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B2 % THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.,° MAY 31, 1931—PART: ONE. 5 THKEN OFF GROUNDED LIER Three Cutters and Four Other Ships Aid Rescue Off California. By the Associated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 30.— ©On a sandy spite near Point Argucllo, “the Graveyard of the Pacific,” the| toastwise steamer Harvard went aground | at 3:30 am. today, but all of her pas- sengers, 465 holiday excursionists, were rescued without so much as getting| “their feet wet.” i The steamer, bound from San Fran- | cisco to Los Angeles, dug her hull into | the treacherous off-shore £ands of the point as she cropt through a choking fog, sirens blarirg and engines turning at half speed. As the 3.800-ton craft, vear-old veteran of the seas and once a wartime transport that carried the boys “over there,” struck bottom and trembled from | stem to stern, SOS messages flashed up | and down the coast. Three United States Coast Guard cut- | ters, two freighters, the steamship San Anselmo and_the steamship Marsodak and the U. S. S. Louisville, newest of the Navy's fighting forces, picked up the call and raced to the rescue. Thers was no panic or excitement in the words of Capt. L. B. Hillsinger, commander of the stranded vessel, ra- dioed in a message to the Associated Press. his passengers “kept their shirts on and enjoved thomselves immensely.” Eighteen lifeboats were quickly filled and the passengers were lowered into a calm sea, where Capt. Hillsingsr or- dered members of the crew manning the boats to stand by and await the rescue shipe. The rocky shores of the int threatened any attempt at a safe anding. With the arr‘val of the San Anselmo. the passengers were taken aboard and & short time later the Louisville hove alongside at 7:50 am. Shortly before 11 o'clock, the passen- gers transferrsd once more, this time to ths decks of the naval cruiser and with an unexpected adventure behind them they set sail again for their des- tination. Los Angeles, 130 miles distant The crew of the Harvard, 119 men. remained aboard to await the arrival of a tug and high tide late today for an att'mpt to refoat the steamer. YOUTH, 13, ADMITS KILLING POLICEMAN | Thought Officer Was Going to Shoot Him and Fired First, He Declares. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. May 30.—A 13-year-old school bcy admitted tonight, police said, that he had slain a policeman when he and two companions were surprised while swimming in a high school pool. “I thought the cop was going to shoot me, so I shot him first,” police said ! the boy, Varner Corry, 13, told them. Varner, his brother Earl, 11, and Schuyler Pearson, 13, were seized soon | after the shooting upon information furnished police by Leonard Zylch, 13, the son of a policeman, who lives near the school. The slain liceman. N. Smith, was the father of three children. “We were swimming' in the pool | when the police ordered us to come cut.” the Corry boy said. “He was| going to take us to the police station. I got out and started to put on my clothes. My .22-caliber dropped out | of my pocket and the policeman saw it. I thought he was going to reach for his own gun and shoot, so I shot him first. Smith had been assigned to school to watch for vandals. He and | Mrs. Mary Crabtree, the caretaker, | started to search the building this aft- | ernoon after she discovered the office had been ransacked. They discovered the three boys in the pool.” The shoot- ing occurred when she went to tele- phone for a police patrol. The younger Corry and the Pearson boy denied they took part in the| shooting. Officers said the policeman had been shot three times and his head and shoulders crushed. A blood stained base ball bat was found lying near the body. All the boys denied having beaten the officer. COUNTY GOVERNMENT PLANS KEPT SECRET Virginia Commission to Hold Pub- lic Hearings July 2 at Charlottésville. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND. Va., May 30.—The Vir- ginia Commission on County Govern- ment, in ending its two-day session here, reported that while many recom- mendations had been agreed upon, it was not thought wise to cause a dis- custion in regard to proposals by mak- ing them public at this time, as it is planned to have a public hearing in Charlottesville July 4, when changes will be debated MRS. M. C. JENKINS DIES Funeral to Be Held From Dranes-| ville Home This Afternoon. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. DRANESVILLE, Va. May 30.—Mrs. Mary Catherine Jenkins, 83 years old, | widow of Samuel Jenkins, died here suddenly yesterday. Services will be held at the home Sunday, Rev. Glenn J. Cooper of Marshall, a former pastor, conducting, with interment in Chestnut Grove Cemetery by the side of her husband, who died in Novem- ber, 1929. She is survived by nine children, George W. of Washington, J. T. of Washington, James H. and Albert C. of Park Lane snd C. E. of Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Fannie Connor, Mrs. W. O, Harrison and _Mrs. May Maddox of Dranesville and Mrs. Jack Cockerille of Washington. She also leaves 15 grand- children and seven great-grandchildren. RAIN AT-WINCHESTER Torrential Downpour Chokes Sew- ers and Floods Streets. Bpecinl Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., May 30.—A torrential downpour early tonight choked sewers and flooded numbers of down town streets to the curb. Vivid flashes of, lightning and high winds accom- | panied the storm which followed a hot and humid day, in which temperature rose to 90. Ccmmercial orchardists re- ported no damage to fruits. ATTEND PEN CONGRESS Two Washington Women Go West for National League Meeting. Mrs. Charles W. Allen and Mrs. Harry B. Hunt, national officers and members cf the board of trustees of the Six in Family Get Diplomas GOVERNORS GOING 10 CONFERENCE Party Takes Holiday Before French Lick Meeting Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. May 30.—Per- plexing problems of taxation, utilities GRADUATION RECORD DECLARED MADE BY FAMILY IN NORTH CAROLINA. FIVE SISTERS AND BRdTHER GET DIPLOMAS AT SHENANDOAH JUNE 4 Largest College Family Claimed—Four of Girls Compose Nationally Famous Quartet. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va, May :o.—‘ ‘When six members—five sisters and a brother—of the Hl"ginl family of North Carolina receive their diplomas next | have made phoncgraph records. ‘Thursda; Shenandoah College, at| After their graduation the girls start Dayton, near here, will lay claim %0 |a two months' tour which will cul- graduating the largest family of any | minate at the International Christian American_college this year, President | Endeavor Convention at San Francisco last June, sponsored by the American Federation of Music Ciubs. It previous- 1y captured Vi State honors. The quartet is well known to school, church and radio audiences. The girls also and the veto were forgotten today by State executives from eight common- wealths who assembled here prior to the annual Governors’ conference at French Lick Springs, which opens Mon- day. of Gov Harry G. Leslie at the In- dianapolis Motor Speedway, where in special paddock seats thev could view two-ccore automobiles dashing around the brick oval in the 500-mile race. Ritchie in Party. Those in the party included Govs. Al bert C. Ritchie, Maryland: White, Ohio; Henry H. Caulfield, Mis-| | souri: L. G. Hardman. Georgia: Ibra C. Blackwood, South Carolina: George H. Dern, Utah: Harry H. Woodring. Kansas, and Gov. Leslie. Most of the State executives were accompanied by their wives. Tonight the Governors were guests of honor at a formal banquet at Which Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, World War ace and president of the Indian- apolis Motor Speedway, was the prin- cipal speaker. Roosevelt Due. Gov. Pranklin D. Roosevelt will ar-| rive here tomorrow morning and Dem- ocratic leaders plan to entertain him at_breakfast. Other arrivals tomorrow will be Gov. Gifford Pinchot, Pennsyl- vania, and Gov. Norman 8. Case, chair- man of the Executive Committee of the conference. Tre gubernatorial delegation will de- part from French Lick by bus temorrow forenoon. A dozen other Governors who are to attend the three-day conference will go directly to French Lick. DELEGATE REID | ASKS RE-ELECTION Arlington Man Stresses His Rec- ord in Filing for Renomina- tion. By a Staft Correspond=nt of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va. May 30.—Hugh Reid,| member of the House of Delegates for the past two sessions, today announced his candidacy for re-election, subject to | the Democratic primary, August 4. | Reid's was one of two announcements, the other being Thomas D. Baille for county board The former points out in his an- nouncement that he is the author of | several important acts affecting county. During the last session he drafted the acts providing for a change in the form of county government and for the establishment of a county court. He also prepared the act permitting a referendum vote on incorporation, al- though he is not in favor of this change; was a patron of the workmen's compensation act, by which compensa- tions were increased, and was named by the Governor as chairman of the Legis- lative Commission that was created to study the establishment of a State in- | surance fund. In view of the fact that the county government act inaugurates the first county manager form of government in the United States, Reid has recently been invited to become a member of the Committee on County Government of the National Municipal League. During the 1928 session of the Gen- eral Assembly, Reid sponsored the com- panion measure to the President’s re- cent order, permitting political partici- pation in county politics of Federal em- ployes, the State act removing restric- tions against Government workers hold- the author of the sanitary act for Ar- lington County and of the act conferring special powers of assessment upon the county for improvements. Reid states that he will seek the unity of ail Northern Virginia legislators, be- lieving that the entire section can best benefit by such an arrangement. Bailie has been a resident of the county for many years and is widely known through his connection with va- | rious county newspapers. B Neptune's 16-Hour Day. The spectroscope, which has aided in solving many other astronomical problems has revealed the secret of Neptune's rotation by analyzing the | light of the planet to tell how it is| moving. Neptune takes almost 16 hours to make one complete revolu- tion on its axis. A day on Neptune, theretore, is only two-thirds as long &s it is on our earth, which requires 24 hours to complete a rotation. With the determination of Neptune's day, there remain now only two planets for which the length of day is still unknown. Venus, next to Mars con- sidered the planet most likely to sus- tain life and a conspicuous object in the heavens in recent months, is one, while the other is the newcomer in our solar family, the ninth planet, Pluto. Cavendish Club to Quit. ‘The Cavendish Club of London, which once had a membership of 1,500, is to close July 31. Decreasing membership is the cause. The club was founded in 1912 for young men {rom the public the National League of American Pen ‘Women, both of Washington, have gone ‘West to attend the first Pacific Coast eongress of the league. The congress epens _tomorrow in San Francisco and scntinues through the week. schools and universities who were inter- ested in social and philanthropic work. The Duke of D2vonshire was the first president. Its membership suffered l‘l;aflly frqm casualties in the World The visiting Governors were guests | George | bthe tickets which represent nearly $10.- V. L. Phillips said today. The grad- | July 11-16 uates are children of Mr. and Mrs. C.| Sillie Higgins will recetve her bache- B. Higgins of Greensboro, N. C.. and | lor of music degree in voice; Mary, & have worked their way through school. | diplcma in voice; Katherine and Allle, Four of , Sallle, Mary, | diplomas in expression; Ida Mae, & Katherine and Allle, compose the .h)fh-school diploma, ana George, a mous Higgins Sisters’ tet, known | collegs diploma. throughout the South Atlantic Stites | Shenandoah College and Conserva- for their harmony witliout musical ac- | tory of Music is cperated under the companiment. This quartet won the | auspices of the United Brethren Church naticnal home music contest at Boston | and has the ranking of a junior college. AMERICANS DRAWN EDUCATOR SOUGHT IN SWEEPSTAKES FOR Divided by Winning Tick- ets on Derby. Wife and Stepdaughter Buried Under Pond. By the Associated Press. BELVEDERE, Kent 30.—Scotland Yard': | were pooling _thei Charles Frederick Lewis, 60-year-old schoolmaster. They wanted to question him regarding the finding of the bodies of his wife and stepdaughter beneath | tresh concrete in a fish pond in the back yard of his home last night. The mystery of the disappearance of Lewis and the finding of the bodies By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, May 30.—Five pretty Irish nurses dipped their hands into huge re- volving drums here today to pull out 000,000 in prizes of the Irish hospital sweepstakes on the derby to be run next Wednesda, There is a new system this year which will give no winner the colossal fortune which some of the lucky ones | promised to be cne of the most sensa- | place where the granits markers stand MURDER QUIZ $10,000,000 in Prizes to Be Disappears With Finding of | have collected in past sweepstakes. In- | tional with which Scotland Yard has stead there will probably be a score of | grappled in many years. prizes running from $150,000 to $10.000 and hundreds of smaller awards. The hospital receives one-fifth of the sub- scriptions. the balahce covering cash prizes and expenses. $9,502,720 for Prizes. The total subscriptions are $13,948,- 480 2nd the prize fund $9,502.720. 80 keen was the interest in the draw- ing that thousands waited in the streets outside the mansion house before the c ny began, and remained there to hear the results as announced through a loud speaker. Thirty-three horses Lewis is a prominent educator, tall and distinguished, one of the assistant | directors of education for the County of Kent, choirmaster at the local church and an active participant in | civic affairs of the district. | Mrs. Lewis was 50 and her daughter Freda was a lovely vivacicus girl of 20, whom they adopted after her par- ents had gone down with thé Lusitania. The women were buried in their nightclothes under the fresh concrete and beside them was interred their pet dog. They had been dead several | days when the bodies were found. were drawn today. The minor prize | Although neighbors said everything drawings are scheduled for Monday and | seemed normal at the Lewis home on Tuesday. | last Tuesday, they noted the home was Residents of the United States and |silent cn Wednesday. Yesterday friends Canada whose tickets were drawn early | of the family began to receive mysteri- included | ous letters, one of which said the two John Fazio, Clifisdale, N. J. whose | women had been killed in an accident. ing local office in Virginia. He also was | po! horse is Dr. Doolittle; James Piccari, Newark, N. J., also Dr. Doolittle; Harty P. Pairchil Stamford, Conn., Wwho drew Estate Duty; G. Reed, Los the | Angeles, Calif,, Dr. Doolittle; Thomas F. Halligan, Ansonia, Conn. Estate Duty: the Wardroom Mess, U. S. 8. Patoka, which drew Gallini; “Hadfax,” Springfield, Mass., Gallini; Joseph F. Wynne, New York City, Gallini; 8. M. Enright, Los Angeles, Calif. Cold- stream; Michael _Ahearn, Brooklyn, Linkboy; L. C. Redman, Waterbury, Conn., Linkboy; Thomas E. Sullivan, Pittsburgh, Pa., Linkboy: R. F. Reed, Outremont, bec, Linkboy; S. L. Horowitz, New York City, Sandwich, end Willlam Coyle, Cincinnati, Sand- wich. Mrs. Marye Fox, Philadelphia; Eliza- beth Trainor, New York City: Henry Stelling, Brooklyn, all of whom drew Apperley. “Bancanemp,” Montreal, Apperley. Joseph Kennedy, Boston, Camoro- nian. George Masini, Oyster Bay, Long Is- land, and H. W. Moldson, Montreal, Goyescas. Thomas ©O'Connor, New York City; Mrs. E. Young, Toronto; George Hill, Norway, Me., who drew Orpen. L. 8. Forsyth, Toronto, Shell Trans- Tt Each of those whose names were drawn already has won more than $4,000 by virtue of the draw. The top prize this year will be about $150,000. Drawing for minor prizes will be made next week. g CARNIVAL TO OPEN By a Staff Correspondent of The Sta TUXEDO, Md,, May 30.—A carnival for the benefit of the Cheverly-Tuxedo Volunteer Fire Department will be opened Monday night and continue throughout the week. The affair is being arranged by a committee of firemen headed by Les: ter Berry, chairman, and including T. N. Mohler, jr.; Robert Martin, E. H. Mohler, Samuel Mulloy and Bert Nelson. | The ietters were turned over to Scot- !1and Yard and an investigation resulted | |in the finding of the bodies. | | _A post-mortem indicated that the women had died of polscn, but this was unofficial until after an inque One of the letters sald: reverence in a pretty spot, with flowers over them. I shall soon join them.” “DRESS-UP” FEATURES Vast Sums Spent This Year for Tableaux, Pageants, Revues and Dancing Exhibits. LONDON (N.AN.A).—A feature of the charity balls being held this sea- son is the tendency to “dress up.” Vast | sums of money are being expended on V\\ell and exhibition dancing, for n ball is complete without some “turn” people or society amateurs. t the Queen Charlotte birthday ball on May 28, the plece de resistance was a pageant illustrating a _hundred years of ball room dancing. The landmarks picked out were the quadrille (1830), the polka (1850), the Viennese waltz (1875), the barn dance (1896), the Charleston (1926) and the quick-time fox trot (1931). In June there is to be a famous beauties ball, in which a number of well known people, chosen b2cause they resemble them in looks, are to repre- sent the beauties of th past. Lady Melchett is to be Beatrice Cenci, Lady | George _Cholmondelay-Taglioni, _the dancer, Gladys Cooper, Helen of Troy, ! and her daughter, Joan Buckmaster, the Fair Rosamond. Other beauties to figure in the pag-' eant will be Nell Gwynn, Anne Boleyn, | | Lucrezia Borgia, Cleopatra and Mary, | | Queen of Scots. (Copyright. 1931, by North American New. paper Alliance, Inc.) by staj A costumes for tableaux, pageants, re-| TRUCK CARGOES ARE TRANSFERRED AT STATE LINE TO SAVE TAG FEES Investigation Being Made by State Police of Practice Prevailing on North Carolina.Virginia Boundary. to escape license tax assessment in both States was a matter of specula- tion here today. State Trafic Officer Farmer is gath- ering information bearing on the new icy and plans to submit a report McCall ', commissioner of motor vehicles. One question raised is whether North Carolina will permit the utilization of road shoulders in that State, the actual transfer in goods be- Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va, May 30.—A new wrinkle in interstate commerce, through which heavy trucks operating in North Carolina and paying license: fees to that State are escaping Virginia tax- ation by stopping at the State line empty and taking on loads conveyed to that g:l:n by trucks licensed in Virginia, come to light here. Just wl action, if gay, will be taken as resuls of an rent plan ‘an open-air freight |SECLUDED STONES TELL HEROIC TALE Graves Marked on Historic Spot Where Two Generals Were Killed. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. In a lonely elumfi of woods near Chantilly, just off the Lee highway, imperceptible until one nearly stumbles upon them, stand two handsome gran- ite block monuments dedicated to two major generals of the Civil War, whose life stories read strangely alike and who were called by death at practically the same spot, shot by enemy bullets within a few hours of each other. Each of the granite blocks bears a bronze tablet. On one is the inscription, Here Fell Major General Isaac Ingalls Stevens ‘With the Flag of the Republic In His (<) rasp September 1, 1862. The other,, equally simple, states: Major General Philip Kearny Killed on This Spot September 1, 1862. ‘The Tribute of Kearny's First New Jersey Brigade and PFriends Death . Perpetuated. Outside of the sturdy fence finclos- ing the monuments is a small stone reproduction of the tree stump against which Gen. Kearny is supposed to have been placed after he had been shot from his horse while reconnoitering. On this memorial are engraven two words: Kearny's Stump, with a small cross placed between them. Records show that Gen. Kearny shortly after graduation from Columbia University in 1833 studied law, but in- stead of entering the legal profession bécame a lieutenant in the Army. serv- ing on the staff of Gen. Scott. He resigned in 1846 only to re.enter the Army during the Mexican War, dur- ing which period he took active part in all the principal battles, pursuing the retreating army after the battle of Churubusco into the Mexican capital. After the war Gen. Kearny resigned from the American Army for a second time to join the French Foreign Legion and participate in the war in Italy, where he fought at Solferino. He returned to this country when war broke out between the North and the South, and in 1861 was appointed a bri 'r general in the Urion Army. In July, 1862, Kearny was made a major general and less than two months later, while reconnoitering in the woods about Chantillv, he was killed Septem- ber 1 Served in Mexican War. Gen. Stevens, who graduated from West Point in 1839, also served in the Mexican War, resigning later to become Governor of the then Washington Ter- ritory. Also, like Gen. Kearny, he re-| turned to the Army as a brigadier | general ‘at the outbreak of the Civil| War. Gen. Stevens received his major | generalship in July, 1862, at the same time Kearny was promoted, and it was while leading his men through the woods near Chantilly, on September 1, that he was killed at practically the same spot where Kearny fell. . Neither Gen. Kearny or Gen. Stevens were buried on the battlefield. Gen. Stevens last resting place is at Arlington Cemetery, while that of Gen. Stevens is at Newport. R. I, where his remains | were carried by members of his family for burial. Gen. Stevens' granddaughter, Mrs. C. M. Saltzman, wife of Gen. Saltzman | of the Radio Corporation of America, | now resides in Washington. Mrs. Saitz- | man’s mother was a daughter of Gen. Stevens. Peace and quiet now reign at the But lest one forget, the silent stones | speak eloquently of a bygone day when two brave men fell on the Virginia hill- | side in defense of the Union flag. LEONARD WOOD FUND REACHES $2,000,000 Endowment to Be Used for Lep- rosy Relief in Honor of Famous Soldier. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 30.—The Leonard Wood Memorial for the Eradication of Leprosy announced today it had com- pleted its goal of a $2,000,000 endow- ment. The campaign was started in 1927 on the appeal of the late Gen. Wood, then Governor General of the Philippines, and was carried on after his death as a. mffpmnll to him. t is at one-quarter of the fund be expended in new building and fquipment in the leper colonies of the Philippines and that the balance be used for scientific research. Contributions were received from 50.000 persons. and the amount raised totals $2,031,000. The active chairman of the committee was Gen. James G. Harbord and the honorary chairman, Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson. Although the fund-raising effort has just been completed, the committee has been cwrrying on its work in the Philfp- pines for several years. A new leprosa- rium on the Island of Cebu, nearly 400 miles south of Manila, is nearing com- pletion. It consists of 55 bulldings of reinforced concrete with a capacity of 780 persons. At Culion a modern ratory and homes for the nursing staff and physicians are under construction. With this work under way the com- mittee has determined on creation of the American Foundation for Diseases in the Tropics to conduct research and extend aid to tropical countries in eradi- cating diseases peculiar to that section. ARMY ORDERS Col.- William O. Rigby, Judge Advo- cate General's Department, at Balti- more, has been ordered to this city for duty at the War Department; Col. O. H. Dockery, jr., at Fort Davis, Panama, has been ordered to this city for treat- ment at Walter Reed General Hospital; iieut. Col. G. W. Ewell, Quartermaster Corps, from Panama to Philadelphia; Capt. R. B. Hough, jr., Air Corps, from Harvard University to Wright Field, Ohio; Capt. Allender Swift, Infantry, from Tokio, Japan, to Fort Benning, Ga.; Capt. J. R. Dinsmore, Judge Advo- cate General's Department, from the War Department to Fort McPherson, Ga.; Capt. Kenneth Rowntree, Coast Artillery, from the Philippines to Fort ‘Worden, Wash.; Capt. J. A. Stansell, Signal Corps, from San Francisco to Yale University, New Haven; Master Sergt. Walter Lang, retired, from the University of Washington, at Seattle, to his home; the President has accepted the resignation of Capt. Harold W. Kohl, Medical Corps, at Plattsburg, - ving been reported by Medical Boards as disabled in line of duty, Maj. Clinton T. Alden, Philippine Scouts, at San Diego, Calif.; Capt. John J. Fin- nessy, Infantry, at Hornell, N. Y., and Capt. Earl F. Greene, Medical Corps, at San Antonio, Tex., have been trans- ferred to the retired list of the Army. On his own application, Col. Thomas L. Rhoads, Medical Corps, at Governors Island, N. Y., will be transferred to the ing made across the line, to be made retired list M\hfl. after more than 31 depot. — . years' service, From the Front Row RBV;CWI lnd Winnie Lightner and Lively Stage Show at the Earle. OWER boats give the big touch of comedy to Winnie Light- ner's new collection of non- sense, “Gold Dust Gertie,” at the Earle Theater. Miss Lightner is under obligation to cre- - ate boisterous fun in impossible situ- ations and does her part with much energy, but the productfon itself is rather forced in its humor, while the supporting com- centricities which lack ade- quate variety. mellow laugh of the chief comedian appears to have been developed highly in re- cent films, and there is ques- tion as to its eflectiveness Wwhen carried to the extreme. The power- boat race which winds up the story is intensely amusing in its mechanical aspects, and also serves to give the grotesque effect that is to be expected when a prospective bridegroom pursues the prospective bride over many miles of water, leaping some obstructions, barely escaping others, and giving an exhi- bition of speed which might well be expected in a popular newsreel. The marine comedy of the piece also gains force from the incident of the removal of two former husbands of the heroine from the scene by push- ing them through port holes and leaving them hanging over the side of the steamer in which a portion of the plot is unfolded. Miss Lightner has won a con- spicuous place in comedy of the more obvious type, and her films are worthy of attention because of con- tinuous practice in the art of pro~ voking laughter. She has a large following. The theme of the present production, which is the develop- ment of new models by a firm mak- ing bathing suits, is rather thin for continuous use in the course of a full screen entertainment, and registers only moderately, with the exception of the points already mentioned. So far as the material ~ermits, the cast performs adequatel, and includes Dorothy Christy, Claude Gilling- water, Charles Judels, Charley Grapewin, Arthur Hoyt, George :.yrvnl , Vivian Oakland and Virginia e. A _spirited stage show is headed by Dack Shing and Company, Ori- ental acrobats and jugglers, with re- markable exhibitions of skill. and includes Glenn and Jenkins, black- Winner Lightner. songs, and Joe Phillips and Com- pany, in comedy. Short subjects, se- lections by the orchestra, a Newman travel talk on Brazil, and the news- reel, conclude the bill, with Miss Doyle as mistress of ceren;)antl:eu “Daybreak” at Palace Features Ramon Novarro. JEVER since the days when Ramon Novarro playved “The Student his cinema life has been bound up with Heidelterg melodies, beer gardens and the life of a gay and dashing adventurer. In “Day- break.” his new film. which opened yesterday at the Palace, he is just fuch a lad, with perhaps an ounce more of the boy scout in him Unfortunately this picture has little of the zest of many of his others. Mr. Novarro has gone dis- tinetly cov. His characterization of the Viennese heart-breaker, a lieu- tenant in the emperor's army, all wrapped up in ‘elaborate uniforms, dizzy with buttons, is by no means the best in his long and successful repertory. There is a sentimental beginning, in which the heroine plays the piano, goes to & wine gar- den with her sudden lover (Mr. No- varro), drinks too much, and then. sitting on the bank of a familiar Hollywood lake, asks to look at the moonstruck river, and suggests that they become swans and swim along on its current. All this is fairly di:- couraging — particularly the swan part, and also the fact that, al- though perhaps it is an original idea for a photoplay. most gentle- men wouldn’t be too pleased to have a lady of their heart. on the first rendezvous, get garrulous over sev- eral tankards of wine. After this. the film sobers up a- little; the lady is disillusioned by Mr. Novarro shortly after breakfast, and starts wildly in on a life of sin with a gentleman who apparently had been waiting downstairs for just such an outburst. But that doesn't . last forever—and even though the emperor has commanded all his officers to marry well—the upshot of 1t all is—well, three guesses—and the first one was right! Jean Hersholt plays excellently in the picture, as does C. Aubrey Smith —and Mr. Novarro is best when he isn't taking his shirt off. " Helen Chandler is good in places, and very bad in others—and just which wins out is a question. » The stage show, “Breezing Along.” is excellent Spring tonic, with Hal Yates, Block and Sully and others of commendabie note in it. E. de S. MELCHER. “Quick Millions,” Gang Film, at Metropolitan. OCCASSIONALLY an actor comes to the screen and upsets all the traditions of mummydom which cus- tomarily mar the best of movie stories. In support of this conten- tion, in “Quick Millions,” at the Metropolitan this week, Spencer Tracey plays the now outworn role of gangster chieftain with such skill that one forgets the trite basis of the story. It must be said that the present tale, although the usual quick sscent and rapid decline of an enterpris- bruiser form the conventional outline of its course, is given fresh treatment by its director. “Bugs” Raymond begins as what is known as a tough mug, applies himself to the fine art of racketeering and meets with the appalling success which Hollywood would have us be- lieve is inevitable. Recently the trend of gang heroes has been Shakespearean, if the term may be defiled, in that most of our silver screen Capones are shown to rise through forcefulness and fall through some innate fault of char- acter—if the average thug may be sald to have such. “Bug’s” k ness was a flair for “froni known in certdin regions as re- spectability. ‘The ambitious lad, who machine- gunned his way into partnership with a famed building contractor, herished the desire to marry a debutante and rub silk hats with the best of them. This peculiar penchant of the great “Bugs” righteously infuriated his less imaginative partners in crime. Therefore, having traveled the road to wealth, power and no- toriety, he was given a command in- vitation to his own flowery funeral. The incidents of this fruitless career are pleasingly presented in “Quick Millions” and the Hollywood story manufacturers have given the icture a touch of familiar interest injecting suggestions of _the famed banquet robbery in New York and the Detroit slaying. In addition to Spencer Tracey's splendid performance as “Bugs'—a characterization so pleasing that it really is dificult to understand why News of Waal’nington's Theaters. he had to “muscle” his way into the circles of the near-great—there are some very commendable portrayals of minor parts. An interesting short subject con- cerning an African expedition, a moderately dull comedy and average news reel complete the pl’oz'l"R Bm‘l’ Norma Shearer Picture Continues at Columbia. 'HE new Norma Shearer film, May Kiss,” at the s popular as was to be expected and goes roaring into a second week full blast. Miss Shear- er's performance, and to a lesser degree the nonchalant Robert Mont- omery, plus the garrulous Marjorie beau and the easily crushed Irene Rich, make this picture one that the })ubllc will see and enjoy, in spite of a story that is little bet- ter than high-priced varnish from the pen of the excitable Miss (“ex- ‘Wife”) Parrott. Any production which features Miss Shearer is assured, however, of the best. Even if the theme is improbable and hackneyed, the star overcomes such obstacles by her own «dynamics and by her method of crowding stellar Hollywood thespians into her film. Thus it is that one doesn’t mind when such a lady is seen pirouetting about the world from man to man, after being thrown out by a casual-living news- paper correspendent, only to find eventually that a solid home and hearth with him, sanctioned by a wedding ring, is the happlest solu- tion for them both. Miss Shearer could go to Shang- hai on a coal barge and the filming of it would be interesting. Any- thing she does has a certain glamor and sparkle to “it—her clothes fir- ing the feminine element in the audience, it is said, to wild-eyed en- thusiasm. Even to the more cal- loused sight they seem to fit very nicely, and the whole business is recommended for anybody as torch- light cinema entertainment in which humanity is given a “ride” and Miss Shearer comes out smilingly on top. E. 5 10 FIREMEN BURNED IN OIL PLANT BLAZE Firefighting Equipment to Explosion Scene. | By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, Md, May 30— Twenty-seven firemen were burned, most of them slightly, as fire destroyed +10 tanks of gasoline, benzol and kero- sene at the plant of the Atlantic Re- fining Co. here today. | Explosion after explosion occurred | before the flames were brought under |control after three Bours. Twelve alarms brought apparatus from all sec- tions of the city. Most of those injured were burned | when inflammable liquid is a depression | in which the refinery is located ignited. | They were burned about the legs and hips. The majority were able to con- ‘Mnue fighting the flames. | Each of the tanks had a capacity of 1.400 gallons. The office building of the refinery and six storage tanks, with a total capacity of more than 500.000 gallons, were saved by streams of water | and chemicals the loss $100,000. varied from $50,000 to | - ¢ i Auxiliary to Meet. BERWYN HEIGHTS. Md. May 30 (Special). —The Women's Auxiliary of the Prince Georges County Volunteer Firemen's Asscciation will meet in At- |tick's Hall, Berwyn, as guests of the |Berwyn " Heights " suxiliary Thursday | night. | Twelve Alarms Bring All City's| Unofficial estimates of | PAY CUTS LIMITED, SURVEY DISCLOSES Wage Reductions Not Wide- spread—Shorter Hours Curtail Earnings, | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 30—Findings of & seven-year survey of wage conditions in the United States, disclosed today by the National Industrial Conference Board, stated there is “little evidence of a widespread reduction in wage rates.” The report pointed out, however, that “actual weekly earnings were decidedly lower in 1930 than in 1929." Hours Show Cut. ‘The board found utilities and rail- roads provided an exception to 1930 conditions by showing weekly earnings distinctly higher in 1930 than in the preceding vear. The report explained the curtailment of hours of workers brought down the earnings in most in- dustries. “On the whole,” the report stated, “the current depression does not appear to have been quite as severe on wages and employment as was the depression of 1921.” ‘The Conference Board found average hourly earnings in 24 industries in 1930 were the same as in 1929, namely, 58.9 cents. The decline of $2.68, or 9.4 per cent, in weekly earnings showed clear- 1y the effects of the depression, the re- port stated. Weekly Earnings Decline. “The real significance of chai money earnings,” the board out, “lies in the relation between these changes and the cost of living.” The indices of real earnings indi- cated, according to the board's sta- tistics, that hourly earnings were 4 per cent 'higher than in 1929, but real le;;okly earnings declined 5.9 per cent in THREE DIE IN CRASH Five Others Hurt as Auto and Trolley Collide. DERBY, Conn., May 30 (#).—Colli- sion of an automobile and a trolley car here today brought death to three 2e sons and. injuries. to' five. . The threa killed and three of the injured were in the automobile. Two trolley passengers were hurt. The dead are: Arnold Spartone, 17; Mrs. John Sirulla, wife of the driver of thedl;Awmoblle, and Rose Spartone, aged 17. THREE KILLED IN TRUCK Colored Caddies Victims of Orash Into Trees as 8 Are Injured. SAVANNAH, Ga, May 30 ®).— Three colored caddies, all under 22 years of age. were killed and eight were injured near here today as the truck transporting them plunged from a highway and crashed into trees. Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT RAINIER. Md.. May 30— Services for Charles P. Weiss, 52 years old, baker, who died at his home here, were held, with interment in Prospect | Hill Cemetery. Mr. Weiss leaves his widow. Mrs. Elizabeth Weiss; a daughter. Elsie. 20 years old, and a son, Charles P, jr.. 8 | vears old. 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