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The Washington times., 1938-08-01
MARKET QUIET;
PRESSURE FELT

NEW YORK, Aug. i G.N.S).
The stock market today showed
an easy start and trading trend,
with prices down 2 points or more
at the close.
The chemical list was under
pressure and losses exceeding a
point were chalked up in Du Pont
and Union Carbide.
The steel list likewise displayed
a heavy tone, U. S. Steel losing
around a point at the start. Frac-
tional losses were the rule in
others.
General Motors eased in ad-
vance of the directors meeting
late today, at which dividend
action will be taken. Rails trended
down and utilities were sluggish.
Elsewhere The undertone was
easy.
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From Sunup to Sundown to-
morrow, some 10000 Virginia
voters will return their answers
in 221 election precincts of the
Eighth Congressional District
which, starting at the Potomac,
stretches down through half the
State and includes within its
boundaries more historic homes
Of Revolutionary patriots than are
to be found in any similar geo.
graphic area anywhere in the
United States.
To the country at large and
political leaders of both political
parties and all persuasions within
the parties, the contest between
Representative Howard w. Smith
and william Z. Dodd, jr., for the
Democratic Congressional nomina-
ton in the Eighth Virginia Dis
trict will afford the best test thus
far offered anywhere Of the atti-
tude Of a traditionally Democratic
State and district Of the Solid
South toward the policies and per,
formance Of President Roosevelt
NEW DEAL ONLY ISSUE
Blind faith in the President as
against the qualified support
given his policies by most Of Vir-
ginia'S representatives-and many
other SouthernerS as well-admit-
tedly calls for vote for Dodd.
Traditional political thinking Of
the presen t-day conservative
Continued on Page IL, Col. y
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Dorothy Lamour Gains
After Appendectomy

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. I ON.SO.
Steady improvement was reported
today in the condition of Dorothy
Lamour, shapely screen star, who
underwent an emergency opera
ton for appendicitis.
The operation was scheduled for
late yesterday. DR.. William Branch
stated, but was advanced several
hours when Miss Lamour was
stricken while rehearsing at a
radio broadcasting studio. Her
husband, Herbie Kay. orchestra
leader, arrived by plane from
Houston, Texas, to be at the stars
bedside.
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CoIored Man Hunted
After Girl Attack

A young colored man was sought
by police today after vicious at
tack on Gladys E. Major, 26, in
her apartment in the 1000 block
of F st. N. w. Miss Major was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
lacerationS and contusions of the
scalp and a confusion on the neck
and discharged. She said her as
Sailant gained entrance by remov-
ing the screen from a rear window
and attacked her with a brick.
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4 Women, Man Die
As Train Hits Auto

HOBART, Ind, Aug. l Q.N.SJ.
-Four women and one man were
instantly killed today when their
automobile was struck by the
Broadway Limited of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad at a grade crossing
here. The train was en- route to
Chicago from New York. The
victims automobile bore ah Ohio
license which had been issued to
Mrs. Clara Boezers, of Cleveland.
A key ring in the mans pockets
bore the name of A. L. Wrede. Of
Cleveland.
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Dr.. Townsend Plans
Own New Party, If

AUGUSTA, Me-, Aug. / G.N.S0.
DR.. Francis E. Townsend, origi-
nator of the revolving old-age pen
sion plan, today was planning his
own political party-if the Repub-
lican or Democratic parties fail
to support the Townsend assist
ance plan.
To a Sunday audience of 5000
persons, DR.. Townsend urged re-
election of Names three Repub-
lican congressman because they
are in favor of his pensoin plan.
He flayed the Roosevelt Admins
tration as jeopardizing the Ameri-
can system of government.
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II Hart in New York
As L Trains Crash

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 Q.N.S).
Twelve persons were slightly in
jured .oday when a "deadhead"
crashed into an elevated train
disctargng passengers at New
York's highest station. The crash
occurred more than 100 feet above
the sire { level. One car Of the
stationary train was derailed and
fire brofs out in another. Many
passenger were thrown into hys-
terra, bur the quick arrival of po-
lice and 1hemen aided officials in
restoring order. The fire was ex-
tinguished with little damage.
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Sudeten is Wounded
Fighting Z Czeehs

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Aug.
1 G.N.SD.-A Sudeten German
was wounded seriously in fight
with two Czechoslovakian soldiers
near the German frontier, accord
ing to an official report today.
Arousing fears of revived Nazi.
Czech bitterness, the fight oc.
CURED yesterday at Trautenau,
No details of the incident were
revealed.
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Mexican Teachers
Slain as Atheists

MEXICO CITY, Aug. l G.N.S).
Three rural school teachers at
in the state of Michoa-
can were dead today after being
ambushed by home defense
guards. The teachers were said to
have been accused by hostile vii
layers of teaching Socialism and
atheism"
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Greece Nips Revolt
On Island Of Crete

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. l
G.N.SD.-Three ringleaders of the
weekend revolt in Crete and 80 of
their followers were under arrest
today, according to an announce
ment by the Greek government.
Complete order has been restored
on the island, it was stated.
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CCC L" Rebels" Char. e
They Get Short Rations

LURAY, Va, Aug. 1.-Angry en-
rollees Of the Civilian Conservation
Corps revolted in Camp Ten. on
the Skyline Drive, it was learned
today, protesting insufficient food.
A squad Of men leaving their
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War Up TO Reds,
Tokyo Declares

TOKYO, Aug. 1 0.N.S.).
Whether the JapaneSe-SOviet
border clash at Changkufeng
becomes serious enough to de-
velOp into a major conflict
depends upon the Soviet
attitude" q Japanese foreign
office spokesman defiantly
announced today.
He said Japanese Ambas-
SadOr Shigemitsu in Moscow
has been instructed to open
negotiations with Soviet For
eign COmmiSSar Maxim Lit
vinOv, but declined to reveal
their exact nature.
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barracks Saturday morning. carry
ing lunches, threw their sand
wiches away along the drive, and
protested against the amount they
were being given to eat while work
ing. A ranger retrieved the food
and started an investigation,
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n :. MEDICAL
UPS BEGIN
FIGHT TO FINNISH
CHA Allies Hail
Trust Inquiry

HsNt TO the finish began today
/ 3a organized medicine and
rsoy * > ! associates as result
os siSyg 1t Attorney General
r1sy A:nold's announcement
tllat IT, tld ask a grand jury
inye, MON of the American
heag2 s1ciation and the Dis
't'{s6& Society.
~ members of Group
HeflEnA association, Inc, hailed
Ayr,old's Rction as the opening gun
In a nati,mwide campaign to make
effective the Roosevelt admins
tration's 1850, ,OOo. 900 a year public
health program by bringing the
cost Of nledieal treatment within
reach OF every man, woman and
ctna in The nation.
CHA. READY TO AID
wEaain G. kirkpatrick, presi-
dent Of CHA, declared:
announcement Of the pro-
posed Investigation into the
activiaet 81 the Medical Society
ct the district Of Columbia and
thA American Medical Associ-
alton is / sanitary one.
Basis for the inquiry out
lined in the three parts men
toned by Mr.. Arnold is sound
end covers the subject COM
pletely.
G. Fl. A. will be glad to CO.
operate With the Department Of
Justice whenever called upon.
whatever the legal outcome
Of this rove on the part Of the
Department Of Justice, it will I'm
doubted:y have a salutary effect
OIL the iolution Of the problem
which brought group health into
being. uAmely-the providing Of
ADEQUATE medical care for the
average nan and woman within
their means to pay"
"AS FAR AS THEY LIKE"
Members OF the District Medical
Society made only terse comment
on the Justice Departments sur
prise move. One member, DR..
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Man Falls IS Feet,
Breaks C0IIarbone

A 15-foot fall from a Scaffold in
Bradbury Heights, Md, yesterday
resulted in a fractured coIlarbone
for Joseph M. Behan, 80, of 300
Fifth st. N. E. The victim, who
was brought to Casualty Hospital
for treatment, was assisting his
brother.in.law in building a new
home.
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warm weather. however, will con.
tinue after the rain.
The mercury began boiling up
ward early today and at IL a. m.
N'E ~ ed 81 degrees. The fore
=, predicted q high of "a de.
giyes will be reached during the
afternoon,
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Showers Forecast;
Then Hot As Usual

Scanning the horizon, the
weather man today found not one,
but several clouds with silver lin.
ings for WaShington's heat suf,
fererS.
Promptly came the forecast o.
local showers and Thunderstorm
for tonight and Tuesday, The
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BORDER CLASH
DEVELOPS TO
open WARFARE
Russia Brings Up
Heavy Artillery
By DON BROWN

TOKYO, Aug. l QN.S.).
Quickly hi e din g Moscow's
threat to "wipe Japan off the
face of the earth," Soviet war
planes today roared across the
Siberian border and attacked
Japanese military positions,
according to Nipponese ac-
counts.
A Kwantung Japanese cont.
InentaD army communique said it
was positively established" four
Soviet planes were shot down. A
fifth was believed hit, but the
wreck has not yet been located.
In speedy revenge for double de-
featS suffered in yesterdays
pitched battles, the Soviet aircraft
bombed the Changkufeng border
district and then, flying 10y,
"strafed" the japanese and Man:
chukuo defenseS with machine
guns.
MORE TROOPS MASSED
Wheeling southwark, said semi
Official advices, the red army
planes then raided Japanese posi-.
tions within Korean territory.
Two separate attacks were
made by the red planes, Korean
garrison headquarters informed
Tokyo.
Soviet aircraft bombed and
machine-gunned our first line
Of troops. who were not
harmed" the dispatch said.
One attack was carried out at
2:3O p. m. by Soviet heavy bomb
ers (which crossed the border
of Korea in formation and
bombed the railroad tracks," the
war ministry was told.
With border incidents" now de-
veloping into open warfare, while
Moscow and Tokyo continue to
spurn each others diplomatic pro-
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Monoxide Gas
Kills II Miners

GERSTUNGEN, Thuringia,
Aug. / Q.N.SO.-Eleven miners
were suffocated by carbon mo-
noxide gas in a potash mine here.
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Red Army Pledges
To Wi pc Out Japan
Threatens to Make Tokyo Pay in Gal
Ions for Drops of Soviet Blood
Acme Photo
BY JAMES e. BROWN

MOSCOW, Aug QN.S) )-With threats that Japan would
be wiped off the face of the EARTH and for every drop Soviet
blood spilled Japan would pay gallons the Red army today
indicated that quick reprsa would be taken for the latest
sanguinary Invasion" of Siberian soil.
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4 SOVIET PLANES SHOT DOWN
Yes-M Nan norNo-Man?|
Va. Votes Tomorrow
Dodd-Smith Race Regarded as Test
Of Old Democracy vs.. New
By THEODORE HUNTLEY

Liberal or conservative? New Deal Democracy oldme
Democracy? The Democracy of Franklin Roosevelt the
Democracy of Senators Carter Glass and Harry Byrd Reg
menation rugged individuasm? "No man. eyes MANI?
The Washington times., 1938-08-01
. MILLION SET
AS GUARD COST
IN STEEL WAR.
La Toilette Told of
Firms Outlay

G.N.SO The cost of hiring
guards, purchasing ammunition,
and other defense" activities in
the "little steel" strike of 1887
against Republic Steel Corpora
ton and Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company, was placed at
81, ,144,000 by the Senate Civil
Liberties Committee today.
Robert Wohlforth, chief in
vestigator for the committee,
placed the estimate in the records
as the committee launched its
third week of hearings on the
strike.
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$315,OOO For Troops

4AC NAAsSA 6CA GAASU Va OA1C VSGch4 ca
pended, the two steel companies
spent $3,543,000; the Ohio Ma
tional Guard, $315,OOO, and the
Pennsylvania Railroad in Ohio,
500, 900.
Earlier, La Toilette told re-
porters he would seek legislation
at the next session of Congress
to strengthen the National Labor
Relations Act so that employers
cannot Illustrate employees seeking
collective bargaining"
Since Senators Burke (D), Ne
braska, Vandenberg RD, Mich
igan, and others also want to
amend the act with a view of
making it "fairer" to employees and
employers, prospects for action
were materially increased by La
Follette's disclosure.
Munitions Cited
In his testimony on cost of the
strike, Wohlforth said:
I'm what has come to be COM
monty known as the Little Steel
strike of 1887, a mobilization Of
men, money and munitions oc-
CURED which has not been ap-
preached in the history of labor
disputes in America in recent
time.
Although known to be incom-
plete, the committee has as
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Art and picture director of the
Washington Herald and the
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Partly cloudy with
l@sl showers end
iAROdsuigms tS-
hlgtt and 1HssdaJ;;
eOgilHued UaEn;
with gsutls Ulads.
The Washington times., 1938-10-29
Battle at
Howard

Harlem and Times Square are
brought right to the Howard
Theater stage in a battle of hot
rhythm engaged in between two
of Manhattan's youngest macs
tros.
Lucky Millinder from Lennox
Avenue and his Mills Blue
Rhythm Band opened yeSter-
day at the T Street house in
a musical battle with young
Charlie Barnet from Forty-sec-
ond and Broadway with his or
chestra. In their own indi-
vidual manner, the boys are
just a sensation. Barnet, Smil-
ing, mild and calm; Millinder,
smiling, nimble-footed and full
of rhythm. The battle of music
is a hot jamboree. Featured
with Barnet is Judy Ellington,
former local girl, who does torch
singing in many of the down
town spots.
Others on the all-Star bill in
clude the fast-Stepping six Indy
Hoppers, Cooke and Brown, &C.
centric dancers, and Jessie
Scott, housekeeping soubrette.
Johnny Vigel and John Mason
handle the comic end Of the
revue. Special midnight show
tonight. w. r.
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.eith's Hit Is
Again Held

Running ture to form in &C
cordance with the success of her
previous pictures Deanna Dur
bins "That Certain Age" began
a third week at RKO Keith's.
The picture with its super
lative cast headed by Melvyn
Douglas, Jackie Cooper, Irene
Rich and John Halliday is estab-
lNhing a new high record of at
tendance topping the previous
Durbin pictures, 100 Men and
a Girl" SO Smart Girls" and
Mad About Music" by a healthy
margin.
RKO Keith'S program also the
new edition of The March Of
Time, instead of withholding
booking this unsual subject with
the next and new attraction.
The new issue of the March
of Time" is entirely devoted to
exlusive "shots" of the famed
French Maginot Line. This is
the first time that motion pic
lures of this heart of the French
defense have been taken.
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Yankee Fable
Here Monday

Lewis Meltzer, who has just
turned 81, is the envy of the
younger playwriting group on
Broadway. Not only has he
written Yankee Fable" which
was bought by the first pro-
ducer to read it, but his comedy
was put into production at the
very beginning of the season
and he will now see it pre-
sented before a discriminating
Washington audience when it
opens at the National Theater
on Monday evening for a
weeks engagement prior to its
Broadway premiere.
AS if that we're not enough
joy for a newcomer to the the,
atrical scene, he has the dis
tinction of seeing Ina Claire
star in his comedy, and to have
it directed by a noted Viennese,
Otto L. Preminger. For these
benefits he gratefully gives
thanks to Cheryl Crawford, the
producer whQ encouraged him
in his work.
Yankee Fable" is not M.
Meltzer's first opus. He wrote
one play. Storm Boy" first, and
this is also on Miss Crawford's
production schedule for the sea-
son. Since Yankee Fable" was
completed, he has already be-
gun work on his third play
called, They All Came in
TuXedos."
Meltzer was practically born
into the theater. Although a
New Yorker, he travelled all over
the country with his father,
who was an actor. He got his
schooling piecemeal, an B. A. at
the University of Pennsylvania,
and a masters degree at the
University of Arkansas.
whenever they stayed in New
York, he spent his time and his
allowance going to the theater,
for he realized his future would
be in some branch of it.
When he was much younger
he thought he would be a dra'
matte critic, and has written
some 200 critical essays, nor {
of .hich, he hastens to explain
has ever seen the light Of news
print.
Later he wrote scripts fol
radio comedians, among then
Milton Berle, and staged anna
teur productions for summer re
sort hotels. He is married tt
a young actress, Ruth Strone
who is playing in Fabulous In
valid"
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Program
At Trons-Lux

Lew Lehr'S interviews with
Seve~al of the lucky sweepstakes
holders, comes in for a top spot
in the news as shown currently
at the Trans-Lux.
WaShington's up-to-the min
ute news theater presents the
latest in home and foreign af-
fairs with diversified array Of
topics and SpecialtieS.
Phil Spitalny and his all-girl
orchestra appear in a techni-
color short which gives every
member Of the aggregation a
chance before the camera. A
color cartoon, The Fox Hunt"
is one of the better animated
pictures, while Paramount Pic
torial brings a panorama of Ma
lures most beautiful sights.
If the steady rain and falling
leaves did not spell autumn, the
extensive lineup of football
games throughout this country
would certainly do the trick.
Certainly no game is overlooked
in this weeks outlay.
The devastation which Japan
has wrought in China should
make all thinking people con-
slider the future. Events Of the
day ru. from war preparations
to fashion shows, adding up to
a worthwhile program. H. K.
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and so she carries through on
this ingenue role.
Best feminine opportunity
goes to Jane Wyman, who dis
covers a girl with SpectacleS is
lost in the Love League.
Henry O'Neill, Johnny Scat"
Davis, Gordon Oliver, Larry
Williams and William Tracy,
are the other important princi-
pals who respond splendidly to
William Keighley'S smooth di-
rection.
Mark down Brother Rat" as
wholesome, family entertain
ment. Not the socH comedy it
might have been, with better
casting.
TAP DANCING STAR
The stage show this week is
topped by the Herbie Kaye
band. The success of a stage
band is measured in the sum
total of its specialties, and the
Kaye organization is weak in
this talent. Wynne Fair. a
swingeroo songbird, got the only
"a" on my scorecard.
This puts it up to Eleanore
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King Kong" al
Open Air

For those who seek their film
fare in the grotesque and weird
manner. and opportunity is Of
fered by the Open-Air Theater
to see the return of King
Kong" starting Sunday night
for four days.
Kong. an ape-like monster of
another day, is captured in
the wilds and brought to Amer
lea by adventures to be the host
of curiosity seeking people who
since the days Of Barnum have
paid homage to such freaks.
Kong'S debut to American So
ciety is made in the form of an
break from the theater in which
he is being exhibited. His
maneuvers through New York
are as thrilling and breath
taking as anything ever filmed.
His power and size lend them
selves naturally to the deStruc-
ton of subway trains.
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Women
Returns to
The Met

Louise Alcott's charm con-
tinueS to live in its sweet fresh
ness in Little Women" which
a thoughtful management has
brought back to the Metropoli-
tan.
You will remember the beauti-
full story of the gentle Beth,
proud Amy, romantic Meg and
the tomboy Jo, with Hannah the
faithful family friend and serv.
ant. Marmee the great-hearted
understanding mother, the soft
spoken father, the Laurence boy
next door, his grim grandfather.
harsh old Aunt March, and the
bewildered, devoted professor
who loved 10 and the Laurence
boys tutor, John Brooke, who
married Meg.
Surely you know them all and
eager to live, with them, their
turbulent, restless, amusing days
all over again, for there is spark
ling fun, tenderness, tears, and
excellent entertainment tied in a
sentimental tale deal to us all.
FOUR GIRL STARS
10 in the attic, with her ap-
Piles and her smudgy pen, her
rip-roaring, hair-raising dramas:
romping in the snow with
Laurie, rejecting his love, turn
ing to the lonely professor with
his music and his appreciation
of values; the war which took
the father away from his fam
lily; the mother giving Christ
mas breakfast to the starving
Himmels; Beth fading away;
Amy with her extravagant
words, and Meg with her ador-
able twins; all these lightly
touched episodes in the lives OF
the Marchs become cinema his
tory in the hands Of so perfect
a cast as Katharine Hepburn
as 10, Joan Bennett as Amy,
Frances Dee as Meg and Jean
Parker as Beth; Spring Bying-
ton as Marmee, Henry Stepehn-
son as Mr.. Laurence, Douglas
Montgomery as Laurie and Paul
Lucas as the professor.
You'll love it; it has all the
dear, delightful bouyant quality
Of q brand new screen play.
For shorts there is a newsreel,
musical number and a brief
feature which shows more OF the
unusual occupations Of our
American countrymen, in this
issue Edgar Bergen and his pal,
Charlie Mccarthy, introduce
Mortimer Snurd and tell how he
came about. e. Z.
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Whitney. sweet mistress of tap,
recent dancing Starlet of Para
mount Pictures. Blonde Miss
Whitney opens with a fast num-
Der, displays her Bill Robinson
training in smart routine
without music. adds a cameo Of
a too-too-divine Hollywood star
making a speech.
Miss Whitney can handle
dialogue, will go better with
more assurance, and a routine
that will give her a breather.
They liked her, first show yes
terday
Belett and the English h
brothers have a whiZ bang
knockabout comedy act, and the
16 Earle RoxyetteS in rah-rah
skating and jingle bells dancing
impressions, saved Harry An
gers reputation as production
manager.
An exceptionally clever short,
"The Declaration of Independ-
ence" is not only of patriotic
interest, but is well acted by
John Littel and a good cast.
Howl-of-the-day yesterday was
the sweepstakes winners in
Paramount news reel. Pulllese,
oh pullease, don't miss these
laughs.
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CLOCK

CAPITOL-Mickey Rooney.
Wallace Beery, "Stablemates, -"
II a. m, LAO, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55
p. m. Stage: Paul Haakon,
1880, 3:35, $40. 9 p. m.
PALACE-Tyrone Power, Lor-
eta Young, Anna bella,
"Suez," 1905, 2::30, 4:50, 7:10.
$50 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Bing Crosby, Fred
MacMurray, Sing You Sin
ners," 11:15 a. M. 1:25, $3.50,
$40, 7:50, 10 p. m.
r. X. o. KEITH'S-Deanna Dur
bin, Melvyn Douglas, That
Certain Age" 11:55 a. m, 2::20,
4:45, 7:10, 9:35 p. m. March
of Time" 1885 a. m, 2, 4:25,
$50, 9:15 p. m.
EARLE-Priscilla Lane, Wayne
Morris, Jane Bryan, Brother
Rat" 1918 a. m, 1890, 2:50.
$40, 7:35, 9:55 p. m. Stage:
Eleanor Whitney. 1850 a. m,
2:10, 4:40, 7, 9:20 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-K a t herine
Hepburn, Paul LukaS, Little
Women" 1875 a. m, 2:05,
4:35, 7:05, 9:35 p. m.
BELASCO - Jean Gambin,
Grand Illusion" 2, 4:O5,
sos, sos. 1905 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-N wSreel and
Shorts, 10, 11:45 a. M, 1890
las, 3, Ais, $50. 6:45, 8,
9:15, 10:45 p. m.
LITTLE-"Un Cornet de Bal, I"
II a. M, LOS, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35,
9:45 p. m.
MOUNT VERNON-Drive In,
Dead End Kids, Little Tough
Guy." 7.55. 1O.15 n m.