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Evening star., 1938-08-28

Charles Freedman, the director, and
Max Gordon, the producer. Then he
danced them out before the dancers.
After that there were all the other
pedal patterns to work out, the special
ties. the chorus routines, even the
little dips and whirls the principals
make ss they sing their songs. While
dancing has . language and the Ian
guage Is pointed up with illustrations
from the pencil Of the director, When
you get right down to it," said Mr.
Gould, you got to talk to dancers
with your feet" After he has done
talking. he goes back to his seat,
whispers gently, "let her rip" and
sits back waiting for the tornado to
start.
How does a dance director get that
way? Well, Mr.. Gould started out as
chorus boy with his cousin, Ben
Blue) in George M. Cohan's THE
Royal Vagabond. Mr.. Cohan put
them on the road with q specially
number in Mary" and. on the road,
Mr.. Blue and Mr.. Gould decided to
start dancing schools. Mr.. Blue opened
one in Duluth, Mr.. Gould settled in
St. Paul. Mr.. Gould started plotting
the dances for Chicago cafes in his
spare time. Balaban ds Katz saw
them, liked them,- hired him to plot
the dances for their movie cathedrais.
After that it was easy sailing and Mr..
Gould managed to see his cousin again
in Hollywood.
He has worked with. he admits, only
four dancers who can ad lib dances
better than when they rehearse them
Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, Fay
Bolger and Hal Leroy. They get spon-
taneous combustion In their feet when
the music starts playing. And he
admits also that the stage licks the
movies in musical comedies because
the stage can present sex and fem
ininity better" ITO get all the girls
on the SCREEN" he said. you have to
move the cameras 50 far back you can't
see the girls. When they get that
licked and add color and the third
dimension they'll have Broadway
licked
Although" he adds thoughtfully,
there's something about live actors"
(CopyriEht, 1898. BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1938-08-28

~ end to end, whereas Gary
Cooper's is like a Hawaiian wave roll
ing inshore and Merle Oberon's Is a
slight. rhythmic undulation.
Despite this sorry Photographic rec
ord of his voice. Fuzzy" is assigned to
play Gary's buddy and sing snatches
of song in Samuel Goldwyns THE
Lady and the Cowboy"
That voice, he admits, has earned
him 830,000-odd dollars during the
past 10 years, which is lot of money
for voice that looks like a cocklebur.
And he wouldn't change its recorded
appearance for anything. No, not even
for voice like David Niven's, which
is about the smoothest ever seen on
a sound track.
Mr.. Niven, also supporting Gary
Cooper and Merle Oberon in THE
Lady and the Cowboy" has no har-
monies in his voice. says the recording
technicians, whereas Fuzzy" has doz-
ems Of them. including echoes, re-
verbSations and "bounces."
The sound track of any picture re-
veals a good deal more than a wavy
line which. through the magicianship
OF electricity and the amplifying tube,
turns into talk
The technicians predict that event.
ually criminals will be sound tracked
instead Of finger-printed, because the
voices of no two people record alike
A permanent cross between a whoop-
ing cough and asthma such as Fuzzy"
Knights voice will record the same
through the life Of the man.
Evening star., 1938-08-28

Y WITH week OF HOLLYWOOD
A better offerings of the mo-
wv ment having descended
upon the town all in a
rush and with two of them fairly GER
tain to stay extra terms. you can not
expect too much today in this depart
ment of Notwithstanding. The trade
paper that is the bible" of the busi-
ness, Variety, reports happy box Office
uptrend all about the country, led by
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" which
now is at the Palace. And Keiths has
the new Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire
picture, "Carefree," and expects to
have it for some time to come, so next
Friday will be just another day Of the
week at those two houses.
Looking elsewhere you will find two
new pictures and a revival on the
books for downtown showing when
film change day rolls around. The
Earle gets a new romantic comedy,
''Four's a Crowd" telling the tale of
a newspaper man turned public rela-
tions counsel upper Connecticut ave-
nue. for press agent) and an heiress
tpampered, to be sure), whose father
needs public relations counsel The
cast BODIES well for the film It's
headed by Enrol Flynn, who is becom-
ing more and more human of late and
who won much praise for warming up
to Robin Hood" the way he did:
Olivia de Haviland, Rosalind Russell
and Patric Knowles, with Walter Con-
molly and Melville Cooper on hand for
. good measure.
At the Capitol there will be the film
which brings Janet Gaynor back to
whatever audience has been awaiting
her in her first screen appearance
since she was something of triumph
in "A Star Is Born This will be
Three Loves Has Nancy" (no crowd)
in which Hollywood has improved on
the triangle by turning it into quad
rangle. Robert Montgomery and
Franchot Tone are couple of Nancy's
loves and we'll bet it doesn't seem
natural at all at all not to have Bob
Young about to be one of the loves who
loses her.
The revival is something for which
lot of people have been asking and
something any number of those who
missed will want to see. 1t comes to
the Metropolitan and it is King
Kong" the tale of the super-ape that
dwarfs Gargantuna by so much it
could use Frank Bucks prize for a
Charlie Mccarthy. King Kong" you
must remember, is one of the outstand-
ing bits of movie trickery ever achieved
and it has a lot of excitement, involv-
ing Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and
Bruce Cabot in the battle with the
monster.
The stage shows:
Phil Harris, long time a popular
dance band maestro, brings his orches-
ira to the Earle. brings also a num-
Der OF speciality performers, including
Songstress Ruth Robin and Dancers
Peppino and Camille.
Harriet Hoctor, the lass Ziegfeld
called the American Pavlowa." who
has done much to make ballet dancing
more popular with vaudeville audi
ences, will headline the Capitol bill.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
He Looks Typical.

R1LLY Upton. 12-year- -old boy
actor in Your Family and Mine,
Is often used as a model American
boy by commercial photographers.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
Pair of New
Pictures Due
This Week
'Four's a Crowd
And Three Loves
Coming.
By Harry Macarthur.

w WITH a week of Hollywood's
a I better offerings of the mo-
wv ment having descended
rnop the town all in a
Evening star., 1938-08-28

am, 2. $50 and $50 pm, until the
end Of the season Labor Day. The 10
am. and pm. trips stop at Mount
Vernon and the $50 Is the moonlight
cruise, with dancing to Russ Cullens
music.
Moonlight jaunts every night aboard
the steamer Potomac continue popular
with the lads and lassies who like river
waves to help them with their terpsi.
chore. Bernie Jarboe's Night Hawks
supply the dance music.
Evening star., 1938-08-28

said. How much money do I haveT
And they said, You owe us $9.87'
Gracious. being overdrawn was a
shock So I just had to find q job"
Marie says her big car and her mink
coat didn't impress a soul; they only
helped her state of mind little. She
doesn't have the big auto any more
and the mink coat has been cut down
to a cape.
Her auto Is the most economical one
she could buy Its gas gauge never
registers less than half full That's
because she likes to drop in on the
Wilson supporters.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
Walter to Sing.
N7ALTER PIDGEON

WALTER P1DGEON has changed
Nv his mind, When he signed his
first M-G-M contract while appearing
In Saratoga" Pidgeon announced that
he would never sing on the screen
again. He started his theatrical career
as baritone with Elsie Janis and had
sung in several musical films. Now he
has a new contract at better figure
as a reward for his performances in
"Shopworn Angel" and TOO Hot to
Handle" As he signed it. Pidgeon
made it known that he had consented
20 sing in future pictures, exclusive of
musicals. The contract contains a
clause that his voice belongs to the
studio to be used as needed.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
Sound Track
Is
AnOddOne
Voice of "Fuzzv"
Knight Looks Like
COckleburs.
HOLLYWOOD.

Y A sound track Fuzzy"
Knights voice resembles a
series Of cockleburs stuck
end to end, whereas Gary
Evening star., 1938-08-28
Barron
Continued From First Page.)

which still survive amid the summer
heat on Broadway.
Her parents are Norwegian and II
was while they were visiting in Berlin
that she was born. Later, after she
had begun her career Is = dancer
people thought she was German be-
cause She was born in Berlin, thought
she was Russian when they heard
her name and then became completely
doubtful when she SAID she was Nor
wegian.
So now she says she was born In
Kristiansund, which she picked merely
because it was . pretty little Norwegian
town which had been built on three
islands which the natives, to this day,
Evening star., 1938-08-28
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week
WEEK OF AUGUST "a

w CGA Vt aOSo01 4
Academy
eth and 9 SIS. Sc.
| Ambassador
| 18th and Columbia Rd
| Apollo
624 n ct. ne.
| Arcade
ayattsville. Nd.
Avalon
6012 Connecticut Ave
| Atlas
1881 H st. NE.
| Avenue Grand
646 Pa. Ave. 81.
| Boro
Bethesda. Nd.
| Calvert
1924 wisconsin Ave.
| Cameo
Mount Rainier. Nd.
| CoroIino
llth and n: g: Ave. Sc
| Central
426 9th q. NV.
| Circle
2105 Pa. Ave. NV.
Colony
Ga. Ave. and Earfagut
| Congress N,ehGls Hy:t 1s,
Portland Ct. Sc:
Dumborton
134a Wis. Ave. NV.
FoirIown
Anacostia. D. Q.
Hippodrone
K near 9th
Home
18th and 9 sts. NE.
Jesse
18th nr. r. /. Ave. NE
Lee
Falls Church. Va.
| Lido
1927 M st. NV.
| Little
9th between ? and G
| Marlboro
Marlboro. Nd.
| Milo
Rockville, Nd.
| Newton
18th b Newton sts. NE
Palm
Del Ray. va.
Penn
$50 Pa. Ave. sc.
Princess
18th and H sts. NE.
| Richmond
Alexandria. Va.
Reed
Alexandra. Va.
Savoy
3O3O 14th st. NV.
Seco
Silver Spring. Nd.
Sheridan
Ga. Ave. b Sheridan st
Stanton
9Th and c sts. NE.
Stote
Bethesda. Nd.
Stote
Falls Church, Va
Sylvan
lO4 r. !. Ave. NV.
Tokomo
Takoma Park. D. G.
Tivoli
l4th and Park Rd.
Uptown
Conn. Ave. 4 Newark st
| Wilson
Arlington. VI.
York
Ga. Ave. 4 Quebec P1
Evening star., 1938-02-06
REBELSRESUM|NC
TERUE[ OFFENSIVE
Drive Opened as Air Raids
Continue Along Spain's
Eastern Coast.
By the Associated Press


MADRID, Feb. 5.-Generalissimo
Francisco frances insurgents sudden
ly launched a powerful counteroffen-
sive on the Teruel front today, after
weeks Of inactivity.
The third insurgent drive to re-
capture the vital eastern Spanish city
struck about 80 miles north, near
Singra, while insurgent air raids con-
tinued unabated against unfortlfed
cities along SPANS Mediterranean
coast.
A government communique admitted
the insurgents, striving to relieve gov
eminent flanking pressure on Singra,
mad captured Pancrudo. half way be-
tween Teruel and Belchite.
At the same time heavy fighting
broke out on the sector around Teruel
proper, which the government invested
more than month ago.
The government reported its troops
routed the enemy from positions on
strategic Muela de Teruel hill and
then repulsed three determined coun-
terattacks.
A government communique asserted
that the insurgents had taken Sierra
Alcoron on the southern Granada
front, but only after three days fight
ing and at the cost of many casual
ties.
1nsurgent Warplanes dropped more
than 200 bombs on Alicante. Tara
gona, Reus, Sagunto and other east
coast cities during the day.
Evening star., 1938-02-06
Reich Europe's
Good Neighbor,
Says Dieckhof
Great Coal Is Peace,
He Declares in
Philadelphia.
: the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5.-Dr Hans
Heinrich Dieckhoff, German Ambas-
sador, declared today that Germany
in Europe-like the United States in
the Western Hemisphere-is proud of
being good neighbor."
The Ambassador told the Philadel-
phla Branch OF the Foreign Policy
Association that the great goal" of
the German government is peace
real peace"
But" he added, "as long as there
is no real political appeasement there
Will be no feeling of security, there
will be no confidence in the stability
OF conditions, there will be no posi-
biljty for business to plan far ahead"
More than a score of anti-Nazi
pickets--some bearing banners-pa-
raded for half an hour in front of the
hotel where DR.. Dieckhoff spoke. They
We're dispersed by police
In an interview the Ambassador
told reporters the shake-up in the
German Army and diplomatic corps
was mot purge by any means"
He termed it Just change of per-
sonalities-not of policies" adding
that it did not represent any Contra
diction between the army and state"
Evening star., 1938-02-06

White cards tied to champagne
cocktail glasses and inscribed with
Lets drink toast to the happiness
OF Anna Lee and Walter" announced
to the 20 immediate friends and
members of the families present the
couples intention to wed.
The wedding is to take place on
the afternoon of February "a at st.
Matthews Church and will be fol-
lowed by a reception at the Kremer
home, 1926 Glenbrook road NV.
Judge Casey and his bride-to-be,
lunching yesterday at a downtown
hotel, smilingly agreed honeymoon
plans were "indefnite."
Asked about his bachelor status
at Police Court. Judge Casey replied.
We'll, guess this will round out an
all-married bench"
Mrs. Walker is the daughter of
Mrs. William Tuohy, who came with
her to Washington.
Evening star., 1938-02-06
Acts to Reduce Suicides.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. S P)-Con-
cerned because Of a recent wave Of
suicides here, the Press-Scimitar. in
q f1rst-page story today, suggested that
any Of its readers who become de-
spondent seek the counsel Of others.
The paper named five Memphis min
listers the despondent might consult
In the lack of some one else in whom
to confde.
Evening star., 1938-02-06
ICE CAMPERS DRIFT
20 MILES FARTHER
Temperature Continuing to Drop
Is Heartening-ship $50
Miles Away.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Feb. 5.-The four So
Wet Arctic campers riding the ice
from the North Pole tonight reported
their foe had drifted 20 miles far
ther from Greenland's east coast in
"a hours While the temperature con-
tlnued to drop.
News Of the falling temperature
heartened rescuers who had feared
the small foe might break up before
the campers could be reached if re-
cent warmer weather prevailed.
Magnetic disturbances interfered
with radio communication last night
and today. but no alarm was felt for
the men adrift on a l6o-by-l0O-foot
foe, where they took refuge when
their larger camping site broke up.
Suspension Of communication had
been expected.
The photographic steamer Muir
manets reported she was skirting a
great ice field in her effort to pick
up the campers. She said she was
about $50 miles southeast Of their
foe.
Foggy weather in the Arctic Ocean
east of Greenland somewhat delayed
vessels proceeding to the aid of the
party.
Evening star., 1938-02-06

aggressive move on the part of the
United States.
I am afraid that would be their
attltuoe, no matter how necessary an
increase IN national defense might be.
due to the changed conditions in this
modern world" he said.
Persistent Reports Cited.
Secretary of State Hull, in his note
70 Japan. apparently disregarding re-
peated statements of official Japanese
statesmen that Japan is not building
or planning to build bigger battle-
ships, said:
There have for some time been
persistent and cumulative reports
which, in the absence of explicit as
surances from the Japanese govern
ment that they are ill-founded, must
be deemed to be authentic that Japan
has undertaken or intends to under
take the construction Of capital ships
and cruisers not in conformity with
the aforementioned limits" He had
reference to the limits of the London
treaty of 1896, to which Japan failed
to adhere. Japan at that time de-
manded parity in principle-in naval
strength with the United States and
Great Britain.
The Secretary said in his note that
the assurances if given by Japan, must
satisfy the American Government
that it (Japan) will not, prior to jan
uary l, 1943, lay down, complete or
acquire any vessel which does not
conform" to the London treaty limits.
This was interpreted in some quarters
as meaning that the United States
might ask to have its naval attaches
visit shipyards where the japanese
superdreadnaughts are reported to he
building.
The upshot of the request made by
the United States for information
from Japan regarding its naval pro-
gram might be, it was said, a con-
sultation between the two countries
for a limitation of battleship ton
mage. And this, in turn, m ,ht lead
to another naval disarmament con-
ference. However, dispatches from
Toxic, purporting to give reactions Of
Japanese officials to the American
note were not regarded - eneour.
aging.
Evening star., 1938-02-06
TREATYADHERENCE
BY JAPAN OPPOSED
Acceptance Of 35,0OO.Ton
Limit Is Step Back,
Says Navy Official.
BY the Associated presr

BY the Associated Press
TOXIC, Feb. 5.-A high Jananese
naval official declared today that for
Japan to adhere to the 1886 naval
treaty as asked by the United States.
Great Britain and France would be a
step backward.
The official frankly said there was
no reason for Japan to accent the
treaty and limit her navy to 35 ,Oo0-ton
battleships and 16-inch guns.
The American and British notes
were presented to Foreign Minister
Koki Hirota today by United States
Ambassador Joseph c. Grew and Sir
Robert Craigie, the British envoy,
France addressed similar note.
Notes Are Acknowledged.
The foreign Office acknowledge their
receipt with a brief statement de-
scribing the formal notes as a request
for information on Japan's position
concerning the tonnage and gun cali
berS for Warships.
The American and British notes
identical in phrase-asked Japan to
reply by February 20 at the latest.
whether she was building battleships
in excess of $4,000 tons. Her failure
to reply would be taken as an ad-
mission Of the reports she is construct.
ing monster $4,000 and $4,000 ton bat
tie craft.
In that event, the notes said, Brit.
ain and America would feel free to
enter the world naval race in earnest,
scrapping the limitations of the Lon
don 1886 treaty and building mon.
ster ships of their own.
Concerned by U. S. Relations.
Hirota indicated to Parliament ia.
pans concern over the attitude Of the
United States toward Japan's un-
declared war against China.
He reiterated that the China "in-
cident' is not war from either in
ternal or international points of view.
In answer to determined questions
from members of the Diet on steps
taken to better American relations,
Hirota said:
1t Is most necessary for Japan to
improve her relations with the United
States, which is not a member of
the League Of Nations, but is contrib
uting much to the cause Of world
peace and is maintaining a good
neighbor policy"
Evening star., 1938-02-06
JAMES ROOSEVELT GUEST
AT KENNEDY STAG PARTY

Rv the Associated Press
PALM BEACH Fla, Feb. 5.-James
Roosevelt, son of the President, was
reported enjoying a stag party here
as a guest of Joseph P. Kennedy, re-
Gently appointed Ambassador to Eng
land.
Harry Hopkins, national relief ad-
mlnistrator, and Grover Looming, air.
plane manufacturer who has been
mentioned as possible successor to
Kennedy on the National Maritime
Commission, also are here.
Mr.. Roosevelt has been entertained
at several private parties since his
arrival by air from Washington We'd
nesday. 1t was said he will depart
next week.
Mr.. Kennedy stated he would sail
for London February %.
Evening star., 1938-02-06
JAPANESE TROOPS
ATTACK 2S|DES
Chinese Claim Field Guns
ThWart Advance in
South.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 6 Sunday
japanese troops stabbed at both sides
Of China's double-edged central front
| today, but on the south, Chinese re-
ported, they were held back by Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek's thunder
ing field guns.
In the frozen bottomlands of the
Hwai River, about 80 miles south of
Suchow, keystone of the Chinese de-
fense, the embattled forces faced each
other with the Japanese halted by
artillery fire, according to Chinese
advices.
The japanese, however, contended
they had crossed the Hwai and we're
driving on north against Kuchen, 80
miles farther north along the fiercaly
disputed Tlentsin-Pukow Railway.
Mengyin Recaptured.
In Southeastern Shantung Prov
lnce, on the northern fringe Of the
central front, q Japanese column from
Tsingtao Occupied Chucheng while an
other, driven out of Mengyin by a
Chinese counter stroke a week ago, re-
captured the town.
Apparently the Japanese were
crushing Chinese opposition in
broad sector of the northern front.
Chucheng and Mengyin are about IS
miles apart.
four japanese divisions in Shantung
Province for the push southwark on
the east-west Lunghai Railway and
its junction with the Tientsin- -PukoW
line at Suchow
South China Harassed.
While Japanese troops hammered
the central front, warships and
planes harassed South China to pre-
vent reinforcement of China's de-
fenses along the vital northern cor
ridor
South China authorities of KWang-
tung Province had planned TO dis
patch fresh troops to the north last
week, it was disclosed, but instead
they were rushed to defense positions
along the southern coast
A spokesman for civil and military
authorities Of threatened Canton told
OF reports Of an attempt to overthrow
the Nationalist regime in favor Of
Japanese-controlled puppet govern
ment. More than 100 suspected anti
Nationalist agitators were arrested.
Deadlock Over Customs.
In Shanghai the japanese were still
deadlocked with representatives of
outside powers, including the United
States, over the payment of customs
and whether customs receipts should
be deposited in Yokohama's Specie
Bank until the issue is settled.
The compromise proposal OF con-
sular officials, that the customs col
lections be turned over to an inter-
national committee and deposited in
banks of various nationalities, vas re-
ported rejected by the Japanese.
The situation has become the sub
ject Of nearly daily conferences among
American Consul General Clarence E.
Gauss, French Consul General Paul
Emil Naggiar. British Charge DAT
faires r. G. Howe and japanese au-
thorities.
Evening star., 1938-02-06
Note
Continued From First Page J

France" Senator Wheeler, Democrat
of Montana told the Associted Press
yesterday.
I'm opposed to this huge naval
program that's being undertaken. I'm
perfectly willing to build Navy for
defensive purposes, but I'm opposed
TO building Navy for offensive pur-
poses"
Chairman Walsh of the Senate
Naval Committee, who is supporting
the national defense program, insisted,
IN an interview last night, that this
country should maintain an attitude
sof neutrality and nonentanglement
with other nations While his state
sment did not deal directly with the
mote to Japan, it was interpreted as in
'some respects his attitude toward
that document.
1T is my opinion" said Senator
walsh, that there is almost una
nlmity OF opinion in the United States
IN favor Of an attitude Of strict neu-
strality and against q forceful entry
of the United States into world affairs
: Aggressive Attitude Opposed.
"Our people desire and are willing
to appropriate all necessary funds for
' naval defense that are necessary and
essential in view of present conditions
throughout the world for our safety
and protection. Our people, however,
are unalterably opposed to any dip
1omatic or military policy that even
appears to smack of an aggressive at
titude.
I'm my opinion it is unfortunate
that the impression appears to be
growing in this country and through
out the world that we may be moving
: away from an attitude of strict neu
) trality and from an interest in our
national defense on the basis of what
may be absolute defense needs. The
3 present measure for the expansion of
our naval defenses, in my opinion, is
likely to be jeopardized unless 1t is
made clear and certain that We are