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Evening star., 1938-07-31

delegate and alternate to the conven-
ton with an official badge, They will
be seated in the convention according
to the percentage Of membership quota
attained by their post as of July n.
There will be no buffet supper or dance
following the convention as has been
the usual custom.
Department Membership Officer Ed
ward Dixon reports the local Legion
has set new high record for member
ship with over 1900 enrolled. He also
reports that this mark will entitle ap-
proximately 200 delegates to be seated
in the convention representing the 50
posts Of the Legion here.
Department Adjt. Grover Tribble has
arranged an elaborate convention pro-
gram which will 60 on sale tomorrow.
Each delegate and alternate to the
convention will also receive one of
these programs.
Sergt. Jasper Post will meet Wednes-
day evening at Pythian Temple
Comdr Daniel NJ Goodacre states
nominations for officers will be made.
Fort Stevens Post, No. 80, Execu-
tive Committee met last Wednesday
and proposed presentation to the
department convention in August a
new trophy to be awarded annually
to the Sons Of the American Legion
squadron OF the local detachment
attaining the largest membership
during the year 1t will be known
as the James T. Fahey Trophy"
in memory of his outstanding or
ganization work in the Sons" move
ment until the time of his death.
1t was also voted to present past
officers jewelry at the September
meeting to the following: Comdr.
John T. Long. Past Comdrs. George
w. Phillips and John D. Kiley. Adjt.
Carl Rittenhouse, Finance Oficer
Abraham Miller and Past Finance
Oficer Lewis K. Hile. Senior Vice
Comdr. George Lloyd Norton will
head the committee to make the
presentations.
The next meeting will be held in
Stansbury Hall next Thursday. Nom
nations Of officers to be elected in
September will be the chief business
of the evening
The Past Commanders Association
members will leave Wisconsin avenue
at the District Maryland line at 10
am. today by motor caravan for a
picnic meeting at Col Joseph Ran
dalrs farm on Sugar Loaf Noun
tain, Maryland. Those eligible for
membership and their families are
invited.
U. s. s. Jacob Jones Post Advisory
Council will meet at the home of
Past Comdr. Mary Weide. 1899 RAN
dolph street NV. next Thursday eve
ming. The co-hostesses will be Past
Comdrs. Lucille Allen, Kate Briggs
and Elsie Pinney.
Police and Fire Post, No. 20. will
hold its annual moonlight excursion
tomorrow night on the steamer City
OF Washington. Invitation is ex-
tended to Legionnaires and their
families. Dancing and refreshments
will be provided.
The Cooley Mccullough Post will
meet Tuesday evening at the home of
Bernard Beard. Manager Charlie
Kohen of the Legion's junior baseball
team will make his final report. The
coveted Watson B. Miller award for
service rendered in the local Legion
department was voted for Guy c.
Nadau by the post. Comdr. Al Sugru
will preside. Refreshments will be
served.
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The Past Commanders Association
members will leave Wisconsin avenue
at the District-Maryland line at 10
am. today by motor caravan for a
picnic meeting at Col. Joseph Ran
dalrs farm on Sugar Loaf Noun
tain. Maryland. Those eligible for
membership and their families are
invited.
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Clarence r. Edwards Post met July
20 at 8l5 Fifteenth street NV. Past
Department Comdr Nathan D. Golden
was elected delegate to the national
encampment and Paul w. Hutchins
as alternate. Department Comdr
Phillip Belt spoke.
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The local battalion has received q
consignment of the revised edition Of
the Bluejacket Manual. It Is the
first time that this manual has been
available to the enlisted men for
many years. the old one having be-
come obsolete and out of print. It
Is most valuable work for the en-
listed men, because it covers prac-
tically all subjects which enlisted men
and petty oficers must know. It Is
the first book of study for men seek
ing promotion, as within its covers
may be found all the answers to
questions which might be asked by
the examining boards when the men
60 up before them for promotion.
The book is in such demand since
1t became known that the new edi-
-tion was out that 1t was indicated
the officers may have to seek another
large consignment 30 that every en-
listed man Of the division may have
one.
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Comdr Herman L. King of Follow
Me Post announces the degree team,
for the purpose of initiation, is now
available to all posts in the District
of Columbia and vicinity. Any post
desiring the services of the team con-
tact him at 1902 Fourteenth street
Sc. Telephone. Lincoln 0810
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H L. Edmonds Post is planning
q social in the near future. The time
and the place will be announced later.
Eight new members have been added
to the recently formed Boys Club
and all Of them are musically inclined
The formation Of Boys Club band
Is under way.
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The motor training launch OF the
local battalion last week went on a
cruise down the Potomac to Colonial
Beach. where the crew was given
liberty. During the voyage down and
back both deck and engineering
forces were given training in their
various duties. The boat. during this
trip, was under command OF It. w.
8. Brown. commanding officer of the
I'd Fleet Division.
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toned At Baltimore, Md; Capt. Ed
ward H. Walter, Corps Of Engineers,
Technical Sergt. Daniel Hensley and
sergt. William g. Westall, all Of whom
are stationed here.
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National Capital Auxiliary met July
% at the Washington Post Club. An
nouncement was made Of a moonlight
trip August l8. Dorothy Allen is
chairman. The following were named
as committee chairmen: Americanism,
Laura Atheson; hospital, Mildred
Carter; home fund.- Ola Webb; re-
habilitation, Louise West; ways and
means, Dorothy Allen.
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1t. q. g. Paul Kerst. executive
officer of the I'd Fleet Division, has
been ordered before an examining
board to determine his qualifications
for promotion to the rank of lieutenant.
He has been associated with the bat
talon for number Of years, having
Joined the Reserve following his grad
uation from the United States Naval
Academy.
Evening star., 1938-07-31

National Capital Post met Friday
evening. Comdr De Mayo announced
an intensive drive for new members
will be started. A large representation
from this post will attend the national
encampment at Columbus
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U. s. s. Jacob Jones Post Advisory
Council will meet at the home of
Past Comdr. Mary Weide. 1899 RAN
dolph street NV. next Thursday eve
ming. The co-hostesses will be Past
Comdrs Lucille Allen, Kate Briggs
and Elsie Pinney.
Evening star., 1938-07-31

Police and Fire Post, No. 20. will
hold its annual moonlight excursion
tomorrow night on the steamer City
OF Washington. Invitation is ex-
tended to Legionnaires and their
families. Dancing and refreshments
will be provided.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Julius Caesar Here Mondov

In association with the Mer.
curry Theater Of New York, Alex
Yokel, producer of the famous
comedy, Three Men on a
Horse" announces the opening
at the National Theater Monday
night of Julius Caesar" done
in modern clothes and without
scenery.
The Mercury Theater, organ
lied by Orson Welles and John
Houseman, opened the play last
November, and the New York
critics wrote rave notices.
1t has been called the most
exciting and terrifying drama of
the season. produced with lights,
a few rough platforms for
scenery, and only modern clothes
for costumes.
The production is called ex-
citing, imaginative, and faSci-
mating. So fresh and alive is
the presentation arranged by
OrSon Welles and the Mercury
Theater group. so completely is
1t lacking any suggestion of
GtuffineSS and academic POM
pouSneSs, that Julius Caesar"
emerges as something you prob
ably never suspected it of being
-an exciting, tense, and very
modern play and a great show.
Here splendidly acted and thrill
ingly produced is what is GER
tainly the great Julius Caesar
Of our times.
Caesar" is played as straight
modern drama, with the accent
more on the meaning than or
the poetry Of the lines. The
Mercury Theater version. critics
say, never loseE anything of the
poetic beauty Of the speeches
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
"Confession" At the MET"

If there ever was a picture
made that borders on inSan-
fly, it is True Confession" now
appearing at the Metropolitan.
Establish we'll in mind a girl
who can't resist telling lies, lies
that get her into trouble and
plenty of it. This girl is Carole
Lombard, who gives to the
screen a fine example of how to
torture your husband or any
body else that may come in
contact with her.
It's situations are many and
laughable, with Fred MacMur-
ray playing the husband, who
portrays an honest attorney who
never would take a case unless
the client was innocent, depart
ing from his creed to save his
wife from being charged with
murder.
They seem a little strained at
times, perhaps in an effort to
put the roles over, Carole being
the chief offender. But much
can be said for the character
that John Barrymore adds to
the picture. Yet even he slightly
overplays his role, that of a
court room frequenter who
comes close to the balmy side.
1t is light and laughable, and
coupled with an extremely in
teresting short on the art of
skiing, makes a fine program.
r. H S.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
joan Spencer
At Columbia

Joan Crawford's latest opus
returns to its second engage.
ment on the local White Way
this week at the Columbia.
"Mannequin" is a well-told tale
of poverty's alliance with wealth,
the liaison being la Crawford'S
surprising loveliness. In the
welter Of emotional upheaval
and economic stress the fine
character of the principals pro-
duces proper and happy
denouement.
Parallel careers are portrayed
by Spencer Tracy as a steve
dore who has risen via boot
straps to a position of wealth
and affluence in the shipping
world, and Miss Crawford as
the shopgirl wife of "ne'er-do-
well" chiSeler who practically
forces her into Tracy's very will
ing embrace for shakedown pur.
poses.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Ethel Waters
At Howard

More irresistible than ever Is
Ethel Waters, Harlem'S sepia
singing star No. /, who opened
in the featured spot Of her own
revue at the Howard Theater
yesterday.
Miss Waters appearan n ce
brought the usual cheer given
her by the local theatergoers.
who have grown to like her as
one of their own. In her part
of the bill, she gives a very en-
tertaining rendition in songs Of
first-hit shows, moving along up
to the present time. In per-
sonaIty, she has something
there, and willingly gives it.
Supporting the show is Eddie
Mallory's Orchestra, a group OF
IS versatile musicians seen here
for the first time. Mallory him.
self is among the first rank as
an "emcee," and his boys, with
their ensemble, both instru-
mental and vocal, were well re-
ceived.
Others in the review include
Sunshine Sammy, the person
ality boy, and his associate,
Sleepy williams, who do some
hoofing, to place them in a top
rank; Joyner and Nelson, black
face comics; Butterbeans and
Susie, comic and songs, and the
Six Indy HopperS, fresh from
Hollywood. The usual Sepia
chorus concludes the bill.
Life Begins With Love" Is
the screen attraction. Special
midnight show tonight. w. R.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Is
Held Over

Cecil B. DeMille's production
is synonymous with the finest
and most lavish that money and
talent can provide, so "The
Buccaneer," now playing a sec
ond week at Loew'S Palace The
ater, is true type of this great
masters direction.
Swashbuckling, romantic, dra-.
matte, the story of Jean Lafitte.
a gentleman pirate of the days
of Andrew Jackson, makes a
film which packs appeal with
most movie patrons. Lafitte,
Fredric March) has a code of
ethics all his own, the violation
of which leads to many a battle
royal before the final happy end
ing. March is the robber whose
bravery and daring earns him
the admiration of his enemies
as well as his followers. Need
less to say that this eminently
fine actor is capable of the suave
and expert handling Of such a
role.
Francisco Gaal is the lovely
Dutch girl, delightful to behold,
and very competent actress as
well. An excellent cast assists,
even those in the least impor.
tant parts making a place for
themselves.
A Betty Boop comedy, news
features and short subjects com.
plete the order at the Palace.
H, K,
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
HabituaI Criminals

Paramount's "You and Me-"
costarring George Raft and
Sylvia Sidney, marks the ninth
time each has played in a crimi-
nal picture. They play paroled
convictS in love. Fritz Lang Is
nroducer-director
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

home of the Seven Little Dwarfs
where she finds haven.
snow White" and her
feathered and furred friends,
clean up the untidy home of
the diminutive miners, and when
they come home from work it is
to Spick and span cottage.
Soon the little princess and the
gnomes are the best of friends.
The wicked queen pursueS Snow
White, but falls victim of her
own perfidy, and the prince on
a white horse comes riding in
time 10 make a happy ending.
SOME FINE MUSIC
Disney has put character into
his cartoon creations. His little
men are called Happy, Grumpy,
BaShful, SneeZy, Sleepy, Doc
and Dopey. The latter I liked
best. He had some of the i'm
pishness of a mute Harpo Marx
and .he usefulness of a Charlie
Chaplin. Grumpy, the sour
puss of the pigmies, also has
his winning ways.
I preferred Snow White"
best when it was antic, but
young lovers will melt when the
little princess sings Some Day
My Prince Will Come" Other
good tunes delightfully."- blended
into the movement are the
whistle While You Work"
number, the Digging Song" Of
the dwarfs, the Tilt Of the
marching number, "Hi-Ho," and
Snow Whites opening song,
The Wishing Well"
I have never seen color pic
ture where the pigments were
less obtrusive, nor one in which
the various hues were blended
for more striking effect. Syn
chronization is perfect, and the
wealth of ideas expended on
this Disney special have been
so evenly distributed, "Snow
White" is a constant delight.
To sum up, a masterpiece Of
it's kind. Worth all the trouble
you will take to get a good seat
at RKO-Keith's for a rare
screen novelty.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
"SWING YOUR LADY" FUN
Swing Your Lady" Is LiveIiest
of Farce Comedy, With
Louise Fozendo

Mark down "Swing Your Lady" fast and funny hill
billy and wrestling hokum. Like most good farces the pic
the Earle along dropping laughs that
up its nonsense plot.
When "Swing Your Lady" offered at the National
Theater Kenyon Nicholson play proved disappont
ing bore All night long they talked about wrestling match
which never rnaterializad
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPITOL-Walter Huston, Beu-
lah Bondi, "Of Human
Hearts," 10:30, las, 4:20,
7:15, 1910 p. m. Stage,
Helen Morgan, 1925, 1920,
$40, 9:15 p. m.
PALACE-Fredric March, Fran
ciska Gaal, "The Buccaneer,"
Ills a. M, 1850, 4:25, 7. 9:35
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Spencer Tracy,
Joan Crawford, "Mannequin,"
1924 a. M, 1880. 1855. 5:35,
TAO, 9:45 p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-"Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs," BIS,
9:55, 11:40 a. M, 1:25, 3, 4:35,
$40, 8, $50 p. m.
EARLE - Louise Fazenda,
Humphrey Bogart, Swing
Your Lady" 10:15 a. m,
12:35, 8, $40, 7:45, 10:05
p. m. Stage, Lee Dixon, 11:4O
a. M, 2:05, 4:30, $50, 9:15
p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Carole Lom-
bard, Fred MacMurray, True
Confession" IL a. M, 1:05,
3:15, 5:25, 7:35, 9:45 p. m.
LITTLE-"Whirlpool," II a. M,
12:47, 2:34, 4:21, sos, 1855,
9:42 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-NeWs and shorts,
from 10 a. m. to midnight. rs
minutes each show.
HOWARD-'Life Begins With
Love-" featuring Gene Parker,
1890, 3, $50, 8, 10:30 p. m,
stage, $50, 9:20 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
is WELL GAGGED

is WELL GAGGED
Snow White and the Seven
Dwsrfs" is a Grimm fairy tale,
told pictorially in gorgeous color
and fitted with background
music that blends beautifully
with the racing action on the
screen.
The Disney idea men have
worked for three years to stuff
this pretentious strip of cellu-
loid with the most original OF
gags. Thus the major reaction
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Tap-Tap Wizard To
Open Dance School

Bill Robinson, world-famous
tap dancer and Twentieth Cen
tury-Fox actor, has announced
he plans to open his own dane
ing school following an engage
ment at New York's Cotton Club.
Bill, who recently completed a
role in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm" with Shirley Temple, has
originated dance routines for
Doris Duke and others Of the
social register. He has received
as high as $4,000 for a single
dance routine.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

which makes them click heavily.
He hasn't much of a voice, but
makes no pretense, taking what
applause he earns from those
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

and gains tremendously in the
power of the current signifi-
canoe of the narrative.
Pictorially the production is
called fascinating in its stark
ness and simplicity. On a bare
stage, with the bricks of the
back wall in evidence, shafts of
light pick out the actors and
the mobs, emphasizing the
action, setting the mood and
establishing the atmosphere Of
the scenes.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

Of most audiences will be
laughter, although Disney is
such a master of mood he plays
on the hearts of the romantic
ally inclined, and his authors
and composers have served well
those who like melody with
their movies.
1t seems as those expert movie
makers have taken all the ele-
ments which add up to mass
appeal with screen devotees and
fused them into eight reels Of
rippling entertainment.
Snow White" you must
know, is prosecuted by the
wicked queen envious of her
beauty. She takes refuge in
the woods and the animals Of
the forest guide her to the
The Washington times., 1938-02-12


HILARIOUS FUN
Warner Bros. produce the
grunt and groan men on the
mat for one of the most hilari-
GUS sequences in the screen ver-
sion. A great bewhiskered be-
homoth Daniel Boone Savage)
tries to bend Nat Pendleton in
to pretzels. Done in the Mack
Sennett technique this wrestling
match beats anything that Joe
Turner has ever offered.
The story Of "Swing Your
Lady" concerns a hippodroming
wrestling troupe that gets into
the Ozark country looking for
matches. Opponents are scare
but a lady blacksmith louise
Fazendal, anxious to make 500,
takes on the husky Pendleton. =
AS it develops, Louise Fa-
zenda is not obliged to wrestle,
her substitute being a mountain
sweetheart with a thick set Of
Bolshevik whiskers.
Since it all happens in the
Ozark country, the hick comedy
troupe of Weaver brothers and
Elviry has a chance to bring
in some of their musical saw
music and coming 'round-the-
mountain melody. It's good,
including a square dance that
has all the fun of the modern
big apple.
Penny Singleton, pert singing
soubrette, probably gets more
out of Swing Your Lady" than
any Of the Burbank acting COM
pany. She has plenty Of pep
and personality, injected into
Mountain SwiHgaroo," Hill
billy from Tenth Avenue" and a
swing arrangement of "Old Ap-
pie Tree"
Frank McEugh, Humphrey
Bogart, Allan Jenkins and Hugh
O'Connell play the important
roles well enough, and Ray En-
rights direction is alert.
The Will Hays office probably
had plenty of headache before
it passed a bee and flowers Sc
quence, explaining the facts of
life to a nitwit wrestler. Even
in its tanned down innocence, it
is very, very funny, made so
by Nat Pendleton's dumb acting.
Production Manager Anger
has whipped the Earle vaude-
vile into a smooth-running rou-
tine. He opens with a special
Irving Berlin overture which
uses the band to good effect.
TOMLIN HEADLINES
Schichtl's Royal Wonderettes
are cleverly introduced by pretty
heralds, show marionetGes whose
novelty lies in lightning trans
formations Of the Stringed fig
ureS.
Lee Dixon should stick to his
dancing, His comedy all fell
flat yesterday, and his act is so
poorly contrived to sell its main
assets he bowed off to Just a
sprinkling Of hands.
Irene Vermillion, good aero.
batic dancer, uses four girl
trumpeters and a pianist effec-
lively, taking her entertainment
out of the conventional groove.
Dick, Don and Dinah have a
very clever comedy acrobatic
act.
The headliner is Pinky Tom.
lin, best known as the composer
of "Object Of My Affections.
Tomlin has an unaffected style
OF delivering comedy lines that
is distinctly original. They
sound like ad lib material
n ~ - -
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
New Locale

Southern Mexico. a locale
never before used as a motion
picture background, will be in
troduced to film audiences in
Paramount's new Arthur Ho1n-
blow musical picture, "Tropic
Holiday" featuring Bob Burns,
Dorothy Lamour, Martha Raye,
Ray Milland and Tito Guizar.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
"SNOW WHITE" AT KEITH'S = "
With Color and Good Music
Cartoon Love Story Stirs
Bio Movie Audiences
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Grownups and children alike find "Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs merry and imaginative adventure Which
explains why RkOkehs Theaer packed to the doors
from the a. opening yesterday till close to midnight
Walt Disney here demonstrates that those who love the
Silly Symphonies and short cartoons loaded with ingenious
humor will fulength feature made up of the same
comnonents and find it enthrallng entertainment
Evening star., 1938-07-17
Miss Ella Strawn Married
At Home Wedding.

THE home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Omar
Crew Strawn, in Iandover, Md,
was the scene of the wedding Satur-
day, July 8, OF their daughter, Ella
Esther, to Mr.. Meldrim Tucker of
Landover The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. w. A. Emmans
Of Maryland Avenue Baptist Church,
Washington, among soft lights and
profusion Of flowers.
Miss S. Pauline Batson, Hyattsville,
Md, played the piano solos preceding
the ceremony.
The bride was given In marriage
by her father and wore turquoise
crepe dress. She carried gardenias.
Mr.. Joseph F. Goode, Washington,
was best man.
Among the guests were Mrs. Jane
Porter, Mrs. Joseph F. Goode, Mrs.
Della B. Kelly, Miss Alice M. Miller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry o. Strawn, Mrs.
Floyd Strawn, 1t. Col. v. J. O'Kelli-
her, 1t. Col. Miller White, Maj. Lewis
B. Hershey, Mr.. P. B. Batson and
Mr.. Perry Batson.
Evening star., 1938-07-17

George Ramsey Bready at their home,
Edwardstone, went to Washington for
a visit.
Mrs. Ruth Keyes entertained at q
bridge luncheon Monday.
Mrs. E. Barbour Hutchison, Miss
Charlotte Chamblin and Mrs. w. K.
Linkins were luncheon guests Tues
day Of Mrs. Hempstone VanSickler
in Purcellville. Va. Mrs. VanSickler
has as her guests for several weeks
her daughter and grandson, Mrs.
Phillip Coleman and Phillip Garrett
Coleman of Cleveland.
Miss June Seamans Is spending a
month with relatives in Alta Vista,
Norfolk and Charlottesville, Va.
Miss Betty Pace of Charlottesville,
Va, is spending several weeks with
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Breckenridge.
Miss Marion Radley and Miss Doris
Radley of Washington are the guests
of their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Blanchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Glenn Haw-
thorne and their small daughter, Jane
Allen, will leave the middle of August
for Gordon, Ga, where they will be
the guests for 10 days of Mr.. Haw-
thorne's parents.
Mrs. David Murray Aud Of Tulsa,
Okla. arrived in Herndon Monday
and Is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
0. Ennis.
DR.. and Mrs. Daniel Lands Detwiler
and their two children, Mary Wells
and Richard Lands, will return to
their home in Herndon within the
next few days after being with Mrs.
Detwiler's mother, Mrs. Julian D.
Thompson, at her farm near Hern-
don for q month.