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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18
So Movies on
PordmOunt'S
Schedule

A schedule Of fifty-eight fea-
ture pictures and 102 shorts will
be produced by Paramount dur
ing the season Of 1938-39, ac-
cording to an announcement
made yesterday by Neil F.
Agnew, vice president in charge
of distribution, at the companys
annual sales meeting which adj
journed at the Shoreham.
Among the more spectacular
Of the feature films on the pro-
gram will be Men With Wings"
listed as IAN American caval-
cade Of aviation" under the
direction of William Wellman:
Union Pacific" q story of en-
pire building under the direc-
ton of Cecil B. De Mile: IF I
Were King" with Ronald Col
man; knights Of the Round
Table" a romance of King
Arthur's court, and the 1.-THE
Texans" a history Of the Lone
Star State, with Joan Bennett
and Randolph Scott.
Pictures on the So-called
"tailormade" schedule include
"The Arkansas Traveller" for
Bob Burns; 1.-THE Oracle Allen
Murder Case" for George Burns
and Oracle Allen; "Air Raid"
"Cafe Society,"" Navy Nurse"
'Illegal Traffic" king of Alca-
traz," Touchdown Army"
Campus Confessions" and
'Sons Of the Legion" Musical
pictures will also be written for
Bing Crosby, Jack Benny and
Martha Raye.
Two Of the features at least,
will be made in Technicolor.
They will be "Men With Wings"
and Tahiti" another South
Sea Islands picture starring
Dorothy Lamour and Ray Mil
land.
The Hopalong Cassidy and
Bulldog Drummond series will be
continued, as well as the famil-
lar Popeye cartoons. A new car
toon character, Sally Swing,
will replace Betty Boop.
A tworeel cartoon in Techni-
color will be an additional item
on the schedule next season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18
Valentino Is
Held Over

Since the Little Theater
broke its box office record dur
ing Holy Week with 1.-THE Son
Of the Sheik," it is understand
able that the Ninth Street house
Is holding over Rudolph Valen-
tino's last motion picture. The
notes Of a piano are being in
terspersed with signs from the
feminine members Of the audi
ence and Snorts from the swans
and husbands, towed along to
be shown just how this love.
making business should be done
or should have been done.
Valentino "had something" and
that something" still is capable
Of precipitating cardiac disar-
rangement on the distaff side.
Also held over are the first
color cartoon ever made, "Alice
Through the Looking Glass"
with Joan and Constance Ben
nett "a cartoon which is en-
acted rather than drawn and a
newsreel picturing outstanding
events Of q quarter century.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18

beautiful while through the
picture runs the great masters
own immortal music.
Jany Holt, as Juliette Guic-
ciardi, Beethoven's only real
love, is featured with Baur, but
it Is to Annie Dulcanx, as Their.
ese Won Brunswick, that the
honors belong.
Miss Dulcanx Is naturally
beautiful, her voice is low, vib-
rant, and so expressive that
though she speaks In French you
know what she is saying. She
reminds one Of Luis Rainier.
The story opens with Bee
thoven, q struggling composer,
no longer young, in love with his
young pupil, Juliette, carries
through the unhappy years that
brought deafness and early old
age, with his only consolation,
music.
The last scene shows Bee.
thoven, racked with pain, worn
out by poverty, despair and
hunger. An old man at 81.
He dies as a fashionable
audience at the Vienna Opera
House acclaims his music.
Baur'S acting in this scene
was superb and-unforgettable.
-VoTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18
ED SULLIVAN
BY ED SULLIVAN
They're the Tops
Hollywood, April Is.

HOLLYWOOD Aprn IS,
Oracle Allen because the little daEkhsired colleen has never
ssn bad So never % AS @
below the belt in his any political fights Lewis stone be-
Billie Burke zegfeds widow still hsadlner
he's Of very very few in Hollywood who ask for
young Sidney sidneys who
trades on his dads fame and Hal Roach who Just
less said the better for most Of them rancheck
% 1nE who ss be-:
Whned the newspaper men and fan maya
n % o 1ys him snS Joan mot than one
John BaymOre because Of the comeback
avh he has taken al
FOR The @ ns ss
us a the be
he
dunno who suddenly has blossomed into one Of the
sparkling condolences of industry Grant
e. @ SsS Ss s Of the
csr for and %anr 6 has var brought ugh @ Nc
Truth" within the twelfth capra because
es'fasz % o as
rating @ O HOPE and as n v w
m Gs. he SsE rs the st ssyi Of
neck SAID they'd be al washed up after they've out Of
ALICE BRADY because she showed in "Old Chicago
Veteran Charlie Coburn
o but puar Sr M 1 I1nE for his s1cssn
Cold Ut could have been rendered horrible exper1
n william fHE W N
this former Fanchon and Marco line
back after sustaining kids courage me
Is the most amazing yarn out here
GINGER ROGERS who proved that all wasn't con-
POWER because they repenhed the ndusys eadngman power
nice guy Mickey Rooney and Bonita Granville juvenile
denquences Durb because of the endowment this
amazing little Canadian girl has world Connie
Boswell because exploited on her nvad
ing only on her voice to register Godwyn nfing
good taste and because dough on the line JACK
Benny because of his consistency delivering minutes of
nigh JoWalty to a world that is in need Of laughs.
EDGAR BERGEN because he dummy his Ian and smile
ON your Lips Katharine Hepburn because her
IN bringing Up Baby" and rOmped
stage performance Broadway What?" irving
because he's taken another Tin
ran Alley and OverpOwred thin Schaut because of
ms captain Dreyus The team Of (ug
Sege because OF their swell collaboration Fargo"
The CHINESE soldiers because they've thrilled the entire world
by display OF fighting spirit that will
pages OF history Fredc March, never seer him In
an performance Sagehand turned on the
aIle oanae VINO deserved 1t Nemoller, German
pastor VINO defed Hitler in Berlin and
talking about heroes, don't
eay because he reminded all of the bank MAY
Bae because he proved daffod crossed with tver Iv
Oonne quntupetS because they only five peonIe
on the North American Continent who didn't something to
about the reorganization bill. 1890 AS w "0S
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18

certain to find a ready.made
audience. The head Oman is
No. / idol of Young America,
stands pretty good with the
grown.ups, too.
It is also a fact every feature
made in which the Omen have
been the screen heroes-mostly
melodramas produced on the
quickie scheduled ave made
money, are eagerly sought by
the Small-town cinemaS.
Omen are Paramount in the
war on crime" might be a good
slogan. I contribute it to Vice
President Neil Agnew, in charge
Of distribution, without charge.
Division Manager Carter Bar
ron, of Loew's. was host, mas
much as he splits the zukor
product, getting so per cent OF
the Paramount features. Others
20 to Warner Bros.
Vice President Agnew let it be
known, among other things, that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18

When Patricia Bowman was
booked for the Capitol Theater
Easter week she wrote Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt that she
would dance 'BIue Danube
Waltz" especially in her honor.
Ballerina had discussed it with
the mistress Of 1900 Pennsyl-
vania Avenue at the White
House luncheon on the Presi'
dents Birthday in January.
On Saturday night the First
Lady flabbergasted Managing
Director Charles Kurtzmann by
the announcement she was COM
ing to the late evening perform
-@nee. He emptied the executive
box, organized his welcoming
committee, but few knew of the
presence of the distinguished
guest until Emcee Paul GerritiS
made the announcement from
the stage. to thunderOus ap-
plauSe.
Following her performance
Miss Bowman visited the presi'
Dental box and was personally
greeted by the First Lady.
Patricia was invited to dance
OF the White House this after
noon to the music Of the u. 8.
Marine Band.
BY the way, Dance Rhyth-
Unique, which is part Of the Bow
man program, was composed BY
OrganiSt Dick Liebert, Of Radio
City Music Hall. Patricia sup
: piled the chOreOgraphy, Liebert,
che music.
Dick Liebert is well known to
WashingtOnians. As q matter
for the career record he was a
: classified advertising salesman
ON The Washington Times,
when he decided to take up
> music for a living. He subSti-
&uted for Val Scanned ut LOew'S
Palace, and when that master of
the instrument passed on, Dick
got the job. He was only 16, but
expert at sensing the kind of
music audiences prefer. Organ
list Liebert stayed at the Palace
six years, built MP . huge fol-
lowing for his community sings.
BIRTH" is BANNED
birth Of a Baby" which has
some hopes Of eventually show.
ing in Washington, was barred
by the New York Board Of Re.
gents In a decision which upheld
the earlier ban Of Erwin Es.
mond, director of the Bureau Of
Motion Pictures, official CEN
sors.
The board conceded that tho
film had been produced under
''careful scientific supervision
and undoubtedly has high edu.
CatiOnaI value" but declared
that it was in conflict with sec
ton 1882 of the education law.
It offered to issue a permit for
private showing Of the picture,
''if the applicant requests IT,"
Motion Picture Daily makes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18
ALWAYS Work

Unlike most film directors,
Henry King lunches almost
daily with his assistant, Robert
Webb, and discusses various pro-
duction problems on the goth
Century Fox two-million-dollar
dramatic production Of Irving
Berlin's "Alexander'S Ragtime
Band"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18

PLANS ANNOUNCED
If the first picture goes as
big as anticipated, then there
will be a Oman series. One Of
the conditions of the sale is
that the worlds greatest detec-
tive must put the Hoover okay
on the scenario derived from
his book, as well as others.
Hollywood elation over the
purchase comes from the fact
that anything with the official
j. Edgar Hoover label seems
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18
Gle a nings
and
Screenings
BY Andrew R. Kelley

Somewhere between the chicken aa-King and sliced cold
turkey Loew Inc buffet luncheon to the Para
mount Pictures sales convention Saturday at the Shore
ham, the leaked that the Omen will be 1888 screen
heroes
Meaning that the Zukor organization has bought the rights
Persons in Hiding the personal story of Edgar Hoover
chief Of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation and will make
of the important pictures the 1889 program
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18

NO ADVANCE m PRICES TODAY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-18

Birth of n Dragon Fly. Remarkable
Photograph of the Progress of This In
terestinE Insect From Its Dark Cradle
Under Water to the Glory of the Sun.
An Entertaining and Educational Page
in The American Weekly, the Magazine
Distributed with Next sundays Washing
ton Herald-Times.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
STAR. WAsHINeToN D 9, MAY 1ess-PARr TWO
BARNUM WON CAPITAL FAME
Gen. Washington Was Fond of Early Performances by Stars of
Animal World Sites Occupied by These Shows
Fate of Jumbo Recalled.

time he made his debut in WASH
tngton, which happened to be May
!, 1882. or exactly 56 years ago today.
For weeks the papers had carried
in their columns big advertisements
OF Jumbo, part of one reading:
THE mightiest!
Many feet the tallest!
Many times the heaviestl
And bigger than any two elephants
alive-JUMBO!
The British beaten-Jumbo here!
Barnum and London Shows.
P. T. Barnum, j. A. Bailey & ]. l..
Hutchinson, sole managers"
SHORTLY after IL O'Clock noon on
April 80 the four long trains of
handsomely decorated circus cars,
drawn by four powerful locomotives,
stopped at Third street and Virginia
avenue S.W. Several thousand peo-
pie gathered there in less than IS
minutes after the first train arrived,
many of whom were school children.
All had come to see Jumbo and the
baby elephant born on March 10, 1880,
just two years before, the first to be
born in this country. But in this the
crowd was disappointed. an old item
tells us, "for these were too big a
card to be exhibited free, and were
not removed until late and when the
crowd had dispersed"
The National Republican of May /,
1882, gives us the best account of
Jumbo's coming to town, and says:
Arrival Of Jumbo"
Jumbo arrived yesterday in his
own special palace car and had train
all to himself. There were only the
engine, Jumbo's car and the caboose.
The height Of Jumbo's car is such that
to prevent accident, and afraid it
might possibly touch or Craze a bridge
or tunnel, it travels alone. This will
be done all through the season, and
although the expense Of engaging a
separate locomotive for Jumbo's spe-
cial comfort and care is very heavy,
Evening star., 1938-05-01

the cabin doors. Despite its size, the
giant has the same graceful, clean
Ines as its smaller sisters.
As a result, 1t is expected to have
a maximum speed at its most efficient
altitude--around 5000 feet of near
ly four miles a minute, a cruising
range of 1900 miles and an absolute
ceiling Of $4,000 feet above sea-level
1t will have useful load of 10000
pounds and will be able to carry, in
addition to passengers and fuel. $500
pounds. or 312 tons Of mail, express
and baggage.
And now, for few key figures as
to size: The wing span Is 1873 feet 3
inches; the length from nose to tail
81 feet z inches; the maximum height
241a feet. The wing is 5Ka feet thick
and the four propellers have diam
eters Of IA feet each.
The tricycle. landing gear. fully
retractibls "a flight, has main whsels
Evening star., 1938-05-01

though in this respect it was about
time to call halt, and did not hesi-
tate to say so.
THIS massive elephant came to
Washington several times after
ward to eat our peanuts and to de-
light our youthful hearts, and then.
finally, on September is, 1885, was
run down by a freight train in Canada
and fatally injured. A dispatch from
st. Thomas, Ontario, said:
Jumbo, the 100000 elephant was
killed on the Grand Trunk airline
track half mile east of here last
night. His keeper was leading him
along the track when. a freight train
came up behind unnoticed and ran
him down. He was injured so badly
that he died in 20 minutes. The trick
elephant, Tom Thumb, was also in
jured, leg being broken"
Another and more complete account
says:
Poor Jumbo's death was tragic and
affecting. The Barnum Circus had
been giving an entertainment at st.
Thomas on the evening of September
Is, and Jumbo had, as usual, conduct
ed himself in the most meritorious
and praiseworthy manner. With the
plaudits OF the people still ringing in
his big ears, he was walking con-
tentedly down to the railroad train
that was to carry the circus out Of
town, when special train of cars,
drawn by a heavy locomotive, came
laundering down upon him. The track
upon which Jumbo was walking was
built on an embankment only suffi-
ciently wide to accommodate two
tracks-the main track and a siding.
The circus train occupied the siding.
There was not room for the poor
elephant to stand between the two
tracks, and on the other side escape
was cut off by the steep embankment,
which was nearly IL feet high. Jumbo,
at sight of the advancing locomotive,
took in the full significance Of his
perilous position, and throwing up his
trunk, sounded long strill note Of
warning to the baby elephant which
was accompanying him, and then set
OF at q brisk trot down the track
ahead Of the swiftly-moving train. In
vain the engineer whistled for brakes
and tried to check the progress Of his
train; the grade was steep and the
heavy cars pushed the locomotive
forward.
The baby elephant was struck by
the cow-catcher Of the locomotive and
tossed to one side with a broken leg
after which the rocking engine bore
down upon old Jumbo. Seeming to
realize that escape was impossible, the
big beast came to a standstill an
instant before the locomotive reached
him, and braced himself for the col
lision. It was like the coming to-
gether Of two freight trains. The
locomotive was thrown upon the en-
bankment and six cars were derailed.
Jumbo alone held the track. but the
luckless giant had received injuries
from which he died a few moments
later"
Evening star., 1938-05-01
needless to say there was seldom a

needless to say there was seldom q
vacancy.
The first grade was taught in the
southeast room by Miss Mary Malone,
who was temporarily succeeded in 1877
by Miss Mary Celia Jones, Miss Harriet
j. Drury subsequently taking the latter's
place. Miss Susie E. Porter taught
the second grade in the northeast
room. From the beginning, Miss Kate
T. Brown taught the third grade in
the northwest room, Miss Virginia r.
Gettings taking her place in 1874, and
continuing for several years thereafter.
Emma F. Quinlan taught the fourth
grade for several years. She was,
quite likely, widow She was a NICE
looking woman, though her face wore
a sad look. as the writer recalls ia
sort Of Madonna face. She was stout
and did all the whipping for the build
ing; and she could do 1t to a queens
taste. Her experience was no doubt
largely gained in connection with her
own son Frank, who was one of her
pupils.
ONE character connected with the
school whom the boys all loved--or
loathed would be more correct-was
John, the cclored janitor. He was
about the color Of newly polished
stove, and when any Of the teachers
desired to send . note to the home of
one of the boys telling his parents of
his misbehavior. John always took the
note, and John was always looked upon
as an enemy Of mankind
One particular incident the writer
recalls, when attending this school. was
the Patent Office fire, September a,
1877, when nearly every boy going to
this school had to bring note Of
excuse the next day for being absent
without permission. and their absence
was due to this fire.
Evening star., 1938-05-01

Jumbo, he received a letter from
Lynchburg, Va, from a gentleman
who signed himself RED Wagon" in
which he said:
II have been reading The Star for
many years and find your articles in
The Sunday Star most interesting.
Last Sunday 1 was reading
about Jumbo, which I consider a very
true story. 1t might be interesting
to you to know that when Jumbo
was killed at st. Thomas, Ontario,
September Is, 1885, he was in charge
of the present superintendent of Ma
tional Geological Garden in Washing
ton, am positive Of this. and I know
he still has charge Of the Zoo there.
I forget names, but think his name
Is Blackburn or something similar;
anyway, should you ever meet him
there, he could tell you about the ac-
cident. He had charge of Jumbo and
the baby elephant, that was gotten
from the Cooper & Bailey Circus,
when this circus was combined with
the p. T. Barnum and London shows,
Evening star., 1938-05-01

THE STAR, in editorially comment
ing upon the death Of Jumbo,
took the opportunity to point out a
moral In doing so, and said:
Jumbo is dead. The friend of
youth, the admired of all, the boast
and wonder Of the age is no more,
and what remains to us is to bear our
loss with resignation and to extract
from the sad event its moral lessons.
Jumbo met his untimely and tragic
death by getting in the way of train
of cars. He was walking along the
track with his keeper when q freight
train ran into him and crushed him to
death.
"The moral cs this distressing acci-
dent Is obvious. Jun1sc is dead be-
cause, innocently, no doubt, ne antag-
onized the course of events, he op-
posed the spirit of the age and OBJ
structed the progress of mankind.
Other big beasts have tried the same
experiment with invariably the same
result. and the conclusion may now
be accepted as fully established that
Evening star., 1938-05-01

In THE '70s and sos, the upper floor
Of the old church building, still
standing at the southeast corner Of
Ninth and s streets, then known as
Grace M. E. Church, was used for
public school purposes, and it is need
less to say that when the circus came
to town, the attendance at school was
mighty slim, for the boys were either
watching the parade, bringing water
for the elephants or hunting rags to
clean the steam piano or caliope with,
which usually meant free admission.
This building was typical Of many
OF the early public schools, nearly
all Of which were rented by the Dis
trict up to about 1864, when the
Wallach School Building was dedi-
Gated.
Externally, old Grace Church looks
about the same today that it did when
first occupied for school purposes in
1873. At this time, two entrances were
provided to the .schooifooms, one on
the north side and one on the south.
To these entrances long fight Of
crude wooden stairs led. They were
without any covering and. Of course,
ran from the ground to platform at
the second story. Here door led into
hallway running north and south,
separating the four schoolrooms.
Everything then was typical of the
present-day country school-no run
ming water, no plumbing and no heat
ing apparatus, except the large round
stove used at that period and which
would get red hot and burn up most
everything close to 1t, while the boys
in the far corners of the room would
be having difficulty keeping warm.
The rooms were large and airy With
nearly 12-foot ceilings. the floor di-
inensions being "a feet inches by 81
feet s inches There were accom-
fn~ d
Evening star., 1938-05-01

IS feet in diameter and the tires alone
weigh 322 pounds each, minus the
tubes, which add 81 pounds more to
each wheel. The weight for the main
wheels. complete with retraction gear,
is 3,348 pounds and of the nose
wheel, 664 pounds.
As A day plane, the giant will, as
has been said, carry AZ passengers.
AS sleeper it will be able to carry
80 passengers in luxurious berths.
There will be dressing rooms, equipped
with such gadgets as electric dry
shavers and curling irons.
The steam-heating system will au-
tomatically maintain a temperature
Of 10 degrees inside the cabin and its
various compartments, regardless Of
outside temperatures, which will be
very low at maximum attitudes. Fresh,
warmed air will be forced into the
cabin By the high altitude compress
Evening star., 1938-05-01

in collisions Of this sort the course of
events, spirit Of the age or prosress
Of mankind win always win. II any
one could have succeeded Jumbo
could, and Jumbo is dead.
1T is very desirable that the poll
ticians and all others who cope with
mankind in the mass should study the
anecdote Of Jumbo and the freight
train. No matter how great and
strong politicians may be, If they
either by accident Or design oppose
themselves to the course of events, it
is certain that there will be tragedy
In which they, and not the course of
events, will be the chief sufferers"
A FEW years ago, shortly after the
writer had published detailed
account Of the death OF the elephant
Evening star., 1938-05-01

then James A. Bailey became . part
ner and active manager. Hutchinson
was Bailey's brother-in-law. UNDER
stand, but I always thought j. +.
McCaddon was.
Jumbo was not the largest ele-
phant ever In this country; there
are several larger now in the U. s. A.,
an African elephant now in West
ern zoo is the largest ever in this
country, though Jumbo was the larg-
est up until he was killed. Tusks, an
African elephant with AL G. Barnes
Circus. was as large as Jumbo, but
on account Of his bad temper, it was
sold to Seattle, Wash, Zoo, and con-
tinues to give trouble. Jumbo had
a bad temper and that was the rea-
son it was sold to Barnum by the
London Zoo"