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Evening star., 1938-03-23

or the Worthington house at 3445
Prospect avenue NV. which he used
for a storehouse of the innumerabN
antique items he liked to buy. He
never would entertain any recon-
mendation that he sell.
A Georgetown resident accustomed
to the shabby Mr.. Clemons was aston
ished once in Atlantic City to be &C
costed by an elegantly dressed old
gentleman who was the perfection
of charm. 1t was Mr.. Clemons on
q holiday. He occasionally deserted
the Stoddert mansion to spend some
time with his wife, and at these times
he dressed well. Mrs. Clemons, to
whom he left only his cane and
affection" survives. Mr.. Clemons' will
pointed out that she had ample inde-
pendent means.
The Georgetown Citizens Associa-
ton now expects that its long-dead
hopes for broadening Thirty fourth
street to relieve the traffic congestion
at Key Bridge at the foot of the
street, can be acted on. Mr..
clemons opposed any such sugges-
ton.
Whether the strangest request In
Mr.. Clemons' strange will-that con-
| corning his heart-was acted on could
not be learned from George H. Pal
fridge, the attorney, who filed the
testament. Mr.. Partridge, F. Urban
Wolpert and William E. Huntington
were named executors and trustees.
! The executors were directed by the
will to sell the bric-a-brac stored In
Mr.. Clemons' houses, which he once
had hoped would be given to Harvard
University. This wish, he said, had
been frustrated, but he asked that
such Of the articles as were acceptable
be given to museums before the sale
He directed also that remembrances
be distributed to peSsons whose names,
Mr.. Clemons wrote, were attached to
the will. The long sheet OF paper, the
heading Of which indicated it was the
! mentioned list, was blank.
Evening star., 1938-03-23
JAMES R. D0NLAN DIES
AFTER FALL OFF ROOF:
Department Of Justice LAWYER.
81, Was Repairing Radio
Aerial at Home.

James r. Donlan, 81, Department
OF Justice attorney, died in George
Town Hospital last night as a result
OF injuries received Monday when he
lost his balance while repairing a radio
aerial and fell 40 feet from the roof
OF his home at HOS Jefferson street
NV.
Mr.. Donlan received q fractured
shoulder, q possible skull fracture and
serious internal injuries in the plunge.
His body was found by his wife, Mrs.
Margaret Donlan, in the side yard
shortly after the fall,
Evening star., 1938-03-23
BOXING BILL REPORTED
House Group Approves Plan to
Free Amateur Sport.

A bill designed 10 divorce amateur
boxing from control Of the Boxing
Commission was amended h0 the
House District Committee today and
favorably reported. It VIM be placed
on the House calendar IN time for
consideration Monday. the next Dis
trict day.
The amendment, offered by Repre-
sentative Schultz, Democrat, Of In
diana, will exempt from control of
the commission only those intercol-
legiate boxing matches at institutions
which do not wish supervision. In its
original form the bill called for man.
datory release Of commission control
over all intercollegiate bouts.
Evening star., 1938-03-23


I recalled the many eccen-
tricities Of the late Albert
AdSit Clemons, following the
disclosure in District Court yesterday
that his will had directed that his heart
be pierced to insure that he was dead.
He died March II.
Mr.. Clemons' life for 40 years had
revolved around his house at 34O0
Prospect avenue NV, known to this
day as the Stoddert Mansion. It was
built in the 1760s and owned in 1898
by Benjamin Stoddert, the first Secre-
tary of the Navy, who was a citizen of
Georgetown. Md.
Mr.. Clemons bought it in the late
1905 for $500 with GEORGETOWN
property was a drug on the market.
For years he kept it padlocked and
denied admission to all. He liked to
walk up and down Thirty fourth street
and Prospect avenue to admire 1t
from various angles. In its yard he
kept two mummies in sarcophagi-
memorials. he once explained, to his
lost youth and his lost figure.
Angels on the Roof.
One of his first decorative schemes
for the house called for putting
wooden figures on the roof.
They are angels" he told an in-
quirer.
One day q big wind came up and
the angels rocked to and fro.
Your angels are about to fly away"
Mr. Clemons was told.
He climbed to the roof and tied the
figures to their perches with heavy
cord, but eventually the ofiice of the
building inspector insisted that he re-
move his angels.
Another point in his decorative
scheme was the lavish use of busts.
He had five rounded windows built
and in each he placed a bust. with
the back Of the head toward the
street.
Evening star., 1938-03-23
BLACK GAINS 10 POUNDS

Justice Hugo L. Black forsook the
Supreme Courts dining room yester.
day to have luncheon with . grouy
Of Senators.
One Of the group, Senator Minton
Democrat, Of Indiana, said the forme,
Alabama Senator rs wen, happy b
his work and 10 pounds heavier"
Evening star., 1938-03-23
81, 900 IN BONDS FOUND
IN DEPARTMENT. STORE
Woman Customer Makes Find
and Turns Them Over to
Her Attorney,

Bonds valued at $1,000, belonging to
Madeline Islo. 3700 Massachusetts
avenue NV, were found late yester-
day In . downtown department store
where they were lost short time pre-
vfously.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson was
informed the bonds were found by .
woman customer, who turned them
over to her attorney. They will be re-
turned to the owner.
The bonds included two issued by
the American Telephone & Telegraph
Co., and i've by the Baltimore d Ohio
Railroad, each with q value of $1,000.
Evening star., 1938-03-23
S. S. BURGEY RITES SET
Services for Ordnance OMcer 10 Be
Held Tomorrow,

Funeral services for Capt. Samuel
8. Burgey. so, Ordnance Department,
U. s. A., who died Monday In Walter
Reed Hospital, will be held at : pm.
tomorrow in the Fort Myer Chapel.
Chaplain Ora J. Cohee will ofdciate.
Burial will be in Arlington Nationa.
Cemetery. with full military honors.
Capt. Burgey, who had been q
patient At the hospital since MarcE
16, recently had been on duty at tn,
Delaware Ordnance Depot ut Pedrick-
ton, N. j.
Evening star., 1938-03-23
Fountain Erection Here Sought.

A resolution proposing erection of
the Columbian fountain Of Frederick
MacMunnies, one Of the outstanding
features Of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition, on Government-owned
property in the District Of Columbia
by any interested organization, was
introduced In the House yesterday "
Representative sabafh. Democrat, Il
nlinoiA
Evening star., 1938-03-23
JOHN ARMSTRONG DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Engineer on StaR Of District
Surveyor Employed in Service
40 Years.

Funeral services for John Cousi-
neau Armstrong, 81, veteran assistant
engineer on the stah Of the District
surveyor, will be held at 10:30 Am.
tomorrow in Hines funeral home, 1901
Fourteenth street NV. Burial will
be In Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Armstrong, who lived In the
Cawendish Apartments, 1928 Colum-
bia road NV, died yesterday in Gar
field Hospital after . brief illness. He
had been In District service nearly 20
years and was . lifelong resident Of
this city.
Evening star., 1938-03-23
Cancer Control Month Favored.

The Senate approved yesterday .
Hoxse resolution qiaestdng the Pred-
dent to set aside April Of each year ~
"oaneoe eoatpal Hon4h."
Evening star., 1938-03-23
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

;:;::: !: :: u :;::: =? s.: s.:
Adsit Clemons. following the
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

cision and prepare to leave for
Hollywood.
But the producer of the six
year-old "Sweethearts,' who
calls the stars my children"
and goes into a song and dance
about being an old man, lonely,
heartbroken, ETC., every time
they talk of their own lives, con-
trives to keep them from going.
How, aided and abetted by his
librettist and composer and
press agent, he keeps them with
the show and how in the end
my children come back to Pro
ducer Felix Lehman, after break
ing up the theatrical team as
well as the romance, take the
original "Sweethearts" far afield
and combine to make the picture
vastly entertaining.
Scenes from the original
"Sweethearts," gorgeous costum-
ing and beautiful voices, form
the foundation for the picture.
The singing pair sing Sweet
hearts," Wooden Shoes"
Pretty as a Picture" Escape"
and other songs for the operetta,
as well as numerous new lyrics
that bring the picture up to date.
SUPPORTING COST
Frank Morgan Is Lehman, a
great character actor as always;
Mischa Auer and Herman Bing.
also favorite character actors,
make hits as the librettiSt and
composer of the operetta: Flor
ence Rice, as the secretary Of
The singing duo who unwittlngly
causes their separation; Reg
irald Gardiner, the Hollywood
scout, and a grand supporting
cast add zest and flavor to the
picture.
In the supplementary pro-
gram, Robert Benchley tells all
about Mental Poise." A new
issue of Paramount Pictorial
and newsreel complete the
program. j. B. W.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

Floyd Ray unpacks his mu-
sical demons at the Howard
Theater today for what is ex-
pected to be one Of the fastest,
peppieSt jamboreeS to visit the
Seventh and T Street stage
show in many moons. As a fea-
ture of this New Year jubilee
there is special midnight show
New Year Eve, with reserved
seats now on sale.
Ray, a meteoric maestro in
today's swing realm, brings his
Californians here after stealing
the honors at the celebrated
Swing Concert in Los Angeles,
where they appeared with Good
man, Kemp, Jimmy Grier and
other nationally-known bands.
The young Sepia leader is q
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
Disappointed in Hollywood Question Whether
Annual Poll of Movie Favortes Is Representative
By ED SULLIVAN
Looking Glass
Hollywood, Dec. 30.

When the w.vn. r.. sdGO HoyToOd .i Dec s
in this there & was rush 3 Of denas You can 60 out and
Msrehstti yns the Knot vans %
predictions Of october "a
Rse will a qn m 1t N Garden on s
penned at the time Bulge denying enuousy he'd quit the
within the week Two smartest dressers Of the this
colony are Connie Bennett the S. and S Marsns
opening 49, and La won % her white gown being just
holiday Adrians" Adrian
indicates they np like jack
Clarence Edgars brOther9 expect
tS1 s". ss a" Los M Af .n Del % S Mar
the the Earl Carroll roll S d @
e Les nS
Mc box Los Rssss s holiday sent
Cables present to CarOe Lombard one Of them was skS
Pilot She Mrs Phil Harris bedded at Cedars Of
Hedy LAMAR with Bob Ritche at Bs1A Country club IN
to develop voice that would with her
but whom can 60 to-" many @ T
ay ny n of " s sy s nSs %
MeM blonde: "she looks like leopard with blond wg
and keep pitching" Bob Hopes gift to his frau Dolores
ss5 s Of c WITH nsp
R s1ns ~ 'ss a Bert click
Colberts "zaza." which will previewed any minute
seventyfive Carroll converted empty
into the most mite club this colony
buIgng with celebrities for the grand opening and
the streets jammed with curious thousands the drove
to the entrance Carroll bedazzed Hollywood with the
most girls this town has but Earl took not
pride in hat 81 timed that first ftySx minutes he Ia
mend Mechanical troubles extended instead to hour
and half was really o, Sa zs"aR SDsnns II i
the stage smoking cigar this long, Enrol Flynn with L Da
a beauty her cheek bone. Claudette
coughing the thick smoke of Mrvyn LIE ROys cigar
Rko isn't SIGNING Douglas cGEEtgan for picture until
veteran proposing complete
his memoirs here for publication The real reason
that Ass cold to the John D. Rockefeller picture is
antivvsectionist, and the Rockefeller
medical work. have heard lot Of casting problems but
this is unique
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
KELLEYGRAMS

race between one of the origi-
nal B. & o. locomotives and an
old stage coach. The highway
parallels the roadbed, but there
will be three changes of horses,
while the choo-choo goes it
alone.
This stunt ought to SCOT
critics from Baltimore, Pitts
burgh, Philadelphia, Washing
ton and way stations, all on the
invited list.
jeanette MacDOnald-NelSOn
Eddy picture, "Sweethearts"
opened to humping fine re-
turns at LOew'S Palace yeSter.
day. So big that there is a pros
pect the Palace will close the
year 1888 with a new weekend
record.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

tricts fail to appreciate the
Queen of Screwballs.
Yes, there are some mighty
fine marquee names included
among those who lost the elec-
ton by failing to win the cross
roads vote. Claudette Colbert,
Janet Gaynor, John Barrymore,
Norma Shearer, Jean Arthur,
Loretta Young, Alan Jones, to
name just a few.
PLAYING POLITICS
The Senegambian lurking in
the woodshed, charge the disap-
pointed, is that many small
town exhibitors take this annual
ballot as a good opportunity to
crack down indirectly on the
high price of celluloid.
They ignore certain stars
since they don't play them,
mainly because the quoted
rental if often beyond their
fancy. If they can put them
in the "also ran" class by this
economic sabotage, perhaps
they can buy them later, at
the right price.
Motion Picture Herald ex-
cludes the chain theater in this
referendum because they are
controlled by Production COM
panies. and thus would be
tempted to vote for the stars
working under the same banner.
TASTES ARE DIFFERENT
1t all gets down to the funda-
mental fact that metropolitan
taste in movies does not run in
the same direction as that of
the cracker barrel circuit. If it
did Gene Autry would not be
complete stranger to F Street
and vicinity.
Stars covet a place in the Ten
Best Box Office names, since it
gives their agent a potent argu-
ment when it comes to discuss
ing contracts. But landing there
does not necessarily imply the
lucky ones are the personalities
who draw best in the big city
houses, or in Broadway area.
take no sides in this Big City
VS.. Small Town debate, other
than as a Washingtonian, who
sympathizes with the voteless,
and gives their objection voice.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

/ CLOCK

CAPTTOL-Mickey Rooney, Vir-
ginia Weidler in "Out West
With the Hardys," II a. m,
1:45, 4::30, 7:15 and 10 p. m.
Stage, 1885, 3:15, 6:05 and
1855 p. m.
PALACE-Nelson Eddy, jeanette
Macdonald in "Sweethearts,"
11:35 a. m, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10
and 9:40 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Rosalind Russell,
Robert Donat in THE Cita-
DEL" 1850 a. M, 2:15, 4:45,
7:10 and $40 p. m.
EARLE Dick Powell, Donald
Regan in Going Places" II
a.. M, 1875, Ais, los and 9:55
IN. Stage, Maxine Sullivan,
1875, 3:15, 6:05 and 1855
p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Blonde" I"
1850 a. M, 1850, $3.50, $50,
7:50, $50 p. m.
RKO.KEITH'S-Preston Foster,
Jane Darwell in "Up the
River" 1855 q. M, 1:55, 1855,
5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 p. m.
BELASCO-Sacha Guitry, Jac.
queline Delubac, "The story of
a Cheat" 4:15, sos, 8, $50
p. m.
LITTLE-"Chapayev," II a. M,
1:10, 3, $40, 7:25 and $40
p. m.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts,
plus Ferdinand the Bull" 10
a. IN. to midnight; shows, IS
minutes.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

Until I check up with George
Pappas-the Earle's candy man
who can peg 'em for a week
after watching the Friday open
ings-the department is laggard
on the business for the down.
town theaters this week, except
to cite the Earle led the parade.
Returning from the Broad
way area I can truthfully re-
port the legitimate theaterS
haven't enjoyed such prosperity
since Wall Street went humpty-
dumpty in 1929. Nine shows
sold standing room on Wednes-
day afternoon.
This is a happy prospect for
those first run houses here
which have scheduled midnight
shows for Sunday and Monday.
The double holiday proved a
bonanza for New York last Mon
day, and the welcome to 1889 is
expected to prove greater boon
to all houses of amusement.
RKO Keith's opens Cup the
River" today with this cast:
Preston Foster, Tony Martin,
Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summer
vile, Arthur Treacher, Alan
Dinehart, Eddie Collins, Jane
DarweIl, Sidney TOler and Bill
Robinson.
Same comedy was made by
Fox in 1880 with this cast:
Spencer Tracy, Claire Luce,
Warren Hymer, Humphrey BO-
CART, William Collier, ST.; George
MacFarlane, Gaylord PendletOn,
GOdee Montgomery, Robert EN-
NETT O'COnnOr and Noel Francis.
How do you think they com
pare?
Bill Ferguson, of MG-M, has
ordered Ray Bell to round up all
movie critics in this territory
and hoist them on a B. & o.
train, Cumberland bound, next
Thursday, January 5.
This will be an all-day outing,
starting at $50 in the morning
when the Pullmans will be occu-
pied for the trip over the noun
tainS, winding up at Union Sta
ton about $50 p. m.
In between the typewriter
Founders will see the world
premiere of the new Robert Tay'
lor-Wallace Beery picture, Stand
Up and Fight" Reason Cumber'
land is chosen is because the
story deals with the early his
tory of the B. & o.
Railroad is cooperating with
the Cumberland Chamber OF
Commerce in staging a 45-mile
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

CHAIN HOUSES BARRED
Before this brief goes any fur
ther it ought to recite the list
of winners in the national poll
conducted by Motion Picture
Herald. They were: l, Shirley
Temple; 2, Clark Gable; 3,
Sonia Henie; 4, Mickey Rooney;
S, Spencer Tracy; 6, Robert Tay'
lor; 7, Myrna 10y; 8, Jane
Withers; 9, Alice Faye; 10, Ty-
rome Power.
In this particular firSt-run
territory little Jane Withers is
a turnstile winner in the houses
which cater to family patron
age. but not regarded as big
league in the first-run city the
aters. Shirley Temple, in city
stands, draws her maximum pat
ronage with daytime custom
ers. In the sticks she wins by
. landslide.
There isn't a bit of doubt
that the more imposing tenn
Piles of the screen art in the
cities would much prefer a Mel
son Eddy-Jeanette Macdonald
singing feature, to any starring
the two moppets who wound up
in the coveted circle, or prize
group.
Likewise - and this howl
sounds as though it might have
originated in Burbank-w h o
wouldn't prefer a Bette Davis
picture to one starring Dorothy
Lamour, of the sarong? Yet
Miss Davis landed with the also
rams in the poll. and the Sc
ductive Dorothy is on the list
of Honor Stars, or those who
rated after the first Ten.
GOOD ONES "ALSO RAN"
I doubt you could win a de-
bate with Hardie Meakin, should
you contend that Don Ameche
is a better draw at the wickets
than Fred Astaire-G Ginger
Rogers picture. Yet that is
what the poll shows.
Carole Lombard gets $150,000
q picture, turns down more
offers than she can accept at
that figure, but in this Exhibitor
poll she groups with the field"
or the also rams" ,"-if you prefer.
Looks as though the rural dis
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
Floyd Ray Demons at Howard

nephew of the film star, Clar-
ence Muse.
Other attractions with this re-
vue are Joe Alexander, the tan
Crosby; Ivy Vern and Won, the
honeys Of harmonies; the Floyd
Ray Glee Club; Jean Starr, in
Melody Moderne; the Two
Zephyrs, a duet Of flying feet;
the comedy favoriteS, John Ma
son and Johnnie Vigal, plus the
Addison carey Hollywood
Chorus.
On the screen, Janet Gaynor,
Robert Montgomery and Fran
chot Tone in Three Loves Has
Nancy" a gay romantic comedy.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

will be disillusioned--but not
disappointed.
Because the picture that en-
folds at the F Street playhouse
is a rollicking, tuneful story
within a story, a "Sweethearts"
yarn within Victor Herbert's
"SWeethearts' of 1918, done in
beautiful technicolor.
THE PRINCIPALS
Jeanette Macdonald and Nell
son Eddy, the handsome sing
ing team of many other musi-
Gals, are more than in fine voice
for the production. AS the
sweethearts in the operetta and
also of the story around the
opus, they outdo themselves in
charm, acting and singing.
The story opens in New York
where "Sweethearts" is in its
sixth year, with Owen Marlowe
and Ernest Lane as the stars of
the show, as well as in reality
husband and wife. The long
tenure of the production, their
many obligations to radio, bene-
fits and a round of other duties,
make them long for a normal
life, and some escape from the
constant talk of theater which
besets them even in their home
where their families, old troup-
ers, talk of nothing else.
They see their escape in an
exaggerated picture of ease and
contentment pictured for them
by a Hollywood scout, and one
night, after a member of their
family descends on them with
the entire cast of a play that
has flopped, they make their de-
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

b e a u t y and
sheer charm
a n y musical
ever to come
from Holly
wood.
Those who
go to t h e
Palace t h is
week with the
idea of wit
Messing a Gin
ena version
of the Victor
Herbert oper-
eta first pre-
S e n t e d 25
" q a re O O n
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
"Up the River" Opens
At Keith's Tomorrow

up the River" announced
as a hilarious combination of
music, broad comedy situations
and prison football, opens at
RKO Keith'S tomorrow with a
cast featuring Preston Foster,
Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks,
Slim Summerville, Arthur
Treacher and Bill Robinson.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
Gle a min g S
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley
Bv ANDREW R. KELLEY

Some of the Hollywood producers would like to have
recount which picked the ten box office favorites
for 1888 They claim the result of the ballot sent to l2OOO
independent exhibitors did provide accurate test of
popularity.
The choices may represent the majority vote of the small
town and neghborhood exhibitors but say the producers
all chain teates were voteess and thus key city opinion
reflected in the result.
This is roundabout way of saying the suburban movie
poers like one thing the the city sickerS another
think the disappointed studios of Hollywood raise valid
objection to HAVING the poll called "Representative."
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
"Sweetheorts" at Palace, |!
Hailed as Best Musical

"SWeetheartS" came to Wash
ington yesterday, a superb piece
of film-making that outdoes in
Evening star., 1938-09-26
The Housing Program.

The District Alley Dwelling Authority's
formal application for a $l0,e41, ,o2l loan
from the Federal Government to start
work on the first five slum clearance
projects in the National Capital shows
that during the long studies and ne
gotiations which preceded the filing of
the application, suggestions had been
made that two great apartment centers
of equal size, one for white tenants and
the other for colored, be constructed.
This was followed by proposal for a
single, but still larger, group of apart
ments. With careful consideration Of
the conditions Of housing as they apply
peculiarly to Washington, conditions
which may be entirely different In other
urban centers. the local Authority re-
jected both Of these plans in favor Of