Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1931, Page 23

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, I ‘ C., JANUARY 18, 1931—PART ONE. " PUBLICLAND SHIFT - TOSTATES ADVISED Report to Hoover to Suggest Transfer Be Made Upon Legislatures’ Request. By the Associated Press. ‘Transfer of the public domain to the | States will be recommended tomorrow | to President Hoover by his Public Lands Committee, which yesterday prepared a final report for him. | ‘The transfer, authoritative sources said sterday, would be subject to a request State Legislatures that the land be turned over to them, and would provide for reservation by the Government of acreage for national forests, reclamation Pprojects, power sites and other purposes. Similar to Tentative Draft. ‘The report is similar to the tentative draft reached by the committee at its November session here. ‘There are approximately 178,000,000 acres now owned by the Government, lying in the 11 public lands States whose representatives formed the ma- Jority of the committee. Seven Eastern States were also represented on the committee, with James R. Garfield of Cleveland as chairman. ‘The committee recommends that if the Legislatures do not ask for the lands, that areas be set aside as na- tional ranges, under the control of the Forest Service. It also recommends consolidation of the governmental agencies concerned with the administration of national re- serves and the conservation of resources and suggests legislation to that end. Refinancing of irrigation districts was frowned upon in the report, which sug- gested that the income from power sys- tems upon reclamation projects launched by-the Government should be paid into the Bureau of Reclamation. Mineral Reservations Favored. Mineral rights in known mineral areas would remain with the Govern- ment, but subsoil rights elsewhere would be transferred to the States. A policy of governmental flood con- trol measures was advocated. The Boulder Canyon project was named as an example of the type for which flood control steps should be taken. ‘The chief problem, the report said, was to insure the most beneficial use of the lands and natural resources over & rbd of years and in this connection was suggested that eventually private ownership of the acreage would be most desirable to the States. ENGLISH GIRL WINS WORLD ESSAY PRIZE American School Citizenship League Announces Awards for 1930 Contest. By the Assoclated Press. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., January 17. —A_Portsmouth, England, girl is one of the winners in the 1930 World Essay Contest of the American School Citizen- ship League, for which awards were announced today. ! Prizes are offered annually by the Misses Mary and Helen Seabury of New Bedford. The awards, as an- nounced by Dr. Fannie Fern Andrews, secretary of the league, follow: Normal school and teachers’ college ection—First, Miss Helen Osborn; se« nd, Miss Bess L, Hyde, both of Michi- n State Normal College, Ypsilanti, ich.; third, Miss Margaret T. Yates, {ilinois State Normal University, Secondary school section—First, Miss Peborah Rubenstein, Boston, Mass.; ond, Miss Lorena Walker. Helena, rk.; third, Miss Muriel J. W. Jones, ]mgu!h High School, Portsmouth, fngland. e prizes were—First, $75; second, po: third, $25. ‘The subject igned the teachers was he ‘Teacher's ity to Eftrengthen the Kellogg-Briand Pact” d that assigned the secondary schools, How Would World Peace Benefit the ‘outh of the World?” Judges in the United States were Dr. B U TS WO GIVEN LIMIT FINES ! IN SMOKE SCREEN CASES Charges of Transporting and Pos- sessing Liquor and 5 Traffie Vio- lations Are Also Sustained. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 17.—Un- Jess F. Eugene Green and Devit Wil- sonh, colored residents of Wi , are able to promptly raise $2,355 and $3,200, respectively, plus substantial amounts in costs, which they are not expected to do, the former will have 10 spend nearly 3 years and the latter 2 years and 6 months in prison as a Tesult of their conviction in the Police Court here today on charges of violat- mlr\clm' vehicle regulations. operating a smoke screen while their automobile was being chased by Corpl. Roy Snyder and Pvt. Robert Howes of the county police force in the lower section of the county early in From the Front Row||THRD JURY FAILS Reviews and News of Washington's Mlientera. Ed Wynn at the Palace, With Good Stage Show. N elephant that bowls and a zebra that skips rope run away with the laurels at Loew's Palace this week. While the entire stage show. is unusually good, in strgeg contrast to the picture, “Follow tne Leader,” featuring Ed Wynn, the two animals offer such extraordinary entertain- ment that a re- view would be entirely inade- quate without & special emphasis upon their number. Presented un- der the title “Max Gruber’s Oddities of the Jungle,” Eva, & small Siamese elephant, and Topsy, claimed to be the only trained zebra on any stage, bring an act distinc- tively new to the world of trained animals. In addition to riding a bicycle, giving several dances, including a “shimmy” in perfect rhythm, Eva proves herself eligible as an entrant for bowling contests. Picking up a ball ‘with her trunk, she knocks down several pins and then marks her score on the nearby board. Topsy, her zebra com- panion, demonstrates grace and agility in a rope-skipping act. ‘The two animals were purchased by Mr. Gruber four years ago, upon their arrival in New York from their ~native lands. Gruber's success with his zebra disproves a long established claim that zebras cannot be trained. Collins and Peterson, in “Monkey Shines,” proved themselves accom- plished comedians with their ability to_provoke laughter. Three young women and three men perform some unusually grace- ful and skillful “gymnastic dancing” is & number, the Jack Randall Sex- tette. ‘The Chester Hale Girls and the Palace Syncopaters complete an ex- cellent vaudeville show. Ed Wynn, advertised as the “per- fect fool,” lives up to his name in “Follow the Leader,” a hodgepodge of foolishness, lacking both clever jokes and attractive musical numbers, the expected features of the average presentation of this sort. Supported by Ginger Stanley Smith and Lou Holtz, Ed Wynn grimaces, gesticulates and stutters through a story, whose only semblance of plot seems to be when Ed Wynn, as Crickets, a half-witted waiter, is unwillingly made the leader of a famous band of crooks. Although “Follow the Leader” is not the sort of entertalnment which would be recommended for mature minds, it seemed to be highly ap- preciatéd by the young people of the audience, as many a shrill, childish laugh could be heard, gleefully ex- ploding over Ed Wynn's antics. In fact, the Palace offers’an ex- cellent program this week for young people and children, a feature only too rare in this sophisticated age of problem plays. An amusing animated cartoon and short reel numbers complets the program. G.8.8. “Little Caesar” the Best of the Gangster Pictures. TH! transplanting process from the book to the screen has been done so astutely by Messrs. First National-Vitaphone that “Little Caesar” emerges with the life-like Caesar” emerges with the lifelike story . The result is that this’ new film at the Earle seems very nearly the best “dramatic” pic- ture of the year. Al'.houlh.l the t.h?gn‘\nwe—tmcc a gangster, always & ] been driven into the soul of the public with a good deal of per- sistency during the past year, this film is never tedious, never slow, never unbelievable. Only once, when the boy who goes “yellow” is shot down on the steps of the church, is it even theatrical. For the rest, it is a swift, often breath- less, clever unraveling of the rise and fall of a king-pin gangster. The acting of Edward G. Robin- son ml;!h' 1fifle role is, of fl)ur'ser responsible for a great measure o its success. Mr. Robinson, whose best bread-and-butter is earned by the portrayal of such roles, climbs to real heights as the aspiring gun- man who gets to the top of his pro- fession and then falls. Each step he takes seems the step of the oversure Rico, whose sudden rise in the underworld goes to his head with more potency than the fulfill- ment of many a more exalted am- bition. Robinson is, however, not alone among the valiant in this act. ‘There is Douglas Fairbanks, jr., ex- cellently tuned to the dancing-boy role; there is William Collier, jr., doing a convincing bit of work as the boy who loses his nerve; and there is the gentleman who plays a part of the detective, who certainly deserves one of the biggest hands during the performance. Thus the actors! The story needs no revelation. It is all good. Every drop of it. A’ picture, in fact, in which that old, old adage—"not missed!"—seems utterly in- adequtae for the material and en- tertainment at hand. December, each drew a fine of $2,000 The vaudeville show, introduced and costs, with the alternative of spend- ing 2 years in the House of Correction. Each was sentenced to pay a fine of $200 and costs, or be confined in the House of Correction for 6 months on| name far and wide. charges of transporting liquor and illegal possession, and for 8) , having no registration card, laying .ckxln‘“;;: L\lueddw another réon, reckless driving and not havi mnu on his machine Green was uu: tenced to pay fines totaling $155 or to_spend as many days in jail. ‘The fines imposed in the smoke screen cases aré the limit under the law and are a record for the court. —e EX-BELLE OF BROADWAY HELD ON $5,000 BOND | Belle Livingstone Accused of Con- tempt of Court in Violation of Dry Laws. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 17.—There was & day when Belle Livingstone was a belle of Broadway, but her life in these latter days has become just one arrest after another. , Today she was held in $5,000 bail, | charged with contempt of court in vio- | Bng a temporary injunction restrain- tag her from breaking the prohibition -v. All of the 60-year-old former actress’ street , whenl she was csught, pajama elad, attempting to escape over n;’e' Toof. Medical Groups Are Sued. MUSCATINE, Iowa, January 17 (@) -Zorman Baker today flled suit for 100,000 in the Muscatine County Dis- trict Court against the American Medi- cal Association, the Iowa State Medical conspiracy to injure °3 Institute and by the effective “thank you” lady, features that highly graceful ex- ponent of the dance, Vanessi, whose Broadway successes have flung her Miss Vanessi intoxicating| presents s splendid act, helped by four biue-frocked gentlemen who sing and such-like. Good as is this number, and the foolishness of Evans and ter, and the drum- ming of Jack Powell, rythmn out of kitchen pots and pans, the best of all are the six Galenos, who do such tumbling and falling about as you have never seen before. And this from some one who usually is sound asleep after the first fall. E. de S. M. “Boudoir Diplomat” at Rialte Presents Riot of Duplicity. IP the force of a screen plot is to be estimated as in proportion to the numerical strength of the char- acters who practice the arts of du- plicity, then “The Boudoir Diplo- mat” offered at the Rialto, is enti- tled to the record. Nearly every one of importance in the several scenes is making a victim of some gullible person. More remarkable still, the most persistent of the plot- ters are themselves the easiest vic- tims of unregenerate deception. There is no reascn for concluding that the methods employed are likely to be accepted as among the proper things in diplomacy, for if Shift Without Touching the Clatch HUPMOBILE FREE WHEELING MOTT MOTORS, Inc. 1520 14th St. N.W. Dec. 4341 Rogers, , clals said contracts had been the diplomatic fleld is as well equipped with keen minds as it is reported to be, the candidates would require deeper schemes than are offered in this story of mythical kingdoms. Notwithstanding the skepticism with which the affairs of state, as here presented, are to be ap- proached, it is a matter of mere entertainment that a quartet of clever players—Betty Compson, Ian Keith, Mary Duncan and Jeanette Loff—received a new assignment in the arts of social artifice, and their skill is employed in the exciting task of putting vitality into a story which is largely dependent on their individual contributions for its effect. It is not one of those stories that tell themselves, and further- more it takes as its climax the ancient situation of the jokers who are the butts of e joke. An additional film at the Rialto presents Slim Summerville and Eddie Gribbon in “Hello Russia,” and these wise comedians give evi- dence that their form of grotesque and laughable action is not at all governed by geographical considera- tions. There are some jokes on the Russian language, - with plenty of snow for & background, and a little trained pig as one of the important members of the cast. Morton Flood, at the organ, plays classical over- tures with skill, and Graham Mc- Namee tells about the news of the world, with pictures covering liberal selections from Winter spgn.sé A “The Right to Love” Continues Second Week. UTH CHATTERTON'S _ability to plunge her audience into un- quenchable tears is being demon- strated for another week at the Co- lumbia, where “The’ Right to Love" is being shown. This film, whose story is said by the great majority to be frayed and worn and over-weighted with im- probabilities and_theatricalisms, is, however, in the opinion of this ob- server, a splendid opportunity for Miss Chatterton. Spanning in her dual characterization two genera- tions of a family, she weaves into these roles such insight and sym- pathy that one cannot help but think that she. has reaghed the very peak of her career. As sentimental as the story is, as filled with small innuendos of yo- manticism that ruffie the placidity of certain dispositions. its main theme, as carried out by ‘the star, is something well worth seeing. One goes away feeling that Miss Chatterton is certainly one of the very great ladles of the screen. whose capacity for breaking hearts is one of this century’s most popu- lar failings. E. de S. M. FOES OF BLUE LAWS RAP MIAMI BEACH LID Liberal Policy for Benefit of Pleas- ure-Seekers Demanded of Council by Delegntion, By the Associated Press. MTAMI BEACH, Fla., Januuary 17.— The open anA shut question, so far as concerns gambling and other illegal amusements in this resort of the Florida coast, took a complicated turn today as opponents of “blue laws” laid verbal siege at the doors of the City Council chamber against the council’s edict that “the lid is on.” X & One group, including representatives of the socially exclusive Committee of 100, appeared befere the council Wed- nesday to demahd the tightening of the 1id on gambling. Today the council heard equally forceful arguments froi business and trades men, who sought a “liberal policy” for benefit of Winter pleasure seekers. ‘When opponents of- the closed-town policy appeared Wednesday, Mayor Val C. Cleary sald the lid has been, is and will be kept on as far as gambling is concerned. —_— BIG INEUSTRIAL PI.ANS IN SOUTH ANNOUNCED Railroad Orders 35,100 Tons of Steel and Power Company to Improve System. By the Associated Press ATLANTA. Ga., January 17.—Big business brought optimsim today with announcements of major industrial de- velopments. ‘The Southern Rallroad system offi- warded for 35100 tons of new steel rail, suffi- cient to lay 231 miles of track. Preston S. Arkwrlght. president of the Georgia Power Co., announced a 1931 program calling for the expendi- ture of $21,000.000 to be spent chiefly in improving the distribution system The 400 Georgia cities, towns and com- munities served by the company will share in the sum The railroad steel contract will be filled in Alabama. The announcement saild practically all the order was given the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Rallroad Co. and would be rolled in the Ensley plant near Birmingham. At Chattanooga, the Marion Extract Co., manufacturers of tannic acid used in the making of leather, said the plant would reopen Monday after being closed since August. Fifty men, the normal number employed, will be called to work. 2001 16th Street Three Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration Reasonable Rentals Telephone National 5000 . For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday morning. The Route Agent will collect at the end of each month, at the rate of 1}; cents per day and 5 cents Sunday. RESINOL $TOPS THE ITCHING OF ECZEMA Don’t endurethe torment another lay. Just get a jar of Resinol Oint- nent and a cake of Resinol Soap rom your nearest Bathe the affected parte with the soap ter, dry lightl; apply the ointment. That's all there is it but you will be :mazed to see how gwickly the tching stops, the inflammation is educed, and healing begins, FOR FREE TRIAL sine package of Resinol Ointment and Res- inol Scap write Resinel, Dept.60,Balto., Md. of recelving $2000 from the Ewalds for obtaining the indorsement of the Steubent Society. Prosecutor’s Stand Undisclosed. Hiram C. Todd, special prosecutor, appointed by former Attorney General Ward to conduct the investigation which led to the indictments, has not indi- cated whether he will press for new trials Ewald was named as magistrate by Mayor Walker in 1927 and resigned last year shortly after his indictment in a mail fraud charge in_ connection with the affairs of the Cotter-Butte Mines, a company with which he was affiliated. He has not yet been brought, unde® trial on the Federal indictment. George W. Simpson, who resigned his_magistracy yesterday on the plea By the Assoclated Press. {of ill health, was said by investigators NEW YORK, January 17.—A third | of the appellate inquiry today to have jury has been unable to agree on |bank and brokerage accounts totaling Whether $10,000 loaned by Mrs. Bertha | $125.000—about $10,000 more than his T0 CONVICT EWALD | Prosecutor Withholds Inten- tions as to New Trial of Magistrate. istrict leader. was for buying a mag- on the bench istracy for Ler husband, George F.| Inquiry ‘Wi’ G Om After a long night of deliberation the | Isidor J. Kresel, special counsel for Jury ruelw'.rh‘:dtn:llgf“i:wuld and his | the inquiry, said the resignation would af 145 am. lay - was unable to reach an agreement andej "0¢ Dalt investigation into the Com- was discharged. ~ Similar disagreements | mercial Frauds Court, over which Simp- cTndeg‘ two trials ot!h Hull’:’ and Thomas |son presided. 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