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The Washington times., 1938-03-25
New Program
ForTrons-Lux

The short subjects for the
week beginning Friday at the
Trans-Lux Theater appear to be
more interesting and varied, if
possible, than for several weeks.
Those popular stranger than
fiction" features bring brand
new first-run string of subjects
including everything from a
funny foresome Of squirrel and
three cats to a sleeping saw
mill built 10 years ago with the
builder dead and no one to run
it as yet.
Beauties, activities and occu-
patton are shown in a color
short taken in the Malayan
jungles where the natives make
malacca canes and eat the bees
instead of the honey. These
natives appear in a sport scene
where they play game like
badminton, only using their feet
and heads for the purpose of
hitting the shuttlecock rather
than using their hands. The
Pygmies, residents of these
jungles, use blow-guns for hunt
ting, while the women in typical
aboriginal fashion do the work.
For laughs, the "Comical Oddi-
ties of Ye Good Old Days" af-
fords a superabundance with
the revealing of the tombstone
obituaries in the graveyards Of
the New England States and
South Carolina. Most Of the
markers do not speak so well of
the deceased.
Pluto the Pup and Fiji, two
of Walt Disney's troupe Of car
toon characters, announce the
birth of quintuplets. This new
Mickey Mouse production, "Plu-
to's QuintupletS," gives the fans
a chance to cheer five mischiev-
GUS pups that wander away
from a doghouSe. It is in tech
nicolor.
At least 35 minutes of COM
plete world news coverage tops
the news end of the perform
ance, with particular emphasis
on the world-shaking echoes
from Europe.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

ROLLS UP PROFITS
From present indications,
"Snow White" will roll up a
national gross in excess of
S2.500,000 for its first two
months of bookings. This has
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
KELLEYGRAMS

Hollywood Plaza Hotel. They
will be guests at a hangar
luncheon at the flying field
where Paramount is filming
Men With Wings" in Techni-
color.
Then they will attend the
national air races, the airplane
show, visit the Army Air Corps
Base at Marshfield, and the
new flying field at Santa Mon
lea. On Sunday they go to
Boulder city where TWA cele-
brateS the opening of a new air
way over the vast recreational
country of the southwest.
LAST SUBSCRIPTION PLAY
Last play Of the American
Theater Society and the Theater
Guild season will be Eyes, My
Darling Daughter" The COM
edy will arrive at the National
Theater, Monday night, April IS.
Meanwhile the subscription
blanks for the season of 1938-39
have arrived and playgoers may
have one by addressing a re-
quest to Bess Davis Schreiner
at the National Theater. Only
definite engagement for next
season is the LuntS in "The Sea
Gull"
ETHEL WINS NEW YORK
Ethel Barrymore in white
oaks" passed the Broadway test
nicely. Critics all sang Sweetly
over her performance as the
101-year-old matriarch of Mazo
de la Roche's play. For in
stance, Just a paragraph from
the Tribune's Richard Watts:
Miss Barrymore, looking be-
wilderingly like her brother
Lionel, gives a brilliant one
woman show as the doughty
matriarch of the WhiteOak fam
lily in the new work at the Hud-
son Theater. There isn't much
of a play to go with the per-
fOrmance, but the star is one
of the heroic sights of the sea-
son as she takes a trivial mar
rative in hand and enlivens the
proceedings with some gOr-
geOuS virtuOSO performing that
is worthy of a Barrymore.
"POrtraying a valiant and
cOmbative lady of 1O1 years,
Miss Barrymore brings so much
rich humOr, delightful gustO,
hearty relish and courageous
spirit to her Characterization
that the splendid grandmother
who bosses the WhiteOaks be-
comes one of her most engag-
ing and artful creations. A
tempeStuOus, racy and sIyly
malicious old woman, the an.
cient grandmother is q most
enhancing heroine, and one can
only applaud the Barrymore per.
tOrmance heartily"
Brooks Atkinson of The Times
said:
1T is substantially built on
workable lines. 1t gives Miss
Barrymore the best part she has
had for a number of years. It
gives an audience a full evening
OF rancorous, hot-blooded family
affairs"
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

John Pollock, candidate for
Congress on the Republican
ticket from New Jersey, is also
an ace advance man. He is here
ahead of the Max Gordon pro-
duction of THE Women"
Pollock ran for Congress two
years ago, was nudged out by
1000 votes. He is the former
mayor of Leonia, N. j.
Heading the cast which will
play The Women" in Wash
ington is Lois Wilson. She is the
former Alabama school teacher
who went to Hollywood and be-
came a star in the silent pic
lures. Star of What Every
Woman Knows" "Manslaugh-
ter" "On Trial" and 100 others.
Miss Wilson heads a cast
made up entirely of women, 40
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

will soon be entered by other
producers with full length car
toon features. Disney already
has "Pinnochio" in production
as the Snow White" follow-up.
Director Charles Francis
Risener is the latest to announce
entry into the fairyland area.
He will make a picture of his
juvenile book, Little Inch High
People"
He invented a whole town
populated by inch-high charac-
ters, just to please his little son.
The stories we're put into book
form, and he feels they are
readily adaptable to the screen.
Max Fleischer, who makes the
Betty Boop" and "Popeye"
comedies for Paramount. plans
an extended cartoon story in
which he will employ the ami
majors who have put so many
ideas into his short features.
DUNNE FOR EASTER
Getting back to Keith's,
"Snow White" will have its final
showings about Thursday next
week, then comes the latest
Hepburn feature, Bringing Up
Baby" In this the dignified
Katharine yields to the hokum
craze by having her panties ex-
posed in ballroom scene, de-
signed purely for madcap.
Then about Easter time will
come Irene Dunno in Joy Of
Living" which was originally
titled Joy of Loving"
In this picture Irene Dunno
drinks seven glasses of beer,
and already they are saying she
will forfeit the w. C. T. U. vote.
although the sequence is said to
be hilarious.
After Irene Dunno has had
her two weeks, Deanna Durbin'S
soprano notes will arrive in
Mad About Music"
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
MOVIE
CLOCK

EARLE Bette Davis, George
Brent, "Jezebel," 1850 a. m,
1885, 4:2O, 7:10, 9:55 p. m.
Stage, Tess Gardella," 12:40,
$3.50, 6:15, 9:05 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Edward G.
Robinson, Jane Bryan. "A
Slight Case of Murder" 1875
a. M, 1885, 3:35, $40, TAO,
9:45 p. m.
CAPITOL-Randolph Scott. Shir-
ley Temple. "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm" ii a. M, las,
4:30, 7:20, 1905 p. m. Stage,
1885, 800. sos, 1855 p. m.
PALACE-Andrea Leeds, Helen
Jepson, Zorina, "Goldwyn Fol
lies," 11:1O a. M, las, 4:20,
Z, 9:35 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Sonja Henie, Don
Ameche, Happy Landing"
1850 a. m, 2:20, 4:45, 7:1S,
9:45 p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-"Snow White"
1850 a. m, 1850, $3.50, $50,
7:50, $50 p. m. March #
Time" 1880 a. m, 1880, $3.50,
$50. 7:30, $3.50 p. m.
BELASCO-Danielle Darrieux,
Charles Boyer, "Mayerling,"
1850 q. M, 1850, $3.50, $50,
7:50, $50 p. m.
LITLE-Charlie Chaplin, Mod
ern Times" 11:35 a. m, 1885,
3:35, 5:35, 7:35, 9:35 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts,
from 10 q. m. to midnight. IS
minutes each show.
HOWARD-Humphrey Bogart,
Louise Fazenda, Swing Your
Lady" 1880, 1855, 7:05, 1910
p. m. Stage, Swinging in
Rhythm" "2:4O, $50, 9:1O o, m.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

MA AAIN1NL HEX DUNN
been gathered from first-run the
aters, and there are the neigh
borhood bookings just ahead,
which promise at least another
100000.
Such a profitable field, dis
covered first by Walt Disney,
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

Of 'em. There is one juvenile
role, but in difference to Wash
ington's strict child labor laws,
it will be played by an adult.
Publcist Pollock is a brother
of Claiming Pollock. author,
lecturer and playwright, and
former drama editor of The
Washington Times.
EDITORS GET FREE RIDE
Forty aviation editors, from
newspapers and magazines, will
have a Hollywood party of four
days, a joint promotion by
Paramount and TranSconti-
mental Western Air.
The scribes will arrive in
Hollywood via TWA on March
81 and viii be Quartered at the
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
so in Latest
GoyetyShow

Opening Sunday at the Gay.
ETY. Theater, with the usual matt.
nee, is the big Black and White
Revue, q company Of so enter
tainerS.
The white portion of the show
is headed by Charles Reds"
Marshall, and the feminine lead
is in the capable hands Of beauti-
full Dolores Dawn. The Sepia
portion of the show features
Sahji, exponent Of exotic
rhythm, plus a chorus Of 40
white and copper-colored maid
ems.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Gleanings
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

Today appears though Katharine Hepburn in Bring
ing Up Baby will have get dispossess notice. In order
to win place RKO-keiths theater screen.
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" begins seventh
week and though it almost every movie
goer in Washington has the Disney cartoon comedy
business yet away above normal Chief Justice Charles
Evans Hughes and his wife among those who plan to
view he movie SATURDAY.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
English Star Cast
In New Henie Film

Richard Greene, English stage
discovery who was brought to
Hollywood by Daryl F. zanuck
a few weeks ago, has been doing
such brilliant work in -Four Men
and a Prayer that the Twen-
tieth Century-Fox production
chief decided to give him a big
reward,
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

To Enter the FuII-Length Cartoon Field
'Snow Whites" Success Has Inspired Others
The Washington times., 1938-08-02
Prince Georges Wars on Fixed Slot Machines

~, 16, 18, 20 and the Jackpot"
They are so fixed because most
people will play back winnings of
less than 10 and the machine will
get them anyway, but will keep
winnings of more than 10.
Police say that player may
detect a Jumped" machine when
the revolving drum. instead of
stopping and bouncing back, slides
slowly past a winning fruit" and
clicks into place at the next one.
The Washington times., 1938-08-02

'tutes fraud, a grand jury offense,
carrying a heavy prison penalty
and fine.
A jumper is a small metal clip
fitted over the ratchet on the re-
volving drums of a machine of the
"one-arm bandit" type, so that the
drum will not stop at a paying
combination. Illegally operated
machines are so fixed that it will
pay of on the 8, S, 8, and some
times 10 combinations, but not on
The Washington times., 1938-08-02
AIRPORT OWNERS
SEEK 7 0 B A R
RADIO TOWERS
File Petition for Writ
Against A. B. c.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Aug.
2.-Operators of the Queens
Chapel Airport, located west Of
Hyattsville, Md. have filed petit
ton for an injunction against the
American Broadcasting Company
to forestall the erection of two
high transmitting towers near the
outskirts of their airfield.
William M. Henderson and Rob-
ert s. Baker, both of HyattSville,
owners and operators of the air
port, through their attorney, w.
Carroll Beatty, filed the suit in
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court charging that the A. B. C.
was erecting a broadcasting sta
tion near the field in violation of
the Maryland State aviation laws.
LEASED LAND
The suit declares that the oper-
ators leased 80 acres Of land lying
along the banks of the Northwest
Branch in 1893, and that the field
was licensed by the State Aviation
Commission last year. Last May,
according to the suit, the A. B. c.,
which operates station VOL in
Washington, procured II acres Of
land along the northeast boundary
Of the field, erected a transmit
ting station, and are now begin
ming construction of two towers.
The airport operators say that
they believe the towers will be
more than 800 feet high and will
be located within 1900 feet of the
field. They declare that this is a
violation of the State aviation act
of 1887, which regulates the height
Of buildings and towers in proxim-
ity to public landing fields.
"SHOW CAUSE"
Circuit Court Judge Joseph C.
Mattingly issued a "rule to show
cause" why the injunction should
not be issued and gave the A. B. C.
until today to answer the suit.
A hearing on the case will be held
at the county court house here
Thursday.
Several months ago the National
Broadcasting Company erected a
transmitting station short dis
tance from the site of the A. B. C.
station and constructed a 465-foot
steel tower near the landing field.
Attorneys for the airport declare,
however, that this station does not
conflict with the landing field be-
cause it is not in the path of the
ETnWayS.
The Washington times., 1938-08-02

HYATTSVnLE, Md, Aug. q
A warning against illegal practices
in the operation of slot machines
in Prince Georges county was
issued today by county police
Sergt. Ralph Brown, head of the
Hyattsville substation, stated he
had received complaints against
machines with Jumpers" on them
device which will prevent the
machine from paying off,"
Jumping" q machine conSti
The Washington times., 1938-08-02
Voters Here
Can Register by Mail

The Absentee Voters Bureau of
the Democratic National Commit
tee is notifying Michigan voters
living in the District that they may
both register and vote by mail.
Those from cities with $4,000 pop.
ulation may register until August
"A, and those from smaller places
may register until September 3.
The primary will be September 13.
The Washington times., 1938-08-02
NeW ZOninQ
PerilS Road

ARLINGTON, Va, Aug. Am
official of the Federal Bureau of
Public Roads intimated today that
work of completing the Lee Boule-
ward approach to Memorial Bridge
may be halted as result of action
of the Arlington County Board in
violating a "gentleman's agree
ment' with the bureau.
Despite an understanding with
the Bureau of Public Roads and
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission that the Lee
Boulevard would be maintained as
a scenic highway, the Arlington
board rezoned a 500-foot strip
fronting on the highway for local
business use at its meeting last
Saturday.
The Washington times., 1938-08-02

Take your Herald and Times with
you when you 90 away. II you are n
regular subscriber the Patterson News
papers will be mailed to you. A tele-
phone call to Republic 1894 will COM
plete arrangements.
The Washington times., 1938-08-02
DINING ROOM

COLONIAL DINING ROOM SUITE:
American walnut or mahogany and gum
wood construction; Duncan Phyfe table,
sturdy chairs. 10 pieces. August coz
Sale Price. DIO
MODERN DINING ROOM SUITE:
American walnut veneer and gumwood
with maple inlay. Deep Credenza type
buffet, Six-leg table, roomy china cup
board, server, and six lovely C197
chairs. August Sale Price. -. QIOI
WALNUT DINETTE SUITE: Made of
walnut and gumwood with artistic carv-
ings. Consists of buffet, china cupboard,
ebtdns0A ehsiPs Aust tnSEi sas 1n6 pr6 four $3.50
The Washington times., 1938-08-02

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1938-12-17
{. !. 0. Rejects Demand
For u. 7. W. Funds
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreS3.
GIG officials have rejected a de,
mand by Francis j. German, preSi'
dent of the United Textile Workers
for his unions books and funds.
At the same time they denounced
Mr.. Gorman's effort to lead textil,
workers out of the C. I. O.'s Textil,
Workers Organizing Committee al
treacherous attempt to "spli
labor's ranks"
Mr.. German and his associate
indicated they would try to recovel
$500,000 they contended their uniol
members had paid the T. w. o. @
since March, 1887, and said the re-
fuSal to transfer the funds to then
probably would be made the basil
of suit in Federal Court.
Mr.. German, in the first step di'
rected at reviving the U. T. w. as
separate union, ordered James Starr
secretary-treasurer of the U. T. w,
to transfer all funds and proper,
ties Of the U. T. w. from the New
York headquarters of the Textil
Workers Organizing Committee II
Washington.
Mr.. German estimated there wa.
$45 600 in his unions treasury wheI
the T. w. o. C. took over its orga'
nizational activities. Mr.. Starr con
tended there was only 5000 in !
at that time.
Mr.. Starr said he would sur
render the records only to = con
vention Of the T. w. o. c..
Evening star., 1938-12-17
200 Attend Cider
And Gingerbread Party

More than 200 former West Vir'
ginians attended the annual Yves
Virginia State Society cider and
gingerbread party at the Raleigl
Hotel last night.
David S. Dawson, retiring presi
dent of the society, presided at tn,
installation Of new officers. Follow
ing the ceremony there was dancin,
and refreshments, which includes
cider pressed in West Virginia Tues
day and gingerbread baked by
Martinsburg baker yesterday.
Heber H. Rice, chief attorney
the Home Owners Loan Corp, wa
inducted as president of the society
Life memberships and honorar,
officers were bestowed on two of thu
Oldest members present. Col. j
William De Grange, founder AMI
treasurer for % years, was mad,
treasurer emeritus and John
Bateman, secretary for 10 years. wa
chosen secretary emeritus.
Other officers installed are Thoma
w. Cain, first vice president: Georp,
s. Barr, second vice president. Mis-
Flora 2. Miles, third vice president
Mrs. Emma Nunnally, fourth vic,
president; John w. Smith, fifth vic,
president; Clarence L. Teeter, sixth
vice president; Lyman B. KNIGHT
recording secretary; Mrs. Sada d
Shlnn, financial secretary; Mis-
Mayme Hamrick, treasurer; j. 4
Goshorn, historian, and Miss Marth,
Ecnols, assistant financial secretary
Evening star., 1938-12-17
S1,383,000 Low Bid
On Building Project
AT Bethesda
Offers on Construction
Of National Health
Institute Opened

c. H. Tompkins Co. of Washing
ton was revealed yesterday as low
bidder, with an estimate of $l,383,-
600, for the construction of a Ma
tional Institute of Public Health
Building at Bethesda, Md.
The bids, opened at the Procure
ment Division of the Treasury De-
partment, included estimates for
the construction of q laboratory
building and four buildings to house
officers, as well as alternate bids in
cluding the laboratory and only one
OF the officers quarters.
The next lowest bid was submitted
by the George A. Fuller Co. of WASH
ington, whose estimate totaled ST.
800, 5000.
Bids also were requested for the
installation of elevators in the lab
oratOry building, and low bidder for
this project was the Houghton Ele-
vator Co. of Washington, with an
estimate of $45 200. Other compa-
nies submitting estimates were West
inghouse Electric Elevator Co. of
Jersey City, N. j., $45, 900; Otis Ele-
vator Co., Washington, $46,533, and
the Atlantic Elevator Co., Philadel-
phia, 81, ,88l.
For the major project the COM
peting companies submitted the fol-
lowing bids: G. H. Tompkins Co.,
81 ,383, 900, less Sis 800 for the alter
nate bid; George A. Fuller Co., ST.
396, 900, less Sis, 900; M. Shapiro g.
Son, New York City, 81 1897 900, less
$88, 800; Consolidated Engineering
Co., Baltimore, $l,410, 700, less $112,-
500, and John McShain of Philadel-
phia, $1,415,0 900, less $4,000.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Justice Laws Courtroom
Nearing Completion

When Justice Bolitha J. Laws of
District Court returns today from
his trip to Detroit and Boston,
where he has been studying pre-
trial procedure, he will find his new
courtroom in the Police Court Build
ing practically completed.
Workmen yesterday moved in
benches for spectators at trials, and
the new courtroom is slated to be
finished in about a week. Tenn
porarily Justice Laws has been US
ing another courtroom in the new
building.
Soon after the first of the year
Justice Laws is expected to occupy
his new courtroom permanently.
This will be more convenient for
him, as it adjoins his chambers.
The additional grand jury, which
has been investigating organized
medicine and is slated to wind up
its affairs by the end of the month,
has been utilizing one of the court
rooms just across the hall from JUS
tice Laws new courtroom.
When President Roosevelt ap-
points two additional District Court
justices the new jurists will find
Justice Laws old courtroom ready
for occupancy of one of them, but
just how the other will be handled,
in view of the fact that the grand
jury is still occupying it and no
benches have been permanently
placed there, has not yet been de-
termined.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
ArIinqton Has a Color Scheme
For 7ox-Bi|Iing System

Shhh, folks-Arlington County,
Va, is in the red; also in the green,
pink, brown, yellow, black and blue.
It seems the treasurer's ONCE is
the end of the rainbow with the
varihued tints employed in a billing
system to simplify the work Of the
staff-and also because the pot Of
gold" Is there in the form Of tax
collections.
Col. Charles T. Jesse, who has been
county treasurer since February,
1882, said that the system works as
follows: All tax bills are in tripli-
cate, the uppermost copy Is printed
in green ink and Is used for . tax
payers receipt; . second copy,
printed in black ink, is used for
ONCE records, and = third, or bottom
form, is printed in red ink and Is
the tax bill sent through the mails.
If the color scheme stopped here,
however. things would be compare
lively simple.
There are hills for aSs types ef
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Big Game Hunter Shows
Film Of Jaguar Chase

National Geographic Society mem
bers last night experienced the
thrills and chills of a jaguar hunt
in the Matto Grasso wilds of Brazil,
viewing motion pictures made by
Sasha Siemel, big game hunter and
guide, who lectured at Constitution
Hall.
Mr.. Siemel, known as the "tiger
man" because he uses only primi-
tive weapons-bow and arrows and
spears-in his jungle forays, retold
his varied exploits in South Ameri-
can wilds and illustrated many
events with slides and pictures.
Mr.. Stencils program also in
cluded natural-colo films of razor
toothed piranha fish, which infest
Matto Grasso streams, the capture
Of an alligator, activities of the fire
ants, bird spiders and vampire bats.
Among the color films were scenes
of the Rio de Janeiro harbor. the
farm where snake-bite serum is pro-
duced and natural habitat of numer-
Gus birds and jungle animals.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Cosmopolitan Club
To Distribute Baskets

= More than 100 Christmas food
baskets, each sufdcient to feed an
average family for week, will be
distributed to the needy by members
Of the Cosmopolitan Club following
their Christmas party at 1890 pm.
Thursday at the Mayflower Hotel.
Having followed this practice for
10 years, the club now attempts to
seek out families who are not on the
relief rolls.
Members of the club and their
guests will gather before the lunch
con for their traditional eggnog.
DR.. J. L. B. Murray, president OF
the club, will preside at the lunch
con, and James E. Diver, Christ
mas Committee chairman, will be
in charge of the party.
Evening star., 1938-12-17

Down at the District of Columbia
w. P. A. headquarters, Mrs. Bernice
G. Schultz, assistant director of prof.
ects for women, said recently that
each year for four years, regardless
OF to whom she has been given by
the toy department, this 24-inch doll
returns to be repaired.
Oddley, her face never needs lift
ing, nor does her hair require at
tention: Usually it is her body that
has suffered from the hardy caresses
OF chubby arms. The indented date
on the back Of her neck is 1906.
Now again Honey" has been fixed
and her body repainted by the
w. P. A. toy technicians at oOl @
street NE, and she is ready to start
another affair at Christmas.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Mystery Woman Bobs Up
At w. P. A. Toy Repoir Shop

There is another mystery woman
in Washington.
Perennially young, she is. Beau
tiful of face and with ash blond
hair. And in spite of rumors that
her natal day was somewhere around
the end Of the Victorian era, her
large brown eyes are still radiant
and lovely. They have the far-away
look of romance.
In keeping with the general mys-
terry, her name is unknown to the
authorities. For she has been known
generally as just Honey" or Baby"
And while her career has been by
no means scarlet her general atti-
tude indicates that she has been
neutrality-suspicious. in the
distribution Of favors and affections.