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The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Harmonica Players
DeIuge Car Dealer

Since they arrived in Holly
wood for their latest picture as
signment at Twentieth Century
Fox with Jane Withers in Lit
tie Gypsy" Borrah Minnevitch's
"harmonica rascals" have been
the greatest patronizers Of the
used car lots.
Every one Of the 10 youths,
except the colored boy, Ernie
Morris, have bought small auto
mobiles. Since Ernie is afraid
to drive a car in heavy traffic.
the other boys have made an an
rangement to charge him a taxi
fare of Is cents each trip.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
"SAVE NE THE WALTZ" OPENS =
Dictotors Take q Roasting in
SotiricoI Comedy Acted by
A Brilliant Cast
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Save Me the Waltz does to dcators and the gray Shirts
who wear out their in fancy sautes just what Pd
Rather Right" does to the American scheme of
ment.
In other words, it boots around the oneman power of
toaarian and shoots through with satrcal har
poons Only the Katherine Dayton play hardly
in attack the George S. Kauman-Moss Hart political
toasting and it is without musical establishment.
Producer Max Gordon has blessed his latest and most pre-
tentous production of the 193739 with cast that
might have been picked from Equy top shelf He requs
toned 10 Miezener design his royal settings and Cos
tuner John Hambleon to chart and the costly garb
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
ED SULLIVAN
BY ED SULLIVAN
No NeUs, No Scoops, No NOthin'
Hollywood. Feb. 3.

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Santa a1 d and paid sf May @ S A s BoS ns
the warwick Charlie Chaplin Tom Gdsr and Herbert
psg pSEvSF With dd the R9i
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club what night last week over What What bOnde5 any
poSohy Sd gerSng S 1amo wears clothes Il
that he is hungry after he eats
cycle started with n the Shade Of the Old
nD sn aaps SG @ s
which got the site % This WILL will be S denied Sa but
haircut imagine the Of the eround
FIGHT Tommy % TsTr Sr cRar MCCARTHY not taking to Edgar
Inside tide dope On Joe o & Of S
seI1nck refused to let shenck play Rhet Butler in Gone
1 made that up myself
reports pictures always interesting because
Their @ Just played o sas o s os
whz Oscar Thomas manager Of the Palace in Pratt Falls
Day u and had 70 s1ss" s Ssy s
Strand at Portland Oregon says Of Bad Man
9 Little RGS aod Ark cssd . hell % t the thing since the
Oddies When Phil Harris leads his band always stands
directly in front his You don't get this sort Of cOtage
c1 1 @ % o hd n4 Rss Rs
On the GOdwm cut i out to seven minutes
:ssEstay; 5st
Very dull locally: Connie Bennett hasn't filed suit all week. and
here Monday ALREADY The white coat which Cesar Romero
cOmmissary tent The deal was closed last night
Despite the reports Of writer's returning from New York that that
city all shot pieces understand there 100000
still living there East, should visit it Add
Oddities When Phil Harris leads his band-no told
before Aurys is leading Academy
nominations Stop selling firecrackers you
in time muStache that
been growing for Room Service The drought almost had IT.
Mickey Rooney has rented the house Rothsc
dwarfs and Minnie Mouse are item Paul Whemans real
tag Paul Whteman dial Mutual Angeles
you get the Public Library If answers it's the librarian
Clark Gable his election
of Hollywood that he put a neckte Pretty
have him wearing shoes b. Bumenhal,
University Of California cOxSwan
would sound interesting Spencer Mil
Tyrone Power doesn't Janet GaynOr he's going
to make chump out of lot of cOumnitS Odes Anita
Louise hasn't last and Jon Hall hasn't first
There isn't clover at the Clover Club bet the
would be pretty if the Pacific
Atlantic Ocean.
Add statistics Bing money
Carso Only contract player MM hasn't had trouble
Leo the Lion His bark than his bite AL Jolson
the first stage professional tanning
Se from California to New York in an to get tanned
won't believe it More's the pity the Ritz
Brothers Idtzenwrger They not Spanish Local auo
was arrested for doing eghtyone miles
do 0OVere
The Washington times., 1938-02-08

SLAMS THE DICTATORS
Given all of these handsome
appointments and a script that
has been copiously sprinkled
with topical wisecracks, Save
Me the Waltz" rang down the
curtain last night with the
heavy applause that indicates a
walloping hit, in the making.
Everything happens in t he
royal kingdom of Jadlovia, one
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Jam of "Jims"

Jim is by far the most fire.
quently heard first name on the
"Madelon" set at Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer. There are "tSight
JimS working with the company.
Jim Whale, director; Jim Stew
art, actor; Jim Luttrell and Jim
Burbridge, cameramen; Jim
Flaster, sound, and Jim Miller,
Drop,
The Washington times., 1938-02-08

forms of yodeling and the
candid camera.
The Queen accepts the con-
tract, on her terms. She must be
allowed to return to the royal
palace and announce the be-
trothal from the balcony. The
King is for anything Lizzie"
says. The Dictator is having
his way, with reservations, un-
til Princess Claudine. who has
not been consulted, appears.
In taking the wind out of
pomposity Playwright Dayton
has considerable fun, though
she sometimes sacrifices mood
and dignity in her zeal for
laughter.
BRILLIANT CAST
The coup d'etat is Queen
Elizabeth's discovery that Amer
ican women love 70 live life and
not show it, hence her beauty
secrets, plus American enter
prise, replenish Jadlovia's treas
ury. For restoring her to power
each loyal peasant receives a
box of vanishing cream or some
other first-aid to failing allure.
1t takes another act to set
tie the peace of Jadlovia and
the future of Princess Cladine'S
heart. The process includes an
abdication and some high
spirited fun.
In the distribution of acting
laurel, a large sprig should rest
on the brow of Mady Christians,
who made a regal looking and
an imperious queen. It was a
sparkling first performance that
did more than anything also to
keep the Dayton play within
bounds, when it threatened to
verge off into burlesque.
To Laura Hope Crews goes the
credit for getting Save Ne the
Waltz rolling in high. The role
of the Countess is. for her. a
perfect fit. It is stuffed with
those sharp and subtle witt
cisms she can handle so deity
and her first entrance started
a rollicking pace, not always
maintained unless she was in
the vicinity.
NEEnc CONT ppT@-TNC
John Emery is the Dictator,
and here and now is a good time
to say that Tallulah Bankhead's
husband is a fine actor. He is
pompouS, arrant, shouting and
heroic in Napoleonic poses, ten
der and effective as a love
maker. "The moon is late" he
says. when he feels romance
approaching. and he voices it in
dictatorial way that gets the
heartiest laugh of the evening.
Leo Carroll plays the amiable
and tired out king, giving his
monarch the mousy touches Of
a Roland Young, or Soglow, and
an affectionate veneer, both
human and appealing.
The little princess is beauti.
fully accomplished by Jane
Wyatt, erstwhile OF the flickers.
She adds oodles Of charm to a
refreshing vitality and is a feast
for king or peasant.
There is tip top support from
Molly Pearson, Reginald Bach,
Brenda Forbes, Leslie Harrie,
James Seeley. Frances Pierlot
and Arnold Korff.
Charge the Dayton successor
to First Lady" with being
heavily overweight and you
touch the main opening night
fault. 1t can do with a smoother
pacing, too, but with that old
play doctor. George S. Kauf.
man. here to do the pruning and
polishing, you may expect soon
the polished gem that turks in
a clever script.
think Max Gordon, plus Sam
Harris, has something here that
Broadway will like. Unless, of
course. the chancellories make it
embarrassing.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08

Max Gordon Presents New Kathern
DAYTON Drama at the National Theater
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Questions on Page 81

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knot which is 5000 feet. Land
mile is $3.50 feet. 3. 8. 4. 13. 5.
No. Isthmus is goose neck in
shape so ship travels about
southeast. 6. 20. Z. IA hours. 81
minutes. 8. 1885. 8. Lake, late,
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5 miles, 1900 yards.
Evening star., 1938-04-03

or ten people. Not so jumpy and burning
eyed. c'Magazine- -coverish men," she told
Harry The ladies were all beautiful and
smiled continually, unless you happened to
notice one standing alone. Then the lady
looked different. As if she was seeing some
thing unpleasant over her shoulder.
Once Ward Morris had come without tele-
phoning Nellie set her tray down and went
to the door. He had on brown tweed suit,
out of shape at the pockets, and windy
rain had mussed his hair. He had no hat.
Nellie got nervous passing the cocktails,
because no one knew what to do about Ward
standing there in his damp suit, lifting one
side of his mouth in a smile.
Miss Morris had said - cruelty, Nellie
thought - IF you must gypsy around, Ward,
why pick on us? We're just off. But have a
cocktail"
He sat quite alone, after the others left,
playing something sad c'You know it," she
had prodded Harry's memory by humming a
bar, but he had only shaken his head sleepily.
Something about summer breeze and day.
light coming in vain. Awfully sad
Always after breakfast Miss Morris sat
at her desk going over papers and figures.
She signed neat, small checks for the trades
people She kept a record of everything.
Maybe, Nellie thought one morning, vac
uuming the taupe rug, that was why she was
successful. She knew the value of everything.
She was careful of possessions. Because they
were hers.
1t troubled Nellie to think that she and
Harry might never succeed. They were care
less and easygoing. Last night Harry had
asked her again for the hundred and fifty
Evening star., 1938-04-03

dollars Nellie had saved.
Its like this, kid
Harry could be so nice,
lamplight shining on
thick, red hair, thinking
out slow words-"I got
three hundred and fifty
and you've one hundred
fifty. It's five hundred
bucks for that corner
Evening star., 1938-04-03
BIG HUG
Miss Morris had forgotten its Importance.
Nellie hadn't Would you?
BY ANNEKE Van ZINDRAN

store. And it's ours. Ours. Newspapers,
candy. smokes, toys -"
"And how long would you like it behind a
counter, Harry Dooley?"
DO want to drive other peoples trucks
all my life? You gotta take chances. You
gotta strike out. You and nell run that
store. No more going out days for you.
Dooley's Corner Store"
MY hundred and fifty its been some
thing to think of, Harry. Having it in the
bank
"Are you any better off for it? Don't you
trust me?"
They had quarreled. Nellie, tears smarting
her eyes, worked the vacuum. Weren't they
making out this way?
The next time Mr.. Morris came, he looked
thinner, winter. He ate two helpngs of
everything. He and Miss Morris talked in low
tones. She made curt exclamation, then
there was silence Nellie brought in dessert.
There they sat - Miss Morris's brows drawn
together and her lips pressed tight. Mr..
Morris kept turning his glass around by its
stem. He said, not looking at Miss Morris:
They like every piece I've done for the
show. need backing, that's ALL
Evening star., 1938-04-03
Moooxins Section

\ from Nellie, was icy. Ward went on
playing. Safe in your arms, far from
alarms" he crooned Nellie hurried
back to the kitchen, embarrassed.
She jumped at tangled crash,
the sound of fist striking the key
board. Ward Morris was speaking
loudly, angrily:
That's our trouble Ours? Your
trouble. You don't need me. You
never did. Always equal to situa-
tion. Stronger. Getting along
yourself. Couldn't you have made
believe, pretended was important?
Poured on some gravy about my
potboilers? I'm crawling before you, last
shreds of pride gone. asking you to back
play. It's my chance. If you only pitied-
but it's hate, too. You count my failures
and say Mop There was horrible sob.
Nellie ratified the dishes. She felt weak and
breathless. What was Miss Morris doing?
There, he was leaving She heard the door close
The song started again, far away Safe in
your arms Then she knewit was Miss Morris
who had gone. Nellie tiptoed in to look.
He was staring into space. There was wet
streak on the cheek nearest her. But it was his
twitching mouth, the bright, blue sightless-
ness of his eyes, and most painful of all,
loose lock of tafy- -colored hair falling over his
forehead, that held her gaze.
Nellie went back and put on her hat and
coat. She was frightened. There was some
thing she must do before it was too late.
She slipped out of the house.
Shewanted to get home. To keep Harry from
ever looking like Mr.. Ward Morris looked
unbelievmg and mbeleved-in. What was that
song? ''Safe in your arms, far from alarms"
Harry could have her money. 1t wasn't
important. There was another kind of safe
ness that had nothing to do with dollars.
It didn't matter if they were on the street
year from now, homeless and starving. Poor
Miss Morris had never had that safeness.
She would never have it, because she had not
found out in time what being safe meant.
The End
Evening star., 1938-04-03

Backing. A queer word
to Nellie. She got the cof-
fee ready. Now Mr.. Morris
was playing that song.
Why couldn't she remem-
Der? 1t ended, kiss me,
kiss me again"
Miss Morris sat upright
inner wing-back chair. She
looked old and tired. Her
hand, as she took the cup
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
Ruth Fitting 2 Denies She @'d MMn Shot by Former Husband Are Mmried; Nude Under Oath

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Oct. 31. = Springing a surprise, blonde Ruth Etting, one of the original torch singers, denied under oath, she and Myrl Alderman, 30 radio music ar ranger, were married at the time her divorced husband, Martin Shy der, shot and wounded Alderman in her home two weeks ago. It was then said she and Alderman had been married secretly.
 She testified at deposition hear ing. as defendant in a S150,000 love theft suit filed by Alderman's for mer wife, Alma, whose divorce de- cree is not final until next Decem- Der.
 Ruth said she and Alderman never had marital relations.
 Asked whether she loved Alder man. she said: Love is hard thing to define"
 She denied she gave Alderman money in numerous occasions.
 snyder is awaiting trial on charges of Kidnapping and attempt ed murder.
 Alderman is in hospital recov- ering from his gunshot wounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-It is a safe bet that the fate of Czechoslo- vakia promoted President Roose- velt's good neighbor policy as much in a short time as could have been accomplished by 10 years of con- ferences.
 It has daWned on at least one of the Latin American republics that it Is nice to live on this side of the ocean where the little na- tions do not need to fear that four large nations will sit around a table and divide them up, with ra- dio accompaniment. The last time anybody was divided up on this continent was in 1903 when the United States had a hand in break ing Panama off from Colombia to facilitate acquiring right of way for the Panama Canal
 Ellie Lescot, minister to th Q United States from the Negro re- public of Haiti, called at the state department immediately after the Czechoslovak shouting was over to tell Acting Secretary Sumner Welles how grand his nation felt as being so far away from Europe. Over here, Haiti is safe enough. Off the coast of Europe it might be just another colony to be fought over.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
s MEN RESCUED 1. IN SAGA OF SEA
 BY s. s. ALASKA
Freak Sea hits Halibuter Crew Spends Seven Nights
 Adrift Near Death
BATTLE WAVES WAIST
 DEEP, RAW OIL, WATER
Flares Burned Early In Morning Brings Aid
 All Are Burned

Six halibut fishermen, burned with raw oil and salt water, are aboard the steamer Alaska today, recuperating from one of the most nightmarish experiences with near death on stormy seas in the history of seafaring men of the tickle North Pacific.
 The Alaska early yesterday morn- ing saw flares in the black of the night and put over boat to take a half dozen pitifully weak and injured men from the thoroughly wrecked and all but sunk 59-foot halibuter Angeles, of Seattle.
 Captain H. J. Hansen, skipper of the Angeles, resting his tortured flesh in a stateroom bunk on the Alaska this morning, told of a monster freak sea that swept the decks of the Angeles with terrific force during gale of wind week ] ago ssestefdag and lese lssy eEar1ga.sI for a hideous six days and seven nights of battle against seemingly relentless approach Of death at sea.
 Hit by Big Sea
 At four o'clock in the afternoon of the twenty-third, the big sea hit just as Captain Hansen was going below to relieve the engineer standing by idling engines while the boat drifted in the storm.
 We didn't see the wave,' Cap- tain Hansen said painfully through swollen lips, holding his blistered cheeks. "All we know is that sud- denly it hit Us and tore everything off the decks, pilot house, gear, boats and everything. It was lucky none of us were in the house or on deck"
 | A gaping rent was torn in the starboard side of the vessel, three Iseven-inch square beams amidships were broken. pots. pans, fish cargo and ice were flung into mess in the bilge, and to add to the de- Struction, the nam oil pipe to tne engines burst and flooded the craft with sickening raw fuel oil.
 All six men recovered their feet. in water and oil to their waists, some of them seriously injured, and began to bail furiously with five gallon cans fishermen use to keep halibut flyers in.
 All through that night, the next day and the next night, Scandinav- ian arms failed in the flooded hull to keep the craft afloat. They ate nothing and they drank nothing in that time.
 40 Hours of Torture
 Regaining senses after 40 hours | ks |
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
INSURGENTS
 MAKE DRIVE,
 LOYAL FORCE
Government Positions Tn Spain Shelled Advances
 Are Reported Made

HENDAYE, Oct. 31.-Dispatches from Insurgent headquarters report that Moradeebro, key to Spanish Government positions throughout the Ebro River Valley front, are being bombed by Insurgent artil- lery which has moved forward as the result of swift advance begun yesterday.
 The Insurgents assert they now hold the entire Caballos mountain region.
 Three Insurgent columns advanc- ed in a driving rain to smash the Government lines on that front.
 In Northeast Spain, the Govern ment's strongest positions are re- ported broken through by the h. surgents and the drive is said to have cost the Government at least 1000 men killed and several hun dred taken as prisoners.
 Fifteen Government planes are reported to have been shot down.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
Conditions in Europe Con- sidered Far from Amic-
 able Settlement
CABINET SUMMONED
 IN SPECIAL SESSIONS
Conflict Between Czecho- slovakia, Hungary Stav-
 ed Off for Time
lBy Associated Pressl

Great Britain and France are making new efforts to build up new ornaments in face of Europes unsettled future.
 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has called a special session of the Cabinet to meet on the eve of the three-day Parliament session which is expected to be grand inquest" on his Munich peace.
 Reports are heard that Chamber lain is seeking to meet the demands of some of his minorities for the creation of Ministry of Supplies with power to enforce a speed-up in armamentS.
 French Premier Daladier has also summoned his Cabinet in the first of a series of meetings to draft a decree of laws rehabilitating the French finances and also to impress on the people that one of the most pressing needs is that of security.
 PrObable conflict between CZecnO- slovakia and Hungary, now dead locked in territorial dispute, seem to have passed. Both nations have agreed to meet Wednesday in Vien- na with representatives of Ger many and Italy, to arbitrate the territorial dispute.
 Polish andGerman diplomats are meeting in Berlin to negotiate the legal tangle caused by Germany suddenly arresting thousands of Polish Jews with about 22,000 Pol ish Jews reported held in concen- tration camps waiting for an agree ment to determine their future resi- dence
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
(By Associated Press)

Hysteria among radio listeners throughout the nation and actual panicky evacuations from sections of the metropolitan area in New York City, resulted from too real istic radio broadcast last night des- cribing a fictitious devastating viSi- tation of strange men from Mars.
 "Is It True?"
 Excited, weeping persons all over the country swamped newspaper of fices and police station switchboards with questions "Is It True"
 The broadcast was purely fig ment of H. G. Wells imagination with some extra flourishes in a ra- dio dramatization by Orston Welles, broadcast by the Columbia Broad casting Company, but the anxiety was immeasurable.
 Excitement Intense
 At Fayetteville, North Carolina, people with relatives in that section of New Jersey where the mythical visitation had locale, people swarmed the newspaper offices in tears seeking information.
 An Associated Press dispatch re- ceiyed by the New York office from Providence, Rhode Island, sail weeping hysterically, women swamped the switchboard of the Providence Journal, newspaper, ask ing for details of the massacre and destruction"
 Turn off Lights"
 In New York City, officials of the electric light company received scores of calls urging that they turn off the lights so the city would be safe from the enemy"
 Mass hysteria mounted so high in some cases that people told the po- lice and newspapers they saw the invasion.
 Heard in Middle West
 In Minneapolis and St. Paul switchboards were deluged with calls from frightened people.
 In Atlanta there was worry in some quarters that the end of the world had come.
 One woman rushed into church in Indianapolis shouting: New York City has been destroyed It is the end of the world. You might
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
SHOT THROUGH HEART;SC|ENCE
 IS BENEFITED
Convicted Slayer Permits of Electric Cardigraph
 to Record Action

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 31.-A firing squad executed John Deering at dawn this morning in the Utah State Prison while an electric cardigraph recorded, prob ably for the first time, action of the human heart pierced by bull lets.
 Deering, who sought every way to speed his death, participated willingly in the scientific experi- ment to determine how long a heart will beat after struck.
 Scientists said it would be num- Der of hours before it could an- nounce the result of it's findings.
 Convinced there was no place in society for him after a lifetime spent in prison, Deering demanded the State take his life.
 Deering was convicted of the murder of Oliver Meredith, Jr.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
Crises May Be Better than Conferences for Promotion
 Of Good Neighbor Polio,

bullets, tank trap devices, and soldering gadgets of every descrip- tion.
 The patent office is patient enough. Never can tell when a jig of tremendous national importance might come out of some barn-loft shop. The odds are against it these days, because life is so complex that it takes technologist in fancy laboratory to do much now.
 The patent office never makes public the nature of any design sent in for patent until the patent is granted. There is a law against it. But to merit any consideration at all, the device must propose some useful service. For that reason the office never would patent a poison carrying bullet or projec- tile for spreading disease germs. The United States would not use such a device in a war, and it would have no legitimate use in peace times.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
Z YOUNG MEN
 MEN ON TRIAL,
 PRISON MURDER
Toughest Guy on Rock Is Among the Many
 Witnesses Called

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Oct 31.-- James c. Lucas and Rufus Frank lin. two young bad men with long criminal records, went on trial to- day for their lives in heavily guarded court room. They are charged with the murder of guard during futile escape at tempt from Alcatraz prison on May g.
 Harvey Bailey, known as the toughest guy on the Rock" is among the witnesses. to be brought from the island prison to testify. The prisoners are heavily man. acled and armed guards question and search all those permitted to enter the court room.