Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1931, Page 21

- THE WIZARD OF 07 - TOBE CENTER PLAY Annual Spring Festival to Be Held in Wilson Stadium Next Saturday. Fantastic costumes of, the storybook ! people of Oz, and music by the Marine | Band and the Boys' Bugle Corps of the | Park View Community Center, will be) highlights of “The Wizard of Oz,” the| annual Spring festival of the Com-! munity Center Department, to be held | in Wilsen Stadium next Saturday. | The pageant will begin at 5 o'clock | with a big parade of all characters, led by the bugle corps, marching around the big track at Centfal Community Center. Even the directors of the pageant and the assisting marshals will bs in the costumes of the episodes under their immediate direction. Boy Scouts will serve as ushers and assist as aides. More than 1,000 children from all parts of Washington will take part. Stage “The Cyclone. ‘The opening scene in the story of “The Wizard of Oz" will be “The Cyclone,” to be given by children from East Warhington, Langley gnd Chevy Chase Community Centers under the direction of Miss Judy Lyeth, assisted by Miss Martha Fisher. In this scene Helen Foley will appear as Lightning and the Four Winds will be danced by large groups, including: East Winds—Olive Steinberg, Rosaline Wolf, Betty Pomeroy, Dortha Grim, Dorothy May Borden, Anne Larrimore, Mary Alice Bcwman, Elaine Vaughn, Elizabeth Jarboe, Dorris Powell, Eleanor Hagerman, Mary McDonald, Katherine Pisher, Clare Little, Barbara Burket, Elizabeth Logan, Helen Smith and Virginia Smith. West Winds—Helen Maris, Ellen Jones, Laura Binkley, Helen Connery, Helen Clements, Julia Phalen, Virginia Clarke, Anne Margaret Clarke, Julia Clarke, Margaret Money, Margaret ‘Weedon, Frances Staub, Frances Green- field, Sponcello Talbot, Anna Louise Sine, Gertrude McNabb and Mary Steer. North Winds—Irma Norwood, Nancy Lez Shantz, -Constance Campbel, Charlotte Hall, Mary Louise Hall, Ruth Campbell, Mary Barott, Edna Bowman, Nancy Shrodes, Mary Werner, Mary ‘Winlack, Virginia Johnson, Mary Payne, Helen Poole, Jensine Johansel, Anne Grimes, Mary Alice Fletcher and Mary Nichols. South Winds—Margaret _ Claytor, Jacqueline Smith, ~Mary Catherine Phalen, Jean Congdon, Virginia Stein- berg, Mildred Wade, Peggy Wensel, Alice Mae Frisman, Theresa Costello, Barbara Priedman, Barbara Howe, Vir- fig:eczenmr, gfivl; Gordon, Mildred Lois ub, Virginia Gri and Ruth Bowers. e Eighty in “Rainbow.” Eighty children from Columbia Heights, Grant, Oyster and Thomson Community Centers, directed by Miss Alice Louiss Hunter, and Miss Beatrice Mullin, will participate in “The Rain- bow,” which is a feature of the finale of the spectacle. Polychrome, the leading rcle in “The Rainbow,” will be played by Martha Wells Schoenfeldt. Children from Columbia Heights Cen- ter are Bessy Berry, Bella Berger, Sadie Berger, Barbara Black, Louise Condore, Virginia Chestnutt, Ralston Coulliette, Jessie Davis, Alletta Dore, June Deadrick, Phyllis Prank, Shirley Gorowitz, Ethel May George, Mary Frances George, Teresa Hollis, Estelle Hirscheoff, Barbara Halbert, Shirley Jaffe, Annette Johnscn, Leonabeil Kuhn, Grace Merryman, Antoinette Macijulla, Rosina Macuilla, Vera Nich- ols, Louise Shaffer, Virginia Shaver, Betty Sheets, Eleanor Sparrough, Vio- el Virginia Youngs and Thestors alsh, ‘oungs an ora Zeharoudis. x From_the Oyster Center will come Betty Beavers, Susanjane Bachman, Marjorie Carter, Margaret Copeland, Lcuise Howes, Theresa Mendes Leal, Rita Mendes Leal, Pin Pin Mei, Tung Tung Mei, Claire McKinzie, Barbara Ramseyer, Bobette Stackhouse, Helen Barbara Thale. From Beerbower, Ruth Baughman, Mildred Gillers, M Bettie Purdy, Sophie Priedman, or Reynolds, Evelyn Rosen, Mary Rowe, Eleanor Miller, Betty Steinhauer, Phyllis Stewart, Martha Tctty, Dorothy Terry, Jane Mackay, Margaret Cooley. Thomson Center will be represented in “The Rainbow” dance by Irene Boswell, Marjory Baumgarner, Elizabeth Dillon, | Mafalda Dilullo, Harriette Mason, | Katherine Davis, Dorothea Divan, Vivian Crow, Molly Boker, Phyllis Gardner, Martha Gilley, Mary Whar- tcn, Ann McNally, Helen Brooks, Elizabeth Garrison, Marjorie Garner end Mary Zanelotti. KIDNAPER TO RECOVER AFTER SHOOTING SELF Bullet Blinds Contractor Caught by Father of New Jersey Boy Victim. By the Associated Press. GLASSBORO, N. J., May 16—Phrsi- cians today predicted the recovery of George Miller, contractor of Pitman, who yesterday kidnaped Paul E. ramme, jr. 7, and shot himself in head ‘when caught by the boy's father. Dr. J. H. Underwood said Miller will be biind, as the bullet, which cntered right temple, severed bcth optic nerves The boy's father, a bank official and builder, said todey he would not prose- cute Miller, but State police ann-unced | the wounded man must fac» caarges of kidnaping, highway robbery, la-ceny | of an automobile and atrocious 2: ault and battery. Miller, riding in a taxicab, police eaid he had stolen, picked the boy up in front of the Kramme home in Mon- He threatened the father and d made off | obile chase ville mother with a pistol h the boy. After an a Paul was rescued | The father, who was thot in the el- bow by Miller during the said | Miller told him h- was faced with| bankruptcy and had intended holding | Pal , for ransom QUOTA CLUB TO HOLD | ANNUAL MEET HERE, Olney to Preside| nticn of Inter- Miss Catherine at Con national. ntion of the Quota Club International, Inc., will be held in | Memorial Continental Hall and the Mayflower Hotel June 24, 25 and 26, it wes announced yesterday by the con- vention bureau of the Greater National Capital Committe. The convention will be presided over by Miss Catherine Olney, Worceste: Mass., & niece ¢f Richard Olnev. Secre tary of State in the Cleveland| edministration. Speakers at the convention will in- clude Miss Mary Crawford of M2mphis, e21d to be the only woman cotton linter troter in the country. Other speakers will be Miss Rietta Emerscn, assistant pestor of the St. Paul M. E Church, ‘The annual cc Wilmington, Del Miss Lulu Dryden of Baltimore, Miss Dorothy Jamison of Charleston, W. Va., end Dr. Mabel H. Palmer, who recently returned from a tour of the South Sea Islands In’: A extending the INDAY From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. Gary Cooper at Palace Stars in “City Streets.” ARY COOPER'S artillery is in good working order, with a plentiful supply of am- munition, in “City Streets,” shown at the Palace Theater, but he ambles in and out of every situation without firing a shot. Like the lawyer who can argue, or the super-salesman who can convince, his familiar per- sonality-plus is triumphant without the final test of strength. The foe i1s a composite of the motley charac- ters of the mod- ern racket, for- midable when facing the gentle citizenship of a great city, but completely lost when attacked from the inner circle of their own crew. For, be it known, Gary insists up- on wooing the daughter of a racketeer, even though she has serv- ed a prison sentence for protecting her father, and he declines to fight from the outside. He sees no merit in the outlaw life, but decides to adopt the technique of the enemy. Queerly enough, it is not this actor's readiness with the gun that wins for him in the final climax, but skill in driving a motor car through all the imaginable pertls of thunder- ing trains and menacing cliffs. The associate gunmen have thought to take him “for a ride” with his pros- pective bride, but he reverses the situation and takes them for a ride —so perilous a ride that the possessors of the ugly faces on the back seat dare not kill the couple on the front seat for Wear that the relaxing of the hand on the wheel will send the whole carful to their doom. 8o, once more, the superior intelligence induced by the ozone of the plains conquers the effete products of the civilized speakeasy. Matching the final gasoline dash to victory is the exhibition of shrewd- ness by the star of the piece, when he demonstrates that machine-gun nests can be captured from the rear, far from the road of the big guns of battle. Quiet heroics do not spoil “City Streets,” for it provides a likable sort of recreation without taxing the mind. Some bright touches of humor have been achieved by the author, and the cast is good. Silvia Sidney, somewhat new in the type of heroine required, rather overdoes the effusiveness of affection, espe- cially on the part of a hard-boiled daughter of the predatory regiment. but she has plenty of light emotional talent and ought to give a good ac- count of herself in playing leads. Paul Lukas, always a welcome guest of the movie audience, enacts the bold buccaneer of love with the skill which nature bsstowed upon him, and active participants in the scenes are made realistic by William Boyd, Guy Kibbee and Stanley Fields. Additional feminine characters who seck vengeance on deserters are played convincingly by Wynne Gib- son and Betty Sinclair. The stage at the Palace has the double merit of acts which are by performers of skill and settings and accessories which show much atten- tion to detail, especially in the costuming. The program is headed by Mitchell and Durant, who cover up unusual acrobatics with a coating of nonserse, and others are Dolores, Eddy and Douglas, in adagio which reaches the limit of safety; Louis ‘Barrison, remarkable dancer on stilts, and Silvia Nelson in melodious songs. ‘The Chester Hale Girls and the e Palace Orchestra give a background which is called “Riviera Revels.” Hal Roach’s short film, “Air Tight,” 1s genuinely humorous. D.C.C. “Seed” At the Rialto. “S” is a splendid picture. It accomplishes everything that its predecessor, Charles G. Norris' novel did, and treats the theme with great dignity, no end of humor, and a pathos that is entirely justified. Too much cannot be said for it Essentially & woman's picture, it should nevertheless be seen by all who have a suspicion that Holly- wood cannot handle such a subject with taste and discrimination. With- out benefit of a fast-moving plot, with no especial rantings and roar- ings from a “great” star, it yet suc- ceeds in being one of the important pictures of the year. It is shown at the Rialto. All this is said Gary Cooper. even with the knowledge that there will be those who will find fault with it. Admirers of the book say there is too little of the opening California sequences, and the sterner sex will perhaps object to being drawn with such an inevitably derogatory brush. Bart Carter, the hero, is certainly 50 per cent cad. There is, however, 50 much “human interest,” 5o much that is true to life in a nice household way, so much that every woman with a large family must have experienced, Wherever and whoever she is, that whatever blemishés there may be of text or dialogue are forgotten by the pure magic of individual performances. These performances are what may be classed as the marvels of “Seed.” For the story of a woman who spends her life raising a family, only to see her husband lured away by another woman through the excuse that she is helping him with his “career.” is nothing unusual. The way it is done, however, is. Lois Wilson as the wife who insists on a home with lots of children, gives certainly the most,_surprising performance of the season. Equipped up until now with honest, homespun roles whose deline- ation has been satisfactory but never stintillating, Miss Wilson sud- denly become «n actress of note, and with great restraint, great dignity and great charm makes the heroine of this a true characterization of a wonderfully human woman Next to Miss Wilson, bius ribbon honors go to the five children who undertake to be the cause of all the trouble. These seem not to have been directed at ell, so natural are their various actions—the littlest of them providing more ‘“ohs” and “ahs” from the feminine audience than has been heard around and about in a long while. Even when a new set of “children” undertakes to rhow them. “10 years after.” t| are still naturzal and ab! more of a singer than an actor, takes cars of Bart Carter well enough, although one could wish for an occasional new expres- sion on his stalwart features. Genevieve Tobin is a nice actress, who yet seems to lack the necessary spark to charm a man away from such an attractive home. These, however, are only minor discrep- ancies in a film that is earnestly reccmmend as having more real sub- stance to it, and more real, honest fun than has come out of the West in a long, long time. » E. de 8. MELCHER. Dorothy Mackaill a In “Party Husband. A EERIOUS vein of good, old- feshioned philosophy, running beneath the surface of lightness and laughter which makes “Party Hus- band,” this week's feature at the Earle, a highly entertaining picture, lends to the production a degree of intelligence and sound too arle i seldom found in the every-day turn- out of the movie studios. ‘What happens to modernistic theories of individual freedom of husband and wife in marriage, when they come up against the hard facts of reality and human passion, is de- picted in this story of a young couple bntering into matrimony with “advanced and sophisticated ideas.” An excellent cast supporting Dor- othy Mackall, as Laure, the wife, and James Rennie, as Jay, the hus- band, makes the picture both con- vincing and interesting. Opening with the wedding banquet of Laura and Jay, who for many years have agreed that marital suc- cess and happiness depend entirely upon personal expression, freedom and non-interference after marriage, the picture moves rapidly through the entanglements and misunder- standings which arise from their theories until a happy ending is at- tained through the wise, sound philosophy of Laura's progressive mother. ‘The mother, Mrs. Duell, played delightfully by Helen Ware, is one of the most attractive characters in the picture, and the lines which she speaks, oftentimes in jest, give much occasion for serious thought. . Everything goes well with Laura and Jay, until Laura is bored and decides to go to work instead of “attending to her husband’s hom as her mother advises. Laura meets, in her work, Purcell, an attractive bachelor, who soon falls in love with her. At the same time, Jay, in his business, meets a fascinating widow who makes no pretense of her hope to_charm the young husband. Despite their agreement, that neither will ever stoop to suspicion or distrust, both Laura and Jay find themselves miserable with jealousy, still in love with each other, but stubborn in their refusal to deny themselves the companionship of others. ‘Their marriage is perilously near the rocks, when Mrs. Duell arrives in time to avert disaster. On the stage, Blanche Sweet, in person, presents an entertaining comedy skit entitled, “Snobbishness.” Screen fans of the attractive young actress have an excellent opportunity to see their favorite in an interesting role, well interpreted. Others on the stage are Jack Rendall and Company, featuring comedy and dancing; Helen Lynd, comedienne of the first “Little Show,” and Kramer and Boyle with Beth Miller and Marjorie Moore in “Happy-Go-Lucky.” A Graham McNamee news reel and a comedy song picture complete the‘pmrnm. G. 8. 8. Miss Dietrich at High Mark In Role of Military Spy. CREEN history is made by Ma: lene Dietrich in “Dishonored. the story of two sples, in _which she is presented at the Columbia Thea- ter in association with Victor Mc- Laglen. The latter is always fine, and he is at his best in this play, but Miss Dietrich demonstrates that the film production is no echo of the speaking stage—that it may be made a real vehicle for the exercise of those talents which in the develop- ment of drama have created & limited number bearing the hall mark of the truly great. American audiences had few views of Miss Dietrich's work. and an earlier film offered in Washing- ton gave a doubtful impression as to her place among the leaders. Creating a factor in the downfall of one who had enjoyed respectability, she displayed in that former play some facility in representing the wiles of a vampire, but in “Dis- honored” there is a greatef theme dealing with her own fortunes, & display of unyielding loyalty to a patriotic service in combined with a strength of devotion to an opponent, which finally leads her to sacrifice a personal and national triumph, and life itself, in order that the objéct of her love may go free. Few women have won a place among the actors who created char- acters that met the universal con- ception of herolc traits, free from artificiality, and the public has ever been in search of such artists. It has expected to find them in_the fleld of traditional drama, where personality and emotional appeal are more easily recognized. Some of the women who have achieved fame were secordary to the men who were stage leaders. In the current pro- duction, Miss Dietrich passes the two barriers at one leap. She creates the ideal of the woman of inde- pendent force and she makes it an artistic example of the talking mo- tion picture which compels one to fnrgl;l that it is acting, for it is life tse It may be said of the production at the Columbia, that effective pho- tography has gone along with great drama, and that in the impressive physical qualities and talent of Mr. McLaglen she has been provided with an admirable foll, but the fact remains that the male star of the production is fortunate in his pres- ent partnership. Warner Oland, himself an actor of quality, is an efficient member of the supporting cast, which is capable in the numer- ous vivid war scenes. In addition to the feature pres- enation, the Columbia has an am ing comedy, “Chickens Come Home,” and other’ incidentals, including the newsreel. D.C.C. The U. §. Navy Film At Warner's Metropolitan, MOT(ON picture reviews, as & rule, in the desire to cater to the taste of the picture clientele, are confined largely to personalities in the picture, its emotional or romantic thrill and the beauty and charms of its stellar lights. This, perhaps, may accoun: for the apparent over- sight of the naval interests in some of the reviews of “Dirigible,” a pic- ture made with the co-operation of the United States Navy and designed to enlighten the general public as to what is being accomplished with devices “lighter than air” for the lriat onal defense and along other ines The “devices lighter than air,” commonly described as balloons and blimps, and magnificently illustrated in the U. S. airship Los Angeles, therefore apparently became mere incidents in comparison with the romance of the story, which also had been cleverly provided by a vet- eran of the Navy. Inasmuch as the elaborate pre- mier of the picture was marked by the presence of an authorized repre- sentative of the United States Navy, probably for the first time, to admit the co-operation of the Navy in making the picture and to explain its object in thus associating its dig- nity with commercial entertainment, it would seem to be a matter of pa- triotic duty to mention the fact. For of infinitely greater importance s it to exploit the wonderful devices for which the Government, is expend- ing vast sums for a great public pur- pose than to comment upon whether Jack Holt was doing “his best ever,” or Ralph Graves was, perhaps, over- doing, or Fay Wray was or was not acting as a real wife might act when her husband is unexpectedly snatched from her and sent to the South Pole in the interests of science. THe de- vices “lighter than air” rather than the romance are the raison d'etre of the picture. The sequence that shows the blimps and balloons rising majes tically in the air and in great num- bers, gesting their admirable adaptability as detectives to pry out a coming enemy, or to fathom his ns in attack, and the pos- ty that s ship like the famous Los Angeles can be l | STAR, WASHINGTC airworthy enough to stand a flight O‘n m';. South le.‘wn 31011 lll‘{mci!i or the purpose of saving life, not to satisfy scientific curiosity, R:eunu an imposing sight and per- suggests food for serious con- sideration by patriotic observers. And again, the feat of one of the swift messengers of flight success- fully attaching itself to the mother blimp, miles up in the air, and then again detaching itself at the will of the aviator, while perhaps not new as a matter of knowledge, is cer- tainly of more importance than whether Miss Wray was successful in simulating real emotion, or whether Comdr. Holt married her after a divorce, which, it ultimately appears, she didn't want at all. Washington _ reviewers, unques- tionably, are keenly aware of all this and fully alive to its signifi- cance, but absorbed with the social possibilities of an official premier, doubtless, their attention was dis- tracted by the news element that necessarily made the review of the picture more or less cursory in char- acter. . w. Hoffman-Hoskins Dancers In Baby Life Revue. 'HE spontaneous talent of child- hood, unspoiled by sophisti- cation, danced and sang its way, at times challenging the professional, across the stage of the Belasco Theater last evening in a clever, well directed and wholly charming Jjuvenile revue, “Ten Pages of Life,” presented by the ‘kiddies” of the Hoffman and Hoskins School of Dance. Bright iittle stars shone in such profusion throughout the cast that it seems almost unfair to give men- tion to some without giving credit to each that was deserved, for indi- vidual talent was displayed in one bewildering number after another. “Ten pages from the book of life,” from the baby's advent, introduced with “Lullaby,” by Dorls Hudson, to the closing scene, where the baby, grown to the age of grand- mamma, is surrounded by her little grandchildren. Grandmamma, charmingly represented by Mary Hampton, sings a hush-a-bye song to the babies, who had innumerable opportunities in interpretive numbers. As the curtain was raised, a large baby book was seen at the rear of the stage. The small mistress of ceremonies, Margaret Mary Ed- monston, whose attractive and gifted little personality reached out into the audience, introduced in short verse, the numbers as presented, turning the book leaves behind which appeared the different stages of the life. “Our Baby Was Born on May 15," was followed by “Our Baby Creeps.” Diminutive Lillian Hoffm: not, far past her third birthday, led a chorus of “‘adorable babies,” with a poise and ease which made the rafters ring with the laughter and applause of the audience. “What Shall We Call Our Baby,” followed with a dance number by three lit- tle maids, “Baby’'s Gifts” presented little girls, costumed as various gifts, lockets, money, baby pins and a bracelet. “Baby Goes for a Stroll,” a small num<m'1d and a juvenile policeman in a®dance, and page four, “introduced baby at the walk- ing stage, not only does baby walk, but she sings, taps and does acro- batic dancing with two solo fea- tures sung and danced by tiny girls and a group of small maids. “Baby's Toys,” rich in feature presentations, brought dancing dolls, toy soldiers, a dancing top and a terpsichorean Kkitten “Fairy Tales,” presented familiar characters from Mother Goose. “Baby's Pirst Birthday Party” start ed with a song, “Little Miss Smarty, and continued with dances by 40 little boys and girls interpreting things which delight young hearts at_birthday parties. Page seven was an introduction to the first school days, with dances depicting the joy and a tragedy of childhood as well as “the first love affair.” A young miss of high school age, Miss Mary Hampton, in a sweet, clear voice, opened page eight cation Days at Camp H. & H. a vocal number, “Trees the most charming numbers of the evening presented several young @irls in a “Leaf Ballet.” ‘The story closed with the “Baby” a grandmother, and the curtain falls upon the entire cast surrounding the grandmother and her babies, who join in the charming hush-a-bye song. The revue as entertainment, and the individual young artists, may well challenge the superiority of many an adult and professional presentation offered in m:yathseflters. WO0O0D ALCOHOL USE REGULATION ASKED | Representative Dyer Lays Deaths and Blindness to Car Fluid. By the Associated Press. Representative Dyer, Republican, of Missourl, yesterday called for con- gressional action to regulate the use of wood alcohol in preparations intended | to prevent the freezing of automobile | radiators. In a letter to Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming, he said these preparations were being used for beverage purposes with resulting deaths and blindness. The letter was part of an exchange of correspondence which has' boen. in progress for several months, in the course of which disagreements between Dyer and Cumming have arisen. The House member, ranking Re- publican on the Judiciary Committee, said the wood alcohol industry had op- posed “through well organized and costly lobbles” every measure introduced in State legislatures during the past Winter to provide regulation of the product. ! In addition, he charged the Public Health Bureau with “an apparent will- ingness to trall along with State health officers in truckling to the producers of | this deadly liquid.” |BANK ROBBERY RING BELIEVED DISCLOSED Bad Check Suspects in Boston Linked to Other Swindles in Cities of U. S. By the Associated Press BOSTON, May 16—Four men, ar- rested today on charges of conspiring to defraud three Boston banks, tonight were believed by police to be members of a ring that has robbed banks in many citles through fraudulent check sactions. ".é‘s;ti\"n police said the quartet an- swered descriptions of members of the notorious “Schwartz check gang” and disclosed that police of Detroit and other cities were interested in the men ere. he'llgheh men, all of whom are held in $15,000 bail, gave their names as Ben- amin - Hanfling, Charles Mayer, Wil- fl.nm Langer and Benjamin Baird, all of New York. Langer, police sald, was identified by a Fall River bank teller as the man who defrauded the B. M. C. Durfee Bank there of $16,000 in 1930. troit police inspector tonight was on his way to investigate any possible Mnneccf:m b:tween the men and bank frauds in the Michigan metropolis, and information concerning the men was requested from other citles. —_— Europe is spending 000,000 & made strong and year on military pre) I | i | | Minister SLANDER CHARGED 10 CHURCH WORKER Accuses Woman in Suit for $25,000 filed Yesterday. By the Associated Pre ATLANTA, Ga., May 16.—Mrs. Row- land Bryce, Atlanta church worker, was charged with slander today in a suit filed by Rev. Rembert G. Smith, Sparta, Ga., Methodist minister, who >rought similar actions yesterday against two bishops.of his church. Damages of $25,000 on each of two counts were asked against each of the bishops, Edwin D. Mouzon, in Charlotte, ¥, C., and John M. Moore, in Dallas, ex. Damages of $25,000 were asked of Mrs. Bryce for “malicious and defama- tory words,” which the suit alleges she uttered about Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith preferred charges against Bishops James Cannon, jr.; Mouzon, Moore and H. M. Dubose for “their unwarranted political activities” at the Methodist General Conference in Dallas in 1930, and the suit against Moore and Mouzon is an outgrowth of that controversy. In the suit today, Smith charges Mrs. Bryce sald to friends, “Dr. Smith forged my brother's name to a large check payable to him, and my brother has never been reimbursed. He has kept silent rather than hurt the good name of the church. surely more culpable than even stock market gambling.” she is accused of making grew out of an association with James E. Odum in an insurance company and from obliga- tions assumed by Odum and later paid | Smith’s attorneys said he | Virginian, Whose Auto Hit Child, by Smith. had a letter from Mr. Odum saying the minister had fulfilled his obligations. Mrs. Bryce said she is innocent of the minister's charges. never heard of the suit,” she said, “but I know it refers to a matter of which there was some talk last Summer.” In his sult against Bishop Mouzon, | Atlanta ; | sentative Moore of Virginia. | plaintifr. Attorneys for Smith said statements | Cadet Honored NAMED TO WEST POINT. JOSEPH WATERS KEATING, Colonel in the Western High Scho:l| Cadet Corps last year, who has been | appointed to West Point by Repre- was a reputed characterization of Smith by one of the bishops as an “honest but eccentric preacher” and “the Rev. Mr. Smith would have given many thou- sands of dollars for the publicity which | he has been given free of charge.” Rank dishonesty is | Smith charges the utterances were | made to “ridicule and damage the HELD AFTER ACEIBENT Brake Violator, Police Say. Howard Bradley, 21 years old, of Cher- rydale, Va., was arrested on a charge of | operating an autondobile with bad brakes yesterday after his car ran down a child on Potomac street. Five-year-old Carroll Inscoe of 3254 which attorneys said is identical with | Potomac street, who was playing in | tw one against Bishop Moore, Smith cHarged defamatory utterances were made when charges against the four bishops were instituted at the general | injuries. conference. One thing for which damage is sought |front of his home when the accident treated at Emergency | occurred, was Hospital for shock and possible internal Bradley obtained his release on $25 collateral a short time following his arres GARDEN PILGRIMS VISIT 14 PLAGES 'Gewgetown Child Welfare| Insurgents Council Nets Between $2,500 and $3,000. Pourteen of the outstanding sho: places of Georgetown were visited by hundreds of persons yesterday, the final day of the annual two-day garden pllgrimage, sponsored by the George- town Child Welfare Council. Mrs. Robert F. Whitehead, chairman, announced between $2,500 and $3,000 had been raised through the sale of tickets at $1 each. This established a record, as the best previous mark was $2,300 collected last year. The Satur- day half-holiday in Government offices contributed to the unusually large crowds yesterday. ‘The proceeds will be devoted to child welfare work in the community, in- cluding the paying of a social worker's salary. Fourteen gardens were thrown open both days. Perhaps the most popular attraction yesterday was the garden of Robert Woods Bliss at 3101 R street, opened to the pllgrimage for the first time. The Bliss estate, known as “The Oaks,” is regarded by many as the most beautiful in Georgetown Among the other gardens visited yes- | | terday were those of Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, former Representative from Tllinols, and George B. Dubols. An exhibit’ of garden sculpture by Clara Hill was displayed at the Thirty-first street home of Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe. Special attention was earned Priday by the gardens of F. L. Belin, Bernard H. Lane and Mrs. Anne Archbold. CRASHES INTO VSTORE Automobile Breaks Window at Q Street Place. Drifting from its parking place in the 2100 block of Eighteenth street, the automobile of Adrian E. Ensor, 26, of 2700 Q street, yesterday crashed into the store window of Benjamin Cruger, 2010 Eighteenth street, police reported. Damage to the store was estimated at $300. Police sald the glass was in- sure SANDINO-BANDITS - RAID PALACAQUIMA Destroy Many | Houses During Three-Hour ' Engagement. By the Assoclated Press. Subsidence of insurgent activity on "!he east coast of Nicaragua was fol- lowed yesterday by a report to the Navy ;Dfpnl‘tm"nl of a flerce attack by a ."“ armed band on a town in the northwestern section, center of many past disturbances. Col. Pranklin B. Garrett, commanding the 2d Marine brigade at Managua, said bandits assaulted Palacaguima yesterday morning, armed with machine guns, | rifles and hand and rifle grenades. Pa- ,I;l‘:sgulmh is 25 miles south of Oco- The insurgents withdrew, Col. Gar- rett reported, after a three-hour en- gagement during which many houses were damaged by bombs and rifle fire. There were no casualties among the Nicaraguan Guardia defending the town, but several of the attackers were believed killed and wounded. Two stores were looted of goods worth about $1,000. Insurgents Escape. Patrols followed the trail of the band into the jungle, but they did not estab- | ish contact, and Col. Garrett said scouting planes also failed to find them. ‘The Marine Corps officer said the i | surgents were led by Gonzales and Or- tez, two of Sandino's lieutenants. He |added that most of the men were dressed in uniforms similar to those worn by the Guardia, and that some of the men were believed to be Hondurans. Marine Corps officials said the fact | that machine guns and grenades were used indicated the insurgents still hav a plentiful supply of arms and am- munition, and also presaged future en- | g;;mceu. possibly involving the Ma- es. Marine and Police Teams to Shoot. | A team of crack marksmen of the | Marine Barracks at Quantico, Va., will | meet_the pistol team of the Metropoli- | tan Folice Department on the latter's ! range here next Wednesday. 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