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Evening star., 1940-12-12
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing
Stage.

Stage.
National-"Out West It's Differ
ent," satire on 'arty' theater groups,
with Claire Trevor: $50 pm.
Wardman Park-"D. c. Melody"
original musical by the Repertory
Club: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Fslace-"Tin Pan Alley" Betty
Cradle, Alice Faye and some famil-
lar hit tunes: II am, los, 3:15,
5:25. 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Earle-"East of the River" sturdy
drama with John Garfield: II am,
l:40, 4::30, 7:15 and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: II so. 3:35, 6:25 and 9:1o pm.
Capitol Y Want a Divorce"
marital comedy with Mr.. and Mrs.
Dick Powell Joan BlondelD: II
am. lao, 4:25, ITO and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: 1855, $40, $40 and
e:05 pm.
Keith's-"Trail of the Vigilantes," !"
Franchot Tone invades the Wild
West: II :55 am, 1:55, 3:55, 5:55, 7:55
and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan-"Th Letter" Bette
Davis in the Somerset Vaughan
story: II am, LOS, 3:l5, $40, 7:3O
and $40 pm.
Columbia "Bittersweet," with
jeanette Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy: 1920 am, 1:25, $3.50, $50,
7:35 and $40 pm.
. Little-"The Bakers Wife" who
runs away and causes crisis in this
bright French film: II am, lilo,
$40, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
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right cute about it. They have been
most cute in creating the character
played by Mischa Auer, the funniest
fellow in the piece An exiled Rus
sian, a man in flight, not from
Stain, but a wife whom he can't
stand. Auer is a grand comedy
ornament to the cattle range. A
man of heroic conceptions, he'll try
anything once Among the things
he tries are bull fighting, the rescue
of damsels in distress, impersona-
tions of Kentucky colonels, anything
that pops into his mind. Sometimes
they work, sometimes they don't.
In either case, they manage to be
funny.
Another odd character thought up
for Frightening the entertainment
OF the picture is one played by
Andy Devine. The man with the
words stuck in his throat is the cow
puncher offshoot of long line of
Wallets, an heredity which inspires
him to play valet to the other guys
around the bunkhouse. When he
isn't shooting villains, he can lay
out coWhand's nightgown with
as awkward flourish as you've ever
seen. His efforts in this direction
are highly appreciated by the cow
hand, played by Broderick Craw-
ford. a huge bulk of an assistant
hero whose submerged yearning is
to be figure in cafe society in
the far eastern city of Kansas City.
The chase, which is practically
endless in the picture. is generally
to its disadvantage. The single ex-
ceptlon to rule of dullness in this
aspect of the film is the climactic
pursuit of the villain. Every type
Of vehicle except stage coaches is
used in this mad dash over the
boulder-streWn range. There are
wagons, Surreys, buggies, etc, all of
them trying to traverse a terrain
that would upset a tank. The
disasters which overtake them in
their effort to overtake the fleeing
heel are the most amusing set of
traffic accidents which Hollywood
has thought up this season.
1t helps make The Trail of the
Vlgllantes' fairly amusing.
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As it is, the thing sometimes looks
like a joke on itself. That is not so
good.
As the chief character in this
cowboy comedy, Tone is one of those
soft-spoken guys whose laconic,
easy-going way masks the kind of
cunning and courage that are just
too bad for the villains. From the
minute he hits the town of Peaceful
Valley in the middle of a shooting
scrape, it is clear that conditions
are going to be better for the poor
ranchers who are being pillaged by
a wicked wolf in sleeps clothing
More dubious it is whether they are
going to be better for the rancher's
daughter, Peggy Moran. a pretty
lass who has been aching for a
romance with man whose diction
Is good and whose nose is aristocra-
tic. Danes have no place in the
sly young marshall's scheme of
things, he is always saying, but this
dame isn't the kind who can be put
of by even strong silent man.
They have many an arch exchange
in the course of a romance so
rugged they or constantly tossing
each other into water troughs,
ponds, etc.
When the script writer's of The
Trail of the Vigilantes" do decide
to be inventive, they manage to be
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Catholic US
Drama
Storm Presents
Mary Todd in
Another Guise

A new Mary Todd Lincoln, a
tragic woman who earned only un-
deserved scorn for contributing a
great man to history, emerged on
the stage of Catholic University's
theater last night And when the
curtain fell on Edith Mirick's new
play, Storm" the new Mary Todd
Lincoln won a deserved ovation as
the heroine of just about the best
original dramatic production in
local amateur theatrical history.
Expertlv directed. effectively acted,
and handsomely staged, Miss
Mirick's play turned out to be
superb theater, the kind of thing
that is the more delightful that
amateurs have done it at a time
when the professionals are dabbling
in futility.
Miss Mirick's Mary Todd is not
sympathetic character, no maudlin,
eXhibitionistic bit of retouching for
the sake of being different. 1t was
her tragic destiny to achieve the
right result for her husband by
doing always the pathetically wrong
thing so far as personal relation.
ships were concerned. Miss Mirick
had the wisdom not to tamper with
the record, to try instead to under
stand what was behind it that had
not been seen before. And, out
side of a tendency to overwrite in
two or three passages, her nine
episode play is richly possessed of
the quality called impact" In
her way. Mary Todd also was
genius, Miss Mirick would have you
Evening star., 1940-12-12

understand. And she sees to It,
with the sterling assistance of
Father Gilbert v. Hartke and his
student players, that you do under
stand.
In the extremely exacting role Of
Mrs. Lincoln. Isabel Molloy settles,
after the first scene, into . per-
Torrance that is worthy of un-
varying admiration. an interpreta-
ton that ends on 4 note that
players of far more experience could
envy. Good rs 1t is, however, hers
is by no means the only memorable
portrait OF the evening. Excellent,
too, are Hugh Franklin rs Lincoln,
Mary Finnerty as the lovable Julia
Trumbell. Catherine Knockey as the
gentle Bess Edwards, Danette Small
as the faithful, understanding
servant, Lizzie Keckley. and Con-
cetta Alonzi as the acidulous wench,
Mathilda Edwards.
Perhaps the happiest thing to be
said Of Storm" is that it leaves
small doubt that here is one group.
at least, which removes any worry
as to where the theater will find
talent in the future. j. c.
Evening star., 1940-12-12

Boots Mallory-remember her?-a
part In his next picture. If Boots is
really serious about another try at
pictures, I suggest that she change
her name. Boots" somehow does
not belong on a theater marquee.
Hedy Lamarr's English teacher is
trying to do for French Michele
Morgan what she did for Austrian
Hedy-I mean the elimination of a
foreign accent. It will be harder
for the French actress-or was
Simone Simon exceptionally slow in
learning? Hedy, incidentally.
improves as an actress with each
picture. Her "Comrade x" is a good
step forward for her Tilted
Halo" sounds like q good title for
Cary Grant. r. K. o. is paging him
for the Lynn Root original.
George Brent Is wanted for the
heavy husband role in Paramount's
"Skylark, which has Claudette Col
bert and Ray Milland as the ro-
mantics. Something tells me Brent's
answer Is mo" Raymond Mas
sey Is testing for the lead in War
ner's "One Foot in Heaven" .
Rudy Vallee has finally been in
duced to give up his Hamlet" am
billions. He is currently settling for
q movie musical with Columbia. And,
by the way, you don't hear anything
today OF Rudy's plan to be a picture
producer. :. Another picture lined
up for Joan Crawford is Reflected
Evening star., 1940-12-12

York has its biggest pictures for re-
lease at Christmas and the New
Year-To cash in on the holiday
trade. Orson prefers his movie
brain-child to come to you at q
time when the market will not be
flooded with super epics, so that 1t
will shine forth like the sun In q
cloudless sky. So he's q good busi-
nessman, too!
Frank Morgan had to postpone
his hunting trip for retakes on two
of his pictures-"Wild Man of
Borneo" and Keeping Company"
George Sanders says that his
reason for preferring suspension to
playing the lead in "Uncensored'
was because his role was that of an
English cad. And he did not think
this the right time for such goings
on, by CAD Jimmy Cagney is
hoping to get his sister-in-law.
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Inspired by News

The latest screen story to take its
Inspiration from events in the days
news is Paramont's Two Bad An
gels" comedy drama having to do
with the rich British refugee chill
dren temporarily domiciled in this
country, which is scheduled to go
into production soon.
The picture has been set as the
first venture of Paramount newest
producer, Sol Siegel. The cast, di-
rector and starting date remain to
be decided upon
Evening star., 1940-12-12


Glory" in which Tallulah Bankhead
starred on the stage. This makes
three movies for Joan. Now all we
need Is Joan, who has been en-
route for Hollywood for so long now
it's beginning to be a myth.
I am glad that the producers who
preside over Robert Montgomery's
film destiny dropped their quarrel
with him long enough to assign him
the lead with Ingrid Bergman in
Rage in Heaven" I know Bob
was extremely worried about his
future in pictures as result of his
repeated criticism of the "biggies"
in the industry. It will be interest.
ing to see hCT' good q picture they
gave him.
(Relessed by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Ine)
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trail on which
the pursuit / S
h o t an d con-
stant, is one of
[ Sc c a t t ! e
rustling operas
designed to kid
the type. Every
one involved in
it has his tongue
in his cheek. II
they h a d been
a low e d to go
Just a litt | e
farther on t h e
satire S id e, / t
would have been
L1{{o ~,at,,r1
Evening star., 1940-12-12

Fields inclusion
in the ca st
ould dispel
the curren t
stories that the
lady v IS sick
and tired Of
Hollywood an d
would not return
here from m her
pre- Sc mt stage
chore in New
York.
Well, another
postpon e m e n t
for the Orson
Welles Citizen
Kape IT will
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Now It's Mr.. Tones Turn
In a Satirical Western
And He Makes Laconic Hero
In the Reasonably Entertaining
The Trail of the Vigilantes'
BY JAY CARMODY.

That pretty O a long
Western has caught with Franhot Tone The old
drawing kid born white tie tails has capped sombeo
his The Trail of the
Keihs makes
might inspired but
entertaining tue&
Evening star., 1940-12-12

Jeffrey Lynn's address, telephone
number and draft number are all
the same.
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Now 1t Seems Betty Field
Will Return to Filmd0m
Lead Opposite Joel McCrea in Third
Picture Version of 'Virginian'
Is Scheduled for Her
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.

have good memory. will rcoect that
starred In The Vignian some II better
than that back 1914 Dunsn the
All this preliminary to telling that Virgrian
number three will
Evening star., 1940-12-12

Kane" 1t will sheilah Graham.
come to you now early in February,
and not Christmas as planned. And
here's why: Each studio in New
Evening star., 1940-12-12

the Vigilantes," a
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UppO0lCe. CUICllcrmOIe, CNe new
movie will be in technicolor and
from the Paramount stable. Miss
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CARLTON HOTEL. New Cosmos Room. 18th
and X SITS. ME. 2626. Music by Bob Simp-
son and his orchestra. Dancing 81 and 10
to 2 Min 81 so after % p m. except Sat. So.
LOTUS RESTAURANT, 18th at N. Y. Ave.
3 shows daily /, 7:30 and 11:30. or.
chestras Bill Strickland's. The Continental
Trio. Dancing and entertainment z pm.
to /: 40 m.
RAINBOW ROOM, Hamilton Hotel, !4th
at X. Cocktail and dinner dancing, 90;
supper dancing to Milt Davis Orchestra,
1O-1. MIN Saturday only 81. D1. 256O
MADRILLON RESTAURANT, Washington
Building, 18th and New York Ave. The
favorite place to dine, the popular place
to dance
HAY-ADAMS HOUSE = Overlooking White
House At 18th and SITS. Dining in an
atmosphere of charm, dignity and gen
fiIity. Luncheon, SOC; dinner from S1.25.
Organ music nightly during dinner.
SHOREHAM BLUEROOM. Connecticut at
Calvert. Dining and dancing. Two floor
shows, 9:30 and 80. Dinner, So 90, in
cludns cover Supper cover, soc. AID. 0700
1ETRoNoME ROOM, W,,dm:n Park Hot Hstsl.,
Orchestra Dancing 10 to 2. Sat. $50
1:30. Min. ST.. Sats. S1.60. co. 1000.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
|HoImes Terms
Recovery Best
| In Decade
BY Cambridge Associates.

IoJ SdluDl lOBC faSSOIldtcS
The last half of the year 1899
has seen rapid recovery in nearly
all lines of business in the United
States, John Holmes, president OF
Swift & Co. declares. Recovery
has occurred on broader scale
than any advance since 1929, and
the levels reached approach those
of the pre-depression years.
while the outbreak Of the war
undoubtedly had an important
psychological influence upon the
business advance last fall, it is GER
tain that most of the increase in
business volumes was directed to-
ward meeting domestic orders. An
actual increase in export business
wes confined to very few lines.
"The breadth of the business i'm
provement which has occurred gives
reason for the considerable conf
dence among forecasters that an
interruption, which might occur in
1910, would be confined to moderate
proportions There are, of course,
many difficulties and uncertainties
such as the labor situation, political
campaign disturbances, and-most
important-war developments, any
one of which might well dominate
the years Developments"
Evening star., 1940-01-13
China Air Force
Rises Out Of New,
Remote Plant
Factory and q Modern
Town Built os Steps
To Strengthen Resistance

HONG KONG Correspondence OF
the Associated Press).-Deep in
Southwestern China, American
money and Chinese labor have Gre
ated the town of Pawleyville-heart
of production for China's reviving
military air force.
Complete with factory buildings,
residences, club houses, athletic field
post office and hospital, the town is
one of the most modern in China.
1t is named after the founder
president of Intercontinent Aviation,
William D. Pawley of New York,
pioneer in manufacturing war planes
in China.
Intercontinent's 100000 worth
OF equipment, 1000 Chinese crafts
men and Is American technical ex-
perts moved 1000 miles inland to a
secluded valley on the Chinse-Bur-
ma border few weeks before the
japanese occupied the former fac
tory site at HankoW in October, 1898.
Output Kept Secret.
Operating on an overtime basis,
the plant is rapidly turning out war
craft for Gen. Chang Kai-Shek's S
growing air force. The extent of the
output naturally is a closely guarded
military secret.
In the opening months of the
Japanese Chinese war, China s
f1edgling pilots and small air force
took to the air with such vigor and
disregard for safety that the su-
perior invading forces literally shot
them out of the air
Foreign free lance pilots and
strong Soviet Russian aid for time
gave China some air protection. For
political reasons. Russia temporarily
withdrew air support in 1888 and
Chinese military leaders, absorbed
in the gigantic task of reforming
their ground forces, paid slight at
tention to the air arm.
Importance of aerial protection
was graphically brought to China s
attention early in 1899 when a series
Of japanese air raids on unprotected
areas killed hundreds and caused
millions of dollars damage. Chung
king. the provisional capital deep in
SzechWan Province. suffered espe-
cially.
Plea Brings Responses.
Appeals for financial aid brought
replies from Chinese all over the
world and foreign-made airplanes
started pouring into China as mill
tary leaders began long range air
program.
At the same time, Russia again
sent planes and anti-aircraft guns
to Gen. Chang.
Pawleyville is the production and
repair center for the new program
while hundreds of youths at closely
guarded bases in the interior are
being trained as pilots.
No longer, however, are inexperi-
enced men sent up to fight veteran
and overwhelming japanese forces
Planes and men are being sent on
comparatively safe flights until the
day when Chinese military leaders
decide it Is time to strike against
Japanese lines from the China Sea
to the Great Wall.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Home Burns, Owner Builds
|ndestructibIe One
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARSHALL, TeX.-When F. Cruise
saw a wooden railway shop being
razed by fire here several years ago,
he resolved to build himself house
that would not burn.
Now people from nearby States
come to Marshall to see the house
Cruise built for himself from model
"T's," scrapped trucks, a discard
ed vault, concrete and % tons of
iron pipe.
His new, cozy home weighs 70
tons. It's not only fireproof, but
ratproof, bombproof, waterproof,
termite-proof, stormproof and earth
quake-proof as we'll
A master welder ny trade, Cruise
welded his home into its present
unmovable form in his spare time
during the past six years. Mrs.
Cruise often donned overalls and
helped by holding the heavy pipe
in place while her husband welded
| the flame.
They made the pillars under the
back porch from the housing of a
model ct" For walls, they used
double layers of metal plates with
air space between. The finish is
| stucco.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Alaska Co|onists
Virtually Freed Of
Federal Aid
Formers Cooperative
Signs Agreements for
Remaining Units
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PALMER, Alaska, Jan. 13-Mata-
nuSkas cooperative colony, estab-
lished by the Government as a
haven for drought-stricken Mid
western farmers, was virtually free
of Uncle Sans guiding hand today.
In ceremony as simple as it was
important to the settlers, the farm
ers' cooperative signed final agree
ments and contracts with the Gov
ernment-sponsored Alaska Rural
Rehabilitation Corp. yesterday to
take over units in the civic center"
the Government agency's last busi-
ness stronghold in the colony.
The latest move involved a hos
pital, hatchery, garage, dormitory
and water system.
Previously, in the move which Co.
op Manager L. C. Stock explained
was to divorce the project from
Government relief" the cooperative
had taken over the colony trading
post and warehouse, which have
averaged an annual gross business
Of $220,000, along with the creamery
and the colonys produce and meat
departments.
The Coop will move into the
colony's general office Monday, six
months after the first units were
acquired.
However, representatives of the
Coop and A. r. r. C. said the cor
poration would continue to assist
financially for limited time. I'm
der the financing arrangement, the
A. r. r. C. will deed the facilities,
which will be used as collateral for
loan for continued operation. The
financial figures involved were not
disclosed.
A few representatives of the Gov
ernment will remain to handle the
collections on land sales contracts.
Hubert Hansen of Fargo, N. OAK,
will come here to be the chief Gov
ernment representative, succeeding
Ross L. Sheely, manager of the. A.
R. r. C. Mr.. Hansen also will be
the colony's expert argiculturist.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Electricity Used 10 Ease
Pain Of Foxes Deaths

b. the Associated Press.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, n. Y
Ladies, that fox around your neck
may have been shocked to death.
Uncle Sam, mindful of his many
responsibilities, including those of
the little foxes, winces at the
thought of painful deaths suffered
by animals in the name of fem
mime Identification, and is doing
something about it.
Experts at Government fur ami
NAL experiment station here have
invoked the aid of electricity to end
the earthly careers of foxes, martens
and other small fur oearing animals.
Ira N. Gabrielson, chief of the
Bureau of Biological Survey, praises
the shocking" technic, saying it
operates quickly and humanely."
One hundred and ten volts of
electricity, the same as commonly
carried on commercial circuits for
household use, does the job. Two
electrodes are applied to the bodies
OF the foxes, switch is pulled, and
the animals die in two to six seconds.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Ralph Hitz, Hotel
Magndte, Dies in
New York al 48
Director of Chain
III Several Weeks
Of Heart Disease
BY the Associated Press.

|
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Ralph Hitz
who opened the s22,5O0,OOO Hotel
New Yorker barely two months after
the Wall Street crash in 1929, died
last night of heart disease.
The 48-year- old president of Ma
tional Hotel Management Co., Inc
had been i'll in Post Graduate Hos
pital several weeks.
Mr. Hitz. native of Vienna, Aus
tria, came to the United States in
1906. On the day he arrived he
left his father and got a job in an
obscure restaurant for SO a week,
carrying dirty dishes to the kitchen.
His next job was as cook aboard
ship but he left at the first chance
and eventually found himself at
Lumbertown, N. Mex.
There he approached an old Span
ish hotelkeeper, who said, The
only job open is that of manager"
Mr.. Hitz became manager-clean-
ing rooms, cooking for coWpunchers
and sweeping floors. From there
he went to Oklahoma City, where
he started his climb to fame.
Operated Seven Hotels.
He managed hotels in Cleveland
and Cincinnati before coming to New
York as managing director of the
New Yorker. He had been president
! since 1881. In 1882 he became presi-
dent uf the National Hotel Manage
ment Co.. which operates hotels in
seven cities.
| When the New Yorker opened, the
fact that the city did not need an
other hotel seemed pretty obvious
in the face of shattered finances
but Mr.. Hitz began building a name
that is nationally known today.
Neither Mr.. Hitz nor the manage
ment company ever owned or even
leased hotel property. They man.
aged hotels on contract, usually a
guaranteed fee, plus percentage
/ of the profits.
In addition to the New Yorker
the company managed hotels in
Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Dayton,
Minneapolis and Dallas.
S3,570,0O0 Profit in 1896.
In 1896 these hotels did SIS, ,420 900
worth of business, with an operating
profit of $3,57O,OOO. mainly through
the Hitz idea of salesmanship-ex-
pert service in all forms from the
complimentary home-to town news
paper to the walters care in using
the guests pronunciation of words
which vary in different localities
For example, 'tomayto" or to
mahto' -
Mr.. Hitz was chairman of the Ac-
counting Committee Of the Amer
! ican Hotel Association He was a
Methodist, a 32d-degree Mason and
Shriner and belonged to the Elks
Eagles and the Loyal Order of
Moose
In 1915 he married Myrtle Dahl,
whose uncle had been Mayor of
Fargo, N. Oak. She and a son,
Ralph, jr., survive.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
| |McC Coys Defeat
|HotfieIds Again
In Basket Ball
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated PreSS.
MATEWAN, w. Va, Jan. 13.-The
McCoys are two up on the Hatfields,
but that doesn't mean what it used
to when that pair of mountain FAM
lilies was famous for their feudin'.
No apparent i'll feeling is attached
to the modern rivalry of the clans
who once wouldn't stay on the same
mountain with each other except
for the purpose of mayhem.
Their sharpshooting now confined
to basket ball, the McCoys came
through a rough and tumble affair
to score their second straight
triumph over the Hatfelds' team
by 17-12 count last night.
Pretty rough, but a real game"
commented an official after the nip
and tuck battle before several hun
dred bowling fans in a high gym
nasium.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Hen FooIers Advised
To Feed Them More
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, Ky-The Universi-
ty of Kentucky Agricultural Expert
ment Station has found that fooling
hens by turning on electric lights
at 4 am. shifts egg production from
summer to winter but doesn't in
crease egg production for the year.
This finding was announced af-
ter three years of testing artificial
lighting in laying houses.
However," the station reported,
"since eggs are usually higher in
price in winter, early morning light
ing of the laying houses often pays"
The Agricultural Department
warned an increase of food should
accompany lengthening of the hens
working day.