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Evening star., 1938-11-30

c. A., the question of chess pin
awards was discussed, and probably
such may become standard for
intraclub play. However, the Metro
politan Chess Association favors
plaques or trophies for interhigh
competition.
Koltanowski Would Visit.
Bruce P. Lundy. jr., advises that
the great blindfold master, Belgian
Georges Koltanowski, plans to leave
New York City for a tour of the
United States and would visit the
Capital if arrangements could be
made to entertain him here.
Koltanowski's itinerary includes
Cleveland, Detroit, Ann Arbor,
Grand Rapids, Chicago, Milwaukee,
Green Bay, Minneapolis, Seattle,
San Francisco and several Southern
cities.
He plays simultaneously 81
boards without sight Of chess
men, carrying all moves in his
mind, and debating his replies
on each board as you make
your move.
1t is an amazing mental feat, and
the patrons of chess in Washington
should not pass up this splendid op-
portunity to have the blindfold chess
champion of the world pay his for
NAL respects to local chessdom.
Evening star., 1938-11-30

IT'S something when you get a
i cigar that suits a mans taste and
a woman's fancy. But White Owls
do just that.
Over fpe billion White Owls have
been smoked a record unequaled
by any other cigar in the world.
That's the smokers tribute to
White Owls mildness.. >. rich aroma.
Evening star., 1938-11-30

Nichols Liquor, new team in the
Distributors League, WAS swamped
by the pace-setting B'nai-B rith,
4 4
Evening star., 1938-11-30
. and Mrs. .Weuver-27O8H Hanover Ave. Richmond Va.
both agree on this Vintage Cigar HNN

And ladies appreciate that it's scien.
ti6cally proven "easier On the breath"
Year after year, White Owls have
been improved-no wonder more
White Owls have been smoked
; than any other cigar. One of the =
worlds great cigars yet it III
costs but ST. Try Vintage So
White Owl today. lkSAS
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06

Earle, stopped the proceedings Of the cotrt with
a series of six bills and since has tried to obtain
papers which the court impounded The investl-
gators shown above are, seated left to right, Eli
wood ]. Turner Chairman Herbert 3. Cohen, Ed
gar Schrope. Standing, left to right, David X.
Perry, Robert Burley, A. j. Gerard Joseph OminsKy:
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06
Following the News Around the Globe With Gamer;

First, it is fairly safe to assume
that the States share OF the program
will under no circumstances be set
any higher than $5,0O0O00, probably
something less than that. The COVER
nor and budget board are not likely
TO come closer than a million dollars
to the top figure for which the State
NAV now issue bonds without doing
violence to it's constitutional provl-
sions for such cases.
That being so, it follows that the
University of North Carolina isn't go
inc to get anything like the four and
a half million President Frank Ora
ham would like to have. 1t also fol-
lows that the Highway Departments
statement of it's need for $4O,COO,OO0
or Whereabouts, is pure fantasy when
even the remotest chances of realiza-
ton are considered.
Observers think the governor wise
in withholding figures and details to
the very last minute. This will keep
down bowls of disappointed rage on
the part of those institutions, and
their friends, when they don't get
ANYTHING at all. or when they get only
j neagre fraction of what they would
like to have.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06
Sharp Gains
In Stock Mart

New York, Aug. 6-(AP)- Stocks
accompanied the temperature on an
other upward climb in today's mar
ket. With motors, steels, rubbers,
rails and a wide assortment Of spe-
cialists in the lead. gains ran to a
round two points at the best, with
new highs for the year or longer
plentiful While the ticker tape man.
aged to keep up throughout the brief
session, the pace was the fastest for
a Saturday since July q Transfers
approximated' 100000 shares.
Profit-taking interviewed occasional
" and was a bit more insistent be-
fOrn tho close
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06
Dailv Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, Aug. Glow much the ex
ira session of the General Assembly
will be asked to authorize for a State
building program in connection with
PWA grants will remain a deep, dark
secret until Governor Clyde r. Hoey
delivers his message to the legis,a-
tors at joint session Monday
That is to say, it will be kept I'M
der bushel or hat. or something,
II and provided there isn't a leak"
somewhere along the line The Bud
get Bureau members have told news
men the governor has said he does
not want the details made public in
advance of the session, adding that
ne will then divulge how much of a
bond issue will be sought and for what
proposed projects it will be asked.
There are few things which can
) be safely and confidently stated
however, without any official state
. ment from bureau or executive and
without abusing anybody's confidence.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06
Cotton Prices
Change Little

New York, Aug 6.-(AP)- Cotton
futures opened unchanged to two
points lower, with easy Liverpool
cables offset by domestic and foreign
trade buying. December recovered
from 8.45 to $50, leaving quotations
one point net higher to two lower
shortly after the first half hour.
Futures closed one point lower to
four higher; spot steady, middling
= S.53.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06

Gov. Freu P. Cone (above) of Flor
ida, is seriously i'll in a hospital at
Jacksonville, following an attack Of
coronary thrombosis (heart dis
easel and has been under an oxygen
tent since last Friday.
Central Press)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06
right
R. Perry nthnyJ Gerard Ind Joseph pm

The legislative committee of the Pennsylvania
house of representatives named to investigate graft
charges against the administration of Gov. George
II. Earle has detied restraining order of the
Dauphin county court ct Harrisburg and issued &:
subpoena for District Attorney Carl B. Shelley os
that county. The legislature, dominated by Cover
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06

When an empty train crashed 10th Street
station of the Sixth Avenue line in
the highest the city fifteen Injured some
here Harry Watson an injured passenger being led away
~ poceman Watson sustained possible
was placed in hospital observation Central ysssi
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06

You might call this a very tense
moment in the life Of New York's
mayor, Fiorello La Guardia. Hiz-
zoner seems to be taking quite q
chance at ripping the seat of those
trousers as he climbs aboard a
steam shovel during q ground
breaking ceremony at site of new
criminal courts building and city
prison.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-06
New State Building Plan
To Be Kept Secret Until
Assembly Meets Monday

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cent for proposed buildings or high
ways, which it is hoped PWA will
provide As percent for.
There were those, however, who
pointed out that about $7O00,000 more
an State funds could be made avail
able by special act calling for re-
funding OF the bonds falling due this
fiscal year. That money could be set
aside to be used for permanent i'm
provements if it was matched by the
PWA, with provision that it revert to
the regular State funds if not used.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Mickey WoIker Is Goyety Stor

One never stops to concentrate
on the difference between a comic
and a comedian. There is a diff
ference, and the diversity can be
noted this week at the Gayety.
Bob Carney is one Of the finest
examples of a comedian that can
be exposed or produced in any
show in burleSque. Here is a per-
former that feels his audience and
gives them what they want. He
is typically vaudeville in all of his
actions and possesses an art of
getting the most out Of the
sketches he is assigned, which If
not for Bob would fall flatter than
a door casing. His daughter, Jean,
does a number with him that is
"Wow."
AS an added attraction, Mickey
Walker, q holder Of so many box.
ing titles that there is a doubt he
can remember them all, contrib
utes some laughable gags to make
the show more enjoyable. He
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

makes the revue a complete sue.
cess by trying his feet at hoofing.
June Marshall and Honey bee"
Kellar hold down the distaff side
with considerable zest, but the
audience seems to favor blonde
and gorgeous June.
Then there is Mimi Reed, q
dancer extraordinary, who pre-
sentS several striking dance num-
berS that meet approval in every
respect as she efferveSces her per
sonality with every bend and glide.
Happy Hyatt, Bob Taylor and
Billy Fields contribute much to
the comedy, with the former doing
Lemon Tango" that is respon-
sible for many a side ache, with his
800 pounds acting as a provoker.
He can dance, too!
Franklyn Hopkins is a singer
and straight man that reminds
one of Washington's own Bert
Granoff. He is tall, muscular and
sings in splendid style. r. H. s.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
KELLEYGRAMS

customers for its Rialto Theater
screening of Rudolf Valentines
-Four Horsemen of the Apoc-
alypse."
The picture is not available
for general release, as Ed Kuy-
kendall, president Of the Motion
Picture Theater Owners Of
America discovered, after read
ing of the Washington reception
for "Horsemen." Exhibitor Kuy-
kendall owns a chain of houses
in Mississippi and sought an i'm
mediate booking of the Valen-
tino antique, only to discover
prints are not available.
The popularity of the famous
Rudolf Valentino picture at this
date is attributed to your film
goerS who never saw the fea-
ture, and to whom the great
lover of the silent days is yet a
legend.
RUNYON TALES POPULAR
It appears as though the 1888
screen is going to see consider
able Damon Runyon fiction.
Blame the walloping appeal of
Edward G.. Robinson, "A Slight
Case of Murder" for the re-
newed Runyon popularity.
"A Slight Case of Murder"
was flopperoo as a play, which
makes its success as a Warner
Bros picture the more surpriS-
ing. Broadway blamed the foot
light failure on the fact that the
plot dealt humorously with
death, but a more skillful treat
ment Of the same idea turned
the picture into the breeziest of
comedy.
Daryl zanuck of Twentieth
Century-Fox decided that a Da-
mon Runyon story he had pur.
chased originally for Eddie Can
tor should be hastily revamped
to fit the Ritz brothers. This
was the play Saratoga Chips, I"
in which Zanuck was forced to
bid against Harold Lloyd before
capturing the movie rights.
Saratoga Chips" is now
called, Straight, Place and
Show" to avoid any confusion
with the last Jean Harlow pic
ture. Saratoga"
The Labor Theater long dis
tance phones from New York
that Washington will see "Pins
and Needles" the Garment
workers revue, before the
cherry blossoms are in bloom.
Pins and Needles" seems to
be having difficulty making up
its mind in which theater it
will park for a fortnight. To-
day or tomorrow may decide
the question.
Meanwhile C. P. Grenecker
Of the Shubert offices arrives
today to do the necessary pre-
liminary work for "You Never
Know" due here next Monday
night with Libby Holman,
Clifton Webb and Lupe VeleE
in the featured spots.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Holds S
"Peter

"Peter the First" most pre-
tentious motion picture to be
turned out by the very youthful
film industry of the U. s. S. r.,
is remaining a third week at the
Little Theater. While the indus
try may be young, it has pro-
duced no puerile effort in this
realistic screen biography OF
Russia'S first man Of action,
who was determined that his
nation should emerge from the
Dark Ages. Individual perform
ances are superb, production in
the battle, flood and mob scenes
is completely effective.
Particularly impressive acting
Is done by Nikolai Simonov, Of
fering a virile Characterization
of the czar; ALA Tarasova, star
of the Moscow Art Theater, as
Catherine the First, who rose
from servant girl to czarina; M.
Zharov as Peters favorite gen.
eral; Nikolai Cherkassov in the
role Of the rulers spineleSs son.
The last-mentioned contributes
a gem in the villainy line.
Shorts are Robert Benchley's
"The Romance of Digestion"
and "Three Orphan Kittens"
prize-winning Disney creation.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPITOL-Constance Bennett,
Brian Aherne, "Merrily We
Live" II a. m, LAS, 4:30.
7:15, 10 p. m. Stage. 1855,
3:45, $50, 9:15 a. m.
PALACESonja Henie, Don
Ameche. Happy Landing"
IL noon; 2:25. 4:45, 7:10,
9:30 p. m.
UMBIA-Robert Taylor.
Maureen O'Sullivan, "a Yank
at Oxford" 1920. 2:40. S.
1925, 9:45 p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs," 1850
a. NJ, 1:50. $3.50. $50, 1850,
$50 p. m.
EARLE-Edward G.. Robinson,
Ruth Donnelly, "A Slight Case
Of Murder" 1850 q. m, 1875,
4:20, 7:15, 1905 p. m. Stage,
1890, 1920, 6:15, 8 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-W. c. Fields,
Kristen Flagstad, big Broad
cast of 1885," 11:15 a. M,
1:20, 3:25, $50, 1885, 9:40
p. m.
LITTLE-"Peter the First" At
II, 1:07, 3:14, Sal, 1928. and
9:36 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-NeWs and shorts,
from 10 q. m. to midnight, rs
minutes each show.
HOWARD-Jackie Cooper, boy
of The Streets" 1880, $40,
$40, $40, 10:40 p. m. Stage.
Floyd Ray" 2. 4:25, 6:55.
o:25 D, m,
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Tone Stars In
New WComedy

One of the latest Of screen
comedies, Love is a Headache"
starring Gladys George and
Franchot Tone, opens Friday at
the Columbia.
The story tells Of a famous
actress, constantly being panned
by a Broadway columnist. AS a
publicity gag, she adopts two or
phans and is almost arrested
for kidnapping. She flees and is
followed by the columnist.
When the small-town hotel
owner, sheriff, and justice of
the peace hears Miss George
say that the only way out Of
their trouble would be marriage,
he forces Tone to the cere-
monies. 1t is what they always
wanted anyway, so they are
happy.
Much comedy is added to the
picture by the presence of Ted
Healy, Mickey Rooney, Virginia
IVeilder, Jessie Ralph, Frank
Janks, Barnett Parker and
Ralph Morgan.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

follow the Earle policy of pro-
viding a production manager,
engaging acts, utilizing the
house orchestra on the stage,
and providing the production
value that the travelling muSl-
cal organizations too often lack.
Bands arrive, week after
week, with a musical set-up
that includes two vocaliSts, and
a dance team. Usually they
offer the same group of song
numbers that are featured day
after day, and night after night,
on the radio, and in the after
dark spots. Rarely is the dane
ing exceptional.
DEPRESSING SAMENESS
When a singer steps out Of
the line and the maestro an
nounces: Would you like to
hear Miss So-and-So's arrange
ment of "Rosalie?" the response
is invariably polite applause,
whereas many are figuring Miss
So-and-So will attempt some
thing heard last night on the
radio, and probably sung better.
This departure from the funda-
mental vaudeville idea is what
deplore. Showmen like Fred
Waring, Horace Heidi, Ted
Lewis, Benny Goodman, and
other top outfits, produce and
present grand entertainment,
carefully devised to make every
minute in the spotlight count
for value. They are the lead
erS, as they should be.
In between are musical groups,
rating important money, who
operate on the theory a radio
reputation should be enough to
carry them safely through a
movie engagement. And with
very few exceptions, the worst
comedians today are those who
double in the name bands.
No, I am not opposed to
swing, if that's what they want.
But I also think some of the
bands are blowing the first
notes for their own funeral in
the vaudeville theaters, unless
programs improve.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
ED SULLIVAN
lH10ll Tlllll[Z
BY ED SULLIVAN
The Observation Post
Hollywood, March IA.

Hollywood, March H.
would be an enthusiastic Because IN the past few months
hs s s sHEss4 pretty
SfGe TO- Da in IN am
table 1sT scs Sy css cOb % as I TSo
couldn't break yen James Stewart offered sup
ponad ReGS crisp as the New Orleans
performances and at the moment Edward G. Robinson is
plotting "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse"
YOU interested in movie trends this emphasis celu
a doctors will engrOs your attention. because marks some
hared dramasts Who wits
who could mnge freely and IN any SSd Sce m %
third The q doctor: The nSt
from have & sysn
given the writer's TRANSMISSION.
MORE AMAZING than the performance Of Bette DAVIS In
at at least this writer was M the maers work Of aorge
pected Miss Davis to do great things Brent has never
gallant tokens Of Beste she ma E to i've u"
@ bay ag a Dns the e 10 a & ANY, ons The A @
os n yG e r that E De %
strength Of this persuasive Job of makebeeye The promise he
that the bringing together William
Wyler was fortunate for both.
DIRECTOR WYLER the result Of this picture steps with
fact that this observer felt that the picture left hanging in
was 3se'0n' '0 "
IF THERE anything lacking wyes repertoire may
rSe feeling eoeT @ The the m the more
absence Of light sparkling touches that far from disturbing the
powered its contrasts On his motorcycle should
qre that essential for he lacks nothing else
It. Dodswort These Three" and Dead End previously
suggested.
ONCE UPON time If the pulled Angeles
station with FranciSka Gaa DaneIe Darreux
nOna Massey Annabela and Robert Morley this would
have been apart consuming interest the
and very natural professional fear 1t indication Of the
advancing Of films performers
without creating noticeable ripple in the Hollywood
that American like
SON. Ray BOser Florence Rice Jimmy Stewart Andrea Leeds
Phyllis Kennedy Lucille Ball. Marjorie Weaver Mickey
and Martha Raye dominating the cinema headlines
in America but also in the foreign markets.
NOT, MIND YOU that Hollywood unmindful Of
the debt it to foreign artists directors
Chaplin Garbo. Boyer Gravel Lubsch Emil Jannings Mile
one Re1nhardt FTeund and Murnau contributed nightly
advancemen Of cinema technique and artistry All of these
to us from the It healthy
is becoming less However
the homebreds time their lessons but now
they're outStrippng the class
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

Immediately after the an
nouncement that Luise Rainer
and Spencer Tracy had won the
Academy Awards for 1887 act
ing, exhibitors descended on the
M-G-M exchange to arrange
booking for "The Big City"
This feature. released in Sep
tember, is the only picture in
which the Rainer- Tracy team
has appeared together. 1t was
directed by Frank Borzage, and
has Miss Rainer being both coy
and arch all over the screen.
Tracy gives his usual repreSsed
performance, and a battle-royal
in which sports world celebri-
ties appears proved to be the
best selling point for "The Big
City," Nevertheless Leo-the-
Lion will make a handsome
profit on the repeat bookings di-
rectly traced to the Academy
Awards.
MR.. DOOB WEEK-ENDS
Among the weekend visitors
was Oscar Doob, publicity gen.
eraliSSimo for all LoeW theaters.
Division Manager Carter Barron
gave him a dinner at the Variety
Club as q folloW-up for the
White House correspondents
whoopee.
Modestly, Mr.. Doob recalled
that Myrna 10y and Clark Gable
had won the crowns of queen
and king Of the movies in the
biggest national poll of 1887,
and that Spencer Tracy ana
Guise Rainer, of the M-G-M con-
tract list, took the top Academy
honors, making it something Of
q popularity landslide.
There is, of course, Paul
Muni's collection of critical
awardS-about all possible-to
keep Louis B. Mayer from NOV
ing over to the Warner Brothers
studio and claiming it in the
name of popularity land. Life
Of Emile Zola" also happened
to be laureled as 1875 best pic
ture.
However, Mr.. Doob merely
wished to recite that Girl of
the Golden West" will, from all
accounts, be a serious contender
for the highest Academy awards
next year. In this connection,
I would like to remind him that
this column was the first to Sug-
gest-and still shouts for the
idea-that screen musicals get
their own distinct decoration.
Musicals and straight dramatic
stories should have their sepa-
rate fields in the judging. With
Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy as contenders, I hope that
Mr.. Doob can see both the logic
and merit Of the amendment.
VALENTINO STILL TOPS
Speaking Of repeat bookings,
the Film Society Of Washington
opened up the eyes Of showmen
BY turning away at least 1000
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Opens
Here Friday

Comedy by q sextet Of ca
pable funmakers, music by some
of HollyWood'S most famous
tunesmithS, and romance by
some of the screens best loved
young people have been blended
by Fanchon in her second mo-
ton picture production, Thrill
of a Lifetime" the comedy
which opens Friday at the
Earle Theater.
The Yacht Club Boys, Judy
Canova and Ben Blue are in
charge of the laughs, the cele-
brated Song-writing team of
Frederick, Hollander and Sam
Coslow are responsible for the
melody, and Eleanore Whitney,
Johnny Downs, Betty Cradle,
Left Erickson and Larry Crabbe
do the romancing in this story
of love, show business and a
summer vacation camp.
In addition there is a speciality
number by glamorouS Dorothy
Lamour, a number of skillful
dance routines by the Fanchon-
cites, more music by the Yacht
Club Boys and additional COM
edy by Zeke and Anna Canova,
Tommy Wonder and Franklin
Pangborn.
Thrill of a Lifetime" the
song which gives the picture it's
name, and which has recently
reached the most played"
stage, is sung by Miss Lamour.
Other tunes are Sweetheart
Time" and paris in Swing" as
well as two new numbers by the
Yacht Club Boys, "If We Could
Run the Country for a Day" and
cts Been a Whole Year"
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Gladys George
In Star Role

Gladys George makes her de-
but as a screen comedienne with
Franchot Tone in Love Is a
Headache" which opens next
Friday at the Columbia.
The picture concerns the di-
1emma of an actress who finds
herself saddled with two or
phaned children as the result of
her press agents Vaccinations.
The press agent, Ted Healy,
by his adoption stunt, brings
Miss George into sharp con-
fhct with Tone and Ralph Nor
gan, both of whom are in love
with her.
Tone enacts a newspaper col
umnist. When police, urged on
by Morgan, hint that they are
about to arrest her for kidnap-
ing the two children, Miss
George flees to a small New
York town. There Tone joins
her and they hold a conference
as to what to do with the chill
dren.
The innkeeper, who is also a
justice of the peace, overhears
their plotting. Believing, from
what he overhearS, that is
Tones duty, he forces them to
marry at the point of a shotgun.
The cast is supplemented by
the comedy antics of Mickey
Rooney, Frank jerks, Virginia
Weilder, Jesse Ralph, Barnett
Parker and Fay Holden.
Love Is a Headache" was di-
rected by Richard Thorpe,
whose naoSt recent comedy sue
cesSeS include Double Wed
ding" and "Man.Proof"