Evening star., 1939-12-10
Christmas Campaign
Support Pledged by
Secretary Hull
Circulars to Bring
Plight Of Needy
To Stuff's Attention

0cCICCdly Va 0VdCC SOAuCA AAuA
yesterday announced that the State
Department will again support the
Star Warner Bros.-N. B. G. Christ
mas Campaign.
Every effort will be made to
equal If not exceed last years con-
tributions," Secretary Hull said.
Assuring The Star Of his pleas
ure in supporting "the collection Of
Christmas gifts and contributions
for the needy children and families
in Washington" Mr.. Hull said that
circulars will be distributed to the
departments staff asking their CO.
operation.
Edward Yardley, chief Of the
departments division of personnel
supervision and management, has
been placed in charge Of the COL
lection. Gifts of money. toys, cloth
ing and non-perishable food may
be left in Room los Of the State,
War and Navy Building.
Trucks to Assist.
Meanwhile at the Labor Depart
ment it was revealed by George r.
Hersey that arrangements are be-
ing made to send department trucks
to the homes of employees to pick
up bulky contributions to the cam
paign. All gifts of toys, clothing
and other goods will be gathered in
the shipping and receiving room.
Cash contributions 60 to Chief
Clerk Samuel Gompers in Room
3113.
Solicitation was also getting under
way at the Interior, Treasury and
War Departments, and over at the
Senate Office Building the pile of
gifts was growing under a Christ
mas tree set up in the Post Once
lobby.
Toy Matinees.
For those not in Government de-
partments or able to make their
donations in their Offices, as well as
for the hundreds of youngsters who
want to make Christmas less bleak
for children not as fortunate as
they are, The Star in cooperating
with the National Broadcasting Co.
and Warner Bros Theaters is pre-
senting Toy Matinees at II motion
picture theaters throughout the city
Admission to any will be one new
toy, and all toys collected will find
their way into the hands Of needy
child for Christmas morning.
The Toy Matinees will be pre-
sented next Saturday. All except the
Earle show, which will be at 8 am,
will begin at 10 am. Toys collected
at these performances also will be
distributed through the Council OF
Social Agencies.
List of Pictures.
Following Is list OF the feature
pictures to be shown at the thea
ters, together with short subjects
making up full-length perform
ances:
Ambassador-Deanna Durbin In
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
courtesy Universal Pictures.
Earle-The Jones Family In TOO
Busy to Work." courtesy Of Twen-
tieth Century-Fox.
Tivoli-Mickey Rooney In "Ad-
ventures of Huckleberry Finn"
courtesy of M-G-M.
Penn-George Brent and Olivia de
Havilland in wings of the Navy"
courtesy of Warner Bros.
Sheridan-Shirley Temple In Lit
tie Princess" courtesy of Twentieth
Century-Fox.
Uptown-Bing Crosby and Baby
Sandy in East Side OF Heaven"
courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Silver-Cecil B. De Miles Union
Pacific" with Joel McCrea and Bar
bara Stanwyck, courtesy Of Para
mount.
Beverly-w. c. Fields and Charlie
Mccarthy in "You Can't Cheat an
Honest Man." courtesy Of Universal
Pictures.
Avalon - Penny Singleton and
Arthur Lake in Blonde Meets the
Boss" courtesy of Columbia Pic
lures.
Colony-Mickey Rooney in "Out
West With the Hardys," courtesy of
M-G-M.
Takoma-Dick Foran in Heart
of the North" a technicolor produc-
ton, courtesy of Warner Bros.