Evening star., 1939-02-28
Washinetonian Gets
S5O0.in Movie Quiz:
50 Others Lucky
Check Surprises GreimeI !;
San Francisco Women
Receives $4,000

Carl R. Greimel, a special claims
examiner at the General Accounting
Office, received two pleasant sur
prises last night, one when he
learned he had won prize in the
National Movie Quiz Contest. and
the other when he saw the size of
the check-$50O.
Mr.. Greimel's was the largest
award won by 81 Washingtonians
last night for a total of $1,66O of
the $250,000 contest. The $5O,OOO
first prize was won by Mrs Eliza
beth c. Benincasa of San Francisco.
Second place in the national con-
= test. sponsored by producers and
exhibitors, went to Mrs Laura w.
Carpenter, IS, of Barbertown, Ohio,
with an award of $25 900 and third
and fourth places, winning $4,000
each, to j. Howell Talley, Birming-
ham, Ala. bank cashier. and Mary
Hilton, 25, secretary of Nashville,
Tenn, the Associated Press reported.
2.185,00O in Contest.
The contest has been in progress
for the last three months and 2.185.-
600 movie fans submitted quiz ans
wers and 50-word essays on their
favorite film stars.
The judges were DR.. James E.
West, head of the Boy Scouts of
America; Hendrick w. Van Loon.
historian; Mrs. Ogden Reid. wife of
the publisher of the New York Her
ald-Tribune; Representative Bruce
Barton OF New York, and Helen
Wills Moody, former tennis cham
pion.
More than 5000 banks through
out the country aided the contest
\ by putting lists of winners on their
leased wires promptly at o'clock
last night to prevent advance word
from getting out
Mr.. Greimel, who lives at $3.50
Ridge drive. Brookmont, Nd, had no
idea how much he had won until
called to the stage at the Earle
Iheater last night and presented
with his check by Eddy Duchin,
plano-playing maestro now appear
ing there.
1t was not Mr.. Greimels first ex-
perlence as a winner. Two years
ago he drew ticket on horse in
the Irish Sweepstakes. The horse
y later was scratched, but Mr.. Greimel
won almost $1,000 on his ticket.
$3.50 to McGreevy.
The second highest prize in WASH
1ngton went to Edward Arthur Nc
Greevy of 1888 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV, who was presented with
$3.50 at the Capitol Theater bv
representative Jack Nichols of
Oklahoma, member of the House
District Committee.
Prizes of 500 each went to Miss
Ellzabeth May SINCE of Fairfax,
Va; Miss Virginia Sherman, of the
Office of the door keeper. United
states Capitol; I. M. Kramer of
1918 Kenyon street NV. and Miss
Alice c. Hunt, 1877 Otis street NE.
Senator James M. Mead of New
York, handed out prizes at the
Palace Theater. At Keith's. Hardie
Meakln. the manager. presided. and
at the Columbia awards were made
by Bud Barry. radio announced.
OtHeF SlO PrlZe winners.
Those in the Washington area
who won $40 prizes were:
Mrs. Rose L. Giles. 2412 Massachu-
sets avenue NV; Wayne D. Brawy,
1902 Twenty-first street NV: DR..
r. H. Roberts, Town House, Nine
teenth and F streets NV; Ralph
Winchell, 1101 Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV: George H. Boerckel, 5O4
I street NV: Miss Marjory A. Wea-
ver 1880 L street NV; George A.
Bumblis, 1926 B street Sc; A. F.
Everett, 1920 K street NV; Miss
Mildred Tong. 1918 H street NV;
Mrs. Jesse T. Matthews. 327 Eleventh
street S.W.; James L. Studdard,
1916 Seventh street NV; L. M.
Miles, 1927 Irving street NV; Rol-
lin Bond, 14O4 New York avenue
NV; Miss Lucie M Wiltshire, 5000
Connecticut avenue NV.
Mrs. Norman Wilson, 2410 Thir-
tieth street NE; David William
Martin, 4522 Warren street NV;
4 Mrs. William NJ Brownstein, 922
Nineteenth street NV; Mrs. Louise
Davis. 1868 Euclid street NV; Irv-
Ing H. Page, 1881 Westover drive
Sc; Mrs. Percy Parker Grady, 5435
Connecticut avenue NV; M. George
Goodrich. 81 Gallatin street NV;
Miss Ida Jean Goodman, 1924
Seventeenth street NV; Charles
Dashiell French, 1850 Twenty
seventh street NV; Mrs. Ruth F.
,-Eliff, 1889 Rittenhouse street NV;
Richard j. Sample, 4726 Fifth street
NV; Miss Helen M. Smith, 73O
Rock Creek Church road NV;
Thomas j. Garret, jr., 1901 Fifteenth
street NV; Miss Marjorie Mather,
1925 Rhode Island avenue NV;
Miss Mary G.. Brandt. 3945 Con-
necticut avenue NV; Miss Marjorie
Stuart, 1349 Randolph street NV;
Mrs. jeff Busby, jr., 1886 Allendale
place.
Joseph A. Sheeran, Catholic Uni
versity; Miss Dorothy M. Moses, $500
, K street NV: Miss Virginia w.
Smith, 1416 Decatur street NV;
Max Won Miller. 1888 K street NV;
Miss Agnes B. Scheldrup, 1901 Con-
cord avenue NV; Miss Maria Volpi,
Italian Embassy; Miss Eloise Heath,
14l9 Meridian place NV; Miss Ruth
H. Carter. 1915 Concord avenue
NV; Mrs. Elizabeth Britton, 2ll
Delaware avenue S.W.; Mrs. w. L.
McCaddon, 2441 Fortieth street
NV; John F.. Hardie, 5l2 Eleventh
street NV: Louis G.. Goldburg,
Army Medical Library; William r.
Stovall, M. D., Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority.
Mrs. George Clinton Krause, 1919
A street Sc: Henry c. Langly, 1882
I street N w. EDGAR r Miller 1870