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Evening star., 1939-12-10

purpose Of collecting and distribut-
ing seeds. prosecuting agricultural
Investigations and procuring agri-
cultural statistics"
Thus originated the agricultural
division Of the Patent Once, now
the powerful Department Of Agri-
culture, Of which Henry Agard Wal
lace Is the present emcient Secretary.
In the Patent Once Building was
also sown the seed, through the
efforts Of the National Institution,
out of which has grown the United
States National Museum of today.
This early institution has its be-
ginning In 1910 and was incorporated
July n, 1842, when its name was
changed to the National Institute" :"
G. Brown Goode, assistant secre-
tary Of the Smithsonian Institution,
who died In 1895, In writing to this
scientific organization, said: by
this society the nucleus for q ma
tional museum was gathered In the
Patent Once Building In Washing
ton and public opinion was educated
to consider the establishment of
such an institution worthy of the
attention Of the Government Of the
United States" Incidentally, the
first site suggested by Congress for
the Smithsonian was between the
Patent Office and Seventh street,
which would seem to be where the
east wing Of the latter ofice now
stands.
Old Interior Home.
Another thing Of considerable i'm
portance Is the fact that the De-
partment Of the Interior had its
first home in this old building when
it was organized March 8, 1S49, and
Secretary Thomas Ewing was given
a single room, which apparently
served his purposes for the time be-
ing. But this was only for awhile,
for soon the department began to
grow and spread out, until the
Patent once was almost crowded
out. In 1850, the force Of the De-
partment Of the Interior proper in
cluded the following:
Secretary Of the Interior Jacob
Thompson, Chief Clerk Moses Kelly,
clerks, Peter hammond, G. Bailey.
Henry Beard, Charles H. Rhett, o.
w. Moore, p. J. Loranger, w. w.
Lester, Charles E. Davis, J. A. VIII
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Marshall
Continued From Page C-5.)

ously, a laundry, theaters, news
paper and a football team. Dallas
desperately sought a man to match
Rose, offered Marshall 100000 to
do it In a year. The gentleman of
the unending supply Of energy went
to Texas and earned his 100000.
Instead Of battling Rose with beau
tiful women, he introduced the first
American games since 1889
There were track meets, interna-
tional boxing, automobile races
through the streets and this would
have been q Texas-Mexico mara
thon race except for the hint from
the Texas foreign Office that they
didn't want one.
It was Marshall, too, who intro
duced the European style of automo-
bile racing in the United States. At
the head Of a rich, influential body
Of men he built the Roosevelt Race
way at Long Island, caused serpen-
tine ~ mile track Of dirt to be laid
out, and invited the greatest drivers
in the world to compete for the
Vanderbilt Cup and, Of course, a
prize to buy shoes for baby.
In the fall Of 1882, with some New
York and Washington friends, he
bought the Boston Braves franchise
in the National Football League.
Professional football was then q
shabby outcast among sports. It
was something of disgrace to
play for pay. Collegians furtively
donned long black boards, changed
their names and bobbed up on Sum-
days on the sides of teams like Can
ton, Massillon and Portsmouth.
Changes Name.
So as not to conflict with the
baseball club, now called the Boston
Bees but then named the Braves,
he changed the name of his players
to the Boston Redskins. He adopted
the colors-Bill Corum once wrote
that they were inspired because he
paid too much gold for too much
burgundy one night at the Colony
and hired fuu-blooded Indian
coach named Lone Star Dietz. The
authentic Redskin coach and the
pale-faced Redskins in uniforms
failed to click, however, and Mar
shall stepped out and shocked the
purists of college football by hiring
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Therefore, under the terms of the
treaty, areas which later became
parts of Minnesota, North Dakota,
and South Dakota could not prop
erly be considered part of the Mis-
lpissippi drainage basin. Thus, while
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BIuckout Cop

Mai. j. Becke, chief constable Of
Chesire, England, has designed a
blackout cap for children, and one
of his telephone operators has
knitted in white yarn in pixie"
style so that it may easily be seen
in the dark.
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Mississippi ran from q line extend
ing from the Lake Of the Woods.
However, later topographic surveys
revealed that . portion Of the area
drained not into the Mississippi. but
into the Great Lakes.
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

NatiOnal-"Leave 1t to Me-" the
hit musical with Sophie Tucker and
Victor Moore: $3.50 pm.
Earle-"Mr. Smith Goes to Wash
ington," Frank Capra looks at the
local scene: 10 a m. 1880, 3:45. $40
and 9:40 pm. Stage shows: 12:15.
3:l5, 6:l0 and 9:05 pm.
Palace-"Beau Geste." Gary Coop
er goes adventuring on the desert:
ll:35 am, 2:05, ABS, 7:05, 9:35 pm.
and 1905 am.
CapitOl-"Fast and Furious" Ann
Sothern in a comedy romance: 1920
am, 1855, 800. $50, 8:l5, lO:45 pm
and 1855 am Stage shows: ll:55
am, 225, 4:50, 7:20, GAS and 11:55
pm.
Keith's-"The Road Back" drama
in wars aftermath: 11:15 am, l.,
2:45, ABS, $40, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan-"U-Boat 2e,' war
fare under the waves: 11::25 am,
l:30, $3.50, 5:35. 7:35 and $40 pm
COlumbia-"The Man in the Iron
Mask swashbuckling adventure:
11:55 I'M. 2:2O, 4:45, ITO, 9:4O pm.
and 1905 am
Little-"A Man to Remember" a
picture to remember: II: 40 a m. AS.
4, sos and 8:l5 pm. The City"
9:35 pm.
Belasco-"The Unashamed," life
in nature camp: 1870 m. 1;30,
$50, $50, 7:3O and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Hitchcock Is Signed
For Wan9er Film

Securing the services of one of the
most outstanding directors on two
continents, Producer Walter Wan
ger has signed Alfred Hitchcock to
direct the filming of Personal His
tory" based on Vincent Sheehan's
best-selling biographical story.
With work on the picture sched-
uled to start about November IS
the brilliant English director will
move over to the Wanger studio
when he finishes his current as
signment on "Rebecca" for David
o. Selznick.
Hitchcock will confer with Wan
ger on the selection of an all-star
cast for personal History"
Wanger has scheduled the pic
ture for production Immediately
after the completion of House
Across the Bay" Joan Bennett star
ring vehicle now before the cameras.
Hitchcock, who is generally cred
tied with doing more to raise the
standards of English photoplays
than any other individual, only re-
SSlilly SdIIC W 41OiIy "OOu VII d 1OIlS
term contract with Selznick. Re
becca" was the first picture under
this agreement.
In announcing the signing of
Hitchcock, Wanger said: "We are ex-
tremely fortunate in securing the
services of Mr.. Hitchcock to direct
Personal History I have admired
his work for a long time and have
been anxious to work with him on
a picture"
For the past several years, Hitch
cock has been ranked with the mas
ter directors of the motion picture
industry, although he has confined
his talents exclusively to England.
Among his outstanding successes
were THE Man Who Knew Too
Much" THE 80 Steps," Jamaica
Inn and The Lady Vanishes," +"
which earned him the New York
Critics award for the best direction
of 1898.
Personal History" is the story of
the experiences of foreign cor
respondent in the postwar days of
Europe. The first in a cycle, 1t in
itiated an enormously popular vogue
in contemporary literature.
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set to spray his throat every hour
He almost swallowed the sprayer
the other day when he looked up
and found that Jimmy Cagney, Pat
O'Brien and Frank McHugh had
each provided themselves with a
nurse borrowed from the DR.. Erh-
Itch picture) and were also getting
their throats sprayed. Joan
Fontaine telephoned all her friends
the other afternoon and said-"are
you listening?' What for?" she
was asked. My husband is on the
air. she told them proudly. That's
the right sort of wife to have. Joan.
by the way, is going in for interior
decorating in an expensive way
She has already spent $4,000 in do
ing over her bedroom.
Sight of the week. John Carra-
dine driving to his current acting
chore in the $4,000 car originally
designed for E. L. Cord. the auto
millionaire. Mr.. Carradine is work.
ing in Grapes of Wrath!
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Evening star., 1939-10-31
Civic Staff Takes
New Offices

Yesterday was moving day for
the headquarters staff of the WASH
ington Civic Theater. AS a result,
today finds the group headed by
Director Day Tuttle, located at 9l8
Fourteenth street. with the same
old telephone number, District 1900.
The new quarters comprise a
studio, which the theater will use
for rehearsals, and a well-arranged
suite of Offices on the second floor.
The theater regards the acquisi-
ton of this combination offce-stu-
dio as an important step toward the
goal Of finding buildings and equip
ment which will permit the conduct
of all phases of theater activity
under one roof Pending such an
arrangement, the combining of re-
hearsal and Office facilities repre-
sents major improvement.
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and that either should allow Miss
Tucker to slip away in subsequent
entertainment enterprise should be
treason even If it requires another
law. AS Her Excellency, whose eye
is on the Court of ST. James as
flercely as her husbands is nostal-
glcally upon Topeka. Miss Tucker is
fountain of merriment
Porter's music. designed especially
for the stars OF the skylarking satire,
gives each rich opportunity to ex-
express himself or herself in pleas
ant, pointed song. Miss Tucker,
whose manner is an institution,
proves that deserves to be, with a
zingy affair called I'm Taking the
Steps to Russia" and a bit later
with Most Gentlemen Don't Like
Love" No matter who else you may
have heard sing them. those ARE
Miss fuckers songs, especially the
latter.
AS might be expected by any one
who has not spent the last IL
months in Arctic exploration, most
encored number of the evening was
From Now On" That's by Gaxton
and Miss Lind, but good as it was.
1t was lesser in merit than Moore's
Il Want to Go Home" Such feeling
did Moore get into that fascinating
lament that the audience actually
believed him and let him go with
but one encore before it realized it
was all in fun.
Should there be any one. probably
some one else who was exploring the
Arctic. who does not know what
Leave 1t to Me" is about, it is,
briefly, the tale of pitiably puzzled
KanSan who is named Ambassador
to Moscow when all he wants is to
live quietly, pitching horseshoes in
| Topeka. That's Moore. naturally
/ Miss Tucker is his socially, politi-
cally and otherwise ambitious wife
who loves it. Gaxton is the wise,
smoothie of newspaperman who
agrees to get the hapless envoy re-
called, even if it involves kicking the
German Ambassador in the belly
(Which 1t does), or committing a
murder (Which it does, or any
number of other mad actions.
X X X
1t is one of the prettiest and most
talented ensembles that the road
ever saw which has been exported
from New York for the tour of
Leave 1t to Me- Some very
special praise is due Robert Alton
for his direction and staging of the
dancing, as varied and spirited
dancing as any musical show could
possess. Alton and time have seen
to it that every one has become
highly expert in the vivacious area
of the amusing affair.
Vinton Freedley's production,
pretty without being ostentatious
is another. quality of the show for
which to be grateful.
| In fact. everything about Leave
1t to Me" adds up to the perfect
opportunity for Moore to demon
strate why he is, the most lovable
comedian of these unlovable times
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Pierce Hall Names
Next Attraction

"Squaring the Circle" with Paul
Alexander directing, is the next
project on the schedule of the Pierce
Hall Players. Play dates are De-
cember and 8.
The drama, known as The Able IS
Irish Rose of Russia because it has
run virtually continuously since 1923
in that country, represents Alex
ander's first directoral effort with
P. H. since 1888.
Tryouts are scheduled for tomor-
row night at 8.
Evening star., 1939-10-31

xOl q 4CW AAAAuCCo OCCWVCAA Vic i GU
eral Bureau of Investigation and
the hairdresser's to discuss the moll
and movie businesses with the local
drama press.
In way, she admits, Miss Trevor
would like to get out If the role she
has played so often, female version
of the type which is the speciality of
George Raft, Edward G. Robinson
ard Humphrey Bogart It is not
that she dislikes the part, anything
that has any vitality to it suits her,
but rather that she does not want
to limit herself, nor to be limited
by her employers. She would like
to be shy, sweet thing just for the
variation of it: a chance to demon
strate that she can do 1t as we'll as
play parts like that of the very soiled
dove in Dead End"
A step in that direction is Miss
Trevor's destiny in "Allegheny Up
rising" her latest picture She is
hoyden in that, a kind of pre-
Revolution Scarlett O'Hara, a girl
of boundless energy, none too con-
ventional about getting her man,
but good to her father nevertheless.
Washington, the Carlton get-to-
gether sponsored by Hardie Meakin
brought out, Is another thing that
makes Miss Trevor happy. The only
complaint she has about the points
of interest here is that there are
too many Of them for a one-day
tour. She had barely time to be-
come agog over j. Edgar Hoover's
establishment. the Lincoln Memorial,
Statuary Hall at the Capitol, and
similar four-star attractions before
there was just enough of Monday
left to see Leave 1t to Me" at the
National.
But there will be other days and
Evening star., 1939-10-31

however, IL mas Mr.. moore creating
once more his matchless portrait of
frustrated man, Fate's funniest
fall guy. That alone would be
enough to guarantee one of the most
ENJOYABLE evenings in the theater,
for of all comedians, Moore only can
make life seem so futile and so
much fun
Because he is present. laundering
Into triumphs and successes that
only increase his anguish. Mr.. Moore
makes one forget that the gags in
Leave 1t to Me" have been bruited
about. and that the music has been
sung in every bathroom for a year
Whatever changes have been
made in the script of Leave 1t to
Me- all in the interest of changed
international situation, it still is the
story Of Alonzo P. tStinky) Good
hue, who hated having to be Ameri-
can Amba bassador to Russia. The
Sam and Bella Spewack book re-
mains a libe at diplomacy. topical
affair Of frivolitv and melody. Sub
stltutlons IN the cast have cost
Washington the privilege of hear
ing and seeing Mary Martin sing
MY Heart Belongs to Daddy" but
they have brought pretty Mildred
Fenton to the role which she does
capablv enough. Christine Lind has
replaced Tamara in another i'm
pOrtant part. but pretty, pert Miss
Lind is delight to the eye, the ear
and the heart, so that turns out all
right.
Although the greatest burden of
the comedy is carried by Moore. the
slick GaXton has his abundant
moments to demonstrate his own
style of fln-making which so splen-
didly supplements that of his CO.
star, If ever a pair of laugh
makers belonged together, they do
Evening star., 1939-10-31

say" This de-
scription could
be applied to
m o S t Of h e
screens glamour
boys Shirley
Temple W a n t S
to adopt little
Johnny Russell,
who works with
her in The
Bluebird."
Dorothy La
mour is the
latest victim of
ear trouble. She
W as operated
u pom recently
Evening star., 1939-10-31

1Of an abSceSS, which did strange
things to her sense of hearing. While
singing during her Sunday broad
cast the music registered in one ear
in minor and, in the other. in B
sharp. Luckily, she caught the eve
OF the violinist and pantomimed her
difficulty. He stood next to her and
played into her bad ear. IF he
hadn't" as Dotty says. Il don't
know what I would have done"
Miss Lamour is still going places
with Robert Preston, but she gets
furious if you suggest it is (aD a
publicity romance. or (b) that it is
any kind of romance. Then answer
me this, Dotty: Why do you hold
hands with Mr.. Preston and gen.
orally carry on like lovesick
maiden whenever press or camera
men are around?
Bette Davis. who wouldn't buy a
house in Hollywood because she
didn't want to be tied down by pos
sessions, is buying a house in New
Hampshire and will spend part of
each spring there. Even though
she has made up her quarrel with
Warner Bros, Bette writes that she
Is determined to appear in a play
on Broadway in the near future.
Bette adds that she is so much bet
ter in health that she can put up
with anything now in HOLLYWOOD
even the Warner Bros"
George Raft reports back to In
visible Stripes" for a retake of the
scene where Barbara Pepper had
to throw some liquor in his face.
Raft retaliated by yanking at the
upper on her dress. The Hays office
sWooned when they saw this. George
will now throw the contents of a
high-bal glass over Miss Pepper.
Which. as bodyguard Mack Grey
says-"ls a waste of good liquor"
When Mae Vests agent goes to
the Universal Studio, he asks
what progress on the Mae West
picture?" When w. C. Fields agent
goes to the Universal Studio, he
asks-"what progress on the w. C.
Fields picture?" Mae has now fin
ished the first draft of her share
OF the film, and is currently doing
dialogue for the Fields section of
the opus! I'd like to be there when
Bill gets 1t. Miss West is occupying
the dainty studio dressing room built
| for Danielle Darrieux. It somehow
looks little crowded.
George Brent has a nurse on the
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Yola Comes Back

Yola D'Avril, who climaXed her
film career by her portrayal of the
French girl in 1890 in "All Quiet on
the Western Front" has been signed
by Universal for a featured role In
"Green He'll" co-starring Douglas
Fairbanks, ir.. and Joan Bennett.
Evening star., 1939-10-31
James a Star

Publication of the new Warner
Bros. studio personnel lists reveals
that Jane Bryan has reached the
rank Of star. Miss Bryans work
opposite Paul MUM in I'VE Are Not
Alone" is credited with her pro-
motion. She is appearing opposite
George Raft now in Invisible
Stripes"
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Miss 7 revOr on MOlls
They're All Right as Roles
But She Would Chance

drawback being a
position
tion Why don't play nice girl time? There
that question: but
families Miss Claire Trevor knows She tried all
all futile
yesterday bit sightseeing paused
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Luli Deste Signs

Luli Deste, Austrian actress. has
been signed to term contract by
Universal studios. The Continental
star will be assigned her first pic
ture in the near future.
Evening star., 1939-10-31

sometime, Miss Trevor figures, she
will grab a few of them for another
visit to the National Capital.
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Sad Residue of Romance
Left Hedy's Old Beau
Permanently Crippled Arm Remains
AS Memento of His Courtship;
Dorothy Has Ear Trouble
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.


Hed Lamarr former HOLLYWOOD beau will have
mmber her by for the rest of his life During the
head in Hedys life he slipped his
He
the fourth tell him
peey right Fred
he
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Leave 1t to Me- Offers
Victor Moore at Best
And by Way of Being More Lavish
There's Gaxton, Sophie Tucker
And That Hilarious Script
BY JAY CARMODY.

Whatever other blessings it lack this period in human history
has Victor reflect
last Broadway weeks
bright
Primarily
Evening star., 1939-10-31
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remarks that Garner knows colored folk intimately and "has 6 lot of ideas about their progress and citi- zenship surprisingly broad"
 The article goes on to say that Garner "has definitely expressed himself as opposed to the Texas white primary" but adds that the president feels nothing can be done about 1t until the Supreme Court changes the opinion which 1t handed down the last time an at tack on that law came before 1t. HANDBILL
 CAMPAIGNING
 One colored publicist who has paid high tribute to Garner is Dr. Kelly Miller, retired Howard Uni- versity educator, who wrote an elo- quent tribute to Garner as high minded statesman and true friend of the colored race.
 This article was printed in the Letters to the Editor" column of Springfield (Mass) Republican last April, and some reprints of 1t were in evidence when tha National As Sociation for the Advancement of Colored People held its annual con- ference in Richmond, Va, a little more than month ago.
 At this conference, troop of Boy Scouts was delegated to serve as guides, pages and so on. At the final session of the conference these lads were found passing out handbills containing reprints of the Miller article.
 Since the association makes a point of maintaining a non-parti- son attitude in regard to political candidates, convention leaders stopped the distribution and asked the boys where they got the hand bills. The boys could explain only that "a man" had given them out, paying each day quarter for dis tributing them.