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Evening star., 1939-09-26
Abe Lincoln Scenes
Recorded for Study

So that the material might be
available to schools, societies, bioe-
raphers, study groups and others in
terested, the r. c. A.-Victor Co. has
just completed an album of record
ings of ABE Lincoln in Illinois -
starring Raymond Massey in the fol-
lowing:
A romantic scene with Ann Rut-
ledge, the Lincoln sweetheart: the
speech from his law office; the pray-
er scene, and the entire debate with
Stephen Douglas.
The recordings have been approved
oy Robert E. Sherwood, author of the
Pultzer prize stage hit and screen
play IN which Massey is now being
starred for R. K. o. Radio Pictures
Mary Howard as Ann Rutledee
Ruth Gordon as Mary Todd and So
other well known players support
the star in the screen version being
directed by John Cromwell, produced
oy Max Gordon and Harry Goetz.
Evening star., 1939-09-26

-. And, on the day Hollywood reg
istered LOT in the shade, Broderick
Crawford rushed into Walter Wan
gers office and begged-"For Heav-
ems sake, let Pat O'Brien finish me
of. I want to get to my pool"
(Broderick has to die for Send
Another Coffin.")
Madeleine Carroll is not quite so
popular in England because of her
statement that If her husband had
to fight in the war she would not
divorce him. That part of it is all
right. But Capt Ashley did 60 to
the war-and Madeleine is divorc-
ing him. Carole Lombard has
an organ and a violin going full
blast during her emotional scenes
in Vigil in the Night" Lew
Ayres says he is fed up with going
from picture to picture without a
break. In my next contract I'll
insist on one week between pic
lures" says Lew. 1t must be nice
to be Ronald Colman, who gets in
tervals of six months between epics.
:. Now that Joan Bennett is be-
ing rushed again by Woody Dona-
hue Walter Wanger is again con-
scious Of the lady's charms. Moth
Evening star., 1939-09-26


the Southland would be poor indeed.
Cesar apparently doesn't love there
any more. (Ooops, sorry)
The sad fact is, and Cesar is
the first to admit 1t, that he is
one Latin who really is a lousy
lover. He knew 1t even when he
was being given the buildup, but
it is not what a man knows but what
his studio does not that counts.
Because both were tall, dark, hand
some and had names ending in
Co." Twentieth Century Fox thought
Romero should be another Valen-
tino. 1t left no publicity stone un-
turned in its effort to establish the
complete alikeness of the two as
smouldering craters of passion. But
that did not work and nothing else
worked and finally the studio retired
bruised, beaten and puzzled.
Now, however, the bruises have
healed, the beating has been for
gotten and the puzzlement has
given place to an awareness of what
Cesar was aware of all the time,
namely, that he has a too ire
pressible sense of humor. At pas
sion, expressed in sultry gazing into
female eyes, he laughs. And, try
as he may, he cannot say Il love
you" in front of a camera without
virtually doubling up with mirth
Some players can. but none of them
is named Cesar Romero.
Romero is happy to be recognized
as no Valentino. 1t gives him free
dom to practice without molestation
his considerable art of being q
gracious, intelligent, amusing escort
and not an ersatz heartburn.
X X X X
Another thing Warmers think stu
dents of oomph should know is that
Ann Sheridan sort of acts with her
f1ngernails. At any rate, attention
is called in the latest memo (from
there to here) to the fact that
Miss Sheridans nails ARE an accu-
rate barometer of the screen role
she's playing" If they are long,
pointed and scarlet-hued, we are
told and we're telling you, that
means Miss Sheridan is being a
siren. Nails of average length and
conventionally tinted mean she is
doing a sympathetic role.
Further information in oomph
communique No. 1859 is that in
her long nail manifestation, there
is no fourf1ushing about Miss Sheri-
dan. They are her very own nails
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ing like having another man in
pursuit to make the regular boy
friend toe the mark.
X Il
1t is misplaced economy on the
part of Metro to plan a patch
up job on II Take This Woman"
in which Hedy Lamar and Spencer
Tracy appeared to the tune of
100000 before the picture was
thrown into the ash can. The pic
ture must have been pretty bad to
have been thrown out when Lady
Of the Tropics" was kept in. And
1t will probably cost another million
to make it movie worthy.
Virginia Field went on location
the other day, and on the same
day Richard Greene asked permis-
sion to go on a big game hunting
trip. Which" as some one at Fox
put it's a new name for Virginia
Field"
Re.eased By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
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not something from the dime store
or the prop department.
Comph communique No. 176,59O
probably will be along tomorrow
in connection with Miss Sheridan's
personal appearance at the Earle
starting Friday.
Swing band rhythms have some
strange origins. as press agents al
ways are Shaving their hearts out
to convince the public. The oldest
OF all, of course, is the ripping
rhythm of Shep Fields which was
born in the bottom of a chocolate
soda-the sound of suction against
an empty glass.
Pretty odd, if not the fanciest, is
the nativity Of the tempo which
Artie Shaw will introduce in "Danc-
ing Co-Ed." 1t is not the old sharp,
pouncing rhythm which Shaw used
in making his sensational reputation
as a show band. On the contrary,
1t Is relaxed rhythm" according to
the maestro. 1t was born of the cir
cumstance that the band got ter
rlbly tired one night, the boss told
them to relax, and liked the result
so well that he set assiduously about
perfecting it.
1t is perfected now.
X X X 4
Bess Davis Schreiner, Public At
tention Caller No. /, calls attention
to the fact that the Theater Guild
American Theater Society subscrip-
ton season closes definitely on Fri
day OF this week If any one
gives happier party this winter
than that OF Evelyn and Ford Min
nick in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Gar
held Swift on Sunday night, it will
have to be colossal And today's
the day when, instead of singing at
the Earle, Mr.. Swift is being the
hero OF a tonsilectomy at Episcopal
Eye, Ear, etc. Hospital In the
meantime, Lysbeth Hughes, who lost
lot OF sleep in the quick change in
the program, is completely charm
ing Earle audiences Technico,or
gets official, and handsome, recogni-
ton IN 1000 Gifts of the Forest, +"
new Forest Service picture, directed
ny Carl Clancy =. Better see it If
1t comes within your ken It's
both informative and entertaining
-. Speaking of all-star casts, which
no one seems to have been doing
lately, The Old Dark House." Little
attraction beginning tomorrow, has
one. Topliners are Charles La ugh
ton. Raymond Massey and Boris
karlof1 . Picture will have a pre-
view tonight at 1890 1T has
been frightening the wits out of Bal
t1more audiences for weeks and
weeks -. Stick around, by all
means, for Filming the Fleet"
Movletone short subject running
with The Women" at the Palace
this week.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Between Norma and GEORGE
This Just Can't Be Love
BY SHEHAH GRAHAM.


Loretta William Powell
dining together at Sunset boulevard mansion which latter
Bill
Sonia
Haows she had
look like love- Part of Norma's peeve
against George be traced to ., ,;: xo .- . ,,
Evening star., 1939-09-26
DANCING.

It's Fun to Top Donce.
Glasses in tap and exercise now forming
as low As $500 month.
1911 Conn. Ave. DE. 5SSO
Evening star., 1939-09-26

All, YES, THE CENTER
SEX-Follo,Ding the rules of
etiquette in such matters,
Paulette Goddard dismounts
from her horse before aiming
q hdyn1ker in the direction
OF Rosdlind Russell, Uhile
Joan Fontdine, Norma Shearer
and Mary Boldnd remain
Ddrious shades of neutral.
The scene is from "The
Women" OF course, no1u at
Locus Palace. The other
battle (beloU) inuolues this
neto Marlene Dietrich of the
coming "DeStry Rides Again."
the neW Marlene here COM
n1itting mayhem upon the
person OF Una Merkel.
Wide World Photo.
Evening star., 1939-09-26

DUIUUIIV Id S.0'''-'' o|'
mour and Robert Preston, who are
currently in the throes of publicity
romance, arrived together at the
Brown Derby the other evening,
posed for long time in front of the
entrance. went away, came back,
repeated the posing. Just to make
sure that the lynx-eyed press missed
nothing Merle Oberon arrived
in New York few days ago and is
on her way out here, She has a
Evening star., 1939-09-26

natural dislike for serving as bomb
target-and I don't blame her. The
United States is a good place to be
in when there is war in Europe
Randolph Scott is asking his
blue-b wife for divorce, but
she says no Randy says there is
not another woman in the case
he just wants to be free.
X
Hot-weather notes Charles
Laughton lost 10 pounds under the
broiling Encino sun and has had to
have a couple of stitches taken in his
rubber hump (for his "Hunchback
of Notre Dame" epic) 1t was
122 degrees on the Green He'll" set.
Evening star., 1939-09-26

to a night club,
the head waiter
would say, "Ah,
you are Ameri-
can? Then you
will be interested
to know that M.
George R a f t
was here yester-
day." 1t sort Of
got on Norma'S
nerves-particu-
larly as she her
self was unrec-
ognized in the
majority of the
night clubs.
DOrot,hv IA
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

l
Keith's-"Fifth Avenue Girl" Gin
ger Rogers being a cure for your
morbidity: 11:50 am, 1:50, $50, $50,
7:50 and $50 pm.
Palace-"The Women" with claws
barred and fangs dripping acid:
1915 am, los, 3:35, $50 and $40
pm.
Earle-"Espionage Agent" being
chased by the State Department:
II am, 1::35, 4:25, 7:15 and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: 1910, 3:35, 6:25 and
9:05 pm.
Capitol-"Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes" with Basil Rathbone the
sleuth: II am, 1:45, 4:30, tbs and
10 pm. Stage shows: 1910, 1925,
6:10 and 8:55 pm.
Metropolitan-"Golden Boy" the
lad who breaks his artists heart and
hands: II am, LOS, 3:15, $50, TAO
and $50 pm.
Columbia-"The Wizard of o."
and the wizardry of the technical
department: 11:15 am, 1:20, 1925,
$50, 7::35 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Little-"Cavalcade," screen version
of the Noel Coward drama: II am,
1886, 2:52. 4:48, 6:44, 8:43, and
'The Old Dark House" 1881 pm.
Open,Air-"Lost Squadron" ad-
venture in the air: 7:55 and 10:l5
pm. ..--.
Evening star., 1939-09-26

against George can be traced to
Paris, where, every time Norma went
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, June 27.-Securities
markets operated in a semi-fog to-
day as Washington monetary devel-
opments proved highly confusing
influence on speculative thinking.
Stocks rallied feebly at intervals
and selected issues retained gains
running to a point or so. Losers,
however. were plentiful at the close.
Dealings were slack throughout.
with transfers for the five hours
approximating 450,OO0 shares.
Action of the Senate late yester-
day in voting to permit the Presi-
dents dollar devaluating authority
to expire on June 80, boosting the
domestic silver price and hating
foreign purchases of the metal failed
to bring any especial rush for stocks.
brokers said, mainly because most
traders were unable to determine
just what these meant marketwise.
Restraining buyers to some eX-
tent, 1T was thought, was the real
lzatlon the senatorial decree would
have to go to conference and. con-
sequently, might come a cropper in
the House which had previously ap-
| proved extension of the executive
| devaluating power.
On top of these events. the Treas
ury after midday cut its price for
| foreign silver from 43 cents an
ounce, paid since March %, 1898.
TO 40 cents, and the New York bull
lion firm of Handy & Harman re-
duced its price for the foreign metal
10 39$4 cents an ounce. a new low
since October 81. 1888. London
earlier had lowered the bar silver
price the equivalent of about IL
cents an ounce.
international affairs. depressing re-
Gently, were apparently overshad-
owed by events at home, although
the news from abroad seemed q bit
better. European markets steadied.
Bonds were irregularly down. Com
modities were mostly improved.
Shares up most of the day In
cluded United States Steel. Bethle-
hem, Chrysler, United States Rub
Der, New York Central. Southern
Pacific, j. c. Penney, Westinghouse
and Kennecott.
Disposed to lag were Air Reduc-
ton. Eastman Kodak, United States
Gypsum, Western Union, Texas
Corp, Union Carbide, Woolworth
and Douglas Aircraft.
United States Smelling and Amer
ican Smelling, with large silver prop
critics In Mexico, kept to a relatively
narrow course despite the move to
suspend foreign silver takings.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 27.-Wheat took
another important step toward re-
covery today with gains of almost
2 cents a bushel that lifted prices
about cents above last weeks low
levels. Strength in foreign markets,
comparatively light hedging pres
sure despite the marketing of new
grains in the southwest. good de-
mand credited to milling interests
and reports of serious harvest DELAYS
IN some localities because of too
much rain encouraged buying.
Wheat closed 1i.-1a, cents higher
than yesterday, July. 71l4-1s: Sep
tember. 717s-72; corn, unchanged
to as higher, July. 4712-5s; Sep
tember, 49A -3s; oats, 7s-lls higher.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Dollar Moves Lower
In London Trudinq
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 27.-The United
States dollar closed 468l2 to the
pound in foreign exchange trading
today, loss of IS of cent in terms
of sterling and compared with s468
3-16 for sterling in New York over
night.
French francs were 1869 to the
pound against 17672 yesterday.
PARIS, June 27 lR.-The United
States dollar was quoted 37.7475
francs (2649 cents to the france in
closing foreign exchange transac-
tions today and corresponded with
similar franc rate in New York
over night. Exchange on London,
176.72.
In the Bourse principal rente is
sues were: per cent. TIPS francs;
41As a." $685.; AVS 1887, 157.Oo.
Evening star., 1939-06-27

the d ! S t r l c t
Bankers Asso-
citation, it was
announced in
t he financial
district today.
He succeeds J.
Eliot Moran of
t h e American
S e C urity &
Trust Co.
T h e n e W
chairman h a S
been connected
with the trust
company since
1924 when he
Joined the staff
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. June 81 R-Cotton goods
dealers reported brisk business in sneet-
insS today as inquiry for sizable lots came
from the bag trade and converters.
Quiet conditions continued in rayofi
goods. leading maker of silk hosiery an
nounced continuation of its current
prices through July and August. Interest
IN wool markets concentrated on summer
wear Burlap met routine demand and
prices were UNCHANGED
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Baltimore Quotations.
Winnipeg Prices,
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 27.-Foreign
buying in distant positions and
Wall Street and speculative demand
in near months carried cotton fu-
lures to 8 points higher in late
afternoon today.
Supply of contracts continued
small as Southern liquidation and
occasional profit-taking furnished
offerings. July, at 9.56. was ahead
5, and October was 9 higher at 8.84.
Futures closed At hipher
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Wall Street Confused
By Senate Vote ON
Money Powers
Security and Commodity
Markets Quiet Due
To Uneertointy ,
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 27.-An almost
uncanny quiet reigned in the mar
ket place today as Wall Street in
seeming confusion contemplated the
Senate vote against extension of
President Roosevelt's power to de-
value the dollar further.
In contrast with the excitement
and huge buying waves which rolled
over the markets six years ago when
Congress first granted the admins
tration its powers to bring about
controlled inf1ation,'' security and
commodity quotations for the most
part underwent little change on the
news the Senate had turned thumbs
down on continuation of the au-
thority.
Causing many Wall streeters to
reserve opinion on the significance
of the action was the chance the
administration might yet win out
in the Senate-House conference.
Moreover, some thought the Presi-
dent still would have right to alter
the gold price under the Gold Re-
serve Act of 1884.
Dollar Goes Down.
Foreign currencies, notably the
British pound, stiffened a bit in
terms of the dollar. Otherwise, the
exchange market reflected a tend
ency to await developments. Stocks
were mixed in a narrow and quiet
market. So were commodities.
A canvass of opinion among bank
ers, brokers and economists indi-
Gated wide divergence of thought
on the Importance of the Senate
vote, assuming it is upheld.
Among those applauding the Sen
ate stand as a step back toward
sound money principles" DR.. Wal
ter E. Spahr, economist, of New York
University, said a dollar firmly
anchored to fixed gold price would
open the way for return to ex-
change stability on wider scale.
The dollar, he suggested, might be-
come the pivot for other currencies
to anchor to, especially since it is
fortified by more than sic, 900 900 900
in gold, constituting about 80 per
cent of the worlds monetary re-
serves.
Others Less Impressed.
Others were less impressed by the
action. Some pointed out England,
France and other countries rapidly
had been shifting into war econ
omies" involving more rigid money
controls and that this trend over
shadowed any action that might be
taken in this country to change
fiscal policies.
The fact that the Senate vote re-
suited from combination between
the silver bloc and conservative
Democrats and Republicans, brokers
said, tended to make many traders
skeptical about the ultimate out
come in belief it might turn out to
have been only a political ma
neuver."
Wall Street looked to Mexico and
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Lag Seen in Output
Of Nitro-CeIIuIose
BY the Associated Press.

The Census Bureau says cellulose
plastic plant production of nitro
cellulose in May included 755527
sheets, 221,139 rods and 59,539
tubes. Shipments included 626, SAT
sheets, 2591 rods and 54017 tubes,
not counting 249, 100 sheets, rods and
tubes consumed in the manufactur-
ing plants. The figures were slight
ly below April totals but were sub
stantially higher than in May, 1888.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
IN. & w. Declares
| $3.50 Dividend
Ion Common
By the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA. June 27.-The
Norfolk g. Western Railway declared
today a quarterly dividend of 81 a
share on the adjustment preferred
stock and a quarterly disbursement
of $3.50 a share on the common
stock.
The preferred dividend is payable
August 19 to stockholders of record
July 81, and the common September
10 to stockholders of record
August 81.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
New York Bur Silver
NEW YORK, June 27 R.-Bar
silver, 1894, off 3.

the Far East for the main repercus-
sions of the vote to end foreign silver
purchases since the bulk Of silver
bought abroad in recent months was
reported to have come from those
sources.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
RoiIwoy Income

NEW YORK. June 27 R.-Net
operating income, before fixed
charges and other income, of rail-
roads reporting today for May in
cluded
Evening star., 1939-06-27

Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
3-S higher. Sales. liz contracts. July,
S39b: September, sob. October, . Sob;
December. 6.76 January 6.S0b. Bid.
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. June ~ lR.-Activs
buying, prompted by favorable business re-
ports, lifted cotton prices into new high
grounds for the season here today At
midsession the market was to 10 points
net higher.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Fiduciaries Section
Names B. |. Amiss
New Chairman
Bankers Also Select
Four Other Officers
And Council Members
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Bernard L. Amiss, assistant trust
officer of the Washington Loan g.
Trust Co., has been elected chair
man of the Fiduciaries Section of
Evening star., 1939-06-27

'Ex-dividend. b Books closed. stock call
ed for redemption September Is. 1899.
gS14O0 extra paid December 90 1888
< 2Qc extra Isl so extra p.5Oc paid
september 20. 1893 s. 80 90 paid in 1898
extra.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Wash. Gas IS 1960-S5OO at 1877.
Evening star., 1939-06-27

Chicago Cash Market
NO cash wheat sales, Corn, No ] mixed
SuA. No: =. 80: No. yellow. 5Ol4-l7
No. 50-50ha. Oats No. 3 mixed 3Os,:
no. white: b. sample grade white 3O9,
ing. 50-57. nominal; feed. 35-45, nominal
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE June 26 tP,.-Wheat, No
red winter, garlicky, spot. domestic, 73,
Evening star., 1939-06-27

~ sunit of trading shares
saED R or refershp being
aef OF dividend IN the foreeong annual disburse
en oaseo on the last quarterly
noted special or dividends included
sst year PAYABLE IN stock gDecIsred iris
cared this N-''0eNN' peio OF &C.
Evening star., 1939-06-27

MISCELLANEOUS
Chevy Chase Club lst 4h.s lO4
Col Country Club lst 4Ls lO3
Ter Ref d. VIII Corp 1st Alas 1881
Evening star., 1939-06-27
BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Stock and


approximate Soles Of Stocks the N r Stock Exchonoe
ll;oo AM-------. 100000 1900 Noon $50 OOo
A'00 M . 'ooooo 200 PM 49, 100000
Smyrna times., 1939-03-16
BROILERS VS..
LAYING FLOCKS
Need Shown of Practical Way
To Aid the Average
POultryman
METHODS BEING USED

Because some poultrymen want
to raise broilers and others want
a laying flock, there is a need for
a practical way for the average
poultryman to determine sex of
baby chicks, says H. L. Richard
son, Extension Poultryman of the
University of Delaware College of
Agriculture. while the Japanese
sexing method is accurate, only a
trained person can make the de-
termination" Richardson said. AT
the National Agricultural Re-
search Center, Beltsville, Md, it
has been found that such external
characteristics as down clor, down
stripping, beak and shank color are
good indicators of sex with some
breeds and crossbreeds," he point
ed out. When Rhode Island Red
males were crossed with Barred
Plymouth Rock hens the Bureau
workers observed that chicks with
white spot on the head were
males. Those without white spots
on the head proved to be females.
This method proved almost SO per
cent correct in determining sex.
A study of purebred Barred Ply
mouth Rocks showed that female
chicks have an intense black down
and shank, and a small white spot
on the head. The males have a
larger white spot on the head,
grayish-black down, and yellow
shanks. Based on these character
istics, sexing was 91.8 per cent
correct. The Bureau scientists
also have been successful in sex
ing Rhode Island Red chicks, find
ing that $40 per cent of the strip
ed and spotted chicks were female
and 77.8 per cent of the non-spot-
ted, non-striped chicks were males.
The same general characteristics
hold true for the New Hampshire
Reds. Studies have been made of
White Plymouth Rocks, Jersey
Black Giants and Jersey White
Giants. So far the scientists have
not found a reliable sex indicator
for these breeds.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-16
ASBURY VI. e. CHURCH NEWS
Rev. DIR. j. w. ColOna, Pastor, Pre-
pares For Conference Week

The services at Asbury Method
ist Episcopal Church next Sunday,
March 18th, will be as follows: the
Church School will convene at 10
a. M, promptly, Mr.. H. c. Jones,
superintendent, in charge; the
morning worship service and ser
mon at IL; the Epworth League
service at 6.45 p. m; the evening
service at 7.3O. The public invit-
ed to all the services. The Wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Society
will meet at the Parsonage next
Monday evening at 7.3O. The We'd
nesday evening prayer service will
be omitted next week as the min
ister will be at the Conference
session. The Conference session
will begin next Wednesday morn
ing, March %, in Asbury Church,
Wilmington, and will probably be
closed the following Monday morn
ing. The pulpit of Abury Church
will be filed Sunday morning,
March 26th, by the Rev. Ivanhoe
Willis, Superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League. There will be no
evening service on March 26th.