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The Washington times., 1938-03-23

inc I have seen two stage
dramatizations Of the book.
So I didn't miss the Syrupy
sequences, even though the
stream-lined "Rebecca," which
has been transformed into a
radio studio success adventure,
has it's full supply Of honest
hokurn.
Suffice that it discloses a
Shirley Temple at the full
heighth of her s-year-old pow
ers.
1t is worth the full price Of
admission to see this wee
warbler seat herself at the
piano and run through a med
ley of the hit tunes from her
earlier pictures; worth more to
see how cleverly she can han
die lyrics, to watch her use her
eyes for emphasis, turn on her
dimpled charm at the right mo-
ment. She also pretends-bet-
ter than grown-ups do at the
National Theater this week-to
play the piano.
A DANCING GEM
It has ever been my conten-
ton tnat Shirley Temple is the
best actor in any of her pic
lures. There is no reason to
change this belief after scanning
"Rebecca' with its excellent sup
porting cast The youngster
takes direction easily, and her
superior intelligence supplies the
remainder. She knows, in other
words, wnat it's all about.
Finish of the picture finds
Shirley doing a number, "Toy
Trumpet" in which she follows
through an intricate tap routine
with The black master of rhythm,
Bill Robinson. If this doesn't
earn ner a letter from Astaire
College, then nothing will. The
cameras are on her constantly
for a full four minutes, and she
doesn't miss a beat or a gesture.
So I enjoyed every minute of
this latest "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm" which retains only
the title. Seldom is the divine
spark 50 enchantingly displayed
in flaming brilliance. The pic
ture comes to Loew's Capitol
Theater screen Friday, where
you can judge for yourself.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
KELLEYGRAMS

ing newsreel footage on the Hit
Ter coup in Austria. The pic
lures arrived on the Queen
Mary, Monday, in New York, and
were developed and rushed to
exhibitors.
There were hectic times in
Vienna for the newsreel men
when Herr Hitler began his tri-
umphant march. The camera
men, Julius Johak of Universal
staff, and Edward Thule of
RKO-Pathe were imprisoned dure
ing the height of the excite
ment, while grinding some of
the historical action. They were
later released, after 80 hours
confinement, through the inter.
vention Of the American En-
baSsy.
J. J. SHUBERT HAD 1T
Producer j. j. Shubert held
the American rights to the new
Ethel Barrymore play, White
oaks" acquiring same after he
saw the play in London.
1t was Mr.. Shubert's idea to
cast Mrs. Pat Campbell in the
role of the 101-year-old matri-
arch, now played by Queen
Ethel. When Mrs. Campbell
and u. j." could not come to-
gether on terms he permitted
his option to lapse.
Mr.. Shubert paid $3.50 for his
option, hopes Miss Barrymore
has the hit her Washington
week indicated. He thinks the
main argument against smash
hit success for "Whiteoaks" is
lack of conventional love in
tereSt.
STOOGE MAKES GOOD
Robert ONeill submits the fol-
lowing biographical data, on a
Libby Holman cYou Never
Know") stooge who has made
the grade:
Those who saw Libby Holman
in "Three's a Crowd" will recall
her rendition of the song "Give
Me Something to Remember
You By" She sang it in the
show to a tall, dark and hand
some sailor boy who was about
to depart for foreign waters.
"All through the ballad the
sailor stood stiff as q Nazi, re.
naming silent and motionleSS
while she sang.
The role of the sailor was a
bit part in the words most
infinitesimal sense. The player
was an unknown and took none
of the bows at the tunes con.
clusion.
Movie fans would recognize
him now, however. His name
! was and is, Fred MacMurray."
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

A Washington boy, John Hugo
Pfalzgraff, won the Los Angeles
Herald and Express screen talent
quest, in which $1,000 children
competed. The reward is a
Warner Bros. screen test and a
one picture contract.
Seven year old Master Pfalz-
graft, besides being a strikingly
handsome youngster, is wizard
at the piano keyboard. He won
in this newspaper competition
by playing the Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C. minor. The entries
had to pass a mental and phys
ical test to qualify and the
verdict of the judges was that
John Hugo passed 100 per cent
in all requirements.
Master Pfalzgfarr is the son
Of Herman o. Pfalzgraff Of
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
H[JII MOOD
By ED SULLIVAN
GuIIiUer's Travels
HOLLYWOOD, March 23.

Hollywood March ss.
one Of the major s TSere we're in the scene
yet to get silence o M n had @ nd to DO Mas dc
can't climb to the top Of the mt that sncce : place cup
picture sets For the world too fun Of noises
ships Siding cries unemployed Quiet please
II It were only that simple. in real lfe
HOLLYWOOD in other words. accomplished than
Poles working together in They fight only
Conference At the Academy dinner Capra
the gaye to Brhsr Smith tn jew pays Su: @ to
Fl iTiends an1'0O"' n"''"'' ''-' '' ' ''''
LIFE in world of children playing dolls
they dress up today Marie Antonss t. IS Abe Lincoln
and sell these fancif portraits to world that is sick Of reality and
wood Yesterday visited them to see how the
song The trees seemed to rhythm before
that
brought the clash Of cyba saueanE reeds and
proved close
the public and sen banners sayd in the wind
to the oranges which grow upon their trees
TRULY this land Of gold oranges have golden skins
in sFy mite golden yellow moon nudges aside the fleece
Of clouds drill deep into the ground there black gold
which the natives call OIL
chop Of
machine but in this peaceful land men are stu naive enough
Pasadena the natives parade in praise Of their flowers at the
Tournament of Roses.
jealous Of this good golden earh at
tempted to wall off from the rest Of the world Those who
out the East parched desert then
mountains that tower into the Those who would
the West must first the salt desert which identified the
the Pacific Ocean In early days only the great eagles
able to fly the barriers which nature threw
cunnngy copied the form and shape the great At
hour in the twenyour hear dull zooning in the
skies and looking aloft these maade eagles travelling
faster than any bird can travel.
THESE manmade silver eagles have definite part in this empire
makebeeve Each time
refresh itself with deep draugh Of gasoline and OIL ws
into the Skies climbing higher and higher the
tainS that block off the East
undeveOped film Film that sensitive light images
Of the Ong players have been etched
that their voices have been imprisoned on 1t.
IN BARCELONA, while planes dropping death from
the Skies films Hollywood being Barcelona
theatres Vienna Hr despoers gooSespped
the streets Hollywood film was being projected Vienna
Strong
tators and language world pebce Mickey
would win more votes than Hitler Mussolini.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Johnny Johnson BY
Civic Theater Cast

Johnny Johnson" Paul
Green's epic play about peace
and war, opens Thursday at
$3.50 o'clock at the Wardman
Park Theater. This ambitious
production by the Civic Theater
will run through Saturday of
this week and from Wednesday
through Saturday Of next week.
Johnny johnson" has a COM
plete musical score written by
Kurt WE'LL which, In the Civic
production, will be handled by
Lyman McCrary and Victor
Neal. F. Cowles Strickland is
director and the settings have
been designed by William M.
Girvan.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Option Renewed On
PhvIIis' Contract t

AS a result of her outstand-
ing work in recent pictures
among them "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm" and walking
Down Broadway" "-P hyllis
Brooks has just had the option
picked up on her contract with
Twentieth Century-FoX.
Hailed by many critics as one
of the most promising Of the
young screen actresses, Miss
Brooks is at present playing IN
her biggest role in Little Miss
Broadway" the new Shirley
Temple musical.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
"Loan" by Freddie
HELPS Avert Crisis

Despite that his financial af.
fairs are still in litigation, Fred.
die Bartholomew was able to
swing a loan this week. The
sum was for IS cents and the
banker was Warner Baxter, who
stars with young Bartholomew
in Robert Louis Stevenson'S
kidnapped" The loan solved a
crisis for Freddie, who was
about to miss out on a serial in
a weekly Western pulp magazine.
Freddie already had spent his
dollar-a!week allowance.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

TOPS OF JUVENILES
Jackie coogan won his chap
ter in film history for THE
Kid" Jackie Cooper wrote glow
ing pages for his work in
"Skippy' and THE Champ"
Freddy Bartholomew made a
memorable boy David Copper
field" and Jane Withers has her
place on the marquee as queen
Of the gamins.
There have been other juve-
niles who have streaked to glory
for one picture. only to be
quickly forgotten.
Since Shirley Temple leaped
into prominence in 1888 she has
never made an unsuccessful pic.
ture, has three times been
crowned Americas No. l star at
the box office, is the best known
child in the civilized world.
All of this has been accom-
plished by regular series Of
sustained characterizations, in
which she has been called upon
not merely to recite lines. but to
act them, to sing and dance, and
to lend appropriate expression to
all of these essentials of her
screen stories.
NO WORD FUMBLING
If there has been any weak.
ness in the Shirley Temple out
put from Hollywood, the fault
has not been with the little star.
She has met every demand, re-
vealed an astounding aptitude
for the career which has re-
warded her with a fortune,
stands undisputed as First
Lady of Hollywood" Such a lit
tie queen. She will be 9 on
April "a.
I am moved to set down these
opinions after seeing her latest
picture, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm" There isn't a trace of the
original Kate Douglas Wiggin
story, and this fact may irri-
tate some who retain a deep af-
fection for the juvenile fiction
classic.
In the war days Mary Pickford
played the underprivileged child
in the first silent version of the
Wiggin novel. Others made it
afterwards, and as recently as
1882, the favorite classic was
revived by the Fox company
with Marion Nixon as its hero
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Robinson for
The Met

Filmdom's most famous crea-
tor of gangster roles turns to
comedy in "a Slight Case of
Murder" Warner Bros. picture
starring Edward G. Robinson,
which begins it's second week
downtown at the Metropolitan
Theater Friday.
Damon Runyon and Howard
Lindsay wrote the stage play
on which "A Slight Case of Muir
der" was based. Full of Run
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
MOVIE
CLOCK

EARLE-Dorothy Lamour, Judy
Canova, Thrill of q Lifetime"
10 a. M, 1915, 2:35, 4:55,
7:35, 1918 p. m. Stage, 11:25
a. m, 1:45, 4, $40, 9 p. m.
NE TR LITAN-Joe E.
Brown, LYDIA Roberti, wide
Open Faces" 1890 a. M, 1:30,
3:35, $40, 7:45, $3.50 p. m.
CAPITOL-Alice Faye, Tony
Martin, Sally, Irene and
Mary" 11:05 a. M, las, 4:30,
7:15, 10 p. m. Stage, 1850,
3:35, $40, 9 p. m.
PALACE-Andrea Leeds, Helen
Jepson, Zorina, &c o1dwyn
FollieS," 11:10 a. M, 1:45,
4:20, Z, 9:35 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Gladys George,
Mickey Rooney, Love Is a
Headache" IL noon, 2, 4, 5:55,
7:55, 9:55 p. m.
RKO Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs," 1850,
a. m, 1:50, $3.50, $50, E50,
$50 p. m.
BELASCO-Danielle Darrierlx,
Charles Boyer, "Mayerling," :"
1850 a. m, 1850. $3.50. $50,
7:50, $3.50 p. m.
LITLE-Charlie Chaplin, mod
ern Times" 1885 a. M, 1885,
1885, 5:35, 7:35, 9:35 p. m.
TRANSFORMERS and shorts,
from 10 q. m. to midnight, IS
minutes each show.
HOW Virginia Bruce.
Warren William, "Arsena Lu-
pin Returns" 12::45, 4, 7:10,
1920 p. m. Stage, Coleridge
Davis. 2:4C. e. 9:10 %. m
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Dorsey Broadcast
From Stage Tonight

Tommy Dorsey, Sentimental
Gentleman of Swing" will pre-
sent his regular weekly network
broadcast tonight from the
stage of the Earle Theater, from
$3.50 to 8 p. m. Comm Through
the Rye" rendered in the
famous Dorsey swing style. will
feature the program.
Patrons at the Earle Theater
tonight will see and hear the
regular Dorsey stage show, as
well as the half-hour broadcast
program, and the feature pic
ture, Thrill Of a Lifetime"
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Aetna by Mail

Six boys and girls in Mime
apolis are taking a correspond
ence course in the drama with
Bette Davis as their mentor.
They haven't the money to enroll
in a regular drama school so
they present problems and ask
her question by mail. In answer
ing she also includes short lee
lures on various phases Of the
drama,
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

gagged to an American girl
played by Ethel Norman. From
this point on a new world of
happiness opens for film fans.
A Sonia breathleSsly in love.
breath-taking on the ice, thrills
as she never thrilled before.
Jean Hersholt, Cesar Romero
and Ethel Norman are promi-
nent in the featured roles.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

yonese characters, it presents
Robinson as Remy Marco, a beer
baron who becomes an honest
business man when prohibition
is repealed.
Jane Bryan, Bobby Jordan,
Ruth Donnelly, Allen jenkins,
John Litel, Willard Parker. Ed
ward Brophy and Harold Huber
have supporting roles in this
fast-moving comedy, which was
directed by Lloyd Bacon.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Gleanings S
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

For an adult to express high regard for Shirley Temple
and her pictures is to automatically classify ones self
with some scphscatesas fugitive from kindergarten.
have never subscribed to any such opinion for like
legion of Shirley Temples devoted followers feel that
oays movegoer is privileged to watch on the screen the
greatest child actress of this generation.
Genius is an overworked word but it to fit per-
fecy the amazing talent Of this Twentieth CenturyFox
nhn
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

JOHN HUGO PFALZGRAFF
Washington police headquarters,
traffic bureau. He has been in
Hollywood with his mother for
more than a year, was recently
signed to a one picture contract
BY Columbia Productions.
When the boy went to Cali
fornia he was known to his pals
as Jackie. But there are so many
Jack;es in Hollywood, Master
Pfalzgraff accepted the advice
of the Warner Bros. executives
that he be known profession
ally as John Hugo Pfalzgraff.
Trans-Lux and other down
town screens are today display.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
MuIhall. Jr.. Tested

Seeking to follow in the steps
of his silent screen star father,
Jack Mulhall, jr., was tested by
Paramount for q part with
Olympic Bradna and Gene Ray.
mond in "Stolen Heaven"
Young Mulhall has been termed
even handsomer than his
famous father.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

But Shirley Temples Latest Picture Shows
Juvenile at Full Height of Screen Glory
Evening star., 1938-07-25

fully, either Mr. Bouic or Mr.. Pretty
man must be induced to run.
Some members of the bar associa-
ton have expressed the opinion that
Mr. Prescott ought to be opposed in
the Democratic primary because he
was member of the Legislature when
the new judgeship was created. The
law creating the office was later
affirmed by referendum. but the
feeling exists among several older
members Of the bar that the circum-
stances should be brought to the at
tention of the voters. and that the only
way it could be done would be to have
candidate in the field
1t is known that leaders of the inde-
pendent faction. headed by Eugene
Casey of Gaithersburg, also have been
seeking candidate to oppose Mr.
Prescott, but if Mr. Bouic or Mr..
Prettyman did seek the nomination
it is unlikely that either would accept
a place on the independent ticket.
Whoever chose to run would probably
file as an individual
Failing to persuade either Mr.. Pret-
lyman or Mr.. Bouic to run, the inde-
pendents. it is understood, will seek
to have Mr.. Pugh or Mr.. De Lashmutt
oppose Mr.. Prescott, indorsing the one
who does not run against him for the
nomination for State Senator to oppose
Robert Peter, who succeeded Mr.. Pres
colt as county Democratic chairman
Evening star., 1938-07-25
EXODUS OF JEWS
is SLOW PROCESS
Much Financial and Political
Preparation Must Be Made,
Officials Reveal.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The flow of refugees which President
Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull
are trying to set in motion from Ger
many cannot begin before the end of
the year.
A vast amount of preparation, po-
litical and financial, must be COM
pleted before German Jews can begin
their exodus to the United States and
other countries which have voiced
their willingness to receive them.
officials say five to ten years will pass
before the problem can be liquidated.
The governmental committee
which met this month at Evian.
France, in response to Secretary Hull's
appeal for international assistance for
political refugees, will meet again in
London on August and endeavor to
set up permanent organization.
Myron c. Taylor. former head of
the United States Steel Corp, again
will be the United States delegate.
He has been given the rank of AM
bassador by this Government.
Under existing German regulations
Jews quitting Germany may take only
5 per cent of their wealth with them.
The committee hopes Germany can
be induced to let them take at least
Is per cent.
Chancellor Hitler once said Ger
many was so anxious to get rid of her
Jews she would take them to foreign
shores on her de luxe liners.
Evening star., 1938-07-25
A. A. A. LISTS PAYMENTS
T0TAL|NG S328.262.578
Expenses of Washington and State
Offices Were $2o,e3e,4 ,47O
During Last Year.

The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ninistration reported today that
benefit payments and other expendi-
lures for the last IL months totaled
1925. 8.262.578 Expenses of the WASH
ington and state cffices were s20.-
636,47O.
1t was. also disclosed the Agriculture
Department is trying to eliminate
barriers" to commerce in farm
products among the various States.
Department officials said such trade
barriers existed in three types of State
legislation: Licensing requirements
and taxes on out-of-State trucks
regulations dealing with weights, sizes,
and equipment OF out-of-State trucks,
and port of entry laws
A study of the effect of these laws is
being made by the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics. Officials said it was
hoped the study would point the way
to A better program of legislation
which will promote free interna. trade
in the interest of producers, dealers
and consumers"
Evening star., 1938-07-25
SHOEMAKER HANGS
SELF IN TAKOMA
Nunzio J. Ii Causi Is Found Dead
in His Bedroom by Brother
in-LaW,

Nunzio J. LiCausi, Al. Takoma
Park Md shoemaker, was found
dead today, hanging from the door
OF his bedroom in the rear of his
shop at 2l4 Carroll avenue He was
dressed only in his pajamas.
Mr.. LiCausi father of four children
was said by Takoma Park Policeman
Charles Seek to have been in i'll
health for some time.
He came to this country from
Italy when he was young man, and
had been in business here for about
Is years His body was found by
his brother-in-lav, Stephen Lascolo
who operates barber shop next door
He was pronounced dead by DR.. F.
Richardson.
He is survived by his widow. Anna
J. LiCausi, two sons, Stephen. l3.
and Joseph, 6. and two daughters,
Rosetta, Is. and Maria. 8 Also sur
vlving are brother, Joseph LiCausi,
and a sister. Mrs. Lucia Anzelmo.
both of Washington, and his mother
In Italy.
Evening star., 1938-07-25
Girl Recovering
After Rescltin,g o
Her Male Escort

Miss Betty Fealy. II, student at
Mckinley High School, was recovering
today at her home, 1900 Twenty
fourth street NE, after rescuing her
escort. Douglas McCotter. 81. of 220O
Monroe street NE. from the swollen
waters of creek near Chesapeake
Beach, Md. yesterday.
They were on their way to North
Beach, to visit Miss Fealy's aunt. Mrs.
Sadie Trapp, when Mr.. McCotter's
car, small roadster, skidded on a
narrow bridge and plunged through
the railing into the water below. land
Ing upside down.
Mr.. McCotter was knocked uncon-
scious, but Miss Fealy pushed out
one of the side curtains and after a
brief struggle succeeded in pulling
him after her. They clung to the
upturned wheels for more than half
an hour before they were pulled to
the creek bank by Victor Knott, %
park employe
They were taken to Mrs. Trapp's
cottage at North Beach and later
removed to their homes in Washing.
ton, Both suffered from exposure.
Evening star., 1938-07-25
PlCK-A-BACK PLANE
ON RETURN FLIGHT
Leaves for Newfoundland on Way
Back to England-German Ship
to Leave Today.

BOUCHERVILLE. Quebec, July 25
canadian Press) The British pick
a-back plane Mercury took off from
the st. Lawrence River at 1880 am.
tE. S. T) today for Botwood, New
foundland, on the second leg of her
return trip from Port Washington,
N. Y, to Ireland.
The Mercury alighted in the air har-
Dor here at 926 am. lE. S. T.) from
Port Washington From Botwood, her
schedule calls for flights to Horta,
in the Azores, Lisbon, Portugal, and
Foynes, Ireland.
The German flying boat, Nordmeer,
which arrived at Port Washington
from the Azores Friday, will be cata-
pulled from the mother ship, F'risen-
land, at 6 pm. (E. S. T) while its
sister-ship, Nordwind. which left its
mother ship Schwabenland. in the
Azores Friday. was expected at the
United States base shortly after noon.
Evening star., 1938-07-25
PRICE TO ADDRESS
RURAL INSTITUTE
Virginia Will Celebrate 18th
Year of Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Sy .he Associated Press

Sy the ASSOCIATED Press.
BLACKSBURG, Va, July 25.-An
address by Gov. Price, observance Of
the 18th anniversary of the founding
Of the Virginia Agricultural Expsri-
ment Station and sectional discussions
Of practical problems will mark the
tenth annual Institute of Rural Affairs
this week at Virginia Tech.
The Governor will appear at the
opening session tomorrow night when
he will discuss Virginia and Her
Future"
Also marking the opening of the
session will be presentation by DR..
Julian A. Burruss. president Of Vir-
ginia Tech. of certificates of merit to
two persons chosen as outstanding
agricultural leaders.
DR.. A. W. Drinkard. director OF the
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton since 1916. will tell of some re.
suits of the stations research at the
special anniversary program Wednes-
day. Others sharing the speaking
program at that time will be DR.. H. H.
Zimmerley. director of the Virginia
Truck Experiment Station, and Dean
w. E. Coffey, of the University Of
Minnesota.
Preliminary to the opening Of the
rural institute program. the State
Federation of Home Demonstra ton
Clubs and the Agricultural Conference
Board Will convene tomorrow.
Evening star., 1938-07-25
AID FOR JOBLESS
WON EN- OF 40 ASKED
habllitation Program Proposed
to Secretary Perkins by
Miss Anderson.

A Nationwide rehabilitation pro-
gram for the una ttached jobless,
penniless" woman Of 40, now exist
ing on public relief. was proposed to
Secretary Perkins yesterday by Mary
Anderson. director of the Women's
Bureau of the Labor Department.
Miss Anderson recommended that
such women be given medical and
hospital care and occupational train
ing
A survey of 604 unattached. iobless
women on relief in Chicago in the
spring Of 1887. her report said. showed
one-fourth were totally disa bled,
nearly tWo-thirds partially disa bled,
in I had mental illness and two
flfths were separated or divorced from
husbands. Their relief Income aver
aged S22 "A a month.
Miss Anderson suggested an in
crease in relief STATS to do case work
greater relief allowances. especially
for rent. and improved standards of
hours. wages and working conditions
for women household employees.