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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16

BOW AND ARROW ROMANCE
You win find occasional
stretches, Of two or three min
utes, when not q word of dia-
logue is spoken, but your eyes
will be glued to the stirring pan
Drama that is unfolding on the
screen and II you are musi-
cally conscious 1t all-Eric Wolf
gang Korngold's brilliant back
ground score will give you all
the sound that Is required.
Color, in this instance, has
been magically applied. Some
Of the scenes Of medieval pomp
and spectacle have been bathed
in the richest Of hues, so beauti-
fully blended they resemble
Twelfth century Norman tapes
tries.
/ feel, indeed, that the appli-
cation of color has been so art
fully woven into this fabric. the
actors seem to be more alert and
alive. and. Sir Robert of Lock
sley and his merrie men, actual
Ted-booded characters.
There ought to be a word or
two, also, for this new system
Of two directors. In Robin
Hood" it is William Keighley
who directed the outdoor scenes
Of sylvan beauty. Michael
Curtiz stepped in as boss when
the business was staging the en-
counters between the Norman
die-hards and the Saxon rascalS
under the leadership Of the jolly
robber. Both served with dis
tinction, and there must be q
two-medal award here.
I think 1t was Ed Sullivan
who voiced the opinion that
Basil Rathbone took to color
better than any actor in Holly
wood. / reserve the right to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16
Glen Echo Has
No CompIoint

Despite the bad weather, Glen
Echo Park catered to q salts
factory clientele over the week
end.
The realistic world Cruise"
carrying passengers to "all parts
of the world" in fancy, is Glen
Echo's number one attraction.
The newdodgem rides, with their
streamlined cars. the coaster
dip, whip, pretzel. aeroplane
swings and many other amuse-
ments had their share Of the
business.
In the beautiful Spanish Gar
den ballroom, dancers enjoyed
the swing music by Ray Her
beck and his orchestra.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16
KELLEYGRAMS

deodar tree to be planted in the
National Capital as q living
memorial to the men who gave
the nation its air-nail service.
Miss Weldon was selected for
the message to Farley, ETC., by
the twoscore Of veteran airmen
and stunt flyers-many Of them
former air-mail pilots-with
whom abe has been working In q
role in the Paramount Techni-
color production, Men with
Wings" film story Of mans con-
quest Of the air.
Adventures Of Robin Hood"
began its Radio City Music Hall
engag EN- EN- t auspiCiOusly by
cracking the "SnOw white"
opening day record for gross re-
ceipts by $500.
PULITZER PLAY BOOKED
Washington will see the Pulit-'
ger Prize play next fall as one
of the American Theater So
ciety attractions, travelling I'M
der the auspices Of the Theater
Guild.
"Our Town" is o Jed Harris
production that has leaped
into S.R.O. ever since the Pulit-
ger judges labeled 1t the best
play Of the 1937-3s season.
HELEN HAYES SAYS mo"
On her way to California.
Helen Hayes reiterateS she is
through with the screen. She
has just turned down an SIS, 900
bid for one picture, rejected an
other offer from David o. Sell
nick to star in Victoria Re
gina" produced In technicolor.
Miss Hayes has q moral com.
mitment to make another pic
ture for Metro oldwyn-Mayer,
If she ever does return to the
screen. Knowing this MerVyn
Leroy sent her q novel to read,
with the suggestion he would
like to see her do 1t for the
screen. Same result. Not inter.
eSted.
Helen Hayes is still mad when
she thinks about her last pic
ture. What Every WON an
Knows" The play made her a
great stage star, and she has a
deep affection for its author,
Sir James M. Barrie. 1t was a
"dodo" as a picture. Mainly be-
cause the director insisted that
Barrie didn't know what it was
all about. revised the Maggie
Wylie story to suit his own
ideas. That revision cost M-G-M
the services Of Helen Hayes.
and more than anything else is
responsible for her GOODNESS to
all movie offers.
Leneta Lane, E Street IA
vOrite and veteran Of the stock
companies, gets another Holly
wood chance. This time In War
ner Bros. "GirIS on Probation"
with william Mccain directing.
Leneta Il the wife Of Crane
Wilbur, Observation-Disclosures, on
the Warner Bros. list. Her last
screen appearance was in a
minor role in ParamOunt'S "Mur.
der by the Clock"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16
Durbin Holds
Third Week

Neutrality-suspicious. are equally 90
Mad About Music" as little
Deanna Durbin in Mad About
Music" for this third production
starring the youthful singing
star is enjoying . third week at
RKO-Keith'S.
As entertainment 1t excelS
either Of her previous pictures
and Is almost entirely comedy
drama.
Deanna Ii cast as Q fatherless
girl attending . private school
in Switzerland. Her mother is
an American screen star famous
for her ingenue roles whose
manager has convinced her that
her future would be ruined If
her public ever knew she had q
fifteen-year-old daughter; hence
she cannot even write to her
daughter.
Gail Patrick is cast as the
mother, william Frawley Is her
manager, Arthur Preacher as
Gecretary-valet to Mr.. Marshall.
Christian Rub, Elizabeth Ris-
don, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie
Moran and Helen Parrish are
some Of the others in the excel.
lent supporting cast.
AS soon as Mad About MI
sic" has finished its day at
RKO-Keith'S, Ginger Rogers and
James Stewart in the much-dis-
cuSsed and widely praised pic
ture, "Vivacious Lady" will
open, probably Friday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16

There was what the teleg-
raphers code rs &C. r." mean
ing great excitement, around the
Capitol Theater backstage about
= p. m. Friday. Half q dozen
girls, from 9 to IA, sneaked In
the stage properties door, crept
to the semidarkened stage,
grabbed . group Of dresses, and
wigs, resting on . grand piano
.. An the costumes and hair
adornments belonged to Minnie
Sybil BOwan, all used In her act
Police did rapid detective
work, rounded mp one Of the
girls, found the addresses Of the
others, recovered wardrobe and
wigs In time for Miss BOwaIl
to 60 ON, IS per schedule, at 9:2O
=. "A citation then for Major
Browns. efficient sIeuths, headed
by Sergeant McVearry, but what
Is Washington going 10 do about
the Dead End" girls?
HOLLYWOOD POSIES
One Of Hollywood's most beau
tiflil starlets, Marion Weldon, ar
rived in Washington yesterday
o. m. from California, by air,
awakened your correspondent to
deliver fresh carnations from
Terry De Lapp, Of the Para
mount Hollywood Studio.
Thanks, Terry, and my apollo
gies to Miss Weldon and her Off
cial escort, Caryl N. Odell, for
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object, only as this finding
seems unfair to Olivia De HAvil-
land. AS Maid Marian, the I'M
happy heroine of this swash-
buckle adventure, Olivia is q
vision Of loneliness. She is
Snow White" in the flesh, and
Princess Charming until some
body comes along-if ever
with more feminine allure.
Enrol Flynn Is a mans man
and most assuredly a lady's
ALSO quality that Doug Fair
banks possessed in his day, and
he has the happy faculty Of
not only looking this romantic
adventurer, but Of being able
to act him.
Enrol FLYNN IS TOPS.
Handled discreet1y, with story
material and the other essentials
Of good Hollywood, I predict Err
rol Flynn has all that is required
70 C14h11Ck1SC 4OA Vic OAV4CS w.
male star of Hollywood. I refuse
to subscribe to any belief he is
solely for the derring-do, or
costume drama.
Adventures of Robin Hood"
opens at the Earle Theater on
Thursday night at 1880 and will
be lingering around this neigh
borhood for some weeks, so there
will be more about 1t.
Suffice now to add that 1t Is
one of those rare pictures, with
entertainment Of the kind that
registers solidly with the movie
goer from 2 to 10. They come
along only occasionally from
Hollywood.
When they do arrive you may
know the lucky producer has hit
the jackpot, win be busy for
some time counting his profits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16
Gle a g S
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

recall the good old days of the movies but am not like
Lillian Gsh among those who sigh for their return Pictures
like Adventures of Robin Hood make realize that even
the 1922 cellulod is creaky T-model flivver
The acrobatic Douglas Fairbanks great In his day
the bandit of Sherwood Forest but the Robin Hood pro-
ected with vry and bounce by Enrol Flynn has color and
the grandest musical background assets to make
magnificent.
What particularly liked about the latest Warner Brothers
big the fact that its pace technique has all the rapid
action of silent feature gets back to the fundamentals Of
early screen successes-keeps moving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16
Special Schedule at
Earle Theater Today

Because Of Wayne Kings net.
work broadcast over WJSV and
the Columbia broadcastlng SyS-
tenn tonight monday the Earle
Theater has arranged a special
schedule for today.
Doors opened at 1890 this
morning, with the first showing
of the feature picture, THE Be.
loved Brat" at 11:00 a. m.
King, with his orchestra and
revue, are presented in five COM
plete stage shows, at 1920,
2:40, 500, 7:20 and $40 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16

These Movie Books also will be
included as an extra prize for
the cash and ticket winners.
Neatness and originality Of
presentation will be considered
by the judges in making the Sc
lection of winners. Color today'S
picture and watch the Times to-
morrow for the second picture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16

being in sunderland when the
plane flying the Tucson Dallas
Nashville route arrived at Wash
ington Airport.
Miss Weldon also brought to
Washington for presentation to
Postmaster General Farley q
Ewofoot Sca.e model of q DeHavi-
land-Liberty air-mail plane of
the type used in carrying trans
continental mail in the early
days Of the service.
= The Paramount actress was
further burdened with a young
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-16
Washington Topics
On the Met Screen

Washington topics are prom
inent in the newSreel issues now
at the Metropolitan Theater.
Walter Winchell Is shown
selecting the WaShi ngton
beauties, "Blimp" Levy, 625
pound "raSsler," Is shown being
tossed through the ropes at
Turner's Arena,
Evening star., 1938-06-09
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
FOR COMDR. WINSTON
Retired Naval officer, Who Died
Sunday, Was Native OF
North Carolina.

Funeral services for Comdr. Hollis
T. Winston, U. S. NJ, retired, who died
here last Sunday, were to be held at
2 pm. today in Fort Myer Chapel,
followed by burial with full military
honors in Arlington National Gene
terry.
1t. Comdr. J. H. Brooks, Navy
Chaplain Corps, was to ofaciate at
the chapel services and at the grave.
Comdr. Winston, native Of Chapel
Hill, N. c., where he was born Oc-
tober rs, 1877, was appointed to the
Naval Academy from North Carolina
In 1896. During the Spanish-Aneri-
can War he served on the U. s. 8.
Columbia and in 1918 he was aide and
feet engineer on the stair Of the
commander-in-chief, Pacific Fleet. He
was on engineering duty during the
World War at the New York Navy
Yard and after the war became as
sistant to the naval inspector of en-
gineering material, Philadelphia.
Comdr. Winston was retired from
active duty October rs, 1922. He
was holder Of the Spanish Cam
paign Medal, the Philippine Campaign
Medal. the Nicaraguan Campaign
Medal, 1912, and the Victory Medal.
He is survived by a brother, Patrick
Henry Winston, Chapel Hill, N. @.
Evening star., 1938-06-09
QUIZ ON HARLAN
OFFER |SFACED
Woman Says Former Deputy
Sought Her Help to Get
Organizers.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, KY, June s.-Defense
attorneys in the Harlan labor trial
prepared today to cross-examine q
woman witness who testified former
Harlan County deputy sheriff offered
her 500 for every United Mine
Workers Of America organizer she
helped him "get"
Mrs. Martha Howard. 80, wife Of q
Liner, said on the witness stand
In Federal Court here that John
Hickey made the offer to her in
January, 1887. He was deputy
sheriff at the time.
Mrs. Howard, the last witness yes
terday, said Mr.. Hickey asked her II
she wanted Job.
John Hickey said that for every
man helped them 'get,' there would
be 500 in the sheriff's Office for me"
she testified.
She said she declined Mr.. Hickey's
offer. Her testimony generally was
similar to that she gave before the
Senate Civil Liberties Committee dur
ing an inquiry into Harlan labor con-
ditions last year.
Quotes Deputy Noe.
Testifying In relation to acts OF
violence, Of which the Government
accuses Harlan deputies, she said her
husband, Lawrence, asked Deputy
Perry Noe to drive him to Wallins
Greek in February, 1887, but Deputy
Noe demurred.
She quoted Deputy Noe as explain
ing he was "about to get into trouble
for shooting up Bill Clontz's car over
there"
Through previous testimony the
Government attempted to link Deputy
Noe with the firing Of q fusillade OF
bullets at the car Of William Clontz,
an organizer, the night Of February L.
Homer Clontz, the organizers son,
testified he saw Deputy Noe in Wallins
several times the night Of the shooting
Clarence Middleton, former deputy
and brother of former Harlan County
Sheriff Theodore Middleton, one Of the
defendants in the trial, gave evidence
as a Government witness. He told Of
often seeing his brother, the shertn,
together with Pearl Bassham, coal
operator defendant, and George Ward.
secretary of the Harlan County Coal
Operators Association, in room ad-
ioining the sheriff's Office which the
Government has referred to as the
whispering room"
Ruling Called Timely.
The Government accuses the defend
ant operators, companies and former
or present peace officers Of conspiring
to deprive Harlan County miners OF
their constitutional rights.
Welly K. Hopkins of the prosecution
staff last night said Sixth Circuit
Federal Court of Appeals ruling yes
terday sustaining National Labor Re-
lations Board order against the Glover
Fork Coal Co., a defendant here. was
livery timely"
In the ruling the appeals court held
the companys operations affected the
flow of commerce. This is one OF the
fundamental allegations against COM
pany defendants in the conspiracy
trial.
Mr.. Hopkins said the Government
would rely heavily on the ruling to es-
tablish that the defendant firms busi-
ness affects interstate commerce.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Should HaUe KnOWa

Should HaUe kn0Wn
Hon. Harold L. Ickes,
Secretary of Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Notwithstanding the fact that
you happen to be a university
graduate, a lawyer and a man
of supposedly wide experience,
you still have a great deal to
learn.
It seems to me that you should
have known and realized the i'm
possibility of "muscling in" on
the voters of the Eighth Vir-
ginia District and debating how
they should vote.
Honorable Howard w. Smith,
our Representative and out
standing statesman Of the
present day, has exemplified
the above to you and your CO.
hortS.
I shall send you by parcel
post four hundred rubber
stampS-aye-one of which
you may retain for your own
personal use and the others you
may distribute among those who
voted for the bills that Repre-
sentative Smith voted against.
Smith has been elected by
overwhelming majority.
H. B. CHLORINE,
Alexandria, Virginia.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

tol police force. Doesn't mat
ter a whoop in hell If he has
flat feet. leaky heart or even
the staggerS. All he needs is
the legislators okay.
WIHILE the lad is waiting for
" his vacancy he will go on
elevator duty at one of the
office buildings or maybe in the
Capitol itself. If his patron is a
powerful enough fellow on the
Hill, your boy will go on night
elevator duty. That's a honey
of a spot for the lawyer-to-be.
He'll come to work about the
time he would be doing home
studies if he was my son or the
son Of some other man without
any pull.
CongresSmen and their help,
despite rumors to the contrary,
don't work late-as q rule.
Visitors to the office buildings
have no doubt noticed that
chairs and tables are in close
proximity to the elevator loca-
tionS. Here the elevator boys,
preparing to be lawyers, do
their studying, which is broken
only by an occasional sum-
mons from the various floors.
WHEN this boy of yours finally
" gets on the police force his
duties are just as easy-and his
pay improves in presumed ratio
to his heavier living, tuition and
other costs as he progresses
through a Washington law
school. When he graduates he
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

members Of the legion and
chaplain Of the Potomac Post
VFW. He is not an employe Of
the United States or District Of
Columbia government. Has
plenty of real Irish wit, COM
bined with a fair amount of
common horse sense that goes
to make up an enlightening
article for readers of the Voice,
such as the one Mary Sullivan
is squawking about.
I only wish this country had
more red-blooded and fearless
men like Mr.. Lawlor, who uses
his head to think with, and his
fists to fight with. I do not
TX there is a single instance
in the history Of the U. s. A.
where a group Of lawmakers are
allowed to continually squeal
about how foreign governments
are being governed.
President Roosevelt stressed
the duty of each person carry
ing out the Constitution" And
I, too, like Mr.. Lawlor, believe
that the place to plead for the
prosecuted is not in America but
in the countries where they are
being prosecuted. What about
the poor Chinese?
know that Mr.. Lawlor loves
America for Americans, believes
in avoiding foreign entangle'
ments, favors real law enforce
ment, fair play and justice for
all United States citizens, de-
portation of all aliens, espe-
cially the criminal Communist:
is opposed to immigrants enter
ing the United States while
100000 veterans and 100000
other Americans are idle. Rec
ommendS the clean up and out
Of all political quacks and shy
sters now feeding at the United
States taxpayers trough, won
ders how many more like Can
tor, Dickstein, Ickes, King and
Winchell missed their chance to
fight Germans in the trenches
in the last war.
MRS. N. v. SCHLATTER,
Capitol Heights.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a special word quiz.
Score five for each word.
/. The following words have
two meanings-one when the
accent is on the first syllable
and another when accented on
the second. Give both mean.
ings:
/. GALLANT (b) Gallant
2. CONVERSE CD converse
8. de.SERT Cb)DES-ert
4. CONTRAST (b) contrast
5. CEMENT Cd Cement
2. Check t he syllable which
should be accented in pronoun-
citation in the following words:
8. cel-i-ba-cy; Z. def-al-cation; 8.
des-ul-to-ry; 9. im-por-tune; 10.
medicinal: II. decade; IL.
intrigue; 13. lyceum; IA. oasis;
IS. robust.
ANSWERS on Page 81
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Price and Quality

am writing to you in refer
ence to your able editorial of
August 5, on the price of milk
in this city in the relations OF
health regulations; it has often
been said by the local Health
Department that they have the
highest standard Of any city In
the country.
This is not true Of the stand
ards of quality, and other cities
have Just as good, but the local
department has more regula-
tions than any other, which are
worthless to the public and were
made into law and passed. by
Congress by q member con-
nected with the Milk Trust.
This city pays into the Milk
Trust three million and q half
dollars a years cents a quart
100000 quarts daily-and there
are, according to the Welfare
Board, $1,000 undernourished
children in this city. And Wash
ington has also one of the high
est death rates from tuberculo-
sis Of any city in the United
States-all because the price Of
milk is out of the reach Of the
poor.
What we need in Washington
is a LaGuardia who caught
on to this milk racket in New
York and brought the price OF
milk to the poor for 9 cents per
quart.
The citizens of this city
should look into some of these
regulations and see what is back
Of them before they take them
seriously. The Department Of
Justice has been investigating
the milk business for a year and
when 1t makes Its report. ]
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
S0Ue the Country

WHEN will Americans rise up
" and be Americans-and not
puppets-and reclaim this U. S.
of ours? If it is not soon done
we will have none left to re
claim.
When one thinks Of the won
derful people who pioneered
this once new world, and COM
pare them with the undoers who
are at its very foundation-it
makes us boil. Surely it is al
ready over time for something
to be done to redeem it.
If any one wants a look in
at our future, just read Assign
ment in Utopia" by Eugene
Lyons. Then realize that orders
are sent out from Russia, trying
to run this government. The
primaries are a start. Wake up
everybody! AN AMERICAN.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
"Who Is LouOlOr?"

I would noS bother to answer
Mary Sullivan's letter in today's
Voice, if she had not asked the
question, who is this Lawlor,
and who ever heard of him?"
Now, I, like many others,
know Mr.. Lawlor personally.
He is a handsome American.
born in Washington, Catholic,
Democrat. World War veteran,
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

woman retains the personality
that made her interesting to her
husband before they were mar
ried, she need have no fear Of
losing his love, and can be even
a better wife than her beautiful
sister who depends on her
beauty"
Miss Rose Little, 1106 L st.
N. W., waitress:
II wouldn't think so, because
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
The Constant Cob

Why is it that as soon as a
girl tells some people she hap
pens to like a sailor they smile
and say, Does he have a sweet
heart in every port?"
I resent this a great deal, be-
cause I know for a fact that a
sailor can be as true to a girl
as any other man.
Argue as you may, I say the
marines are usually the real,
genuine, dyed-in-the-wool wolves
in sleeps clothing.
SAILORS SWEETHEART.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

committee clerk. If not he is
now an attorney and he can re-
turn to the home town and open
an office.
You can hardly begrudge him
the cost of putting up his shin
gle because, after all, he has fed,
clothed and scholared himself at
absolutely no cost to you. OF
course, the real Santa Claus is
Uncle Sam. That boy will prob
ably end up in Congress. Ever
note the number Of legislators
who have taken their law
courses in Washington although
their homes may be on the far
side of the Mississippi? You
now have the answer.
7 THINK there's a fortune
= waiting for the person who
could popularize Irish soda bread
in this country. Throughout
my travels I have only been able
to find it in one place-a little
bake-Shop kept, naturally, by an
IriShman, on Sixth Avenue near
Fifty-fourth Street in New York
City. And he told me he only
baked for a few old-country Gus
toners.
'"They don't know it over
here" he told me, "and it's the
healthiest and fastest bread
there Is"
Hot or cold, soda bread is on
every farmers table at mealtime
through the length and breadth
Of Ireland. Hot, covered with
butter ana washed down With
tea, 1t is delicious. Cold, also but
tered, and smeared with straw
berry jam, there's nothing can
approach it in satisfaction for
a hungry boy or girl. In the old
country such a snack is referred
to by children simply as "a
piece"
You called your mother or a
servant for "a piece" and you
got soda bread, butter and
strawberry jam-aS often as you
wanted it within the bounds Of
over-eating rules.
Copyright, 1898, by Washington
Herald-Times)
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

Sonality and her good character
are important factors for a
happy marriage, but I can't see
that the degree of beauty has
anything to do with it. I know
a number of married women,
who are quite homely, but who
are splendid wives and happy
and delightful persons, and I
likewise know beautiful girls
who are also good wives"
X 4
Don Carter, 916 Massachu-
sets Ave. N. W., bricklayer:
IT don't think so. One reason