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tional Park He said the primary
objection was that "it would SUBJ
ordinate national parks standards to
local considerations" whereas parks
were created for the benefit of the
Nation, for the preservation of Ger
tain areas in natural condition,
with minimum of development.
Dangerous Precedent Feared.
The approval of the bill, he said,
would encourage local communities
to request the opening of minor
roads in parks solely to confer local
benefits. That, he said, would es-
tablish dangerous precedent"
The problem could be solved ad-
ministratively, he added, if it is
shown later that the opening of the
roads would benefit the Nation,
that expenditures of over 81 ,O00, 900
would be justified and that a prece-
dent contrary to park policies would
not be established.
Some of the measures the Presi-
dent signed would:
Regulate interstate and foreign
commerce in seeds, require labelling
and prevent Misrepresentation
Allow seizure and forfeiture of
vessels, vehicles and air craft used
to transport narcotics, firearms and
counterfeit coins.
Create a commission to purchase
and operate bridge across the Mis-
sissippi River at Delta Point. La,
and Vicksburg, Miss.
Establish a commission to make
plans for permanent memorial to
Benjamin Harrison, 23d President.
Authorize the Secretary of Agri-
culture to prepare plans for erad-
icating the pink boil worm.
Permit Government agents to
purchase, with Federal funds, in
formation about violations of the
Marihuana Tax Act and the GUS
toms laws.
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Europe, Algeria, Morocco and Tu-
nisia by Andre de la Varre, travel
photographer.
There is q customs duty of 3 cents
a foot for foreign commercial films.
De la Varre, who was arrested last
March 20, has paid civil fines and
penalties totaling $4,459.
The presentment charged that the
French Government Tourist Bureau,
the French consulate general in
New York, the French Line and its
general manager here, Henri NORM
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Divorce Judge Honeymoons

CHICAGO, Aug. 10 R.-Superior
Judge Joseph SABBATH, who estimates
he has handled more than 5000
divorce cases during his 80 years on
the bench, observed his 51st wedding
anniversary yesterday.
MY wife and l." he was happy to
announce, "are still on our honey
moon"
Evening star., 1939-08-10

prostration. Doctors warned that
unless the salt lost in perspiration
is replaced regularly the sweat
glands of the body close up.
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de sinclays and eight other persons
participated in the alleged scheme
to avoid payment of customs duties.
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Indictment
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he was going out to luncheon "on
bail"
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FHm-Smuggling Case
Sent to Hull for Action
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-A charge
that the French ministry of foreign
affairs conspired to smuggle COM
mercial films into the United States
has been forwarded to Secretary Hull
in Washington for whatever action
the State Department may deem
proper.
A Federal grand jury presentment
here yesterday said the French min
istry had permitted nine of its dip
lomatic pouches to be used to snug
gle in $1,000 feet of film taken in
Evening star., 1939-08-14
Local Drama GROUPS
Roadside Gets Cooperation;
Cross Roads Meets a Crisis
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

Mr. Alan Ferry ever has occasion to shout Fireman
child ne will with complete confidence
experience which him
whatever asked Of them
thoroughness
Mr.. Ferry this time is the fellow who
Evening star., 1939-08-14
Wanger Schedules
Two New Films

Send Another Conn., from the
novel by F. G. Presnell, has been set
as the next production on the Walter
Wanger schedule and will 60 before
the cameras Immediately following
completion of Externally Yours.
now in production. The starting
date of Send Another CONN" has
been set as August 20 with Tay Gar
nett directing from the screenplay
by Ken Englund, John Lay and
Robert Tallman.
The production of Send Another
Conn" will be followed by House
Across the Bay" scheduled for the
cameras in September. John Nee
han is now working on the screen
play OF House Across the Bay
Archie Mayo will direct, with Joan
Bennett In the leading feminine
role.
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special bodied domestic with eye
blinking color combinations, was q
movie players outward sign of sue
cess Today you'll find those
relics in the hands of collectors,
who occasionally rent them out to
studios as curios-or they're rusting
In obscure corners of Hollywood
used car lots.
A survey of today's big name ga
RACES around town reveals only
American-made cars, almost equally
divided between price classes +.
Exceptions are Gary Cooper, Rob-
ert Montgomery. John Carradine
and Constance Bennett, who still
dabble in foreign makes Miss
BENEFITS is the most imposing We
hicle in town, so costly and luxurious
in appearance that studios filming
stories based on the Hollywood of
old often rent 1t to depict famous
stars driving up to world premieres
i. The job is reported to have cost
Connie something like $25 900, but
she gets 500 a day every time 1t
goes out on studio call, and it has
gone out often in the five years she's
owned it.
Shirley Temple and her family
maintain about the most elaborate
motorized menage in the colony-a
seven-passenger sedan, a coupe Of
expensive make and two medium
priced closed jobs No, Shirley
doesn't drive ). Station wagons are
becoming more and more prevalent
and many stars now drive them ex-
clusively -. Basil Rathbone bought
a new one three months ago and
no longer will take of in his nicely
upholstered sedan Andy Devine,
Fred MacMurray, Errol Flynn, Alan
Jones and Bette Davis are other con-
firmed addicts of the wood bodied
omnibuses Most modest of all
the stars in his motor needs is Fred
Astaire. who owns a single cara
1887 convertible sedan of the cheap
est make Statesmen find Fred a
stubborn prospect and long since
have given up working on him for
a turn-in or an addition.
Five II and 1s-year-old stars. just
recently elevated to that distinction,
Evening star., 1939-08-14

Palace STANLEY and Living
stone," with Spencer Tracy and Sir
Cedric Hardwicke in the title roles {:
1910, 2:30, 4:50, 7:l0 and $50 pm.
Keith's-"Bachelor Mother" COM
edy. starring Ginger Rogers: l1:l5
am, l, 2:45, 4:30, Sis, sos and
$50 pm.
Columbia-"Second Fiddle Hol-
lyvood's publicity romances: II
am, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and s:45
pm.
Metropolitan-"Bl Blonde Takes a
Vacation the Bumsteads are here
again: 1l:5O am, l:5O, $50, $50,
7:50 and $50 pm.
Little - "Of Human Bondage. "
Bette Davis in the Somerset
Vaughan story: IL am. 1245, 2:30,
4:l5, sos. 7:50 and 9:40pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts
continuous from 10 am.
Open Air-''The Goldwyn Follies. "
lavish musical TBS and 1905 pm.
IN THE COUNTRY:
Olney-"You Can't Eat the Gold
fish, new comedy with Ruth Chat
terton: $40 pm.
Roadside-"Aurora Floyd" melo-
! drama about a dark deed done in
wood: $40 pm.
Cross Roads-"Yes, Ny Darling
Daughter" comedy about a new love
and an old affair: $40 pm.
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stjll ride the buses to and from
WYrk e. They won't invest In mo-
tor cars out here because present
earnings hardly would permit-and.
further. they're much too smart
They want to be certain they're
firmly established first It's
strange to see them, herded in with
other passengers and stealing a
stare out at roadside billboards
which haunt the Importance of
their names and faces to the world
at large.
A lunching combination in the
M-G-M commissary composed of
Louis B. Mayer, Lillian Gish and
David Wark Grifnth had second
guessers speculating furiously
Some foresee NON signing Miss
Gish for q movie, with Grifiith di-
recting-which really would smack
OF the good old days Henry
Fonda played harmonica in
Young Mr.. Lincoln" but none en-
tertained the faintest idea he could
sing-least Of all Fonda . g.. New
ertheless, he'll sing song in
Drums OF the Mohawk Director
John Ford deciding when he heard
Fonda, among others in the troupe,
singing campfire songs on location
Out of character: Bogey Man
Boris karloff, at the farmers mar
ket. straddling a four-legged stool
and slipping carrot juice through q
straw
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Newspspe Alliance. Inc)
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History Scanned

Libraries and museums are being
ransacked in Columbia research
spanning ITO eventful American
years.
Data on the period 1854 1904 is
for The Tree of Liberty" Eliza
beth Pages best-selling novel that
will be brought to the screen by
Frank Lloyd as producer director.
Material on the turbulent 1852
1864 years Is for Arizona" which
Wesley Ruggles is preparing for pro-
duction, and supplements data in
Clarence Budington Kelland's ro-
mantle, exciting account of the first
white woman in the territory. She
will be played by Jean Arthur.
Evening star., 1939-08-14

q memory OF the best review OF
dramatic production this depart
ment ever read. Its author was a
New York policeman. a man of few
but stinging words, even If he did
confuse his "semis" and denis" :"
Selected as fairly representative of
the man in the street, the police
man was sent to check up on the
moral aspects of a play called The
Demi- Virgin His report to his
superiors, who have been rather lax
In bringing it to posterity's attention,
read:
The emi-virgin--there amt no
such thing. They either are or they
aren't"
That's also true of triplets, au-
thentic or plain.
But thanks just the same, Atlas.
Down the winds of August comes
q hint that there will be a sting
In the air again. 1t takes the form
Of an announcement from the The
ater ld-American Theater So
ciety that the current week is the
deadline for delinquent subscribers
Evening star., 1939-08-14

Rogers will direct. The following
Tuesday, which should be August
%, the Players Club of Central Com
munity Center will present an ab-
breviated version of The Merry
Wives of Windsor" Kent Dyer and
j. Edmond Veitch are cooperating
in the direction of this one.
A new, or at any rate new to us,
amateur theater group calling it.
self the New York Players, reports
it is planning a musical revue for
production this fall. Local players
interested are asked to get in touch
with Bernard Jacobs, 20l3 Massa-
chuSetts avenue
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to put up their money or, alas, lose
their reservations.
Coincidentally, it is definitely dis
closed that one of the six plays on
the subscription list will be Paul
Vincent Caroll's The White Steed."
That is a drama of several distinc-
tions, one of which is that it ran a
profitable year on Broadway, an
other that it was the critics choice
as the best foreign play OF last sea-
son, third that 1t returns the
inimitable Barry Fitzgerald to the
living theater.
Another and lesser known Tin
this country distinction of the play
is that it made Playwright Carroll
and the Abbey Theater more angry
than ever with each other. As
result drama journalism in Dublin
and London has been vastly en-
riched throughout the summer by
Mr.. Carrolls revelations of what he
thinks of the Abbey management.
Ever the master of scorn, the
diminutive Irishman has fairly out
done himself in the exchange of let
tiers with the one theater for which
he yearns to write. 1t would be a
crime against admirers OF anger's
literature should Mr.. Carroll ever
actually stop speaking to the Abbey.
Dublin may get an opportunity to
see the play despite the Abbey's
attitude. A non-Irish company
probably will take it there. Opening
night, in such a case, ought to be
something big.
Not in the ordinary course Of
events is it that THE Old Maid"
comes to the Earle on Friday . . 1t
is the Southern premiere of the pic
ture, a special occasion marking the
breaking of release date which
Is set for September On the 1882
40 calendar, the picture comes early
as a result of change in plans
necessitated by the illness of Patsy
Kelly, who was to have been the
thester stage headliner next week
Marsha Hunt, the semi-local girl,
semi-local because her grandmother
and nice aunt live here, is coming
along nicely on her Hollywood come
back :. 1t is nice part she has in
These Glamour Girls" the Capitol's
next attraction The picture is
mentioned as being kind of expose
of glamour girls -. The precise kind
will be revealed at a screening to-
morrow afternoon
Speaking Of the Capitol, the man
agement has made good on its prom
ise to get a we'll known and witty
chap as master of ceremonies for
Going Native" the local talent
revue which opens Friday Paul
Gerrets. who should be we'll known
as result of his local vaudeville
and Presidents Birthday Ball en-
gagements, Is the lad.
The hit she made in Kiss the
Boys Good-by" at the Olney last
week is turning Lucia Lull into a
very pleasing kind OF fixture around
that theater At any rate, she
has agreed to remain for Strictly
Dishonorable," which will be the
Olney attraction next week 1t
Is the management's notion that
the speakeasy era with which the
play deals in some respects is not
80 thoroughly forgotten audiences
will have to have it explained in a
prologue Zoe Akins might as
well change her name to Zoe Atkins,
at that :. 1t bobs up again in con-
nection with The Old Maid" and
1t Is spelled Atkins again, just as
big as life.
1t is at pm. tomorrow that
When Tomorrow Comes" displaces
Bachelor Mother" as the Keiths
attraction. Not 5:55 or sos but s.
Hardie Meakin says so.
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

and lime OF Showing
CapitoL"Hotel for Women" in
side dope on the female sex: 10:45
a m. l:35. 4:25, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 1925, 3:l5, sos and
$50 pm.
Earle-'Each Dawn I Die" Gag
ney VS.. injustice: IL am, 40, 4:25,
7:l0 and 9:55 pm. Stage shows:
12:45, 3:35,. $40 and 9:O5 pm.
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Hollywood Is Now Subdued
In Its Motor Car Tastes
Low.Priced Models and Even Some
Station Wagons Have Replaced
Flashy Foreign Jobs
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.

Their not-too- private affairs HOLLYWOOD.
automobile
meowd and obered that old showoh Hollywood It's
the current scarcity OF gaudy bugges
Beverly Hills all day you're not likely
different sight than the that
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AS That Policeman Said,
They Are or Are Not
And Saying So, He Wrote Review;
Paul Gerrets to M. G.. Revue;
old Maid Is Pre.Release
By JAY CARMODY.

Were not for little note from the Atlas Theaer probably never
wiu
other dedicated
epecihc vaudeville bill:
Sisters authentic uiplets"
authentic" trpS could
Evening star., 1939-10-22

tested were Siegfried and Maginot Lines
proper.
Military men accord much merit to
theory that break in heavily defended
modern battle lines requires preponder-
ant superiority in men on attacking side,
.. .. prospect Of great losses.
Tracking Woll Even then, World War
Is Huoe Task recoT d demonstrates
that method of en-
ploying superior manpower, plus other
weapons. is vitality important.
For example, massed Germans at Ver-
dun were unsuccessful behind terrific ar
tillery bombardment. Later, allies num-
bered casualties in hundreds of thou
sands as sole reward for mass attacks
along Somme and at Passchendaele.
AS war wore on, most effective Of
fensive strategy was found to be that of
'inf1ltration," best illustrated perhaps by
German advances on western front after
collapse of Russia in 1918. With su-
periority estimated from two to three to
one, Germans first concentrated near
junction of French, British lines. Ef-
fectlng immediate concentration on fog
gy night, German attack began after
intense but relatively brief bombardment.
Instead of fanlike advance of troops,
however, initial movement was by highly
trained machine gun and trench mortar
squads, knitting their way into defensive
lines. Supporting troops then poured in,
fresh divisions following quickly to re-
place spent ones, rolling back defenders
from each of the extended fingers" of
the attack
Twice against British, once against
French, this 1918 maneuver brought i'm
portant advances. Fact that battle
weary Germans were unable to maintain
positions through summer does not re-
fleet upon their offensive strategy. And
last month in Poland same deeply
pointed drives were prelude to encircls-
ment of defending troops.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Behind the Lines

Allied diplomacy, BUNDLED badly in re-
cent months, scored an apparent major
victory in past week in form of 15-year
mutual assistance pact" with Turkey.
Immediate victim appeared to be
Soviet Russia, but what was bad news
for Moscow was likewise bad news for
Berlin.
Working both sides of street." in that
they were negotiating one pact with
allies while discussing another with Rus
slams, willy Turks stopped just short of
entering into bargain with Moscow.
Reported to revolve around Russian
plan for bloc composed of Soviet, Bull
garia, Rumania and Turkey, subject Of
Moscow-Istanbul discussions was hope
lessly criss-crossed by old Balkan enmi-
ties. In view of swiftly successful Soviet
intrigue OF past few weeks, contrasted
with British French record of missing
opportunities behind the lines, betting
was on Russia until Turkish Foreign
Minister Saracoglu picked up his marbles
and left Moscow.
From 1stanbul came coincident an
nouncement that Soviet proposals were
incompatible with Turkish policy re-
garding the Dardanelles, with Turkey s
engagements to Britain and France, and
with Turkish security"
Evening star., 1939-10-22
High Lights Of the Seventh Week Of the European War in Review

troll Of army gathered unto more extreme
and irresponsible hands.
"The tragedy Of any dictator is that
as he goes on, his encourage steadily and
inexorably deteriorates."
And stiffened by diplomatic Develop
ments of more recent days, Balkan ma
tions, important storehouses for rest Of
Europe, declined to be stampeded into
trade pacts with NaN mission negotiating
IN their capitals. For instance, Yugo.
slavia made new agreement with Reich.
but insisted upon increased German ex.
ports to settle existing debts to Balkan
government. Bulgaria raised prices and
demanded part payment in gold and oil
1.-TWO commodities which Germany her.
self lacks in abundance), Rumania in.
dicated smaller rather than larger Ship
ments OF oil to Reich, Hungary de-
manded payment of old debts before
accepting new ones, Turkey displayed
indifference to further German trade
as old agreement expired
Helpful to Germany was reported
shipment of l71z tons of Soviet gold to
Berlin government.
In Far East, where unattractive war
continues with relatively little notice,
United States Am.
Ambassador 0rew bassador to Japan,
Critieizes Jopon Joseph c. Grew.
needed aggressor
nation in Toxic speech. Said Mr.. Grew.
"The people of the United States re.
sent methods which Japanese armed
forces are employing in China.
They regard with growing seriousness
the violation and interference with
American rights by Japanese armed
forces in China in disregard of treaties
and agreements"
American industry and finance pricked
up its ears at reports that Britain
planned great industrial empire in
Canada, to represent investment of So
900 900 900. Peacetime part of such de-
velopment in economy Of Western
Hemisphere would be deepest long-range
concern to United States.
Berlin announced new agreement
concerning honor" by which personal
duels would be forbidden Nazis
Solemnly. Pope Plus lamented that
"the enemies of God' are casting their
sinister shadows over Europe.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
War at Sea

Bombastic German pronouncements Of
what would be done to British fleet,
as per Royal Oak sinking and plane raids
at Rosyth and Scapa Flow, were matched
by customary strong talk of British ad-
miralty about how fast it was destroying
NaZi U-boats
Berlin's open exultation of Royal Oak
accomplishment was accompanied by
prediction that within 10 days Britain's
vaunted naval strength would be dissi-
pated to point of encouragement for al
lied governments. On time basis, at least,
prophesy proved of little merit.
London's chubby Churchill, first lord
Of admiralty, devoted most of his weekly
report to marvelling at remarkable ex-
plot of professional skill and daring"
shown by U-boat which destroyed battle
ship Royal Oak.
Acknowledging renewal of German
success at sinking British and French
merchantmen. Churchill countered by
claims Of damage to undersea raiders.
,,, Estimating British
Churchill Claims score at 13 U-boats
Large U-Boot Toll sunk, five more Sc
riously la m aged,
speaker recapitulated:
"Out of about so U-boats ready for
action at the beginning of the war, about
one-third have already been sunk or
seriously damaged gaps made in
the skilled officers and crews cannot
be speedily replaced
For their version of sinking of Royal
Oak, Germans relayed account of 1t.
Comdr. Prien, commander of submarine
which accomplished job. Describing his
careful progress through British mine
barriers, Prien said he found two great
ships in range, loosed several torpedoes,
witnessed destruction of Royal Oak,
and implied same fate had overtaken
second target. Germans had claimed
damage to Repulse at same time as Royal
Oak; British denied)
Greeted in person by Grand Admiral
Erich Raeder. Prien and his crew were
decorated for exploit; received at lunch
by Hitler.
Later, Britain's Prime Minister Cham
berlain spoke regretfully Of royal fleets
severe losses, both in officers and men,"
insisted there had been no reverses be-
yond those openly admitted by his gov
ernment, added:
There are many surprises in war and
they cannot all be pleasant, but we have
at least the satisfaction of knowing that
we have made good beginning"
Part of this good beginning" ac-
cording to French marine ministry.
has been safe pas
Conveys Cross sage of three convoys
ChonneI Solely nightly across English
Channel.
Hardly on good" side, as far as Mr..
Chamberlain is concerned, were con-
tinued scattered successes of German
undersea boats against merchantmen.
Reported sunk during week were British
liner Yorkshire, 0,1S3 tons, and freighter
Mandalay, $500 tons; French freighter
Vermont, 5,186 tons. Survivors of first
two were picked up by American freight
er Independence Hall, bringing to more
than TOO number Of torpedoed victims
rescued by American ships since Sep
tember l.
Landed In South England were 100
survivors Of three other allied merchant
Evening star., 1939-10-22

Within matter of hours, and in pres
ence of Franco-British Mediterranean
Military Commanders
turkey Signs Weygand and Wavell
Allied Poet Turkish government
signed pact at Ankara.
Essential details follow:
That French, British will aid Turkey
against aggressor.
That Turkey will aid French, British
against aggression in Mediterranean, or
If either engages in hostjlities in carry
ing out commitments to Rumania or
Greece.
That common action" consultations
would be held If either is involved In op-
posing aggressor against any neutral
under pledge to one of trio.
Only concession to Soviet power was
provision that Turkey might be excused
from obligations If hostilities with Russia
were involved.
Berlin predicted closer Russian-Italian
collaboration as result. Then, after
brooding two days, pronounced pact war
inciting." repeated threats Of war to
finish"
From both military and commercial
standpoints, Straits Of Dardanelles is one
Of worlds most strategically located
waterways.
Since days Of Peter the Great, Russia
has longed for port Of exit free Of ice
throughout entire
DordoneIles Are wear. Covetously,
Stroteoic Gateway Russian eyes have
focused on Con-
stantinople and Dardanelles. -Four times
in 10th century-in 1906, 1929, 1854, 1877
Russia and Turkey fought. But each
time other powers, opposed to permitting
new power to emerge in Mediterranean,
aided "sick man Of Europe" to repulse the
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