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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-16
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EXPLAINS MODE.
FOR GOLF DRIVE.

(This is another Of a series
Of educational golf articles by
Lester Rice in Which he presents
to readers Of the Washington
Times The recommendations for
better golf Of ~ Of the eoun-
tyy's OutstGnding pvOfessionals.)
Evening star., 1938-08-14

but Disney wasn't interested. For laugh,
Nash did another imitation.
What was that?" demanded Disney.
'Oh. that was little girl speaking piece
at Sunday school, laughed Nash
Sounded like duck to me" said Disney.
Leave your name and telephone number.
might be able to use that sound sometime"
For months Disney had been cropping for
another character to follow in the footsteps
of Mickey Mouse And year later Donald
was born.
In the studios, freak jobs seem to be the
rule rather than the exception. There is, for
example. Bake" Baker. who is known as
the Squeak Detective" The microphone
picks up the slightest sound and magnihes it.
Consequently. if the chair on which Clark
Gable is sitting develops squeak or if the
door through which Myrna 10y makes an
entrance has slight creak. an S o S goes out
for Mr.. Baker
Then there is Egbert Barner who spins
cobwebs. He uses rubber cement which he
puts through whirlng machine that is like
Evening star., 1938-08-14

cream separator His cobwebs are so realistic
that even the spiders are fooled. The largest
web he ever spun was seven feet in diameter.
Another cobweb spinner is Bob Martin an
electrician by trade but an artist at heart.
His cobwebs are made of a glue mixture and
he can spin more webs during one lunch hour
than an industrious spider could spin in
lifetime. His most outstanding cobwebs were
those used in "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
There are also, believe it or not, men who
earn their weekly pay checks by making
knotholes! And Others who spend their time
making icicles, barnacles and bark for trees.
You may have been taught that "only God
can make tree" but studio technicians can
certainly turn out good limitations. The small
trees used on motion-picture sets are usually
real. The large character" trees, however.
are composition affairs, built of wood, steel
and plaster, with the branches imbedded. The
bark for these synthetic trees is made of fiber
and plaster from molds Of growing trees. When
properly aged. it fools the eye completely.
When the framework of the tree is COM
Evening star., 1938-08-14

pleted, group of men known as the green
gang" tie on the leaves. If the tree is wanted
for spring scene, thousands of artificial
blossoms are used. In few hours, the green
gang can turn maple tree into peach tree
or vice versa.
1t is no secret that actors are not dropped
from high buildings or tossed over cliffs.
Dummies are used instead. Walter Thorn
builds, stuffs, dresses and paints faces for
many of these dummies. He not only makes
the dummies. he maintains sort of service
station for them. Because they get such
rough treatment the dummies are constantly
undergoing repairs. Thorn mends their broken
legs, patches up their bashed-in faces and
sends them out as good as new.
Then there is Skipper Dryden who calls
himself beard sculptor" He designs and
makes false boards and mustaches. Perhaps
you didn't know = l didn't until talked to
the amazing Mr.. Dryden - that hair used
for boards comes from the yak. The studio
buys yak hair by the bale. Mr.. Dryden used
two hundred pounds of it for the boards in
''Parnell.'
With each picture new freak jobs arise.
For example, keeping the flies off Daisy"
the bovine Cinderella who stepped from farm
to fame in the role of Mrs. O'Leary's COW
in the picture I'm Old Chicago" was job
for one young man.
And if you think that sounds like zero in
occupations, how would you rate ice-hole
filling? When Sonia Henie picture goes into
production one man does nothing but fill ice
holes. He goes over the ice with sort of eye
dropper and fills each tiny hole and crevice
with water so that the ice viii freeze evenly
Then there is the tear maker" who off,
ciates when scene demanding tears is to be
played. His job is to blow menthoi through
glass tube into the eyes of the actor who is
supposed to cry so that nice teary closeup
can be obtained. There is also the "wetter-
downer" who turns a sprinkling can or hose
on people who have presumably just come
in out of the rain.
In this same category are the people who
spend their time making new clothes look
old. There is really quite trick to this. The
clothes are carefully rubbed with dirt or
81 CooC / ACy ak PJtAN0CA WILL AO\ho " uldhC
them look threadbare and few artistic snags
are added. When the clothes-agers complete
their work you would swear that the garments
had seen long hard service.
Hollywood is probably the only place in
the world where man could earn living
hunting babies! 1t is usually fairly simple to
find baby several months old whose mother
4
get one that is only few days or few weeks
old - that's different. The studio baby
chaser goes to the source - the maternity
wards of hospitals. Here he procures list of
the latest arrivals, with their telephone num-
bers. Sometimes he has to call as many as
hundred numbers to obtain one baby.
Perhaps the hardest assignment a baby
(Confinvsd on poss ~
Evening star., 1938-08-14

"HE telephone rings and Miss Jeanie
Roberts answers.
- This is the studio calling" voice
informs her Can you be here at two o'clock
TO giggle for Mr.. DeA1ille?"
This may sound like gag to you but it is
no gag to Miss Roberts. Giggling is her busi-
ness She can giggle in any key and can make
her giggle coy, embarrassed. amused worried,
infectious, or taper it off to litter - what
ever the director orders. For her giggles in
The Buccaneer" she received the tidy sum of
$35 day. Hers is just one of the freak jobs
at which various people in Hollywood earn
their living. There are dozens OF others just
as freaky.
In the same class with giggling comes
screaming Hollywood's Number One
Screamer is young lady named Alice Doll.
You may never have seen her on the screen
but the chances are you have heard her loud,
spine chilling screams. Miss Doll. however,
does not have the screaming field to herself.
There are others who scream for living.
No less than thirty were used in In Old
Chicago" A good loud screamer can demand
comes higher Robert Wildhack is perhaps
the best known snorer, and Billy Gilbert, the
"Sneezy' of Snow White" is one of the
most effective sneezers.
While Hollywood abounds in bird and
animal imitators, only two are fortunate
enough to be under contract. They are
Florence Gill who is the voice for Clara
Cluck" and Clarence Nash who quacks for
that international favorite Donald Duck"
Miss Gill is an ex-opera singer who once
dreamed of the day when she would sing at
the Metropolitan. A throat operation put
an end to her opera career but ironically.
left her with the ability to cluck like hen.
Since it was necessary for her to earn her
living she turned her clucks into meal
ticket. They have served her well.
When Clarence Nash first quacked for
Walt Disney, Donald Duck had not yet been
born. In fact, Donald might be called
microphone accident. Nash, who had been
doing bird limitations, was given an addition.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
laps Give Notice
Of Air Attack
AT Midnight

Continued from Page II
of the Pearl River, leading to
Canton, to leave that area on
grounds that it might be the scene
of a battle.
This led to belief that the Jap
aneSe may be planning a sudden
assault on the Bocca Tigris forts.
At dawn this morning, 27 JAP
anese war planes raided Han.
kow, clearing a path for the
ground attack that is soon to
strike.
The planes rained bombs on the
Chinese Chicago" concentrating
particularly on the city's railway
station. Damage was believed
heavy.
Reports from Hankow said that
the departure of GeneraliSSimo
Chang Kai+Shek, who went to
Changsha, and of his wife, who
went to Chungking, was being
kept secret in the threatened city
Canton, prostrate before the ad
vancing foe, presented a tragic
scene reminiscent Of Dante's In
fernO.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22

victims Of any fighting that &C
companied the last stages of Can.
tons fall, for the city in the end
gave up virtually without q strug'
gle. They were residents who had
been killed and injured in the
series Of air raids that preceded
the final speedy ground advance
Eye-witnesses said hundreds oi
wounded were turned out Of the
hospitals as the medical stats
evacuated in the face Of the Japa
nese advance, and were LETT u
their own devices.
Before Canton's defenders hast
lily retreated the many public
buildings and other valuable land
marks were blown up.
One of the ruined buildings wa
q prison from which 1000 inmates
were liberated. Like the othel
thousands, they were left with
out resources Of any kind.
Canton's old water works wa!
burned to the ground but the new
water works was not damaged
Before they left, the Chimes
troops even tried to destroy th'
So, ,OOO, 600 Pearl River bridge
They only succeeded, however, II
| damaging one span.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Keep Palestine
Doors Open,
Bishops Plea

An appeal to Great Britain "as
a Christian nation to adhere to
the provisions Of its mandate in
Palestine" was voiced today by the
Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Episcopal Bishop Of washington.
In a letter to Rabbi Isadore
Breslau, chairman Of the inter
denominational mass meeting to
be held tomorrow night In Con-
stitution Hall in defense Of Jewish
rights, Bishop Freeman pointed
out that "the least we in America
can do Is to raise our voice to
ease conditions imperiling the ex.
tStence OF the Hebrew peoples.
Speakers at the meeting tomor.
row night include Senator George
L. Radcliffe of Maryland; Charles
Edward Russell, president Of the
ro-Palestine Federation; Repre-
sentative Hamilton Fish of New
York; the Rev. Peter Marshall
Of the New York Avenue PreSby'
terian Church, and Rabbi Abram
Simon, of the Washington He
brew Congregation.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
PACIFIC TO Get
3 LUXURY LINERS

NEW YORK, Oct. % Q.N.S1.
Three modern passenger ships for
transpacific service, costing from
$1,000, 900 to $11, ,OOO, 900 each, were
promised today by M. L. Wilcox,
director of operations and traffic
Of the United States Maritime
Commission.
The luxury liners are being de-
signed, and construction probably
will. be started within six to eight
months, Wilcox told members Of
the American Steamship and
Tourist Agents Association at q
dinner here. He said the ships
win accommodate 800 passengers.
have q displacement Of $4,000
tons and be able to maintain q
speed Of 23 knots.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Seek KoUIU1G'S
Registration

LOS ANGELES, Oct. % d.N.SJ.
Major Julius Hochfelder, attor-
ney and United States Army re-
serve officer, today declared he
has made an attempt to have Fritz
Kuhn, New York German-Amer-
.ican bund leader, forced to regis
ter here as an alien under the aliea
espionage act.
Kuhn was believed to be in Los
Angeles, coming here from the
East, but his whereabouts were
unknown by the local bCnd head
quarters. United States District
Attorney Benjamin Harrison said
he had received the majors re-
quest, but that he vas not sure
that he had the juriSdictional
right to insist upon such registra-
ton.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
New Thoughtists
To Open Conqres!
HEALTHY RECOVERY

James A. Edgerton, president,
will preside at the opening Ses-
sion of the twenty-fifth annual
congress of the International New
Thought Alliance which will con-
Vene for q five-day session at the
Raleigh Hotel tomorrow.
Speakers at tomorrow'S session
will include, DR.. Amelia Randall,
of Minneapolis, who will talk on
Truth and Everyday Religion, u
and Henry Victor Morgan, poet
and lecturer, whose subject will
be "The Abundance That Is
Yours"
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Meeting Scheduled
By Lutheran Group

District of Columbia Lutheran
Brotherhood will meet Monday
evening at the Atonement Luth-
eran Church, North Capitol Street
and Rhode Island Avenue, to
discuss plans whereby all Luth-
eranS will be invited into the
District brotherhood irrespective
Of synod.
The president of the Maryland
Synodical Brotherhood will re-
port on the Lutheran church con.
vention held in Baltimore earlier
this month.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
WARNING GIVEN
'CHISELERS' ON
WACE-HOUR ACT.
Andrews Says Evasion
Will Not Be Tolerated

G.N.S) The new wage-houts
act today cut set of strong,
sharp teeth.
Carefully drawn regulations 70
whip industry into real" compli.
ence, and to plug all gaps against
"chiseling" evaSionS, were rapidly
issued as Administrator Elmer F.
Andrews and his staff worked al
top speed to put the epochal law
into operation tomorrow midnight.
These regulations were backed
up by a surprise statement issued
by Andrews, occasioned by in
creasing reports that some en-
ployers have moved to avoid the
law for the present at least.
Bluntly, Andrews announced:
The wage-and-hour division
will enforce the act uniformly
and compellingly, with forbear.
&nce but without partiality."
TWO DRASTIC RULES
The two most drastic Of the
regulations streaming off the
wage-hours division monographs
were aimed directly at employers
who plan to include board, lodg-
ing. or both, in wages, and who
might attempt to base their over
time pay under the act upon
wages suddenly reduced just
prior to the laws operation.
The first declared, broadly, that
# an employer includes board or
lodging, or both, in wages paid
workers under the new act, the
cost booked against the employe
must be reasonable" This regula-
ton went on to define as reason
able" the actual cost of board or
lodging, or both, to the employer.
OVERTIME PAY
The second regulation directed
employers in paying overtime
fixed at one and one-half times
regular hourly pay-to use the
regular hourly rate" paid before
the acts effective date, If that
rate is Is cents an hour or more.
Under this latter. if an en-
ployer paying IS cents an hour
today reduces that rate to Is
cents, minimum under the act, he
may not next week base overtime
on the Is cents rate. Overtime
in this case must be based on
the current IS cents regular
hourly rate"
There is nothing to prevent the
employer reducing his pay to Is
cents, pending establishment OF a
higher rate by an industry board,
but the employer in doing so gains
nothing on his overtime pay roll.
Andrews has asked industry not
to take advantage of the Is cents
wage floor in the law to cut
wages.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Friends Of Spain
Dance tomorrow

Washington Chapter, Friends OF
the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, will
celebrate the second anniversary
of the founding Of the LoyaliSt
International Brigades at a dance
at 724 Eleventh st. N. w., tomor-
row night. Proceeds are for a
fund to aid the return Of 1,20O
American volunteers to the United
States from Spain.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Abandon Hospitals

Thousands Of homeless persons
wandered through the once proud
and populous metropolis, dazed at
the fate that had befallen their
homes.
Hundreds of others huddled de
jectedly beside their meager be
longings. Scores of dead and
manned civilians lay in the streets
The manned and dead were not
The Washington times., 1938-10-22

down the long corridor, and
pounded on the door.
who's there?" called Alder
man.
Its me, Alma!"
Silence followed, and then, sud-
denly, out Of the room swooped q
nurse and male attendant, who
showed Alma away.
But he's my husband. I want
to see him. The baby wants to
see him." Alma cried.
The attendants were firm.
This man says he doesn't want
to see you," said one, so just 60
away, won't you?"
BABY JOINS IN
Alma began to cry. The baby
joined in, shrieking loudly.
after this humiliation, I'm
through forever" Alma said. II
won't make any more efforts to
get him back.
Its all her fault. She was sit
ting in there laughing at me-
(Ruth was with Alderman ut the
time.)" He's never been the same
since she made up her mind to
get him. He acts like somebody
i1ypnotized."
Alma, who has sued Ruth for
$50, 900, charging alienation Of
affections, made up her mind to
call on Alderman despite his pre-
viouS refusal to see her.
KEPT WRITING HIM
II still thought there was q
chance" she said. even after we
had separated over her once in
May of last year he came back to
me again and when the baby was
born we were SO happy.
But she kept writing him let
ters from New York and Chicago
and when she came back after she
got her divorce he went away with
her and spent Christmas alone" "
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Foreign Ships Told
To Leave HankoW
Brother of Jap
/ Ruler. at Canton

TOKYO, Oct. 70 u.N.S0.
Prince Chichibu, brother Of
Emperor HirOhitO, Is attached
to the operations staff Of the
Nippon Sc expeditiOnary
force entering Canton, it was
revealed today.
Presence Of the prince at
the scene Of Japan's latest
military triumph was dis
closed by authorities IS police
in Tokyo sanctioned torch
light and lantern paradeS in
Tokyo to celebrate the fall Of
the southern Chinese me
trOpOliS.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
LABOR HOLIDAY
OF 1887 BLAMED
ON COMMUNISTS
Dies Committee Calls
New Witnesses

QNSO Witnesses were sum.
moned by the Dies un-American
activities investigating commit
tee to testify concerning charges
that the June, 1887, labor holi-
day" in Lansing, Mich, when
hundreds of persons trekked from
neighboring industrial centers to
protest against arrest Of workers
for unlawful picketing, was staged
by Communists.
Citizens and officials Of Lam
sing were to detail happenings
Of the tension-charged holiday"
and to describe incidents and
circumstances leading up to the
demonstration. Previous witnesses
have repeatedly told the commit
tee that the protest was inspired,
planned and managed by Com.
muniSts.
AUTO STRIKES
The name Of Governor Frank
Murphy of Michigan was injected
into the proceedings late yester.
day as the committee continued
to investigate the part Communr
lists played in the sit-down strikes
Of 1887 which paralyzed the auto
mobile industry.
One witness, John M. Barringer,
who was city manager Of Flint,
Mich. during the strikes, branded
Murphy's Inactivity, treasonable."
He charged that the governor re-
peatedly refused to aid the Law
enforcement authorities Of strike
bound Flint and asserted that III
there had been more bloodShe1
than what happened it would haw
rested squarely on the shoulders
Of Governor Murphy"
ASSAILS GOVERNOR
Barringer was preceded by
Judge Paul Gadola Of the Flint
Circuit Court, who similarly criti.
cized the Michigan chief executive
for intervening in the service Of
writ issued by Judge Gadola for
the evacuation of sitdown strikers
from General Motors plants in
Flint.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Driver Is Burned
To Death in Truck

CHICAGO, Oct. ~ 0.NS0-A
truck driver was burned to death
today and his assistant barely es-
capped with his life when their
truck overturned in nearby East
Lansing, Ill.
The victim was Alex Moore, 30,
of Cincinnati. James Ballard, 40,
of Covington, KY, was pulled from
tine burning truck by motorists.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22

- hNAllu JlOIAs
With their
baby, Norm a
Suzanne, in her
q r m S, Aim a
called at the hos
pital where Al
derman Is recoV-
ering from a
bullet wound i'm
nicted by Colo
n e l" M art3n
moe, the Gimp
s ny d er. She
was accompanied
by her aunt, Mrs.
Anna. TQvl0r
Stopped in the
lobby of the hos
pital, she was
t oil d she would
have to telephone
first, which she
d / d. Alderman
replied:
"No! I don't
want TO see her
or the bay.
I'm too sick.
Alma heSitated,
but she said
later IT thought
If he would get
just one glimpse
Of our baby he
would relent." "
A friend told
her Alderman's
room number, so
she slipped UP
the stairs and
eaA-wa thu INn0
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Enjoys Shifted

Besides important diplomatic
shifts already announced, the
cabinet indorsed, a series of sup
Elementary changes.
Eric Labonne, ambassador to
Barcelona, was ordered to TuniS
as resident general. M. Naggiar,
ambassador to China, was named
ambassador to Russia. Jules
Henry, a former member of the
diplomatic staff in Washington,
now chef de cabinet for Foreign
Minister Georges Bonnet, was
chosen for the Barcelona post.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
FRENCH CRACK
Down ON LABOR
CONTINUED from Page II

Continued from Page II
Socialists, for parliamentary cleo
tionS which are expected to give
momentum to the right-ward
swing, Daladier made statement
on the present economic and fl.
nancial positions of the country.
Daladier's plans will be carried
out by decree. Parliament, before
adjourning under pressure from
the premier, voted him quasi-dic-
tatorial powers to legislate by de-
cree,
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
LARGE INCREASE
IN U, S. TAXES
SEEN UNLIKELY
Steady Gain in Business
Given As Reason

G.N.S0 strong possibility
that the Administration will re
frain from recommending major
increases in the Federal tax struc-
ture was seen today by high Treas
ury officials.
The feeling of conservative fis,
cal advisers Is that in view OF the
slow but steady improvement in
business conditions the Govern
ment's budget can be balanced be.
tween June 80, 1910, and July /,
l941, without imposition Of higher
tax schedules.
HEALTHY RECOVERY
This feeling is predicted on the
fact, that economic signs at
present are pointed toward healthy
Industrial recovery.
During the last week Treasury
experts have been heartened by
such business indicators as whole
sale and retail sales volume, in
ventory positions, freight-car load
ings, production schedules and tax
evenueS from miscellaneous
sources.
While no hope exists for a bal
anced budget during the next fiS-
cal year. which starts July l, 1889,
these Treasury officials are con-
vinced that an equalizing of Fed
eral income with expenditures can
be accomplished during the follow
ing IL months if business main
tains its current recovery.
EXPLAIN SITUATION
They explained that as business
conditions better themselves, Gov.
eminent revenues increase auto
matially. At the same time the
cost Of relief and other emergency
expenditures swings downward.
This fact is illustrated by sta
tiStics of Government fiscal opera
tions between July l, 1886, and
June 80, 1888. For the year end
ing June 80, 1897, the Federal
deficit was $3,250.OO0. 900. Dur
ing the subsequent IL months busi
ness advanced markedly and the
deficit at the end of June, 1888
dropped to 81 500, ,000, 900.
Treasury tax experts revealed
that in the light Of the current
economic upswing, no definite ta1
program will be framed until 8
short time before Congress assem-
bles in January.
Officials conceded that the en-
tire fiscal outlook has beer
changed in recent weeks and fol
this reason there is no disposition
to reach a decision on any specific
tax increases.
Congressional proposals for q II
per cent increase in income taxes
to finance armamentS are not
being supported by the Treasury
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Ruth Ettinq's Mate
|Spurns First Wife
Mrs. Alderman Calls at Hospital
Ex-SpOuSe Says Keep Her Out

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 22-Sobbng bitterly, pretty Alma Al
derman elected from hspita corridor when she made
futile effort yesterday to her former husband My
married to Ruth Eng earod blues songres in hope Of
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
BLANCHARD'S STATION

Some of our community folks Wis
tied the Fair at Harrington last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt Stringer and
sons, of Philadelphia, were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Edgell last We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Ocheltree, Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Edgell and grand
children. Edwin and Peggy Ely. spent
Wednesday of last week grabbing at
Leipsic.
Jack Edgell, Mr.. and Mrs. William
BritIand and children, of Frankford.
Pa. spent the weekend as guests Of
Mrs. Elwell. Billy and Marian Brit
land.
Mrs. r. L. Tucker. Mrs. E. L. Kratz
Mrs. C. L. Harmon and son. Ralph,
attended the funeral last Wednesday
of little Jimmy Glow, son of Rev. and
Mrs. J. H. Glow. held at the NJ. E.
parsonage. Interment was in Sud
lersville. Md.
Neil Edgell. of Wilmington. spent
the weekend at home with his pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Edgell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hall and chill
dren, of Wilmington, were Tuesday
overnight guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
GoOtee Brown and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Tucker. Of
Harrington. called on relatives here
one day last week.