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The Washington times., 1938-04-21

Charlie Farrell has just &C
cepted a minor role in the new
version Of Sunny Side Up"
which will have Shirley Temple
as it's star. Sensible fellow. Why
brood over the fact that he and
Janet Gaynor made a million
for william Fox In the first
sunny Side Up" And don't
weep for Charlie. He has plenty.
PRIZE PLAY is BOOKED
John Steinbeck's play, "Of
Mice and Men," which won the
New York Critics. Circle Award
as the "best play Of the 193S-39
season, will be an American
Theater society attraction when
it takes to the road. That
means the National Theater
will get it in the early fall, and
call up Bess Davis Schreiner
for the exact date.
Also reminds that the Critics
Award last year to Maxwell An
derson's High Tor" didn't
mean much from a box office
standpoint. When it lost Bur-
CESS Meredith as star, the play
decided not to risk out-of-town
engagements.
WEISMULLER SIGNED
Johnny Weismuller will
grunt again as "Tarzan." Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer has just sigma
tured him again to a seven year
contract, with the usual options.
Producer Sol Lesser controlled
the Edgar Rice Burroughs sto-
ries and produced Tarzan tales
with Glenn Morris as star. Both
exhibitors, and public, turned
thumbs down on the Morris wa
hooing.
Lesser sold his scripts to
M-G-M and Johnny Weismuller
will swing through the trees
once more.
LONDON is TIED UP
London suffered from movie
strike that closed $50 theaters
when the projectionists walked
out.
Members Of the Electrical
Trades Union left their posts to
enforce wage demands mount
The Washington times., 1938-04-21

and Screenings editor.
HELEN Is STILL TOPS
I discovered that Helen Hayes
was in the middle of a sensation
ally successful run in Co
quette." Hooray for Washing
tons pet and the nations box
office champion. Going greater
than ever, in Victoria Regina"
Ina Claire was prospecting in
. revival Of "Our Betters," and
George M. Conan was a bit IT.
ritated because the first string
Broadway critics passed him up
in Merry Malones," to review
the Claire play. In 1888, star
ring in Lonsdale's "Once Is
Enough"
Frank Craven, who won a
unanimous New York critical
verdict three months ago as star
Of "Our Town." and is currently
racing with the seasons play
leaders, was an April, 1928, visi-
tor to E Street. His play was
his own comedy, 10th Hole"
and Critic A. R. Kelley dared to
say: "If there is a finer light
comedian on the stage, bring
him forth"
RKO Keith had finally
dropped two-a-day vaudeville,
and was openly committed to
the Hollywood product, plus
small time tertai in erS.
Dragged, too, about the mighty
wuritzer organ that had been
installed.
JOAN IN ROSE MARIE"
The Palace was enjoying pros
perity with Anita Loos' Gentle
men Prefer Blondes" On the
stage was Wesley Eddy and his
Syncopators, and in the small
type, was q stooge comedy act,
the Ritz Brothers. Does goofi-
ness pay?
Underlined as a coming attrac-
ton at Loew's Palace was Joan
Crawford with James Murray in
"RoSe Marie" Well, it didn't
do as well as the jeanette Mac
Donald-Nelson Eddy version, but
it was also without music. Joan
has just signed a new five-year
contract with MG-M.
Norma Shearer was also a 1928
celebrity, starring in 1.-THE Lat
est From PariS''-and who re-
members what that was about?
Carlo was among the April
bookings on r Street in "The
Divine Woman" and Cha: lie
Chaplin at the Columbia was
enjoying a third week in "The
Circus"
But sound had thrust its noisy
head behind the screen and the
Metropolitan Theater, pioneer
house for the audible cinema,
was showing Girl From Chi
cago," with Conrad Nagel-and
guess who?-Myrna 10y, with
the theater proudly acclaiming
The Washington times., 1938-04-21
Gleanings
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

Victor MacLaglen who in Battle of Broadway"
coming to the Capitol Theater tomorrow, is 10year
in the movies.
clipping The Washington Times files for 1928,
find he starring that spring in "a Girl in Every Port
with booking at the Fox Theater, now the Capitol.
Other stars in the current headlines doing very well
then according the amusement pages of your favorte
newspaper which had just been taken by the Geanngs
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03
BLDG. PERMIT
TOTAL RISES

Ell Centro's building permit total
Saturday had climbed to S162 1926
on s24O boost.
Repairs to his home at 504 South
Fourth street accounted for a $40
permit issued 10 A. Sutherland. A
$3.50 permit was issued to AUX AM
bort for dwelling additions at 1474
Olive street and $50 permit was
issued to Joe Schwartz for install
lation of sign at 1T North Fifth
street.
HAUL OUT Your Odds and Ends.
They'll Bring You a Profit
Thru Want-Ads.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03
CRUCIAL PERIOD
AHEAD FOR
|CANTAL0UPES

With the peak of the cantaloupe
harvest past, the question of
whether or not Imperial Valley
growers will get out of the 1898
deal with or without" their shirts
hinged Saturday on what will hap
pen during the next two weeks.
Although unable to make a def
mite statement regarding the deal,
B. A. Harrigan, county agricultural
commissioner, Saturday expected
shipments to continue until July Is,
with daily movement gradually seal
ing down from 100 a day to rs
and so cars. He pointed out that
several leading factors will affect
the market during the next two
weeks, among them the condition
of the Arizona harvest. From in
dications Saturday, the Arizona
shipments will not get we'll under
way until the valley is we'll ex-
hausted.
The slowing down was indicated
in this weeks shipments. A high
point of 181 cars was reached June
25. On June 26, 176 cars went out
with shipments scaling down to 1O8
Wednesday and 81 Thursday.
The cantaloupe market continued
to bear up strongly.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03

The kitchen has been worked
over thoroughly with partitions
torn out and replaced and a huge
range and steam table installed as
well as an electric refrigerator. The
kitchen room, as altered, is l71a by
1912. A pantry has been remodel
ed to serve as storage room.
Painters have worked over the
interiors in both the main room
and kitchen and store rooms.
Chief feature of the main room
is counter and soda fountain
that run along the east wall AZ
feet. The counter is the longest
table height type in the city. 1t
is mahogany, with a "sneeze'
board.
The fountain, placed against the
west wall away from the counter,
is among the most modern built
1t is stainless steel with refrigera
ton throughout, even to the syrup
containers, and contains sandwich
making facilities, a salad cabinet
and sinks as well as the fountain
itself. One section is devoted to
dishwashing, with an electric de-
vice that cleans all glasses and
dishes.
The new restaurant will have a
seating capacity of 80 at booths and
% at well spaced counter seats.
Seats at both counter and booths
are upholstered in blue leather.
Fite-M -Manley plumbing company
put in necessary plumbing changes,
Harry Sones Electric supplied the
refrigerator and new wiring, Sones
Lumber company the lumber and
I. v. Hardware fixtures. Chief dec
orations, fountain and fixtures
were supplied by the Liquid Car
bonic corporation, through the Car
bonic Gas company, distributors, in
San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03
REk0DELING FOR
new B0TTLING
PLANT DONE

A month of remodeling will be
completed soon at the new DR..
Pepper Bottling plant. 600 State
street, E. Centro.
Charles T. Stone and Johnnie
Foust, manager-owners. announced
Saturday. that the plant will be
ready for first production early
next week.
Remodeling OF the offices former
ly occupied by an automobile
agency will cost approximately
$1,000 when completed. Stone and
Foust estimated Chief work has
centered on painting, rewiring and
construction of a mixing room
and office partitions, as we'll as
installation of $4,000 machinery for
bottling.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03

management OF MI. ana MIS-. James
Gardner, formerly of Coronado.
Interior of the corner location
formerly occupied by the Christen-
sen pharmacy has been completely
overhauled Gardner said Saturday
Cost of remodeling and installing
new fixtures will be approximately
$4,000, he said.
All shelves and display counters
have been taken down and a 81
by 25 floor space cleared for coun-
ter and booths. The partition
which formerly separated the
store from the prescription room
has been torn down and rebuilt. The
old prescription room will serve as
a storeroom. with part of it a cor
idor leading to the kitchen.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03
BUILDING SECTION
Cov'tL0unS Expected on
Nations 1893 Wheat Crop

Government loans on 1888
wheat were predicted Satur-
day by w. B. Parker, state
AAA executive officer, sta
toned at Berkeley, head
quarters of the California Agricul-
tural conservation committee.
although amounts, terms and
conditions of wheat loans have not
been fully developed, on the basis
of present crop estimates. it looks
as if loan provisions of the Farm
Act will be brought into operation"
Parker declared.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
of 1888 specifies that when the farm
price of wheat is below So per cent
of parity on June Is, or when the
July crop estimate is in excess of
a normal years domestic'Supply and
exports, the Commodity Credit cor
poration upon recommendation from
the Secretary of Agriculture is au-
tiloiLCd W hiohC ionilo dNdiduic W
wheat farmers. Such loans may
not be less than SO per cent nor
more than rs per cent of parity.
Amount Not Known
while the actual amount of the
loan is not known" said Parker,
wheat farmers are urged to study
carefully the loan provisions of the
1888 Farm Act so that they will be
in position to avail themselves of
all possible benefits hereunder.
when announced, undoubtedly
the amount of the loan will help to
act bottom to the wheat market
1t has been suggested by some that
as So per cent of the May parity
price of $1.15 per bushel is go cents
per bushel, in all probability the
minimum amount of the loan will
be approximately go cents per
bushel."
The Farm Act provides for be-
tween 700 and $50 million bushels of
wheat to supply normal years
domestic consumption and exports,
along with reserve carryover OF
210 and 225 million bushels. With
the total supply of wheat estimat-
ed at LISA million bushels for 1888,
of necessity wheat loans must be
offered to farmers under provi-
sions of the Act, Parker pointed out.
Wheat producers of the state CO.
operating in the 1888 Agricultural
Conservation program have receiv-
ed a total aceage allotment for
wheat of 708,656 acres. This total
allotment has been divided among
producers in 40 counties. The ma
tional wheat allotment for 1888 was
set at 62,500,000 acres.
Only Participants
According to Parker, only those
farmers participating in the 1888
Agricultural Conservation program
who have complied with provisions
of the program and who have not
exceeded los per cent of their total
soil-depleting crop acreage allot-
ments for this year will be eligible
for wheat loans. Loans will be
available only upon wheat produc-
ed in 1888, the title to which is in
the name of the producer applying
for the loan.
Wheat storage facilities in Cali
fornia are now being surveyed, as
wheat upon which loans will be
made must be placed in approved
warehouses. AS soon as possible,
warehouses acceptable for storage
of loan wheat will be announced
and farmers will be informed of
full details of storage requirements
Loans will be made only upon
wheat of No.. 3 grade or better
Parker stated. Lower grades of
wheat will not be acceptable for
loans. This is in line with the pur-
pose of the ever-normal granary
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03
FARM SECTION
$1,000 COOLING
UNIT INSTALLED
AT E. {. HOSPITAL

Ell Centre hospital Saturday was
the only air conditioned hospital
in Imperial Valley after installa-
tion was completed on a new S.
900 cooling system.
The new plant. a York. utilizes
air ducts already built into the
building. The original air cooling
system proved unsuccessful.
The Is ton plant cools the entire
hospital of II rooms in addition to
corridors and offices. New awl-
ings also were attached to the
windows in preparation for warm
weather.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03
FOUNDATION OF
new HOME IN
CITY LAID

Laying foundations progressed
Saturday on the new Cecil Pollard
home. 793 He'll street, Ell Centre
The $4,000 home, begun this week
probably will be completed within
six weeks.
Composition shingles will be
used for the roof, with redwood
sidings and a stucco interior. Con-
tractor is w. j. Deaver. Materials
are supplied by the Gavin Lumber
company.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03
Grape Movement
Bequn in Valley

Imperial Valleys grape crop be-
gan movement this week with
around eight cars shipped by Sat-
urday. Picking centered. at the
johnson and Weaver ranches. The
crop, slated to be harvested by
August, usually totals around 200
cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03

In its heyday the Exhibit % tops smart interiors
1t had everything Huge oveud chairs handsome carved light
wood mane and the modern central lighting fixture
The wall covering that tppletype and the
had lovely softoned floral sprays in the design
With the passage of time the lost charm. At length
became hopeessy oumoded The decided spend small
for modeaon and refuh according the trend Of
the As shown below the completely transformed
The charming drawing achieved by rdong the wallis in
stalng and appropriate mante rewriting and equppng with
modern fixtures and completely reunihng The renovation did
call for structural charge example of what be
old houses brir~ tte back beauty
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03
$4,000 Spent in
RemodeIin9 New
E. e. Bus mess

Crews under w. J. Deaver, contractor, Saturday put
the finishing touches of the most elaborate remodel
ing jobs of the year in Ell Centro the Gardners
auran and soda fountain the northeast of Sixth
and Main streets Gardners will open Tuesday under the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03

plan to store better grades of wheat
Wheat loans together with acreage
allotments and crop insurance for
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-03

wheat are features of the Farm ACT
designed to bring about an ever
normal granary."
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
FORMER BANKER,
WILLIAM MILLER.
.SUCCUMBS At 8S.
Helped Organize Home
Savings in 1899

William Miller, retired banker
and lifelong resident of Washing
ton, died yesterday at his resi-
dence, 1880 Georgia Ave. N. W.,
after lingering illness. He was
88.
Mr.. Miller was born in Wash
ington, the son of Jacob and
Hannah Miller, who came to Wash
ington from Germany at an early
age. He was a founder of the
Home Savings Bank, established
in 1899, and continued as a direc-
tor until its merger with the Amer
ican Security and Trust Company
He served as a member of the ad-
VlSory board of the central branch
Of the latter organization until his
retirement several years ago.
Funeral services will be held
at the residence with burial in
Rock Greek Cemetery.
His widow, Mrs. Mary C. Miller
five sons, William, Jacob, Charles.
Henry and John, and four daugh.
ters, Mary, Charlotte and Lena
Miller, and Mrs. Margaret Refs
niger, eight grandchildren and
three great-grandchildten, all OF
Washington, survive.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
TOh11 Walker
Rites Set
TOMORROW

CHEVY CHASE, Md, July 7.
Funeral services will be held AZ
2:30 p. m. tomorrow for John c.
Walker. IA, president of the Chevy
Chase Savings Bank, who died at
his home at l East Lenox Street
after a prolonged illness. Services
will be held at the home with
burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
A native of Washington, Mr..
Walker recently celebrated his
fiftieth wedding anniversary. He
was a member of the advisory
board of the Chevy Chase Branch
of Riggs National Bank and a
vice president of the Racquet
Club before its merger with the
University Club.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Jennie Y. Walker, a son Curtis
Walker, threH grand children,
Curtis, jr., Claxton and John c.
III, and five sisters, Mrs. Norris
Alexander, Mrs. James o. Spang-
Ter, Miss Frank Parker, Mrs. Jonn
Brawner, all of Washington, and
Mrs. Nelson Clarke, of New York.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
J.K. BEACH
Noted Jurist Expires
In NeU Haven

NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 7.
John Kimberley Beach, defense
counsel in the famous Danbury
Hatters case, and the only lawyer
elevated directly to the State Su-
preme bench, is dead here at the
age of SO.
The eminent jurist was for IS
years professor of commercial law
and admiralty in Yale Law School
and served as president of the
Connecticut Bar Association.
He was graduated from Yale in
1877 and two years later took his
law degree. He was awarded
honorary degrees of Master of
Arts in 1908, and Doctor of Laws
in 1914. Until his death he was
professor emeritus in Yale Law
School.
The son Of a prominent attor-
ney, he Joined his fathers firm,
Bristol, Stoddard, Beach and
Fisher, after admission to the
bar, and practiced several years
with that firm.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow in Dwight Memorial
Chapel at Yale.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
$4,000 GRANT
OFFERED BY PWA
TO ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July IA
Federal grant Of $56,700 for a
composite PWA project, which
provides for improvements to the
Alexandria jail, the city hall
building and extensive sewer
work, has been offered alexandria
by the Federal Administration of
Public Works, Acting City Man.
ager Carl Budwesky announced
today.
$125,OOO TOTAL COST
The total cost Of the work
planned has been estimated at
$125, 900. The city's share Of the
cost will be $68,300.
The project, as outlined by
Budwesky, calls for expenditure
of $4,000 to relieve crowded con
ditions at the Jail. $4,000 for con
struction of additional offices or
the first floor of the City Hall anc
approximately 100000 for sewer
construction work in various sec
tions of the city.
Plans for the projects will be
completed as soon as the approx
al of the City Council is obtained
the acting city manager explained
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
SIR JOHN SMELL
Electrical Engineer
Dies in London

LONDON, July Sir John
Smell, well-known British electri-
cal engineer and sponsor of the
grid" system for power distribu-
tion, died yesterday at the age
OF 68.
Chairman of the governments S
electricity commission since 1920,
and regarded as one of the ablest
advisors on power distribution, he
retired in January.
Sir John received his knighthood
In 1914, then was president of the
Institution of Electrical Engineers,
and later was vice president of the
Institution of Civil Engineers. A
son of Comdr. John Smell, R. NJ,
he married Anne Glendenning
Quick in 1892. His wife and son,
John, survive.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
Alexander Funeral
Held Here TodaV

Funeral services for William R..
H. Alexander, retired Government
employe who die yesterday at his
home in Linden, Md, were held
today at 2 p. M, at the Harry M.
Padgett funeral home, 131 Elev-
enth st. S. E. The Rev. William
r. Moody, pastor of st. Marks
Episcopal Church, off1ciated. Inter
ment was in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
A native of Galesburg, ILL.,. Mr..
Alexander practiced law there
prior to coming to Washington
where he was appointed to the
legal department, Pension @ureau.
He retired after 35 years service.
He moved from the District to
Linden in 1902. A sister. Mrs.
Fred Cook, of Moline, H., survives.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
Aged 'Newsie' Dead;
Knew Diamond Jim

NEW YORK, July 7.-Joe Cox,
81-year-old "newies." who has
probably sold papers to more of
Manhattan great and near-great
than anybody else in the half cen
tury he has stood at Forty-second
and Broadway, was buried yeSter-
day in Calvary Cemetery.
Diamond Jim Brady is said to
have bought Cox his first bundle
of papers and given him a stand
at the Astor House.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
STUDENTS BODY
COMING HOME

The family of 15-year-old Oliver
Mills, Chevy Chase School student
who was instantly killed at Brook
lyn, Pa, yesterday when he fell
from a fruit tree to strike a high
tension wire, today sadly made
funeral plans.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. o. R.
Mills, the youth was spending a
vacation on a farm near the Penn
sylvania town. The father, an
Internal Revenue technical ad-
visor, temporarily stationed in
Los Angeles, is on his way here.
The body was to be brought
back here late today or tomorrow.
Besides his father and mother, the
boy is survived by a brother,
David, 10.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
JAMES CRAY
Masonic Rites Set for
p. o. Er-EmpIOye

Masonic funeral services will be
held for James Gray, retired
government employe, at 2:30
Saturday at the Huntemann
funeral home, 5732 Georgia Ave.
N. w. The Rev. Carroll S. Coale,
of the Brightwood Park Methodist
Episcopal Church. will officiate.
Interment will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Mr.. Gray died suddenly yester-
dayt at his residence, 720 Kennedy
st. N. w., where he lived with his
brother Michael, and his sister,
Mrs. Annie M. Davis, who is now
i'll in Providence Hospital.
He was born in Washington and
attended the old Wallach School.
Until his retirement several years
ago, Mr.. Gray had served with the
City Post Office for At years.
He was well-known in Masonic
circles, and was a member of
Almus Temple, Order of the
Mystic Shrine, and of the Scottish
Rite of the southern Jurisdiction.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
ARLINGTON SUIT
OPENS LOT FOR
BUSINESS USE.
Value Of Property More
Than Doubled

ARLINGTON, Va, July 7.
After hearing that the value Of
q corner lot at Glebe Road and
Pershing Drive had increased in
two years from $4,000 to $4,000
by virtue of zoning changes,
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy in the
Circuit Court yesterday granted
Mrs. Eta M. Hammer, the owner,
an injunction to permit use of her
property for 'local business"
The Injunction restraints the Ar
lington county board and county
officials from preventing use Of
the property for business pur-
poses, despite the fact it is zoned
for residential use only.
INCREASE IN VALUE
Mrs. Hammer resorted to the
court action after the county
board denied her request to re-
zone the lot, 100 by 100 feet, from
@ residential to business classi-
fication. Her husband, DR.. w. P.
Hammer, testified that he paid
$15,300 for the lot two years ago
and had recently been offered
$4,000 for it for business pur-
poses.
Frank L. Ball, attorney for Mrs.
Hammer, had County Manager
Frank C. Hanrahan, who recon-
mended the zoning change, teS'
tify that three other corners of
the intersection have been zoned
for local business" at the request
Of developers of the Buckingham
apartment village, located nearby.
ACTION NOT DEFENDED
The action of the county board
In denying Mrs. Hammer the zone
change was not defended in the
suit. commonwealth Attorney
Lawrence w. Douglas told the
court when the case was first
called that there was no ground
on which to defend the boards
action.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
MRS. SMITHSON
TurfmGn's WidOW
Dies at Age of 81

Mrs. Mary E. Smithson, g.
widow of Charles S. Smithson
widely known turfman, died yes
terday at her residence, 481 G.
st. S. W., after a six-month illness
A native of Washington, Mrs
Smithson was the daughter OF
Phillip and Mary Harding, old
Washington residents.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at the residence at 2
p. M, with the Rev. John E.
Briggs, pastor Of the Fifth Bap
tist Church, officiating. Inter
ment will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Two sons, Charles F. and Lester
c. Smithson, and sister, Mrs
Addie Bishop, survive.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES

c. Kelker Young. ir.. "a, 1850 Irving
st N. W., and Dorothy F. Msnnix, "a,
SO33 Sixteenth st. n. W.
Warren w. Fenton, 81, 723 Thirteenth
st. s. W., and Phyllis ]. Vermillion, 10,
1900 Pennsylvania Ave. s. E.
Walter w. seegers, IS, 1717 @ ST. N.
w, and Linnea NJ. Mcneil. 2s, 1880
Twenty-second st. N. W.
and Lois M. staub. 10, 324 Ninth st.
S. E
Raymond J. Simon, %, 1900 Ninth
st. N. W., and Dorthy Rather, 20, 1928
Holmead Pl. N. W.
Ave. N. W., and Julia D Metcalf, %,
S031 Sedgwick st. N. w.
William N. Henry, 2s, and Margaret
M Black, 2S, both of Summit Hill Pa.
John r. Kois. 81, and Harriet L.
Miller, 81, both of 1909 R st. N w.
Bernard Levitt, rs, and Florence Hur-
witz, 1s, both of Baltimore. Nd.