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The Washington times., 1938-09-30
ENGLAND SIGN PEACE PACT
Lehman
Race PIeUSeS
Roosevelt

President Roosevelt de-
clared today that news from
Rochester, N. Y, that Gov
ernOr Lehman would run for
= fourth term made him Eek
tremeIy happy"
The President said it was
his understanding the re-
mainder Of the New York
Democratic ticket would line
UP as follows:
Senator Robert +. Wagner
for the six-year Senate term.
Representative James Mead
Of Buffalo for the twO-year
Senate term created by the
death Of Senator Copeland.
Judge Charles POletti for
lieutenant governor.
John ]. Bennett for re-
nomination as attorney gen.
eral.
Morris Tremaine for re-
nomination rs comptroller.
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
Resigns
For $4,000 Job

NEW YORK. Sept. 80 Q.N.SO.
Brig. Gen. Edward M. Markham,
former United States Army Engi-
neer chief, today surrendered his
$4,000 yearly post as commits
sioner Of public works in New York
to take a more lucrative position
with a private firm in Chicago.
His resignation to become presi-
dent Of the Great Lakes Dredge
and Docks Company at salary
reported to be $4,000 annually IS
effective tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
Bridges
Win Courts Support

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 30 G.N.S.;.
The proposed Maryland brides,
mentioned so much during the
recent Democratic senatorial pri.
mary when President Roosevelt
asked voters to defeat Senator
Tydings. were approved today by
the State Court Of Appeals. A tax
payer, Clinton Wyatt, had attacked
the constitutionality Of the act
providing for the construction Of
four bridges through issuance Of
revenue bonds. The court held the
act was valid.
The Washington times., 1938-09-30

Given All
HeAsks
BY PIERRE J. HUSS
Copyright, 1880


MUNICH, Sept. 80 (I.N.s.).
The CzeChoslovak problem
disposed Of, Prime Minister
N evil1e Chamberlain and
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler to-
day signed an Anglo German
peace pact Of far reaching
scope and Importance.
After a two-hour private
conference with the Fuehrer,
held as Prague reluctantly
agreed to the four power
agreement legalizing German
invasion Of the Sudetenland
starting tomorrow, the prime
minister announced that he
and Hitler had signed a mo-
mentous declaration agreeing
that consultation shall be the
method of dealing with all
Anglo-G German questions.
Both he and Hitler, Chamber
lain declared, regard the agree
ment reached last night satisfying
the Fuehrer's demands in Czecho-
slovakia as symbolic of the desire
OF our two peoples never to 90 to
war against one another"
The moment he had finished his
history-making declaration, the
prime minister motored to the
Munich airport, boarded his pri-
vAte plane and left for London at
2:2o p. m. (s:2O a. m, E.s.T0.
ALL EUROPE AFFECTED
II have always had in mind"
the premier said, "that if I could
find a peaceful solution Of this
problem Of Czechoslovakia, we
should open a way to general ap-
peasement in Europe.
This morning I talked with
the Fuehrer. We both signed
the following declaration:
"We, the German Fuehrer and
chancellor and the British pre-
mier, have had q further meet
ing today and are agreed In rec
Ognizing that the question of
Anglo German relations b Of
Continued ON Page 2, Col. u
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War Danger AVerted
F.D- r. 'Going Home

cult to keep up with them. For
example, the agreement at Munich
was reached while the Czech note
was en- route to Washington. sug-
gesting that the dispute be ironed
out in international conference or
be submitted. to American media
ton. By the time the note arrived
it was all over.
Speed in news dispatches, the
radio. and the airplane. the Presi-
dent observed, have combined to
revolutionize the processes Of
diplomacy.
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
LEHMAN AGREES
TO MAKE FIGHT
AGAINST Dewey

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Sept. 80
sIlEs D setting the stage for 3
riprdaring fan campaign, Cover.
nor Herbert H. Lehman today con
Sented to stand for q fourth term
as Democratic nominee for COVER.
nor against District Attorney
Thomas, Z. Dewey of New York
City.
Lehmsn's reluctant assent was
wrung from him by the pleadings
Of Democratic leaders less than "a
hours after the Republican con
vention at Saratoga Springs had
selected Dewey as the 1888 Repub
hcan candidate.
' Makes Conditions
After two successive terms, Leh,
man announced in 1896 that he
weuld not run again but, during
the Democratic National Conven.
ton in that year, finally agreed to
make the race once more to aid
the national ticket in New York
State.
Like Dewey, who exacted con-
cessions in the party platform and
the selection of his running
mates, the governor also insisted
upon the nomination Of State
Supreme Court Justice Charles
Poletti for lieutenant governor to
Continued ON Page 4, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-09-30

GN.SO The European crisis
ended, President Roosevelt an
nounced today he would leave the
Capital tomorrow night for Hyde
Park to remain for some days.
Although obvio uSly greatly
pleased and relieved at the turn
Of events which averted war In
Europe. Mr.. Roosevelt, at his
regular press conference. today
declined to comment upon the
settlement terms.
Events moved so rapidly this
week, he said, that 1t proved diff.
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
Drowned Man Is Kin
OF Pacific Sea Filler

CHELSEA, Mass, Sept. 80
GN.S0.-John e. Lindberg, 81
father-in-Iaw Of Albert F. Hegen
berger, the ocean flier, was
drowned today when he appar
emily fell from the lightship Re
lief, at the U. s. Lightship Service
docks where he was employed.
Hegenberger was the first man to
fly from the Pacific Coast to
Hawaii.
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
Syrovy Yielded
To Force Alone

PRAGUE, Sept. 30 (I.N.S.).
CzechOslOvakia yielded only
to superior force" in accept
ing the verdict Of the Munich
fOur:pOwer conference, Pre-
mier Jan SyrOvy declared to-
day in q nationwide broad
cast appealing for calm.
II took this decision in or
der to save our lives and our
nation" he said. eve had
to choose between useless
strife and sacrifice"
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
Wallace Urges Higher
Subsidies on Cotton

FORT WORTH, Sept. 30
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace today advocated increased
Government crop subsidies to
raise the economic standard OF
the cotton farmer.
Wallace urged, as the best
means of increasing the income Of
the cotton farmer, q return to the
processing tax, invalidated by the
Supreme Court in 1885. He also
advocated revision of freight
rates on southern cotton and other
farm products to remove IAN TN
fair tariff system"
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
Treasury Condition

G.N.S0 Treasury balance Sep
tember %: $3,O31, ,503,175.59; in
ternal revenue, $2,827,107.75; Gus
toms receipts, $26,123,171.28: re-
ceipts, 81, 1,488,994,241; expendi-
lures, 168.877,384.
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
Paris COunCiImen
Praise Roosevelt

PARIS, Sept. 30 Q.N.S).-The
general council of the Paris Dis.
trict today sent a cable to PreSi-
dent Roosevelt, expressing graft
tude for his efforts to preserve
European peace.
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
Stunned Czechs
Bow to Terms
By n. R. KNICKERBoCKER

PRAGUE Sept 30 IN.s). - Stunned and incredulous,
Czechsovaka bowed to the sword today and accepted with
reluctance and grave msgngs the decision allow
Germany to the Sudetenand beginning
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Strike StaUsd Off

His statement was made only "A
hours before o called strike Of the
600 900 ran workers, and the pro
pCsed is per cent pay cut they
faced, would both have beeome
effective had not President ROose:
Velt taken the unusual step OF
creating o three-man fact-finding
board to evolve a peaceful com
promise settlement.
- The youthful-appearin brisk
spoken Fort presented the opening
statement for the carriers in color
full language that contrasted with
the solemnity Of his surroundings
In the ornate House caucus room,
peopled completely by the dig
nitaries Of rail management and
labor ranging from railroad presi-
dents to mere union statiSticians.
Calls keUeL Too High
'This is not a lineup case"
said Fort. 1--WE are asking for
reduction because the general
level Of railroad wages is un-
reasonably high in the light OF
existing conditions. .,
"These conditions include, as
q most important factor, the
desperate financial condition Of
the railroad industry. Payrolls
cannot be met when there Is no
money to meet them. When a
key industry of this kind is
facing disaster, it cannot aid
national recovery.
Raised in Property
Repeatedly, in the past, rail
wages have been raised because
living costs have gone up or
Continued on Page 4, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-09-30
BIG Rail Lines
PUSH Demand
FOR WAGE CUT
Call for Reduction
to Aid Prosperity

u.N.S.) The nations major
railroads today asked President
Roosevelt's factfinding board to
recommend q is per cent wage
cut for their employees asa power
full aid to national recovery"
Speaking as the chief counsel
and opening witness for the car
xiers, J. Carter Fort. attorney, told
the board the railroads are in a
desperate financial condition"
and that wages must be reduced
because they are "unreasonably
high"
Evening star., 1938-06-28
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Earle-"White Banners" Bonita
Granville. Claude Rains in the film
version Of Lloyd Douglas book: IL
am. 1:4o. 4:25. 7:05 and $50 pm.
Stage shows: 12:45, $3.50, 6:l5 and
9pm
Capitol-"Three Blind Mice" a trio
Of beauties in search Of rich hus-
bands: II am, 1:45. 4:30. 7:l5 and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1855, $40,
6:25 and 9:l0 pm.
Metropolitan-"Crime School," the
Dead End" boys show how kids be-
come killers: 1885 am, 1885, 3:35,
$40, TAO and s:45 pm.
Palace-"The Toy Wife," Luise
Rainer makes love in old New Or
leans: 12:o5, 2:25, 4:50, tbs and
$40 pm.
Columbia-"Yellow Jack the con-
quest OF yellow fever plus love interest: j:
1l:15 am, 1:2o, $3.50, 5:35, 7:4o and
$50 pm.
Keith's-"The Rage Of Paris" Mile.
Darrieux makes her American film
deh:t with Douglas Fairbanks, jr.:
11:15 am, 1902. 2:4s, 4:36, 6:23, $40
and 9:57 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts Con-
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"Storm in a Teacup." Eng
lish comedy dealing with the fair.
fresh subject of dog and municipal
politics: II, 12:45, 2:35, 4:20, $40, 3
and Gas.
Evening star., 1938-06-28

sentially hard and materialistic. I
expect George Cukor is of the same
opinion, because after l8 months of
preparation he has suddenly bowed
out of the picture.
Mussolini Is very annoyed about the
Hollywood treatment given his IA
vorite film star-Isa Miranda-who
became mysteriously Ill and was per-
emptorily removed from the cast Of
"Zaza." II Duce is threatening a boy
colt Of all Paramount pictures in
Italy unless 1sa is reinstated, but the
studio says nothing doing" Mile.
Miranda's collapse started with her
first quarrel with Nazimova, who was
hired to teach her American film
technique. But lisa said-in Italian
Il am an actress-who Is Nazimova?"
which is not the way to talk about
a great artist. Claudette Colbert, who
succeeds the Italian, will cost the pic
ture another $150,000 :. Gloria Dick
son has had her nose remodeled. It
was little stubby at the end i. . Jean
Hersholt writes from Callander, On
tario, that the most amazing thing
he has seen up there are the quin-
tuplets doing their setting-up exer-
cises. In this respect, the young ladies
are complete individualists.
On the first days shooting of
"Sweethearts." fire broke out on
the sound stage. The intensity OF the
amperage used for technicolor caused
the cables to fuse. Which reminds
me, when jeanette Macdonald was
first directed by Woody Van Dyke, she
was used to the methods Of Ernst
Lubitsch, who is one Of the slowest
megaphonists IN the business. Fifty
takes" Of one sequence is nothing
unusual for Lubitsch. After one
take" with Van Dyke, jeanette
queried, when do we shoot?" We've
shot," replied Woody. 1T won't be
Evening star., 1938-06-28
He Earns While He Learns

chemistry is about as sketchy as it's
possible to be.
But Edmund Goulding, the direc-
tor, insisted that really learn some
thing about neutrality-suspicious. and
compressors and reduction coils and
such-so that several scenes in which
I have rather long sides could be shot
while I was actually tinkering with
the stun in an improvised laboratory.
And now know how to operate q
compressor and hook up = reduction
coil, although what I'll do with the
knowledge Is beyond me-"
Shortly after I was promoted from
call boy at His Majesty's in London" :"
he recalls, Il got chance for female
role with stock company. I took it.
because there was nothing else in
sight. But got fred after two days
because couldn't mince enough and
couldn't keep my voice in the higher
registers. Another time, I was cast
as Stuart cavalier and almost got .
lifetime case of asthma because the
director insisted on my using snufr
continually"
At the moment, Rains bette noire is
Director Mike Curtiz, who is scheduled
to direct "Sister Act" in which Rains
will appear Is an elderly music
teacher. Mike Is insisting that Rains
learn to play the fiute for the role.
And, having had experience Of Curtiz's
insistence, Rains figures he will have
to do 1t. ...- s...
In The Adventures of Robin Hood"
Mike insisted that Rains carry around
. hunting falcon In several scenes.
The scenes were ultimately trimmed
from the picture but Rains carried
the falcon-and momentarily expected
to lose q finger or two. In "Gold Is
Where You Find It." Rains was .
wealthy wheat farmer-aIid Mike put
him through = couple Of scenes where
he, helped operate an old-fashioned
threshing combine and almost stran-
gled on dust and chaff.
"Tm Just waiting" he says, until
Tn cast in m aviation picture with
Curtis directing 1t. Then I'm quitting
and retiring to my farm in Pennsyi-
vania. III do no parachute jumping.
even for 0drtix." s
Evening star., 1938-06-28
In 'Gunga DIM
lOUGLAS FAIRBl

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr., has
been added to the all-star cast
Of R-K-O Radios screen version of
Rudyard Kipling's world-famous bal
lad, "Gunga Din" Already assigned
by Executive Producer Pandro S. Ber-
man to pivotal roles in this picture,
which faces the camera this week, are
Cary Grant and Victor McIAshlen.
Two recent pictures Of young Fair
banks have made him one Of the
most sought-after Hollywood players.
Following his appearance in The
Prisoner Of zenda," he co-starred
with Ginger Rogers in Having Won
derful Time" screen version Of the
Arthur KoPer stage hit, to be ma
tionally released on July /.
Because of the large scale of the
picture, special shooting schedule
is assigned "Gunga Din" A major
ity Of the scenes will be filmed on
location, the screen version calling
for the services of hundreds Of extra
players in four major exteriors that
will represent . complete frontier
town near India's Khyber Pass, .
British Army outpost, huge Hindu
temple and = large native village.
Evening star., 1938-06-28

Passion" may not be the best evening
one has lived in the barn theater,
but 1t belongs to the bright tradition
which the Roadsiders have established
for rescuing the grandiloquent drama
of the last century for the delight of
this one
Mr. Taylor, who was author of one
Of the big Roadside hits OF last season,
Our American Cousin" found the
plot of the current offering tn the
nefarious doings in France in the days
of Napoleon. Labelle France spawned
q vast and contemplate brood of
villains then, but the fertile mind OF
Playwright Taylor answered the lot
Of them with q single hero who was
more than their master. When the
hero goes to work on them. and vice
versa. the suspense and excitement
become practically unbearable.
Whatever Mr.. Taylor lacked of what
critics like to call quality of "taut-
ness" he more than compensates \in
floridity of dialogue. The play Is not
an act old before it is evident that
few playwrights can write as fancy as
Mr.. Taylor. There's elegance, in the
most elegant sense of it, in every word
OF his hero and heroine. And, by the
same token, his villains speak only
the most villainous speeches within
the dark limits of the language.
What happens to whom, and where
and why it happens, is a much too
devious tale for repetition here, but
1t is well worth, going to see for YOUR
self. In the most fragmentary FASH
ion, it might be mentioned that the
passion part Of the title comes from
the white fire which girl SOY
in the heart of a poetic
gentleman who. you can bet, does not
approve Of Napoleon. The girl does
not want to be spy any more than
he approves Of her being one, but she
is IN the foul clutches Of Fouche who
bends her, right up to the climax,
to his terrible will. At that point.
the hero scotches Fouche and all his
plots, and everything is perfectly swell.
The cast of plot and Passion" play
1t with an extra surge of that fierce
fidelity for which the group has be-
come famous. Never for a moment
does Mr.. Taylor have any justification
Tor feeling that he has been let down,
least OF all at those moments when
Betty Gray. as the unhappy spy, is
caught up in the splendid fervor of
the hero, Richard Kreuzburg. There
Evening star., 1938-06-28

was nothing brittle or bitter about
the tender. yet passionate dialogue
written for those two to act.
Villains, Of whom Mr.. Taylor also
was very exacting. are played with
nice skill; the sinister. evil Fouche by
Paul Messink, the crafty Desmarets
by Ralph Fowler, whose local drama
experience by now qualities him as q
veteran in villainies. Others who de-
serve sprigs of laurel are Anne Moran,
Pryor McFadden and John Miller.
Director Anton Hardt may not have
had the best material he has been
given to work with to date, but he
has done an entirely praiseworthy job
once more. So has Henry c. Pearson.
who designed the settings which range
from rooms with secret panels to .
quiet terrace In Prague.
4 4 Il Il
IT Is Barker J. Edgar Hoover from
now on. At least that will be hts
title around Variety Club, of which
he became an honorary member yes
terday at the most largely attended
luncheon in the clubs history. Billed
above Mr.. Hoover, a thing that appar-
emily made him not q bit tempera-
mental, was Shirley Temple, who
bestowed the honor upon the head
Oman.
The pages Of history on which
already has been jotted the admiration
of Shirley for the head of the F. B. I.
and his staff now can be readied for
the counter report Of Mr.. Hoover's
admiration for her. They spent five
minutes saying very pleasant things
about each other. after which Shirley
departed to resume her vacation sight
seeing. the guests ate luncheon, and
Mr.. Hoover made a gracious speech Of
acceptance of the clubs tribute.
A. Julian Brylawski, club president,
presided.
these men who
design movie SETS II you don't
believe it listen to this: Paramount
recently mace picture, "CocOnut
Grove" which comes to the Earle
Friday. 1t is supposed to find its
locale in the night club Of Hollywoods
best-known hotel play spot. But was
1t an exact reproduction? 1t was not.
Rather 1t was the set-makers con-
ception Of what the Cocoanut Grove
ought to look like. The hotel man.
agement thought so, too, so the origi-
nal is being rebuilt to look like the
movie version Lord jeff" Palaces
next feature starring Freddie Barthol-
omew and Mickey Rooney, will be
screened today Down from the
North comes word of F. Cowles Strick-
land, beset by two occupations these
days. One is raising vegetables, the
other directing a company of Gilbert
and Sullivan performers. Both are
pleasant pastimes, 1t seems.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
Cross Roads
Comedy Is
Good Fun
Arch Mcdonald Is
Star of The
Old Soak
By HARRY MacARTHUR.

ny hAnhY MACARTHUR.
THERE have been stories passed
about intimating that the
Cross Roads Theater Is hard
L to find; that locating it Is
feat OF navigation comparable to
flying blind from here to Kokomo,
Ind, In a fog, SO you should be as
sured right now that the stories are
not true. Even in all that rain Of
last night the Cross Roads Theater
turned out to be no needle in q hay
stack. but was right there at Bailey's
Cross Roads. where the people who
run 1t have said 1t was all the time.
And even If the journey down into
the southland had been a difncult
one it would have been worth while,
for at the end OF it was the Cross
Roads production Of The Old Soak"
The groups version Of the Don
Marquis play Is no masterpiece. may
hap, for in several spots it lacks the
punch and drive which would bring
it completely to life. But it is a
thoroughly acceptable production that
makes for q lot OF fun Of a summer
evening. II any one in last nights
audience was disappointed with The
Old Soak" lot Of good, hearty
laughter managed to hide the disap-
pointment.
for 1t has had its day on both the
stage and screen, but familiarity with
it does not bring on any contempt.
for Mr. Marquis has generously
sprinkled it with bright lines. 1t is
not sophisticated brightness. Of
course. but the tale of the old soak
who was pretty much the cross his
family had to bear until he straight
ened out all their difiiculties, is full
Of good, solid. down-to-earth humor,
the kind of humor that satisfies.
The Cros Roads Theater's produc-
ton Of the comedy is principally
notable, as you probably know, for
the fact that radios Arch Mcdonald
Is playing the role some one We forget
played on the stage and Wally Beery
played on the screen. Mr. Mcdonald
does q mighty fine job of The Old
Soak" There are times. maybe, when
he lacks the full conviction he gets
into his disgust with certain baseball
maneuvers. but for the most part
it is . thoroughly satisfactory por-
trayal.
Among the others you will find that
George Finger turns In the most
honest and convincing performance,
as the banker cousin who almost pulls
of q neat bit of robbery until the
old soak catches him up; that Don
Sisler Is completely believable as the
suitor Of the family daughter; that
there is another member of the Norton
family, this one Janice, who shows
promise for, local theatrical circles.
Others in the cast are Gladys LaBoon,
Almyra Davis, Peggy Mansfield,
Frank Bolton and Theodore Field,
and the play was directed by c.
Adolph Glassgold and Jack Wilson.
Evening star., 1938-06-28

any better II We take it a hundred
times" By the way, watch for
Nelson Eddy's golden hair and blue
eyes in "Sweethearts" They have
never looked 20 beautiful.
That feud between Bette Davis and
Enrol Flynn was about which one Of
them should receive star billing. Some
sort of compromise has been effected
with both getting 4 co-starring pres
entation-but the atmosphere on the
set is still very tense You would
think that Virginia Bruce would be
very satisfied with her particular type
Of beauty. But she isn't. IF only
I had been taught to walk properly"
she complained at lunch the other
day.
Charles Boyer took his wife and
Annabella to the preview of "Algiers." :"
In the lobby of the theater prior to
the showing, Charles said to me, Il
know you'll like it, I know" And 1
did. "Algiers" ranks with the best
action pictures. Boyer, as Pepe lie
Moko, has never been more exciting
and romantic. and Hedy Lamar,
making her Hollywood debut, Is 80
beautiful still think I dreamed 1t
all. She has more glamour and sex
appeal than the rest of the bevy put
together-and this includes Carole
Lombard, Joan Crawford. Dietrich,
ct al. -. Did you know that Freddie
Bartholomew still has four lawsuits
pending? Freddie has now decided
against being an attorney when he
grows up. With my experiences Of
attorneys recently, I think I shall
remain an actor" the youngster told
me in all seriousness.
tCopyright, 1893. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1938-06-28
Question Mark on Career
Troubles Joan Crawford
The Shining Hour Postponement
Adds to Five Months of
Cinema Inaction.
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLYWooD June % NANA)-Ahce Faye and Tony Martin
expecting visit from the
wondering when-n evershe will make picture
"Inndety"
aicuar misdemeanor Shining
postponed