc, is professor of COM
position at the Vasasr College Music
School; Bennett has achieved renown
for his orchestrations of musical COM
edy scores; Dett represents the Negro
race on the commission, has composed
an oratorio and is associated with
Hampton Institute; Moross, still in
his early 20s, has written music in
the modern vein; Sowerby is another
Prix de Rome winner, an organist and
teacher of music theory and history
at the American Conservatory of
Music in Chicago.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Short-Wove Programs

l:45 PM Oh HAN NESBURG,
Police Band, ZTJ, 1872
M, 500 meg.
4:45p.m.-TOKIO. Orchestral
Selections, JzJ, 25.4 m,
11.80 meg.
7:20 p.m.-L ONDON, English
Songs of the Centuries,
GSP, 1876 m. 1881
meg; GSD, 25.5 m,
11.75 meg; GSB, Bis
m, 9.5l meg.
$50 p.m.-BERLIN, Beethoven
Concerto. DJD, 25.4
m, 11.75 meg.
$50 p.m.-LONDON. Students
Songs, GSD, 25.5m.,
Ills meg; Csc. 3l.3
m, 9.58 meg; GSB, Bis
m. 9.5l meg.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, March Designing
of the Chrysler labor armistice and
evacuation of sit-doWners from the
company's plants acted as mild early
tonic for the stock market today, but
failed as a lasting stirnulant.
Chrysler pushed up briskly at the
start only to be thrown for loss in
later proceedings. General Motors
also was unsuccessful in making the
grade.
Light proft-selling was evident
throughout the session and mornpg
gains of fractions to points were cut
down, Cancelled or replaced with de-
clines before the close.
In view of tomorrow's holiday clos
ing, but traders were dislncllned to
extend commitments and the pace was
slow throughout. Turnover OF around
100000 shares was the smallest in
months.
Expanding demand for steel prod
ucts, with mill operations at new post
depression peaks, buoyed members of
LlllCllI lOl q SAAANN~
States Steel, while not especially &C
tive, led the group. Most fell back IN
the concluding period.
Moderately improved the greater
part of the day were ars-Roebuck,
Woolworth, Cerro de Pasco, 1nterna-
tional Nickel, Standard Oil OF New
Jersey, Texas Corp, Phillips Petro-
leum, Du Pont, General Electric, Ma
tional Lead, Great Northern, Union
Carbide, Eastman Kodak, Interna-
tional Printing Ink, Douglas Aircraft
and United Aircraft
Backward were Deere, American
Telephone, Bethlehem, Western Union,
Kennecott, Air Reduction, Allied
Chemical U. S. Industrial Alcohol,
Southern Pacific, Baltimore & Ohio.
Chesapeake & Ohio, Union Pacific,
Canada Dry, Worthington Pump,
Johns -Manville, American Smelling
and Goodrich.
A restricted groove was followed
by Consolidated Edison, North Ameri-
can, N. Y. Central, Pennsylvania, Sea-
board Oil, Westinghouse and Ana~
conda.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
New Orleans Prices

NEW ORLEANS, March 25 uP-Cotton
prices gained 90 to 90 cents bale in the
early trading today on trade and forelgn
buying and continued rain in the Eastern
belt
May contracts advanced to IA Os, July
to 1896. october to 1880 and December
to 1897. or II to is points above yester-
DAYS close.
Liverpool reported buying from Alex
andria and said that the improved sta
tistical position of cotton was offSettlng
fears of increased acreage in the United
States.
Continued rains in the Eastern section of
the belt induced fears OF a late crop by
keeping farmers from seeding operations.
Prospects for immediate settlement OF
into the market.
Cottonseed oil futuers opened steady.
May 10.56b July. 10.73b; September,
10.75b; October, 10.65b.
Bid.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
CHICAGO GRAIN
by the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, March 25.-Corn fu-
lures climbed more than cents
bushel today to high prices unreached
heretofore this season, and helped
bring about late advances in wheat.
Buying of corn was the most gen.
eral witnessed in some time. Corn
purchases for shipment from Chicago
we're the largest in many months
At the close, corn was a4-22i cents
above yesterdays finish; May, LA .
g; July, 109-l.09ls; wheat un-
changed to l cent higher; May, l.403 "a
7s; July. 1853 -7s; oats, 2s-7s up
and provisions unchanged to rise
of Z cents
Evening star., 1937-03-25
new YORK COTTON
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 25.-Opening
rallies in cotton today on foreign buy
ing were followed by partial reactions
under pre-holiday liquidation and
hedging.
All crops were under pressure, while
forward deliveries held fairly steady.
July eased from 14.04 to 1892 and
in midafternoon sold at 1894, with
prices generally l point net lower to
higher.
Evening star., 1937-03-25

The 1885 report was not conson-
dated. Without deducting the loss for
that year in Southern Asbestos Co.
there was shown $1l3,118 available
for Thermoid's preferred stock In that
year 1935.)
Evening star., 1937-03-25

Dividend in the above table are the annual
quarterly hafyearly dec
Including Paid last year Pao this year
Companies reported In recevershp or being eo1ssnzeo
y EY divide
Evening star., 1937-03-25
THERMOID co. REPORTS
LARGE GAIN IN YEAR
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 25.-Thermoid
Co. in q consolidated annual report
made public today shows gross sales
In 1895 Of $6,708,811, and net pro1t
Of 1901 ,e27 after all operating charges,
Evening star., 1937-03-25
depreciation Of $181 ,004 and interest
rho roaa ~ AZ 7ok

charges Of $167,794.
After allowing for Federal income
taxes and surtax on undistributed
profits, there was q balance OF $255, AIT
available for total annual preferred
dividend requirements Of $121,668.
After allowing for preferred dividends
there was q balance OF $133,74s for
surplus.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
COttOnSeed Oil.

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed steady May, lib; July,
l118: September, 1l.18b; October,
1O.98b. Sales, 70 contracts. Bid.
Evening star., 1937-03-25

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat, No g. mixed, LA;
corn, No. 3, yellow, l.l8-1.le; No. 4,
yellow, 116A-1.l8; No. 3, white, 1928
1884; No. 4, white. l.l9-l.2012; oats,
No. 8, white, 521a-53; rye, No. l,
1929; buckWheat, No. 2, 2,45-2.5O;
soy beans, No. 3, yellow, 1.6lA; bar
ley, feed, It's; mailing, l.o0-l.33;
timothy seed, 4.75a5 so per Cwt; clover
seed, 80 OOa3600 per Cwt.
Winnipeg Prices.
WINNIPEG, March 25 PJ.-Grain range
today:
Evening star., 1937-03-25

Reading Co.-February net railway
operating income was $l,09l,4ll,
against $1,192,278; In two months net
rilway operating income was ST.
l59,256, against s2,234,112.
Evening star., 1937-03-25

Scotland may open more coal mines
In order 10 meet increasing demands.