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Evening star., 1939-06-08
1akoma Park T.. Of {.
Sponsors Contest
For Better Homes
Entrants Must Register
With Organization
By June IS

The Takoma Park Chamber of
Commerce voted last night to spon-
sor better homes contest" open
to contestants who register with
the organization before June Is.
The contest will be open to per-
sons residing on either the District
OF Columbia or Maryland section of
Takoma Park who construct single
family homes between July l, 1899,
and June 80, 1910, The homes will
be judged from the standpoint of
utility beauty and construction, ir-
respective of the size and cost.
At the annual Fourth of july
community celebration next year
prizes will be awarded to winners
of the better homes contest. The
first prize will be a gold shield,
mounted on wooden plaque; Sec
ond prize, silver shield. and third
prize, bronze shield similarly
mounted. c.. Maurice Weidemeyer
is chairman of the Special Homes
Committee, having been appointed
by Oliver w. voungblood.
President Youneblood also ap-
pointed Leo R. Hubbard to be chair
man Of the committee to arrange
details for float to be entered
by the chamber in the Fourth or
July celebration and to lead the
fourth division, which will be COM
posed Of business and commercial
floats.
A committee to arrange for the
annual picnic was also appointed.
1t includes j. Arthur Walters. chair
man; Warren D. Haley. Nicholas T.
BougsSes. j. H. lies and Harold F.
Gates.
Former Mayor H. F.. Taft and
r. r. Miller were elected to mem
bership.
The chamber in conjunction with
other civic orga nizations in Takoma
Park will appeal to the director of
traffic to install a traffic light at
the intersection of Fourth and Cedar
streets
Evening star., 1939-06-08
D. c. Policeman Held
In Baltimore SHOOTING
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, June 8.-Joseph De-
Sautis, 81, who police said identified
himself as special policeman in
Washington, was arrested yesterday
following an automobile crash on
the Washington boulevard and
charged with a shooting which oc-
Cured nearly six years ago.
DeSautis was arrested by State
Policeman C. Warford Boiler after
an automobile in which he was rid
ing struck bank on the boulevard
near Laurel and burst into flames.
With four companions he was
brought here and charged with the
shooting of Dominic Triro, which
police said occurred August s, 1888,
outside political club here. Triro
recovered from a gunshot wound in
the neck.
DeSautis' companions were re-
leased. Officers said DeSautis told
them he had been living in WASH
ington since he left Baltimore. A
.38-caliber revolver was found at
the accident scene. Mr.. Boiler
made the arrest after finding the
gun.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
District Court ADOPTS
Program 10 Speed
Civil Cases
Pre-TrioI Procedure
Will Go in Effect
In August

A new program, designed to expe-
dite the handling of civil cases
through the elimination of nones-
sentials and speedily getting at the
heart of the problem, will be
launched in District Court this fall,
under general term order promul-
gated by Chief Justice Alfred A.
Wheat.
The new p'e-tria procedure. pro-
vided for under the Federal rules
of civil procedure, is to become Off
cially effective August /, under the
order signed by the court in general
term. A pre- trial calendar is to be
set up by the assignment commits
sioner and one or more justices of
the court will be assigned to serve
in the pre-trial capacity to direct
and control the calendar.
No postponements of trial
hearings are to be granted except
by authority of the pre-trial justice.
Attorneys will be required to be
present and parties interested in the
litigation in hand can be required
to attend. Requests for postpone
ments of final trial must be made at
the time the trial case is called,
under the new order.
Justice Bolitha j. Laws went to
Detroit and Boston some time ago
to study at first hand the pre- trial
procedure there and came back
hume convinced it would expedite
the handling of justice here. This
jurist, with Justices Oscar R. Luh-
ring and Daniel w. O'Donoghue,
served on a subcommittee of the
court that threshed out the matter
and yesterdays announcement of
the new order was the outcome.
At the present time, the civil
calendar is some 20 months behind,
but with the aid of the new pre-
trial procedure officials anticipate
the backlog of cases will be eased
and more speedy justice will result
for litigants.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
Potuxent Democrats
Indorse Third Term

The Patuxent (MdD Democratic
Club last night went on record as
favoring a third term for President
Roosevelt and decided to support
only those delegates to the 1910 con-
vention who will work for this goal.
Meeting at Berwyn, Md, the club
also voted approval of the Wagner
Health Bill now pending in Con-
gress. The resolution calling for
support Of the New Deal was intro
duced by Cornelius Ryan.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
Girls Training School
Staff May Be Reduced

Sharp reductions in the staff Of
the National Training School for
Girls and reduction in the salaries
of other members of the staff were
under consideration by the District
Commissioners today.
Following a meeting of the Board
of Public Welfare at the District
Building yesterday the Commis-
sioners were told the board recon-
mended cutting six employees off the
Training School staff and to re-
classify the salaries of the other
employees in order to comply with
the appropriation restrictions pro-
vlded by Congress for the next fiscal
year
The changes proposed by the We'll
fare Board are to become effective
July l to conform with the annual
District appropriations bill, Fred
erick w. McReynolds, chairman of
the Welfare Board, said.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
Parade and Circus
To Be Night Of Thrills
Features Tomorrow
Mosonic-O. {. S. Benefit
At Griffith Studium
To Begin at 8 PM.

A parade and a circus will feature
the 1899 edition Of the Night of
Thrills which will be staged to-
morrow night at Griffith Stadium
for the benefit of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home.
Brig. Gen Albert L. Cox, COM
mander of the District National
Guard, will lead the parade which
is to enter the stadium at 8 pm,
followed by the 12lst Engineer Band
and the military units.
Louis johnson. Assistant Secre-
tary Of War, will be in a machine
escorted by the paraders, with Eu-
gene E. Thompson, Grand Maste,
OF Masons in the District. Behind
them will come car containing
Mrs. Ruth Cromelin. Grand Worthy
Matron, and Richard Titlow, Grand
Worthy Patron of the Order OF
Eastern Star.
Miss Jean G. Carnahan. queen OF
the pageant, will have a car tt
lleTSeu.
Among the others in the parad,
will be the Washington Gas Light
Employees Band. the Grand Com.
mandery, Knights Templars, Almas
Temple and band, the Acacia Tenn
pie OF Alexandria. the Tall Cedars
OF Lebanon, Jobs Daughters. the
Metropolitan Boys Band. the Orde,
OF deMolay the Elks Boys Club and
the Ladies of the Shrine Band.
A 25-act circus will follow the
parade. Maj. Edwin S. Bethlehem
Jr., is general chairman of the affair
which is conducted by the 1895
Worshipful Masters Association and
the Matrons and Patrons Association
of 1899.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
The Star Records
Important History

History is being written in
Washington this week when
the King and Queen of Eng
land visit the American Cap
ital.
In news and pictures The
Star will cover the event care
fully, accurately and thor
oughly.
Relatively few will be able
to catch more than a fleeting
glimpse of the royal visitors.
But today's and tomorrow's
Star will tell the story from
the time they set foot in
Washington until the visit
approaches its close.
Both Copies by Mail, 1Oc
Single Copies by Mail, Sc
friends by mail to the Circuls ton De
partment with money or leave at the
once counter, 11th st. and Pennsyl-
vania ave.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
Board 10 Consider
55.Minute Sessions
AT Junior Highs
Reduction of Number
Increases FIexibiIity,
Report Declares

Will junior high school pupils
next year have schedule of five
55-minute periods a dav or the
present seven 43-minute sessions?
That is the question to be con-
sidered by the Board of Education
at its next meeting June IS.
The heightened school period has
the support of the junior high school
principals of both the white and
colored divisions of the school svs-
tenn and is based on a three-year
experimental period in the Deal
Junior High School.
Miss BERTHE Backus. principal of
Deal, said the general purposes for
the change were reduction of IA
tigue and tension in both teachers
and pupils and equalizing the teach
er load.
Cuts Number of Classes.
Fatigue reduction comes. 1t was
explained, from not having to move
around the building so much and
1t also enables the teachers to meet
four class groups instead of five.
Equalizing the teacher load is
erected, 1t was said. so that teach
ers OF certain subjects with heavy
enrollments would not bear a dis
proportlonate share of the dailv
pupil load. Under the present sched-
ule, Tor example, shop Or home
economics teacher might have three
classes a day with a maximum of
10 pupils, while a teacher of an
other subject, such as science, might
have SIX classes day. facing a mini
mum OF 240 pupils. Under the new
system as at Deal, no teacher
teaches six daily classes and only
few five.
Age Limit Fixed.
Inc result, according to Miss
Backus' report which was filed with
the Board of Education Yesterday.
mas been a more flexible and more
satisfactory activities program.
Board members decided to let the
matter lie over.
The board approved a continua-
ton OF 100000 w. P. A. recrea-
ton project giving employment to
some zoo persons as supervisors and
athletic leaders on the Fairgrounds.
The board said it affected some H.
900 persons daily.
lhe members also set an age
limit of Is as minimum for en-
trance into the vocational schools
except where cases warrant excep-
ton. Supt. Frank w. Ballou told
the board children under that age
are not sufficiently mature physi-
cally, as rule, to take advantage of
the program.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
Democratic Club
Winners Announced

Special Dispatch to The Star,
MANASSAS, Va, June 8.-Prize
winners in the membership cam
paign contest sponsored by the
Young Democratic Club of Prince
William County have been an
nounced by Mrs. Elizabeth Tavlor,
chairman of the Membership Com
mittee, as follows:
Mrs. Elizabeth Brewer of Cathar-
pin, $50; Miss Walser Conner of Ma
nassas, SIS, and George Purvis of
Quantico, $40.
The prizes were presented by c. A
Sinclair, county treasurer, at meet
Ing Tuesday night, at the Court
House. Mrs. Brewer will be a con-
testant for the State prize, a trip
to Nassau with the Young Demo-
Gratis of Virginia in July.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
Mrs. Pearson Honored

Mrs. Raymond A. Pearson, widow
of the former president of the Uni
versity Of Maryland, was elected
corresponding secretary of the
Woman's National Farm and Gar
den Association at the annual con-
vention of the organization in De-
troit, according to the Associated
Press. AL other officers were re-
elected,
Evening star., 1939-06-08

People of Brazil spent over s12,.
000, 1000 for tonics in the last II
months.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Coming Attractions

(See BARRON, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1939-06-18
After Years of Heartbreak
We May Laugh With Garbo
Screens Most Tragic Great Lady
Finally Gets Happy Role;
Mr.. Stewart Gets Along
By Jay Carmody.

The millions whose hearts broke with
OF pictures that reached from The Flesh and the Devil
th and laughter the richer for its delay
In accordance with the making
sometimes to late when the public
across the breakfast table Garbo will time
sophisticated comedy envsage
boards hinging the
"Garbo Laughs"
sure laughed before a rch b,rbing sound but
1t only emphasize nobility
At such times naturally, she laughed alone.
Now
do undoubtedly will be exhibitors pictures
IN their admiration Of artist this
running bad last
recent stories Practical fellows
public with
outspken especially
players
box office poison
many Gabo fan willing by ordering double
In her picture, Garbo
dramatic involved
contrasting nshtness and laughter which
things.
frank Capra Noticed
Stewart-Cooper Resemblance
shabng young coming along
fast he seems to be in almost other picture
quite all resemblance
Gary Cooper which his fans
too and when Capra anything 1t must be
That he detected the likeness evident selection
the role Senator Smith
last collect Washington capra
frankly admitted he wanted the leading
been able him from Samuel odwyn
his picture hdr Deeds Washington Cooper
would be available that time
Stewart the most acceptable substitute.
Apart from the lankness up to
extent the resemblance between the
sonay qualities There authorities
such matters who will insist that Cooper the bookng
Hollywood For saying they probably win Be
lContnued faee "a, Column -
Evening star., 1939-06-18
1oduy's Film Schedules

PALACE-"Young Mr.. Lincoln"
mostly about the days of the
Clay trial: 2::30, 4:50, tbs and
9:35 pm.
EARLE-"Juarez," portrait of a
nations hero by Paul MUM:
3:15, $50 and 9::35 pm. Stage
shows: 2:40, $50 and 8:55
pm.
CAPITOL-"It's a Wonderful
World" mystery in the bright
sany comedy manner: 2, ABS,
7:25 and 1918 pm. Stage
shows: $3.50, $40 and 9:05 pm.
KEITHS-"The Mikado," in
technicolor with D'Oyly Carte
players: 2, 3:55, $50, 7:45 and
$40 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"Only An
gels Have Wings" adventure
In the air: 2::25, 4:50, 7:15 and
$40 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Calling DR.. Kill
dare" another adventure of
the popular inferno: 2, 3:45,
$40, 7:50 and 9:55 pm.
LlIILE-"Storm in a Teacup,"
gay British comedy: 2:05,
4:45, 7:2o and 10 pm. "Pag-
liacci, with Richard Tauber:
$40, Sis and 9 pm
T r A N ST. LUX News and
shorts: Continuous from .
o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Pair of Plays
Expected to
Live Long
Lincoln in Illinois
Will Be Around
For Years
By Mark Barron,
By Mark Barron.
Associated Press Stan Writer.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Broadway ticket agents are now
resigned to the fact that the Worlds
Fair is not bringing them the bo.
nanza in show business they ex.
pected, but they believe "Hellza.
poppin' and ABE Lincoln in I'LL.
nois' may carry on forever.
OF the dozen surviving shows,
these two are the ones doing con-
sistently standing -room-only busi-
ness. "Hellzapoppin" has been years
in the making. as Olsen and john
son assembled this musical bit by
bit from the various vaudeville acts
they played.
ABE Lincoln in Illinois" continues
as the dramatic box Office leader.
The Pulitzer Prize winner and co.
winner of the Critics Circle Prize,
this patriotic drama of what Abra-
ham Lincoln did to help forge this
Nation into something both noble
and permanent is play which ticket
agents are predicting will be around
for years. either on a permanent run
or in revivals.
Robert E. Sherwood. the author of
ABE Lincoln in illinois," is at pres
ent in Surrey. England. and there
noted a recent column of this cor
respondent commenting upon both
his ABE Lincoln" and his earlier
waterloo Bridge" the latter his
play of about 10 years ago which
dramatized an air raid on London.
So today this letter from Sher-
lSee BARRON PAGE FIJI
Evening star., 1939-06-18

in Midnight" Sonia Henie in "One
in Million"-is his.
You can be pretty sure that some
beautiful woman is going to fall
madly for Charles Boyer in each
picture. Whether he gets her or
not depends on how good he is from
a police record point of view. He
was criminal in "Algiers," SO he
had to pay by losing Hedy Lamar.
His only crime in Love Affair" was
that of being a playboy. He re-
formed, SO the final fadeout brought
him to Irene Dunno.
Miss Lamar. incidentally, again
loses love in the person of Robert
Taylor In her current Lady Of the
Tropics" At the moment, the plan
is to make her die. I suggest to
Metro that in her next movie she
live and get the man, otherwise
there will be no surprise-and a
falling off in interest as a result.
When Binnie Barnes is in a pic
ture with a younger star, you know
without looking that she is the
third corner Of q triangle and will
end up man-less or with q minor
comedy count.
Marlene Dietrich was all set to
play the Lady Esketh part in '"The
Rains Came'-until Daryl zanuck
realized that everyone would know
exactly what to expect. So he had
the bright idea Of putting good wife
(seo GRAHAM, Page f-z)
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Power House
Keynotedb by
1nfornality
By Hubbard Keavy,
Associated Press Staff Writer.
HOLLYWOOD,

HOLLYWOOD.
A bishop of carved wood, S feet
high, Is the piece de resistance in
the home of Annabella and Tyrone
Power.
Although his crozier is warped
and his inter is slightly askew and
his white and gilt are showing signs
Of his age, he gives the entrance
hall he guards an air Of formality.
But otherwise this honeymoon house
is as informal as-well, as Anna
bella's gardening shorts.
When you enter, Annabella says.
my bishop-he ees 600 years old"
He came from France with her. She
doesn't stay in this hall long. She
leads you right past the living room,
explaining that it needs some tables
and chairs and personality to be a
living room in fact.
The Powers are not "at home"
yet because this house hasn't been
entirely refitted. 1t was quite a
formal place and too fussy to suit
the modern young Powers. They
did the dining room over in white
with cheerful decorations. They re-
did the dark library in maple and
of white drapes.
Annabella spent some hours won-
dering how to make the entire
house informal. Her husband had
an idea; he turned part of the IL
brary into a bar. This was his
contribution. But his wife wanted
something more. She says she likes
chintz. After a tour of the place
you believe she must have an in
terest in chintz. loom.
Drapes and valances are in chintz.
Chairs and davenports in every room
are covered with this material. She
has it in all colors and combinations.
And If this visitor isn't mistaken.
even the spread on her bed is of
chintZ. The effect the Powers were
after has been accomplished. Their
l0-room home Is colorful, youthful
and very informal.
Annabella's bedroom, whose walls
were covered with pink satin by its
former occupant, Grace Moore, has
been done over in light green. It is
sparingly furnished. An diversified
bed dominates the room. Opposite
1t Is a fireplace surrounded by
ceiling mirror. She can't help but
see herself when she arises. There
(see KEAvY. Page F-5J
Evening star., 1939-06-18

!. ment with Sir Frank Benson. This
time the salary was only so shill-
ings a week. Normally, beginners
with Benson were not paid at all,
but in my case some sort of salary
was an absolute necessity.
1 remained with Benson until
1928. I made many friends, enjoyed
my work to the hilt. and found life
pleasant for number of reasons.
Most important of these, I was in
love, desperately and completely.
For that story, it is necessary to 60
back number of years.
At the end of the road in which
lived in Wilmington there lived a
famous musician and his wife. One
day they introduced me to a girl
with flaming Titan hair. I remem-
Der being tremendously impressed
by her personality, but overcome by
shyness. She remained very wildly
in my mind, however.
Some time later I was stage man
aging an amateur show at Manches-
ter and playing the lead As was
the stage manager I was at the
theater in good time and, as mana
gers will, peeped through the cur
tain to see what sort of an audi
ence we had. To my great surprise
and CONSERVATION, recognized, sit
ting in the front row, my girl with
the lovely hair.
My brother John, who was help
ing me with the show, wondered at
my concentrated attention at the
(Continued on Page F-3, Column s.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

PALACE-"Invitation to Hap
piness," the story of the
prize fighter Erred MacMur-
ray) and the lady Grene
Dunne), is now scheduled to
follow Young Mr.. Lincoln"
Thursday.
EARLE-"Naughty But Nice"
comedy with music, about a
professor dick PowelD who
didn't like swing until an ex-
pert (Ann Sheridan) gave
him lessons, starts Friday.
The new stage show will be
headlined by Owen McGive-
ney, will also have the Roxy
cite "Cavalcade," 10 of the
girls most outstanding num-
bers all at once.
KEITH'S The Sun Never
Sets" now set back for an
other week, is still slated
to follow The Mikado." Peo-
pie who guard the frontier
Of the empire upon which
the sun never sets are Basil
Rathbone and Doug Fair
banks, jr.
CAPITOL-"Susannah of the
Mounties" takes Shirley
Temple to the north country,
with Margaret Lockwood and
Randolph Scott, starting
Friday. There also will be a
variety stage show, with a
number of featured per-
formers and the Rhythm
Rockets.
METROPOLITAN-"Blind Al
ley" reported to be some
thing refreshingly original in
the crime-story. field, starts
Friday. Its players are Ches-
ter Morris, Ralph Bellamy.
Ann Dvorak and Rose Strad-
ner.
COLUMBIA--"Rose of Wash
ington Square," the musical
with Alice Faye and Tyrone
Powers, returns to F street
Friday.
LITTLE-"The Great Waltz
film version of the musical
extravaganza, with Fernand
Gravel and Luise Rainer,
returns Wednesday for q re-
vival engagement.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
By Robert DOnaf.

There bits of agmentay evidence indicate
descended from the Donateno Italy wandering
Donateo became the
particular branch He
eyear-od girl The affair was complicated by
rival and settled by duel after which the
counting no doubt for the change
First born of this faher
settled Manchester,
1t there he met wooed married
My father would in
his blood My brothers realized his
them becoming fox farmers America the other
to be the only disappointment in that direction
Looking back myself favored happy
poignant painfully memorable
not rich nor were my parents Being passonateE fond of
the frequently
visit the movies The exciting
OF Ean and The Hooded Terror though Bill
favorite
My did approve pictures
Their anidoe to interest what they
medium entertainment for
recital by James Bernard Rusholme
The recital "A Christmas Carol" pro-
fondy that could think nothing
that although could ill afford
Join Mr.. Bernards elocution
To James Bernard thing pro-
worst Amazingly few weeks with Mr. Bernard
The big Mr. Bernards
been triumph
in 1921 Ill" on '0e stage at Birmingham
year Henry Baynton the famous Shake
spearen ldo promised me ne would give me job in the summer He
Birmingham
part Caesar but spoke very SOFTLY
for after the show the
me aside and sad Hey that's the loude better
yell"
The a money and it was an
impressive salary Indeed receiving
paragraph the Birmingham Post ''eS' '''
was Is when played at Birmingham flushed
but thought had young
before was permitted to take another stage job
Until then didn't know what
In 1929 with parental approval returned
Evening star., 1939-06-18

less he plays priest or there is no
romance at all in the picture). So
that, when you see the names
Clarke Gable, Spencer Tracy,
Myrna 10y" on the marquee, you
don't have to see the picture to
know that Clark and Myrna will get
together before the fade-out, leav-
ing Spencer either dead of some
heroic sacrifice, or alive, but self
effacing.
But, when you have the Tracy
Franchot Tone combination, or the
Tracy-Walter Pidgeon combination,
you can bet everything you have
that romantic bliss meets up with
Spencer.
Franchot Tone was famous in
Hollywood as the boy who did not
get the girl-one of the reasons
why he left 1t in disgust for the New
York stage, where they dangled
Sylvia Sidney-just beyond his
reach. Walter Pidgeon always loses
out romantically in "A" pictures
like TOO Hot to Handle" Shop
worn Angel"-but is allowed to get
her in "B's," where he is the sole at
tractive male.
Don Ameche never Is lucky in
love in his movies If Tyrone Power
is in the same vehicle Alexander
Ragtime Band" Love Is News"
etc. But let Don be without mascu-
line competition In the higher brack.
cts, and the girl-Claudette Colbert
Evening star., 1939-06-18
You Can Tell by the Stars
Just Note the Players Names
And the Scrip pit Is Revealed
By Sheilah Graham.


new theory voiced by exhibitors people
they
after reading
the each star and each
starring combination.
For instance Spencer Tracy the
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Starvation and StardOm
In Saga Of Robert Donat
On His Rise to Fame
It's Been Long, Hard Struggle From
His Early Days on the Stage to
His Present Eminence

Recently called by Paul NUM- "the
young man Dho has risen to player
manager OF the London stage and the film
Mr. Chpps THE Ghost Goes West The Count Cristo
and other successes here tells his life story.