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Evening star., 1938-08-22
Helen. Hayes Stars
In White Sister,

IT IS almost Helen Hayes week on
the local cinema front and that, no
one can deny, is very fine idea. Miss
Hayes is an actress Of surprising talent
and her skill shines forth as brightly
in revivals of her old pictures as it
could in new films If she had been
making any new films lately. At the
Little Theater you now will find 1.-The
White Sister," which. like "Farewel|
to Arms" has Miss Hayes involved in
love and death and warfare.
The story of the young girl who
enters convent when she believes her
lover is dead. only to find. after she
has taken her VOWS, that he still lives.
is told in this screen version with a
poignance that Is full of power. 1t is
warm and sympathetic and human
and fine vehicle for those talents OF
Miss Hayes. that can mold an audi
ence to her every whim.
Victor Fleming's direction has
pointed both the lighter and the dra-
matte moments to the peak OF effec-
tiveness: the earlier version Of Clark
Gable. not as smooth an actor as now,
still is acceptable: Lewis Stone, May
Robson and Edward Arnold contribute
the sterling support that has come to
be always expected Of them. and all in
all The White Sister" is fine business.
H M
Evening star., 1938-08-22


retta Is doing everything within her
power to prevent producers from hir-
ing the child. So far the battle Is
Just about q draw, but many tears
have been shed and harsh words
spoken.
An intermediary said to Loretta:
You've made q success Of your own
screen career-and you started out
when you were only few months
older than Georgiana. Why not give
her q break?"
To which the Twentieth Century,
Fox glamor girl replied, briefly and
significantly: "A success? Yes, may
be I am a movie success, but also
know what rotten business this is"
THE real lowdown on what caused
Shirley Temples illness in Bos-
ton Is supplied by Mrs Gertrude Tenn
pie. her mother: I'VE were driving
from New York to Boston. 1t was
terribly hot. Along about noon Shirley
spied a roadside restaurant with a
humpty -dumpty front. She coaxed us
to stop and eat there. Shirley ordered
her favorite sandwich-peanut butter.
1t was bitter and rancid. but she fin
ished 1t. For the remainder Of the
trip she was quiet, which is unusual
for her. So FIRST thing I did at the
hotel was to get out the thermometer.
That told the story" That three
ply chiller program, composed Of
''Frankenstein," "Dracula' and Son
Of Kong" is going out on the road as
unit attraction for the movie houses
and dock up the kids negotiations
are under way that may take Boris
Karlo1 and Bella Lugosi along for
simultaneous personal appearances.
HERE'S a peculiar possibility: II
Twentieth Century-Fox wants to
expand its Beverly Hills studio it
will have to talk business with its
own No. box Office star-Miss Shirley
Temple. Shirley recently purchased
the so acres Of land adjoining the
studio on the north >. Joan Crawford
is turning in the old ermine on q new
job. Her furrfer became loquacious
yesterday in the presence Of a modest
customer and confided that Joan's
wardrobe carried more furs of every
description than his store stocks-and
he's one Of the busiest in Los Angeles.
The new ermine wrap is just a spare,
it seems. Joan already has half a
dozen M-G-Ms attempt to land
George M. Cohan for a life story
comparable to 'Alexander's Ragtime
Band recalls the quarrel that ragged
between Cohan and Paramount when
Evening star., 1938-08-22

The Old Soak"
The tale OF couple of Russian noble
folk who keep their ideals in a rich
mans kitchen quite possibly may turn
out to be the best Offering yet at that
theater Steve Cochran has built out
at Olney. The star he has imported.
it probably is safe to say, far outranks
any he has had so far. Miss Leonto-
vich, you no doubt remember is Mos
COW Art Theater trained; came to this
country with the group, then stayed
on to become something of a terrific
hit in the stage version of Grand
Hotel"
She is no stranger to "Tovarich.
When the success Of the play in New
York indicated to Producer Gilbert
Miller that second road company
would be fine idea, he cabled Lon
don for Miss Leontovich, who was
playing the role there, and she came
here to tour to the West Coast and
back to Chicago. At the Olney she
will be supported by the resident
stock company.
" A LABAMA" is the first of Angus
tus Thomas State" plays,
which in their day land still, for that
matteD presented true and sympa-
thetic picture of the regions concerned
It's the third OF them. however. to
be revived at the Roadside, the group
previously having had much success
with Arizona" and In Mizzoura. :"
There is in. Alabama" considerable
romance, coredy and drama, accord
ing to the people Of the Roadside
Theater. 1t has an old Southern COL
onel who Immediately goes for the
dueling pistols at the drop Of a slur
against fair womanhood, it has a
bunch of Northerners who come down
and try to push railroad through
plantation and it has lassie who is
almost dispossessed for loving one of
the Yankees.
The cast includes Ralph Fowler,
Anne Ives, Lansing Hall, Jesse Veitch,
George harrington. Pryor McFadden,
Norman Rose, Don Muller, Lucy
Ohler. Carlton Ayers, Ralph Nichol-
son and Evelyn Drayton.
A FTER a couple of weeks of unre-
lenting mayhem the Cross Roads
Theater turns from The Ninth
Guest" to comedy, with Paul Osborns
THE Vinegar Tree" tale of mistaken
identity. family quarrels, tangled love
affairs and various other things that
60 into comedies, and George Finger
SILL insists we remind you tickets are
on sale at the A. A. A. Ticket Bureau
Evening star., 1938-08-22

if you don't mind nonsequitur on
Monday.
Jack Wilson and Catherine Ryan
play the roles done by Warren William
and Mary Boland in the very fine orig
inal stage version, Don Sisler Is the
lad who feels his love is not true on
account Of it has not made him un-
happy enough and Rebecca Rice is
the lass who has not made him un-
happy enough. Others in the cast
are David Kaigler, Josephine Oren-
dorff and William Draper.
The Vinegar Tree" runs not the
usual two weeks, but only one, be-
cause Arch Mcdonald has got his
feet back in shape and will walk
right back into The Old Soak a
week from tonight. Earlier in the
season, before he stepped into that
ditch. Mr.. M. provided a lot OF en-
tertainment in the Don Marquis play.
H. M.
Evening star., 1938-08-22


Grand opera looked like fine thing
indeed in the beginning, with Miss
Moore's One Night of Love" playing
week after week all over the country,
so the rush was on. The cinema
industry spent some $10,00OO0O and
some four years in the attempt to
foist operate films on public which
grew more and more apathetic until
its dislike of screen opera was almost
enthusiastic.
Some of the films made money, to
be sure, and some found favor, but
only in the larger cities. Out along
the byways, in the small towns from
whence comes Hollywood's cash, ex-
hibitors and operatic pictures got
awfully lonesome just sitting looking
at each other. And finally, a year
and a half or two years ago, the box
office for this particular type of photo
play just dropped out of sight. The
stars who were featured in them
went back to the opera and concert
stage, where there was an audience
awaiting them.
Now. just last week, came the final
nail in the coffin, if you don't mind
bit of morbid touch. Paramount
announced the last film of its three
picture contract with Gladys Swarth-
out. Miss Swarthout according to
the studios present plans, will finish
her chores for it by playing straight
dramatic role in melodrama to be
titled Ambush Ambush" will cost
something like 100000, as compared
to the 100000 each for the previous
Swarthout films. and it is even doubt
full If the Metropolitan songbird will
have a song to sing.
Grand opera, R. I. P, at least
until Hollywood finds out what to do
with you.
BECAUSE of the fact that the bot
tom of yesterdays drama page
was couple of inches closer to the
top than we expected it to be. the
bottom of Jay Carmody's column ended
up on the cutting room floor. 1t was
retrieved, however, to here serve as a
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Santa Cruz Islands
PLAY Australia.

THE Santa Cruz Islands, % miles
off the coast of Southern Cali
fornia, have been selected as location
site for Captain Midnight" forthcom-
ing Hal Roach production which will
co-star Brian Aherne and Margaret
Sullivan. The islands closely resem-
BILE the rugged shorelines and wild
interior of Australia. the setting of the
film which is laid in the land Down
Under" during the 1850s.
Evening star., 1938-08-22

prelude to his recounting of the doings
in the straw hats" which starts to-
morrow:
First host of this department on
its tour Of the country theater circuit
through New England and upstate
New York will be Day Tuttle, who
directed the Civic Theater through its
first season. Mr.. Tuttle, up at Mount
Kisco, where the Theater Guild Is
trying out new play (Which it may
send to Washington and Bess Schrei-
ner), says to hurry on over. So we are
hurrying, but not without mentioning
that New York is practically agog
about two pictures at the moment.
They are Metros Marie Antoinette'
and Walter Wanger's 'Algiers.' War;
ners are waiting for the opening within
the next few days of Four Daughters
which its staff insists will add to the
general agogness.
And so to the country!"
*
A ND so here to opening the mail
from Hollywood. which, as usual,
brings to light highly interesting note
on the status Of civilization or some
thing. Paramount, for a scene in
st. Louis Blues" is looking for
Swing conscious" chimpanzee that
can be sent" Paramount has dis
covered that all chimpanzees, you may
tell your girl friend If she is showing
indications of leaving you for the
leader Of swing band, are swing
conscious. The trouble is they are
"alllgators" and not "jitterbugs" An
alligator" just falls into a paralytic
stupor over swing music, but the studio
needs a ''jitterbug" chimp that will 60
into strange terpsichorean convulsions
at the tootle Of trumpet.
\
pUBL1CITY note from somebody
named Jack Yarmov: Judith
Allen, lovely Paramount Pictures star,
is now nestled in her Van Nuys (Calif.) }
home, reading four or five plays for
her next film. But that most appealing
to her is the 1896 book, 'Brownstone.
by Jack Yarmov-her press agent!"
Whose press agent? :. That coming
New York opening Of -Four Daugh-
ters" brings the Lane Sisters East
on personal-appearance jaunt, Pris-
ella following the Northern route,
Lola the Central and Rosemary the
Southern, which ought to mean that
one of them will pay Washington a
visit. We said it ought to, whether
1t does or not . Helen Forrest be-
came such an immediate hit in the
Capitol's Going Native" revue that
Phil Lampkin's lads in the pit had
to rehearSe an extra encore for her
after the first show . New York's
Elsa Maxwell is about to bring that
particular social world which eddies
about her to pictures, she having been
signed to write a new Merle Oberon
fllm for Alexander Korda {. 1t won't
be Laurel and Hardy any more, Stan
Laurel having walked out on the
movies again and once too often for
Producer Hal Roach, who has signed
Harry Langdon to make the team
Langdon and Hardy, which probably
won't be too much of change for the
F. WE had looked at the mail sooner
of course, we would have learned
sometime last week that: Samuel
Goldwyn announced yesterday that
due to great popular demand Jon Hall
and Dorothy Lamour. who co-starred
in The Hurricane will be teamed in
another romantic story under the
Goldwyn banner" Just proving that
Hollywood still is the place OF many
miracles and that anything can be
done to the law Of supply and demand.
Evening star., 1938-08-22

Finally Admits Girls.
Ilkley Grammar School of Ilkley,
England, which for three centuries has
trained only boys, is to admit girls.
Evening star., 1938-08-22

the Yankee Doodle Boy was here to
make THE Phantom President" He
first hit the ceiling when the studio
refused to let him appear in the trailer
advertising the production. I'VE gotta
have youth and sex appeal in that
and you've got neither" said the cold
publicity man. Through press inter-
views Cohan launched vigorous at
tacks on Hollywood and its methods
and swore he'd never return. But q
$500,000 deal, such as M-G-M is
talking, can soothe many wounded
feelings.
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Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Paramount Marks the End
OF Opera on the Screen
Studio Casts Gladys Swarthout
In Straight Dramatic Role
In Minor Melodrama.
By HARRY MACARTHUR.

HE is now definitely through finished washed up
Gladys Swarh
outs Romance the Dark had embated exhibitors
knel WI known
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Movies a Rotten Business
Says Miss Loretta Young
Doesn't Want Young Half.Sister in Films.
1t Was Sandwich That Laid Up
Shirley Temple.
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN,

O1LYWOOD, Aug % CNANA)-Their
~ The Loretta Household
The point whether
ana shall continue with the movie
tosy few months Durbin
under the Ann Royal.
Iotas mother and Sally Fosr), are
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
COUNTY GROUP
FIGHTS OIL TAX

BETHESDA, Md, March Is.
The Montgomery County Civic
Federation last night went on
record as opposed to the bill pro-
vidlng for a 1-cent tax on fuel
oil now pending in Congress. The
federation charged the bill is
discriminatory"
A heated debate followed intro
.duction of the resolution at the
Bethesda Elementary School by
one of the delegates. Despite
strong sentiment in favor of the
proposed tax the opposition forces
were victorious on the final
ballot.
A report from a special COM
mittee appointed nearly a year
ago to make a study of the
feasibility of changing the pres
ent county commissioner type of
government to a charter form
was sidetracked after a lengthy
discussion and slated as the chief
order of business at the next ses-
sion of the federation next month.
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
|TVA PROBE PLAN
delay is URGED
BY z SENATORS
Would Give President
Time to Make Quiz

N.N.S0. Administration chief
tains today put the brakes on
moves for Congressional investi-
CATION of the feud in the Tennessee
Valley Authority, pending con-
clusion Of President Roosevelt's
inquiry into it.
The President having set Friday
for a continuation of his investi-
cation of the controversy between
Chairman Arthur E. Morgan and
Directors Harcourt Morgan and
David E. Lilienthal, the Senate
should await the results, Majority
Leader Barkley of Kentucky, said.
DELAY IS SEEN
II do not believe any action
will be taken on resolutions for
an investigation until after the
President concludes his inquiry"
Barkley said. "The President
may have some recommendation
or conclusions on the matter"
Meanwhile, friend and foe Of
the iva were exploring the field
suggested by Senator Norris G.RO
of Nebraska for investigation by
a select committee of five Sena-
tors. Immediately. Barkley suA
gested that if there is to be an
investigation it should be con-
Quoted by a joint Senate House
committee.
Senator King D.) of Utah, a
prime mover in the investigation
forces, likewise said he favored q
joint Congressional committee.
WIDE INQUIRY
The Norris resolution entails a
wide range of subjects to be in
vestigated, King pointed out. Ii
addition to investigating all
phases Of the controversy between
the three iva directors, it would
impose upon the committee a duty
to inquire into alleged activities
Of private power companies to
hanlstring iva.
Meanwhile, Senator King con-
ferred with Senator Bridges CR.)
of New Hampshire on the iva
situation. These Senators had
Joined in offering a resolution for
a Senate investigation of the bit
ter feud between the IVA direc-
tors. Representative Maury Nave
rick CD of Texas, sponsoring an
investigation resolution in the
House, was consulted by the two
Senators.
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
In Congress Today
SENATE

Meets at noon.
Resumes consideration Of reor-
ganization bill.
La Toilette committee continues
civil liberties investigation.
Special committee resumes un-
employment hearing.
Appropriations SUI b C ommittee
considers Interior bill.
Finance committee considers
tax revision bill.
HOUSE
Meets at noon.
Resumes big Navy debate.
Postoffice Committee considers
star routes bill.
Buildings and Grounds Commit
tee considers D. C. airport bill.
District Committee considers
antigambling bill.
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
Foes of Big Navy
Demand Showdown
On Defense POLICY
Expansion Bill Is FOreSeen
By ROBERT HUMPHREYS

(1NS) Growing this nations conduct Of '
foreign affairs gave fresh impetus today House drive
against the Administrations proposed declaration of nava
policy convinced the bfliondoIar
The Washington times., 1938-03-15

NEW Jersey.
Nearly two years ago, the six
children of Ludke, Washington
postal employe, were expelled
from the Oxon Hill Consolidated
School because of their refusal to
salute the flag in daily patriotic
class exercises.
Action of the Prince Georges
county school board in ouSting
the children was upheld by the
county circuit court and the
Maryland Court of Appeals. Last
fall, after the Maryland Appeals
Court had refused to hear his
case, Ludke said he would carry
the fight to the United States
Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court yesterday
refused to interfere in the efforts
of the New Jersey school authori.
ties in enforcing a flag salute
from school children, contending
mo substantial Federal question
was involved, and dismissed an
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
FAMILY FLEES
AS HOME BURNS

OXON HILL, Md, March Is.
Fire of undetermined origin routed
Richard L. SeiSs, his wife and
three small children from their
home here last night and de-
stroyed the house despite the e.
forts of seven local fire companies
and two District units.
The blaze, believed to have
started shortly after midnight on
the second floor or roof, had
gutted the upper story before the
alarm was turned in. Companies
from Suitland, Oxon Hill, Hillside,
Capitol Heights, Upper Marlboro,
Accokeek, Boulevard Heights,
Bradbury Heights and the District
responded, but were handicapped
BY a lack Of water.
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
CIO Group Loses
Labor Board Plea

(1N.S0-DiSmisSal Of a peti.
tion for investigation and certifi.
cation Of representatives of en-
ployes of Bemis Bros. Bag Com
pany, Seattle, Wash, filed by In.
ternational Longshoremen and
Warehousemen's Union, Local 9, a
CIO affiliate, was announced TO.
day by the National Labor Rela,
tions Board.
The action was based on results
of a secret ballot election February
18, showing that no collective bar
gaining representative had been
selected by a majority Of the en-
ployeS.
The Washington times., 1938-03-15

heavy ships Of the fleet, scheduled
TO sail yesterday for the largest
scale naneuvers in its history
broke all precedent and stayed
here.
Steam guages were kept at a
high mark, submarines were pre-
pared to cast off from mother
ships" and airplanes were gasSed
and oiled.
When orders finally are given.
the fleet will clear the harbor for
the vast expanse of the Pacific,
lying in the triangle Of the Cali
fornia coast-Aeutian Islands and
Hawaii.
Fast patrol boats paid close at.
tention to the swarm OF fishing
boats that lowered around the
breakwater.
Fleet problem XIX will be
worked out when the maneuvers
get under way, and $50 men-o-war,
carrying 10000 men and officers,
will take part,
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
The Weather

District of Columbia-Rain
with slowly rising temperature
tonight and Wednesday; lowest
temperature tonight about 40 de-
grees; moderate east ana south
east winds.
Maryland-Rain with slowly ris.
ing temperature tonight and
Wednesday.
Virginia-Rain tonight and
Wednesday; slowly rising temper
Ature Wednesday and in north
and central portions tonight.
TIDE TABLES
High tides today at 7:19 a. m.
and 7:44 p. m.
Low tides today at 1:40 a. m.
and 2:06 p. m.
High tides tomorrow at sos
o. m. and 1929 p. m.
Low tides tomorrow at 2:27 a.
m. and 1854 p. m.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1938-03-15

attack by Alma Herring and Vivian
Herring on the constitutionality of
the law under which they were
expelled from the Lincoln Public
School Of Secaucus. N. j.
Both the Ludke and Herring
children are members of q reli-
gious sect known as "Jehovah's
Witnesses" who believe that a
salute to the flag or a pledge of
allegience to it is tantamount to
the worship Of "a higher author.
ity other than Cod.''
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
MRS. BIDDLE TO SPEAK

Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, president
of the District Of Columbia Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs, will speak
at a meeting at the Girls Club
and Hospice of the Volunteers of
America, 1925 Sixteenth st. N. W..
tomorrow at 2::30 p. m. Miss v. A.
.Devlin, of the Police Women'S S
Bureau, also will speak.
The Washington times., 1938-03-15

Convinced the btllion-dollar ma
val expansion bill cannot be de
feated, opponents shifted their at
tack to its controversial provision
committing the United States to
maintenance of a navy sufficient
to defend both coasts Simultane-
ously and to protect its commerce
and nationals in foreign lands.
SHOWDOWN SOUGHT
The coalition bloc of Democratic
liberals, progressive, farm-laborites
and Republicans battling the bill,
announced they would force O
showdown on the policy provision
the first to be included in q
naval bill since 1916.
Bloc leaders said they had re-
ceived assurances the move would
obtain support from numerous
House members who favor the ex-
pansion bill, but who object to
the broad scope of its declaration
of naval policy.
FLEET RESTRICTION
The new attack formed around
two Developments:
l. Representative Kniffin of
Ohio, a Democratic member Of
the House Naval Affairs Com
mittee, announced he would
offer his so-called "prize-ring"
amendment, prohibiting the
fleet going farther than the
middle of either the Atlantic or
Pacific Oceans except in case
of attack.
2. Representative Maverick, q
Texas New Deal Democrat who
has forSaken Administration
ranks on the issue of rearma-
ment to head the House oppoSi-
ton bloc, announced he would
demand a roll call vote on out
right elimination of the entire
declaration of policy.
hEJECIEU EAhLAEH
Kniffin's amendment, which
was rejected by the Naval Affairs
Committee two weeks ago, would
have the immediate effect Of
forcing the Government to with
draw At fighting craft from Chi
nese waters, according to its
author.
The Ohio members decision to
offer the amendment to the House
drew from Speaker Bankhead the
prediction it would meet "consid-
cradle opposition and defeat. Ad-
ministration lines likewise stiff
ened to resist Mavericks proposal
to strike the policy provision from
the bill.
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
Fleet Opens
WGrGGneS
InPacific

SAN PEDRO, Cal, March is
UN.S).-The United States fleet
began its annual maneuvers early
today, when several cruisers and
light craft moved out of San
Pedro harbor. The battleships re-
manned at anchor, however.
Admiral Cloude c. Bloch would
give no explanation as to why the
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
TEMPERATURES
DEPARTURES

DEPARTURES
Accumulated excess Of tempera-
ture since January l, 1888, 292.
Excess of temperature since
March /, 1888, so.
Accumulated deficiency Of pre-
cipitation since January /, 1888,
$50.
Deficiency of precipitation since
March /, 1888, .79.
Temperatures same date last
year-Highest. IS; lowest, 20.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
Court Ruling Hits
Ludke Flag Case

OXON HILL Nd March ia serious setback in the fight
o August Ludke of Oxon Hill Md for reinstatement of his
children Maryland public schools in the refusal
1.-THE United States Supreme Court hear similar case from
The Washington times., 1938-03-15
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