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that they would not be, but didn't
believe it, and was glad to find I
was right. What lecturing I have
done has been as brief as possible.
The sessions have been devoted pri-
marily to intelligent questions and
my attempts to answer them in
telligently."
Levin, a Harvard man, admits
that he found one of his most pleas
ing experiences at Yale. 1t was not
that he expected the Yale lads to
be, say, an aggregation of big, mus
cular chaps like Wayne Morris-s
feeling that some Harvard men
might have. 1t was just that a
critic, woman critic, understand, !,
who gave him a bum steer.
I'm sorry 1 won't be there to
hear you" she told him at a pre-
lecture luncheon, especially after
what they did to Alfred Hitchcock" J."
The woman did not amplify her
remark, would not in spite of Lew
ms most earnest urgings. Know
ing what a clever fellow Hitch
cock is, he began to worry as only
former professor can worry about
the diabolical potentialitieS OF stu
dents. 1t did not help, either, that
he remembered Hitchcock as an in
dividual roughly three times his
size and consequently hardly the
type for heckling.
"a sadist, that woman was" says
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formances Of Tobacco Road" the
extras being a Friday matinee and
shoWings Sunday afternoon and
night, will set something of a rec
ord for the National. And, at
the lowest price in the plays eight
engagements here. it will make the
producers richer than any previous
local week. Two of the tele-
grams which wish Gary Cooper we'll
in his impersonation of "Sergt
York" bore the names of Cordell
Hull and Gen. John j. Pershing
Secretary of State Hull is a
fellow Tenneeseean Of York's; Gen.
Pershing was his boss during the
World War. The one to end
wars. :. A card says Izetta Jewell
is entertaining these days at Tony's
Wife's place in New York. She
playS and sings.
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ing and producing their own pic

ing and producing their own pic
lures.
Levin, who did not even men
ton his own $50 Ends Our Night"
to his luncheon neighbor at the
Carlton, spoke to the combined
drama classes of five Washington
colleges at Catholic University. His
audiences of $50 included repre-
sentatives of that school, George
town, George Washington, Trinity
and Dumbarton.
Representative Of the same
groups, in smaller number natural
ly, were guests at the luncheon at
which Father Gilbert V. Hartke
and Loews Carter Barron were CO.
hosts.
\ X
Waits and strays: Those II per-
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Foster Gets Lead

Preston Foster has been borrowed
from Paramount for one of the
three top roles in Universal's forth
coming Gregory La Cava produc-
ton, Unfinished Business" Others
of the starring trio in the new
La Cava comedy, as previously an
nounced, are Irene Dunno and Rob-
ert Montgomery. Eugene Palette
will have a prominent character
role.
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Levin. st never spoke to more
gracious audience or a finer one"
Incidentally, he never did find out
what happened to Hitchcock.
So neither did we.
Levin, one of the few former pro-
fessors who ever got involved in
the movies in any form, has no
truck Chat Tobacco Road" influ-
ence) with the idea that a picture
cannot be both an artistic and box
Office success. His old boss, the
late Irving Thalberg, to whom Hol-
lywood owes big monument,
taught him that, and Levin intends
never to forget it.
''All it takes is the right cast and
the right story" says Levin.
Sometimes the story alone is
enough, as, for example, that of
'Stagecoach'
In pointing out that one Levin
IS not implying that John Wayne,
Clare Trevor, etc, were not the
right cast so much as replying to
exhibitors who did not think their
names were flashing enough to
earn the picture its ultimate penny.
On the subject of story generally
he is one of that rare group of
cinema producers who rate writers
so highly that they are happy to
welcome them as associates, even
competitors, in the producing field.
He thinks it is fine for the movies
that people like Preston Sturges
and Ben Hecht are writing, direct
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not that he objects to moments of
reverie like that on the part of
adolescents, or even adults, but
rather that he thinks it should be
merely fractional reaction to the
art of the cinema.
He has found that to be the case
and is quite pleased about it all.
You would be surprised, or maybe
you wouldn't" says Levin, "at the
interest in the technique of motion
picture making. The students be-
fore whom I have spoken are very
well informed on aspects of the busi-
ness that are not covered in its
gossip columns. I had been told
Evening star., 1941-02-20

e began the voyage which landed
i'm before Washington's campus
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artists at Cath
olic University.
He thought it
would be a good
idea to get about
and see what
drama students
W ere thinking.
H e hoped it
would be some
thing more eX-
alted (if there is
any such thing
than what movie
star would make
the ideal COM
panion on a deS-
Ay.+ Ie1o~l tt &c
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

| and Time of Showing
Stage.
Tobacco Road" with
John Barton as Jeter Lester: $3.50
pm.
Palace-"The Philadelphia Story,
Katharine Hepburn in a gay and
witty frolic: 1885 am, 2:10, 4:40,
7:1o and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Tall, Dark and Hand
some" Cesar Romero in a satire
on gangster films: II am, las,
Abs, 7:20 and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: 1880, 2:40. $50 and
9:10 pm.
Earle-"Arizona," Jean Arthur
wins the West: 10:30 am, Ills.
4:O5, 7 and $50 pm. Stage shows:
1910, $3.50, $40 and S:l0 pm.
Keith's-"Back Street." Margaret
SULLIVAN and Charles Boyer in the
tragic romance: l1:40 am, 1:40
$40, $40, TAO and 9:40 pm.
Little-"Night Train" rlp-snort-
ing British thriller: II am, 12:45,
2:30, 4:20, sos, 7:55 and $40 pm.
Columbia "Maisie Was a Lady,"
In which the popular lass invades
high society: 11:55 am, 1:55, 3:55.
5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - Virginia" the
South wins Madeleine Carroll, In
technicolor: II am, los, $40, Sis
7:20 and $40 pm.
TransLux-News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
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Star on Desert Isle Gag
Only One Campus Caper
Students Really Interested in Films
From Technical Standpoint,
Saws Ex.Prof., Now Producer
By JAY CARMODY.

Whatever grades they making integral calculus semancs
conditioning college mind for
intelligent about the
report Prof Producer Albert
stand in washington
yesterday.
Levin partner touring the colleges
did know what to expect when:
he the r
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A fan sent Jimmy Cagney COM
plete and official record of his film
prize fight career.
Evening star., 1941-09-20

boulevard except that it would be
divided along its entire length and
provided with grade separations
at all intersections. Additional fea-
lures would include gradual curves,
limited access and prohibition OF
advertising billboardS.
Parking Garage Plan Studied.
A plan to provide a series of
combination parking garages and air
raid shelters within the District
was studied. The scheme, present.
ed by local architect, calls for
creation of structures large enough
to accommodate 1000 automobiles
or 10000 persons. The commission
was reported as prepared to in
dorse such a structure provided its
size were reduced. For reasons of
traffic, it was not thought advisable
to concentrate as many as 1900
vehicles in any one spot IN the city.
The commission Endorsed a plan
submitted by county authorities to
increase water supply and sewage
disposal facilities in Fairfax County.
Also approved were an application
by the Pennsylvania Railroad to
provide a new spur track in the
BuzzardS Point area, a plan for
location of a new public school near
Nichols avenue and Atlantic street
S.W., and a site for the projected
Northwest Health Center near the
Abbott Vocation School.
A proposal by the District Water
Department to provide a water
tower in Fort Dupont Park was
rejected on scenic grounds and OBJ
tanning of an alternate site urged.
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Polk School Site Approved
For District Health Center

The Commissioners announced
late Yesterday that the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission had. approved use Of the
playground adjacent to the Henry
and Polk Schools at Seventh and o
streets NV. as a site for the pro-
jected Municipal Health Center in
the northwest sector.
Use of the playground would save
the District the s14,750 appropriated
last year for acquisition of site,
since the land is publicly owned.
District Health Officer George c.
Rutland, who long has stressed the
need for a health center in the
downtown sector, said he hoped the
commissions action would clear the
way for its erection.
He said it was his understanding
that the education authorities in
tend to abandon Henry and Polk
Schools, provided there Is not too
pressing a demand for their facilities
this year, and that if this is done
there will be no conflict between
the center and the schools.
Refusal of the planning commits
sion to sanction use of park land in
the city for the health center has
been partly responsible for the de-
lay in its erection.
Evening star., 1941-09-20
40 over Age SeIectees Return
ToCWiIion Life Without a Tear
Faces Reflect Their Joy on Leaving BeIvoir,
But They Would Answer Call Again if Needed

Without a tear, 40 more Fort Bel
voir selectees over % years OF age
yesterday packed their bags, drew
their last Army pay check and de-
parted for points in Virginia, New
York and California to take up
where they left off when their lives
we're interrupted" for a year of
Army service.
Aside from times when they were
signing official papers like the last
pay roll, their faces were wreathed
in smiles. They could hardly wait. If
by waving their last pay they could
have gotten away any earlier, most
of them would have gladly done so,
because they expect to be earning
much more soon.
A cross section of the group which
shook the red dust of the Engineer
Replacement Training Center from
its collective feet showed that there
were few hard words for the Army,
although there were some for the
local selective service boards which
put them to it. All agreed. whether
they had lost or gained weight, they
were in better physical condition
than when they came in.
Fitted to Civilian Occupations.
1t was consensus, too, that the
Army had found places for them
doing things for which they were
fitted by their civilian occupations
and that they would return to their
jobs without having to start all
over again. The exception was
civil engineer assigned to the cav
airy, but even he later was trans
ferred to the engineers.
Perhaps most important, they all
had jobs waiting for them as soon
as they got home. That prospect
looked good.
While all declared willingness to
go back into the Army If needed,
most of them believed their places
could be filled better by younger
men, although none considered
himself exactly in the "old" classifl-
cation. But here is the cross sec
ton:
Harold Kent. 81. of Syracuse, N.
Y, Office manager for a wire manu-
featuring firm. He was inducted
last March. After two months in
the training battalion he was as
signed to the personnel section of
Headquarters Company. He is II
pounds lighter than when he came,
but he feels better for it.
II guess Army life has not hurt
me any," he said, but I'll be glad
to get back on my old job again.
I'm going to take week or so off
and get used to getting up late
gradually"
Engineer Could Ride.
William F. Bowerman, 80, Of
Lansdowne. Pa, was the civil en-
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gineer inducted at Camp Lee, Va,
and sent to Fort Riley, Kans., to be
converted into a cavalryman.
II can ride a horse" he reflected,
"but they did not know that when
they sent me. I have never been
able to learn why, but I'm not going
to wait today to find out"
His wife, the former Martha Jane
Foley of Berryville. Va, was waiting
in their car nearby to take him to
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. K. Foley, for vacation"
before he returns to his job with a
civil engineering firm with which
he has been connected since his
graduation from Pennsylvania State
University six years ago.
Under any other circumstances,
that trip to Fort Riley would have
been fine. While l was there
learned to braid a horses TAIL"
Family Needs Another.
Franklin H. Lively. 80, a private
in Company c, 7th Battalion, went
to Fort Belvoir in June from his
home in Quinnimont, Va. and has
been drilling most of the time since.
Although only 80, he has worked
for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
for 20 years. He carried water for
two years before he got a job as
track laborer. The 5-cents-a-mile
travel allowance will be all gravy"
because he has his railroad pass
to get him home.
81 like the, Army all right, but
my folks need me more than the
Army does" he explained. MY
father is IA and my mother SO.
want to take care of them, but Ill
come back when they call me"
Martin Ehrlich, 80. of Flushing,
N. Y, was placement interviewer
with the State Welfare Department
before his local board posted his
name last March.
II asked for the Medical Corps
and got the engineers" he grinned
but it's all right now.
Il didn't get much experience in
terviewing but I certainly know how
to punch a card by this time. I'll
hate to leave the many friends I
have made in my short time here,
but I am anxious to get back to
my job
He is a graduate of New York
University and received his mas
ter's degree at George Washington
University here in 1884.
Joseph F. Hurley, 81, of Buffalo,
N. Y, is going to work Monday as
manager of trucking firm, the job
he held until he was called for in
duction last st. Patrick's Day.
I'm glad to go, and no mistake
about that" he declared, "but I'm
leaving the best outfit in this mans
Army. I can't speak for the morale
in the rest of the Army, but I know
in our outfit it couldn't be better,
Regular Army or otherwise"
When he leaves his post as cor
poral and dispatcher for the Motor
Transport Company, his s54 a month
salary will become $65 a week.
James A. Leckie, Sc, also OF the
Motor Transport Company, will have
the longest trip home, to Los Angeles.
He was the first man inducted by
| his local board last November. He
had been driving a Diesel engine
trailer truck. When drivers for heavy
trucks were badly needed here he
was transferred to Fort Belvoir.
1.-THE boys and officers here are
fine" said one-time corporal, later
private and now Mister Leckie. Il
feel better for having lost some
weight. I am sure 1 am going to
miss Fort Belvoir, but that will
be after I am back in California a
little while"
Evening star., 1941-09-20
Laurel 10 Retain
Recreation Center
After Emergency
Work on Structure for
Meade Soldiers May
Stort in Few Weeks
sy q staff Correspondent Of The Star.

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.
LAUREL, Md, Sept. 20.-The new
recreation center here for Fort
George G.. Meade soldiers will be
a permanent structure designed for
use by the town after the emergency,
Mayor Edward F. Tolson said today.
To be constructed with an S82,-
900 appropriation under the Lam
ham Act, the building has received
tentative approval by the Federal
Works Agency and probably will
be started within the next few
weeks, he explained. Recreation &C
tivities will be continued in the
National Guard armory until the
new center is completed.
Mayor Tolson said that the
armory eventually will have to be
turned over entirely to the new
Home Guard unit. The new recrea-
ton structure will be more centrally
located on a lot owned by the town
on Main street, two blocks from
the traffic light on Baltimore boule-
ward.
Laurel was chosen for the site
of recreation center because of
its proximity to Fort Meade. 1t
will be operated by the United
Service Organizations, like other
centers throughout the country.
Laurel has no community recrea-
ton center, however. and instead OF
designing the building with a view
to tearing it down after the emer-
gency, it was decided to make it of
permanent construction.
Details of construction were with
held by Paul Kea, architect on the
project, who said he was not per-
mitted to release information for
his F. w. A. client The funds were
sought under provisions of the Lam
ham Act by Representative Sasscer,
Democrat of Maryland.
Evening star., 1941-09-20
|Wicomico Officials
Are Found Guilty
Of Misfeasance
All Five Board Members
Face Sentence With Clerk
Who Admitted Thefts
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SALISBURY, Md, Sept. 20-The
entire Board of Wicomico County
Commissioners and their former
clerk awaited court sentence today
the commissioners on their con-
viction Of charges of misfeasance
in office and the ex-clerk on a
guilty plea of taking county funds.
The commissioners were con-
victed by Circuit Court jury late
yesterday, scarcely more than "a
hours after the former clerk, Mrs
Rachel Wright Day, admitted TAX
ing county money totaling approx
mately $4,000.
The State contended that about
$4,000 in county funds was stolen
and that s56,0O0 had been accounted
for in Mrs. Days personal bank
records.
The commiSSioners-Charles r.
Parker, George Wright, James S
Adkins, Ernest w. Larmore and H.
Lay Phillips-had pleaded Innocent.
At the close of the trial they were
released on their own recognizance
No date for sentencing Mrs. Day
has been set. The commissioners,
however, will be sentenced Septem-
Der %, Chief Justice Benjamin A.
johnson said.
Mrs. Day pleaded guilty to 80
counts of an 85-count indictment
Now patient at Peninsula General
Hospital here, she was taken into
court on a stretcher to enter her
plea. and then returned to the
hospital and placed under guard.
Evening star., 1941-09-20
Sanitary Conditions
At School Criticized

WINCHESTER, Va. Sept. 20 CSpe-
ciaD.-The Frederick County School
Board was criticized today by the
Kernstown Patrons League for fail
ure to make repairs to the school
building at that place, the complaint
coming simultaneously with an
nouncement that one of the pupils
had been stricken with infantile
paralysis.
A league petition alleged that the
building had been permitted to go
unrepaired for long time, that the
structure has been damaged by a
leaking roof. that toilets are in a
"deplorable condition" and that the
schoolhouse is infested by rats.
Leslie D. Kline. school superin-
tendent. said the School Board had
directed that the necessary work be
done, but explained that it was "al-
most impossible to get labor"
Evening star., 1941-09-20

Commission, and a member of the
special subcommittee, urged strong
ly that the Board of Trade reafflrm
the position taken last year in favor
of legislation placing the Washing
ton National Airport definitely un-
der control of Virginia. The terminal
building and portions of the airport
area clearly lie within the boun-
daries of Virginia, he asserted. The
Virginia Legislature would not ap-
prove of a recession of land to place
Jurisdiction of the territory in the
District, he said. If the District as
sumed responsibility, it would be
saddled with many expenses, he de-
clared.
Chairman Morgan announced that
he would call another meeting Of
the subcommittee in the near future
to continue the discussions on air
port jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1941-09-20
Paralysis Ebbs,
Laurel Schools
To Open
One New Case Found
Near Bowie, Another
In Montgomery

Public schools in Laurel, Md, after
a delay of two weeks because Of a
series of infantile paralysis cases,
will reopen Monday, Supt. Nicholas
Orem of Prince Georges County
announced today.
Mr.. Orem explained that no new
cases had been reported in Laurel
since the seven on record when the
Board of Education ordered the
opening of schools there postponed
two weeks. Everything is in readi-
ness for the registration and open
ing of classes, he said.
One New Case Reported.
DR.. John M. Byers, Prince Georges
County health officer, said one new
case of infantile paralysis was re-
ported today in the Bowie area,
bringing the total for the county
to 25. One case also was reported
in Montgomery County but was de-
scribed as mild. 1t brought the
total in that county to 10.
Meanwhile, Montgomery County
school officials said that more than
so per cent of the students at Sher-
wood Higr School at Sandy Spring
and smaller proportions in some
other schools in the county were be-
ing kept out of school by their par
ents apparently because of the num-
Der of infantile paralysis cases in
the Washington and nearby Mary
land area. More than 80 have been
reported this year, although much
smaller number is listed as current
on Health Department records.
Asked to Notify Teachers.
DR.. V. L. Ellicott, Montgomery
County health officer, asked par.
ents keeping their children out oi
school to notify teachers when the
absence was not because of Hines;
in order to save time of investigat.
ing.
He said the disease could be de-
tected more easily if the children
were permitted to attend school
where health check is made daily
but that if they were kept out o.
school they should also be kept away
from other public gathering place!
| such as stores or movies,
Evening star., 1941-09-20
Jurisdiction Conflict
Troubles Air Lines,
Trade Board Unit Told
Aviation Subcommittee
Given Dutu for Possible
Reversal of Stand

The jurisdictional conflict between
the District and Virginia over the
new Washington National Airport
territory and the resulting taxation
problems have placed the air lines
serving the Capital in difficult po-
sition from the operating point Of
view, Fred M. Glass of New York,
attorney for the American Air Lines,
declared yesterday. In addressing a
special committee of the Board OF
Trades Aviation Committee at a
luncheon meeting at the Harring-
ton Hotel, he urged that jurisdic-
ton of the area be placed definitely
either with the District or Virginia,
and predicted that legislation end
ing the present uncertainty would
be approved both by Congress and
the Virginia Legislature.
10 v. Morgan, chairman Of the
subcommittee, presided at the meet
ing, which was attended by about
20 persons, including William P.
McCracken. jr., chairman of the
dllN SOfSA chl AC p
resentatives of the air companies
using the Washington National Air
port. The meeting was called to dis
cuss possible change in the posi-
ton taken by the Board of Trade
last year. At that time, it went on
record as favoring legislation that
would place the Washington Ma
tional Airport area under the juris-
diction of Virginia.
Cites Conflicting" Taxes.
Mr.. Glass pointed out that the
lines serving the airport now face
IA conflicting" taxes. The most
serious of these, from the point of
view of the air lines. are the gasoline
taxes. Virginia taxes are higher than
those in the District. The air lines,
during the course of a year, will re-
quire 3,500000 and 100000 gallons
of gasoline from the airport, he esti-
mated.
Conflict in jurisdiction presents
other problems, he continued. The
Virginia State law, for example
imposes certain regulations relat-
ing to the certifcation of pilots
over and above Federal requirements
With jurisdiction divided, some en-
ployes of the airport are subject to
the District unemployment COM
pensation rules, and others to those
of Virginia.
Studies made by the air lines in
dicate that it will cost Arlington
County S45,000 more each year tc
maintain police and fire protection
for the airport territory than it will
receive from tax and other revenues
Mr.. Glass told the meeting.
The Washington National Airport
was constructed by Federal funds
he said, adding that so far as the
air lines could ascertain no Virginia
funds had been used in its construc-
tion. From the traffic point of view,
he asserted, I'VE serve the Nations
Capital"
To Present Figures.
Chairman McCracken asked Mr.
Glass whether or not the airport
would be self lf-supporting" if juris-
diction were placed in the District
Mr.. Glass said he would present to
the committee later the estimates of
the air lines on costs and revenues
accruing to the District, if it OBJ
tained jurisdiction over the entire
area.
Thomas 5. Settle, secretary of the
National Capital Park and Planning