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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-13
MOVIE
CLOCK

EARLE-Dick Foran, June Ira
Wis, cover the WALL" 11:15
a. M, 1:40, 4:30, 1920, 10
o. m. Stage: Cab Galloway,
12:4O, $3.50, 6:25, 9:o5 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - CT audette
Colbert, Gary Cooper. Blue
birds Eighth Wife," 1925
a. M, 1:25, 3:35, $50, 1885,
GAS p. m.
R-K-O KEITHS - Katharine
Hepburn, Cary Grant. Baby,
Bringing Up Baby" 1880 a.
M. 1870, $3.50. $50. 7:30, 9:35
p. m.
CAPITOL-Mickey Rooney, &C.
ella Parker, Judge Hardy's
Children" 10:45 a. M, LOS,
$3.50, $50. 8:15, 10:40 p. m.
Stage, Fred Waring, 1915,
2:40, S, 7:25, 9:45 p. m.
PALACE-Nelson Eddy, Jean
cite Macdonald, Girl of the
Golden West" II a. m, lao,
4:20, 7, $40 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Andrea Leeds, 70
rina, Helen Jepson. Goodwin
Follies." 1850 a. m, 2:20,
4:35. 7:15, $40 p. m.
LITTLE-Rudolph Valetino and
Agnes Ayers in "Son of the
Sheik," at II a. m, 1898, 2:06,
3:39, SIP, 6:45, 500, and
1854 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-NewS and shorts,
from 10 q. m. to midnight, IS
minutes each show.
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Need Many Men in
One-Shot Sequence

The services of 10 actors, five
times that many extras and a
technical crew numbering well
over 100, were required today
for one motion picture shot that
consumed less than IL seconds!
The scene was a spectacular
crash between two huge trucks
at an intersection for Para
mounts "Tip-Off Girls" the
story of which is based on truck
piracy.
Extensive preparations were
made because it had 10 be a one
shot sequence. The crash, timed
to the fraction of a second by
the engineers, was a complete
success, particularly since no
body was seriously hurt in the
collision.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-13
Follows Baseball

George Raft, costarring with
Sylvia Sidney in Paramount's
you and Me-" is Hollywood's
No. l baseball fan. He sees at
least one Pacific Coast League
game a week during the season,
hasn't missed a world series in
10 years, and is continually
playing host to visiting ballplay-
erS in the film capital.
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TRUE TO TWAIN
You might call Master
Tommy's career for the last IL
months a Cinderella story, male
style. He was going to St. Raw
mond's parochial school in New
York when a Selznick scout
discovered him, invited his dad
to let the boy have a test.
Papa Kelly was working as
an investigator for the WPA at
$28 a week, and finding it hard
work to support family of five
on that salary. He didn't re-
uuire coaxing to permit Tommy
his chance before the cameras.
Soon the whole family was on
the way to the Selznick studios,
where Tommy was attached to
the payroll at 500 a week, with
an allowance for his father and
mother who were drafted to
help out his home work edu-
cation.
When tom Sawyer" was
completed the studio invited his
parents to make a personal ap-
pearance tour with the young
star of the picture, a cross
country journey that started
with the luncheon and Roose-
welt greeting at the White
House on January 20 and ended
last month when Tommy Kelly
was called back to Hollywood
for another picture.
About this latest Mark Twain
which was screened at the Fox
exchange yesterday. It is all in
technicolor, which makes it 1888
style, sure enough.
You will find that they have
stuck pretty closely to the IA
nous boys book, and the Incl
dents which have come down to
today from 1875, seem vital and
alive in the new version.
Tom and Huck Finn still be-
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'Jezebel' Goes
Tothe' Met

"Jezebel," the Bette Davis
starring vehicle. will return to
downtown washington Friday,
March Is, for a special repeat
engagement at Warmers Metro
politan Theater.
A Warner Brothers release
and a william Wyler production.
"Jezebel" won the praise OF
critics and audiences when it
was presented at the Earle. In
addition to Miss Davis, who is
said to give her finest perform
ance as the Southern Spitfire,
the cast includes Henry Fonda,
George Brent, Margaret Lind
say, Donald Crisp, Fay Banter.
Richard Cromwell, Henry O'Neill
and Spring Byington.
Based on the play by the
same name, "Jezebel" tells a
dramatic story of life in the Old
South before the War Between
the States. New Orleans pro-
vides the setting, and the life
and customs of a past time have
been carefully reproduced.
An excellent musical score by
Max Steiner is an additional
factor adding to the success Of
this new Warner release.
Newsreel and selected short
subjects round out the program.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-13
Jane Woodwork Joins
RKO Players Roster

Her apparent talent discov.
cred by Robert Palmer, casting
director, while studying rushes
from the Ginger Rogers James
Stewart picture, "Vivacious
Lady," Jane Woodwork has
been signed to a term contract
by RKO Radio.
Miss Woodworth's career to
date has been confined to pro-
fessional modelling and the one
minor role in films mentioned
above.
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lieve that swinging a dead cat
in a graveyard at midnight is
the best remedy for removing
warts.
They take impish delight in
sneaking into the church with
their pal, Joe Harper, and listen
ing to their own funeral grafton.
Tom manages to maneuver
his boy friend into white-waSh-
ing Aunt Polly's fence, and pay
ing for the privilege.
Huckleberry and Tom run
away from home to play pirates;
they save old Muff Potter, the
village drunkard from being
sentenced to d ca III unjuStly;
they find a hoard of gold and
wind up young plutocrats.
DUE HERE FRIDAY
Oh, yes, there are sequences
devoted to the love affairs of
Master Sawyer, including his
broken engagement with Amy,
and his new alliance with
Becky Thatcher. They also go
into the cave adventures for
much too great a length, I
thought.
Master Kelly does a remark
able job, considering it is his
first role in pictures. So does
10-year-old Ann ellis, who
plays Becky. In fact, the nov
ices are okay, and the worst
acting comes from the veteran
May Robson, who Sinned
throughout, by over-emphasis, as
Aunt Polly.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
comes to the Capitol screen Fri
day. Every lover of Mark
Twain will probably see it, and
enjoy its small-town, human and
endearing picture Of boyhood
life on the Mississippi.
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old story could still reveal a new
sort of charm for me. 1t was
beautiful"
Producer Zukor won't reissue
the original Snow White" Con-
Siders it unfair to Disney.
Snow White" by the way,
begins its travels in the Warner
Bros. neighborhood houses,
opening Saturday. See the neigh
borhood theater calendar for
the exact dates.
SHOES FOR THE NEEDY
Shep Allen crossed $425 at his
Howard Theater midnight show
to buy new shoes for needy
children in the T Street neigh
borhood. The Stay-up-laters got
a great bargain, for in addition
to the regular Howard show,
headliners from the downtown
area came up to help out the
cause.
MORSE VS.. SHUBERT
Author Frank P. Morse's book,
Back Stage With Henry Mil
ler' went into the best seller
lists in New York this week.
First months sales broke all
records for stage biographies.
Producer Shubert took sharp
exception to the Morse claim
that Nazimova was a Henry
Miller discovery" Mr.. S. as
Serts he was first to discern,
and nouriSh the divine flame
that showed in the Russians
acting. Has contracts to prove
it.
Controversy, raging in the
New York press, hasn't hurt the
sale of the Frank P. Morse
volume. Which makes me feel
that F. P. M. besides being a
good author, is still a good press
agent.
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KELLEYGRAMS

his picture in New Orleans last
week. She is retired, and a
wealthy widow, with no thought
of a comeback. Mrs. Marguerite
Clark Williams accepted the
Disney invitation, after due de-
liberation.
II was afraid" she said, "it
would fall short of my own con-
ception of the part. Yet I found
it one of the great delights of
my life. I had no idea that the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-13
Gle a min gs
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

Young Tommy Kelly of the Bronx would rather be out
fielder the Giants for Manager Bill Terry than become
famous Hollywood star.
That's sound all boyand the 12yearold kid is just that
met him when he Washington for the Presidents
Birthday Ball January where he everybody by the
smile which helped get him the lead in The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer"
"Of like the movies but honestly, I'd rather play
ball than anything he told me. Hoywoods all right but
to be in the big league-Gee that's somethng!o
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Dear Andy:
Two years ago when you made
your annual pilgrimage to Glen
Echo, and in case you have for
EOtten-it's the 4O-acre free ad-
mission amusement park and
recreation center which opens
its season next Saturday-yOu
gave me a very fine piece of
constructive criticism. None
other, q suggestion to replace
the gravel walks with some ma
teriai more easy on the public'S
pedal extremitieS.
Well, young fellow, not being
one who knows it all, I have
been thinking your suggestion
over and what is more, have
carried it out. When you visit
the park this year, you, and
the public in particular, will find
the entire 40 acres of this
recreation center paved with
macadam. I believe this is one
of the finest improvements we
have ever made, and will be
welcomed by everyone; the
ladies in particular, with the
prevailing style of tOeleSS shoes,
will not now be bothered with
the inconvenience of picking up
the former collective small par
ticleS of gravel while meander-
ing throughout the grounds.
This macadamizing was, in
the language of Hollywood, a
StupendouS, colossal, or what
have-yOu, most expensive
undertaking, but 1 am satisfied
you and our patrons will give
Glen Echo a three or four cheer
for carrying out the very fine
constructive criticism you Of
fered. Not only the park grounds
have been macadamized, but
the Conduit Road parking area
facing the park and the Mas
sachusetts Avenue parking lot
have also been treated.
Sincerely yours,
LEONARD b. SCHLOSS,
Vice. Pres. g. General Manager.
All I can say, Len, is thanks
for the memory.
FIRST "SNOW WHITE"
Seems the entire U. S. has
been Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs" conscious in the
last three months, but only this
week did Hollywood wake up to
the fact that the picture was
made Is years age as silent
feature.
Adolph luxor got a request
for a reissue of the first Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs."
Somebody remembered that
Marguerite Clark, one of the
tinieSt and greatest of the zukor
celebrities, was first to star in
the Grimm fairy tale.
Marguerite Clark not only
made Snow White" as a pic
ture, but she played in Snow
White" on the stage, giving 70
performances in New York Of
the dramatic fantasy as pro-
duced by Winthrop AmeS.
Walt Disney, who made the
sensational 1888 cartoon, Snow
White" invited Marguerite Clark
to attend a special screening Of
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
FUND BROADENS
SYPHILIS FIGHT

Fortified by a U. S. Public
Health Service grant Of $16,860,
the District Health Departments
war on syphilis and other venereal
diseases today was to be extended.
Health Officer George C Ruh,
land announced with the grant
a part of the $3,720,0o0 fund for
the war on syphilis local de-
partment now is able to expand
its services at the venereal disease
clinic, 512 I st. N. W., and Calm
ger Hospital; add several ply
sicians and nurses to the clinic
and hospital staffs; broaden the
"follow-up" system on active cases
and expand the laboratory facili-
ties.
In addition to the Federal grant
the Health Department also has
a fund of $25,000 for the venereal
disease compaign. DR.. Daniel l..
|Seckinger, assistant health officer,
said the clinic, which at present
is open only two nights a week,
now may be kept open more often.
He added experienced workers
may be hired through the Federal
funds to augment the WPA work
ers engaged in the "follow-up"
work.
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CHURCH GROUP
IN celebration

Celebration of the thirtieth an
niVerSary of the Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor of
the First Baptist Church of George
town opened yesterday and will
conclude Friday.
The Rev. E. E. Kicks, pastor of
Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Roa.
noke, Va, was the speaker at the
opening program. Miss Sadie
Gaskins, first president of the so
ciety, presided. Other participants
will include the Rev. George o.
Bullock, pastor Of Third Baptist
Church; the Rev. Joseph Edwards,
pastor of Zion Baptist Church; the
Rev. George A. Parker, A. S. Pin
kett, Mrs. Gertrude King, Phil C.
Reed, president of the society, and
Miss Lucie Lewis, chairman of the
anniversary committee.
The society will present a home
coming program at the church
Sunday at 6 p. m. The Rev. Mar
celluS Newsome is pastor of the
church.
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|DICKSTEIN HITS
DELAY IN PROBE
|OF NAzIS IN U. S.
Leaders Fleeing Nation
Says Congressman

0.N.S) The special House COM
mittee created to investigate Nazi
activities in the United States was
severely criticized for "procrasti-
nation" today by Chairman Dick
stein, of the House immigration
Committee. He charged several
Bund leaders already have fled
the country and that records have
been destroyed.
Dickstein said the committee Ito
date has been proven deader than
a lambs horn" He said it should
have begun its inquiry the mo-
ment the House authorized the
investigation" DickStein, along
with Representative Dies CD, Of
Texas, sponsored the resolution
which the House adopted author
izing establishment of the commit
tee which Dies now heads.
NO THREE-RING CIRCUS
Informed of Dickstein's attack,
Dies termed it ridiculous" He
said:
I'VE are not conducting a
three-ring circus for publicity
purposes. Our investigators are
in the field and when the proper
groundwork has been laid we
will start the hearings and not
before.
I'VE want to develop accurate,
reliable information that will
stand up in court if necessary.
We do not propose to let the
committee become a resoundlng
board for anyone or any group.
Dies said hearings would not be
begun until late July or August.
RECORDS DESTROYED
Dickstein said:
"I am greatly disappointed by
the failure of the committee to
act. 1 have been informed that
valuable bund records have been
destroyed in anticipation Of the
hearings, particularly in Chi
cago; and that several bund
leaders have already left the
country to avoid subpoena. The
committee is likely to find some
key witnesses missing"
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Ross FOresees
Utility Buying

NEW YORK, ,1une 20 QN.S0.
Further absorption of private
utilities by Government was fore
cast today by J. D. Ross, admin
istrator of the Bonneville dam pro
ject in the Northwest and Superin'
tendent of lighting for Seattle.
In his report in the municipal
power plant of Seattle, he declared
it was only a question of time
when that city would take over
properties of its competitor, Puget
Sound Power and Light Company
an engineers Public Service Com
pany subsidiary.
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Assault Charged
In Auto Seizure

National Bond and Investment
Company was sued for 100000
damages in United States District
Court yesterday by James C..
Robey, 2 Barnes Lane N. E., who
claims he was assaulted by agents
of the defendant last September
II.
Robey says the agents of the
defendants were, attempting to re-
possess the automobile of his wife
and when he approached them in
the driveway of his home he was
struck on the head with an auto
mobile jack.
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Bachelor Fete
Court Clerk, Soon to
We'd, Given Dinner

Married man and single men.
100 strong, with exclusive" Sug
gestions and warnings for happy
married life, feted Charles Dris-
coll, Police Court clerk, in a bache
lor dinner last night at the Shore
ham.
Driscoll will marry Miss Ann
Abach in Newark, N. j., July 2.
Among the friends present were
three judges of the Police Court
Judge Hobart w. Newman, Judge
Edward M. Curran, in whose court
Driscoll is clerk, and Judge John
McMahon. Other Police Court
officials and Washington attor
neys honored his last days."
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Slayer to Die
Son Gets Chair In
Death of Parents

RIVERHEAD, N. Y, June 90
0.N.S0 0.-Michae Hermanowski,
%, today awaited execution dur
ing the week of August IA for the
insurance murder" of his parents.
His accomplice escaped the cleo
trio chair when he was found not
guilty "by reason of legal in
sanity"
Hermanowski and William Stein
brenner, %, were tried only for
the murder of Mrs. Wawrzyneic
Hermanowski at st. James, L. L.,
on May "a. Steinbrenner must
undergo a lunacy examination. If
found sane, he may be tried for
the Staying Of the elder Her
manoWSki.
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CARROLL TRIAL
LETTERS STOLEN
FROM U, S. FILES
Door Key, Vital in Case,
Also Missing

SOUTH PARIS, Me-, June 90
U.N.S0-Theft from government
files Of two letters in the inveSti-
cation of the murder Of DR.. and
Mrs. James G. Littlefield, plus
disappearance of the front door
key of the house where the
country doctor was slain, were
revealed today by oxford county
officials.
Both letters were written by
Barbara Carroll, 17-year-old
daughter Of ex-Deputy Sheriff
Francis M. Carroll, under indict-
ment for the murder Of DR.. Little
field, to her one-time school
friend, Paul Dwyer, 1,8 now serv-
ing a life term for the murders
and whose testimony before a
grand jury resulted in indictment
Of Carroll.
TRIAL JULY rs
With Carroll scheduled to 60 to
trial July 25, investigators for
prosecution and defense were
striving to identify small foot
prints of a woman or girl, Streaked
in blood, on the floor Of the Dwyer
home. Government experts have
made casts of the footprints.
Another development was the
reported claim of young Dwyer in
States prison that he was lashed
to the steering wheel Of the Lit
tleeield automobile while Mrs.
Littlefield was murdered in the
back seat. He was later freed.
DWYER CLAIMS THREAT
Dwyer, who allegedly confessed
to the Staying of the country
doctor and his wife, has repudi-
ated the confession" and asserted
that under a threat Of death, he
was the chauffeur on tour Of
death" which ended in North
Arlington, N. j., where he was
found asleep at the wheel Of the
Littlefield automobile with the
bodies of DR.. and Mrs. Littlefield
In the trunk.
Two girl chums of Barbara
Carroll-Priscilla Moore and her
sister, Virginia be govern
ment witnesses at the trial Of Car
roll, testifying concerning an un-
explained incident outside the
Uwyer home at about the time of
the murder, authorities an
Iounced.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
TakOma Church
Lists BingO Parties

The first of a series Of bingo
parties for the benefit of Our Lady
of Sorrows Church, Takoma Park,
Md. is to be held in the hall of
the Takoma Park Volunteer Fire
D, }rtment at 8 p. m. tomorrow.
v; able prizes are being offered
at each party with the final event
to be climaxed by a $1O0 merchan-
disc offer. The parties are being
given under the auspices Of the
Booster Club.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
Mrs. Dent Scores
In buffers PlayOff

The champion woman duffer on
the golf links in Washington is
Mrs M. A. Dent. of Beaver Dam
who yesterday won the play-off
from Mrs. w. E. Sullivan, Of Army
and Navy, at Manor Club. Mrs
Dents card was 95-19, 76. Mrs
Sullivan's read 108-21, 81.
Tied for top honors last week
they decided upon a play-of1
rather than flip coin. Mrs. Dent
won the buffers gross honors
but declined it for a chance at the
Elizabeth Harris Cup which she
won Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
Jews Choose 3
To Attend Parley

Although the full vote had not
been counted, election of Bernard
Danzansky, Lyman Goldman and
Zolmer Henkin as Washington
delegates to the American Jewish
Congress was assured today.
Danzansky, prominent in Jew
ish affairs here for many years,
poIed the highest number of votes
in the three-day balloting. Alter
mates will be Rabbi Isadore Bres-
lau, the Rev. Louis Novick and
Paul Himmelfarb.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
Lease on Life
Auto Deaths 3,78C
Under Last Year

CHICAGO, June 20 GN.S0.
There are $3.50 persons walking
the streets of the United States
today who should be dead, accord
ing to the figures of the National
Safety Council.
They are still alive because
motorists have driven more eau
tiously and pedestrians kept a
sharper lookout than in years
past, it was stated.
May proved to be the seventh
consecutive month showing a de.
cline from last years traffic ia.
talities instead Of the increase ex-
pected.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
Marshall Moss
Heads Symphony

Marshall Moss, 27-year-old violin
ist, will be the new concert mas
ter of the National Symphony
Orchestra for the summer season
at the Watergate, it was an
nounced today.
Mr.. Moss, succeeding Frederick
Dvonch, will take over his new
duties when rehearsals begin next
week for the Sunset Symphonies" I"
The summer season will begin
,I1llv 10.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
SEC Counsel
Quits to Teach

SEC General Counsel Allen e.
Throop resigned his Government
post yesterday to become a mem
ber Of the faculty Of the Yale
University Law School. He will be
succeeded by Chester T. Hale, as
sistant general counsel Of the CON-
mission.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
US. Bars Planes on
FDR's Visit to Fair

G.N.SD In a precautionary
move, the Bureau of Air Com
merce today drafted a special
regulation prohibiting all airplane
flights over and in the vicinity of
the New York World Fair grounds
on June 30, the day on which
President Roosevelt will make a
visit to the site.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
$I.59 Oil Silk Umbrellas

Sixteen ribbed: all new color q
full prints: fancy handles to
match; sun and rain proof.
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$I.69 CandIewick Spreads

Hand tufted: large size SIX I'm
lO5: choice of rose, blue,
green. orchid and gold: well
covered designs.
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Thursday Only

Sizes IA to 20 in the lot: all re-
duced from higher prices; every
one offers you worthwhile saw
ing. Limited quality. We advise
early shopping.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
Pastel Turkish Towels

Size 1Sx36: blue.
green, rose. or
child a n d gold:
with fancy stripe
borders.
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SI.sS Rsady.tO.Hang Awnings

3-ft. or az 1T. sizes: oil QM
painted canvas on steel frame:
with all attachments.
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I.59 Colonial Snraads

Extra large. S6x1O5: choice of MH
four new reversible designs in
rose, blue. green, orchid and
gold.
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:;;;::; IS: i; G.: e: 6;
cial.
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Tots 49c Sheer Dresses

A d able styles;
touches of hand en- -
broidery. Dimi ties -
and organdies: sizes =
3 to 6. ~