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The times-news., 1938-06-20
HOW 1T HAPPENED: The ST.

HOW 1T HAPPENED: The 81
multaneous disappearance of this
column and its author made some
readers inquire as to the whereof
and whyfor. Their interest per-
haps should have been satisfied
by a little advance notice Of run
ming down to the eastern part Of
North Carolina. Some one Sug-
gested guest writer's instead of
complete suspension in the fu-
ture.
Guest writer's always contribute
to the interest of any newspaper,
but unless theycefe professionals
they would, as a rule, be hard to
set in motion. | wonder how many
of those inquiring about this col
umn would have offered to write
an article upon my request. That
would have been a treat, but the
average person has to get very
much worked up to take time off
to express himself or herself thru
a newspaper. Otherwise, there are
few spontaneous responses from
the readers.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
NOTED LONDON: j. I

NOTED IN LONDON: j. D.
Hooper, champion corn grower,
recently received newspaper
clipping and letter from London,
showing that his fame has gone far
afield. He's striving for produc-
ton of 200 bushels to the acre
this year.
The times-news., 1938-06-20
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned commu-
nications are published by The
Times.News. All letters must be
signed with the real name Of
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious name
will be published.-EDITOR
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Hughes Portrait
To Be Shown j..
In New York

The latest portrait of Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes, now receiv-
ing final touches from the brushes
OF Simon Elves, court painter of
England. will have its first public
showing December IS at Knoedlers
Gallery in New York City.
The portrait will be displayed with
Is other Elves canvases, including
the artists new painting of Queen
Mary.
Chief Justice Hughes has posed
six times since Elves started work
November % and only two more
sittings will be necessary to finish
the picture. Mr.. Elves is doing the
portrait for Myron Taylor, who will
present 1t to Cornell University.
Completed, except for the hands
and few touches about the face,
the canvas shows the Chief Justice
in his official robes seated before
a backdrop Of cobalt blue draperies.
The work has been done at studio
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Mr.. Elves described the Chief
Justice as "amazingly pictorial and
delightful conversationalist" and
said working with him has been
a valuable experience as well as a
pleasure. He has great charm and
an engaging sense of humor."
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Refugee Day Tees
To Be Held Sunduv

Thirteen benefit teas will be held
in Washington Sunday in a city
wide observance Of Refugee Day."
proceeds of which will be turned
over to the American Committee of
the International Relief Associa-
ton in New York City. Plans for
the meetings were announced yes
terday by Mrs. Madge Lorwin, chair
man Of the Washington Refugee
Sunday Committee.
Gunther Reimann. German au-
thor and refugee, will speak at one
Of the teas, to be held in the home
of Mrs. Edith p. Henrichs, 3412
Newark avenue NV.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Japan Halted on Three
Fronts. Soy Chinese

CHUNGKING, Dec. 8 (P.-A Chi
nese military spokesman said today
Japanese drives had been halted on
three fronts.
United States Ambassador Nelson
T. johnson disclosed that he had
been granted short furlough and
was planning to leave December II
for Washington.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
japanese 10 Permit
Removal Of Part
Of KuIine Refugees
Tentutive Arrangement
With i. S. and. Britoin
Affects But 33
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 8.-American
and British naval authorities were
said today to have negotiated a ten
tative arrangement with the Chinese
and japanese for removal of 80 Of
the 200 foreigners marooned at
Kuling, near the Yangtze River port
of Kiukiang
Fifteen Americans, Is Britons, 2
Swedes and l German were Ee-
ported planning to leave Kuling
Saturday with an escort of British
and American naval officers and
proceed to Kiukiang, where they
would board Japanese transport
for Shanghai.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Association to Meet

The Connecticut Avenue Associa-
ton will meet next Tuesday at the
Mayflower Hotel. A buffet supper
will be served.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

How to hold o husband" It may
seem strange for q woman who has lost
nine Of them to pose as an expert on
marital performance, but, after all, prac.
trated feature In the American Weekly,
with Sundays Washington Herald.TlmeS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Great Fire Of 1871 Is Graphically Pictured in Latest
Melodramatic Excitement for the Screen
BY ED SULLIVAN
Time Marches On
Hollywood, April 6.


Hollywood April 6.
IN THE old If Leopold stokowski italy reporters
ONCE world mareled at Sarah Bernhardt dcton
REMEMBER back when the country
play % M Ss the country know
in di by S6oT Of BY %
ONCE country in com.
panes today they travel the world in
REMEMBER when the musical headners were Padeew and
Rachmanino today it's Benny Goodman and the schnkefz
william draw in the
whole of Gods ceuod northwest whipped his and
Indians whipping out their mandOns and warblng two chOru
ONCE hailed warfed Barrymore today
they hail 1 Ssse Mccarthy . and the ssSsn :, dTaT
today the idea to get producer to lift your option
today fat lug who gets atter in moving picture studio
old days. protegee directors girl
LONG ago the listened nc9n delivered
us he won't be dictator
St. Petersburg drank postmaster
general who high collar and Hollywood
LONG AGO, when played fiddle;
You oNa s UPON goo ssv Tt and III tell
I'll. when Harry Lauder the
tempo; now it's "A Draw, BRIGHT MOONLIGHT YEAH
IN THE old days. her contract that Maude
Adams never appear on the Streets today they're
PIN today he's known by the size of his think
thee Wbs 4f s q Was By the Brd7eys
tosHp among Ratoff, Brskn orsata Godstone
It's doupe e 'n double iRki ts
UPON time il q s. Steel fell below 100 there WAS c
oa mvessaton today Steel goes above 49, there's
YES SIR time marches days. Hollywood party
always was IT'S where you play QUOTA sa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Feature With
D. c. Scenes

Director and cameraman pro.
vlded a thrill for Judge Hardy's
Children" opening on Friday
at Loew's Capitol Theater, that
won't be in the picture when,
while in the District of Colum.
bia, Director George Seitz res.
cued Cameraman Lester White
from precarious position on
the cornice of the cupola Of the
Congressional Library.
White had set up his camera
for a bird's-eye view of the Ma.
tlonal Capitol when his hat
blew off and landed on the
cupola cornice from the window
OF which he was Shooting"
The day was cold. So White
crawled out along the cornice
to rescue the hat.
Then he looked down and was
instantly frozen with panic. 81
didn't dare crawl back" he re.
ported. Seitz then crawled out
on the cornice and guided White
as they crawled to the nearest
window and reached safety.
II just knew better than to look
down." Seitz explained.
The new picture features Lewis
Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia
Parker and Fay Holden as the
Hardy Family" A week was
spent shooting location scenes
in Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

Advantage of the radio in re-
claiming a recalcitrant convict
is dramatically illustrated in
"Over the WALL" a stirring pic
ture of life in the Big House,
which is the latest cosmopolitan
production, coming to the Earle
Theater, April 8.
AS might be expected in a
story by Warden Lawes, who in
troduced modern penal methods
to the world as master of Sing
Sing, "Over the Wall" while
containing every element to
make a smashing production,
maintains a sympathetic under
standing of the men penned
away from friends and relatives
by steel and stone.
In tanning a tough guy" por-
trayed by husky Dick Foran,
the prison chaplain accidentally
learns of the young prisoners
fondness for music and, by de-
veloping his talent and giving
him an opportunity to sing over
the prison radio, changes him
into a man you know will be a
good citizen on his release even
though he has been Soured by
being falsely convicted.
AS an apostle of humane treat
ment of prisoners who, by their
conduct invite a softening Of
stern prison regime, Warden
Lawes has frequently been the
target of criticism and even
abuse from people whose idea
of penology is to treat anyone
unfortunate enough to be con-
fined in a cell with medieval
barbarism.
Lawes, however, has had the
courage Of his convictions and
to him more than any one other
person in America, is due to the
new spirit Of humaneneSS to
prisoners.
That the radio idea Is not far
fetched, has been proved in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

Though the blooming cherry
blossoms along the Potomac are
the earliest signs of ba1my
weather, the spring season Off
cially begins only when Gilbert
and Sullivan's immortal comic
operettas are brought to life
again. This will happen on
Monday, April 18, when j.
Franklyn Viola, opera impress
Sario who recently concluded
season of grand opera at the
Rialto Theater, presents the
foremost American company of
Gilbertian artists in a series of
their outstanding operettas by
the celebrated Sir William S.
Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Opening on April 18 at the
Rialto Theater with "The
Mikado," Mr.. Viola will present
such perennial favorites as H.
M. S. Pinafore" and Trial by
Jury" in a double bill, 1.-THE
Pirates Of Penzance, F." "Iolanthe"
and 1.-THE Gondoliers."
Staged by Frank Moulan, con-
Sidered the greatest exponent in
this country of the. Gilbert and
Sullivan operettas, Mr.. Viola's
company includes, in addition to
Mr.. Moulan as the leading comic
character, such noted artists as
william Danforth, Detmar Pop
pen, Kathryn Reeoe, Frances
Baviallo, Dean Dickens, John
Eaton, James Montgomery and
an ensemble Of 40 male and fe-
male voices. The entire produc-
ton will be under the super
vision of David Niles, prominent
director Of New York.
With the presentation Of the
Gilbert and Sullivan operettaS
Mr.. Viola is realizing an objec.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
RioIto Books
EorIyGorbo

Greta Carlo, in her second
film and the one which first
introduced her to the world out
side of her native Sweden
1.-THE Atonement of Costa Der.
ling"-iS to be the next feature
picture in the series Of the Film
Society Of Washington.
It is to be shown at the Rialto
Theater tonight for a single
screening.
COSTA Berling," a picturiza-
ton Of Selma Lagerlof's famous
novel, is a Swedish picture, pro-
duced by SvenSka-Biograf in
1928 and 1924. Mauritz Stiller
both directed it and wrote the
scenario. 1t was this picture
which resulted in his coming to
Hollywood and subsequently in
the coming Of the great Carlo
herself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Lowes Sing-Sing Movie
IsCominq to the Earle

several instances where prison
ers have been permitted to dis
play their talents on the air
lines. A pianist in a Missouri
prison, for instance, became so
popular that his fans" who
listened to him in the security
of their homes, united in a de-
mand for his reelase. When a
pardon finally was given him, he
went out into the world with
new hope and new ambition to
make good citizen of himself.
Quite recently the newly ap-
pointed warden of Folsom Prison
in California braved a storm of
protest from professional OBJ
jectors by permitting the prison
orchestar to broadcast over the
radio. He described it as a hui
MANNING effort which he had
every confidence would bring ex-
cellent results.
In "Over the WALL" June
Travis plays opposite Foran,
with John Litel as the prison
chaplain, Dick Purcell, Veda
Ann Borg. George E. Stone,
Ward Bond, John Hamilton and
Jonathan Hale prominently cast.
Frank Mcdonald directed from
the screen play by Crane Will
bur and George Bricker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

AIDee building, ne1Q open mouse
last night. 1t is his hope to
eventually produce an animated
cartoon right here in this terri
tory. Meanwhile, he is show
ing exactly how Snow White
and the Seven DwarfS" came to
screen life.
Glenda Farrell, who is now a
free lance player, has decided
to have a fling at the stage.
Takes the feminine lead in a
new Phillip Goodman produc-
ton. Lady at Large" due to
open in New Haven April 20.
POWELL TAKES VACATION
Dick Powell's voluntary vaca-
ton of IL weeks on the side
lines may be just the thing for
Warner Brothers singing juve-
nile. He rebels against the SIM
ilarity of his roles with some
justification.
Mr.. Powell sees the day com.
ing when they will get just a
little bit tired of his signing,
would like to have the accent
placed on his acting.
Although he is a prime ALL
dience favorite throughout the
nation, and particularly in the
neighborhood theaterS, he has
never been able to achieve a
good set of notices from hard
boiled New York critics. Joe E.
Brown is another who has never
won the Broadway writer's.
BEN ATWELL is BUSY
Ben bridegroom Atwell, just
back from a honeymoon, parked
his portemaneau here yeSter.
day to do some ballyhoo work
for Three Waltzes."
Shubert musical, due Easter
Monday, will be billed as an all.
star show, despite the fact that
the eminent George Jean
Nathan regards Kitty Carlisle
as musical comedy'S No. l girl.
I saw Three Waltzes" at the
opening performance in New
York on Christmas night, and
it gets four stars and a moon
beam from me, especially for its
lovely Strauss music.
Operetta also has a "can-can"
dance that Is a Sizzler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPITOL-Robert Montgomery,
Virginia Bruce, 1.-THE First
Hundred Years." II a. M,
las, 4:30, 7:15. 10 p. m.
Stage. Sheilah Barrett, 12:45,
$3.50, 6:15, 8 p. m.
PALACE-Jeanette Macdonald,
Nelson Eddy, 1.-THE Girl Of the
Golden West" II a. M, lao,
4:20, z, 9:40 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Constance Ben
nett, Tom Brown, "Merrily We
Live" II a. M, 1:05, S:15, 5:25,
1880, 9:40 p. m.
R.K.O.-KEITHS-K a Uterine
Hepburn, Cary Grant, Bring
ing Up Baby" 1880 a. M,
1:30, $3.50. $50. 1880, $50
p. m.
EARLE-Claudette Colbert j.,
Gary Cooper, "Bluebeard's 9Th
Wife," II a. m, lao, 4:30,
7:15, 10 p. m. Stage, 1870,
$3.50, $40, 8 p. m.
INSTRUMENTATION Nor.
riS, June Travis, 1.-THE Kid
Comes Back" 1855 a. m,
1:55, 1855. 5:55. 7:55, 9:55
p. m.
BELASCO Danielle Darrieux
in "Mayerling," at 2, 1853,
5:58, 1855 and 9:55 p. m.
LITTLE-LeSlie Howard, Merle
Oberon, Scarlet Pimpernel,"
II a. m, l2:47, 2:34, 4:21,
sos, 1855, 9:42 p. m.
TRANSFORMERS and shorts,
from 10 q. m. to midnight, Is
minutes each show,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

The shrill whistle of the fire
engines, the sobs and wailing of
children, the cracking of the
doomed finder box homes, the
panic, are all expressed in what
seems like authentic noise.
No smoke gets in your eyes,
but if you've ever chased a fire
engine, you'll get het up before
Chicago's burning ruins are
shown in the panoramic finale.
I was on this In Old Chicago"
set last summer before they
touched a match to it, and so,
as I watched Hollywood magic
and direction dissolve it into
cinders on the screen at the Fox
exchange, marvel anew at the
skill of the Hollywood craftsmen
and engineers.
BRADY GETS AWARD
This column has long con-
tended that Alice Brady is one
of the finest actresses in the Hol-
lywood area, condemned by type
casting to the vapid, simpering
and flutter-brained roles of the
crazy comedies.
In Old Chicago marks
Alice Brady's emancipation, I
hope. Here she plays Molly
O'Leary, a warm-hearted and
wholesome Irish mother, with a
brogue that has just enough
Killarney in it, to be winning.
This is the characterization
that won Alice Brady the Acad-
envy award as best supporting
player in the 1878 exhibits,
and it need hardly be added
that she takes the acting honors
of the well acted feature.
HAS EVERYTHING
Alice Faye, Tyrone Power,
Brian Donleavy, Don Ameche,
Tom Brown and Berton Church
i'll, play the other important
roles, in this romantic tale of
the O'Learys and early Chicago
that ends with such a terrific
climax.
It's all about the O'Leary boys
in politics, how Belle Fawcett,
a saloon Soubrette, influenced
their lives; how the Windy City,
through Providence and reform,
got rid of its crime-ridden and
diseaseinfected slum area.
Magnificently dire e d by
Henry King, In Old Chicago"
seems to have everything a good
picture needs, including period
costumes and old-time tunes.
Tiptop melodrama, I bravely
recommend its sound, fury and
fiery finale to all looking o r
smash entertainment. Comes to
LoeW'S Palace Theater April Is.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
FIRE AND FLAMES

FIRE AND FLAMES
The finish of this picture is
20 minutes of the most spec
tacular scenes of a raging hell,
q blazing inferno that is checked
by dynamite blasts and the super
human efforts of valiant fire
fighters.
If you don't get a thrill out
Of this, then you'll sleep through
a general alarm fire in the
neighborhood.
Here, of course, is the pulse
humping wallop of In Old Chi
cago." The little wisps of hay
that ignite in the O'Leary barn,
spread to the ramshackle wooden
structures of The Patch" in
Chicago's slums. Into the bust
ness section the flames sweep,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Crossroads Try-outs
At Theater Toniqht

Tryouts for the coming sea-
son Of the Crossroads Theater
at Bailey's Crossroads, Va, will
be held tonight and Tuesday
evenings, April 4 and 5, at 8
O'Clock. Producers Of the Cross
roads are anxious to find many
varied types in order to fulfill
their extensive program for the
summer.
All interested are invited to
attend the tryouts at the Cross
roads Theater, located at
Bailey's Crossroads on the
Columbia Pike.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
kELLEYGRAMS

Since the ession got
around that Paul MUM was
sulking over the Academy
awards, because he failed to get
the oscar" for his lola char
acterization, Bob Taplinger is
sued a communique to Scorch
the rumors.
An incident that occurred in
New York last week heightened
the gossip so Mr.. Taplinger
hastens to explain.
Mum does not speak to Strang-
ers, especially when the stranger
has a package under his arm,
and whispers something about
81 have an award to give you
that we can get lot of publicity
for"
Mum, arriving in Hollywood
after a five-month tour with
Mrs. Mum, in Europe, expressed
amazement at his reported re-
fusal to accept an award for
his performance in THE Life of
Emile Zola' on the day when
his ship docked in New York
last week end.
Frankly, he said, IT was ap-
preached by a man whom I
had never met representing an
organization Of which I had
never heard. Under his arm was
tucked a package and in hoarse
whispers the man said to me
In effect:
81 have an award here to
give you that we can get lot of
publicity for, because the photo
grsphers are here
1.-The entire procedure seemed
to me to be so uncalled for that
I diSregarded the stranger and
returned to my Stateroom."
Ed Sullivan, who writes the
sparkling Hollywood column fea-
tured or these pages, has been
signed by Universal Pictures to
develop an original story, Scar
Of Broadway"
A PERLMAN PARTY
Herman Perlman, who once
drew portraits for this page and
then went to Hollywood and
Walt Disney Studios, is back in
Washington. Mr.. Perlman has
opened an animated cartoon
school In the penthouse Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
RioIto Plans Easter Season
Of Gilbert and Sullivan

tive toward which he had aimed
for many years. Having been
associated in the presentation of
grand opera, Mr.. Viola has con-
tinually lamented the fact that
Americans were receiving oper.
attic entertainment of the for
eign variety and not enough I'm.
derstandable English produc-
tons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Gle a in g S
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

When Mrs. Molly OLeary's COW, Daisy, kicked
lantern in 1871 and Chicago aame she realized
that Twentieth CenturyFox in 1898 would make millions
out of the ashes of the bonfire.
Woody Van Dyke showed in ''San Francisco how
Hollywood can reconstruct an earthquake.
Sam Goodwin in THE Hurricane' demonstrated that
nlancreaed wind and storm, vie with nature fury
Daryl Zanuc blows tiny flame into conflagraton that
ticks up 1900 buildings spreads and terror in its wake.
NV fire helmet DOTTED the wonders of n Old Chicago
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

driving frightened tenants with
their belongings towards the
lake. Buildings crumble, Gen.
Phil Sheridan directs the work
Of dynamiting whole structures
to check the blaze, a frenzied
stampede of cattle from the
stockyards adds to the horror,
families are separated, chaos
rules.
The symphony of sound that
issues from the screen is weird
background for the excitement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Kern's QuintupIets

In her new co-starring vehicle
with Douglas Fairbanks, jr.,
"The Joy Of Living" Irene
Dunno sings five songs by Je-
rome Kern, who also wrote the
music for Roberta" and "Show.
boat" Alice Brady and Guy
Kibbee head the supporting cast
Of the RKO picture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
From HuddIe to Hits

From football fame at Notre
Dame to film fame in Holly.
wood has been the career Of AL.
Ian Lane, who plays his third
screen leading role with Vicki
Lester in RKO'S This Marriage
Business"
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-04-15
JANE HUNTER PREDICTS
RE-EMPLOYMEN OF NEGROES
AS DOMESTIC SERVANTS
Says American Family Life Suffers AS
Percentage of Negro Servants Dwindle

Hunter, when almost every Amerl-
can home had Negro servants; FREE
gnent reference was then made to
the soul qualities and the ardent
devotion OF the Negro servant. 1t
was not unusual for the Negro SER
want to have complete charge of
the management Of the home, in
Guiding the care OF the children In
those days never Il word was heard
of a kidnapping by a Negro servant
or evidence OF any criminal design
upon the life and property of the
home owners, such as the present
day American family seems beset
with"
Concluding, Miss Hunter declared
sthere is need today for the soul
qualities contributed to American
home building BY the Negro servant
who by similarity of nativity and
environment understands and SYM
pathizes with all the ups and downs
Of his employers. Many have been
/ the times when this sympathy, un-
dcrstanding and devotion supplied
the staying qualities which made
permanent the American family
ties"
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-04-15

ERIE, Pa, April IL. Speaking
before the Golden Rule club here
this week, Jane +. Hunter, executive
secretary Of the Phyllis Wheatlcy
association Of Cleveland predicted,
= hal American family heads Of to-
day shall soon again turn to the Me-
gro for their helpers in their homes
as being necessary for the rebuild
ing Of better American family
life. z
Declaring that iii recent years,
America has ceme to a point OF
increasing rejection Of the Negro as
d helper in the American home, /"
Mrs Hunter charged that this has
reacted most unfavorably upon
American family life. Statistical
studies show that where once the
Negro furnished upwards Of ninety
percent Of those engaged in domes-
tic service, he is being SO rapidly
displaced by others until he now
furnishes about forty per cent, q
reduction Of more than one half the
amount formerly supplied she told
her audience.
There was 4 time said Miss