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Evening star., 1941-01-18
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your eyes on. The picture is G. BIS
first in technicolor and you can
bet your last nickel that he made
1t almost blindingly brilliant. 1t
creates the impression that for all
its fascination to other producer
directors, the theme of the noun
ties has been hitherto untouched
That's c. B. for you.
DeMille's drama of all-out &C
ton concerns itself with pioneer
days in Canada when men were
mobs and of the opinion that law
and order were for sissies Among
the men who elected themselves
leaders of this rabble were a few
were laWleSs gents who wanted to
establish a foothold in the terri
tory in order to distribute whisky
and arms to the Indians at fancy
prices. Opposed to these, of course,
were the Northwest Mounted, a
fearless group essaying to bring Or
der out of the chaos in this spacious
segment of the Empire.
Within that frame, the film in
PRODUCES number of suitable sym.
bolic characters. There is the beau
tiful nurse miss CARROLL, the
lanky. laconic Texas Ranger who
gets into the script via a search
for an escaped murderer Cooper, e,
the intrepid sergeant of police
(Preston Foster, the beautiful an
none too moral half breed Miss
Goddard, and an assortment of
villains who keep the heroes and
heroines on their toes every minute.
It Is an ample crowd to take care
of all the ingredients which must go
into a De Mile picture-romance
adventure, comedy, chicanery and
all the others. 1t is ample, too, for
providing suitable focal points in
those enormously spacious, special
effects which the master alone can
dream up.
The major one he dreamed up
for Northwest Mounted Police"
would have to be the huge, spec
tacular battle between the rabble
and the little band of so redcoats
Gallons of mercurochrome, or some
similar reddish substance, are shed
in the course of this conflict, which
RACES up and down the mountains
and across the valleys. 1t is one of
the biggest and longest battles ever
fought even by De Mile, but he is
director who manages to make it ex-
citing every step of the way He
also is director who is not afraid
to stop the battle almost in the mid
die to insert a long and startling
sequence for purposes of comedy re-
lief. If you don't laugh with it you
will laugh at it. Either way the
tension of the battle is lessened.
H**
The brightest assets to North
west Mounted Police" among its
cast are Cooper and Miss Carroll
The romance which runs through
the action may not beget any bril-
liant dialogue, in fact it begets the
kind that is almost exquisitely banal,
but the talk is quite irrelevant. You
know all the way through that the
two are going back to Texas, and
then, by jove, the master surprises
the wits out of you by sending her
off with another man, Foster.
Secondary romantic interest is
provided by Miss Goddard's half
breed wench, a swarthy doll with the
morals of an alley cat. When she
gets through with the Mountie she
got, he's dishonored and finally as
dead as doornail.
Its detail, however, is not what
counts in the picture. The big over
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

| dlIa IlllC VI cl1O"lIl&
Stage.
National-"The Cream in the
Well" a new play by Lynn Riggs,
with Martha Sleeper: 2::30 and $50
pm.
Capitol-"Hudson's Bay" Paul
MUM fights for his king in the north
countree: 10:15 am, /. 3:45. $50,
9:15 and 11:55 pm. Stage shows:
1905, $50, 5:35, 800 and HOS pm.
Earle - Northwest Mounted
Police" a DeMille adventure in the
Far North: 10:45 am. 1:20, 4, $40,
9:20 and IL pm Stage shows:
1880, $3.50, 6:10, $50 and 11:3O pm.
Palace-"Gone With the Wind"
first anniversary showing: $50 am,
1:20, Sis and 9:10 pm.
Keith's - kitty Foyle," Ginger
Rogers as the white collar" girl Of
Christopher Morley's novel: 11:40
am, 1:5O, 4:05, 6:l5, 8:25 and lO:4O
pm.
MetrOpOlitan-'Escape to Glory
wartime adventure on shipboard: !:
11:50 am, 1:50, 3:55, 6, 8, 1905 pm.
and 1915 am.
Little-"Pastor Hail." a hero OF
the church, resists Nazi paganism:
IL am, 12:45, 2:35, 4:20, sos, 7:55
and 9:45 pm.
Columbia-"Flight Command"
Robert Taylor with the Navy's Hell
Divers: 1890 am, 1910, 2:55, sos,
7:20 and 9:35 pm.
Trans-Lux-NeWS and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
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shows both tonight and tomorrow
night, starting tonight at the Earle
with stage show at 11:30 O'Clock and
at the Metropolitan at 1915.
The CapitoIs midnight show TO-
night starts with the extra per-
formance of the stage revue at ll:05
pm, the picture to follow. keltns
Theater also has arranged a special
extra-show schedule for the IN
augural week end.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Role

The important role of Elizabeth
in R-K-O Radios The Devil and
Miss Jones" has been assigned to
Spring Byington, popular comedi-
enne-character actress.
Now in production starring Jean
Arthur and being directed by Sam
Wood, "The Devil and Miss Jones'
is being produced for R-K-O by
Frank Ross and Norman Krasna
Inc.
Others in the cast are Charles
Coburn, Edmund Gwen, S. z. Sakall
and Montagu Love.
Evening star., 1941-01-18

the m ou n t lie S
" hile running
through t h cir
deeds of der
ring-do were a
natural for c. B.
Out of their
material a lone e
almost, he has
fabricated a We
hicle for Gary
Cooper, Made
leine c arrol |,
Paulette God
dard, etc. which
is virtually the
most vivid thing
1.I
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Willard Robertson, playwright,
novelist, lawyer and actor, who is
playing an important role in Para
mounts Il Wanted Wings" has
learned that the novel he wrote re-
Gently, Moon Tide" has gone into
its sixth printing and is on the
"best-seller" list.
Evening star., 1941-01-18

living person,
says Orson. But
a well-k n o W n
newspaper owner
thinks different
ly-and the fight
is on.
Janet Gaynor
sold her rights
to M ldre d
Cra m S For
ever" to Metro
for $4,000. 1t
cost her $4,000.
If Janet can
swing any more
deals like this,
she won't have
Evening star., 1941-01-18
HitchcOck's
Touch Aids
Met Film
Escape to Glory
Is an Exciting
MelOdrama

lumbla Pictures Corp. Producer, Samuel
Bischof. Director, John Brahm. Screen
play by P. J. Wolfson from an origlnal
story by Sidney Biddell and Fredric Frank
AT the Metropolitan.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Enrol Flynn Would Turn
Motion Picture Producer
Wants More Than Chicken Feed;
His Film Will Be Released
On Schedule, Says Orson
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOIIYWOOD

Shirley Temple Anthony OF Lady Furn taking
Derby! Hedy
Iheaer Gwen
Wees insists
his Cizen Kane" will be released February per
schedule currently having trouble
Evening star., 1941-01-18

HAY-ADAMS HOUSE-OverlookinE White
House at 18th and H SITS. Dining in an
atmosphere of charm, dignity and gen.
tility Luncheon. S5c; dinner from S1.25.
Organ music nightly during dinner.
DUDE RANCH HOTEL. Washington -Balti-
more Boulevard, Berwyn, Md. Floor shows
10. IL and ] 80. Clyde Martins Orchestra.
Berwyn 352.
METRONOME ROOM, Wardman Park Hotel,
Conn Ave. at Woodley Rd. Ray Heatherton's S
Orchestra. Dancing 10 to 9 Sat 800
30. Min. 81. Sats. $1.5O. CO. 1000.
RAINBOW ROOM, Hamilton Hotel, 18th
at X. Cocktail and dinner dancing. SO;
supper dancing to Milt Davis Orchestra,
SHOREHAM BLUEROOM, Connecticut At
Calvert. Dining and dancing Two door
shows $50 and 11:30. Dinner S2.25. in
cluding cover. Supper cover, 81. AID. O7O0.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Brilliance With Thrills
Still De Mile Formula
Northwest Mounted Police at Earle,
Is Vivid Adventure Story
In Masters Richest StvIe
BY JAY CARMODY.

Let the arty set and the with the social
B He makes
pictures for the
an apple That always has been the De formula and think
C. has Northwest Mounted Police" drop
down to the Earle and
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all effect is true De Mile and GER
tain of popularity.
The length of the picture has
dictated a brief show at the Earle
this week and Harry Anger once
more proves that you can make that
kind a handsome gem. He has
brought on George Tapps to demon
strate that tap dancing can be a
fascinating thing, hired Sue Ryan
to sing and worked out the rest of
the bill around the houses talented
Roxyettes.
1t sparkles.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
TheaterS to Present
Midnight Shows

Downtown motion picture houses
have arranged special shows this
week to accommodate festive visitors
and local Inauguration celebrants.
The Earle and the Metropolitan
Theaters have planned midnight
Evening star., 1941-01-18

NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE
Produced and distributed by Paramount
PICTURES. Producer -dlrector. Cecil De
Mile. Associate producer, William H.
Pine. Original screen play, Alan lie May,
Jesse Lasky IT.. and G. Gardner Sullivan
AT the Earle
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acter of which is newspaper pub
Usher, who does not resemble any
Evening star., 1941-01-18
DENIM IA. Ave at eth Sc.
l Inn Err h2nO Mat 1 2 VI.

1 LlNiN FIR 5000. Mat. 1 PM.
Parking Space Available to Patrons.
LIONEL BARRYMORE, LEW AYRES
in "DR KILDARE'S CRISIS" At
30. $40 $50. 1:45. $40. Serial
No. |. Inaugural Mdnieht Shows
Tonight and Tomorrow Jan. 10, at
ll:3O PM ALICE FAYE BETTY
CRADLE in TIN PAN ALLEY" No
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NLlN NAL MFf oSf1

Opens 9:45 AM
KAY KYSER IN YOU'LL FIND OUT"
At 10. 12:55 $50. 6:45. $40.
GRACE MACDONALD and ROBERT
PAIGE in DANCING ON A DIME
At II 40. 2.35. $50. S.25. Inaugural
Midnight Shows Tonight at IL PM.
Tomorrow Open All Night
Evening star., 1941-04-14

which export licenses will be re-
quired. All commodities, 1t was ex-
planned yesterday, are under study
by Gen. Maxwell and his aides.
New Economic Studies.
The Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce has been con-
Quoting several economic studies for
Gen. Maxwell, and under the re-
organiza ton of the bureau now
under way its work is expected to
tie in even more closely with the
economic defense program of the
export control administration. AS
a result of the war, the foreign trade
picture has undergone many
changes. In the reorganization Of
the bureau, cognizance has been
taken of these changes.
Hereafter the bureau will aim to
secure more complete information
on the production requirements of
American industry, the factors that
prevent maximum production, and
the adequacy of existing stocks of
raw materials. 1t also will study the
problems of postwar economic re-
adjustments, and the measures that
will be necessary to enable American
exporters to meet the conditions
that will face them in international
trade, after the war
The control of exports has already
had far-reaching effects on our
foreign trade. Japan, for example,
no longer can buy in this country
freely many Of the goods previously
supplied by the United States. The
licensing of certain exports also has
imposed certain restrictions on the
flow of American goods to Russia.
Liberal Policy Urged.
Though the United States, as
shown by recent Commerce Depart
ment figures, continues to ship large
quantities of goods to South and
Central America, export control
measures have kept these exports
below the volume that might other
wise have been expected Oficials
OF the office of the co-ordinator of
cultural and economic relations
between the American republics
and the State Department have
urged the export control administra-
tion to follow liberal policy in
granting licenses for the shipment
of goods Latin America, particularly
those commodities which are vital
Importance to industrial production
there
During the period from July. 1910.
through February, 1941, S150,OOO 900
worth of applications for export Ii
censes were denied Most of the ap-
pllcations rejected were for the ship
ment to foreign countries of stra-
tegic or other materials needed in
the defense program.
After the licensing system had
been in operation several months,
it was discovered that some of the
products denied export licenses were
not absorbed by the defense indus
tries. The reason for this was the
fact, Gen. Maxwell recently ex-
planned, that ownership of would
be exports passed into foreign
hands, unwilling to sell to the Amer
ican manufacturer"
To remedy this situation, Con-
gress passed legislation authorizing
the President to requisition or take
Evening star., 1941-04-14
Richard Crooks Displays
Expected Lyric Color
Popular Opera Star Charms
Large Audience at Final
Dorsey Concert of Season

some of the velvety quality of his
tone. 1t is hardly fair, at the end
of an artists long season, to expect
the same freshness of voice that
would be his after a vacation. Mr..
Crooks worked little too hard for
effects and the tonal quality was
somewhat clouded. He made little
use of the high register and then
only in falsetto, singing some of his
numbers in a lower key than Gus
tomary. But after the first two
groups, his old style returned and
one heard again the fine, unforced
legato and the lyric color that is
individually his.
Franz's For Music" and "Hark,
How STILL" Grieg's Il Love Thee"
and "A Dream" were placed togeth-
er, while in conclusion he sang
Elinor Warren's Sailing Home
ward" Fosters Come Where My
Love Lies Dreaming" Protheroe's
"Ah, Love but a Day" and Lehar's
Maiden, My Maiden" The gem
among these songs in the matter of
pure bel canto was the Foster song.
The artist was generous with en-
cores, singing, besides lie Reve"
and "Panis Angelicus," Beloved, 1t
Is Morn," Schubert'S "Serenade," :"
Purcell's Passing BY" and Foud-
rains "Chevaux des Cosaques." The
audience, large one. waited eagerly
for the many additions that usually
prolong a favorite singers program,
but Mr.. Crooks gestured at one of
his many recalls that no more would
be forthcoming.
The very sensitive accompani-
ments, especially in lie Reve," of
Frederick Schauwecker, helped Gre
ate the artistic atmosphere of the
recital. He was heard also in three
soil, Carpenters American Tango"
MacDowell's Scotch Poem" and a
"Nocturne," substituted for the pro-
grammed "Guitarre, by Moszkow-
ski. His style is poetic, if not greatly
varied in coloring, and he was warm
ly received, giving an encore.
Evening star., 1941-04-14

have said-that this man died of
heart failure, brought on by vio-
lent attack of ptomaine poisoning"
A Whistle Stop.
The captain shrugged his shoul-
ders. THAT may be-" he said dryly,
but it's deuced inconvenient to have
it happen today"
Death is never convenient, II
you put it that way. 1t strikes re-
gardless of man-made plans" the
doctor answered primly, but there
was an edge of rebuke in his voice
which was entirely lost on the cap
tain, who stood drumming his pen
Gil on his notebook, completely
oblivious to the two other persons
in the room. Suddenly he burst out
defantly:
"All right so whatl It's a
natural death with very unconvinc-
ing trimmings, if you ask me. I'll
tell you one thing, Mrs. Starr, this
fellows death is just a whistle stop
if we can lay our hands on the doc
tors gun. Believe me, if I can find
out what happened to his gun the
night he was shot, I'm coming pretty
close to the person who bumped
him Off"
Then his voice was less bel
ligerent. You have finished with
your evidence. Mrs. Starr, and our
case with the coroner's jury is
closed. Do you know the verdict?"
"Yes," Sandra said in a stifed
voice. Murder by person or per-
sons unknown"
The captain smiled. "Mr. Cotton
has been here before me, I can
see that. Adhere he is, in the
flesh, to give you his own version" !"
Continued tomorrow
(Copyrisht, 1e41, by the Chicago Daily
News, Inc)
Evening star., 1941-04-14

over the items denied export. A
special division now handles requi-
sitions made under this authority,
with hearings to determine the COM
pensation to be paid the owners of
the goods taken over.
The State Department issues the
licenses under the rules and regu-
lations laid down by Gen. Maxwell.
In determining his policies. he is as
sisted by a policy committee, made
up of representatives Of the Gov
ernment agencies interested in the
control of exports.
In addressing the Philadelphia
Maritime Society recently, Gen.
Maxwell warned that it may be-
come necessary to control the use
of shipping, as the available guam
tity of shipping decreases.
"In the development of our group
Of emergency controls, we must con-
slider not only the materials them
selves, the quantity of the material,
and the destination of the ship
ments, but also the means for their
transportation" he said.
Evening star., 1941-04-14

on its way, forgetting that winter
is a time for sleep and rest for
most ferns.
From Southern Canada to Florida,
Mississippi, Arkansas and Wisconsin
you will find lovely groups of these
ferns. Their favorite home site is a
sloping hill with southern exposure,
where overhead there will be gen.
erous canopy of leaves during the
summer months. These same leaves
furnish an acceptable cover through
the winter; furnish food, too, as
they return their substance to the
soil
Sometimes, you will find these
ferns in evergreen woods and even
in husky clumps beside the road.
How they reached their new desti-
nation is easily explained; Godfather
Wind took the spores for a ride and
left them there.
Evening star., 1941-04-14
CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VII.
First Joe, then Parker. Death had
struck twice; it might strike again.
If it did, would she be the next to
go? An impending sense of disaster
had been growing on Sandra since
Joe's gun had disappeared. Every
way she turned she found herself
in the midst of a whirling cycle
of fear and wild conjecture. A
miasma of fear seemed to reach
into every corner of the old house
with its ancient, mysterious secrets,
and its old ghosts that had never
really died.
The doctor who attended Parker
came to see Sandra during the
morning. They were discussing his
death when Capt. Jones was an
nounced. He seemed much quieter,
more deeply concerned with events
in the Starr household than he had
been before.
This is an unexpected compli-
cation, Mrs. Starr" His ferreting
eyes were once more boring into
her as, if they we're reading every
thought that flashed through her
troubled and overweight mind.
Its very strange that your butler,
next to you our most important
witness, should die a few hours be-
fore he is called on the stand. I
don't like it,"
THE doctor says it is a plain
case of ptomaine poisoning" Sandra
answered quietly. Parker ate SAL
mon last night, the rest of the
household had pork, which he never
touched" She paused and then
said:
That is correct, isn't it, doctor?"
The physician nodded slowly. A
benevolent-lo looking man in his late
sos, he had a little worried frown
as he hesitated a moment before
answering her question.
The Doctor Is Certain.
He was evidently allergic to
fish. Should never have eaten it,"
he said at last, giving his words
the weight of his professional
opinion. when I came he was suf-
fering great pain and was almost
unconscious. I managed to revive
him and after I cleaned out his
stomach I thought he had a good
chance to pull through. But his
heart evidently could not stand the
strain"
you saw no evidence of his hav-
ing taken anything in the nature
of a poison of any kind. nothing
which would arouse your suspicion?"
The captain had his notebook in his
hand as he asked the question.
Again the doctor shook his head.
Nothing, absolutely nothing" He
spoke with conviction. ut was just
one of those unfortunate cases that
occur sometimes when a persons
system cannot assimilate a certain
food that is poison to his digestive
tract"
81 still don't like it. We will have
to have an autopsy"
Under the circumstances I quite
agree with you, and in this case I'll
stake my professional reputation
that you vlI and eEaetly yhat !
Evening star., 1941-04-14
Natures Children
Christmas Fern
(Polystichum acrostichoides)

season in the North it Is the only
fern to be found green.
Here you will find the fertile and
sterile fronds. Sometimes the fronds
reach a height of 3 feet, and are
thick, somewhat lanceolate, acute
and once pinnate. The many mar
row pinnules have finely serrate
margins and are arranged alter
nately on the rachis. Look closely,
so you will see that each one has
a triangular ear on the upper side
of the base.
All the fertile fronds are taller
than the sterile ones, and also have
their upper third decreased in size.
This part, as you see, bears the
sporangia. The sori are always
found on the under surface, in two
or more rows lengthwise of the
pinnules. Most of this important
work has been accomplished before
the fronds unfurl and ripen early
in the year. The fruiting pinnules
remind you of tiny brown ant hills
and make wonderful lessons for
microscopic work.
The Christmas fern is easily trans
planted in the late autumn. Placed
in the sunny window, it goes merrily
Evening star., 1941-04-14
By ALICE EVERSMAN.

Richard Crooks, whose recital yes
terday afternoon closed the series
sponsored by Dorothy Hodgkin Dor
sey at Constitution Hall for this
season, rounded out his program by
singing LIE Reve," from Massenet's
"Manon." The aria, which contrib
uted to his successful debut in
"Manon" at the Metropolitan, has
become SO closely identified with
Mr.. Crooks that it would be difficult
for another's performance of it to
please. The sweetness of Mr.. Crook S
voice, the tender sentiment he brings
to the Interpretation and his clear
diction combine to give 1t a par
ticular appeal that never fails to
charm. He followed it with Cesar
Franck's "Panis Angelicus," sung in
English and delivered with great
reverence
These two numbers were added to
a group composed of the arias
"Vainement, ma bien aimee" from
Lalos lie Roi d'Ys," and the "Sere-
made" from Mascagni's Iris" Com
ing toward the close of the program,
the singers voice was at its best,
having gained in clarity and smooth
ness after a rather labored be-
ginning. The beauty of Mr.. Crooks
singing has always been its fluent
ease and his mastery use of mezzo-
voce. Yesterday he began his pro-
gram dramatically with Total
Eclipse" from Handels Samson, 5"
and continued in this vein through
the classic numbers, the aria from
Arne's "Comus," Martini's "Plaisir
d'amour" and Love Sounds the
Alarm" from Handels "Acis and
Galatea."
Although Mr.. Crooks invariably
responds to the sentiment of what
he is singing and one feels that in
this respect everything possible has
been extracted from song, the i'm
petuosity that colored his perform
ance in the beginning took away
Evening star., 1941-04-14
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

With nearly every nature lover
the Christmas fern is a favorite. At
this time of the year, fresh clumps
are to be found, sent up from a
sturdy rootstock. In places where
there have been more sunshine and
less boistrous winds these last weeks,
the early fronds are uncoiling, but
are still wrapped in beautiful, silky
white coats composed of scales.
AS the fronds become older and
accustomed to the air and sun the
scales turn brown, many of them
remaining upon the rachis and stipe
through the season.
The Christmas fern is hardy
child of the woods. During all the
winter you may be successful in find
ing fresh green fronds, sometimes
huddled under a deep snow blanket,
again with coverlet of leaves and
at times with their backs against
a friendly boulder. 1t was given
the name of Christmas" for at this
Evening star., 1941-04-14
British Railway Request
Blamed for Iraq Coup

By the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, April IA
Neutral diplomatic sources said
Saturday the recent coup by ma
tionals in Iraq was caused by a
British request that British troops
be allowed to take over control of
railways and oil fields in Iraq.
British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden, these sources said, made the
request when he saw the Iraq
foreign minister recently in Cairo,
but most of the Iraq Army opposed
the plan.
1t was said that if Turkey should
enter the war Britain would like to
bring supplies up through Iraq.
The Iraq government of Taha AL
Hashimi was overthrown April in
coup led by the nationalist and
military leader Rashid Ali Al
Gallant.