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Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05

WUnnwW N Friday many friends
4 welcomed back home
DIR. G. Layton Grier,
who, for the past two
- months has been max
ing a trip to Tokyo, Japan. 1t was
with some fear that his family
saw him go away, but there was
apparently no need for the tre-
pidation. In an interview this
week for a daily paper, DIR. Grier
told of the almost total absence
OF war news in Japan, and that
he had to get back to the States
to learn anything of any conse-
quence of the Sin-Japanese War.
There is probably no one who
has a better chance to sell Mil
ford, Delaware" in many parts,
and IL is a safe bet that DR.. Grier
loses no opportunity to tell that
he comes from this little spot on
the map, for he is true Della
warean. On Sunday DR.. and Mrs.
Walter L. Grier had a family
group for dinner at their home
on Lake Avenue. 1t was an an
niversary dinner a few days de-
layed. Wednesday of last week
was the birthday of Frank r.
Grier and Mrs. Anna v. Carlisle.
1t was also the wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. William V.
Grier, so with DIR. Grier safely
back and the celebrating of the
anniversaries, it was a very
pleasant day for all the guests.
Beside those mentioned the
others were Mr.. and Mrs. Marvel
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald w.
Poole, of Swarthmore. Miss Fran
ces Lammey, Mrs. Frank r.
Grier, Miss Elizabeth Carlisle,
Mrs. George Montgomery, Logan
Grier and Garrett Grier.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05

Today Mrs. Charles d. Abbott
and Mrs. Samuel C. Evans, Jr.,
are giving a tea from three to five
at the formers home on South
Walnut Street.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05

Mrs. William C. Smith enter
tanned the Friday Luncheon Club
yesterday at her home on Kings
Highway.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin T. Hurley re-
turned from their wedding tour this
week.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05

Pastor Quigg will hold extra meet
ings in the Chapel in South Milford
from the of December to the zO.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05

Tickets for the Institute will be on
sale at C. d. Abbott and Co.'S on
Thursday morning, November 21st at
8 O'Clock.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-05

Two large furnaces have been plac-
ed in the cellar of the Presbyterian
Church. 1t is now prepared for the
coolest weather.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
Extra Show By
CivicCost

The washington Civic The
ater has scheduled a special
matinee of their next produc-
ton, Noah" It will be on Sat
urday afternoon, December 18.
This has been done to take
care of the large demand for
seats and to make this special
holiday production available for
children.
While Noah" is definitely a
play for adults it is also particu-
larly suitable for children be-
cause of the colorful production,
the animals, the dances Of the
villagers, and the imaginative
quality of the entire play.
This Saturday matinee will be
in addition to the regular sub
scription performances which
begin December Is and continue
through Saturday, December ID.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11

monster deception is about to
be exposed, the managing edi-
tor, (Walter Connolly) tries to
save the reputation CD of his
newspaper, and it brings about
one of the greatest rough and
tumble, Mack Sennette bift
bang sessions, ever devised for
a grade A picture.
LOMBARD is TOPS
Carole Lombard is booted in
the deep South, takes a hard
right from Fredric March for
a KO. The curse is taken off
this abuse of the gentler sex, by
having Carole return the sleep
punch to Freddy at the earliest
opportunity.
For all of its bogus fiction
quality, Nothing Sacred" has
some smart satirical dialogue,
at least one wisecrack which
got by when the Havs office
was nodding, one scene that is
very naughty in its implicar
tionS.
Because Carole Lombard can
dc these irrational roles better
than any other actress in Holly.
wood the picture is generally
rollicking fun. Fredric March
undoubtedly felt silly at times
he looks it-but strives energet-
ically as a funmaker, and Wal
ter Connolly struck meas wholly
out of place, and out of charac-
ter, trying to look and act like a
managing editor. Winninger
makes much of the alcoholic
M. D.
On the supplementary pro
gram is a provocative short,
"The Man in the Barn." reviv-
ing the John Wilkes Booth mys-
terry death controversy. The
news of the week, with Redskins
Giants football shots, completes
the Palace program.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
The River At
The Little

Two outstanding films, one
never before shown in public
and one a revival, make up a
unique program opening Sunday
at the Little Theater.
The first is THE River" Pare
Lorentz'S long-awaited history of
the Mississippi River, aprlauded
by one of the most brilliant
audiences in local history at its
world premiere Tuesday at the
Rialto.
The other is THE Petrified
Forest" starring Leslie Howard
and Bette Davis in one of the
most often-requested ever sched.
uled at the Little.
The River" a United States
documentary film produced by
the Farm Credit Administration.
has been acclaimed as even
greater than the highly.con-
troversial "Plow That Broke
The Plains" Tracing the
Mississippi from the rain clouds
OF Montana to the mud.flats of
Louisiana, from the paddlewheeI
steamers OF pre-Civil War days
to the torrential floods of 1886,
The River" has won equal
praise as dramatic and histor.
ical achievement.
THE Petrified Forest" film
version of Robert Emmet Sher.
woods Broadway hit, gives Les.
lie Howard and Bette Davis
pertectly-matched roles as the
dlslllusioned hitch-hiker and the
ldealistic little waitress who are
thrown together in a desert
hamburger stand and alter the
courses of their lives in a cur.
lous mixture of poetry and gang
ster shootings. The cast also in.
cludes Genevive Tobin, Humph.
rey Bogart, Dick Foran and
Charley GrapeWin.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
Harlem Revue
AtHoWard

Maestro, crooner and pianist,
Is the role of Jerome Darlington,
the man of a thousand songs,
whose entertaining is the feat.
ured spot of the Hardy Bros
Orchestra opening in the Har-
LENS Holiday Revue at the
Howard Theater yesterday.
From out Chicago way, and a
newcomer to local theater aud
fences, Darlington is just about
the tops as a maestro. His sing.
ing of many melodies is a stand.
out performance for the orches.
ira. All in all, the band is as
good as many of the hot Harlem
musical aggregations seen at
the T Street house this season.
Others who help to make the
revue a successful hour of con.
glomerated entertainment in.
clude Palus and Pearl, adagio
dancers, who rate well; the
Three Phantom Dancers, tap.
pers of the first rank; Diggs
and Dean, two circus clowns,
and the Stanley Brothers, an act
OF acrobats. George Wiltshire,
straight man, Dusty Fletcher
and Sandy Burns, both under
cork, handle the comedy.
The evils of narcotics Is
brought to light in "Marihuana,"
a very entertaining screen play,
Special midnight show tonight.
w, R..
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
Cody Comedy
At the Met

Once every so often Warner
Brothers blossom forth on e Of
these completely daffy pictures.
The kind that, even when you
walk out, you don't know whether
you have really seen one Of Hol
lywood's products, or have just
awakened from a three-days night
mare.
"Sh! The Octopus" currently
at the Metropolitan, has all the
earmarks of this caliber. They
have nurse in readiness in case
of-well? we don't know whether
she is there to render aid to those
afflicted with hysterical laughter,
or for the unlucky ones who pass
out from fright. But she's there,
ready for whichever you choose.
It is admitted that it will be
rather hard to choose between the
two, what with Hugh "Woo-woo"
Herbert and Allen Perkins sup
plying the comedy, and an oc-
topus that runs around on land,
lending the mystery ana fright.
But you'll probably find yourself
wavering toward the laughter cor
ner. ..
The cast comes from nowhere
and meet in an abandoned light
house, and with the help OF a
"long armed" gentleman, an octo'
pus, the plot hits dizzy pace that
is continuous throughout.
Once, through faulty cutting, a
couple of the cast appear from a
part Of the set, and are completely
ignored by those present. How,
and what happened to a few OF
the gay little party is never ex-
planned. But nevertheless, If you
don't come out laughing or scared
silly, don't blame it on the Metro
politan. It's there for you, and If
you don't burst or get jittery, you
either haven't a sense Of humor
or just can't get bumps"
Jumping from the sublime to
the ridiculous in reverse, another
interesting feature is technicolor
short "a Man Without Coun-
try" based on the story by Edward
Everett Hale and starring John
Litel.
News events highlighting the
year: pictures of the "Redskins"
overwhelming victory and a
"Porkie' animated cartoon round
out this well diversified program.
- - - r. II. S.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11

color. I have never seen the
pigments less obStruSive on the
screen.
What it tries to prove, in its
utterly silly way, is that nothing
is sacred to a newspaper bent
upon mounting circulation. So
we have Fredric March as a star
reporter, disciplined for perpe-
trating a monstrouS fake, given
a chance to redeem himself by
blowing up a minor story into
front page prominence.
Reporter March goes to War
saw, VT, and enlists Hazel Flagg
(Carole LombarO country girl
presumed to be dying of radium
poison, to come to New York
and spend her last days in
luxury while Manhattan goes
maudlin over her courage.
It happens that Hazel has
been told by the village doctor
(Charles Winninger) that she
is as healthy as an "after TAX
ing" medical ad and not doomed
to a lingering death. Hazel
wants the trip to New York, so
does the doctor, hence they con-
ceal the true state of her health.
Reporter March, easily gulled,
takes her around to night spots
and other places of public
gayety, where the dear New
York public moistens its eyes,
sobs into the old-fashioneds
over the brave little martyr.
When it appears that the
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
MOVIE
CLOCK

ITONF~ances Farmer,
Ray Milland, "Ebb Tide" II
a. M, 1:4O, 4:25, 7:15, 9;55
p. m. Stage, Mitzi Mayfair,
1910. $3.50, $40, 9 p. m.
PALACE Carole Lombard,
Frederic March, Nothing
Sacred" 1875 a. M, 1885,
$40, $40, 7:45, $50 p. m.
COLUMBIA a m e S Stewart,
Robert Young, Navy Blue and
Gold" 11:15 a. m, l:20, $3.50,
$50, 7::35, 9:40 p. m.
R.K.O. KEITH S-Katharine
Hepburn, Ginger Rogers,
"Stage Door" 11:15 a. m,
1:21, 1927, 5:33, 7;39, GAS
pm.
METROPOLITAN-Hugh Her
bert, Ssh! The Octopus"
11:15 a. m, 1:2O, $3.50, $40,
7:50, 10 p. m.
EARLE-John Boles, Luli Deste,
"She Married an Artist" II
a. m, 1880, 4:25, 1920, 9:55
p. m. Stage, 1910, 3:35, $50,
8 p. m.
LITTLE-Robert Donat, Made
leine Carroll, "The SO Steps,"
1927 a. m, 1:09, 2:51, ABB,
Sis. 7:57, 9:39 p. m.
TRANS LUX - Newsreel and
Shorts at 10 and 11:45 a. m,
1890, LAS, 8. AIS, $50,
6:45, 8. 9:15 and 10:4E p. m.
II o w A r d - "Marihuana, !"
1890, $50, 7:05, 1910 p. m.
Stage, Hardy Brothers Or.
chestra, 2:30, $3.50, s:1O p. m.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
New Program
At 7 rQns-Lux

Trans-LuX this week has the
drawing show, for there are
many scenes of the Redskin.
Giant gridiron battle in the col.
lection of newsreels this popu-
lar playhouse features. There
was cheering last night when
that now famous 75-yard dash
was pictured and much laugh
ter as several of the fans recog-
nized themselves as the goal
posts were torn down.
This is a show which is
packed to the last reel with &C
ton and added to the usual re-
sumo of current events is the
newest edition of the March Of
Time giving in drastic manner
the story Of England's fight
against gambling, the attempts
to enlighten the people of the
world on ailments of the human
heart and the japanese inroadS
on American salmon industry in
Alaska.
The important events of
1887 are unfolded by month as
the old year is rounded out and
one is reminded again Of the
first January Inauguration, the
abdication of Edward VIII, the
Hindenburg horror and other
matters of world unrest.
The war in China, the war in
Spain, labor troubles in the
U. S., Shirley Temple vacation
ing at Palm Springs, the story
of the Cosmopolitan cover girl,
water sports in warm waters
and winter sports at Mt. Rain.
ier's paradise of snoWfields, all
these items make UP the news
of the day and there is a Silly
Symphony which is a delight to
the ear, eye and funnybone.
It's a great show and the
place was crowded with en-
thusiasts. K. Y.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
Dromu School
ToGivI,e Plays

The National Academy Of
Stage Training will close its
Winter term with the presentac
ton of five one act plays in the
school a auditorium Monday
night.
"How The Story Goes" "Toy
Heart" Consolation" "Crear
lures of Impulse" and the sleep
walking scene from Shake
speare's Macbeth will be
given. There will also be several
impersonations and monologues.
Jean Acuff, Jessie LeFevre,
Villa Strong. Ethel Eickoff, Vir.
ginis Wesner, Bessie Smurak,
Marion Bigelow, Rose Marie
Brennan. Cecil Willis, Louise
Norman, Diana Scott, Tahmi.
neh Irani, Jeanne de Chantel,
Patricia McCarren, Elizabeth
Ray Williams, Stella Jane
tHulan, Lucy M. Carton, Mild.
red 7Cee Spencer. Steward And
rews, Joseph Cochran, A. D.
Matheson, Isabelle Greer, Iona
Hoffman, Cecil Willis and Eliz-
abeth Ickes are the advanced
students who will take part in
the performances.
They have been tutored and
directed throughout the term by
George Vivian and Dorothy Mar
tin.
This professional school Of
the drama under the manage.
ment of S. E. Cochran, now in
its fifth year will begin the next
term on Monday, January 3.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11

A CRACKPOT YARN
1t makes a hero of a taking
reporter, brands newspapermen
as the lowest form of animal
life, forgetting all about see
mario writers.
1t takes a raffish crack at the
Presidents fondness for fish
ing.
1t ought to make the Ameri-
can Medical Society mad, for
it highlights a country doctor
as a drunken unethical, Euro
pean specialists as opportunist
money grabbers.
Newspapermen will laugh at
its absurdities, as phony as the
earlier Ben Hecht. Front Page"
and Editor and Publisher may
become indignant over its jour
naiStic monstrosities.
For all of its implausibilities,
Nothing Sacred" is fast and
funny, moves with such celerity
it makes one forget the action
is entirely photographed in
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
CoroIe Lombard SporkIes in
Fast and Furious Comedy
With Fredric March
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Nothing Sacred is of the very best of screwba pic
tures cordially recommended to those who like nuty non
sense mad and mawkish class it as buresque, rather
than the satire it evidently set out to be.
It thumbs its nos in its impudent way, at Vermont and
the traditional Coolidge economy of speech
It brazenly exposes the wrestling game as grunt and
groan racket with good actors.
It roasts New Yorks everish propensity for creating
public idols and reveling in hero-worshp.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
Down to Earth

A leap from a 30-foot high bal
cony to the ground forms one of
the thrilling moments Of Fred
Astaire's hectic career in "A
Damsel in Distress" RKO
Radios new filmusical, in which
the dancing master is teamed
with George Burns and Oracle
Allen.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11

combination which, Is unfor-
givable.
A news resume Of outstand.
ing events of 1887 is worthwhile
and, a short Skit concerning the
now popular . escort service
should have worked into a far
more amusing novelty, the idea
and the players good, but, it
failed to click.-H. K. 20
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
Creditors With Greed

Creditors decide to play Cupid
with their charming debtor. Ann
Sothern, in an effort to retrieve
unpaid-for property in RKO-
Radios romantic comedy, "She's
Got Everything" They pro-
mote her marriage with wealthy
Gene Raymond to liquidate
their claims.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
John BoIes and LuIi Deste Star
In Gay Comedy at Earle

"She Married Artist" tops the program Warner
Brothers Earle presenting John Boes and to
Hollywood, Luli Dese entertaining and diverting
comedy. ."-.- .-..- ...- ,-.. ~ .as
The story just another version of the philanderng
mercal artist who takes his good times he goes along
with not too much work too little play John Bole
the roieking bachelor who finds life eomplee ENJOYABLE
The Washington times., 1937-12-11


The colors used are no longer
so radiant and obtruSive as to
distract the spectator from the
story. At the same time techni'
color provides a gorgeous back
ground for out-of-doorS scenes
amid the South Pacific isles.
SCREEN CREDITS
Fully two minutes Git seems
like five) are devoted at the out
set of "Ebb Tide" to screen cred
its to various and Sundry per-
sons who had a hand in the
making of the picture. Why it
Is necessary for the producers to
list all their employees in this
fashion is a mystery, unless they
are thus reimburSing them in
lieu of salary increases. Audi
ences are totally uninterested IN
the identity of the third assiS-
tant cameraman and the n1uSl-
cal directors.
When the film finally opens
II presents three beachcombers
ekeing out a bare existence on
a Pacific isle. One is former
sea captain who has lost his
papers after running his ship on
the rocks. The second Is a thor.
oughly despicable little cockney,
Hush, who has no morals or
principles, and the third is Rob.
ert Herrick, an educated Eng
l1shman who has apparently got
ten into some scrape at home.
The tree became bosom com.
panions. Through q quirk of
fate The captain gets an oppor-
tunity to command a ship bound
for Sydney, and he takes along
his two companions, Herrick as
first mate, and Hush as stew.
ard. The crew is made up of
Kanakees.
The three men decide to head
the ship for Peru, there to dis
pose of the vessel and cargo, but
the captains fondness for drink
causes him to nearly lose the
ship in storm. They sight an
uncharted island in the Pacific,
go ashore and encounter an
Englishman who Is guarding a
cache Of pearls, with the help
Of a small army Of natives. The
unscrupulous captain and the
steward make bold attempt to
seize the pearls that ends in dis
aSter.
Oscar Homolka, a foreign i'm
portation, gives a masterful in.
depreciation of the role of Cap
tain Thorbecke. Another tai
epted actor is Barry Fitzgerald,
OF the Irish players, who plays
the cockney steward. Ray Mil
land, who closely resembles Rob
ert Taylor, is only fair-to-me-
di1na in the role of third mem
ber of the trio of adventures.
Frances Farmer supplies the ro-
mantle interest. But this phase
Of the story is mt yer concincing.
The tale has a number of
genuinely exciting moments, but
often progresses snail-like.
PEABODY REVUE
Eddie Peabody, the kingpin
Of the banjoists, serves as mas
ter of ceremonies of a peppy
stage show which features be-
sides Eddie himself, Mitzi May.
fair, dancing star of ziegfeld
Follies, who is a joy to watch
in her est. Louis Blues" number,
and Vox and Walters, a double
ventriloQuism act that affords
lots of laughs.
The Three Marshalls harmon
ize pleasantly over the micro
phone and the Six Ganestrellys
do some amazing stunts while
on ladders.
Eddie Peabody makes a lively
M. C. and plays three or four
numbers on his several stringed
instruments,
The Washington times., 1937-12-11

This debonair actor has never
Jared too well in his assign
mentS, sometime not even his
singing has been sufficient to
put him over with the guSto he
should command, but this new
est picture affords him a chance
to climb aboard the bandwagon.
Not that he has any brilliant
portrayal nor does he find much
opportunity for using his voice,
but he proves an ability for all
round versatility which has al.
ways been latent.
BOLES WARNS UP
Luli Deste is the big thrill.
Here is a charming and lovely
new personality, cut not from
the regulation pattern, an ar.
resting and delightful woman.
Though her role of a Partisan
designer does not demand over
much, the petite blonde manages
to dominate her surroundings
and that against Frances Drake
as the typical, alluring artists
model.
Helen Westley is the house
keeper and Boss" responsible
for much of the humor and Alex
Darcy is the perfectly safe
other man." All in all the five
make "She Married An Artist"
light and frivolous fare for this
holiday season.
Helen Reynolds and her COM
pany of seven others roller skate
in an exhibition which alone is
worth trip to the Thirteenth
Street playhouse. CARRIED more
as ballet dancers in dazzling
sequins, those girls are mar
velous exponentS Of the grace
and skill attained by the best
Of skaters.
GOOD STAGE SHOW
Aubrey Seiber, in fetching cos
tunes, announces the perform
erS,. Next in appeal, the Dona-
tella Brothers and Carmen, who
finally bring in Mother and
Dad" to make a very talented
family group. The daughter is
a dancer of unusual accomplish
ment and contortionist of un-
believable agility, while the re-
mainder of the group play va
rious uncommon instruments.
Larry Blake in Character
representations" comes from mo.
ton picture realms though the
act lacks life. Ross and Bennett
complete the lineup with an act
that is definitely not the quail
ity the Earle usually sponsors
T. is both crude and ordinary, q
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
Stephenson Assigned

The noted British character
actor, Henry Stephenson, will play
one of the leading roles in the
celebrated European play, 'The
Baroness and the Butler" which
will go into production shortly at
2Oth Century-Fox studios.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11

Fhd
"Ebb Tide" " Filmed in Color, Is
Drama in the South Seas; y
Mitzi Mayfair Dances

"Ebb Tide showing at Loews Capitol represents q
and forward step in the of technoor the
Color has been used before to depict scenes
never before in film with the wide sweep Of Ebb Tide
with fn-masted schooner battling angry sea. ]
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-22
Young People Get
Ready For Fellowship

DR.. Ira E. Haneywell, associate
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Duluth, will be the speaker
at the opening meeting of the Young
Peoples Bible Fellowship beginning
Friday evening, July %, at Grindstone
lake. Every one is cordially invited
to attend that meeting as well as
those on Saturday evening and Sum-
day afternoon at which time Rev.
Joseph Flacks, Jewish missionary,
will speak. An offering will be taken
at those meetings to defray expenses
of the speakers.
Those who plan to attend the en-
tire Fellowship are asked to bring
along small amount of cash and
food donations, the latter which may
consist of one or two of the follow
ing: Eggs, bread, potatoes, string
beans, cookies, pickles, fresh carrots
and peas, lemon or strawberry gela-
tin or nectar. Those registering be-
fore o'clock Friday are requested
to bring contribution for a picnic
supper. Other requisites are beds,
bedding, dishes, towels and musical
instruments.
Once again hearty invitation is
extended to all young people to come
and fellowship at the meetings.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-22
Farmers Asked
To Return Cards
County Agent Advises That
Requests for Farm In
spectiOn Should be Made.

Cards have been mailed out to
farmers in Pine county to be used
in requesting inspection of their
farms under the 1887 Agricultural
Conservation program.
Although good many of these
cards have been returned to the
county agents office it is felt that
many farmers might have overlooked
the letter or mislaid the card. AS it
is absolutely necessary that there be
a request for inspection card" in the
county office before any farm can
be checked for 1887 compliance, any
farmer who has not as yet sent in
a card and wants his farm checked,
should send in his card Immediately,
advises MIR. McMillin.
In case the card has been lost,
cards can be secured from the county
agents office.