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Evening star., 1938-08-23
Final Sylvan Event.
TONIGHT at 8 o'clock in the N

TONIGHT at o'clock in the Ma
tional Sylvan Theater in the
Washington Monument Grounds, the
Community Center Department and
the Office of National Capital Parks
will present the 10th and final Sum-
mer Festival in the 1898 series, with
the appearance of the Tempo Choral
Society conducted by DR.. w. Scott
Mayo in AN Evening Of Song"
1t will be the fifth annual alfresco
concert by this organization Of SC
Washington church choir singers al
the Monument under Summer Festival
auspices, and among the Soloists OF
the occasion will be E. E. Ayers. basso
There will also be incidental solos by
frankie CroWder. Vivian Christian
Obie Holmes and Emerson Johnson
The accompanist will be Sadie Ham,
ilton.
In case of inclement weather pre-
venting the concert tonight the entire
program will be presented Thursday
night. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
m a
Is Slow for
Roadsiders
Thomas Play
Lacks Cheers
And Kisses.
BY CHRIS MATHISEN.

TURN1NG once again to the
works OF Augustus Thomas, the
Roadside Theater last night
presented its production of
Alabama" to take its place with
Arizona" and I'm Mizzoura" in the
group OF State" plays by Mr.. Thomas
that have been enacted on the stage
of the Rockville pike barn. Strongly
reminiscent Of last seasons selection
is Alabama" for, like In Mizzoura,
it is. a play of the South and is a lei
surely-paced opus. The playwrights OF
course. did not omit those elements
designed to provide excitement. but
the unhurried existence is accented.
Roadside's current offering will not
be remembered as one of this summer
theater's outstanding hits, but not be-
cause Of deficiencies in the company s
performances or in the direction of
Anton Hardt. Both were able to stand
the test Of comparison with the barns
high standard last night. There
merely isn't enough in Alabama" to
provide an evenings romp for the
players.
Mr.. Thomas captured the mood Of
life in the State to which he turned
his attention: his limning is authentic.
There are few opportunities for cheer
ing or Kissing on the other side OF the
footlights, however, and the OCCASION
ally excessively slow progress prob.
ably will prompt some grumbling on
the part Of Roadside devotees. 1t
should not be supposed from this that
Alabama" as done out on the pike, is
devoid Of merit as entertainment. for
production Of appreciable interest
has been contrived.
Anne Ives heads the cast. and her
portrayal Of the lady who finds her
cousin and true love returned just
when her tribulations become most
imposing is, as could be expected from
TINS reliable trouper, a carefully-shaded
piece Of work. Lansing Hall is on
hand again to keep the principal love
analr interesting. The young railroad
agent from the Nawth who captures
her heart Is presented in rather a pal
lid incarnation by Don Muller.
George Harrington has. been handed
handsomely tailored assignment, and
his playing Of courtly but bustling
Southern colonel provides some Of the
evenings most entertaining interludes.
The villain is Norman Rose, who man.
ages to coax his full quota of Kisses.
albeit his chances are few. Best of
the others are j. Edmund Veitch as a
country justice, Ralph Fowler in the
role of the prodigal, S. Carlton Ayres
as the aged planter who finally decides
to bury the hatchet with at least one
man from the North.
Evening star., 1938-08-23

or TWO cases but generously in others
as no more than adequate but it is a
shortcoming Miss Leontovich seems
not to notice and makes you over
look almost completely Miss Leonto-
vich is the Grand Dutches Tatiana
with all her heart. She has played
the role for a long time. both in Lon
don and touring about the United
States, but familiarity has not bred
any noticeable diminishing of her
enthusiasm.
Eugene Leontovich lives the former
Russian noble who was a noble still
even after her Russia was a strange
land under the domination of people
like the "commissar of pigs" which
epithet she bites off so beautifully
She does everything beautifully, in
hands, every infection of her voice
count for something. She brings an
intensity, sincerity and a warmth of
personality to her playing which make
you forgive If you can't forget other
shortcomings of the production.
Va VIC oupROA Wig CoAAlSdlly
Denison as Prince Mikail and Gordon
Richards as the banker to whose
kitchen come the Grand Duchess
and her Prince Consort, are not
half bad, it must be said. But
most of the time it is completely up
to Miss Leontovich to bring to life
the splendid Jacques Deval play about
a pair of Russians who remained ever
faithful to the Gar and the beloved
Russia he represented to them And
you may be sure she brings it to life.
MARIE WILSON may not win any
~ academy awards for it, but she
has turned in one of the years best
comedy performances in Boy Meets
Girl" Ever since her addle-pated
prattle first was caught by sound
Evening star., 1938-08-23
The Vinegar Tree
One of the Gayest
At Cross Roads.

WITH Paul Osborn's "The Vinegar
w Tree" as their springboard the
people Of the Cross Roads Theater
now come along to provide one Of the
gayest weeks Of their season. Time
and the laws OF nature which govern
the business Of being in more than
one place at one time necessitated
giving this production Of "The Vine
gar Tree" its initial inspection Sun
day night at the dress rehearsal, out
that ever trying period stood not in the
way of the gay and scintillating wit Of
Mr.. Osborn's play.
1t is one grand. time and we assure
you that the people involved are doing
vastly better with 1t than they did
recently with Noel Coward's Private
Lives" and that production seems to
have been found q lot of fun by lot
Of people. There is no particular
method to the madness Of the Osborn
comedy, it being. you may remember,
the story Of young fellow who did
not want to marry his first love be-
cause she was inexperienced" Of the
girls mother, who thought her love OF
a couple Of decades before had re-
turned, and of the various others in
volved. There is a lot Of mistaken
identity, there is much milling about
madly, there are few tender little
family quarrels and all Of it amounts
to an hilarious evening. Some OF Mr..
Osborn's lines are little short Of mag
nificient in their bright wit.
All OF this is played. as was hinted
above, In handsome manner. David
kaigler is perhaps the noblest mad
man OF them all playing the crouch Of
a husband Of the woman who thought
her love had returned, the woman IN
turn being Catherine Ryan at what
Evening star., 1938-08-23

thing about her voice. She is not sure
just what, or how or when she will
find time to do it, for she Is very
busy person who is determined not to
let the public forget her as the No. l
fan dancer of the world.
Il learned early to like food" she
says, "and there have been times when
it was mighty scarce. But maybe I'll
find time to study something about
voice."
There's another side to the story of
Miss Rand's tour of the straw hat
theater circuit. 1t is the side of the
managements. They are glad to see
her doing so well, but for the sake
OF the theater and its standing they
are glad, too, the box Office records
are held by the old established stars.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Eugenie Le0nt0vich Stars
Brightly in 'Tovarich'
Actress Brings Brilliant Characterization
To Hit Play at the Olney.
Marie Does 1t Again.
By HARRY MACARTHUR,

n
the expectations
nounced the visiting
eaer unina1y trying hold reputation
utmost skill Tovarch'
Her
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Summer Finds Sally Rand
Tossing Her Fans Away
"A Well.Known Young Lady Now Turns
To Another Form of Expression
At Mount Kisco's Straw Hat
BY JAY CARMODY.

CUNT KIsCo, Y Aug 23-Anything happen when the
N/V theer
otherwise could
n
Evening star., 1938-08-23

Mlssouri blond IAN dancer. Here,
however, the talents of the two have
been merged. and if the best features
Of each are not apparent in the result,
the thing has a quality that is irresisti-
ably piquant. witnessing the result,
which was arranged by those two ex-
Washingtonians, Day Tuttle and Rich
ard Skinner, one canont but think
that If Maugham's play achieves less
than when Jeanne Eagles played it,
Sally also has made sacrifices. It is
something to step out from behind
pair Of ostrich fans into the dowdy
Evening star., 1938-08-23

truck Miss Wilson has been known
as young woman who could be de-
pended upon for laugh and her pres
ence has Frightened many a film
Here now in Boy Meets Girl" (Which
was screened yesterday and which is
sure to be hit when it opens at the
Earle Friday Marie has part which
is richer lode than she has ever
struck before and she plays it so
superbly you can't imagine any one
else coming close to her in the same
role. Her ton of Susie,
the poor waitress whose babe-t to-be is
movie star before he arrives, is no
haphazard thing Marie has used a
lot OF intelligence on being dumb here.
Her acutely accurate sense of comedy
has made Susie comic character on
a par with some Of Chaplins creations,
one OF those deft blends of humor and
pathos that has you roaring with good,
hearty laughter, all the while tears
OF sympathy are yelling to your eyes.
Miss Wilson is good.
WHAT with September being sched-
uled to arrive in but week or so
some OF the busiest people in town are
those members of the Civic Theater,
who are reading plays against the
coming OF the new season. No definite
selections have been made as yet. of
course, but our pet wombat which
sneaks about gathering up rumors
has come back with long list of plays
under consideration.
Some time during this coming sea-
son you may see Judgment Day."
The Mask and the Face" High
Tor Golden Boy" "Shoemaker's
Holiday The Boy David" Trojan
Women" within the Gates" "sa-
lone" Murder in the Cathedral. i"
The Duchess Of Malf." There's Al
ways Juliet" The Warriors Hus-
band, The Common Glory" or may
be none Of them, but half dozen Of
the others under consideration. We're
fascinated by the title Of just one play
on the list. It's called The Girl With
the Green Eyes"
Evening star., 1938-08-23

probably Is her only real performance
Of the season. The others mixed up
with the daft af1air-and they give
considerably more than np-service to
the playing Of their roles-are Don
Sisler, Jack Wilson, Rebecca Rice and
Josephine Orendorf. All OF them dis
play knack for timing that gets the
swift comedy across a knack
that owes something. to Jack wilson's
direction-and Cross Roads fans
should be glad this open week turned
up as a spot for THE Vinegar Tree"
H. M,
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Two Veterans Set
In Powell Film.

WALTER CATLETT and Minna
Gombell have been signed by
Warner Bros. for featured roles in
Dick Powells next starring picture,
"Going Places"
Anita Louise, as the romantic lead
in the picture, will play her first
screen singing and dancing role.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Earle-"Give Me a Sailor" farce
with different Martha Raye: II am,
1:40, AIS. 7:1O and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 12:45, $3.50, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Capitol-"Woman Against Woman"
Virginia Bruce and Mary Astor are
the women; Herbert Marshall is the
man: 11:1O am, / SIS, 4:40, 7:3O and
1915 pm. Stage shows: 12:45, $3.50,
6:15 and sos pm.
Metropolitan-"A Farewell to Arms"
revival Of the Gary Cooper Helen
Hayes success: 1885 am, 1885, 3:35.
5:35, '7:35 and $40 pm.
Palace-"The Crowd Roars," Mr..
Taylor is a fighter, Miss O'Sullivan a
millionaire's daughter: IL am, los,
3:15, 5:25. 1885 and 9:45 pm.
Columbia-'Love Finds Andy Har-
dy." Mickey Rooney has three girl
friends: 11:15 am, 1:20, 1925, $50,
7:35 and Gas pm.
Keith's - Letter of Introduction, ~
Charlie McCarthy's comedy: 11:53
am, Pill, 4:30, 7:0s and 9:37 pm.
1.-THE March OF Time": 1888 am,
1:51, 4:19, 6:48 and GIT pm.
Trans-Lux-News ana shorts. Con-
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"The White Sister" revival
OF the Helen Hayes hit: II am, 1:05,
sos, $40, 1920 and $50 pm.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
France in Tight Place

FRANCE, it was expected, would
adopt a course parallel with that
of Britain, for, as Foreign Minister
Delbos said, she might otherwise
find herself isolated in Europe. How
ever Premier Chautemps served no.
tice on Chamberlain that the French
would join in the proposed four
power pact only if protection were
assured for Czechoslovakia and
Austria. The French secret defense
committee met to organize an
arms expansion program involving
1855, 400, 900 and to lay plans for de-
Tending the Czechs against German
aggression.
Chautemps and Foreign Minister
Delbos told the chamber of depu-
ties the government intended to
seek peaceful settlement with Italy
and Germany. but that France
would not permit the installation OF
any hegemony in central Europe"
and would fulfill her engagements
with the countries Of the little en-
tente.
Thereupon the chamber indorsed
this policy Of the government by a
vote of 439 to 2.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
&X2ao1nkd NJ HGck01d
~ SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK
G Western Newspaper Union.

opinion denounced as despotic and
wholly at variance with the prin-
ciples Of constitutional liberty in
this country.
In a Milwaukee case the court
held that demand by labor union
that an employer force his en-
ployees to join that union consti-
tuted labor dispute under the Nor
ris-La Guardia act. 1t reversed a
decree issued by Federal Judge
Ferdinand A. Geiger and upheld by
the Seventh Circuit Court of APP
peals, which permanently enjoined
a union from attempting to coerce
an employer whose employees had
refused to join that union.
In two cases the court upheld the
right Of the national labor relations
board, without notice, or hearing, or
an election, to require employers to
withdraw recognition from an en-
ployees' association alleged to have
been fostered by the employer.
In fourth case the court refused
to review a decision by the New
York Court of Appeals, the state s
highest tribunal, which upheld a
contract requiring membership in a
particular union as a condition of
employment.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
Three Taken as Spies

GOVERNMENT agents and new
~ York police broke up a ring OF
spies engaged in selling secrets OF
the American army and navy to
European nation described as
world power but otherwise not
named. Three alleged members Of
the ring were under arrest and held
in heavy bail. Two of them, for
mer sergeant in the United States
army and a private in the army,
were said to have confessed. The
third was German girl, hairdresser
on the German liner Europa. The
G-men were diligently searching for
other members of the band.
Guenther Gustav Rumrich, the
ex-sergeant who is deserter, said
he was engaged in obtaining secrets
and information concerning military
operations of the United States
army and was forwarding it
through confidential channels to va
rious addresses in Europe.
Erich Glaser, the private, had
been stationed at Mitchell Field,
New York, the largest army air
base on the East coast and key to
the air Notifications Of the metropol-
itan area. He supplied certain air
corps codes to Rumrich.
Johanna Holman, the woman ar
rested, admitted she was the ''liason
officer and paymaster" between the
ring and its employers. Secret code
keys and considerable quantities Of
money were found on her person.
So far as investigators have been
able to learn Rumrich sold the for
eign power a gold brick. He never
transmitted any information that
could not be found in the army and
navy journal. a publication obtain
able by any one.
However. army officials consid-
cred the matter of considerable i'm
portance and armed guards were
placed around military centers
along the Atlantic seaboard. At
Mitchell Field especial protection
was given the hangar housing a
bomber used for testing one of the
air corps most precious secrets, a
bomb sight capable Of aiming
heavy air projectiles with great ac-
curacy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
Nav Cut Farm Subsidies

FARMERS who harvest more
than their allotted acreage of ma
jor crops face drastic deductions in
their federal subsidy payments un-
der the new farm program.
The agricultural adjustment ad-
ministration announced detailed
regulations governing payment OF
benefits from the 500 million dollars
congress is authorized to appropri-
ate for financing the new crop con-
troll law.
Crops affected include cotton.
corn, wheat, tobacco, rice, potatoes
and others designated officially as
"soil depicting"
In announcing the regulations, ].
B. Hutson, assistant AAA admins
traitor, said the subsidy or soil con-
servation phase of the farm pro-
gram was designed to do more than
improve and maintain soil fertility.
He said it will tend to keep produc-
ton in line with crop requirements.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
Columbus Diary

IN 1924 Angel Delmote, Mexican
lawyer, announced that he had
obtained from some Jews in Havana,
Cuba, an almost priceless historical
document. 1t was the original diary
of Christopher Columbus which, en-
closed in wax casing, mad been
thrown overheard when il appeared
certain that his ship was about to
be shipwrecked in a storm near the
Azores in 1893.
Thereupon, the experts on historic
al documents laughed long and loud.
so the original log of Columbus
has bobbed up again" they said.
We'll, it's about tine--it comes to
light about every two years" They
know it's a fake for the very good
reason that the diary is written in
German and, so far as is known,
Columbus could neither speak nor
write German. More than that, the
language Of the diary" is excellent
modern German but resembles that
spoken in the Fifteenth century no
more than the English language of
today resembles the English of
Chaucer's time.
A year previously this diary"
had made its appearance in San
Francisco. The two men who had
bought this '500-year-old document"
took it to a paper company to es-
tablish its authenticity by chemical
tests. The tests were made and
proved that the paper on which the
diary" was written was scarcely
30 years old!
What's the answer? Simply that
forgers of historic documents"
continue to ply their trade, confident
that they can always find victim
to buy their spurious antiques.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
Senate TO Probe Reds

CENATOR COPELAND Of New
- York successfully put through
his resolution for a special investi-
CATION of subversive activities of
Communists in the merchant ma
rine. 1t will be conducted by a
committee named by Vice President
Garner.
About the same time Harry
Bridges, c. I. o. leader on the west
coast, arrived in Washington to re-
sist being deported as an undesir-
able alien. Bridges also demanded
a hearing before the senate COM
mittees on commerce and labor
which had under consideration the
bill to extend to maritime labor
relations the scope of the railway
labor act and the authority of toe
national mediation board.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10


rid of Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden, putting in his place Lord Hal
flax, outspoken friend of Nazi Ger
many, and defied the opposition Of
the Labor party in parliament.
The earl Of Perth, British ambas-
sador to Rome, had conversations
with Italian Foreign Minister Ciano
and was then called to London for
further instructions. II was said
Perth and Ciano agreed the follow
ing points must be discussed and, if
possible, made a part of the Lon
don-Rome treaty:
Britain must recognize the Italian
conquest of Ethiopia.
An Anglo-Italian Mediterranean
pact should be arranged to include
Italian naval parity with Britain in
the Mediterranean, reduction in It.
aly's troops in Libya, and British
assurances that the Suez canal will
be safeguarded against closing or
air attack.
Immediate cessation Of anti-Ital-
ian propaganda in the British terri
tories in the Near East in return for
which Italy will guarantee not to in
clude anti-British propaganda in its
Bari radio broadcasts.
Withdrawal of foreign ''volun-
teers" from Spain was to be de-
manded by Britain, and it was un-
derstood in London that Chancellor
Hitler of Germany had agreed to
that, and that Italy would not re-
fuse, although Mussolini especially
wishes that Franco be granted bel
hgerent rights.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
Austrian Nazis Checked
.JANCEIJOP

CHANCELLOR SCHUSCHNIGG
~ evidently is determined not to let
Hitler go too far in Austria. He is
sternly suppressing all illegal Nazi
activities, and is using the army in
doing so. In the Nazi province of
Styria thousands of peasants
planned to march on Graz and
Nazis intended to occupy the gov
ernment buildings. So the chancel-
lor sent motorized units from the
Vienna garrison to guard all ap-
proaches to the city, and airplanes
secuted about looking for the ex-
pected marching columns. This
prompt action prevented the threat
ened uprising and not a shot was
fred.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
IsoIationists Cheered

a MERICAN isolationists saw in
4 \ the new European develop
ments the eclipse of the interna-
tionalism fostered by President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hull, and
were greatly encouraged in their de-
termination to keep the United
States free from foreign entangle-
ments. At the same time the pro-
ponents of powerful national defense
were elated and the administration S
big navy program received a great
boost. The house naval affairs COM
mittee was about ready to report
favorably the billion dollar navy
construction bill, which may include
provision for the establishment Of
more naval bases, mainly in the
Pacific.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10

Supreme court enlargement bill.
The coalition was headed by Re-
publican Senators Borah of Idaho,
Vandenberg of Michigan and Nc
Nary of Oregon and Democratic
Senators Wheeler of Montana, o.
Mahoney of Wyoming and Burke of
Nebraska.
An amendment by Wheeler en-
powering congress to veto any Of
the Presidents reorganization pro-
posals within sixty days gained
wide support.
Opponents Of the bill contend it
smacks Of dictatorship and would
strip congress of its constitutional
powers.
Senator Byrnes Of South Carolina
opened the debate in behalf Of the
bill.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
Historic
HoaXes
g
The Lost Explorer
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
@ Western Newspaper Union.


EROM Ladysmith, Wis, in jan
L uary, 1926, came a story about
an important historical discovery
which caused something of SEN
sation in the Middle West. Two
woodsmen, Art Charpin and Walter
Latsch, had found in a hollow tree
petrifed body which was identi-
fed, by the clothing and a piece
of paper in one Of the pockets, as
Pierre D'Artagnan, lost member of
the Marquette-Joliet expedition Of
1878.
The story, first published in the
Rusk County Journal at Ladysmith.
was reprinted in many Wisconsin
papers, then spread to other parts
of the Middle West and finally to
all sections of the country. But aft
er two months it was exposed as
a hoax.
A bulletin Of the Wisconsin His
torical society pointed out the many
absurdities in the tale-the claim
that mineral matter in the sap Of
the tree had acted as an embalm-
ing fluid, that the clothing Of the ex-
plorer should have been preserved
and the piece Of paper in his pocket
should have been readable after $50
years.
After this expose, M. D. Hinshaw
and Edward Richardson, publishers
of the Ladysmith paper, who turned
out to be the ''woodsmen" Of the
tale, admitted that the yarn had
been concocted as a promotion stunt
for the newspaper. But they also
pointed out what had been obvious
to anyone who had read the first
story carefully-that, although it
was printed in the Rusk County
Journal. it was credited to the Rusk
County Lyrei
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10

in, inspiring the assassination of
Sergei Kiroff, and putting to death
the writer Maxim Gorky and two
others previously supposed to have
died of natural causes.
Most prominent of the men put
on trial were Former Premier Alex.
is /. Rykov. who succeeded Lenin
and held office for nearly two years; !;
and Nikolai Bukharin, chronicler of
the red revolution and editor of the
government newspaper Izvestia be-
fore March, 1887.