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Evening star., 1938-09-08
VANDENBERG SEES
DICTATORSHIP AIM
Says Roosevelt Seeks to
Pack Courts and Congress
With yes Men,

Hy the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.-Senator Arthur
vandenberg, Republican, Of Michigan,
asserted in an interview American
dictatorship, American STYLE" was the
objective Of President Roosevelt.
The Presidents plan, the Senator
said yesterday, is to pack the judicial
and legislative branches of Govern
ment with his yes men. Senator VAN
denberg was quoted as follows:
"The purge that has come to Amer
lea has utterly sinister Implications
1t Is one thing for q political leader
to seek sympathetic political support
ers. But it is a totally different thing
for a President of this still free re-
public to seek control Of the legisla-
tive and judicial branches of a con-
I. stitutional government which is built
necessarily on the preservation Of CO.
ordinate independence in these three
branches.
Purpose Flnally DISCLOSED.
I'VE saw the President reach for
the judiciary in his frank effort to
pack the Supreme Court for his own
purposes. I might even say that we
have seen him reach for control of
the very Constitution itself not only
by understanding the Supreme
Court, but also by actually advising
Congress upon one occasion to pass
one Of his collectivist laws regardless
OF constitutional doubts, however rea-
eonable.
Now we see him reach for the con-
troll of the legislative conscience.
None but yes men shall be permitted
to sit in a Congress where deliberate
action shall have been crucifled in ad-
vance. 1t is the final disclosure of a
purpose to impose the dictation of
one man upon the course of American
destiny. 1t makes no difference who
that one man may be. It makes no
difference how humane and benevo-
lent may be the purposes attributed
to his program by those who ap-
plauded it.
"The achievement of this purpose to
control the judiciary on the one
hand and the Congress on the other
is the achievement of American die
tatorship American style.
O'Connor Fight Cited.
ut is by means of so-called purge
that this assault upon republican in
stitutions now proceeds One of the
best examples not only of the purge
technique but also of it's contem-
plated results is available in the case
Of the chairman of the House Rules
Committee.
IF the Rules Committee can be
gagged the House is gagged. and thus
IN erstwhile independent Congress is
gagged. Therefore the purge marks
for slaughter the chairman of this
powerful committee. who happens to
to have been true to his constitutional
responsibility to legislate as his con-
.science, his courage and his long ex-
perience have recommended"
Representative John j. O'Connor,
New York Democrat, is chairman of
the House Rules Committee.
Evening star., 1938-09-08
PRINCESS LUCIA TO WE'D
Engagement to Duke of Ancona
Announced in Rome.

ROME. Sept (PD.-The engage
ment of Princess Lucia of Bourbon to
marry the Duke of Ancona was on
cially announced today.
Both are members Of old noble fam
flies. The 30-year-old princess is the
daughter of Duke Ferdinand of Gala
bria, the head of the Neapolitan branch
Of the Bourbon family She has been
living with her family in Munich,
where her mother was Princess Maria
OF Bavaria.
Prince Eugenio son of the late Duke
Of Genoa. was accorded the title of
Duke of Ancona by his cousin, King
Vittorio Emanuele, shortly after his
birth 80 years ago. A naval officer,
the duke served on a warship which
patrolled the Red Sea during the Eth
opian war.
Evening star., 1938-09-08
Beer License Approved.

The Montgomery County Liquor
Control Board yesterday approved the
application of Samuel Abrams for
Class A on-sale beer license for his
grocery store at Glen Echo. Because
Of the primary election next Monday
the board voted TO adjourn until Sep.
tember 10.
Evening star., 1938-09-08
MAN IS Identified

An amnesia victim who asked police
Tuesday to help learn his name was
identified by friends at Gallinger Hos
pital last night as Daniel Oakes, about
40 years old, Of Dayton, Ohio.
It was said he recently had been
living in Arlington County. Friends
of Mr.. Oakes saw his picture in the
Evening star., 1938-09-08

timber fire September near his
isolated station 1t High Valley.
He said the meteor. piece Of heavy
metal about the size OF a football,
was found lodged in q tree.
The fire was extinguished quickly.
Evening star., 1938-09-08

in the back yard Of his home, IL miles
west of here.
Thousands have visited the crater
Of undetermined depth where rests
the celestial body that Ranch Fore
man Monroe White saw flash across
the sky the night Of August "a.
OLA. Idaho, Sept. R.-Tom
Cherry, Payette Forest fire lookout,
reported yesterday . meteor started q
Evening star., 1938-09-08
Burglar Protectors Robbed.

NEW YORK, Sept. (R.-The
General Burglar Alarm Co. Is a con-
cern which protects small retail shops
from robbery by wire alarm system.
Yesterday two men held up the COM
pany and took $3.50.
Evening star., 1938-09-08
THOUSANDS SEE PIT
DUG BY FIERY METEOR
~ the Associated Press.

2. the Associated Press.
MENARD. Tex. Sept. 8.-Ranch-
man Willie Wilkerson will return from
a trip to Hawaii this week to find
that during his absence the heavens
deposited huge meteor practically
Evening star., 1938-09-08

newspapers and went to the hospital.
A second amnesia victim, Patrick N.
Magner, II, Of 6l3 Orleans place Me-,
a retired railroad employe, was identi-
ned at the hospital last night shortly
after he was found wandering ut
Nebraska avenue and Reno road NV.
Evening star., 1938-09-08

Italy Is to have a plant for the
extraction Of cellulose from wheat
straw.
Evening star., 1938-09-08

Three new railway lines have Been
opened III Poland In the last two years.
Evening star., 1938-07-06
Rambling Theater
oOpen Season.

THE Rambling Theater, touring en-
tertainment agency Of the Com
munity Center Department. will play
its first stand OF the season Friday
night At Meridian Hill Park. When
the curtain goes up at $50 the audi
ence will be introduced to q group
of talented performers by Doris Tai
bert. who is to act as mistress of cere-
monies
Among those slated to take part
are Grace Vitality, WJSV's singer:
Buck Barbee and His Moonshiners;
Pat Cherry, blues singer; Mac Seq
reti tenor; Catherine Vagnoni, vio-
linist; Adele Ehrmantrout and Mar
garet Norton, tap dancers: Pearl
Castle, acrobatic dancer; "sneeser'
Worth Miller, comedian.
Evening star., 1938-07-06


tribute to corpulence of the body,
daccidity of the mind.
Why should the accepted order be
50 drastically, savagely reversed?
Well. If it was (and who would know
short Of having the girls weighed in
the presence Of skeptics?) it was due
to the terrible passion Of research
departments for discovering the trivia
regardless of what happens to the
important The shopworn Angel"
It seems. is set in the period of 1917.
In its elaborate search for the ultimate
truth about 1917. the research de-
partment came upon the fact that
chorus girls were not as they are now.
They weighed from 10 to Is pounds
more. an appalling reflection upon the
aesthetic sense of that period if you
care to take it that way, or just
something that makes a piece about
THE Shopworn Angel" if that seems
q more gracious way to take it.
On hot day we prefer to take it
from the standpoint of what might
happen If Hollywood decided to carry
uIlC luCd Va WCASute1OI age w WlldI.
ever 1t is called) to logical con-
cluslon. Suppose. for example, David
o. Selznick. who is casting Gone
With the Wind" so gradually that it
may look like war between Athens
and Sparta by the time it is mace,
were to hold strictly to the weight
basis. If it did not take forever to
find out what the Tarleton twins,
Scarlet. Belle Waiting, Rhett and
others weighed. it probably would to
find qualified players who fitted the
roles to the ounce.
Even more horrible to contemplate
are the possible terrible hoaxes Holly
wood has perpetrated in its earlier
works, How do We know that. for all
her seeming authenticity in the role,
Norma Shearer balanced the scales
perfectly against Juliet? Or that
Enrol Flynn was so soundly cast as
Robin Hood as Tony Galento might
have been? Or that Greta Carlo
having conformed to the physical
specifications of Queen Christina was
Evening star., 1938-07-06

will direct the music that Paul, i'm.
personating the genius composer, cre-
Evening star., 1938-07-06
Return Run Begun
At Cross Roads.
pErT1COAT FEVER" comedy

"PETT1coAT FEVER" comedy sue
cess that opened the current sea-
son at the Cross Roads Theater,
Baileys Cross Roads, Va, began a re-
turn engagement at the barn last
night. 1t is the same production,
with one exception. as that which
evinced favorable notices a number
Of weeks ago, although 1t was not
without more than a little trouble
that the management was able to
offer the almost identical treatment.
Several members Of the cast had
left town. but Dave Kaigler scampered
back from New Orleans. Ethel McKeon
deserted Canada and Katherin Ryan,
who was in the Capital. stepped into
the part originally handled by Ethel
Campion. Adolph Glassgold directed
"Petticoat Fever" which will run all
this week.
Evening star., 1938-07-06

Garfield in Women Courageous" (nee
Sister Act"). The picture will not
be released until August. but Warmers
are 10 pleased with Garfleld's per-
formance-his first movie-tnat they
are giving him roles Originally sched-
uled for Jimmy Cagney and Eddie G.
Robinson-to wit. Baby Faced Kid"
Patent Leather Kid" and The Life
Of George Gershwin"
II X X
]. Edgar Hoover, the chief Oman,
appears on the screen-in the trailer
for Eddie g. Robinson's Outside the
law" George Jessel. like Gloria
Swanson, has been signing Aim con-
tracts that don't come to a thing for
the last few years. His latest is 4
Evening star., 1938-07-06

ates for the Aim which covers the
entire life Of Beethoven. In physical
appearance, NUM- is the complete op-
posite Of the composer-Beethove
was big man. in every sense Of the
word. The actor is short Why don't
they give the role to Toscanini?
4 \
I can't wait to see John Jules)
Evening star., 1938-07-06

contract to star IN six Aims for
Standard Pictures. Ill Of them based
on the experiences Of . radio news
caster. Ths hrst. titled "20, 1000 Wit
nesses," - scheduled to 20 into pro-
duction next month. Gloria Swanson
also Is supposed to b making that
long discussed picture for Republic
next month. Well, I'm always willing
TO be convinced.
Little Terry Kilburn. the charming
British yuungster in lord Jen," has
nothing to complain Of in Hollywood
liberality. His new seven-year con-
tract provides him with $3.50 = week
Evening star., 1938-07-06

tor the Arst six months. $3.50 for the
next, and . boost Of $3.50 . year
afterwards. Terry's next assignment
is with Jeanette Macdonald and
Nelson Eddy In "Sweethearts" :.
Ann Sheridan Is the, leading female
Evening star., 1938-07-06
Director Sells Honeymoon
AS Adventure Epic
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

oLLYWooD July 1NANA0-Fredric March
in the honeymoon Director
though were tiny bit doesn't t But wait when
married beautiful Hga Moray
the world
covering
Evening star., 1938-07-06

with Jimmy Cagney and Pat oBrien
in Angels With Dirty Faces" After
which Ann will be starred In Life
Begins in Reno"
(Copyright, 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Ine)
Evening star., 1938-07-06

as background
for an exciting
story. but sold
himself to direct
the glorihed trav-
elogue.
= = = =
Paul MUM gets
the most distin-
guished stand-in
Of all time in his
forthcoming Life
Of Beethoven"
which Paul has
finally okayed as
follow-up to The
Phantom Crown"
TnScanini no leM
Evening star., 1938-07-06

not something to have scoffed at in
Gambler"
The ramifications of the thing are
absolutely monstrous. Perhaps Holly
wood had better drop it. Even If 1t
does not, we shall
X 4
WEEKEND visitor to Washington.
where we did not week end and
consequently did not see him. was
E. M. Loew. Mr.. Loew who Is not
Of the F street Loews, but rather of
the Massachusetts, ones. came here by
plane to view with pride we hear)
progress being made on his open air
theater near Mount Vernon.
The Mount Vernon theater, ac-
cording to word Mr.. Loew left be-
hind him. will combine the best
features Of three others of the same
kind which he now operates. What
constitutes the best features" of the
other three theaters remains a mystery
to this department. but Mr.. Loew adds
the statement: public reaction to
this type of theater in three other key
cities has proved very favorable and
I hope to give theater-goers Of this
vicinity one they can be proud Of"
The possibilities Of a theater in
which you drive your car up on a
ramp are practically enormous. Un-
doubtedly such things are taken care
Of. put beyond the realm of chance
and challenge. but imagine the auto
mobile equivalent Of stomping on
the toes OF ~ other customers to get
the one vacant seat in the middle OF
a row. 1t is not, one could hope,
beyond the realm Of possibility that
If the picture is not up to par. critics
will stage a fierce competition to be
the first to have said:
L drove out on It,"
1t is a phrase that probably will live
AS its pedestrian predecessor has
llved-until customers In airplanes
start seeing pictures projected against
the sky
IDIOT AND PASSION" Road
sides revival of the drama as
Tom Taylor conceived 1t in 1883,
entered its second week at the Rock
vile pike barn theater Monday, 4 bit
of intelligence which somehow failed
OF mention in this department yes
terday. If any one missed the orig
inal review, which is one of the most
conceivable things conceivable, it was
recorded here that the play was up
to the Roadside standard, which is
a very proud one. Mr.. Taylor was a
playwright not merely Of surprisingly
f1owery speech. but one who arranged
virtue and villainies in awful con.
f1ict only to have the former In
variably triumphant.
CHARLES HUFFMAN. who leaves
the management OF Loew's Cap
itol Theater to take over the manag-
ing directorship Of the company,s
largest Pittsburgh house, will not get
out Of town without an adieu party.
1t is to be next Monday night at
Variety Club, arrangements for at
tendance to Be made via Carter Bar
ron. =. The Shop Fields. he and
she, like Warrington. At least,
they say 50 In . note in today's mail,
in which they promise never to be
so happy until they get back here
again.
Evening star., 1938-07-06

along camera and shot 10000 feet o
Being a good business man. Tay titled
his honeymoon picture Trade Winds"
and not only sold it to Walter Wanger
Evening star., 1938-07-06

ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1938-07-06
Hollywood Research Finding
Suggests Awful Future
Chorus Girls Picked on Weight.Ase
Basis in The Shopworn Angel
Open Air Theater Moving.
BY JAY CARMODY.

YIIEN they unstamne
~ something
w we'll head
Whichever 1t Is that's
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25
By RUDOLPH DUNBAR
(for AMP

LONDON Despite the unparai-
leled horrors now rampant in Abys
sinia by MussoIinls command, and
the scientific implements of human
destruction to bully the Ethiopian
into surrendcring their rights, Signor
Benito has found it difficult to sub
due the tribesmen They arc killing
his troops, destroying his roads, and
running the crops he has planted.
Winston Churchill, speaking in the
House Of Commons recently, paid
glowing tribute to Anthony Eden
and urged that this was not the time
to offer conversations TO Italy when
her position was weakening daily.
when there was anxiety at home and
the knowledge that Abyssinia was n
curse--''a corpse bound on the back
Of the killer"
Mnssolini realizes that thc ealpcr
or is the only man who can rule TIE
Abvssinians. For some time now, the
Dnce has been trying to negotiate
with Halle ,selassie to return -
Abyssinia as a pupnet ruler.
Newly Created Kingdom
According to persistent rumors, he
has now evolved new plan for the
settlement Of his Abyssinian diff
culties. Lord Halifax, the new
British foreign secretary, has made
new Offer to Halle Selas ia, which
has been made at the request Of
Muesolini who offers to establish
Halle Selassic as ruler over a newly
created kingdom covering quarter
Of the area Of Ethionia. The en-
pero~ would enior the same status
as the lndian rrinces enjoy under
Rritirh rule IN 1ndia. In addition, he
would live III hie own palace in Adds
Ahaba and receive an income from
Mnssoliri If not less than $4,000 a
wear. Tie cmneror had q long con-
ferenco with Lord Halifax a week
ago. Strictost secrecy is being OBJ
served over the nature Of their talks
Easy Task for the League
Tf TIE emneror accepts Mussolini's
offer and IS pnt hack in power
even if it is curtailed power il
Ahvssinia there would probably bt
little difficulty in obtaining recog-
milton of the Italian empire from
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25

Tor the Blahoprlc Of African Meth
odlsm ls Pr g, a. Gibbs whose like
ness appears above. Dr.. Gibbs who
mas been endorsed by conferences of
Florida has contributed much to tho
social, religious and educational up-
lift Of the southern Negro. AS pas
tor Of ST Paul AM f. Church in the
city Of Jacksonville, lie II actively
IN touch with the progressive doings
Of his denomination. lie has re-
duced the Indebtedness OF the church
by thousands Of dollars and il con-
tinnously rendering service to all
persons.
The Rev pr Gibbs Isl il graduate
Of Wllberforee University and as All
educator, has served his home state
Of Florida as President Of Edward
Waters College During his regime
as head Of The well known istitu-
ton, Dir. Gibbs made changes that
has brought the College TO the fore
front and is at present serving in the
capacity Of Business Manager Trea
surer, i position that he is maintain
tanning with considerable efficiency.
He is unqaestionably horn leader.
Working under the amiable Bishop
II. A. Grant Of the Eleventh Epis-.
copal District, the energetic and alert
leader il aspiring for the highest Of
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25

Meanwhile the cocks, who arise at
one d twa i. M. have prepared
bfcak fast ana dinner together.
Ills dinner. eatSn cold during a
hah houls rpai iii midday, inparia-
TIN consists II colahtead, peas and
tuo small pieces of salt pork. Ii il
generally miSedu up ii old syrup
ealts, often rustg. upner, when the
tlrod men fettrn IL. ihc camp after
@uafeoNf. - c0id earabrrad, grease
k.ss groans. and oAe piece or salt
ltal.ls Second belpiles ufe prohibited.
Tor guard tell prisoners there Is no
more ana The food elvpn them ought
Ia 80 enough for att> man
Although MANY men arc i'll or
physically incapable 81 ueh hard
labor daily for from te l6 hours,
theg must work uatil they drop or
accept punis hment The work week
ends Saturday ii noon, but from
then untl taken back to the job
Monday morning, they are locked in
small part at the building with no
space For recreation
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25
NEW BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETAR'
OFFERS THRONE 10 HALLE
SELAS5IE; ABYSSlNIA A CURSE
TO ITALY-A CORPSE BOUND
ON THE BACK OF THE KILLER

lie Ieagae Of nations. Once tht
league and Britain has given this
recognition, the Angio-Italian talk
se expected TO proceed smoothly.
Professor II. stanley Jcvons, the
Treasurer Of the Abyssinia as ocia
ton Ill London, issued statemen
that there had been negotiations be
tween the association and memhers
of parliament for the reinstatement
Of the emperor as independent ruler
over d large part Of Abyssinia.
Emperor Refuses TO be Puppet Ruler
When the Emperor saw Lord Hall
fax, he stated, lie made it clear that
he IS deeply concerned aud alarmed
by the idea that the recognition Of
the annexation Of Abyssinia should
he bargaining factor IL the Anglo
Italian talks Tile only offer he il
prepared to accept Is one that vii
have The full approval Of the league.
The Abyss association IN Lon
don Is trying to secure the return Of
the emperor as ruler of the Anharic-
speaking provinces at the center
west and northwest Of Abyssinia, III
Gliding Goiiam and Shoa. In these
II tricts, there has been persistent
unrest and revolt against Italian rule
and Italians will find that there
no holc eaee um'er th Pre- Ell
/ reg &.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25

Director, Division of Negro Affairs
National Youth Administration
Mrs. Bethune, president and foun
der Of the Bethune Goodman Col
legc, Daytona, Fla, will be the guest
speaker at the Fifth Street Branch
YMCA, Tuesday evening, March -,
at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting will
be open to the public and will be
free. Music will be furnished by
the Senior Choir Of Bethel Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Bcthunc will come to Day
ton from Covington, Ky, where she
will spend Monday, March %, fol-
lowing her appearance IN Cincinnati
Sunday, speaking at Allen Temple,
at 4 pm, upon the subject, "A ehal-
lenge to Womanhood.
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be admitted to the civil service on
merit and not barred on account
Of color. We must have an oppor-
tunity to serve our country IN every
branch Of the military and naval ser
vices without being insulted and dis
criminated against.
These things are plainly indi-
Gated BY the vicious and slanderous
Continued on last page)
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To Broadcast
National Negro
Health Week
Progranl


A special radio broadcast viii
be made from low rotls City
by Surgeon General Thomas
ra,ran. of the us. Public
Health Service, during d Health
Week program on the Rcd Net
work III the National Broadcast
ing Company, Monday, March
20, 1883. 1850 2:15 pm. The
Canioren, Of Washington, DC,
under the direction Of Miss
Mary L. Europe, will render mu-
sical selections.
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fee III the denomination that he has
served faithfully for many many
years.
The citizens of Jacksonville ana
Florida as i whole afe aware &c his
record of achievements and ale rally
ing to his support, fundamentally
III. Gibbs's capabilities arc based OF
years Of practical experience.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
MRS. BURDINE
 IS GIVEN HONOR

New London, Conn, Aug. 16- CUP)-When Mrs. Edna Burdine Gasbarian, Washington, D. C., smashes bottle of champagne over the prov of the navys new submarine Sargo here Saturday, she will realize a desire of 19 years. Since 1919 Mrs. Gasbarian has been Sponsor Picker" for the U. S. Bureau of Navigation. Her job is to compile genealogical char ts, showing the nearest female descen- dants of officers or enlisted men for whom a vessel is named.
 Although she has chosen many women sponsors for naval craft, she never has officiated at a ceremony herself. She was selected to chris ten the Sargo because of her faith ful research in behalf of others. Mrs. Gasbarian was one of the first ten women in the district of Col numbia to enlist in the naval re- serve in 1917. She is a member of the American Legion, D. A. R., and National Genealogical society.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
K0PPLEMANN GETS
 MAVERICK 0. K.
Texan Writes Hartford Legislator, Endorsing .
 His Campaign

It was only a New Dealer, not the New Deal, that went down to defeat when Congressman Maury Maverick was beaten for renomination in Texas primaries. You have it on the word of Maverick himself.
 The fiery Texan has written Con- gressman Herman P. Kopplemann, his sturdy friend in many New Deal fights, encouraging the Hartford Congressman in his campaign for nomination to the Senate.
 Just about the time you declared for the Senate" Maverick wrote, T was defeated in the primaries. Don't let that in any way discourage you from a political trend. My defeat I was not on account of the New Deal, but on account of a crooked local political machine.
 q am glad you have announced for the Senate, and wish you well from every viewpoint. l think you will make an excellent senator, and hope you will have no trouble in the election.
 "Thank you for your oldtime friendship
 The friendship of Kopplemann and the Texas New Dealer is so strong Maverick came to Hartford in 1886 and spoke in support of Congress man Kopplemann.
 They have fought on the same side on peace and labor measures; both have been ardent supporters of the New Deal labor policy and both worked and voted for mandatory neutrality.
 Maverick has the distinction of being the only Southerner in the House to vote in favor of the anti lynching bill.