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Evening star., 1941-01-19
Summers Resolution Before Judiciary Committee

That Representative Hetton W. Summers Democrat
rntroduced his resolution
Constitution has been entirely overlooked by
organizations The resolution introduced
the very of Svenyseventh Congress
known H j. %.
At meetings during the past weeks motions have
been adopted Judge
ton That gentleman however has been good long ahead
of these citizens who overlooked this bit of
The resolution essentially in its original form with the single
variation that limit ratification of amendment
which Committee Judiciary added carried section
AS has often been explained in this column this amendment
the States will empower
District Columbia
in electors President
dent greater than that Of the people OF the States Power
delegate
establish District
judicial power the United States also extended
by the proposal citizens of the District in the
If they the citizens of State.
legislation which enacted under the authority of the
proposed would be subject amendment repeal
would however affect the office of Senator
during which he elected
adoption the Summers resolution by thirds vote
House and Senate and its ratification by the Legislatures
will solving
Columbia problem
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Creation of the public defender
considerably while has been revived by
defending charged with ofens who unable
to employ assigned by the in such
practice considered be unsatisfactory
of the bar and frequently unfair to the defendant
represented
proposal which regarded somewhat in the nature
advanced by former corporation counsel
the office public prosecutor
take the duties of the counsel office
prosecutions concerned.
conses office is loaded down with duties
departments
The Corporation Counsel has become legal adviser to the District
Committees legislative of the CommS
Capitol S up
required the Commissioners
District in the courts in civil actions
Under the proposal for public prosecutor all prosecutions of
violations District municipal regulations would be handled by that
somewhat the followed United
States District Attorney oenses against laws the United
States
ICED citzenry.
Forces Mobilizing to Oppose Race Track Gambling
threatened efforts egalize gam
opposition Committee Civic Affairs of Washington
Federation filed emphatic protest against
legislation with the chairman the Senate District Committee
The protest being supplemented by effort to mobilize the
civic defeat
with
membership of 10000.
gone
peated opposition form track gambling egaiza
bodies already
gambling in the District outlawed
notable crusade by the citizens
Thoroughly the detrimental effects of this form of
gambling the civic sentiment overwhelmingly shown to favor
suppression The fight against track gambling fine
example and the result hailed civic
moral victory.
desire to take backward step on this
question
Evening star., 1941-01-19

The following six businessmen S
associations are scheduled to hold
meetings this week:
Tuesday, January FL.
Columbia Heights-Luncheon
Sholl's Cafe, 3027 Fourteenth street
NV. 12:15 pm.
Northern Seventh Street-Regular
meeting, Immaculate Conception
Hall, I'll N street NV, 9 pm.
Georgia Avenue-Regular meet
ing, 1920 Georgia avenue NV, $50
pm.
Thursday, January %.
Central-Luncheon, New Colonial
Hotel, Fifteenth and M streets NV,
1915 pm.
Federation-R meeting,
Continental Hotel, North Capitol,
between D and E streets.
Northeast Luncheon, Weber's
Cafe, 4O2 H street NE, 1915 to
lis pm.
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Business Groups
Six Associations
To Hold Meetings

The following six businessmen
associations are scheduled to hold
rnnaatirne fl,is u-oak
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Catoe, Awaiting Murder
Trial 10 Get Draft Quiz

Jarvis r. Catoe, who goes on trial
october Is for the murder OF Mrs.
Rose Abramowitz. will get a ques-
tionnaire this week from his draft
board.
Preparing to send out its final
batch of questionnaires, Board No. 8
discovered that the last name on the
list of approximately $500 belonged
to the man indicted in five murders.
Catoe's order number is 6,352
Board attaches said they will fol-
low the usual routine of sending the
QUESTIONABLE to the last known ad-
dress supplied by the registrant. 1880
U street NV. When the question:
naire is returned, the board will
investigate and check" still follow
ing procedure, and will finally send
it to the District Jail.
Unless Catoe claims dependents
and can establish them through affi-
davits, board attaches said, he will
automatically be put in class III as
an over-age registrant. He is So
years old.
Among the questionnaires of the
same draft board is the one Allied
out by John Eugene Ecklund con-
victed sniper-slayer, who will die in
the electric chair October 8.
Evening star., 1941-10-02

tices to vacate were sent prior to
and after receipt of these checks.
About 80 women tenants Of the
community occupied the first rows of
seats in the courtroom today.
Mr.. Flynn noted an appeal and
Judge Hedrick placed bond at $500
to cover twice the amount of the
rent that he said could reasonably
be expected to accumulate before the
case is heard in Circuit Court.
Fair Rent Body Named.
Meanwhile, in Alexandria, Gardner
L. Boothe, chairman Of the Northern
Virginia Regional Defense Council,
announced the membership of the
Fair Rent Committee for Arlington
County, which will be headed by I.
Chance Buchanan. Other members
are Mrs. Dorothy Dunn, J. B. Lowell,
Waverly Dickson and Earl Kirby.
He said that no landlord or tenant
interests were represented on the
committee, and that all were home
owners in Arlington County. He
expressed qualification that he had
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protest what members Of the group
described as eviction" of tenants by
the apartment management. Among
matters to be discussed Is another
notice to vacate given Irving Richter,
who recently testified before House
District subcommittee holding hear
ings on rent control legislation. Mr..
Richter said he received his notice
the day he testified, but the apart
ment management announced this
was merely a coincidence"
After a very brief session during
which no evidence was offered, but
arguments were made by attorneys
for both sides, Judge B. M. Hedrick
gave Judgment in favor of Buck
ipgham with the observation that
there is no question involved in
this case"
Attorney Claude r. Thomas, rep
resenting the plaintiff, declared that
notice to vacate at the expiration of
the lease was first sent May 20, and
that subsequent notices of a similar
nature had been sent by mail.
No Reason Given.
Frederick L. Flynn, counsel for
the Ingrams, contended that the
management gave the defendants no
reason for their intention to decline
to renew the lease. Mr.. Flynn said
that two checks in payment for
August and September rent had been
sent the management. Mr.. Thomas
displayed the checks and explained
they had not been cashed but were
accepted only for the purpose of
being entered in the court records.
He explained that some of the no.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Court Orders Custer
OF Rent Protester
Al Buckingham
Apartment Wins
Action to Force
Tenunt to Vocute

A tenant was ordered to vacate
his apartment at 4l2 North Thomas
street, in Buckingham Community,
Arlington County, Va, when he and
his wife appeared in the County
Trial Justice Court this morning.
An unlawful detainer action had
been brought by the apartment man
agement against Frank and Eliza
beth Ingram, charging them with
illegal possession of the apartment
for which the lease had expired
August 81.
Before today's hearing, Mr.. In
gram declared he believed he was
given notice to move because of his
activities In the Buckingham Civic
Association, which has protested
rent increases at Buckingham dur
ing the last three years.
Meeting to Protest Eviction"
The association has scheduled a
special meeting tonight at st.
Thomas More Catholic Church to
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Neutral Expert 10 Give
Views on Fire Code Bill

A neutral" expert may be named
by the Fire Insurance Underwriters
Association to give an opinion to the
House District Committee on whether
proposed bill to give Washington
fire safety code is broad enough
to permit all manufacturers of fire
alarm systems to compete for BUSH
ness here.
After John j. Smith, representing
an equipment company, testified be-
fore committee members that the
proposed safety code would create a
monopoly in fire alarm installations,
Chairman Randolph announced he
had invited the association to send
neutral" expert before the COM
mittee Monday.
Among those also invited to the
meeting, Mr.. Randolph said, are
Herbert A. Friede, superintendent of
the District fire alarm system: Fire
Marshal Calvin G. LAUDER and Fire
Chief Stephen T. Porter.
Chairman Reynolds said he wants
to eliminate any monopolistic op-
portunity in the bill. Corporation
Counsel Richmond B. Keech has in
sisted that pending amendments
will eliminate possibility of mo-
nopoly
Mr.. Randolph said the bill, drafted
by a special subcommittee under
Representative Harris, Democrat, of
Arkansas, will be submitted for
criticism to fire underwriters as
sociations in the District, New York,
Boston and other cities in an effort
to enact model" legislation for the
Capital.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
| u. S. Good GWer,
lizard Borgoiner,
Briton Declares
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, Oct. 2.-Assertions that
Americans are very generous givers
but very hard bargainers" were
heard in the House of Commons
yesterday and demand was made
for government assurance against
any agreement tying sterling either
to gold or the United States dollar
Oswald Lewis, Conservative M p,
professed the friendliest feelings for
the United States, but he declared
that with Americans If you ask for
a gift you probably will get mag
nificent one, but If you discuss a
bargain you are certain to have a
very hard one"
He added that tying sterling to
gold or the dollar might prove a
most awkward obstacle in the course
of any subsequent negotiations with
the United States"
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Eight Feared Killed
In Plone Explosion
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LA PAz, Bolivia, Oct. Eight
occupants of an Aramayo Mining
Co. plane, including two Americans,
were believed today to have been
killed when the craft exploded in
the air Saturday and crashed in the
hills of La Recaja Province.
The plane, which was en- route
here from Huanay, was piloted by
William c. Brooks, 4S, whose wife is
at Smith Center, Kan. Frank G.
Burgess, Il, q mining engineer of
West Winfield, N. z, was among
the passengers.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Student Wins Scholarship

James Henry Meriweather Hen
derson, a graduate of Dunbar High
School here, has been awarded a
scholarship at the University of
Wisconsin for the coming year He
is studying for the doctor of sciencs
degree in botany. His home is In
Falls Church, Va.
Evening star., 1941-10-02

which would have the respect and
confidence of the entire community.
Evening star., 1941-10-02

kIT'S LATAKIA
pronounced La-ta-kee'-a).
A delicate, fine tobacco
from the Eastern Mediter.
ranean. Stored in this
country, and aged an aver
age of three full years
for mellowness, it adds 4
bright new seasoning Aa-
vor to today's Old Gold.
Evening star., 1941-10-19
NEW YORK

isn't it darling?" cooed a lady
member of the audience at the
height of terrifying afraid in
THE Wookey" To do the woman
justice, I think she was referring TO
Edmund Gwenn, that Mr.. Wookey
of the play.
1t has taken me little time get
ting around to this drama of a
British tugboat captain who lives
on the Thames dock-land, and
washes his hands of the war effort
when the British government re-
fuses to take his advice.
First of all, let me put on record
that the actual afraid noises used
during the play we're much more
frightening to this reporter than
the actual air raid she underwent in
London some two and half months
ago. I guess the Londoners were
right when they said, This raid is
nothing; you ought to have been
here during December and April"
No, thank you-not after hearing
the bombs and guns in THE
Wookey."
Distinguished Guests.
There are some distinguished
guests in the theater on the night
of my visit. There's Flora Robson,
who has played Queen Elizabeth
twice in the movies and is able to
come to THE Wookey" because her
last royal impersonation. Anne of
England" closed precipitously last
Saturday, leaving her evenings free
for awhile
Another unusual guest is Special
Constable Herbert Scott of East
bourne, England who was given
seats after penning the following
to The Wookey'':
Dear Mr.. Gwenn:
Il happen to be the only Brit
ish police officer in America.
I was brought into this country
to give advice on A. R p by the
New York Police Department.
My particular job is with the
bomb disposal squad and I have
helped to dispose of quite a few.
Nearly played the harp once or
twice but figured my name was
not on one, so why worry
would be glad to see The
Wookey.' I might be able to give
you some of my personal expert
ences that perhaps you could use.
I have been through more than a
hundred bombings"
He Found Out.
Special Constable Scott, short,
tubby Britisher, rather like the
character portrayed by Mr.. Gwenn,
crowds into the tiny dressing room
Of the star after the show and gives
out some hair-raising stuff.
Dye know Fleet street?" he asks
the English Mr.. Gwenn, who mods
vigorously. WELL" says the con-
stable, lit was during a December
raid that land mine 9 feet long on
parachute got all tangled up in the
wire cables above the Daily Express
Building. All it needed to come to
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Toduy's Film Schedules

CAPITOIInenaional Lady" George Spy
Massey: AIS, tbs and 1910 Stage shows: 345
and 925
COLUMBIA-"smin Through this time with
Donald: g. 510 7:20 and $50 pm.
EARLE-"Youll Never Get Rich" Fred Aae Rita
Haywoh: 24O 7:25 and s5 pm Stage shows: 42o 64O
and
KEITHSis Woman Is Mine adventure
days: 225 450 tbs and 945 pm. March of 205
a la 3:55
9:45 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"One of
bes-seling biography: 235 ASS, 7:20 and e:4o pm.
PALACE-"H -"HonkyTonk" Clark Gable kisses 22O
4:45, ITO and $40 pm.
Wedding" Margaret the bride
tinuous afternoon and evening.
TRANS-LUX-News shorts continuous from o'clock
Evening star., 1941-10-19
The WOOkey' Meets a Veteran of LOndOn's War
Being Visit Backstage With Edmund Gwenn While His
BombFighting Technique Is Discussed by Expert
By SheHah Graham.

! earth was a puff of wind. So yol
can imagine how fast we had tC
work. AS we were taking it to the
marshes, a man stopped us and said
What have you got there?' You'll
know soon enough we told him.
reckon he jumped all right when the
thing went off,
Constable Scott processes some
dissatisfaction with the extinguish-
ing of the incendiary bombs that
come through the window of the
Wookey home.
Neglected by Hollywood.
You ought to use stirrup pump,
he tells Gwenn. Aim it at the dead
center of the fame. lying fat or
your stomach, like this, and he gets
down on the floor and assiduously
quenches unseen fire bombs.
At this point, the stage manager
interrupts: In the first place the
bombs are not real incendiaries. And
if we did use a stirrup pump, we'd
ruin the curtains and the scenery
This being disposed Of, meet some
of the other members of the WoOkey
household.
Heather Angel who plays the
daughter with rather weak nerves
I don't think her role is an example
of how British women behave under
bombing-haS come direct from
Hollywood, where her dramatic abil-
ity has been consistently neglected
by the movie moguls for too many
years.
Miss Angel is rather like her name
she seems too fragile and thin for
the realities of this world. Her act
ing in the play is magnificent AS a
woman in the Wookey family she
naturally occupies a subordinate po-
sition, but even at the beginning OF
the war, when her father is dead
set against it, she braves parental
Wrath-which can be very awesome
to insist that his neutral" atti-
tude is shamefully wrong. Her hys-
terical scene in the last act in the
basement of the bombed Wookey
house was reminiscent of Journeys
End" when the soldier went to pieces
before going over the top.
Mrs. Wookey, Norah Howard, is
former acting friend of mine-we
both played minor roles in Noe
Coward's This Year of Grace" We
decide to forget the number of year.
that have elapsed since that date
She is killed during an air raid ir
the third act.
Toned Down.
Mr.. Gwenn himself in real life |,
a bachelor, although he was mar.
ried for a short time during the
last war, in which he served ir
the r. A. S. C. and saw service ir
France. He divorced his wife short
ly after the armistice and founc
subsequent single life too good tt
disrupt. He is "a years old, ano
when I asked him for the secret ol
his youthful looks and health, re.
piled:
! MY mother, bless her, gave me
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Some Authors Find a WAY
Around Peonage in Films
And Their Methods Are Open to All
Others, Including Those Who Grow Weak
And Sad Over Their Professional Plight
By Jay CarmOdy.

After experience occasional
of meditation the conclusion that there
every story making him happier wisdom
properly should left him miserable confused
Occasionally however there heeting advantage in the Janus
example excellent amusngly
by Ira Wole short distance to the right With properly onc pity
debasement literary artist in Hollywood spiritually
of an inferior superior.
Well there story great
entertainment find tragic 1t comes out every time the q
ton is asked: What is wrong with the theater?
wrong of the writers in
according wOfert, is that they are in HOLLYWOOD ,
The correction of the double tragedy that is what Is would
itself.
Some Get Fimdom
BY Staying Away From 1t.
1t is not as simple naturally the freest of
the creative not hopeles enmeed in the kind OF
professional conduct by which escape
comparatively Nor does mean going back to sruoons 10
choose of them In fact there are many writers VINO larger
portions Hollywood gold by never going there or in gong 90 SO TO
of the deals they make
kaufman who, with Edna Feber lays a
Hollywood product on the stage of the National Iheaer tomorrow
night in the Mr. kaufman taken
@ mucn prom & o @ g oso ooo ~erv close to the ame high price
tag He marouy we'll too when they sat down
with R-K-o Door" their last dramatic col
boraion Then there was the accomplishment
Dnner Eight check from the
coldwynMyer In way one OF the most impressive
kaufman his relation with the CINEMA was
that moviedom, Once in Lifetime ,
his coaborators he happens to nave
the time not only turns out the type OF % @
HOLLYWOOD other kinds of wrer-bu
handles virtually dees tampen buchery or Whatever tne
treatment received by lesser art Ihe greatest Oh are
work on co-creaor tranao to the new medium
Some Earnt
To Stories.
sufficient stature enforce their
attain they would only
effort apparently IN spite OF the
spiritual Hollywood slavery. 49,
Hollywood residence is that employed oy
such fellows as Preston Sge Carson Kann and recently
John Huston BY proving soryte and better
earned the right produce ana
their scripts.
For years both standard terms the
his check shall turn TO tears
will he sees MS Work
knew their tricks getting credit and
stopped complete independence IN
stree case bego such pictures THE Great MGmy
in SulVans travels
need even more
be
authored.
IF MFR Wolfers like instead OF feeling SO
ad S well
is the
Evening star., 1941-10-19
New Hollywood Battle
Is Waged by Writers
Again They're Trying to Point Out
That the Plays the Thing
In a Motion Picture, Too
Bv Ira WOlfert.

Hollywood fought by writer's against
them their
public
battle briefly into the night last week at
underground The nkerng
that whenever they beef due to the
fact that the the unfortunate position getting $1,000 week
for all all However going to put this aside JUST
for of the analysis
Here Rinado anybody boys
something better than that Id make
business to forget how spell"
for
tleMonsoon! There's picture it! That's what from
the The
be twisted give the star
a chance to do what the public likes to him do.
Then have write budget If it's an A picture
little living
Page E-3.C
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can be so construed. His picture
Is Arsenic and Old Lace" the cur
rent New York stage success.
Capra will screen this very un-
Capralike play almost as Joseph
Kesselring wrote it, with but few
changes. The plot of this comedy
concerns two elderly sisters who
have done an even dozen murders in
their rooming house. AS crazy as
they are is a brother, who also has
slain a dozen men. The old maids
are jealous-they want to outdo
their brother Into this situation
comes their nephew, a dramatic
critic, and the girl next door.
In the play, to get the boy and the
girl out of the house, he goes to
review a new show. Capra believes
this Is a weak note-that it is not a
strong enough motive for the boy to
leave his aunts alone when another
murder is about to come off.
Instead, Capra will marry the boy
and the girl right at the outset and,
Evening star., 1941-10-19

she had determination and ability
Spector. about Is years older than
Carol, is in Hollywood too, his law
practice long deserted.
Hes a swell friend, but there's
never been any romance there"
Carol insists.
AS for love, says Carol, it struck
her when she was singing in Miami.
The man was from Detroit. The
romance was getting serious when
the mans name began to appear
Evening star., 1941-10-19

on the eve of their honeymoon, take
them into the aunts' house. The
Capra version thereby will become
even more farcical.
was curious to know what turned
Capra, who heretofore has spent
much time preparing original stories
(although you Can't Take 1t With
You" was a play-but with a mes
sageD to this particular piece.
Its entertainment, first of all"
he explained. That's what interests
me mainly. Another reason is that
an original story would require from
six to eight months preparation and
I don't want to be off the screen for
that long just now. The play is
practically ready to shoot"
Meet John Doe" Capra's latest,
did not meet with such good re-
sponse as "Mr. Deeds" and "Mr.
Smith" That is why he is anxious
to get on the screen as soon as
possible with a really good picture.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

a good fashioned (VictoriaO
upbringing" Gwenn has been acting
nearly so years, mostly in England
where he appeared in many of
Shaws plays. His home in the
Adelphi. where Shaw also lived for
a number of years, has been bombed
twice-"the first time they took the
roof off, the second time they fin
ished the job"
The air raid sounds in The