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Evening star., 1939-09-10
Spotted Fever Case
Reported in Fairfax
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Sept. "a new
case of Rocky Mountain spotted
fever. the fourth to develop in he
county this summer, has been re-
ported by DR.. G. r. Carpenter,
county medical director. The latest
victim, DR.. Carpenter said. is an
8-year -old girl living in Vienna.
The case is the second in Vienna
this season.
Last summer there were three
cases of the disease reported in the
county. DR.. Carpenter stated Fair
fax probably leads all other coun-
ties in the State in the number Of
Rocky Mountain spotted fever VIC
Tins. as the county lies in heavily
infested tick belt.
The medical director also listed
two cases of diptheria in the county
last month, and one mild case Of
scarlet fever.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

v
terday at an average Of around IL
cents per pound higher than ten
days ago.
Conflict on d. C. Plan.
Origin of the abortive plan for
the District Government to buy
some of it's supplies for a year in
advance was hidden in conflicting
statements.
The Commissioners are expected
to order the plans held up tomorrow
In view of denials from the Treasury
Department procurement division
that it had issued any orders" for
the advance requisitioning. and in
view of President Roosevelt's advice
to the country not to hoard supplies.
Of1cials of the District purchas-
Ing office, assertedly at suggestion
telephoned several days ago by 3
procurement division official, were
Salo to have obtained acquisitions
from the various municipal agencies
LOT sugar, soap. salt and other
staples. Tor forwarding to the Fed
eral division
lnolcatlons are the Commission
ers Will mold up these acquisitions
until formal request-not now ex-
pected-for them from the procure
ment division.
Wholesale Advances Similar.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported most Of the food price in
creases noted in its survey were in
the week ended September 7. and
a study of wholesale prices showed a
similar activity. For 80 basic COM
modities, the bureau reported that
its index of wholesale prices moved
within . range of less than one
Evening star., 1939-09-10

A water pageant featuring so
Greenbelt Md swimmers will
bring to close the first annual
Greenbelt fair tonight.
After the pageant. which starts
at pm. the Greenbelt pool will be
closed for the 1899 season. Wallace
F. Mabee. general chairman of the
fair. announced.
Yesterdays program included a
marionette show, an acrobatic tumb-
ling act by Greenbelt schoolgirls,
musical specialties. a chalk talk
sponsored by the town gun club. a
medieval farce presented by the
Greenbelt players and waltz and
jitterburg contests.
Winners in the various events. an
nounced by Mr.. Mabee. include:
Glass Complete home ground
beautification-Block A. first. DR.
George Treiman; second. Mrs. J. w
Kitchen; third. Claude F. Wood
Block B. first. A. w. Bowman; sec
ond, Guy Andrus: third. Mrs. Guy
Bowen. Block c. first, S. Hartford
Downs; second. Mrs. Anna K. Neil
son; third, H. A. Stewart. Block
D, first, Joseph G Brown: second
David R. Steinle; third, Harry X
ThurSton. Block E, first, w. R
Volckhausen; second, Irwin B
Reamy; third, Joseph E. Starke
Block. F., first. Anne Wagstaff: sec
ond. L. K. Thomas; third, F.. H
Donoghue.
Glass II-Lawns and hedges
Block A. Bert Mathers. Block B.
No contestant. Block C. Theodore
r. Taylor. Block D. Leo Lamire.
Block E. No contestant. Block F,
Glen Edwards.
Glass 1II-Allotment Gardens
First prize, James Smith; second
prize. Joseph Long; third prize.
Raymond v. Hemingway.
Grand prize-Bes. home ground
Identification entry in Greenbelt-
Mr.. Joseph G. Brown.
Needlework contest. sponsored by
Greenbelt Mothers Club:
Grand prize, white crocheted table
cover, Mrs. John P. Graham.
Glass I-Knitting, crocheting:
First. white knit suit, Mrs. Eliza
beth Fickes; second, crocheted bed
spread. Mrs. Milton j. Thurber:
third, crocheted cover, Mrs. D. C.
Pence: knitted scarf and gloves,
Mrs. H. T. Miner: crocheted scarf,
Mrs. Henry Myers; knitted baby
set, Mrs. Eunice De Voc.
Glass II-Quilts:
First, baby quilt, Mrs. Paul E,
Featherby; second, Mrs. Allen D.
Morrison; third. Mrs. D. C. Pence,
Mrs. Jennings B. Craig.
Glass III-SeWine and en-
broidery:
First, luncheon cloth. Mrs. Robert
Burke: second, dress. Mrs. Madeline
Conklyn; third prizes, sampler. Mrs.
Fred w. Pfeiffer; dress, Mrs. Hazel
Miner.
Child health contest-Class I A
boys, John E. Beebe, Robert Hell
fand: GLASS; I B girls. Patricia A.
Blonien, Deborah Hull.
Glass II A boys, Leonard j. Null
Ter, Kent L. Woodman; Glass II B
girls, Lois L. Kramer.
Glass III B girls, Antionette La
more, Evelyn M. Nance.
Glass w A boys, William Robert
Nance, Fred Pfeiffer; Glass w B
girls, Mary V. Davenport, Jean
Matthews.
Horticulture contest-Grand prize.
Mrs. Anna Lewis, mixed asters.
Glass First prize, Melvin Ben
jamin. marigolds; second prize, Paul
Dunbar, Sultana.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Vice Consul at Cairo
Assiqned to Poro, BroziI

Jay Walker of Washington. Amer
ican Vice Consul at Cairo, Egypt,
has been assigned American Vice
Consul at Para, Brazil. the State
Department announced yesterday.
The department also announced
that Walter N. Walmsley, jr., of
Annapolis, Nd, American Consul
at Pernambuco, Brazil, has been as
signed for duty in the State De-
partment here.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

floor of the Republican county con-
vention by member of the Repubh-
can party who has always been
opposed to these factions.
MY only connection with any Of
the parties rumored to be sponsoring
my campaign has been purely busi-
ness, in which they have always
paid me full value for any services
rendered by me to them. and 1 in
turn have always paid in full for
any services rendered by them to
me.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Rug Exhibition
FORESTVILLE,

FORESTVILLE, Va, Sept. 8
(SpeciaD An exhibition of hand
woven rugs is being planned by the
Forestville Home and Community
Club In the Great Falls Grange
Hall next month.
Since acquiring old fashioned
hand looms women of the club have
finished IL rugs. The work was
done at the home Of Mrs. Mark
Turner under the direction of Mr..
and Mrs. John Turnbull.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
W. P. A. Approves Projects

The Virginia State Works Projects
Administration headquarters has
approved street improvements In
Winchester, to cost a total of $28 ,280.
Winchester will be required to pay
$l2,25l of the cost and the w. P. A.
is to pay $l5.739, according to an
Associated Press dispatch from
Richmond.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

The government Of Portugal is
trying to revive the country's once
important fruit industry.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

In the past five years, July's acci-
dent tolls have been q per cent
than that of the average month.
Evening star., 1939-11-01
For Chaplin
No News Is
Good News
Keeping His Name
Out of the Papers
Is One Mans Job
BY Vern Haugland,
Associated Press Stan Writer,


HOLLYWOOD.
In some respects, Alfred Reeves
has the toughest job in Hollywood.
ALI is press agent-who tries to
keep his subject out Of the news.
That's worse than being an auto
mobile salesman with instructions to
advise motorists to buy buggy.
Especially in Hollywood where press
agents, in search Of public attention,
stumble over each others super
latives.
Reeves official title is impressive:
General manager for the Charles
Chaplin Film Corp.
To the newspapermen, though,
he's Charlie" Chaplin's publicity
man-only he never has any pub
licity.
Chaplin is rushing at snail's pace
through another picture. It's been
gathering momentum, like snow
ball, for two years. the picture has.
Right now it's rolling also so merrily
1t should be completed by Christ
mas.
But Mr.. Chaplin has given
specific instructions that there be
no stories," says Reeves, sadly.
TITS not that he has anything
against you newspapermen. On the
contrary, he's grateful for the kind
ness Of the press. ,
But his position is not that Of
producers who welcome frequent
newspaper mention Of their pic
lures before as we'll as after they
appear.
"His pictures are so few and far
between that they run a great risk
Of being over-publicized. He must
hold back information If he wants
his pictures to surprise their audi
ences." ~
The current picture, "Tte Dictat-
or" IS set in Europe. Like Chaplin's
Evening star., 1939-11-01
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showinf

National-"Leaye 1t to Me-" the
hit musical with Sophie Tucker and
Victor Moore: 2:30 and $3.50 pm.
Earle-"Mr. Smith Goes to Wash-
ington," Frank Capra looks at the
local scene: 10 am, 1880, 3:45, $40
and $40 pm. Stage shows: 1915,
3:15, 6:10 and 9:05 pm.
Palace-"Beau Geste," Gary Coop
er goes adventuring on the desert:
1885 am, 2:05, 4::35, 7:05 and 9:35
pm.
CapitOl-"Fast and Furious" Ann
Sothern in a comedy romance: 1890
am, 1855, 1920, $50, 8:15 and 10:45
pm. Stage shows: 11:55 am, 2:25,
4:5O, 7:2O and 9:45 pm.
Keith's-"First Love-" Deanna
Durbin's first love: 11:15 am, 1926,
3:37, SAB, 7:59 and 1910 pm. Also
March of Time: 1:06, BIT, 5:28, 7:39
and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"U-Boat 29," war
fare under the waves: 1925 am,
1880, $3.50, 5:35, 7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Columbia-"The Man in the Iron
Mask" swashbuckling adventure:
11:55 am, 2:20, 4:45, ITO and 9:40
pm.
Little-"This Man Is News" gay
and nonsensical British comedy
11:40 am. las, 3:45, $50, 7::55 and
10 pm. "The CITY," documentary or
life today: II am, l, 3:05, sos, 7:10
and 9:10 pm.
Belasco-"The Unashamed," life
in a nature camp: 1880 am, 1:30,
$3.50, $50, 7:30 and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts; con-
| tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-11-01

last comedy, Modern Times" 1t
deals with current social problems,
backs its humor with sharp mean
ing. 1t even touches upon Jewish
persecution.
Chaplin, who changes little with
the years although he's SO and has
iron gray hair, plays his familiar,
wistful, demonstrated role.
He will speak in the picture, in
frequently. The action calls for a
great deal OF pantomime on the part
OF all the characters. There is little
dialogue.
Paulette Goddard, who is general
ly suspected of being Mrs. Chaplin,
plays the leading feminine role.
The carefully chosen cast also in
cludes Jack Oakie, fatter and fun
nier than ever; Reggie Gardiner,
Maurice Moskovich, Emma Dunn
and Henry Daniel.
Evening star., 1939-11-01
Oddities Abound
On a Movie Set

Practically anything can happen
during the making of a motion pic
ture. Consider, for example, the fol-
lowing oddities about Walter Wan
gers current "City for Sale"
Ruth Terry, who has the featured
feminine lead opposite Pat O'Brien,
never received screen credit before.
In her previous picture she had q
small role as telephone operator,
speaking but one line'of dialogue.
It took three days to teach par
rot how to say, Keep your nose
clean!" e,
Pat OBrien spent a morning in
q bruising battle with Broderick
Crawford at the Wanger studio and
that afternoon he moved over to
Warner Bros. studio for THE Fight
ing 69th," to play a priest and pray
that men would learn the value of
peace-and stop fighting.
Eve Arden left for New York i'm
mediately after completing her work
in the film. En- route, her path
crossed that of Janet Beecher,
hurrying to Hollywood to work in
the same picture.
Director Tay Garnett was faced
with a production delay when a
peacock he had selected for an i'm
portant scene suddenly shed his tail
feathers.
Ruth Terry was photographed in
her first scene for the picture on
the last day Of filming and in the
last scene on her first day.
Claire Dodd had to be "mur-
dered" twice. After the scene had
been photographed once, Director
Garnett discovered the knife in her
back could not have killed her at
the angle in which it was inserted.
Phyllis Brooks returned from Eu-
rope with a gorgeous array of
Partisan clothes she expected to
wear in the picture. Instead, she
wears one outfit throughout the pic
ture and this torn to shreds.
"City for Sale" was the Tooth film
In five years for Douglas Fowley, one
of the busiest young actors in Holly
wood.
Connie Earl, script clerk, handled
the script for Pat OBrien's first pic
ture, THE Front Page"
Ken Englund, who wrote thu
screen play which features Brod-
erick Crawford, once wrote a New
York play that featured Broderick's
mother. Helen Broderick.
Evening star., 1939-11-01

lish to think up this one for tighten
ing the human heart.
"The City," which ran so long
and with such brilliant success at
the New York Worlds Fair, is an
altogether engrossing affair. Even a
tendency to be repetitious is easy to
overlook; to call, instead, q very
good trick for the heightening OF
emphasis.
"The City" is an amazing study in
contrasts. In making dramatic
argument for the better life, it looks
into the darkest, disease-ridden,
drab corners of American life. It
examines living conditions in the
ugly heart of industrial areas, the
horrors of traffic and congestion in
what might be regarded as areas
OF advanced engineering design.
Against these and many others of
their kind, it juxtaposes the freedom
OF life, the assurance of health and
safety, in communities of which
Greenbelt is an example.
One does not have to put "The
City" in a class with "The River"
and 'The Plough That Broke the
Plains" heretofore the highest
achievements in the field of docu-
mentary films. It puts itself there.
X X X
A bit of a sidelight on the extreme
care which Universal takes with
films for Deanna Durbin is indi~
Gated in the polishing given First
Love-" opening at Keith's today {.
The film was scheduled for release
some six weeks ago It was not
for the reason that the last six
weeks have been spent in touching
up small details THE Cat and
the Canary" Paramount remake of
the classic thriller, was screened
yesterday as an overture to its local
showing At the Capitol, we
think, subject to correction by
Carter Barron or Ray Bell . THE
Roaring Twenties," with Jimmy
Cagney, Earle's next attraction, will
be screened today for the benefit of
critics. one of whom will thus be
better able to get away to New
York on Friday Maybe {.
Nicest stage stars one ever worked
with on the air must be Billy
Gaxton, Victor Moore and Sophie
Tucker .. A quick glance at a script
and all three are expert at it And
all are very helpful about the jitters
one naturally gets working with such
experts in diction, showmanship, etc.
:. And thanks, also, to Arthur DAILY
of WMAL, another deft person in
the business Of producing a radio
show.
Evening star., 1939-11-01

capable of building. Then, abso-
lutely free from significance, but
saturated with the mad nonsense in
which the English excel, is This
Man Is News" OF all the exquisitely
cockeyed jamborees assembled in
now-less-merrie England, this one is
not quite the best only because we
remember "The Lady Vanishes.
If "Mr. Smith Goes to Washing
ton tampered with the true picture
of the profession of journalism, the
Little's new feature literally blows
1t to shreds. It is done in such q
lavishly farcical fashion, however,
that the most savage defender of
the faith can only become partici-
pant in the fun.
The hero of This Man Is News"
Is reporter, a handsome, magnifi-
Gently whimsical, wisecracking,
urbane, unscrupulous ravager of
every ethic that has made his pro-
fession great. Fired for a bland
arrogance which keeps him on a
crime story after his volatile boss
has ordered him off of it, he gets a
notion for a great joke. The joke,
whose parents are chagrin and
champagne, is simply to call up his
old boss, fake great murder case
and hit the front page. AS a matter
Of fact, or fancy on the part of the
script writer, there is just such a
murder and the reporter becomes
involved in the most hilarious series
of killings ever to reach the screen
Each day something sensational
happens to him, or to his wife, with
the result that the reporter himself
becomes the greatest news story of
his time. All he has to do is write
about himself.
In keeping with the Thin Man"
notion. This Man Is News" is full
of interesting, if standard, charac-
ters. They include not merely the
hare-brained reporter, but his beau
tiful, sophisticated wife, the incip-
iently insane news editor, the be-
wildered captain of detectives and
his downright dumb stooge, and a
host of smaller people, all humor-
ously crazy.
To man and woman, the cast
headed by Barry M. Barnes and
Valerie Hobson has been given the
brightest kind of dialogue to utter.
Whenever, as rarely happenA there
is dull moment in the action of the
story there is sparkling bit of dia-
logue to brighten it up. There's a
formula, incidentally. to push down
a critics throat the words which
he uses to call a film wordy.
It was very generous of the Eng
Evening star., 1939-11-01
Get New Contracts

May Robson and James Hilton
have been awarded new Warner
Bros. contracts for their latest work
at the studio. Miss Robson recently
completed her role in -Four Wives"
with the others Of the cast Of last
years -Four Daughters" Hilton's
new contract came as . result Of his
adaptation Of his own novel, I'VE
Are Not Alone" as q starring vehicle
for Paul NUM-.
Evening star., 1939-11-01
lad IDaneI1you
Dance Tryouts

Dancers wishing to appear this
season with the Washington Ma
tional Ballet will be auditioned q
week from tonight, Wednesday, No
vember 8, at Central High School
before . group Of judges headed by
Lisa Gardiner.
One requirement pointed out by
Miss Gardiner, director Of the ballet
group, is that dancers accepted must
continue their studies where they
now are enrolled.
Evening star., 1939-11-01
No Rest for JIMMY

James Stewart has completed his
role in Destiny Rides Again" and
will report to the M. G. M. studios
Immediately for "Shop Around the
Corner" which Ernst Lubitsch will
produce and direct. Margaret Sui
lavan will co-star.
Evening star., 1939-11-01
Three in Trouble

Edmund Lowe, Constance Moore
and Frank Albertson will play the
leading roles in Trouble Is NY
Middle Name" mystery drama soon
to go into production at Universal.
Evening star., 1939-11-01
English Go Merrily Mad
In Little's New Feature
And by Way of Dramatic Contrast
Same Bill Offers The City,
Startling Documentary Picture
BY JAY CARMODY.

Even specialist IN mental would find too much Of
together the Little 7heater this week First the standpoint
dramatic excellence not the most entertaining
brilliant documentary
deals with tragic contrast between life
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Retail Furniture Sales
Extend March Gain
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 27.-Retail fur
niture sales during April were per
cent greater than those for the same
month year ago and II per cent
ahead Of March sales this year, the
National Retail Furniture Associa-
ton announced today.
The advance extended moderate
gains scored during February and
March. Statistics gathered from 460
widespread stores showed sales for
the first four months this year were
6 per cent greater than those Of the
corresponding 1888 period, but II
per cent below sales for the first four
months in 1887.
Compiled according to Federal Re-
serve districts, the statistics showed
that only one district-Kansas City
had loss in April sales compared
with March. The decrease was only
2 per cent while gains ranged from
7 per cent for San Francisco to IS
per cent for Cleveland. New York
scored % per cent advance,
Chicago. 26 per cent; Richmond, 2l
per cent, and Boston, Philadelphia
and st. Louis, II per cent.
Inventories showed an increase of
9 per cent. compared with the end
OF 1888, but decrease of / per cent
compared with April, 1898.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Winter Wheat Belt
Reports Optimistic
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 27-The Uhl-
mann Grain Co. today received
optimistic crop reports from the
winter wheat belt.
Paul Uhlmann reported from
Kansas City that experts agree
Kansas still has good chance to
raise 125 900 900 bushels of wheat"
He said there are about 5000 900
acres in very satisfactory condition
although the remaining 1000 900
acres are fair to poor. He added,
however, that recent rains in the
poor territory will make wonderful
improvement.
Uhlmanns Hastings, Nebr., corpe-
spondent reported that Nebraska
may raise 30 to IS million bushels
of winter wheat, whereas a week
ago 1t looked like a $4,000, 900 bushel
crop. He said oats and barley look
fine and that corn also is coming
along nicely.
James E. Bennett had message
from Oklahoma City which said
there is slight chance the Govern
ment's last forecast Of production
in that State may be raised next
month. Green heads are showing
up in southwestern districts since
the recent rains.
Receipts Of wheat here today in
cluded $4,000 bushels of hard winter
grain coming on barge from Kansas
City, presumably for delivery on May
contracts. Notice of intention to
deliver $4,000 bushels Monday was
posted.
Through May Is the Commodity
Credit Corp. and lending agencies
loaned $129 564, ,693 on 227 ,554 ,4SS
bushels Of 1898 corn.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Capital Is Selected
For Loan Convention

Washington has been selected for
the 1910 convention Of the American
Industrial Bankers Association, it
was decided at the close of the
groups annual meeting in Cincin-
natl yesterday, according to word re-
ceived from Clifton NJ Eisele, presi-
dent of the Southeastern Industrial
Bankers, Inc, here. Mr.. Eisele, who
was reelected vice president of the
national association, extended an in
vitation to the group in behalf Of
the Washington delegation.
A national organization of in
dustrial loan companies, the associ-
alton annually attracts between 800
and 400 delegates from every State
In the Union and the Dominion of
Canada.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Drought May Reduce
Bread Grain Output
In Argentina
is'
World Wheat Surplus
Forecast for Cut
By Weather Conditions
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department re-
ceived cable reports yesterday that
drought interference with fall seed
ing of wheat may result in a sub
stantial reduction in Argentina s
bread grain acreage for the next
season.
The departments ONCE at Buenos
Aires reported that as much as a
third of the total Argentine wheat
acreage was affected by the drought.
Most of the wheat in that section
is sown in April and May. How
ever, only very small part was
said to have been planted.
Men of long experience in the
western part of the Argentine wheat
belt report" the department said,
that they have never seen a more
severe autumn drought and more
duststorms than this year. Be-
cause of drought damage to pas
lures, cattle are being shipped out
in large numbers"
May Reduce Surplus.
Reports Of the prospective short
Argentine wheat acreage comes at
q time when the American wheat
crop is suffering from a shortage of
moisture, and from high tempera-
lures. Onicials said these develop
ments might result in a material
reduction in world wheat surpluses.
Other foreign crop and market
developments reported by the de-
partment include:
Sales of American f1ue-cured to-
bacco to Siam are expected to de-
crease because of increased import
and excise taxes on tobacco. Siam
took about 8,50000o pounds of the
American leaf in the 1878 season,
compared with 5000, 900 in 1884.
French Livestock Decreases.
Practically all important classes Of
livestock in France decreased l or
per cent in 1888, except hogs.
World exports of wheat, including
-four. totaled ATS, 900 900 bushels be-
tween July and May 20. This
compared with 420 900 900 bushels in
the corresponding period year ago.
Canada led with 129 SOC, 900 bushels.
Australia was second with SO, 900 900
bushels, Argentina third with a.
900 900 and the United States fifth
with 82600,000.
World trade in corn was reported
at 133,826 900 bushels during the
period of October l to May 20.
Argentina led with 77,048, 900 bushels.
The United States was second with
SO, $50 900 bushels.