Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1930, Page 30

SHEPARD MAY FACE TRIAL IN DECEMBER Life of Charged With Poisoning Sec- ond Wife, Is at Stake. By, the Associated Press ‘TOPEKA, Kans., April 19.—Indicted | here yesterday on a charge of first- degree murder, Maj. Charles A. She] ard, 59, Army surgeon, will be brought | to trial for the alleged poison murder | of his second wife probably at the | term of Federal District Court opening in Kansas City next December 1. The Federal grand jury returned the indictment after several days of investi- gation of the Government’s charge that Maj. Shepard poisoned his wife at Fort Riley, Kans. last June as the result of an infatuation for a pretty 23-year- old_stenographer, Miss Grace Brandon | of San Antonio, Tex. Held in jail at Denver since his arrest | there last month, the Army officer will be returned to Kansas after removal | orders are approved by the Federal Dis- | wrict Court of Colorado. Bond was fixed at $20,000. Shepard has remained in jail at Denver, al-| though the court there had agreed to his release in $25,000 bond and later reduced the amount to $17,500 pending | action by the grand jury. | Although he will be tried by a jury of Kansans, Maj. Shepard’s life will be at stake. The State long ago abolished capital punishment, but under Federal statutes the death sentence is manda- tory in event of conviction unless the jury recommends life imprisonment. The Government took jurisdiction be- cause the alleged crime occurred on Government property. TRAINING INSTITUTE WILL BEGIN MONDAY | Setond Annual Conference at Kamp Kahlert Will Attract Experts From Cities. { ‘The second annual Summer camp training institute will be held at Kamp Kahlert, on the West River, Monday to Friday, inclusive, next week, under auspices of the Washington Council of Social Agencies. In attendance will be camp di- councilors and community from Washington, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Wheeling, W. Va.: Richmond, Warrenton, Va.; Alexandria and Hyattsville. The institute will open with luncheon Monday and will close following breakfast on Friday. The pur) of the camp is to pro- vide traini for camp leaders, who will have charge of outdoor activitics of various groups in the sections rep- resented at the institute. Fay Welch is director of the training institute and has as his assistant Miss Dorothy | Greene, executive of the Girl Scouts, and Miss Florence Dunlap, who h: charge of Kamp Kalert during Summer for the Y. W. C. A. Mr. Welch is an authority on camping methods, being director of Tanager Lodge, a co- educational camp in the Adirondacks. Barbara Ellen Joy is head of the camp craft depnrtment Capt. D. Mel- ville Carr, of the water front activi- ties; Ralph E. Tarbett of the United Staies Public Health Service Is in | charge of the health and sanitation d: ment; Mr. Welch, nature lore; n Harris Salomon, Indian lore and hlndlm‘lfl Katherine Harbison, music; Oleda S&:hmn.ky, dramatics, and Agathe Deming, conferences. Co-operating with the Council of So- cial Agencies in the promotion of the -;ummr camp training institute are: The Dlm-lct of columma Council, Boy Ocoun America; Associated Chari- <es and its Summer outings commlt» e, the Boys’ Club, the Christ Child | Boclety, Girl Scouts of the District of Tolumbia, the Salvation Army, Young Men's Christian - Assoclation and the Young Women's Christian Association FUND FOR VIADUCT URGED BY BINGHAM Senate District Committee 0. K.'s Measure to Put Span in Brookland for $500,000. Authorization of $500,000 to bufld a viaduct in Brookland at a point some- what north of the present Michigan avenue railroad grade crossing would be provided in a bill introduced in the Senate yesterday afternoon by Senator Bingham, Republican of Connecticut, and favorably reported by the Senate District committee. Chairman Capper of the District committee told his colleagues that the bill came from the appropriations sub- committee, which now is engaged in writing the District bill for next year, that the subcommittee wanted to provide for this project, but found this additional separate legislation would be needed. Senator Copeland, also a member of the appropriations group, explained that under existing law this viaduct could be appropriated for without further legislation if placed in the line of Mich- igan avenue, but that it has been found aesirable to swing the avenue north- ward at the ral d tracks in order %o ‘ollow a new plan for carrying the avcaue over the raiiroad and at the same time eliminate a curve in the evenue. There has been considerable discus- sion in recent months regarding various plans for climinating this grade cross- ing. The appropriation bill as it passed the House carried $135,000 to rebuild the viaduct at Eighth and Monroe streets, which is a short distance from Michigan avente. B\med Baby Plowed Up. LYNCHBURG, Va., April 19 (Spe- eial).—The body of a recently born in- fant boy was plowed up in a vacant fleld back of Norfolk avenue south of Rivermont avenue Wednesday after- noon. The body appeared to have been uried less than a wcek TODAY’S AHUSEMENTS. National—National Players in “Nan- cy's Private Affair,” at 2:20 and 8:20 pm. Gayety—"Take a Chance,” burlesque, at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Columbia—“Putting on the Ritz” at|pg. 11:20 am., 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30 and 9:35 pm. Metropolitan—Al Jolson in “Mammy.” at 11 am, 12:41, 2:26, 4:11, 5:57, T:47 end 9:37 pm. Rialto—jJohn Boles in “Captain of the Guard,” at 11:30 a.m., 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7.30 and 9:30 p.m. Kelts—*Alias French Gertie” at :45 am, 1:45, 3:50, 5:45, 7:50 and | ox—“Cameo_ Kirby,” at 12:14, 2:37, 4:44, 7:52 and 9:59 p.m. rle—Show Oirl in Hollywood,” at 40 am., 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:50 p.m. Palace—“Montana Moon,” am. 1:55, 4:30, 7:30 and dor—“Cohens and Kellys in Smnlnd &2 at 11:25 Army Surgeon, Al Jolson’s “Mammy” At the Metropolitan. HE reason why Al Jolson has hit the pinnacle of fame is admirably illustrated this week at the Metropolitan. Al, in fact, is at his best, which is saying a good deal. He has not only put aside the lachry- mose tendencies which have been creeping over him for the past back to the original methods which first brought him into the spot- light. He is the real, genuine, clowning min- strel, and as such he defies *comparison. He comes to the screen in “Mammy” as lhehbetler ]z':{l of his most tal- e ented self. ‘There are, of course, in the high- ways and byways of this Jolson movie touches of the emotional that in- evitably characterize the work of this black-faced star. But in this case, in_spite of, the title, there is less of the drooling whimsicalities of mother love, less of the celluloid glycerin tears, than there have been in any of his other films. His songs range Irom the reprise of that old favorite, “Pretty Baby,” to the op- eratic version of “Yes, We Have No Bananas” and back again to a really melodic bit called “Logking at You.” All of these Jolson sings with his ac- customed verve, twisting his face into the grandiose caricatures that always have made imitations of him seem unfortunate. The story that surrounds “Mammy" is less than it should be. It has, however, nothing to jar the most sensitive movie palate. Harmlessly enough, it tells the life of the “star” minstrel, who in the course of his pligrimages through the towns hits the roof of popularity, falls in love with the flancee of his best friend and shoots this friend with a loaded pistol which has been prepared by an enemy for such a dastardly deed. In the course of his gyrations through comedy, pathos and tragedy there is the mother in the home town waiting for him. ‘That he leaves her there for most of the film is a considerable feather in Mr. Jol- son’s cap, as well as that of the pro- du eers Probably the most surprising “shot” of lll is when Al's best friend is lying mortally wounded offstage during a performance. Instead of Jolson's entry on the stage to sing with a “breaking heart.” some tap dancers appear, and thus shatter heretofore ironclad movie tradition. Besides the unbeatable Mr. Jolson, Lois Moran does a neat little bit on her own. Graham McNamee and his amusing version of views and news of the world in The Evening Star-Universal Newsreel rounds out an excellent bill. E.de 5. M. “Show Girl in Hollywood” Discloses Ups and Downs. F “Show Girl in Hollywood,” the feature at Warners' Earle, is an of what goes on out on the id coasts of California, then Hollywood isn’t such In attractive place after all. Still, this week's fllm at the Earle has me distinction of being “different” and very often amusing. And it boasts the ses of that personable blonde, Alice ‘White, who belies her baby face by showing some adept bits of acting. Perhaps the most vexing about this picture is that it brings back that erstwhile silent movie star, Blanche Sweet, in a role that is obviously foreign to her. It would be, of course, to any one, but in any case Miss Sweet, who used to have one of the most alluring of profiles, might have been treated better. In one of the big scenes she sits on & sofa and without any warning sud- denly breaks into a doleful chant that wails “There’s a Tear for Every Smile in Hollywood,” with the help of an invisible orchestra. After this, of course, she goes steadily down hill, zmzmng, however, triumphantly at the close by fighting off the almost disastrous mecu of a monetrous dose of pof ‘The flhle that surrounds the ex- cellent histrionics of Alice White concerns her adventures in and around studios out on the coast. She is hired and fired at every swing of a half hour’s pendulum. Finally, of course, she becomes a star over- night, which is just what the au- dience has been waiting for, and from then on there is a sort of mu- sical revue, which is handled with considerable freshness and photo- graphic skill. The ending, too, is distinetly original anl leaves a plm- ant memory to trot home on. Besides the shimmering Miss White WHERE TO MOTOR AND DINE At Urbana, Md.. 7 mi. south of Fr trom Washington. | Country Ham, Steak and Chicken Dinners, ROSE HILL MANOR North Market St, Frederick, Md. Good 014 Maryland Cooking Mand Olng 2 Miles North out Ga.d huncfiean nner, Open Every Dy In The Year Asfiton133 Olney Md. A 20-Minste Drive From the White House Downe: Favin’ MRS. K's TOLL HOUSE TAVERN Colpavitie Fikes Siiver Sprine, ‘Marviand Follow Route 27 out 16th St. or Ga. Ave.. gr ogt bus for Four Corners at th and "itiis old Toll House with its charming furnishings and Terraced Gardens marks a deligherally mare Country’ Dinner, Flace, Us SERVICE, 12 NOON 70 an Between Alexands On Richmond Road ' messt Vernon Homi C&)KJN at 2, 4:05, 6:05, 7:55 and 9:40 p.m. cmml» “The Aviator,” from 11 a.m. to 1 'I‘Ivhll——"Lm)e Johnny Jones,” at 2, 4:05, 6:10, & and 9:50 p.my THE EVENING From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. there is the ever-amusing Ford Ster- ling and an excellent tune called “I've Got My Eye on You.” Vita- phone Varieties, the Pathe and Par- amount newsreels and the Earle Orchestra complete a sl"lflc'ol’y enough evening. E. de 8. M. MRS. SETON TO GIVE MRS. NORRIS’ ADDRESS Novelist Will Be Presented as Can- didate for Presidency of Pen Women. Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton will make the nomination speech for Mrs. Kathleen Norris, novelist, Thursday morning .t the biennial convention of the National League of American Pen ‘Women at which Mrs. Norris will be presented officially as a candidate for the office of national president. Mrs. Norris accepted the invitation for candidate at the request of Mrs. Clarence Busch, now president, who under the rules of the organization will not be eligible for re-election for a pe- riod of two years. Mrs. Norris and Mrs. Seton will address the league at its opening breakfast meeting to be held Monday. PHILLIPS EXETER ALUMNI TO MEET Annual Dinner of Southern Asso- ciation of Former Students Is Set for Thursday. The Southern Alumni Association of the Phillips Exeter Academy will hold its annual dinner Thursday evening at 7 o'clock at the Army and Navy Club. Principal Lewis Perry and Prof. James A. Tufts of the New Hampshire school will be the guests of honor. Plans for this r were arranged at an informal iun n at the Tally- Ho Tavern, Seventeenth and H streets, yesterday. ~Another luncheon for this purpose will be held there Tuesday af- ternoon at 12:45 o'clock. Howe Totten is the president of the local alumni group and Constant Southworth secretary-treasurer. Mem- bers of the executive comunittee in- clude: J. Curtis Walker, James A. De- Force, C. M. Hester and G. Adams Howard. HARMON AWARD IS WON BY COLORED CONTESTANT Secretary Wilbur to Present Robert Moton Prize for Best Contribu- tion on Race Problems. By the Associated Press. The Harmon award for an outstand- ing contribution toward improving con- ditions between the white and Negro people will be awarded this year for the first time to a Negro, Robert R. Moton, the nationally known pflnclpul of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, it was announced here. Secretary Wilbur will make the prm‘nuuun here next Tuesday night at a meeting under the auspices of the committee on race relations of the Washington Federation of Churches. The award consists of a gold medal It has been awarded Atlanta, Ga., chairman of the commis- sion on race relations, and to Dr. Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist. ised “polday trips” 10 ses once adve “holiday ;l" to see “the great fight” between Russia and Ja) in 1904. MT. VERNON STEAMER Charles Macalester Under U. 8. Government l‘lm Leaves 7th St. Wh: 10 AM."and 2:30 P.M. Round Trlp, 85¢ “THE MEANING OF EASTER” Sunday, 8:15 P.M., April 20 UNITED LODGE OF THEOSOPHISTS Hill Bldg.,, 17th & I Sts. N.W.” STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1930. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. LETTER ON HOOVER DRY STAND CALLED |Expression of President’s ‘Doubt’ Ordered Taken From Wet Organization’s Files. | By the Associated Press. | A letter expressing the opinion that President Hoover is beginning to doubt the possibility of enforcing the dry laws will be an important piece of evidence when the Senate lobby committee re- sumes next Tuesday its investigation of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. The communication was taken from the files of the association, under sub-| poena, together with numerous other documents. It was written in February by William H. Stayton, chairman of the board of the association, to Charles 5. Wood of Philadelphia, a vice presi- dent of ‘the wet organization. “My own feeling is, as I talk to Sen- ators, members of Congress and public officials here, that Mr. Hoover is begin- ning to doubt whether prohibition can be enforced,” the letter said. “He wants to take plenty of time to consider it, but he is being abused a little too much.” ‘The letter was marked “absolutely confidential.” Henry H. Curran, presi- dent of the association, declined to pro- duce the files voluntarily, saying that many of the letters it contained were of such a confidential nature that he was bound to protect them. Curran, who spent the last three days on the committee witness stand and was vigorously cross-examined on the ac- tivities of the association, will continue his testimony when the hearings are resumed next week. The committee is investigating all organizations pre- dominantly identified with the wet or dry side of the prohibition issue. From Curran it was learned that the association contemplates an expendi- ture of approximately $1,000,000 this year, and that last year it spent $427,- 213. The wet leader denies that the association has engaged in lobbying. Bobbed hair has been the fashion ong Albanian women for 2,000 years. 3436 14th N.W. Adams 8100 Road Service—Charge Accounts Invited Bzfo‘re you go to EUROPE— SEE AMERICA FIRST Ask for free booklet Yellowstone, _Califo; ia, "the “;-ndnc.g_ acitic North- , Rainier National Plrk and__ Canadian The tour is oD elrery Dex reason- wbie"in price. E. R. ROCHESTER TOURS Room 910, District National Bank Blde. or Chesapeake & Ohio Ticket Office. BROILED TENDER- LOIN STEAK FRIED HALF SPRING CHICKEN BROILED MARYLAND HAM STEAK NO ADVANCE IN PRICE 10:30 to 1 25¢ 1to6p m 50¢ 6to 10 p. m. 50c-75¢ Children 25¢ FSTat 13T NOW PLAYING— (RAWFORD more alluring then ever ino MONTANA MOON m‘ogun MACK BrROWN IUIIN (l.l ¢ EOWARDS oA singing end tolfir orce of the We st romorice of ON THE STAGE DAVE SCHOOLER IN A LOEW PRESENTAT/ON COI.OR RH YTHM DOUGL: FROM THE CAPITOL THEATRE NY. st ~ COLUMBIA = NOW PLAYING— ATA BRITT: Ahnmmrsm n qu g story-—Fe HARRY RICHMAN et o LORN BENNE TN cHusic by IRVING BERLIN Agoso Av-nur.'rl?u RIALTO takes pleasure in presenting BOLES The_distinguished star the Talking-Singing Screen In addition to Mr. Boles’ personal appearance, he will also be seen and heard on the talking- singing screen with g A Universal Picture The VOICE that swayed a NATION ‘Hear JOHN BOLES, the romantic io Rita,” “The D Song” sing the most electrifying song the world has ever known, “La Marseillaise” and four other numbers— "For You.” “Maids on Pa “Can It Be?” “You, You Al also STAR-UNIVERSAL NEWS with Graham McNamee NINTH AT GEE. TQDAY—GEORGE _ SIDNEY CHARLES ~MURRAY _in COHENS AND KELLYS IN APOLLO |} TODAY—GEORGE _SIDNEY AN CHARLES ~MURRAY in COHENS AND KELLYS IN Meknte B. w.mm AVENUE GRAND TODAY—LORETTA YOUNG AS FAIRBANKS, EE'NTR' 'A"L"m st Bet. D TODAY—EDWARD TON in “THE_AVIATOR.” Warner TODAY-MAKION DAVIES in SO_DUMB. AYEDWARD, EVERETT g’Aon it & Col R4 Warner Bros.’ OLI TODAY—ALICE DAY AND BUZZELL in and BASSADOR _coit"%a™%. 8COT- 624 B 5t. NE. AND “TH] 8COT- TODAY_MARION DAVIES In NOT 645 Ave. AND in and E HOR- COLON?"‘" Ave & Farragut 8t “NoT EM 1230 C St. N.E. HOR~ NW. TODAY—JEAN HERSHOLT in “THE CLIMAX." 14th & Park R4, N.W. EDDIE “LITTLE JOHNNY Saturday, Sunday, Monday & April 19 DAYS ONLY Tuesday, 21 and 22 He Staked His Fate On a Card! Gay cavalier, duelist and gambler. The most fascinating figure in Dixie whose romance with a Patrician belle has immortalized the Crinoline Days. 4 FOX MOVIETONE MUSICAL ROMANTIC DRAMA OF THE OLD SOUTHLAND with, J. HAROLD MURRAY NORMA TERRIS MYRNA LOY ‘CAMEO KIRBY’ ! i STEPIN FETCHIT the presents In temporarily discontinuing the policy af this theater c. g ' rtu, April 26, the unln NER BAXTER DANGEROUS The Stage Offers @ Fanchon and Marco Idea ACCORDION BURT & LEHMANN—THEODORE & KATYA Nat Spector Mary Price Armold Hartman THE ACCORDION BEAUTIES THE SUNKIST BEAUTIES and ALEXANDER CALLAM FOX GRAND ORCHESTRA Leon Brustloff, Conducting WARNER BROS. ErRoPoLITAN BACK TO BLACKFACE In @ Masterpiece of Ministrelsy with IRVING BERLIN SONGS AL—TALKING AL—SINGING AL—LAUGHING A WARNER BROS AND VITAPHONE HIT o] Vitaphone “HOLIDAY ll ST&’?I."AID" GIAIIAI MACNAMEE Newscasting STAR-UNIVERSAL NEWS Starting tomorrow at 2 o’clock for Four Big Days Sun.—Mon.—Tues. & Wed. “SUNNYSIDE UP” First time 'shown in Northeast on the Western Electric Sound Eguipment PRINCESS 1119 H St. N.E. N. E.. H Western Electric The GAYETY Theater Like a Cafeteria A TRAYFUL FOR A TRIFLE Wednesday Nite, An Friday Nite, Ama -r-l’rof Nite Smoke If You Like Phone District 9324 —NOW PLAYING— OF HOLLYWOOD 4s Good as a Trip Through the Talkie Studios EARL 1 A M. to 11 P, FIRST NATIONAL & VIT"TIONE'S “Shum GIRL N HOLLYWoop™ ALICE WHITE JACK MULHALL —ADDED— “MATCH PLAY"” The Comedy With ufi and Diegel 'ATIONAI. | To $1.235, 81, e & 50 MAT. TODAY, 35, S0 & 1!: National Theater Players .1, New York's reigning comedy success NANCY’S PRIVATE AFFAIR By Myren ©; Fagan Next week, seats selling, “THE HONOR OF THE FAIlLY" [POLY'S “Fgiessew | ! The Werid Famoes VILNA TROUPE IN THE GREATEST COMEDY HIT ADVERTISEMENTS B ot RECEIVED HERE Biggs’ Pharmacy—4th & R. I. Ave. N.E. 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THE ABOVE SIGN s DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH OFFICES The Star prints such an over- whelmingly greater volume of Classified Advertising every day than any other Washing- ton paper that there can be no question as to which will give you the best results. “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office POLI’S 35 April 21, MON, MATS. THUR., SAT.—Seats Today Eves., $1, 1.50, 2, 2.50, 3, 3.85, 4.40 Both Mats., 81, $1.50, $2, §2.50, §8 Dlm[mmflflmr |om wlflon GEORGE WHITE'S [ DALS+ w0ith WILLIE & EUGENE HOWARD~ FRANCES WILLIAMS 'MIYC“EIL-‘ DURANT- MAII"TA EVELYN WILSON ~ THE JBOTT DANC! am NOLTE > ELM GITY FOUR, 75 coraroiis oirLs 75 hnk :nu":hc: E.MORRISON PAPER CO. 1009 Pa. Ave. Forced to Vacate May 1st Entire Stock of Electric Fixtures Wil Be Sold Regardless of Cost 25% to 50% off 717 12th St. N.W. wmn serl E CAROUNA ks 1'4 3 An. SE with the THREE MOOR: . Aiso Sor Erisode o ACE OF SGOT: LAND YARD.” Shown at Matinee Only. STATE .m.f".fi'.’- tihe souna ~ “BXTTLE OF PARIS” FAIRLAWN _Sarer s ln “mmA!fl“’O MOMENTS. ClRCl.E Ho See and Hear AM POWELL DEATH. “SUNNY Movietone Starts Mond: DUMBARTON 2 iy g and KAY JOHNSON in ~PHE FROM SHANGHAL" ~FOX MOVIE 1119 H 8t N.E. 'ESS Yuine." 5000 FARRELL _in SIDE UP." Western Electric- p.m “LONG, LONG _TRAIL. TAKOMA A 4ib and 1 pand luun-hln. A Talkle n-n&y Yis R C. A “I.ove in the Desert” (*) Indicates Where Film Is Being Shown Today, District of Columbia THE METROPOLITAN—F st. n.w. AMBASSADOR—18th and Col. rd. n.w. APOLLO—624 SAVOY—3030 14th st. n.w. SYLVAN—104 Rhode Island ave. g.3. *TAKOMA—4th and Butternut sig Maryland and Virn'm‘q *MARYLAND-—Hagerstown, +OPERA HOU! arg DANI[IS SMASHING THROUGH STAR-DUST TO NEW "MANCE oF UPPER PPER WORLD RAGK- MEL - ETEERING -snnmm’fi" HOLLYWOOD'S AFFIANCED STA| APRIL 27 TO MAY 4~ | NVA ACTORS’ NA&ONAL JUBILEE EK X {