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The Washington times., 1938-01-18
INCOME LEVY
HOLDS Up D. c..
i AK MEASURE.
Dirksen's Demand
Delays Action
By JULIA A. BONWIT

Tactical measures today held in
balance, the fate of the Districts
new tax bill, with an income tax
proposal cumming up the works,
Everything about the bill was
sweet and lovely until yesterday.
Representative Jack Nichols CD
of Oklahoma, chairman of the
House District Fiscal Affairs sub.
committee, was all set to intro.
duce a bill in the House, overlook.
ing the formality of reporting it
first to the full District Com
mittee.
The Washington times., 1938-01-18
Death By Poison Gas

A few years ago read such an interesting
article along these lines, and when checked
on it later found it was absolutely true. AS
everyone knows, every country in the world has
been experimenting with poison gas. In a GER
tain country the head of factory so engaged
sent for one of his engineers to come to consult
with him in his office. The factory covered
vast area and the engineer had to walk dis
tance of about two blocks. He arrived still wear
ing the goggles and rubber gloves which are nee
The Washington times., 1938-01-18

to vibrate at the same rate of speed as elec-
trio light, and then just think what will hap
pen. Every light in every city will go out, air
planes will be grounded, wireless, telegraph tee-
phones submarines will go dead all traffic will
be suspended, and indeed there will be a sudden
stoppage of all means of locomotion and COM
munication.
The Washington times., 1938-01-18
My Say

We have all read from time to time about the
socalled death ray"
In my opinion, it Is as sure to come as that
The Washington times., 1938-01-18
Arkansas Senator's
Son Is Driver at II!

Fourteenyearod John E. Miller r of the Senator from
Arkansas probably the licensed automobile operator
in the District.
The Washington times., 1938-01-18
BILL HELD UP

But now everything is topsy
turvy until tomorrow, when the
subcommittee is scheduled to de
eide just what to do with propo
sails of the income tax bloc, that
a tax on income be written into
the bill.
There's no sense in making
a patchwork of District taxes"
said Representative Everett M.
Dirksen RO of Illinois, head
of the income tax bloc. I'VE
should write into the bill a
small income tax, probably Of
1 per cent, both to determine
it's revenue potentialities and
to await results of a test case"
1t was Dirksen who threw the
monkey wrench into the proceed
Iings yesterday. When it was pro
posed to introduce a bill continu-
ing the business privilege tax and
the ascent increase in the real
estate levy, with a separate in
come tax bill, Dirksen baked.
THREAT REPORTED
Although the meeting was
closed, it is understood that Dirk
sen threatened, should this proce
dure be approved by the commit
tee, to offer the income tax as
an amendment to the bill when it
reaches the floor.
On the other hand, it is under
stood that when the subcommlt.
tee meets tomorrow, should the
group decide on the income tax,
Nichols will place the bill before
the full committee, where it is
expected the income tax will be
deleted.
It has been said that inclusion
of the income tax in the omnibus
bill will jeopardize the entire
measure if the tax on income is
CONTINUED on Page 21, Col. p
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The Washington times., 1938-11-04

Van Helsing discovered way drive spike into his heart
Directed by Tod Browning, found my main interest in
contrasting the acting of 1882 with the pretending
of today David Manners for instance strikes all kinds Of
attitudes and poses performance that okay
the time first it. looks though it fresh
from HolYHoods primary class.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

to be gulled, after what Orson
Welles did last Sunday night
with air fantasy.
To make it a little bit more
eerie, Colin Give, who plays
FrankenStein, and Frederick
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Howard Gets
Baron Lee

Varieties on Parade" an in-
ternational revue. favored with
an array Of featured artists and
stars, is the new show on the
stage Of the Howard Theater
this week-featuring the usual
Saturday midnite with reserved
seats.
Headlining, the noted Baron
Lee and his orchestra play their
initial American engagement.
The debonair tan demon Of
swing will take over here where
he left off after the 14-week
stay at the famous Casino de
Urea, in Brazil. .-'.-
Following the homecoming
the Baron Is expected to return
to South America this March
for a 10-week booking at the
elite spot, Embassy Hotel,
Brazil.
On the screen Devils Party"
starring Victor McLaglen in q
vivid and absorbing drama Of
Manhattan. 49,
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

CLOCK

CAFTTOL-Charles Farrell, Shir-
ley Temple, Joan Davis,
Just Around the Corner"
11:10 q. M, 1850, 4:35, 7:20,
1905 p. m. Stage: 1855,
$40, $40, 9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Tyrone Power, Anna
bella, Loretta Young, "Suez,"
11:10 q. m, 1:45, 4:20, 6:55.
$50 p. m.
COLUNTBIA-Clark Gable, Myr-
na 10y, Walter Pidgeon, TOO
Hot to Handle" 11:4O q. m.
2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 9:O5 p. m.
RK-O-KEITH'S - Bella LugoSi,
"Dracula," Boris Karloff, Moe
Clark, "Frankenstein," 11:15
a. m, 1850, 4:25, z. 0:35 p. m.
EARLE-Fred MacMurry, Ray
Milland. Men With Wings"
II a. m, I:4O, 4:25, 7:05, $50
p. m. Stage: 1855, 3:35, $40,
sos p. m.
METROPOLITAN-John How
ard, Mary Carlisle, Touch
down Army" II q. m, 1:10,
$40; $3.50, 7:40, $50 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-N ewSreel and
Shorts, 10, 11:45 q. m, 1880
1:45, 8, AIS, $3.50, 6:45. 8,
9:15, 10:45 p. m.
LITTLE-Robert Donat in "The
Ghost Goes West" At 11:16,
/, 2:45, 4:25, 6:10, 7:55 and
9:40 p. m.
MOUNT VERNON-Drive In
Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fair
banks, jr., Having Wonder
full Time" 8, 1918 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

is making her headquarters at
the National Theater.
A couple of irons that Mrs.
Schaffer has in the fire are
parties for the National Women's
Trade Union League and the
Washington League of Women's
Shoppers. Her office hours are
from 10 a. m. to S p. m. at the
National Theater.
GREAT WALTZ" HITS
Division Manager Carter Bar
ron launched the Eastern pre-
miere of "Great Waltz" at the
Century Theater in Baltimore,
yesterday, had the pleasure Of
ringing up an opening day gross
within $3.50 of the house record.
On the Fifteenth Street front,
Hardie Meakin counted up well
over $4,000 for the first reissue
Showings of "Dracula" and
"Frankenstein," bumper bust
ness for any new release.
ZANUCK WANTS JOLSON
Al Jolson's screen popularity
went into a nose dive, after he
produced and starred in Halle
lujah, I'M Bum a picture
in which he tried new tech
nique, with the story told in
rhymed couplets by the re-
nowned RodgerSHart team of
composers. It. was too radical
for today's movie-goers.
After that Minstrel AL made
"Wonderbar." Go Into Your
Dance" and THE Singing Kid"
none Of which proved big league.
Since then Mr.. ,JolSon has
tended to his race track invest
mentS, confined his entertain
ing to radio, rejecting the oc-
caSional offers Of the MessrS.
Shubert to return and become
a Winter Garden monarch. AL
Jolson, by the way, did as much
to put the Winter Garden on the
amusement map as Babe Ruth
did for Yankee Stadium.
This is a windy Introductory
to the news Of this paragraph.
Which is that Daryl Zanuck
wants Mr.. Jolson for Rose Of
Washington Square" in which
Alice Faye will be starred. Twen-
tieth Century-Fox offer contains
such sweet figures, probability
Is that Mr.. JolSon will accept.
MAJOR BOWES EASY
Major Bowes spun the wheel
Of fortune for the 190th time
for his amateurs last night. Out
popped the Three Dees, doing
such good harmonica work they
were Immediately shipped to F
Street to join the anniversary
unit which opened at the Capt.
tol today.
Major Bowes seldom rings the
gong these days, although when
he gets an operatic voice that
can't sing in key he might spare
the listeners.
Ho, you exhibitors looking for
a picture. H. G.. Wells Things
To Come" might interest a lot
of the folks who went crackpot
last Sunday night over the
Wells imagination aoouA Mars.
And besides, 1t has Broadway's
No. / actor of the moment,
Raymond Massey of ABE
Lincoln in Illinois" as its star.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

FrankenStein" is still a good
dish Of grand old horror hokum.
Don't say the public doesn't like
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
Monton''
For Keith's

A novel form Of film enter
tainment is offered in Radios
'"The Mad Miss Manton," com.
ing to RKOKeith's following
the current "Dracula" and
"Frankenstein," starring Bar
bara Stanwyck and H enry
Fonda and Sam Levene heading
the featured cast.
With a mysterious double kill
ing as IT'S basis, the picture com.
bines the thrills Of a detective
story, the laughs of a high-speed
comedy and the complications
Of a stormy romance to make up
what is said to be one Of the
years most interesting offerings.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

Kerr as the grumpy baron, have
both passed into eternal life
since the picture was made.
Boris Karloff, the man-cre-
ated monster who roams the vii
lage spreading death and de-
struction until he is finally
trapped, provides plentiful mo-
ments of suspense and spine
quivers.
AUDIENCE is WARNED
John Boles has one of his
walk-through roles, and the best
acting comes from Mr.. Karloff.
the lamented Colin Clive,
Dwight Frye and Lionel Bel
more. James Whale directed.
Audience seemed to enjoy it,
for there were shrieks of either
fright or delight, catcalls and
whistles, at the first matinee
show yesterday. A screen intro
ductory to "Dracula" warned
what was coming, with the ora
tor one of those chew-the-scen-
cry actors fond of mugging.
Pathe News completes a pro-
gram with some up-to-the-min-
ute celluloid to balance the
musty flavor and coyote howlS
of the main attractions.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
Ted Lewis BrinQs His Band to Earle Next Week

tainers he will present are
Charles SNOWFALL" Whittier,
Danny White, the Gale Sextet,
the Ted Lewis Quintet and-as
an added feature-Eddie Leon
ard, the old minstrel man, and
Shelton Brooks, composer Of
''Darktown Shutters Ball" and
other hits. The Ted Lewis
orchestra will provide the music.
Newsreel and selected short
subjects round out the program.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
Brother Rat"
Returning

Brother Rat" Warner Bros.
comedy hit with Wayne Morris
and Priscilla Lane, proved such
a hit at the Earle that it will
return to the Metropolitan for
a second week downtown, start
ing Friday, November II.
Eddie Albert, recruited for the
picture from the stage play, has
been hailed as a comedy find"
as result of his performance.
Others in the cast include John
ME Scat Davis, Jane Bryan,
Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman
and Henry O'Neill. william
Keighley directed.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

Bob Burns comes to the
Earle Friday, November II, in
''The Arkansas Traveller" Para
mount picture in which he is
said to give his finest screen
performance "a heart-warming
character portrayal Of the type
absent from the screen since Will
Rogers made his last picture.
On the stage, Ted Lewis will
present his new revue.
"The Arkansas Traveller" is a
story of small town life, center
ing around the weekly news
paper office. Fay BANTER, John
Beal, Joan Parker, Irwin s. Cobb
and Lyle Talbot are in the cast,
which Alfred Santell directed.
Burns appears as a happy-go-
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
KELLEYGRAMS

When Yankee Fable closes
after the Washington engage
ment, Ina Claire is wanted right
away for a new S. N. Behrman
play, mo Time for Comedy"
which the Playwrights COM
pany hopes to put into re-
hearSal very soon.
Ina had a very successful
season with her last Behrman
play, End of Summer" Star
has been suffering from a bad
cold, but daily treatments by
DR.. Frank T. Shyne, the pro-
fession'S oSteopath, have enabled
her to keep going.
Possibility that Herbert Mar
shall will be Ina'S leading man
in the new play. He's coming
East from Hollywood and is
under contract to Gilbert Miller.
GARMENT WORKERS REVUE
Pins and Needles" is finally
coming. AL Mason, advance
man for Labor Stages topical
revue, parked his brief case on
the editors desk yesterday, filed
Sundry photographs and back
ground material for the Gar
ment Workers hit entertain
ment.
Pins and Needles" has the
distinction of being the only
revue that gave a private show
ct the White House.
Principals put it on for Mrs.
Roosevelt and invited guests in
the East Room of the Executive
Mansion one day last spring, that
night gave a command per-
1ormance for the U. S. Labor
Departments 25th anniversary
banquet at the Mayflower.
Show reaches the National
Theater week of December S.
think the opening number of
the revue tells-in the words of
Lyric Writer Harold j. Rome
the story:
We're not George M. Cohans
or Noel COwardS
Or Beatrice Lilies or Willie
HOwards,
We've never played in stock or
studied at the playhouse
And the only line we've ever
said In a Broadway house
(which way to the gallery?
As you see we're not tragedianS
or comedians
Or show girls or kick.in-row
girls
Or tr0uperS or even superS,
We're plain, simple, common,
ordinary
Everyday man and women who
work hard for q living
We're from the shops.
Oressmakers, clOakmakerS, cut
tiers, underwear workers,
knitgoOds workers, neck
wear makers, embroiderers,
Stampers, checkers, exam.
liners, graders, presSers,
trilnmers, binders, pinkers
An Of us-frOm the shops!
"Pins and Needles is on its
second year in New York. That
seems testimony enough that
it's good, with Washington get
ting the original company.
Mrs. Frances Schaffer, who is
the Pins and Needles" agent.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

lucky "noble-man-of-the-road,"
who Unexpectedly becomes a
newspaper editor, campaigning
against a small town political
boss. Rich humor and appeal
ing romance are combined with
exciting drama in this new re-
lease.
On the stage, "The High Hat
ted Rhythm-Man," Ted Lewis,
will Danish the blues with his
new revue. Among the enter
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
New Show for
The Goyety

Diane johnson will be the
added guest star" attraction
with the Jazz Babies" burlesque
company, opening a weeks en-
gagement at the Gayety The
ater with the usual Sunday mat
inee performance.
Comedy will be in the hands
Of Mike Sachs and Benny "Wop"
Moore, assisted by Alice Ken
nedy, Winnie Garrett, Ina
Thomas, the dance team Of Pas
tine and Marylyn and numerous
others.
A beauty chorus will back
ground the production.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04

thrills and chlIIS.
'Dracula" and "Frankenstein" comprise
the double bill, two pictures which origi-
nally made fortune for Uncle Carl Laemmle,
and in their exhibition rebirth in 1888, are
doing okay for the new Universal.
You must know the stories. "Dracula"
tells of the grim vampires which come out
after dark, sometimes in the shape of bats,
and whose existence depends upon regu-
lar diet of human red corpuscles.
Bella Lugosi plays Count Dracula, mas
ter of the spooks, who had Nina Seward
Helen Chandlerl under his spell, until Prof.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
TWO HORRORS-DE LUKE
'DrocuIo' and 'Fronkenstein,'
With KorIoff and Lugosi,
Are Real ThriIlers
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

There's double dose of weird hocuspocu at RKO Keih
and as if this enough two skeletons pranc
ing from the wings before the starts to unree its
Evening star., 1938-01-31
MARYLAND IS SEEN
TEST FOR NAVY five
Victory Over Terps Wednesday
Would Encourage Middies
for Army Game.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
A NNAPoL1s, Nd, Jan. 31.-Meet-
ing Maryland here Wednesday
and Columbia on Saturday, Nays
basket ball team looks upon this week
as the most important in its season,
excepting only the week end of the
Army game at West Point Febru-
ary 26.
Maryland always gives the Navy a
good game and one is expected We'd
nesday. Victories over Maryland and
Columbia woul6 indicate that the Navy
team has been going ahead steadily,
and would encourage it greatly for the
service school contest.
Navy's record for the season is six
victories and one defeat. Army has
seven victories to its credit and one
defeat. its only loss being to Yale last
Saturday.
George Ghesquiere, who has been
high scorer in the Baltimore and
Washington and Jefferson games,
probably will be classed as a first
stringer from now on. He is likely
to play at forward, though he has also
played center and guard this season.
Gresquiere started the season as
substitute center to towering Frank
Lynch, who is but slightly taller than
his alternate, however. Taking Gil
lette's place Saturday. after IL min
utes Of play, Ghesquiere scored IS
points during the remainder of the
game.
Bob Laney, guard, has also de-
veloped into big scorer.
Evening star., 1938-01-31

really primed for this one ..
Whatever happened to Bob Nestell
and those heavyweight title pros
poets they were predicting for
him?
At the baseball writer's round-
up: Frankie Frisch and Larry
MacPhail, hobnobbing in a cor
ner Mungo? Lefty Grove,
getting grayer and grayer
Visiting Philadelphia scribes say
the appointment of Ray Crowther
Of Harvard as Penn line coach was
an even smarter move than NAM
ing George Munger head pilot.
Mayor La Guardia chinning with
Postmaster General Farley. side
by-side at the speakers platform
d. Everyone asking when Mac
Phail will get around to giving
Buddy Hassett his contract :.
and Buddy himself not knowing
Just where he stands Jimmy
Foxx, several pounds lighter, walks
IN :. Altogether, quite q large eve
ming.
This = the heisht Of something
Evening star., 1938-01-31
Ticket Demand for Redleg Opener Bellies Recessi(


Hornsby cost the Cardinals only
$500 back in 1915 =. Marshall
Goldberg IS hitting the banquet cir
cult till Pitts spring grid practice
starts Eddie O'Brien, the all
American and Olympic track man,
quit the board circuit this winter
to concentrate on medical school
studies.
Dana Bibles Texas Longhorns
start spring grid practice today
.. Max Starcevich, Washington
all-America guard a couple of
years back, just landed q high
school coaching job in Seattle :.
Michigan Track Coach Charlie
Hoyt is raving over Hurdler Elmer
Gedeon, a junior and Wolverine
footballer but Elmer is more
interested In wind-up in pro base
ball Don't. be surprised If
sewanee withdraws from the
Southeastern Conference be-
cause Of the row over athletic
Scholarships.
Evening star., 1938-01-31

Grimm, Gabby Hartnett and Tony
Lazzeri, the general idea being that
the three will have to take a vote
before deciding on hitting or pitching
policy this season.
Di Maggie. accepting the outstand-
ing player plaque. tipped the writer's
of to the fact that San Francisco
youngster Whose name he did not
mention) was responsible for his pres
ence in baseball, because of the lads
insistence that turn out for a sand
lot team there"
Judge Lands, the games national
commissioner, added his word to Jim
my Walkers more serious keynote by
pointing out that lin these troubled
times baseballTs entertainment, di-
vorced from politics and interna-
tional controversies, contributes large
ly toward making the general public
forget worries and the factors lead
ing to worries"
Evening star., 1938-01-31
RUBBER tilt seen
FOR RIGGS, GRANT
Third Meeting Looms This Week
at Miami as Bitsy Drops
Tampa Exhibition.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 31.-Bobby Riggs
of Chicago and Bitsy Grant Of
Atlanta, both tenacious ball hawks,
who work on the principle of getting
it back so the other fellow will make
the errors. may get a chance to play
of the rubber In their winter tennis
feud at Miami this week.
Grant. ranking No. nationally, de-
feated Riggs. ranking No. 2, in the
finals Of the recent Miami-Biltmore
tournament. but he dropped an exhi-
bition match to Riggs yesterday to
square the count. Both are eyeing
Davis Cup possibilities.
After an Indifferent first set, which
he lost, 3-6, the Chicago youngster
fairly blew Grant of the courts yes
terday, taking the next three, Cd,
{" and 6-l,
Evening star., 1938-01-31
Baugh Suspected
Already Married
Bv Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

Bv . Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
En- ROUTE TO MIAMI, Jan. 81.
-Slingin' Sammy Baugh. who
thus far has avoided signing q
contract for 1898 with the WASH
ington Redskins. today was sched-
uled to sign another kind of q con-
tract for life.
Leaving his teammates to grab
a train last night for Miami, Baugh
headed in another direction, for
Sweetwater, Tex, his home town.
Unless he already is married, as
some believe. Baugh was believed
ready to claim Miss Edmonia
Smith of Sweetwater as his wife.
Anyway, Sam and the fair Ed
monia are due to fly tomorrow
from Texas to Miami, where Baugh
will join his mates in time for
practice Wednesday.
Among those who have q sus-
picion that Saml already is mar
ried is Coach Ray F1aherty.
Evening star., 1938-01-31

or other: Clyde Castleman asked
the Giants for q contract calling
for . 81 salary until he can prove
his back operation was success.
full and the Giants gave it to
him.
Letter from Paw Greek, s. c.,
tips us Southern Conference COL
leges' are looking over Ed Van
Pelt and VIII Buchanan, . couple
Of guards on the local high school
squad Sonia Henie takes so
per cent Of the net gate for her
ice carnival appearances
which is something better than
just peanuts.
Chuck Dresser and Boiling Boily
Grimes have bW.ied the hat.het-
and not in each others skulls
they were the feuding fools last
season.
This corners mention Of Grover
Cleveland Alexander's $3.50 price
tag - baseballs biggest bargain
hGanO . Semind9g that Noeogs
Evening star., 1938-01-31
BY SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

pinch Hitting for Eddie Briefly
n 7 EW YORK, Jan. 81
nj Who said recession? The
" Cincinnati Reds have more
a then 10000 reservations for
opening day and are swamped
already for all-star game tickets.
Latest dope is the Michigan
coaching job will 60 to either Jack
Blot of Wesleyan or Fritz Crisler
of Princeton Wonder why
they're passing up Benneh Fried
man, an old Michigan Blue who
worked wonders at c. G. N. Y.
with the sorriest material?
Japan will invite Gene Sarazen
and a couple more crack American
pros for an exhibition golf series
about the time of the 1910 Olym-
pics Lawson Little may be
another. 50
Baseball men are climbing on
the Cardinal band wagon again
for the National League psnnant
race Say Frankie Fftsch =
Evening star., 1938-01-31
RUNS FOUR MILES
/. ON GOTH BIRTHDAY
Hammond, Ex-0Iympic Star,
Ups Tri-WeekIy Jog by
One Mile Today.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
"A YEW YORK. Jan. 31.-A former
nj United States Olympic per-
VI former will celebrate his 80th
4 birthday anniversary tomor-
row with a 4-mile jog on a running
track-and he won't take up golf
because he's too young
The athletic-minded octogenarian
is DR.. Graeme NJ Hammond, neu.
rologist and one-time all round sports
star at Columbia University. His
birthday sprint Is being slightly va
ried this year; usually he confines it
to 3 miles.