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Evening star., 1938-02-20

predictions of q new career
7 for him are coming true He
~ feels he deserves a break
and wouldn't you. too, if you'd been
shunted around Hollywood for eight
years with no one able to determine
whether you were villain, hero or some
undetermined species of in-betweener?
1t was the first days shooting on
"You and Me" and Mr.. Raft sat alone
in q dark corner Of the stage, peerins
through narrow, smoldering eyes at
the litter Of the set which was rapidly
taking form under the brilliant lights
He is q different-looking Raft today
from the fellow who juggled that halt
dollar so nonchalantly while scheming
some Of the screens most evil gangster
deeds in his memorable coming-out
picture, "Scarface" His hair un-
fabricated, has gone fluffy and the
makeup department has softened the
naturally hard lines of his face. 1t
isn't a complete transformation by
any means. because Raft never could
be made into softie. But, at least,
you don't look at him now and expect
him to whip out knife or gat.
Il got pretty tired of having people
hate me-" said Raft. You may not
believe it, but, after all those hard
hearted gangsters played. the fans
back in some of the small towns really
got to thinking was the kind of heel
was supposed to be playing on the
screen.
After I made that first hit as the
mohster in 'Scarface,' producers got
the idea I had to look tough and
dangerous. That's why they had me
narrowing my eyes all the time, slink-
ing around with desperate look on
my face. And I tell you that wasn't
me"
Raft was happy over the big chance
he 90 with Gary Cooper in Souls
at Sea- The part set him up as
Gary's happy-go-lucky, slave-trading
pal, Powdah, and it did more to
divorce him from villainy than any
assignment ever turned his way.
But. in spite of makeup achieve
ments in reducing Rats physical
threat. Paramount is going bit easy
In mending his career. His characteri-
zation IN the new Aim travels the
middle of the road. Along with Sylvia
Sidney, his leading lady, he's an ex-
convict and former gangster, but
both parts are sympathetic from fade
in to final fade-out. After all, you
can't completely renovate an actor s
screen ways overnight, especially one
who's been following the long and
evil paths Of Raft
Fortunately, too, Raft has changed
his mental attitude the past year.
Once one OF the most intractable play
ers In Hollywood, he has been making
himself entirely agreeable around the
studio. No more does he threaten to
walk off the lot on the slightest provo
cation. His bitter experience with
Adolph Zukor, general manager of the
studio, over that role in "Souls at Sea"
apparently taught him lesson. Raft
didn't want to play it and carried his
complaint into Zukor's Office. At the
height of the alteration. Raft said to
Zukor, why don't you fire me?"
Said Mr.. zukor, That's just what I'm
going to do. You're fred" Two weeks
later, Raft agreed to play the role
and got his job back. And it was
well he did, for Souls at Sea" did
more to retype him than anything ne
has done since the devastating Scar
face
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Macarthur
Continued From Page FLY

VOOIUIIIUeU TIOIIT age t-I.T
Rufe Davis and a lot Of other peo-
pie whose talents are particularly
adaptable to the Hollywood musical
idiom.
OTHER items of news on the local
f1lm front include:
The return of Sonia Henie and
her skates, in Happy Landing"
which comes to the Palace following
Bob Taylor's current stay there in
"A Yank at Oxford" and which again
Evening star., 1938-02-20

matinee. = pm.
Mae West. Edmund
Lowe. in Every Days
q Holiday" Mat, 200
Dick Powell and
Rosemary Lane In
Hollywood Hotel"
Pit for q King"
Gene Autry. Spring
time in the Rockies" !"
Frank Morgan and
Robert Young In
paradise for Three"
Ray Milland and
Miriam Hopkins in
Wise Girl"
Phil Resan and Ann
Dvorak. Manhattan
Merry-Go- o-Round."
Jas. Stewart in Navy.
Blue and Gold"
Matinee. ! pm.
Dorothy Lamour and
Jon Hall in
The Hurricane"
"Forty-nve Fathers" !"
Luise Rainer. Spencer
Tracy. in Big City"
Girl With Ideas"
Fredric March in
Nothing Sacred"
Mickey Rooney in
'Thoroughbreds
Don't Cry"
Frances Farmer and
Ray Millard in "Ebb
Tide" Mat. . pm.
Thank You. Mr..
Moto." and Danger
Love at Work"
Alice Faye and George
Murphy in You're q
Sweetheart"
Dorothy Lamour and
Jon Hall in
THE Hurricane"
Mae West and Ed
mund Lowe in Every
Days . Holiday"
Claudette Colbert and
Charles Boyer In
"Tovarich."
Evening star., 1938-02-20
SATURDAY

SSA = SkSA>n
"eiient Valley"
Warner GLAND In
."Chan on 6roadway."
Miyiasn Hopkins and
Ray Miliand In
wise Girl"
Crashing Hollywood"
and
"Livtng on Love"
"Outlaws of the Prai-
rie." Lew Ayres In
Hold 'Em. Navy"
Wheeler and Woolsey
IN
=" "Hish Flyers"
Lew Ayres and
Mary Ct,lisle In
Hold En-. Navy"
big Town Girl"
ard
Hawaiian Buckaroo."
Miriam Hopkins and
Ray Milland In
"Wtae Girl"
"One-Man Justice"
Jones Family in
Borrowing Trouble"
London BY Night."
Edward Z. Horton in
wild Money"
Hitting . New Hish"
II Was . SPY"
wallace Beery and
lvirginiA Bruce. bad
Man Of Brtmstone."
Phil Ressn and Ann
Dvorak. Manhattan
Merry.0o.Round."
0eorge O'Brien in
Daniel Boone"
Also serial.
John Wayne and
Sheila Bromley In
idol Of the Crowd"
John Wayne in
Adventures End"
Serial. matinee only.
Second Honeymoon"
Ray Milland in
"Ebb Tide"
Manhattan Merry
0o-Round" and
"Dr Syn"
Quick Money"
Ronald Reagan in
Sergeant Murphy"
John Beal
In
Danger Patrol"
Quick Money"
Bob Steele in
Colorado Kid"
Jeanette Macdonald
and Nelson Eddy in
"NauGhty Marietta"
Thunder Mountain"
Ronald Reagan in
Sergeant Murphy"
Bulldog Drummond's S
Revenge" and Gods
Country and the Man"
Cherokee Strip.
Lew Ayres in
Hold En-. Navy"
"sh! The Octopus!"
Jane Withers in
"Forty.dve Fathers"
wallace Beery in
Bad Man OF Brim-
stone Also serial.
"Porlorn River"
Shirley Temple in
Heidi"
Ronald Reagan in
Sergeant Murphy"
Also Charlie Mccarthy
Humphrey Bosart and
Louise FAxenda in
Swing Your Lady"
Frances Farmer and
Ray Milland in
"Ebb Tide"
Heroes OF Alamo.p
Hugh Herbert IN
"Sh! The Octopus!"
Mickey Rooney in
''Thoroughbreds
Don't Cry"
Desert Phantom"
Jack Holt in Outlaws
of the Orient"
"Forlorn River"
Gene Raymond in
Life of the Party"
Dick Powell and
Frances LanRford in
Hollywood Hotel"
Leo Carrillo and
Jean Parker in
The Barrier"
Singing Outlaw"
Mary Boland in
Mama Runs Wild"
wallace Beery in
BAD Man Of Brim-
stone" Also serial.
Wallace Beery in
BAD Nan OF Brim-
stone" Also serial.
Winchell and Bernie
in
Love and Kisses"
Richard Dix and Fay
Wray in TT Happened
in HOLLYWOOD"
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week
FRIDAY

FRIDAY
The WRONG Road. :"
C1audette Colbert IL
"Imltation Of Life. y
Alice Faye and 0eorss
Murphy in You're 4
0WeetheArt."
Lew Atres and
Mary Carlisle in
Hold I'm NAVY"
Fred Astaire and
Burns and Allen In
"Damsel In Distress. y
Tom Keene in
Where Trails
Divide"
oeorse Arliss
"Dr. Syn"
Frances Farmer anc
Ray Milland In
"Ebb Tide"
Madeleine Carroll ant
Robert Donat in
"Thtrty-nine Steps.
Edward O. Robinson
In
Last 0angster."
Criminals Of the Air.
Gary Cooper in
Souls ct Sea-"
Joel McCrea, Francel
Dee and Bob Burns IL
wells FarGo."
Joel McCrea, Frances
dee and Bob Burns Il
wells FarRo."
Lily Pons and
John Howard in
Uniting asNew High.
All-comedy night. WITH
Laurel and Hardy.
Our Gang. others.
Barton MacLane. Anr
Sheridan. in wine
Women and Horses. >
Noah Berry. jr.. in
Some Blondes Are
DANGEROUS"
All-comedy show. with
Charlie Mccarthy.
Popeye. and others.
John Barrymore In
BULLDOG Drummond's
Revenge"
Anna Neagle and
Anton Walbrook in
Victoria the Great. +"
Johnny Mack Brown
in
.'0uns in the Dark.
Greta Garbo
in
Conquest"
jeanette Macdonald
and Nelson Eddy in
"Naughty Marietta
Mickey Rooney in
you're Only YOUNG
Once" Also amateurs.
Myrna 10y and
Franchot Tone in
Man Proof"
claudette Colbert and
Charles Boyer In
"Toyarich."
"Sh! The Octopus!"
Jane Withers in
"Forty-five FATHERS" "
Dick Powell and
Rosemary Lane in
HOLLYWOOD Hotel"
40 Naughty Girls
Greta Garbo in
CONQUEST"
Ronald Reagan in
Sergeant Murphy"
Also Charlie Mccarthy
Humphrey Boeart and
Louise FsZenda in
Swing Your Lady"
Johnny Mack Brown
in
,aWmnn Te porp -
The Game That
Kills" Leo Carrillo
in The Barrier"
Madeleine Carroll and
Herbert Marshall in
II Was . Spy"
"Sohpie Lang Goes
West" Sylvia Sidney
IN Dead End"
''Forlorn River"
Gene Raymond in
Life Of the Party"
Dick Powell and
Frances Langford in
Hollywood Hotel"
This Way. Please"
Otto Kruger in
Counsel for Crime" f."
Ray Milland
'Ubb Tide"
Mae West and Ed
mund Lowe in Every
Days q Holiday"
Charles Laushton and
Charlie RugGles in
"RugEles Of Red Gap"
Winchell and Bernie
In
Love and Hisses."
Edward @. Robinson
in
THE Last CANISTER"
Evening star., 1938-02-20
DANCING.

DANClNO.
Prof. and Mrs. L. Acher. Private lessons
by appointment. Glasses now forming.
1912 St. NV: Nat. 59l6: Est. 1900. ga
rEYTON PENN STUDIO, 1.45 F st. NV,
Met. $3.50. Modern dancing. ballroom =
specially. Phone evenings for apt.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

Myrna 10y and
Franchot Tone in
Man Proof"
Claudette Colbert and
| Charles Boyer in
.rovarich."
Wallace Beery and
Virginia Bruce. Bad
Man Of Birthstone"
/ Dick Powell and
| Rosemary Lane in
Hollywood Hotel"
40 Naughty Girls"
| Greta Garbo in
Conquest"
Joan Bennett and
Henry Fonda in Il
Met Ny Love Again"
Humphrey BOeArt ana
| Louise Fagenda in
Swing Your Lady"
| Lee Tracy in
Crashing Holly.
wood"
"Old Wyoming Trail" i"
| Marlene Dietrich in
! Angel"
| Dorothy Lamour and
Jon Hall in
The Hurricane"
"Sohpie Lang Goes
| West" Sylvia Sidney
in Dead End"
West of Shanghai"
| John Boles In
Lady Fights Back"
Dick Powell and
Frances LanRford in
Hollywood Hotel"
This Way. Please"
| Otto Kruger in
Counsel for Crime"
Ray Milland
in
"Nb Tide"
Mae West and Ed
mund Lowe in Every
Days . Holiday"
: Dorothy I.amour and
| Jon Hall in
The Hurricane"
Alice Faye. Charles
Winninger. You're
. Sweetheart"
Edward @. Robinson
In
"The Last CANISTER" I"
Evening star., 1938-02-20

O2CA hOlt
In
Under Suspicion. "
Jeanette Macdonald
and Allan Jones in
The Firefiy."
Fred Astaire and
Burns and Allen in
"Damsel in Distress. I"
Easy Living"
Eddie Cantor in All
Baba Goes to Town"
"Nazi Germany"
Katharine Hepburn
in STAGE DOOR"
Walter Winchell and
Ben Bernie in
Love and Kisses"
Lily PonS and
Jack Oakie in
Hitting . New High. :"
Nelson Eddy and
Eleanor Powell in
"Rosalie."
Walter Winchell and
Ben Bernie in
Love and Kisses"
Alice Faye and George
Murphy in You're q
Sweetheart"
Mae West and Ed
mund Lowe in Every
Days 4 Holiday"
Eleanor Powell and
Nelson Eddy In
'Roealie."
Evening star., 1938-02-20

Mae West In
Every Days q
Holiday"
Fred Astaire and
Joan Fontaine in
"Damsel in Distress" 4"
Wallace Beery and
Virginia Bruce. bad
Man of Rrimstone."
Dick Powell and
Rosemary Lane in
HOLLYWOOD Hotel"
Fit for . King"
Gene Autry. Spring
time in the Rockies"
Joan Bennett and
Henry Fonda in ~
Met My Love Again"
Ray Milland and
Miriam Hopkins in
Wise Girl"
Phil Resan and Ann
Dvorak. Manhattan
! Merry-Go-Round."
Lionel Barrymore and
Jas. Stewart in Navy,
Blue and Gold"
Dorothy Lamour and
Jon Hall in
The Hurricane"
"Forty-five Fathers"
Luise Rainer. Spencer
Tracy. in Big City"
Girl With Ideas"
Fredric March in
Nothing Sacred"
Mickey Rooney in
"ThorouRhbreds
Don't Cry"
Frances Farmer and
Ray Mjlland In
"Ebb Tide"
"Thank You. Mr..
Moto." and Danger
Love at Work"
Alice Faye and George
Murphy in You're q
Sweetheart"
Dorothy Lamour and
Jon Hail in
The Hurricane"
Alice Faye. Charles
Winnlnger. You're
a Sweetheart"
Claudette Colbert and
Charles Boyer In
"ToVarfch."
Evening star., 1938-02-20
George Raft
Hoping for
New Break
Wants to Desert
Villainy for
Nicer Things.
HOLLYWOOD.

EORGE RAFT hopes The
predictions of q new career"
for him are coming true. He
feels he deserves a break
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Ray Milland
"Whh Tide -

Mae West and Ed
mund Lowe in Every
Days q Holiday"
Charles Laughton and
Charlie RugGles in
"RugEles Of Red Gap"
Winchell and Bernie
In
Love and Hisses."
Edward q. Robinson
in
THE Last CANISTER"
Evening star., 1938-02-20
TIiuRspAY

'aThe Wrong Road. :"
Claudette Colbert In
limitation Of Life. "
! Alice Faye and George
Murphy In you're 4
6Weetheart.
Dorothy LaMour and
Jon Hall In
The Hurricane"
Fred Astaire and
Burns and Allen in
"Oamsel In Distress. I"
| wallace Beery, Vir.
gtnia Bruce. in Bad
Man Of Birthstone"
| Ian Hunter and
Leo GARLIC in
"FMty.secon4 Street. "
/ Frances Farmer and
| Ray Nilland In
"Ebh Tide"
Dick Powell and
| Rosemary Lane In
"Hollywood Hotel"
Edward q. Robinson
| in
Last CANISTER"
"Criminals Of the Air.''
| Gary Cooper IN
"eoulS at SeaY
Joel NcCrea. Frances
lDee and Bob Burns In
| wells Fargo"
Joel NcCfea. Francei
dee and Bob Burns ir
wells Fargo"
| joel McCrea, Frances
dee and Bob Burns In
wells Fargo"
Jean Harlow and
Clark Gable In
ssQArAtoRA -
Katharine Hepburn
and Qinger Rogers
In "6tage Door"
Bob Burns and
Martha Raye in
waikiki Wedding"
Leslie Howard in
Stand In" Paul
NUM- in "9carface. T"
barbara Stanwyck and
Herbert Marshall In
-Breakfast for Two"
Anna Neasle and
Anton Walbrook in
Victoria the Great"
Frank Morgan. Flor
ence Rice. in Beg.
Borrow or Steal"
Greta 0arbo
in
CONQUEST"
Jeanette Macdonald
and Nelson Eddy in
"Naughty Marietta"
Boris KarloH in
The Invisible
Menace"
Myrna 10y and
Franchot Tone in
Man Proof"
Claudette Colbert and
Charles Boyer in
"Tovartch."
Wallace Beery and
Virginia Bruce, Bad
Man Of Birthstone"
Dick Powell and
Rosemary Lane in
Evening star., 1938-02-20
WEDNESDAY
Silent Barriers"

Georse Brent. Olivia
de HavillAnd, Gold ID
Where You Find II ~
Evening star., 1938-12-15
Garfield Citizens Urge
Civil Service Plan

Civil service for residents Of the
District having positions In the Dis
trict government, was asked in q
resolution passed at q meeting last
night Of the GARFIELD Citizens
Association.
Opposition to sale tax was
voiced by the group.
Widening, Strengthening and paw
ing Of Alabama avenue Sc. from
Fourteenth street to Naylor road
and resurfacing of Jasper street Sc.
from Twentieth street to Twenty
first street was requested.
Improved bus service was asked
on the Barry Farm-G Garfield route
Evening star., 1938-12-15

funds whereby he might defend
himself on no other pretext than
an income tax claim not even orig
mating in his home district, Florida. a."
"It's his money" said Judge At
well. 1--WE certainly ought not to
deprive a citizen Of his right to
bond, even though he is involved
in criminal trial right now. Some
body has seen At to take the money
away from a man without due
process. You don't need this rea-
soning to see that we can't do that
in the United States"
Government prosecutors alleged
the money was held in a lien on
a $4.259 income tax owed for 1898
by Newbern and introduced an order
from the United States commissioner
of revenue at Washington.
Evening star., 1938-12-15
Acid SIoying Suspect
Faces Homicide CHARGE
BY the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-An unem-
ployed longshoreman accused of
killing a seaman friend by throw
ing soaring acid in his face was
held on a homicide charge today.
Assistant District Attorney Leon
ard Ruisi said that the longshore-
man, Harry HIM, "a, admitted
dashing the acid on Harold. john
son, 36, yesterday because Mr.. John
son and his wife wouldn't tell me
where the girl I loved had moved.
Mrs. Johnson, severely burned
when she came to her husbands aid
was quoted by Mr.. Ruisi as saying
HIM blamed Mrs. johnson because
Evening star., 1938-12-15
Bourd Ends Hearing
On Tanker Sitdown
BY the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 15-A special
Marine Inspection Board hearing OF
charges against II seamen, growing
out of a sitdown strike on the tanker
Crudoil at Toledo, was concluded
yesterday with testimony by 10 OF
the accused men. OF the other
four one was reported i'll, one was
sailing of the West Coast and the
absence of the other two was not
explained.
Capt. Edward c. Cleave of Wash
ington and Capt. Thomas w. Gould
Cleveland, who conducted the hear
ing, said they would prepare the
Evening star., 1938-12-15

the woman had refused to continue
seeing him and had moved to q new
address.
Mr.. johnson, sprayed by q pint
Of the acid as he opened his front
door, died in agony in a Brooklyn
hospital. Physicians said his eyes
and windpipe had. been destroyed.
Two of the four johnson children.
Richard, 4, and Florence, IL, were
burned later when they touched
pudd]es of acid on the floor. Their
father, jobless deckhand, had been
on relief.
Evening star., 1938-12-15
Judge Denountes Agents
For Seizure Of Funds
BY the Associated Press.

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 15.-Federal
Judge William H. Atwen denounced
Government agents yesterday In a
bitter criticism FROM the bench on
the impounding of 50 800 seized from
q narcotics case suspect who is under
arrest here.
Judge Atwell ordered returned to
William c. Newbern the $4,000
claimed by the Government under
the income tax laws and professed
amazement that two departments
of the Government would unite to
deprive even a prisoner of the only
Evening star., 1938-12-15

testimony, supplemented with find
ings and recommendations, in a re-
port to be submitted to Director
r. s. Field Of the Bureau Of Marine
Inspection and Navigation at WASH
ington, who will give the final de-
cision in the case.
Evening star., 1938-12-15

Precedent in South African mu-
nicipal elections was believed set
when a candidate there did not poll
single vote. His requisition was
! signed by Is registered voters.
Evening star., 1938-12-15
lhIder to Talk

John Iillder, the executive officer
OF the Alley Dwelling Authority, will
discuss housing plans for Southwest
Washington at the meeting of the
Southwest Citizens Association to-
night In the Jefferson Junior High
School at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-12-15

Italy's shipyards are busy on do
mestic and foreign orders.
Evening star., 1938-12-15

on Sundays between 11:30 am. and
6 pm. The association asks that q
half hour schedule be maintained
during this period, instead of the
present 45-minute schedule.
Paid parking places In Paris streets
will be discontinued.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-31
Rails to Decide
On Wage Cut Plan
Within 7 Weeks

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.
(UP)-Chairman H. A. En-
ochs of the carriers joint
conference announced today
that representatives of the
nations railroads would meet in
Chicago within two weeks to decide
whether to withdraw demands for a
Is per cent wage cut affecting near
ly 100000 rail workers.
The meeting, Enochs said, will be
held this week or next. The Chi
cago conference apparently was the
major development at today's meet
ing of the carriers joint conference
committee, summoned after Presi.
dent Roosevelt's special fact finding
commission recommended against
the railroads request for the pay
cut.
The announcement came as Pres
ident Roosevelt intervened in the
pay controversy in an attempt to
avert threatened walkout of rail-
road workers, who voted to strike
should the operators attempt to
enforce the $25O,OOOOOO pay cut.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-31
Legionnaires Slap Commander. Back
Americanism Chairnlan's Evidence
Before Dies Committee Hearinq

American Legionnaires of five
southern California counties Sun
day took slap at their state COM
mander for his purported failure
to stand behind Legionnaire Harper
Knowles in testimony he gave the
Dies committee investigating un-
American activities.
Representatives of Legion posts
throughout southern California in
session at fifth area meeting in
Ontario Sunday, unanimously pass
ed a resolution addressed to DR..
H. G.. Walters, state commander.
The resolution commended the
work of the Dies committee, COM
plimented Knowles for the fear
less testimony he gave as chairman
Of the Legion committee appointed
TO investigate subversive activities
and asked why Waters created the
impression that he doubted the
state departments authority to act
in such matters.
The resolution was signed by Bill
Dunn of Imperial, fifth area COM
nander, and Phil Holman of Ell
Centro, area adjutant.
Eleven Imperial county Legion
naires attended the Ontario ses-
sion. The group included Com
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-31
Man Shoots Self for Love- of Older
Woman; Will Recover from Wound

Marion A. Rider. 28, Los Angeles
shot himself in the shoulder Sun
day night to prove his love for
Mrs. Cecilia Potts, former Holtville
resident, he told officers at Ell
Centro hospital during investiga-
ton of the shooting near Heber.
Mrs Potts is Al years of age and
the differences in their ages caused
quarrel while they were en- route
to Holtville after a business trip
to CaleXico and dinner in MeXicali,
Deputy Sheriff Herbert Hughes
quoted her as saying.
After an argument over Riders
alleged interest in another woman,
she feared Rider might try to
commit suicide, she is quoted as
saying, so she took a As Colt auto
matte out of the glove compart-
ment in the car and hid it under
the seat covers. He found the gun
took it and disappeared in the
darkness after telling her he would
show her something strange that
would surprise her.
Several minutes later, she con-
tinued she heard a shot later
second shot and then Rider called
to her, She declared she searched
through the brush and finally Rider
staggered up to the car, said This
proves J. love YOU" and tainted.
She stopped a car on the high
way and got help to lift him in
the car, and then drove to the Ell
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-31

mander Dunn, Adjutant Holman,
Commander D. H. Woford of the
twenty y-Second district, Charles Nice,
w. T. Livingston. Max BrentS, Verne
Monte. Martin Munson, and w. H.
Rhodes.
Before the Sunday meeting, the
Americanism committee of Boyce-
Aten post sent a strong telegram
to w. T. Farrell, commander of
the first area caucus, demanding
an explanation of Waters posi-
tion. The message read, in part:
Sat our state convention a resol-
ution was vigorously passed COM
mending Dies committee on its
work. By what right does Waters
reverse the action OF our conven-
ton? Where does he get the power
to repudiate the findings of a prop
erly constituted state committee
such as that of which Knowles is
chairman? Waters may as well go
the rest of the way now and re-
pudiate the work of Homer Chail-
lauX and our national commander
I'VE are sending and publishing
wire of commentator to Knowles
and denying Waters right to make
such statement to the press in
volvlng this department"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-31
Inquiry Launched
In Program That
Terrorized Scores
War of Worlds Acting
Spreads Panic Through
New England Areas

NEW YORK, Oct. 81. (UP)
federal communica-
tions commission investigat-
ed a radio program today
which caused thousands of
persons in every part of the coun-
try to believe that the eastern
United States had been invaded by
creatures from the planet Mars in
the first engagement of war OF
the worlds
Frank R. McNinch. chairman OF
the commission. ordered the Colum-
bia Broadcasting company to sup
ply him with a copy of the script
and a transcription of the broad
| cast.
The hysteria following the one
hour radio dramatic program
swamped police and newspapers of
New York City and of New Jersey
towns and cities where the martian
adventures were said to have land
ed killing thousands of persons
after they left their space rocket.
But it was not limited to the
east In Indianapolis. an uniden-
titled woman ran down the main
aisle of st. Paul's Episcopal church,
crying: The world is coming to an
end" The congregation was hastily
dismissed.
In Toledo. o., three persons faint
ed at telephones while trying to
call police.
In Chicago. persons ran out of
restaurants without finishing their
meals
In Salt Lake City, residents pack
ed their belongings and were only
dissuaded from fleeing their homes
by proof that it was all Just enter
tainment.
But in the east, in the country
being subjected to the invasion.
hysterla ran riot. Several persons
came forward to swear they saw
the rocket land and strange crea-
lures" climb out of it. In Newark.
N. j., hundreds fled from two city
blocks, carrying what possessions
they could snatch up in their flight.
Police cars screamed through the
streets OF a score of towns, respond
ing to frenzied alarms.
The reaction was bitter and the
Columbia broadcasting system, on
whose network the program - a
dramatization of H. G.. Wells novel.
The War of The Worlds" - was
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