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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-05-04

On Sunday, April "a, Rich
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Schoeb l.,
Ridge Road, was baptized by Fo
Mrs. Arthur .Plaokett and Moste
Schoeb were god-parents.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-05-04

Mr.. ond Mrs. Black Of
were recent visitors to Or
the home Of Mr. and Mrs. W
SD Gordenway, and Mr.. and
Of Sc Eastwoy. T.. d.
." Mrs. Black is the. sis
twins, Mrs. ITeitsman e.nd M
The Washington times., 1938-01-06
MOVIE
CLOCK

R-K-O KEITH'S-Fred Astaire,
Joan Fontaine, "a Damsel In
Distress" IL, 2:20, 4:50. 7:10,
9:35 p. m. "Panay Bombing,
12:45, ESQ, sos, tbs, 9:25
p. m.
CAPITOL-Edward G. Robin
son, Rose Stander, THE Last
Gangster," II a. M, LAS, 4:3O,
7:15. 10 p. m. Stage, Holly
wood Band Wagon" 1920,
3:15, GIG, 9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Nelson Eddy, Eleanor
Powell. "Rosalie." 11:10 a.
M, 1:45. 4:2O. 6:55. $3.50 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Fredric March
and Carole Lombard in Moth
ing Sacred" at IL, 2:05, 4,
6:1O, sos, 1915 and 1890
a. m.
EARLE-Claudette Colbert.
Charles Boyer. "Tovarich."
1920 a. M, 1:20, Ais, 7:10,
1905 p. m. Stage, 1920, 3:15,
6:10, 9:05 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Pat O'Brien
in Submarine D-1." At II,
los. 3:15, 5:25, 1885 and 9:45
p. m. Bombing of Panay" at
12:45, 2::5U, sos, tbs and
9.25 o, m,
LITTLE-Jean Arthur, William
Powell, THE Ex-Mrs. Brad
ford" 10:45. a. M, 1902, 3:19,
5:36, 1883, 1910 p. m. "Plow"
and River" 1908, 2:20, 4:37,
6:54, Oil p. m.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts,
from 10 a. m. to midnight. rs
minutes each show.
HOWARD-"Alcatraz Island" at
1890, 8, $50 and 1890
p. m. Black and White Re-
vue, at las, AIS, GAS and
9:15 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-01-06
Howard Books
Lunceford

Jimmy Lunceford. modern
king of swing and exponent of
jazz, leads his orchestra Of in
ternational fame in the head.
line spot Of the revue that opens
the Howard Theater for one
week beginning Friday.
Lunceford, known and be-
loved by Washington theater-
goers. is still the tops among
the sepia baton swingers. The
band has just finished a most
successful engagement in Holly
wood at Sebastian'S mite spot,
rendezvous for the movie colony.
Assisting the band is Babe
Mathews and Little Bits and
Yo Yo. Also outstanding in this
weeks revue are Timmie and
Freddie, sensational dance team;
Chink Collins, WaShington'S
favorite fun maker; Sandy
Burns and Dusty Fletcher and
master of ceremonies George
Wiltshire. Dorothy Bakers IL
dancing Howardettes complete
this hour of entertainment.
On the screen Lewis Stone,
Cecilia Parker and Mickey
Rooney, in You're Only Young
Once" Midnite show Saturday
with reserved seats.
The Washington times., 1938-01-06
WELLS FARGO SCREENED- f Sis: an @s 5f%s9T sststs
Cecil B. De Mile Coming to F St.
For q "Sneok" PreWeW

A special sneak" preview of
Cecil B. De Miles twenty-fifth
anniversary production, THE
Buccaneer, is to be held in
Loew's Palace Theater the night
of Thursday. January 13, it is
announced today by Loew's di-
visional head, Carter Barron.
At about 9 o'clock that night,
the regular run of Samuel Gold
wyn's The Hurricane" will be
interrupted for one showing of
this colorful De Mile production,
and the regular Palace program
that evening will be concluded
with THE Hurricane.
While it is in no way to be con-
strued as a double feature,
patrons in the audience that
evening will be permitted to see
The Washington times., 1938-01-06
Loretta Loans Her
Trailer to Powell

Loretta Young stepped for
ward this week to solve the short
age of portable dressing rooms
on the Twentieth Century-Fox
lot.
With seven pictures in pro-
duction the studio was rushing
construction of a portable room
for William Powell, but compile
ton was still several days away
when 1.-The Baroness and the
Butler" went before the cam
eras.
Hearing about the predica-
ment, Miss Young offered to
surrender her room-on-wheelS to
Powell until his own was fin
ished. She is between pic
tures," having recently COM
pleted Second Honeymoon"
The Washington times., 1938-01-06
Gle amin gs
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

"Wells Fargo" reminds of "Clmarron" Difference IS
Il treats of TRANSFORMATIONS beginning rather than of Okla
homa's development and the discovery of OIL
Instead of Yancey Cravat, have Ramsay MchaE' Out
there is the narrative of pioneer hardship the natural back
grounds of the great open West the exciting incidents
freighted with DRAMA that to go with the opening up
of country.
snnnose Won could call "Wes Fargo the of the
express business plate of Lynhaven oysters on the
half she'll convinced banker that foods could be iced shipped
promptly and kept fresh he provided the funds that en-
abed the baby wells Fargo Company to expand from New
The Washington times., 1938-01-06

both features. Thus, patrons
arriving as late as 9 o'clock will
still see THE Buccaneer" as we'll
as "The Hurricane" perhaps
two of the outstanding produc-
tions that 1888 will bring to the
screen.
Mr.. De Mile, himself, will be
present for this premiere show
ing, and it is planned. Mr.. Bar
ron reveals, to bring to Washing
ton for that night several "big"
Hollywood personalities from
the Paramount studios where
The Buccaneer" was filmed.
Win an Income for Life =. just
tell the Editor of The American
Weekly what you like best in this
Magazine and you have this great
ingtOn Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1938-01-06

DOROTHY LAMOUR JON HALL
MARY ASTOR c. AUBREY SMITH
THOMAS SNHTCHEIL.RAYMON MASSEY
JOHN cARRADuNE JEROME cOWAN
The Washington times., 1938-01-06
KeIIeygroms

Quite few of the movie stars
are irked about what is said
about them over the radio by
the chatter artists. Constance
Bennett is the first to go to
the law about it. She slapped a
$250,000 suit against Jimmy
Fidler and his network sponsor.
What ired Connie was the
statement she snubbed Patsy
Kelly on the day following their
introduction. The star alleges
the remarks held her up to rid
icule, and we're untrue.
THEY WANT BROOK
From away over in London
they have reached out to Olney,
Maryland, to try and pluck a
night club star for Dorchester
House. Brooke Johns, gentle
man farmer and rider to the
hounds, is the entertainer sought
by Piccadilly.
Doubtful if Brooke Johns will
accept. He taught the former
Prince of Wales, later King of
England, how to play the banjo,
and has the instrument auto
graphed by the Duke of Wind
sor among his treasured posses
sionS. This was when he played
London and the Kit Kat Club in
1890.
Still, if you hear Brooke Johns
tuning a G. string in Ye Old
Barne on the Olney Pike you will
know he is still considering the
London offer.
ABOUT POWELL LEGS
Time Magazines movie critic
who is John T. McManus-
has startled Eleanor PoWell'S
fan following with the follow
ing anent her appearance in
"Rosalie"::
with the invariabIe Powell
black silk stockings covering a
pair of legs which, though
beautiful, are SexleSS, Superhu-
Continued on Page II, Col. p
The Washington times., 1938-01-06

is episode. The scenario covers
such wide territory it doesn't
really get down to dramatic
brass tacks until the last 20
minutes of the screening. On
tie other hand, the brief con-
nected historical chapters that
come to life are generally in
teresting.
Ramsay Mckay began with
Wells Fargo in 1874. He it was
who carried the oysters from
New York city to Buffalo, who
opened up the first Wells Fargo
office in st. Louis, who was
selected % chart the stations on
the way to California, who be-
came branch manager of the
San FrarCisco office, later vice
president of the company.
On his way up he married
Justine 7ryor, true daughter
of the South, and it is this
sectional difference which pro-
Sides the drama of Wells
Fargo" President Lincoln CON-
missions the company to move
all the gold in the subtreaSury
at San Francisco to Washing
ton, and Mrs. Mckay, goaded by
her mother, does her best to
spoil the well-laid plans. The
Confederate raiders attack the
money train and are repulsed
with neaTy losses.
McCREH AND DEE
BY the time the TranScon-
tinental railroad is completed.
with through express service by
train 20 the Pacific Coast and
a united country, the McKays
composed their differences for a
happy ending.
never was in the cheering
section before for Joel McCrea,
but in Wells Fargo" he plays
Ramsay Mckay, from youth to
middle age, in manner that
won me. A good deal of the
stiffness has diSapr cared from
his acting and he has learned
how to use his hands. The re-
suit are moments of real
warmth that are genuinely
moving.
Frances Dee CMrs. Joel Nc
Crea) plays the other half of
the romance. She has a Dres-
den doll loveliness and since the
action involves no great effort
for the heroine. she is more
than enough, pictorially.
The homeSpun Bob Burns,
with a grunting Indian as his
stooge. fits gloriouSly into the
scneme of things, as a Western
scout and guide. He has no ba-
zooka, but he does have a fine
set of lines to speak and makes
the most of them.
There is a huge cast. with
Henry O'Neill, Mary Nash, Por-
ter Hall, John Mack Brown,
Lloyd Nolan and Ralph Nor.
gan handling supporting roles
well.
There is also grand photog.
raphy in wells Fargo and
some of the scenes on the plains,
and other mountain background
tapestries will charm your eye.
If you like nature unadorned.
"Tovarich" started the Earle
Theater's 1888 career off au-
spiciouSly. I think wells Fargo"
screened for critics yesterday,
will continue the prosperity. 1t
is a Grade A picture for any
house.
The Washington times., 1938-01-06

York to St. Louis.
MAGNIFICENT SCENERY
Director Frank Lloyd. who
made "Cavalcade," tried in his
latest picture to give us a pano-
ramic cavalcade showing how
transportation progressed as
America widened its boundaries.
The period covered is from
1874 to 1870, and the treatment
The Washington times., 1938-01-06
st sot BETWEEN THE DEVIL COMING
Temple ReIaxes

Since completion of "Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm" at Twenti-
eth Century-Fox, Shirley Temple
has been relaxing at Palm
Springs. Relaxation includes
four hours of school each day.
Evening star., 1938-12-24

train and its tracks in running Or
der. I had no brother, so had to
pinch-hit for one with Daddy's
gifts. That year, too, there was a
squirrel muff, so soft and warm
and unhappily reminiscent of that
first gray kitten.
Changes That
Bewilder.
Again-a Christmas Eve but this
time what strange one! flushed
atmosphere, the rustic of starchy
white dresses on strange ladies that
seemed to be up all day and all
night. A door into Mothers room
that was closed to all but the white
ladies, and silent, unsmiling Daddy.
Snow falling outside and the far,
thin tinkle of sleigh bells. No mys-
terious pile of packages hidden in
the hall closet. No wreaths. No
smell OF pine and burning candles
only the all-pervasive aroma of med
icines-and that confusing silence.
Another year-waking in the
night, to listen for Santa Claus and
AASoA AAi6 hiu11lCo oOOa, SUOtlIcu DS d
masculine voice, saying something
about check that didn't come. and
no money in the bank, but some
thing would happen - Christmas
couldn't come and go without the
luck changing. The whispered plan
to explain the lack of Christmas
tree and presents on the morrow.
And then-the shrilling doorbell, the
special delivery letter-and the
CHECK-just in time to be cashed
by a friendly store kept open late,
and wonderful Christmas after ALL
A country Christmas Eve, with
snow sparkling on the ground, with
sleighs jingling and the breath of
horses Steaming in the frosty air.
Grandmother white hair cleaning
IN the lamplight as she strung
snowy popcorn and red cranberries
on long strings to decorate the tree
brought in from the woods that
morning. Auntie making great
fluffy garlands of running pine.
while the various grandchildren
filled paper cornucopias with home
Evening star., 1938-12-24
This Season
A Symbol to =
Everyone
1t Signifies Love
And Charity to
All Mankind
BY ANGELO PATRI.

Christmas is season Of good will
toward men. Whether you are of
one religion or another, that fact
holds, and if you are true to whatever
faith you hold, you live up to that
idea-"On earth, peace, good will
toward men" All men.
Down through the ages, all the
long, dark years in which men have
struggled toward a vision of beauty
when wars should cease, when hate
should vanish from this earth, when
love should fill the hearts of men,
and peace reign throughout the
earth, Christmas has been the star
that led them, for Christmas Is not
a day but an ideal.
1t is human to cheer oneself on
to accomplish hard task. A man
sets his goal and heads toward it
through good days and i'll When he
falters he reminds himself of what
Is ahead, of those who depend upon
him, upon his strength and his cour-
age. Men have endured outrage,
suffered iniquity. touched the very
depths of anguish and lived on
buoyed by the vision of the spirit.
So men do today.
The vision that upholds them is
this that speaks in Christmas. There
is no bitterness in Christmas, nor
any pain. There is no thought Of
self, nor any hatred of another in
Christmas. Nothing that is not good,
that is not lovely, that is not child
like in spirit can come near Christ
mas. In that spirit there is love- and
love only. On that day all men are
brothers and a Child leads them.
We. who keep this day as a day Of
remembrance of the great love that
cradles us and the world we live in.
have charge to keep. 1t is part of
the vision we hold and unless we are
true to it we fail in the essentials
of Christmas. 1t is for us to extend
the good will, brotherhood and fell
loWship of this day toward all men
Of whatever race, or country. creed
or faith. 1t is to this vision that we
should dedicate ourselves this
Christmas Day.
The world is in pain and shrouded
in grief. Men and women are look
ing for sign in the sky, a star Of
hope, praying for the realization of
their sustaining vision. Surely we
can help this realization forward for
ourselves and for them. Surely we,
in our daily lives, can be brotherly,
not STOPPING to raise the fallen, but
rather supporting them so they need
not fall. Surely we can feel Christ
mas within us. act Christmas about
us and be Christmas every day of
the year.
If each of us men and women who
keep Christmas with our gifts and
songs and gayeties would also keep
Christmas as the sustaining vision
of this suffering world, the hope to-
ward which all men yearn, toward
which they turn their faces when all
earthly hope fails, we would be do
ing no more than we profess to do.
Not too much to ask Of us who sing
the herald angels song?
(Copyright. 1887
Evening star., 1938-12-24
.akeHOlidav
AS Safe as
a Keep First Aid Kit
Handy to Mend
Any Injury
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

You may think I'm stepping out
Of my role as beauty editor to warn
you against Christmas accidents
but I am not.
Numerous are the children who
have suffered throughout life from
burn or scar, or fear which
was the result of Christmas casu-
atty. Dry spruce and fir trees
catching on fire from a tipped
candle or a short electric circuit.
Fingers and hands cut with a toy
not meant for unskilled handling.
Never to be forgotten scares from
toys which frighten instead of
amuse, and many an eye injured by
little gift which was meant to
bring only JOY
Adults in their eagerness to make
Christmas merry for the youngsters
frequently overlook small precau-
tions which they should consider
when purchasing gifts for children
and in permitting children to be
alone when such hazards as fire are
possible
You will be wise parent if you
keep compact first aid kit handy
and mend the tiniest scratch with
an antiseptic, and rub the smallest
bump with healing lotion.
Fire extinguishers should be in
every home and tactful separation
of child from harmful toy is nee
essary. For children, in their holi-
day enthusiasm, are more careless
than usual and more brutal in the
treatment of their playmates! A
wham over the head with a little
metal train or a tin soldier might
disfgure the victim for life with
facial scar.
Getting back to cosmetics-I have
very definite warning for mothers
about those. Scrutinize the soaps.
the creams and other cosmetics
which might come baby's way, for
inferior quality can easily injure
tender skins and scalps. Make sure
your child is not allergic to the
cheaper perfumes and ingredients in
inferior products, before you allow
them to be used. They may amuse
the child, but they may harm him,
too.
Evening star., 1938-12-24

Then he decided to have look
at the Christmas presents. Gently
chewing the Wrappings of the near
est package he found some slippers.
OF course they were meant for him,
so he ate one. After rummaging
through the rest of the presents he
covered them up again, using his
best bone-burying method.
There being nothing else to do in
that room, he retreated to the din
ing room and thought about return
ing the slipper. 1t had certain in
digestable qualities. Then he re-
tired under a bed for the family's
homecoming.
1t was definitely not a Merry
Christmas for all!
Christmas trees are things of the
human race not meant for canine
understanding. Their function is
purely decorative and symbolic. A
dog of any mentality is liable to do
something about it. especially if he
or she has never seen one of the
objects before. And the results are
nearly always along the same lines.
Anyway, don't leave the family
dog or cat alone with anything deli
cate pertaining to Christmas, and
expect all to be we'll. Even a sea-.
soned veteran of many Yuletides Is
liable to 60 "haywire."
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Write Notes
AS Soon as
Let Them Reflect
Appreciation of
Gift Received
By FRANCESCA MCKINNEY

BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.
Tomorrow morning. bright and
early, old and young alike will be up
and tearing tissue paper and COL
ored ribbons from their packages
under the colorful Christmas tree.
Each present will carry a loving
message from some relative or
friend. Enjoy every moment of the
wonderful day and let nothing
mar it!
But on Monday morning, when
the wrappings have been cleaned up
and things are straight once more,
list your gifts and settle down i'm
mediately to writing "thank-you"
letters. Only a short note is nee
essary, but if done Immediately it
will reflect your enthusiasm and
appreciation of the gift that was
selected with such care and thought
for you.
The sender not only wants to
know that the present was a well
come one but also that it was re-
ceived safely. After all, she has a
right to know that it reached its
destination before paying the bill,
because if it was sent direct from
the shop they will have to make it
good if it has been lost.
At this season of the year
mothers job is the hardest because
she has to write the notes for the
tots, and she has to be forever nag
ging Junior" and little sister, who
love to receive gifts but hate to write
letters.
Mother should make her children
attend to their own notes as soon
as they are able to write few
words. The child will need help in
phrasing the message as we'll as
in spelling, but give this readily.
Remember that grandparents and
other relatives would much rather
have a few crude lines from the
child himself than a beautiful let
ter from you.
Make the older children write at
least two letters each day before
going out with their friends, and in
this way they will be all written
before their enthusiasm and the
novelty of the gifts have worn off.
The debutante has much more
serious problem of "thank-you"
notes, because she has to write them
for debut flowers and gifts, as well
as for Christmas presents.
If there have been so many Of
ferings that it is impossible to ex-
pect this young lady to write all of
these herself, the best thing to do is
to segregate the cards of relatives
and close friends who know the
debutante's handwriting, and those
she will just have to find time to
write. Then look around to find
some one able to write good note,
who would like to make a little pin
money" and let them attend to the
larger lists.
If the cards were handled properly
at the party each will have written
on it the type of flowers sent or the
kind of gifts; to this add the ad-
dresses and turn them over to the
person who Is to do them with a
sufficient amount of your note pa
per, envelopes and stamps.
The person writing these notes
words them just as if the debut
tante herself had written them, and
actually no one is the wiser as long
as the handwriting is not known.
This saves wear and tear on
mother as well as the girl and the
sender gets prompt and gracious
note in thanks for her flowers or
gift. The person doing the work
makes little money and so i looks
to me like every one sho6d be
happy about the whole situationl
Evening star., 1938-12-24
By MARY ALLEN HOOD.

He was left all alone with the
Christmas tree. The folks had
brought him home early, and gone
out again. So he pulled the tree
down and chewed pungent branches.
Kitty came in to lend paw by
smashing all the pretty decorations,
one by one.
After half an hour he managed
to disengage nice spray of green
cry, and parked it in the hall. Other
branches he placed in likely spots
around the house as he tired of
hem. Then he scattered the loose
needles about the floor. They blended
In beautifully with the snow (out
of q boX).
Having taken care of the main
object he devoted moment of his
precious time to the tableau which
would have been under the tree if
thered been any tree to be under.
One of the clay goats looked as
though it would bleat at him if it
could, so he decapitated it on gen.
eral principles. Not to be thought
partial he finished off the rest of
the little images, leaving scene
Which resembled the banquet hall
after Beowulf's "Grendel" had done
little work. t
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Ny Neiqhbor Suys:

An easy and successful way
to slip geraniums is to insert an
oat or grain of rye in the bot
tom of the slip, place in earth in
a permanent flower pot, keep
ing the soil moist, and the plant
is almost ready for blooming.
It is an excellent plan be-
fore washing new f1annels to
soak them for a quarter of an
hour in cold water with a good
handful of salt. Then wash
them in the ordinary way. This
makes washing much easier, and
the articles look beautiful
when dry. If new colored goods
are allowed to stand in salt
water and rinsed in the same
water there is no chance of the
color running.
The continual ripping off of
buttons by the clothes wringer
can be prevented by folding the
buttons inside the garment and
holding it fiat as you turn it
through the wr1Ager.
tcopyrisht. .1easJ
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Dorothy Dix Says
Perpetual Boy an Exasperating
Person to Have as Husband

Dear Dorothy Dix: I am % ana
have never got anywhere in life.
Just drifted. I am not too homelv,
but no raving beauty. Most people
ignore me except one man who
wants to marry me, He is a fine
chap, but he is one of the perpetual
boys who will never be adult He
has no purpose in life. Shuns re-
SponSibility. Feels sorry for the fel-
lows who carry the weight of the
world on their shoulders. He is
years older than I. and, although
he has worked since graduation. he
has nothing to show for it, not
even anything that he has bought
His money just dribbles through his
fingers without his knowing where
it goes. In me he sees something
really different and beautiful from
what I actually am, and he could
be happy with me all of his life,
but what of me? Shall I marry
him because I feel there is no way
of finding another husband; because
I feel old and frustrated myself;
because, maybe, in my small way,
can help him, since we are both
so much alike? GERTRUDE.
AnsWer-The Peter Pans who
never grow up are very fascinating
in fiction, but when you have to
deal with them in real life they
shed their glamour and become the
most exasperating of human be-
ings. Childishness has its strict age
limit, and the responsibility, the
credulity. that believes in Santa
Claus, the lack of worldly wisdom
and sophistication, the stopping of
any task to play that are enchant-