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Evening star., 1937-07-26
DANCE PROGRAMS SET
FOR SYLVAN THEATER

TWO special dance festivals will be
presented this week and next at
the Sylvan Theater, because of the
presence here of the convention Of
the Dancing Masters of America.
The first will be presented tomorrow
night at 8l5 o'clock by Theodore
Bekefi and his dance group. The
program will include Russian and
classical ballet numbers. in ensembles
and in solos by Bekefi. Lila Zalipsky.
Of the Mordkin Ballet in New York;
Tania Gnoochef1 and other dancers
Accompaniment will be provided by a
string trio
Lisa Gardiner and her group will
offer their program Tuesday night,
August 3. Miss Gardiner, Mary Day,
Alice Louise Hunter and Lora Wills
will be seen in solos.
The dance program will be preceded
by concert by the Marine Band, con-
Quoted by Capt. Taylor Branson.
Evening star., 1937-07-26
FURY" AT THE LITTLE
FOR A WEEKS REVIVAL
DIRECTOR FRITZ LANG packe,

DIRECTOR FRITZ LANG packed a
lot Of good dramatic meat into
Fury" which now has come back
to the Little Theater for a revival He
swung from the floor with a savage
blow at mob violence and turned out a
fllm that was one Of the outstanding
ones OF Its season, in spite Of an
ending that belongs In that class Of
things which should be forgotten even
II they can't be forgiven.
Hollywood turns out lot of motion
pictures every year which entertain,
but make no particular impression on
the mind, are not remembered month
after they are seen. But "Fury" was
not one Of those. If you saw this
cognt diatribe against rule by mob
violence you remember it. There is
power IN Mr.. Lang's telling of his
story of man falsely accused of
kidnapping, supposedly burned in his
jail cell by mob, and his subsequent
efforts, from hiding. to have sent to
the chair the leaders Of the mad
throng. One of the most telling mo-
ments ever achieved by the cinema is
Lang's filming of the mob sequence in
Fury" Much more effective than If
he had shown the throng bearing
down is Lang's placing of his camera
at the head of the violent crowd, push
ing you forward, caught up in the
inexorable surge.
There is force, too, in Spencer
Iracy's intelligent conception and
honest and vigorous playing of the
man who meets mob and loses faith
in his fellow men. And Sylvia Sidney
contributes one of her better por-
trayas as the girl in the case. Fury"
Is all to the good, in fact, except for
the letdown by which Mr.. Lang got
out OF the turbulent doings when it
came time to end them. HIM
Evening star., 1937-07-26

upon a glance at her picture, which
indicated she is blondish, with an
expression of mercy on her pleasant
face. And anyhow 1t is all for crit
icism's sake.
WISH could have met you," says
a telegram from Red Shelton,
the message based upon the intima-
ton we were back stage for the show
on Friday. In case Red is going to
lose any sleep over it, he did meet
us, and vice versa. It was in the dark
and Phil Lampkin's men were making
so much noise maybe he didn't catch
the name Winners in the Loew's
short-subject letter contest will be
determined today and their names
announced in The Star on Tuesday
=. The judges will beetle their brows
most Of today over the excellent let
ters . Abe Toxins, looking pale
and wan enough to be Shelley lover,
is back at his desk at the Rialto =.
Danielle Darrieux, the pretty French
miss in Girls Dormitory." which you
may have seen at the Belasco months
back, is going to be another Dietrich
for Universal . Universal says so.
and 1t ought to know . Mile. Dar-
rieux is exotic and talented, too =.
Frieda Inescourt will be The
ShreW" and Edward G. Robinson the
guy who tames her in Columbia S
Shakespearian broadcast Of Monday,
August 2 >. but what we are wait
ing for is Arthur Godfrey's Hamlet, I"
If they'd only let him play 1t.
Evening star., 1937-07-26

the Play-reading Committee, Mrs.
Wilma Flood.
The group will inaugurate its season
with "Follies" at the clubs Fall
festival in October. Other high lights
Of the season will include a three-act
play in November (the title of which
Is to be announced later, Christmas
play, the annual Bal Boheme show,
Her Masters Voice." which Caroline
Mckinley will produce in February,
and a program OF Scotch plays to be
produced by Mrs. Marie M. Forrest,
Evening star., 1937-07-26
TO DO WILDE PLAY

nSCAR W1LDES The Importance
OF Being Earnest" will be pre-.
sented tomorrow and Wednesday
nights by the Mount Vernon Players
at the church school auditorium
Of Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church
at Ninth street and Massachusetts,
avenue.
The cast will include Carl w.
Burget, Forrest Burgess. Virgil E.
Blackwell, Clarence E. Cornell, James
M. Bayles, jr.; Alice S. Moore, Edna I.
German, Anne Fearnow and Vera v.
Mills
Edward Perkins Mangum is direct.
Ing.
Evening star., 1937-07-26

yakarkus and Penner become 80 bois-
ferrous, each ordered to stay of set
while others were working.
Production trial to Harriet Hilliard
who complained Of separation from
band-leader husband, Ozzie Nelson,
and 6-months-old Ozzie, jr...
R-KO. comforted young mother by
arranging with New York Office to
shoot daily movie Of child and air
mailing Hollywood First grave
technical problem arose over photo
graphing Lowe, Hite and Stanley
hoof1ng Stanley is feet !
inches tall and Hite stands 7 feet
inches . But with two cameras
and some fancy editing, shot was
made {. Newest Of new faces dis
covered is Camille Soray, young singer
whose nose stood in way of success
until altered by plastic surgery .
Nine members of cast won long-term
contracts as result OF work in various
specialties.
The Last Train From Madrid''-
This is Grand Hotel" on wheels,
and tracks First Of headline"
tales to reach screen on Spanish
strife =. Paramount bought story for
$l5,000-just to get title . Used no
part Of plot itself Story depicts
drama and heartaches of oddly
assorted. hysterical thousands in be-
leagured capital, all motivated by one
idea-to get out of town Only
principal who's really Spanish is
Gilbert Roland, who off screen is one
Of Hollywood's leading about
town Consistent escort of Con-
stance Bennett Petite Olympic
Branda, studios white hope imported
from Partisan Folies Bergere, makes
debut in dramatic role Best known
for her dancing.
Evening star., 1937-07-26


In an era Of national exhaustion. 1t
deals with the lives OF persons who
have been called robber barons, plum
derers and lots Of other unflattering
names R-K-O, which made it, has
. conviction that 1t is one of the best
bits OF period drama In moons and
moons. It is its feeling for the pic
ture's bigness, OF course, which ac-
counts for the plans for spectacular
opening at the Washington branch Of
the company.
The picture Is full Of star talent,
the most interesting single item Of
which, statistically speaking, is
Frances Farmer. Miss Farmer, who
plays the part of Josie Mansfield (Jim
Fiske's actress gall, will make her
appearance in so pounds Of petit
coats and probably twice as many
pounds Of diamonds. In addition
there will be Edward Arnold. Jack
Oakie and Cary Grant-all three of
them playing the parts OF men who
love money and women who wear so
pounds of petticoats.
The scene Of the film is laid in
the gilded age and the setting is au-
thentic down to recreation Of such
places as the old Astor House. the
early stock exchange, Erie Railroad
headquarters and Taylor's Hotel All
Of them probably were words on the
lips Of your grandparents, the particu-
lar kind Of words depending upon
how your grandparents felt about
what was taking place there.
II you ever have wondered what a
torch song sounded like when things
were going with the wind in the Cos
and 70s, completely authentic one
Is a guaranteed feature Of The Toast
Of New York" 1t is called The
Twelve Temptations" and Miss
Farmer sings it.
ELIZABETH BERGNER, whose
mastery over every shade of the
emotion of love leaves thousands Of
haunted males and females in the
wake of her every picture (attention
Mr.. MacArthur) gives one of her
finest performances in Dreaming
Lips" Louise Noonan Miller, to
whose Rialto the picture comes next,
screened it Saturday morning for
small but devoted audience of Berg
ner addicts. The picture will open
when Elephant Boy closes, when
ever that Is.
4 X X
4 RRANGEMENTS are being made,
quietly, of course, for ping-pong
battle between Ruth Aarons, woman's
champion, now at the Earle, and
drama scribe whose skill at the game
will not dismay Miss Aarorls in the
slightest. The scribe's decision to be
Evening star., 1937-07-26

the intensity that makes them believ-
able on silver screen.
Elephant Boy has been photo
graphed in the jungle by Director
Robert Flaherty with the same skill
at capturing beauty on film that he
displayed in Man Of Aran" and one
or two others II you like ZOOS, Cir
cuses, jungles, adventure, boys or ele-
phants, you'll like Elephant Boy"
H. NJ.
Evening star., 1937-07-26
Drama Groups Rehearse

Two dramatic groups are receiving
instructions at the Roosevelt Com
munity Center from Miss Mary Eta
Callahan, one class, composed of adults
rehearsing Oscar Wilde's The I'M
portance Of Being Earnest" and a
younger class undergoing tryouts for
THE Stolen Prince"
Evening star., 1937-07-26
Set Turned Into Hospital
For Between Two Women
Last Train From Madrid" Is First of Head
line Stories on Spanish War to
Reach Screen.
by HAROLD HEFFERNAN.

oYWoOD July 6Facts figures and personality dishts
| Of the pictures
Between Two Women-original written
Evening star., 1937-07-26
Toast of New York Listed
For a Gala OPP. ling Here
Bergner's "Dreaming Lips Gives Her
Another Haunting Martyr Role.
BY JAY CARMODY.

with
of And, it
Of the latter which
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
WippedCir
Bride Quits
School

SNEADV1LLE, Tenn, Aug.
G.N.SJ.-Little Eunice Winstead
Johns, the 9-year-old girl who re-
ceived nationwide publicity sew
eral months ago when she was
married to Charlie Johns, 23-year
old mountaineer, has Withdrawn
from school after being switched
by her teacher, it was learned
today.
In revealing the incident, the
teacher, Wade Ferguson, said he
had switched the child-bride when
she diSregarded his command to
"be quiet" in the Schoolroom.
Was Too Noisy
The girl, he said, refused to re.
main quietly in her seat the first
day of school.
"She ignored my scolding,
and on the second day I had
to switch her." the teacher said.
Charlie Jones was greatly
wrought up over the switching OF
his bride and protested vigorously
to the teacher, Ferguson said.
"You can't whip another
mans wife" Ferguson quoted
the husky mountaineer bride
groom as saying.
Teacher Adamant
To which Ferguson said he re-
piled:
II can whip another mans
wife if he sends his wife to
school to me-"
The husband then demanded to
see the switch that was used, con
tending the teacher had cut the
skin on his wife's legs when he
whipped her. Ferguson con
tended, however, the whipping
was not severe.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
HIGHER TAXICAB
FARES FORESEEN

Assertion by Senator Willard F.
Tydings CD of Maryland that
approval of the taxicab liability in
surance bill should also carry with
it provision for a modest increase
in taxicab fares was greeted with
applause from group of taxicab
drivers who gathered in the Sen
ate District Committee room today
at an open hearing.
A subcommittee was considering
the liability bill already passed by
the House, and another measure
to limit the number of cabs in the
city. The limitation bill was de-
feated in the House.
Howard M. Startling, represent
ing an association of insurance
companies, offered a number of
amendments to the bill, but agreed
with Senator Tydings that the
whole question Of liability could
be settled satisfactorily if an act
was passed compelling the taxicab
owners to enter proof of financial
liability, subject to approval of the
Public Utilities Commission or the
District department. of insurance.
In order to gain a full back
ground on the subject as quickly
as possible, Senator Tydings or
dered the clerk of the committee
to wire IS of the larger cities Of
the East Coast for detailed in
formation concerning taxic a b
liability.
Ringgold Hart, attorney repre-
senting the Independent Taxi
Owners Association, appeared to
favor a section in the bill which
would allow an owner or group of
owners to deposit cash or securi.
ties not in excess Of $4,000 to
meet Judgment claims, in lieu Of
| insurance.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
KENT EN- ROUTE
TO SEE WINDSOR

SALZBURG, Austria, Aug. 8
Q.N.S0.-The Duke and Duchess
of Kent arrived in the Salzburg
region today on their way to visit
the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
at Wasserleonburg.
The royal couple were received
at the villa of RAYMOND Won Hoff-
mannstahl. noted playwright. They
will attend the Salzburg festival
tonight.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
SHOWERS TODAY
ROUT HEAT WAVE

A days respite from the heat was
forecast as showers and thunder
storms were predicted for today
and tonight. Moderate southerly
winds were expected to prevail
until tomorrow.
Showers yesterday tumbled the
mercury from its 92degree high at
3 p. m. to 81 at S p. m. At 6 a. m.
today the temperature was SO.
The wind and lightning accom-
panying the storm damaged the
home of A. r. Sheppard, 5347
Thirty-second st. N. w. The chin.
ney was destroyed by bolt.
Harbor precinct police rescued
Daniel MacDonnel, 115 D st. s. E..
near Shoots gravel pit off Alex
andria, Va, when his 36-foot cabin
cruiser was blown ashore.
High winds blew down several
transmission wires at Georgia
Avenue and Lamont Street North
west. Police stood guard near the
live wires until repairs had been
made.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
CANCELLATION
LAID TO CRISIS
NNORTH China
All Ships Ready to
Take on Nationals

G.N.SO. The scheduled good
will visit of an American naval
squadron to Japan this fall was
called off suddenly today by the
Navy Department. No explanation
was given.
Secretary of the Navy Claude
Swanson announced the visit had
been Indefinitely postponed"
The heavy cruiser Augusta, flag.
ship of the Asiatic Squadron, and
a division of four destroyers were
scheduled to visit Yokohama and
Kobe in September and October.
The Augusta is under the com.
mand of Admiral Harry Yarnell
and is now at Tsing.tao, Chinese
port. The destroyer division is at
Chefoo.
While Navy officials declined all
comment on the postponement, it
was admitted privately that the
Sino-Japanese crisis was RESPONSE
BILE for the decision. Because Of
the imminent threat Of danger to
Americans living in North China
all ships Of the Asiatic Squadron
will be kept in Chinese waters for
instant use in the event the State
Department decides to evacuate
nationals from the danger zone, it
was learned.
The squadron was to have Wis.
tied Yokohama September 20 and
Kobe october !.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
'COURTUPHOLDS
PUPILS IN D. c.
Virginia Girl Wins
Fight With BaIOu

Superintendent of Schools Frank
w. Ballou has no right to exclude
from District schools the children
of nonresident parents who are
employed here, the United States
Court of Appeals ruled today in
affirming action of the District
Court.
The District Court had issued
writ of mandamus requiring the
school head to admit to Gordon
Junior High School the daughter
of John S. Kemp, a PWA official
who resides in Arlington county.
Registration Of the child had been
refused because Of the crowded
condition in that school.
Fights Exclusion
Mr.. Kemp engaged Attorney
Robert E. Lynch, former assist
ant corporation counsel, to repre-
sent him in the court proceedings
and the attorney relied on the
wording of the statute that; -
"All pupils whose parents are
employed officially or otherwise
III the District of Columbia shall
be admitted and taught free of
charge in the schools of said
District"
It was the contention of DR..
Ballou that the word shall" was
used in permissive sense in the
statute and not in mandatory
sense.
Ruling Of Courts
Both the lower and appellate
courts held otherwise and the lat
ter tribunal said that to refuse
to sustain granting of the writ
would, in effect, deprive her of the
clear benefit granted her by the
statute.
The child, Lois, II years old, has
been attending Gordon Junior
High School regularly since the
litigation commenced, however,
under an agreement between At.
torney Lynch and DR.. Ballou and
Corporation Counsel ElWood SefL
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
StOrk Meets Delay
With One of Twins

FORT SMITH, Ark, Aug. 9
Q.N.S0 .-Arkansas medical circles
today were watching with interest
the unusual case of a 20-year-old
mother who gave birth to a son
July 20 and who is expected to
bear another child soon.
The young mother is Mrs. Bar
Der Black, of Havana, Ark, &C.
cording to DR.. R. M. Murphy.
The physician explained that the
second child remained unborn at
the time Of the birth of the first
baby.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
THUGS FREE z
FROM CELLS

CHICAGO, Aug. 9 Q.N.S).
Four thugs burst into the police
station at Suburban Oak Lawn
early today, smashed down a cell
door and freed two prisoners, both
of whom have Chicago police
records.
The station was empty of police
at the time, all those on duty hav-
ing been called out to investigate
traffic accident in which a State
motorcycle policeman was killed.
The men liberated were John
Elias, 20. and Steve Kasper. Wit
nesSes saw them flee from the
station with their reScuers in a
green sedan.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
War Is Predicted
Before Weeks End

War, which might prove to be
the greatest conflict the Orient
has ever seen, was predicted before
the end of this week by both
Chinese and japanese authorities.
Developments:
l. Consular officials in Shang-
hal arranged for evacuation Of
1000 Americans when hostilitieS
break out.
. 2. Thirty thousand Chinese
troops were poised northwest Of
Peiping for an attack on Jap
anese-controlled Jehol and Cha
har, Tokyo charged, and for the
first time troops under orders
from the central Chinese gov.
eminent at Marking were north
bound to the front"
3. Chinese claim that jap
anese military leaders, DESTROYS
of striking now before China
becomes too strong" deliberately
spiked peace negotiations by
forcing Ambassador Kawagoe to
cancel a trip to Marking.
4. mo peaceful diplomatic set
Element is possible" said Tokyo's
authoritative Nichi Nichi.
Japan'S certainty that hostilities
were imminent was borne out
by the rapid evacuation of thou
sands Of Japanese from the
Yangtze River VALLEY.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
Treasury to Seek
Revision of Taxes

G.N.SJ. General revision OF
Federal tax laws will be recon-.
mended to Congress in November
by the Treasury, Undersecretary
Roswell Magill told the House
Ways and Mean Committee today.
Meantime, he said, Congress
should adopt recommendations OF
the Senate House tax committee
for the closing of glazing loop
holes.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Partly cloudy, probable local showers and
& thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday; not
much change in temper lure; gentle to mod.
crate south and southwest winds.
Weather Details on Page IL.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
Drifting Schooner
Is lowed to Port

vi. LAND Haven, Mass, Aug.
8 Q.N.SJ.-After drifting in fog.
blanketed seas for days with er
food and water supply running
low, the disabled four-masted
schooner Herbert L. Rawding was
taken in tow for this port by the
Coast Guard cutter Algonquin to
day,
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
IDENTITY IS SOLVED

FULTON, Mo-, Aug. 9.-State
Highway patrolmen said today
that they had identified through
Army fingerprints the roadside
Staying" victim near Kingdom City,
Mo-, two weeks ago as Charles w.
Padgett, of Woodlawn, Pa.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09

These appearances" are Tor
tourists who, having paid a fee,
may watch the quintuplets at play
through heavily screened glass
windows.
DR.. Alan Roy Dafoe, physician
and official father" Of the quints,
did not confirm the illness Of his
famous charges.
The spread Of summer colds
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
Germany Protests
Custer of SCribes

LONDON. Aug. 9 G.N.S0.-The
German charge d'affaires today
called on Viscount Halifax, lord
privy seal, and delivered a verbal
protest from Chancellor Hitler
over the expulsion from England
Of three German newSpapermen
and their two women secretaries.
The journalists were reported
suspected of espionage.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09

among the children followed an
illness in which Emile, third larg.
est of the children, was isolated in
one part of the nursery. She was
reported suffering from an upper
respiratory Infection" or a sore
throat.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
MISSING MAJOR
GIRL REPORTED
WITH CIRCUS
Saw Her in Norfolk,
D. C. Friends Say

Doris Major, equestriennel
Doris Major, darling Of Shore
ham Hotel patrons, the girl whose
think tank" wouldn't work, lead
ing her to seek peace and quiet in
an early morning swim in the
lonely Potomac, is a rider with the
Hagenbeck.Wallace circus, now
showing in Norfolk-or is she?
Sure They Saw Her
That, at least. is the story.
Stranger ones seldom, are told.
But though not wholly verified, it
is reinforced by the statements of
several Washingtonianss who knew
the Major girl here prior to her
disappearance week ago Satur-
day night, and who are sure they
recognized. her yesterday in a
crowd of circus fans aboard q
steamer cruising out Of Norfolk,
with the circus management as
host. The captain Of the vessel
was also sure of decentralization.
Circus officials revealed today
that they are carrying the girl on
their pay rolls as BILLY Sergeant"
of New York city. She told them
that she had come from that city
several days ago.
This was the way of it, accord
ing to word sent to The Washing
ton Times today:
Some hundreds of members of
the Circus ans Association are
holding their convention l.! Nor
:olk. The Observation-Disclosures cir
tut is showing there today. Howard
3ary, owner Of the. circus, invited
the fans to go on cruise around
the Bay on the steamer Robert E.
Lee. Many of the show people
we're aboard.
Costume the Same
Next, the climax: Among the
passengers was a smiling blonde
in white Stacks, white shirtwaist
and red bandanna neckerchief. If
it was not Doris Major she looked
enough like her TO fool several
WashingtonianS who had known
her here. The costume was the
same as that worn by the cigarette
girl the night she disappeared. Her
stature, coloring and features were
the same. But.
The girl aboard the boat, so
the circus people said, was a new
rider who had joined the show
three days before.
Add to that the fact that the
Major girl is known in Washing
ton as an excellent equestrienne,
and you have the story.
Captain Saw Her
It developed today that one of
those who recognized-or thought
he recognized - the Major girl
aboard the ship was the captain
of the vessel, F. T. Noel. In a
telegram addressed to someone at
the Shoreham Hotel and relayed
today to the Washington police,
Captain Noel, who had stopped at
the Shoreham last winter and
talked with the cigarette girl, said:
"Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
chartered my steamer for an
afternoon trip at Norfolk, August
8. Am of opinion that your Gig
arctic girl was on the trip.
asked her if she worked at the
Shoreham last winter, which she
denied. She Joined the circus
about a week ago."
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
Colds Keep CUNTS in;
Tourists Miss ''ShOW''

CALLANDER, Ontario, Aug. QN.S.).-An the Dionne
quinupes reported today to be suffering from colds
Visitors barred from the Dafoe nursery grounds and the
two regular personal of the children
celed.
Evening star., 1937-06-16

can. It was discovered in the year
1899. It's average height is from 6
to II inches, but it has been known
to reach feet.
This cactus is one of the most hardy
Of its tribe. In Germany it is highly
priced as a decorative plant and Is
exhibited in windows. Many thou
sand of them are grown for this pur-
pose.
1t is a very beautiful plant when in
bloom. The. lovely yellow flowers are
nearly 2R inches across, with a
bright red center.
The bishops cap grows from seed.
First you will notice two very small
leaves appearing above ground and