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Evening star., 1937-07-16
200 ALLEYS HELD
WORST D. C. SLUMS
"Absolutely Necessary for Gov.
ernment to Go Into Real Estate
Business" Ihlder Says.

Some 200 inhabited alleys, princi-
pally in the old part of the city, con-
tain the worst houses and the worst
housing conditions in Washington,
John Ihlder. director of the Alley
Dwelling Authority, told the Cosmo-
politan Club at the Carlton Hotel
yesterday
Citing slums as heavy financial
liability to solvent property. Ihlder
declared that reclamation and re-
housing of these areas was necessary.
The second precinct area here, for
instance, requires about S50000O more
in municipal service than it pays in
taxes" he said.
Although encouraging private busi-
authority director saw little hope of
this being done.
1T may not be according to Hoyle
for the Government to go into the
real estate business" he said, "but
# is absolutely necessary. Lack of
profit in the enterprise and the great
difficulties in the way of getting title
to land to be reclaimed and rehoused
leave no hope of improvement unless
the Government steps in"
Ihlder spoke in praise of the Hop
kins place rehousing development at
Twelfth and L streets southeast and
said this should be the minimum in
cheap housing tolerated in Washing
ton. He said the authority was put
ting out apartments of four rooms
and bath at $25 q month.
Evening star., 1937-07-16

"HE young blOOdS ol tnlS opo1C-
ing section have found most
attractive meeting place and
i drop in there at all times to
meet friends, chat a while and look
around. 1t is the shop recently opened
in Middleburg by Miss Katherine
Woodward and Mrs Campbell Mayors.
The keepers Of the shop welcome
them all. Miss Woodward, known as
"Foff" to her intimate friends. is one
of the best horsewomen in Virginia.
Long has she been noted for breaking
and schooling horses, always riding
side saddle. She is one of the most
stunning looking women have ever
seen in the hunting field.
While looking around the new shop
the other day I heard nothing but
horse talk from the "loafers." So
interested does "Foff' become when
this subject is being discussed that
she forgets about the store, but this
is where Mrs. Mayors shines. In
describing a table yesterday she be-
came so eloquent that young man
who had not been paying much atten-
ton to the conversation said, What
horse is that you are talking about?"
When Mrs. Mayors explained to him
he replied. THAT is the way people
here talk about a horse when they
have it for SALE No matter how long
they have been in the business it is
the best they ever owned and the
best even seen in the country"
Mrs. Mayors ran the fresh youth
out of the shop.
THE Rappahannock County Horse
Show at Little Washington is
going on today and tomorrow. Many
horses will be exhibited from Middle
burg and Warrenton and every one is
planning to go over for the show one
or both days. Charles Town, w. Va,
Is coming to the front again with
four days Of racing ending tomor-
row. There are horse show classes
each morning at Charles Town. but
great many horses are there from
no jumping. The horses are led in
and Judged. The prizes are large and
all over the country.
MRS. WALTER MCKEE JONES
~A entertained the Fauquier-Lou-
doun Garden Club on Wednesday
afternoon at her home, AYRSHIRE,
near Upperville. Miss Sally Harrison
showed slides of many beautiful Vir.
ginia places and gardens and Mrs.
Fairfax Harrison gave a most de-
lightful talk, describing each one to
the crowd. Supper was served after
ward, the guests seated at small tables
arranged in the spacious reception
hall and on the terrace.
Among those there were Mrs. Floyd
Harris, Mrs. Henry Fairfax, Mrs. N.
H. Morrison, Mrs. Thomas Atkinson,
Mrs. John Cochran, Mrs. Gwynne
Tayloe, Mrs. william Slaughter. Mrs.
Sam Marshall, Mrs. Fred Sharp, Mrs.
H. Gordon Moore, Mrs. A. G. Mar
shall, Mrs. Paul Within, Mrs. Warren
Snider, Mrs. Roster Dulany, Mrs.
Hunter De Butts, Mrs. John Ander.
son. Mrs. George Robert Slater, r.;
Evening star., 1937-07-16
VISITORS TO INSPECT
CAMPS NEXT WEEK
Open Days to Be Held at Good
Will and Pleasant for Rest
of Season.

"Open camp days" will begin next
week at Camps Good Will and Pleas
ant, operated by the Family Service
Association at Chopawamsic, Va. An
opportunity to observe programs at the
camps and eat a typical camp meal
Will be afforded representative groups
ct regular intervals for the remainder
OF the season, it was announced yes
terday.
Miss Betty Reed. senior at American
University, and Miss Virginia Walton,
recent graduate of Georgetown Vista
ton Convent, have been selected to
organize parties at Camp Good Will,
while visitors at Camp Pleasant will
be greeted by committee of girls
from Miner Teachers College, under
the direction Of Miss Audrey Dickerson,
Evening star., 1937-07-16
TAYL0R-POWELL
TEAM IN PREV|EW
Hollywood Hotel Presents
"Broadway Melody" on
Air Tonight.

~ OBERT TAYLOR and Eleanor
u Powell will headline an all
star cast scheo''led to present
i y radio preview Of the new
falm, Broadway Melody of 1885,
over WJSV at 8 o'clock. The dram
atization is to feature the Hollywood
Hotel broadcast, with Buddy Ebsen,
well-known dancer; Igor CORN and
Sophie Tucker, announced as men,
bers Of the supporting company
The picture Is concerned with race
horses. struggling theatrical pro-
moters, etc., and has Taylor and Miss
Powell In the dramatic roles while
CORN and Miss Tucker exercise their
principal talent, singing. Jerry Cooper,
Frances Langford and Anne Jamison
sing with Raymond Paige's Orches-
ira as additional features OF the
program.
A Ian MOBRAY, suave English
"a character actor and comedian,
will be interviewed by Eliza Schallert
as the feature of her program tonight.
Previews of the latest finn releases
also will be offered. WMAL at 9:45.
NEWSPAPER people and their love
tribulations take the stand in the
Court of Human Relations on WRC
at $50 when the story of a sob
sister," torn between love for the
managing editor and for fellow re-
porter Is to be enacted.
\ NEW weekly series of discussions
of national affairs by members
Of the Presidents cabinet will be in
augurated by Attorney General Homer
g. Cummings-WJSV at $50.
JEROME KERN'S score from "The
Cat and the Fiddle" will be fea-
tured by Lucille Manners and Rosario
Bourdon's Orchestra Miss Manners
also will sing Kentucky Babe" and
''Auf Wiedersehen"-WRC at 7.
MORTON BoWE has programmed
A'A Cole Porter's Begin the Be-
guine" as his principal vocal con-
tribution to the Tommy Dorsey show
tonight, a WMAL program heard at
8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
In the Hunt Country
Activities Among the Horse-Lovers of
VIRGINIA and MARYLAND.

Miss Lilias Janney. Mrs. Reginald
Vickers, Mrs. William Hubert, Mrs.
Thomas Dudley. Mrs. William Clif-
ford, Miss Elizabeth Carter Davis,
Mrs. Houston Gaddis, Mrs. Evan Tay-
lor and Mrs. Charles Hill Jones.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Air Headliners


500 p.m.-WJSV, Washington
Cleveland Base Ball
Game.
4:4S p,m.-WMAL, Evening Star
Flashes.
Evening Programs,
700 p.m.-WRC, Service Hour;
WJsv. Broadway Va
rieties.
500 p.m.-WJsv Hollywood
Hotel; WMAL, Robert
L. Ripley.
$3.50 p.m.-WOL, B a m berger
Symphony.
S:ee p.m.-WRC, The First
Nighter";; WMA1,
Tommy Dorsey's Or
chestra.
1918 5p.m.-WMA Pccadilly
Music Hall.
1880 p.m.-WOL, Art Brown.
HIS p.m.-WMAI. Slum mber
Hour.
Short.Wave Programs.
500 p.m.-B ENOS AIRES.
Light Symphony Or
chestra, LRX, 31.O6 m,
9.66 meg.
S:45 p.m.-BERLIN, Germ n
Spas, DID, 25.4 m,
11.77 meg.
S:ee PM LONDON, Olden
Dance Music, GSI, 1876
M, 1925 meg; GSF,
1913 m, 1914 meg;
GSD, 25.5 M, Ills
meg; CSC, SIS m,
o.6S meg.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
RY NINA CARTER TABB.

young bloods OF this SPORT
ing section have found most
attractive meeting place and
Evening star., 1937-07-16

~ OBERT TAYLOR and Eleanor
Powell will headline an all
star cast scheo''led to present
L Y . radio preview of the new
Evening star., 1937-03-14
B. B. C.. Polls Public.

ENGLAND isn't so sure its govern
ment-owned broadcasting system
is giving its listeners precisely what
they want in the way of speeches. So,
in democratic sort Of way, it is 60
ing directly to the people themselves
for first-hand comments.
On March 13, about 100 delegates,
representing q cross-section Of the
public in the northern region Of the
British Isles, were to meet in the
Broadcast House at Leeds. In order
to procure & complete social and
geographical representation, about
half of the number selected were per-
sons known directly or indirectly by
members of the British Broadcasting
staff. The other half was chosen from
those who made formal application.
Five main questions were to form
the basis of discussion. They were U)
What subjects interest you? CD Who
are your favorite speakers? 90 What
form of talk do you prefer? 60 When
do you do your listening? 60 What
would you do if you were in charge
of B. B. c. Talks programs
1T is the corporations intention
whenever possible" B. B. @. an
nounced, ito produce programs to sat
isfy the claims of responsible opinion,
and it is hoped that many useful sug-
gestions will be the outcome Of this
conference"
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Original Federal Radio Commission
Organized 10 Years Il 90 T0n,0rro,.

Admiral w. H. g. Bullard, named as
chairman-was in China at the time
Judge E. o. Sykes, still = member Of
the Communications Commission,
called that initial meeting to order.
Stenographic, clerical and other
help did not come until some days
later-after Congress appropriated
money by which the agency could
function.
The Federal Communications Com
mission today. with its personnel roster
Of some $50 and with elaborate head
quarters in the ultra-modern Post
Ofiice Building. makes the original
regulatory body pale into insignifi-
canoe in comparison. The F. c. C.
succeeded the Radio Commission in
1884, becoming q permanent body with
jurisdiction over all phases Of radio,
telephone, telegraph and cable COM
munications. Besides, it Is conducting
special investigation OF the American
Telephone d Telegraph Co., invading
deeply the rate structure IN 50 far -
% bumsr costs are eouoernsd.
Evening star., 1937-03-14


appearing on that hour opposite the
Red Webs Major Bowes-and, more
recently, its Haven MacQuarrie show
was enough to bring shudders to sny
sponsor. But that time has Just
been snapped up by the big motors
sponsor who presents the Sunday
Nights at Carnegie Hall" and the con-
certs he is now backing at 10 on the
Red Web move into the pm. spot
on the Blue hook-up on April L. All
Of which happens without N. B. c. lift
ing so much as finger to put the idea
across-or at least, only very subtle
finger that went in for building up
that hour by means Of big-time dra-
matte sustaining shoW-and letting the
popularity of the hour speak for it.
self.
CHANGES in the air also have
~ "Fibber MCGEE and Molly" slated
to continue their delightful, earthly
nonsense Monday nights on the Red
network of N. B. C.-but moving up
to the o'clock hour now occupied by
Warden Lewis E. Lawes. Thus the
air on this network at o'clock, begin
ming April IL. incidentally, Ken Muir
| ray has signed the new Hollywood
starlet, Shirley Ross, to do the vocals
on his new show which succeeds the
Burns and Allen programs at C. B S.
March 81.
Jack Pearls show also is on the
move. with the Baron bobbing up
Friday nights at 10 on the Blue net
work, beginning this week. Tommy
Dorsey and Morton Bowe will make
the move with him.
Debut Of "Vic and SADIE" in the
ranks Of evening stars is a tribute to
the work Of the trio who make up
the cast, Bernardine Flynn, Art Van
Harvey and Billy Idleson, as well as
the young Chicago writer, Paul
Rhymer. But it's also a tribute to
discriminating dialers who flock to
that show in sufficient numbers to
justify the sponsor taking over a
nighttime spot in addition to the
regular morning and afternoon air
ings. "Vic and Sade" and Parker
Fennellys Snow Village Sketches"
occupy unique place in radio-being
In class all by themselves when it
comes to genuine Interpretation of
| genuine people on the airlanes. The
new nighttime airing is Wednesdays
| at 10.
| A MOTHER daytime artist gradu-
ating into the evening limelieht
on the kilocycles is the talented organ
1st, DR.. Charles M. Courboin, who has
new Monday, $50, program spot on
WORM. B. S. This is in answer to the
listeners pleas that early morning was
no time to bring this brilliant musician
to the microphone.
Turning out microphone ideas may
necessitate so much time the dialers
will have little time to 60 about their
business Of tuning-in If the new fair
Evening star., 1937-03-14

for listener participation In the radio
shows keeps growing. We've had
amateur hours and community song
programs, man-in-the-street inter-
views and amateur song writing con-
tests. Now the broadcasters are ask
Ing US to contribute to the scripts for
the new Gene Arnold Saturday morn
ing Romance" series on N. B. C.s
red network. Listeners ar, urged to
send IN accounts Of their own ro-
mances. Outside of putting them on
coast-to-coast network, the sponsor
promises not to tell a soul about the
romantic chapters in your personal
history
Evening star., 1937-03-14

ite youngster has not been lured to
the microphone. Her buxom contem-
porary, the throaty Miss West, Is ru-
mored in Hollywood to be entirely
cold to radio offers.
ELISABETH RETHBERG, Metro
politan Opera soprano, will be
the guest soloist during the Sunday
Evening Hour on WJSV tonight at 9
O'Clock. Fritz Reiner will direct the
orchestra. The program follows:
Overture, to THE Secret of su-
"Ach Varst du Untrep Mir from IneS''"
The Battered Bride"
..n, Miss Rethbers and orchestra
'e"fl Mss s0ns Rethbe2R tGR and raesf olchestr.
-Four movements from the suite
"MiEssS. "h4fssss,s.a Miss Rs'h0sFs and oFsHs's1s
Miss Rethbers and Orchestra
The Sweetest Story Ever Told"
oysrsars sesoosah e'9s fno ohs
Orchestra and Chorus
Josef HOFMANN, world-famed
pianist, will be the guest soloist
with Emo Rapee's Symphony Orches-
ira on WRC at 10. The program fol-
lows:
Russian Sailors Dance" from
The Red POPPY
Concerto in D minor-nrst move
lS S{ ESse de Hod6gn S7nn6S%S fSs% ds5SS,tr.
(al In the Spinning Room" from
March des Petits Faunes." from
"Cydalise ct lie Chevre-Pied."
Symphony Orchestra
"Rondo Capriccioso' in E major.
Josef Hofmann
Symphony Orchestra
p OBERT IRWIN, young Irish tenor
and protege Of John Mccormack;
Sara Allgood, distinguished actress OF
the Abbey Theater, and Dudley Digges,
character actor of the stage and screen,
will be featured during the Magic
Key" program on WMAL a. 2.
Helen Jepson, ;oprano Of the Met
ropolitan Opera Co.; Georges Enesco,
teacher, composer, conductor and vio-
Inist, and the N. B. c. Symphony
Orchestra also will contribute to the
program.
HIGHLIGHTS Of Nelson Eddy's pro-
program on WJSV at will be
an aria from Meyerbeer's last opera,
"L'Africaine" The program follows:
"Marchins Along" Nelson Eddy
"Adamastor' from 'L'Africaine'O
Nelson Eddy
Something New Is in NY Heart
Nadine Conner
Because" Nelson Eddy
'Liebesfreud"
Josef Pasternack and orchestra
Hallelujah Rhythm" Nelson Eddy
Wanting You"
Nelson Eddy and Nadine Conner
Drums in My Heart Nelson Eddy
Evening star., 1937-03-14
G. W. u. Sponsors Play.

A RADIO drama. THE Forgotten
Patriot" which deals with Incl
dents in the life Of James Otis, little
known patriot in the American strug-
gle for independence, will be presented
over WMAL Thursday at 7:l5 pm. by
the Radio Players. The play will be
sponsored by George Washington Uni
versity. 1t was written by John Paul
Cullen and selected from DR.. Douglas
Dement'S class in creative writing.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Nazis' u. S. Broadcast.

TRIBUTES to individual States Of
the American Union, with charac.
teristic songs of those States, are being
carried over Germany's vast short.
wave broadcasting system periodically
in special series during which an.
tennac are pointed toward America.
The broadcasts are part Of Nazi Ger
many's intensive radio campaign tc
gain good will throughout the world.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
LTHOUGH there hasn't been 4
ripple in the ether waves to
indicate 1t, this month is an


~ indicate it, this month is an
4 a important one In the history Of
American radio regulation.
On March is American radio will
observe its tenth anniversary since the
creation Of the original Federal Radio
Commission. But there hasn't been
any fanfare connected with 1t. and
until this was written probably no one
even remembered it.
Back in 1927, after Congress had
passed the Federal radio act setting
up the radio commission to operate as
. temporary agency to retrieve recep-
ton from the chaos into which 1T had
drifted, four men got together in the
old Department of Commerce Building
in an ONCE loaned them by the then
Secretary Of Commerce, Herbert Hoo
yer. There wasn't any money with
which to operate the organization and
all they had to 60 by was a. law. Ac-
tually, five men were named to the
oor hission. but one Of them-the late
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Networks Sell Sponsors
urDespite Competition
Firms no Longer Fear Opposing Attractions.
Motors Firm Signs for PM.
Sunday Concerts.
By Dorothy Mattison.

there was in radoland when the networks behooved
selling pedding
O the
minded
Sunday O'Clock po-o instance
Evening star., 1937-03-14

Film Firms Seize Chance
To Build Up New Players
Charges of Harmful Comp petition Seen
Voided by Action of Companies in Allow
ing Actors to Sign Air Contracts
By the Radio Editor.

threatened between
hardly a being nred
the kocyce
scenes the
whole affair mostly cyclone mgnined BY rabble-
rousing Of all proportion -
di.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-16
ALASKA'S WORTH IS SHOWN UP IN
 PORTS YEAR BOOK

Horace P. Chapman, Seattle grain dealer, and Secretary of the Seattle Port Commission, who is now ac- companying the Seattle Chamber of Commerce cruise, brought along a few of the Port of Seattle's 1887 Year Books, just coming off the press when the cruise party left Se- attle.
 The book, excellently printed, contains a mine of valuable ma terial relative to the activities of the S13,000G00 terminal facilities of the Port of Seattle, and also to the Northwest in general.
 The export tables graphically show the huge and widely varied shipments from the Port to Alaska; the Ports warehouses at Pier 40 in Seattle are the largest concen- tration warehouses for canned sal mon in the world. Between 2,000,- 900 and 100000 cases are handled annually at this great storage and distributing terminal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-16
DIVERS
 60 ON STRIKE,
 COLISEUM FILM
Fugitive's s South Sea Eden Shattered by Man
 He Saved

Lovers of primitive melodrama have treat in store beginning to- night when Isle of Fury" the brilliant Warner Bros. perturbation of Somerset Maugham's romance of the South Seas, Three in Eden opens at the Coliseum Theatre.
 The hero of the thrilling story is Val Stevens, a man of primitive instincts and a refugee from the clutches of the law, who has built up a profitable pearl fishery on a remote Pacific Island-but Is com pelled to do battle for his beauti- ful young bride, against a polished nsan of the world, Eric Blake, whom he has rescued from a ship wreck and brought into his home as a friend.
 The role of Val Stevens is played by Humphrey Bogart, remembered for his outstanding performance of the killer in ''The Terrified For est"
 Others in the cast besides the principles-Humphrey Bogart, Mar garet Lindsay and Donald Woods are George Regas, Sidney Bracy, Tetsue Komai, Housely Stevenson and Frank Lackteen. Frank Me Donald directed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-16

three persons, some of them hor- ribly burned.
 Mutilated passengers and mem bers of the ill-fated Hindenberg rg's crew are placed in speedy ambu- lances for transport to hospitals all over the region. Many survivors are in critical condition, and doctors rush every known remedy in ef- forts to bring relief for their suf- fering. Several persons make mir aculous escapes from the burning ship.
 The mighty dirigible hulk lies a twisted, useless mass of smoke blackened girders upon the field at Lakehurst, New Jeersey, where the ship might have landed all safe had tragedy spared her a little more time. Officers of the United States Navy examine the wreck, prepar- ing for their investigation. Ambu- lances in a long line carry surviv- ors to hospitals where doctors will fight for their lives. Meanwhile, the Department of Commerce opens it's inquiry into the cause of the disaster
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-16
Kindenburg Crash Survivors Battle
 Injuries to Live
Grim Aftermath of Awe Inspiring Disaster Depict
 ed in Empire News Reel

The flaming crash and grim af- termath of the Hindenburg disaster is an overlapping feature of the issue of the Daily Alaska Empire Universal News Reel now b ein g shown at the Capitol Theatre.
 Thirty-five persons die and scores of others are injured as the mighty dirigible explodes three hundred feet ever the landing field at the end of her first voyage of the season from Europe. A terrific burst of flames cnguifs the stern of the ship and spreads with the rapidity of light ming to the bow. The inferno of blazing hydrogen gas cremates all living beings in it's path, as the twisted skeleton of the airship set ties quickly to the ground Rescue crews brave death to save sixty
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-16

many other illustrations of the ar- ticles it contains.
 George B. Pettys story of his moose hunt, in which the artist tells of getting the biggest moose trophy taken out of Alaska last year, is featured with many accompanying photographs.
 Wars End Tn Boring Sea-" by Robert w. DeArmond of Sitka, tells of the firing of the last shots of the Civil War in Alaska by the Confed- crate cruiser Shenandoah, two months after the war was over on land
 Earl N. Ohmer of Petersburg tells of The Future of Fur Ranching, , in another interesting article.
 Game fish and animals are fea- tured in the pictures, but there are also mining scenes, scenic shots and many photos showing phases of Alaska industries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-16
HEP BURN FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM IN CAPITOL DRAM A
Herbert Marshall Opposite Star in Indictment of
 Victorian Prejudices

Bringing together for the first time two of the screens top-flight stars Katharine Hepburn and Herbert Marshall-RKO Radio to- night, at the Capitol Theatre. will pres 1t "A Woman Rebels" a nov ing drama of a young romantic idealist in search of freedom and in- dependence as against the restrict ing influences of the era into which she had been born.
 In contrast to the freedom en- joyed by the modern young woman, the story presetns a romantic and tragic tale of an intelligent young girl who dares to demand that she choose her own husband, that she be permitted to emerge from home unchaperoned and that she go to work, a thing which no lady had heretofore done. Fog g-enshrouded London, rural English estates and the Italian Riyeria furnish the background for the resultant dra- ma.
 Also in the cast is Doris Dudley, dynamic young Broadway actress, fresh from her triumph in the legi- innate theatre. Other important roles are enacted by Elizabeth Allen, Donald Crisp and David Manners.
 "A Woman Rebels was adapted by Anthony Veiller and Ernest Naj- da from the novel. Portrait of a Rebel" by Netta Syrett, British writ CT and was directed by Mark San drich.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-16
FEEL DS DOES
 NOT DRINK Z
 QUARTS DAILY
Movie Comedi Han Denies Charges in Sui Brought
 by Doctor

RIVERSIDE, Cal, June 16. = Bulb nosed w c. Fields, screen comedian, roared a denial to charges that he drank two quarts of whis- key day.
 "Nonsene, it is lie" the come dian shouted to statements of Dr. Jesse Citron, that the actors eX- cessive drinking made his hospital case hard to handle.
 Why I never drank two quarts g day even in the good old days and now I am a teetotaler," Fields said defending himself against Dr. Git ron's $12.000 suit for medical fees.
 Dr. Citron said the fee was ar rived at on the basis of one twelfth of Fields annual income. He testi- fled the comedian earned $144000 annually and has accumulated a surplus of $700000.