Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 22

PlAY SERIES PN OF JUNIOR THEATER! “The lvory Door" to Be Given Twice Saturday to Open 1930 Season. Two performances of A. A. Milnes “The Ivory Door” will be presented at the Shubert-Belasco Theater Saturday 14th the opening of the 1930 season of | * the Junior Theater of Washington. The matinee will start at 2:30 o'clock and evening performance at 8:30. An arrangement has been made with Lee Shubert whereby the Junior Theater will use the Shubert-Belasco. Mr. Shubert has c.pressed a desire to_co- operate in the activities of the organ- ization. The directors of the Junior Theater | and a citizens’ committee consider this the first step in the movement for a | national junior theater for which an | appeal was made by E. H. Sothern at 8 meeting in the home of Mrs. James | J. Davis recently. Citizens’ Committee. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo is chairman of citizens' commyjittee. The other members are: Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, vice chairman; Mrs. Roben C. Howard, Dwight Clark, Miss Dorinda Rogers, Frank Jelleff, Stoddard Taylor, Ml’! Gerflr:“&l]l.fllef )lr. -:;w.s J Ot plays nn are “Jan Meredith,” a IEHMM t’fie Revolution, hbru-ry 22 ‘"mrod" by Booth Tarkin, ““The Poor Little Rich to be selected ll'.el' Those interested in the. theater have retained a group of players they expect o gain widesprcad popularity. Included is William S. Johnstone, who will ap« r in the role of the young King ivale in “The Ivory Door,” and has spent two seasons with the Theater Guild, appearing in “‘Caesar and Cleo- The Goat Song,” cnu( Thing” | ndroc)u and the Lion.” tone also has pla; in *“Fog Bound" with Nance O'N im"” with the Provincetown Pluye “The Medi- cine Man” uced by Harris, “These Days” with Arthur Hopkins and other conspicuous successes, Other Players. - | Beeman nfld Rith Guiterman, | R ur Guiterman, both have M repertory lence with um: "v;em ‘Mathison, yed in 'Onlg‘.s WI!Q"PI':‘ with Ralph in “The Noose.” She appesred in yon Nicholson's “Babes in t-bt qud" th Anglin in zflngtkm of “Electra.” ew‘r:n il!m’mnm" York. It played les for an entire Two daily were, tated by %’ %fis now are on sale at the ‘Junior ‘Theater , 808 Seventeenth street, phone District t 6365, and at T. Arumr Smith’s. Sfih will be sold at the Belasco starting Thursday. Canadian Income Tax Gains. 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The philatelic agent ol the Washington Philatelic Bocmy. hillp Simms Warren, has recel mlny orders from his colleagues for “firstday - covers,” ‘meaning en i the mail with .the new on the first day of issue, bearing Arks. 3 -Alleged faking: of ‘meen in Germany | was exposed at the wi ly. meeting. of the W Philatelic Bodny by . A., and “10'HURT IN CAR MISHAP.. persons, five of nn uvenumed 13 miles south of here. ‘The.party was en route from Charleston County, Fla., to Moultrie, Ga. The most " serlously injured are Mr. and Ml's F. L. Burnsed, Theodore and Thelma Burnsed. Miss Pauline Ken- nedy and T, E. Leckley. Theodore Burnsed,. Pauline l(enncdy and T. E, Leckley, were.taken to a h in_Valdasta, where’ u was . ud radio receiver in compact cabinet. it at $178.00 list ons. k. - 1350 F ST. N ‘ . PHILATELIC GUESTS |3 delegation of at_least eight members | > Maren: 8, and others | 0 t ]vm knowledge of birds and reptiles. QUITMAN, Ga., Pebr\nrylm-—'l'ln them children, were | of Seriously injured today. when & foving | val THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, BAKER, Z00 EXPERT, DEAD AT AGE OF 7 Assistant Director of Park Here Won Recognition as Scientific Worker. Arthur B. Baker, assistant director of | the National Zoological Park, widely | known for his work in the field of sclence and his scientific knowledge of animals, died at his home, 1767 Lanier place, yesterday, of bronchial pneu- monia. He was 71 years old. Mr. Baker entéred the service at the Zoological Park in November, 1890 shortly after Congress had enacted the | bill for the establishment of the park. | With the exception of six months, in| 11015, when he’ was on furlough to be in | charge of the Boston Zoological Garden, he had been continuously with the Na- tional Zoological Park here. - Hl;nulf :nfllm it factor (;‘ ;hr leselopmen! e b A er nally plann ot cxgewbult other phases of the park’s growth. | His skill in aiding the developmenl of | tne park here having been wldely COg- nized, he was sent to St. Louis to fi' vise the construction of the gres ht cage for birds at the exposmon there. This cage later formed the nucleus for the present zo0 at St. Louis. Handled MacMillan Gift. made & al trip to Africa, and mnm h'::me resented the by Sir Donal MacMillan. he visited many of that he might emplm}’ee the knowledge | % thus obtained in furthering the develop- ment of the Zoo here. :llr Blk;l' had |pec1dh¢d |x:) ‘mam- ms and was known primarily as & mfloflxt -mmu;h he also had a For nearly 40 years he had been in charge of the office at the Zoo, and to his zealous devotion to his rk h tributed part "'1“" nemm & tional Zoological Park im cf one of the finest of its kind. Born at Otisco, N. Y., in"1858, Mr. lect] | of particular lue Mr. Baker was on:r member of the Cosmos Club m‘ mber of the Soclety of Mlmmlloglfll He is survived by Iswidw Dr. May D. Baker; a son, Afthur Baker, a stu- dent in the medical school of George Washington University, and three daughters, Mrs. Phillip Wells of Prince- ton, N. J.; Mrs. P. D. Gibson of Rad- nor, Va., and Miss May Baker. Funeral services will be conducted wt ‘Twenty-first street. ARTHUR B. BAKER. Hysong's funeral home, 1300 N street, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Dhitaieh “Giurch: wih omcat.ta- n! T % terment will be p vn i » TYPIST IS HELD ON CHECK CHARGE 20-Year-0ld Girl Is Accused of Is- suing Worthless' Paper '.!.'ohh‘ng $500. Myrtle Marle Fieldsr, 20 years old, & typlxt Was :mlud here lut night on | petrol ‘worthless “ci heck. charge. Detectl Bl VX that she m‘a:d uh: ing wudve? clare v rom ome in_Roanoke, Va. The detectives say the young woman clatmed she was unable to obtain em- ploymmt shortly after her artival here and cashed several worthless checks. Later she was employed by & bonding firm in the Washington Building, but continued to issue worthless paper, they cl ‘The checks are alleged to totaled l ximately $500. eral wesks, e was. recogmissd jast | an nhhtwme detectives from a descrip~ furnished by local me: ints, uuuluulhuhuldwh-n used are Mrs. H. R. Powe Mrs. R, E. Bond, Mrs. Nel and Mrs. Helen Webb. oman in. the TATE GETS I. C. C. POST. 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C., FEBRUARY g, | from the midcontinent area urged the | House ways and means committee yes- | 0L PRODUCERS | IRGE 51 TAREE [ Importations Threaten Ruin,| " Plea of 300 Midwesterners at Hearing. By the Associated Press. Although faced with a statement by\ some 300 independent oil producers | terday to impose a tariff of $1 a barrel ! on crude petroleum. Led by Wirt Franklin, president of the Inde] Fendent Petroleum Association of America, the oil men warned that some protection must be granted them or they would be ‘“exterminated.” Prnnklln explained that the tariff wu! not being advanced as & "ptmcu for necessary adjunct to the oil conserva- | tlcm pollcy initiated by President | ’rmu ‘policy has been adhered to by domestic pmducer!, he added, but the | importers had ‘“not kept faith” and were steadily increasing their importa- tions and causing degrmlon throughout the industry. ‘“We have proved we can curtall productlon but the imports must also be cut down if the industry is to live,” he 3aid. 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