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Evening star., 1940-03-17
Richmond Bond
Conference 10
Draw Bankers
Big D. c. Delegation
Shows Interest in
2-Duy Sessions
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Looking forward with intense in
terest to the Richmond Bond Con-
ference, to be held in the Virginia
capital next Wednesday and Thurs
day, sponsored by six bankers asso-
Citations in the 5th reserve district,
many Washington bankers have al
ready made their reservations. The
delegation, announced yesterday,
will include:
A. M. McLachlen, McLachlen
Banking Corp, and first vice presi-
dent of the District Bankers Asso-
citation; John Saul, Frederick p. H.
Siddons, American Security & Trust
Co.; Joshua Evans, jr.: Warren r..
Forster, Aubrey o. Dooley, Hamilton
National; M. F. Calnan, Liberty
National; P. j. Mcmahon, A. j.
Byrne, Munsey Trust Co.; William
B. Willard, Nelson j. Foster, Ma
tional Savings & Trust Co.; julius
e. Lob, Second National: w. F. d.
Heron, S. William Miller, Union
Trust Co.; Bernard L. Amiss and
Remick Ferguson, Washington Loan
& Trust Co.
The program, already announced,
includes many experts on invest
ments, bonds to be given practically
all the attention.
Willard, Publicity Chairman.
Ord Preston, president of the Dis
trict Bankers Association. has ap-
pointed William B. Willard, vice
president of the National Savings e.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Cos Dealers PIun
Five Conferences

The eleventh annual series of ad-
vertising conferences of independent
Shell dealers in the Washington
area are being held this week at
several hotels In Washington and
Alexandria. Two hundred and fifty
gasoline retailers and representa-
tives of the central division of the
organization, will attend the five
meetings to discuss this years ad-
vertising and merchandising plans.
Charles E. Smith, central division
manager; Charles A. Foster, division
sales manager, and Dean Sweeney,
local manager, will be active In the
meetings.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Wheat Prices Rally
At Chicago After
Early Decline.
Advances Of as Much
As 70 Of q Cent Are
Recorded at Close
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,


CHICAGO, March 16.-The wheat
market rallied sharply todsy after
IN early decline Of about . cent
had carried prices to the lowest
erBund since IN almost two weeks.
Losses we're wiped out and net
gains Of h much - y Of . cent
substituted. with clostng figures al
most 2 cents above the early lows
and h-N higher than yesterday.
May was 91.01N-1.02 and July
99K-N.
Buying that came from previous
short" sellers who were evening
up accounts for the week end con-
tributed to the rally. Purchases also
were stimulated by a weather fore
cast suggesting little possibility of
moisture next week in the hard
winter wheat belt and predicting
changeable temperatures which some
traders thought might lead to
freezing and thawing, which is in
furious to young wheat plants.
SOAA NAOoCO - 4OWCA w - AA6A1CA,
May ssh II, July 563s; oats u of /;
10Y beans 2 cents lower; rye un-
changed to y higher and lard 80
to IS lower.
Most Of the early selling appar-
emily was q carryover from yes
terday and was inspired by peace
talk which has been coming from
Europe since close of the Russo
Finnish war. Unomcial and un-
confirmed reports of possible cabi-
net changes in Paris and London
served to highlight the uncertainty
enveloping the European situation.
Some of the late buying was at
tributed to mills but consuming in
terests, including bakers, were be-
lieved to be holding aloof from the
market as much as possible pending
liquidation of loan wheat. Notes
mature In about six weeks. Shipping
sales Of $1,000 bushels here con-
tributed some lifting Of hedges to
the wheat pit.
Grain range at principal markets
today:
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Applications for T. H. 4.
Insurance Set Record
BY the Associated Press,

6y In0 Ak8oClete0 FTeS8.
Reporting that applications for
r. H. A. mortgage insurance on new
homes had reached q record for the
second consecutive week, Stewart
Mcdonald, the Federal housing ad-
ministrator, predicted today that
1910 residential construction would
equal, and possibly exceed, that Of
last year. s.
In the week ended March Q, the
r. H. A. selected ASIA mortgages for
appraisal, compared with 4,347 In
the previous week and 3,672 for the
corresponding week in 1899. The
previous high mark was 4,268 In the
last week Of March, 1889.
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Virginia Lines Grow.

Washington, Virginia, Maryland
Coach Co., operating in the Virginia
sections, reports even sharper ad-
vances to new records.
Virginia transit passengers in Feb
ruary totaled 377,343, down season.
ally from $780, ,451 in the preceding
month, but far ahead of 294 ,668 in
February, 1899. The total was more
than three times the mark set in the
same 1888 month.
Passengers in the first two months
Of 1910 totaled 776, ,794, against e16,-
898 in the 1899 period and were al
most treble those for the 1888 period.
Totals for February and the two
r,aon&hs ~ z,a ,ioa,s x,naHe.
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ruary III various years follow:

Phone Increases Reviewed.
Telephones In adjoining. parts Of
the metropolitan area also indicate
fast growth has taken place In the
Virginia sections.
While totals in Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties have about
doubled since 1885, they have more
than doubled in Arlington and Alex
andria.
Telephones for the different Sec
tions at the end Of January In vari-
Gus years follow:
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New Utility Records Show Steady Growth
Of Metropolitan Area Is Continuing
1899 Marks Exceeded
BY Both Connections
And Consumption
BY DONALD B. HADLEY.

Public utility reports for the end
Of February indicate the Washing
ton metropolitan area, for the first
quarter of this year at least, will
extend the long series Of all-time
records established in 1889.
Both utility connections and con-
sumption for February reached new
highs for this time Of year without
exception, although they showed the
usual seasonal declines from the
preceding month. .,.
In step with these important
population indicators, Washington
department store sales for February
exceeded their 1899 record. Incori-
plete reports on Government and
private payrolls also forecast SUBJ
stantfal gains over a year ago.
The utility figures, which cover
the entire metropolitan area. offer
the best picture of development. At
the end of February there were
$3.50 more active gas meters in the
area, 11,191 more electric customers
and 23,510 more telephones than q
year ago.
Compared with the end Of Febru-
ary, 1898, there were 1882 more
active gas meters, 20947 more elec-
trio customers and 44,009 more tele-
phones.
Spectacular Gains Seen.
Compared with only five years
ago, at the end Of February, 1895,
there were 45,169 more active gas
meters, 49.115 more electric Gus
toners and 96,403 more telephones.
Gas meters, electric customers and
telephones at the end of February
IN various years follow:
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us. Rubber Appoints
Export Executive
~ the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. March le.-Edward
II. Marsh, jr. Of Springfield, Mass,
has been elected vice president, gen
eral manager and . director Of u.
8. Rubber Export Co., 1t was an
nounced today by r. B. Davis, jr.,
president Of y. 8. Rubber Co. which
controls the export division.
Marsh was vice president Of the
Fisk Tire Export Co. for . number
of years prior to that company's
absorption hy q. D. Rubber.
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Pontiac Deliveries Soar
Far Above Year Ago
BY the Associated Press.

os tIIe ASSuCIHteu Frebb.
PONTIAC, Mich, March 16.-
Pontiac division Of General Motors
Corp. reported today that it made
retail deliveries of 7,033 new cars
during the flrst 10 days Of the pres
ent month.
This was - per cent increase
over the like period Of last month
and IS per cent over deliveries Of
the first 10. days Of March, 1889.
The report said that deliveries Of
1910 models since their introduction
up to March totaled 99,137 COM
pared with 00,283 OF the 1889 models
IN the like period . year ago.
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can App r al S a !
Co., will address
the Washington
c h a p t er, Ma
tional Asso c i a.
ton of Cost Ac-
c o u n t a n t S,
Wednesday eve
ming at h e
Hamilton Hotel,
on Valuation OF
Plant a n d In
ventories."
ng the
past 18 years he
has been asso-
ciated with this
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Virginia Totals Soar.

vHSl luAA AVSNAS 0VoAs
In adjoining Virginia sections Of
the metropolitan area, the increases
in gas meters and electric customers
have been especially sharp.
Since 1885, gas meters have more
than doubled by jumping from 1894
to 1898 and electric customers
have increased from 16, ,237 to 1881.
. In the table below. the Virginia
electric customer totals supplement
those given for the District and
Maryland sections above. The gas
meters are separated from the
metropolitan totals to give q more
complete picture of the Virginia de-
velopments.
Virginia totals at the end Of Feb
ruary In various years follow:
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Tourist Trends Uneven.

Tourists visiting Washington in
February recorded substantial gains
over the previous month, but made
q less favorable showing when COM
pared with other years.
Smithsonian Institution recorded
103944 visitors in February, the
highest mark for that month on
record. The total compared with
1881 in January this year and
1924 in February, 1889.
Smithsonian visitors for the first
two months of the year totaled
176,335, well above 157,S8l for the
same period last year. With the ex-
lsee HADIEY. Page E-3.)
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Virginia Utility Reports.

virginia Utlnty Reports.
Virginia Public Service Corp. re-
ported kilowatt hour sales in the
Virginia metropolitan sections to-
tailed 6,l96,537 in February, new rec
ord for that month. They were down
seasonally from 6.368, ,015 in the pre-
ceding month, but were well ahead
Of 4,795. .4e5 In February, 1899. Sales
ye,re more, than double those for the
1885 month.
Virginia sales In the first two
months Of the year reached 1854
552 kilowAtt hours, also the highest
for that period on record and COM
pared with 1o,390, $50 in the same
1889 months. Sales were more than
double the 1895 period.
Virginia kilowatt hour sales in
February and the two months OF
different years follow:
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virginia Sales Rise.

Separated from the totals above.
Virginia gas sales, as reported by
the Alexandria and Rosslyn Gas
Co.'S. totAled 69. .696 m. c. I. in Feb
ruary. against 1876 m. {. t. in the
preceding month and 53,598 In Feb
ruary, 1899. Sales were more than
double the same 1885 month.
Virginia gas sales in the first two
months Of the year totaled 1882
m. c. f., against 10S,038 in the same
1899 period, and also were much
more than double the same 1885
period.
Virginia sales for February and
the two months of various wears:
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Consumption on Upgrade.

Consumption on Upgrade.
Sales of both gas and electricity In
February declined seasonally from
the preceding month, but were the
highest for any February on record.
Volumes for the first two months Of
the year also were the highest for
that period in history.
The Warrington Gas Light CO.
and amliated oompapiss repoeted
Evening star., 1940-03-17

L. +. Whittinston. ompany as
manager of its offices in Chatta-
nooga, Atlanta, Washington and
Baltimore. He is a member of Bal
timore Chapter.
The technical session at 7:30 will
be preceded by a dinner at $50.
John L. Mitchell, chapter president.
will preside at the meeting.
Norris Educational Chief.
Richard A. Norris, vice president
Of the Lincoln National Bank, has
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Profit Of STANDARD
Steel Spring Sours
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASSociAttc PfeSS.
NEW YORK, March 16.-Stand-
ard Steel Spring Co., which operates
plants at Gary, Ind, Racine, Wis,
Allegan, Mich, and Corapolis, Pa,
reported for 1899 net income Of
1868 1884 equal to $166 a common
share, compared with $86, 6,046 or II
cents q share for the previous year.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

Trust Co., chair
man of the Pub
licity Committee
for the associa-
tons 1910 con-
vention at Hot
Springs, June g.
8, 1t was an
ncunced yester-
day.
Fran ncis E.
Robey, assistant
cashier of the
Bank of Com
merce & Saw
ings, has been
n a m e d vice
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Phene CaIIe Tncrease.

Phone Calls Increase.
The Chesapeake q Potomac Tele-
phone Co. reported daily average
originating telephone calls In the
District Of Columbia for February
reached . iaev high for that month.
The February tall average Of l.
1oeeS3 oonpared NTH 1,l62S7s In
Evening star., 1940-03-17

been appointed
chairman of the
Public E du c a.
ton Committee
OF Washington
Chapter, Ameri-
can Institute Of
Banking. Th e
purpose of this
committee is to
pre- S e n t pre-
pared talks per-
tanning TO the
functions a n d
q ctivitie S of
b a ks to STU
dents of gram
Evening star., 1940-03-17

other committee members are:
Robert L. Flather, assistant Sec
retary. American Security g. Trust
Co.; G. A. Pendleton, assistant treas
urer, McLachlen Banking Corp;
Eliot H. Thomson, publicity man
ager, Washington Loan & Trust Co.;
Richard Berwick Times Herald;
Edward McSweeny, Washington
Post; Edward G. Stone, Washington
star.
Baltimore Appraiser to Speak.
Paul l.. Wilmington, manager of
the Baltimore Office Of the Ameri-
Evening star., 1940-03-17
National Sugar Loss
Reduced to $434, lM
By the Associated Press.

~ tine ASSoc1steo Press.
NEW YORK, March 16.-National
Sugar Refining Co. and subsidiaries
reported for 1880 net loss Of 9l34,.
IA compared with net loss a o. ).
2o2163 for the previous year.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

CUtt0n6etd OH CLOSED 6teady. BIe1ch2bIe
prime summer yellow, $40. nominal;
prime crude, h.60-6.75, nominal March
6.l5b; May. 6.21: July, 6.27b; September,
6.32b; October, 6.3Ob,
Evening star., 1940-03-17

ChieAse Cash Market,
. Cash vhest. No. 2. red; 1.05h; Corn, No.
2. 57-5s: No. 5: 5sM-Sss; No. 4. Ds7N:
sample. So. Oats, No. /. feed. a.; No. ..
mixed mixed e; 4;;uNe Nc 2. white. -; No, 42;
nom; feed 1880. nom: No. i, Sc. Field
seed. per 100 pounds. nominal. Timothy
seed. 1908 .25: eweet clover. 4.50-5. .25;
200; aisike. 1b.o0-1s.o0; Alfalfa. 1900
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Cottonseed Oil.

Cottonseed Oil. '
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures fol-
lowing the lead of other markets and
influenced especially by weakness in lard
reacted sharply today. Positions from July
forward touched new lows for the season.
General liquidation and stop-loSs selling
encountered scale-down support from trade
to lower on sales Of 1877 contracts May
closed at $50; July, 6.74b; September.
6.79: October. 6.S1. Crude oil in the
Southeast and valley was 5N bid: Texas,
5h to 5h nominal. depending upon loca-
ton,
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New Orleans Prices,

c.b,s'" OHLEANS sI.sld ,;d. Msrsn en- 10 R-Poor
in other commodity markets were respon-
sible for declines Of more than so cents .
prices were steady at net losses Of 9 to II
rnintR
Evening star., 1940-03-17

WiAnlpee Cash Market.
. WINNIPEG. March 10 N.-Cash wheat,
NO. l. northern. eo3k: No. O. S436: No. s,
S2ss Oats, No. 2. white, SIN; No. 5, IS.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

(see HADLEY, Page E-3)
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(See TRADE, Page E-3)
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Where and When
Current TheaterA Attractions
and Time of Showin8 =

CapitoI-"Our Town." film version
of the Thornton Wilder play: II
am, las, 4:25, ITO and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: 1885, 1886, $40 and
8 pm.
Metropolitan-"Bill of Divorce
ment," now with Maureen O'Hara:
1880 am, 1870, 3:35, $40, 7:40 and
9:45 pm.
Palace-"Andy Hardy Meets a
Debutante," being a further adven-
ture in young amour: 10:45 am,
1855, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40 and 9:55 pm.
Earle-"All This, and Heaven
Too" with Bette Davis and Charles
Boyer: 9:45 am, 1885, $3.50, 6:25
and $50 pm. Stage shows: 1910,
3:05, 6 and 9:10 pm.
Keith's-Dark during day. World
premiere of THE Ramparts We
Watch: $3.50 pm.
Columbia-"New Moon," with
jeanette Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy: 1850 am, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10 and
9:35 pm.
Little-"The Biscuit Eater" the
classic of boy and his dog: II 4 m,
12:45, 2:30, 400, Sos, 7:50 and 9:40
pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
In the Country.
Cross Roads-"The Skull" spooky,
very spooky thriller chiller: $40
pm.
Roadside-"The Frog" mystery
thriller in the Edgar Wallace man
ner: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1940-07-23

orders every one on the set to be
quiet. Then Mickey clenches his
fists, looks down, shufiles his feet,
takes a couple of deep breaths, then
says shakily. "All right, Buz, I'm
ready!' When the picture is f1n-
ished, Mickey gets a months vaca-
ton. He's going to Canada. accom-
panied by Metro press agent, to
keep him out of trouble. This latter
precaution has slightly irked Master
Rooney, who insists "a man doesn't
need guy around as sort Of care
taker."
II never did any such thing" says
William Holden vehemently, when
this columnist chides him gently
about his reported proposal to
Brenda Marshall. Everything I
told you before is the truth. the
whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. I have absolutely no plan to
marry Brenda" Bill insists it's all a
publicity stunt Matched by Warmers
to coincide with the release of "The
Sea Hawk" in which Miss Marshall
has the feminine lead. So there we
are-or are we?
The Loretta Young-Tom Lewis
marriage-this ones on the level
will have all the trimmings, brides
maids. church, big reception, we'd
ding cake, ETC., "and will last for
ever" states Loretta, optimistically
:. Shirley Temples leading man in
Babylon Revisited" will be Melvyn
Douglas, provided. of course, that
Shirley's mama signs for the pic
ture. Norman Taurog probably will
direct. incidentally, the 100000
recently received by Shirley from
Fox will put her at the head of the
1910 film star earners. Her total
intake for this year is already
around $500,000.
Katharine Hepburn has a good
memory for old friends. It was she
who persuaded Metro to give Lionel
Pape the job of butler in THE
Philadelphia Story" Pape worked
with Katie in the ill-fated stage
production of "The Lake." and when
he applied for a part in her picture,
Miss Hepburn did the rest. Pape
tells me that at the conclusion of
nearly every Lake" performance
Katie used to go into a corner "and
weep her eyes out" There are few
people that I've met who can be as
charming as Miss Hepburn-when
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Lubitsch Is Busy
Ernst Lubitsch has signed

Ernst Lubitsch has signed two top
film stars for one Of his forthcom-
ing United Artists pictures and at
the same time announced negotia-
ton for the purchase of a second
story for future production. The
stars are Melvyn Douglas and Merle
Oberon, who will be teamed in an
adaptation Of the famed French
play Divorces" No screen title
has yet been given the story, which
is a modern comedy romance with
a New York locale and a perfect
vehicle for the combined talents of
the "Lubitsch touch" Douglas and
Miss Oberon.
The second story, Summer Va
cation" is being written by the
noted playwright Ladislas Fodor.
Both pictures are to be directed
and produced by Lubitsch.
Evening star., 1940-07-23

overture to Americas entrance into
the World War, and overture also
to De Rochemont's entrance into
the United States Navy.
The Navy. being a wise Navy,
made considerable use of De Roche
mont's talent for. taking pictures
It SO admired him that 1t kept him
overtime after the war for a grand
total OF seven years. After that, he
returned to private life as a news
lensnan for International newsreel,
subsequently as production chief for
Pathe and Fox Movietone.
BY 1894 he was ready for a new
type of newsreel. pictorial journal
ism on a different scale. He and
the idea found an opportunity to
express themselves under the title,
March of Time.
The Ramparts We Watch" is his
first full-length picture. He is pref
ty certain it won't be his last, an
eminently reasonable sounding esti-
mate.
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Tor m q n e s Jay CsFmsdy.
which indicated the cast itself was
not quite in on the authors secret.
Or, perhaps like the bemused audi
ence. its members never were sure
Messrs. Wallace and Hay really had
the right man. Eventually. however,
the distinction was conferred by
reclamation upon one of the charac-
tiers, thus proving that it was not
some fellow from Rockville or Be-
thesda as many in the audience
have come to believe.
Once it begins to play, "The Frog"
may demonstrate that reasonably
modern writers can fit into the
Roadside pattern. If they lack that
splendid grandiloquence of speech,
What will not a mother dare?" etc.,
they nevertheless are more skilled
at adding plot. Their facility in
that respect is evident from the
first neat poison gas murder straight
Evening star., 1940-07-23
An Actor Worries

Studio sublicity departments ask
new players to fill out questionaires
giving biographical and other data
about themselves. So when half a
dozen young boys appeared at
R-K-O Radio to play in the Gene
Towne- Graham Baker production Of
the classic Louisa May Alcott story,
Little Men," they were given such
forms.
Pencil poised on the tip of his
tongue, one lad puzzled long over
the question: What Is your great
est worry"
Then finally he wrote:
That I won't be able to support
my parents in the style to which
they are accustomed"
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Hope Now the Biggest Hope
Where Once He Was None
Comedian Returns to Paramount
With More Money and Fame
Than It Believed Possible
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.


Bob Hope returned Hollywood 100000
left 1t eight weeks Bobs
the ame record In Chicago alone crossed se4 during
week And much City, Cleveland
and Boston All of which his picture Paramount
that they have gold mine the lad and he will grade
pictures only And yet nd*---------
Evening star., 1940-07-23

Barrymore, watching on the side.
lines, remarked, THAT man would
make swell poker player"
<Released By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Ine.)
Evening star., 1940-07-23

The genius who
in S / S t e d on
Hopes retention
ought to get q
bonus.
Mickey Rooney
scorns the aid of
menthol for a
final crying jag
in Strike Up
the Band" II
can do it with
out" M / c K e Y
tells Director
Buz Berkeley. Do
Y ou W a mt to
know how? First
of all. Berkelev
Evening star., 1940-07-23

set how to throw rope. The boys
were polite and played dumb. But
when Errol had quite finished, one
Of them picked up the rope and did
some tricks with 1t. Hence the
aforementioned color on Errol's
handsome face. Mr.. Flynn, by the
way, has sold his Beverly Hills
mansion and is planning q new
home on his Mulholland highway
estate, Flynn Acres.
"You love me?" said the actor to
the actress. Il do," she whispered.
"Then," said the actor, I'm the
happiest man in the worldw Lionel
Evening star., 1940-07-23

she wants to. And at the moment
she wants to. Now that the first
shock is over. people in these parts
are saying: What a nice person!''
Was Enrol Flynn's face red! He
was showing some cowboys on the
Evening star., 1940-07-23

trouble and the
ue of SO
m q ny mystery
melodranas and
it Is dimcult to
Ak the precise
proportions Of
e q ch In this
play.
Affecting the
t e m p o an d
heishtening the
.SsaE;ision Of the
Wailace -. Hay
csnsig,sition was
one Of tho S e
o p e n l n g per-
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1940-07-23

12U yCV a yCu1 UIlU
vas almost dropped
cunt contract list!
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of that murderous
). That Is both the
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Now the Roadside Offers
An American Premiere
Wallace's The Frog Is Heightened
AS Mystery by Confused Acting;
De Rochemont Career Began Early
BY JAY CARMODY.

the melowest meodrama Roadside Theater
stepped last night with American
Hays adaptation Of Edgar Waaes mystery Fellowship Of
the Among its
beginning and end that
is trapped Walaces plot
likely to there to find