Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1931, Page 3

Just South of Tilden St. Apartments of 5 rooms, kitchen, sun porch and eration, 24-hour phone and elevator service: Resident Manager Garage Space Available in Basement Thos. J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th St. District 6830 Buiiley Will Be Apartment Day WRENWOOD And all persons having got- ten intb the habit of paying rent for HOT APART- MENTS are CORDIALLY INVITED. One of the owners and builders of this New Type Home to Washington —spent several nights this week calling on apartment dwellers. He is CON- VINCED beyond all doubt that there are- still hun- dreds of persons who still don’t realize what their hard-earned dollars can be made to do for them and without stinting. Besides this, at Wrenwood you will see for the FIRST TIME The New First Floor SerViCE Room. Rece!.ed Radiators, Celotex-Pro- tected Floors, Walls and Ceilings, and Furred Dampproof Walls, never seen before in a Home Less Than $14,000 To Inspect Rittenhouse St. at Broad Branch Rd. Chevy Chase, D. C. ON TOP OF THE CITY Turn right from Chevy Chase Circle two squares on W estern Ave. to Rittenhouse St., right one square to Broad Branch Road. Do IT L4 Notice to Subscribers in Apartment Houses Subscribers wishing the carrier boy to knock on the door when delivering The Star will please tele- phone circulation depart- ment. National 5000—and instractions will be given for this service to start at once. JAPANESE CEASE MOVING OF TROOPS Aggressive : Action Stopped After Manchurian Capital Is Captured. (Continued From First Page.) way in Manchuria ‘with great ports and the right it hu‘: maintain troops throughout this rafl- way zone have made the Japanese pre- dominant in South Manchuria and have rendered it difficult for Chinese factions to make war. Japan has generally co-operated with the Chinese military governors : : Mukden and has kept them placated. ‘There has not been extensive Japa- nese colonization in Manchuria of re- cent decades as it became clear the Japanese were not well adapted to the rugged climate and were not a success in the type of agriculture practiced there. Consequently Ji intensified its work of railroad and ex- tended its commerce, contenting itself with making Manchuria a great reser- lvno‘rJO‘ raw materials for its industries japan, Manchuria has an area of 363,610 square miles, seven times that of New York State, and a population variously estimated from 25,000,000 to 30,000,000. The emigration from Shantung and other war-ridden states of China had been tremendous until two years ago, when the soya bean industry suffered a slimp. Some years it was estimated that as many as 1,000,000 Chinese en- tered Manchuria from the south, travel- ing by steam, railway and highway. It is estimated that about 81,000,000 acres are under cultivation in Man- churia. Besides soya blu?, kaolin, a Wheat, oats, barley. Iye, Duckwheat, millet and other grains are produced. BLAME PUT ON JAPANESE. Rail Sabotage as Pretext for Attack on Mukden Charged. i Pghlrmufihm. September 19 (#).— nese litary communique toda: said the chal 3 consul general and the was unable to control the movements of the milif > clashes, munique said, and the Japanese forces entered the city, takihg over the main thoroughfares and government buildings without resistance. pretext for the attack on “Ilkd:l{ ‘They blew up a section of the track near the ' capitol, it was charged, and began shell- ing the town wil provocation, causing undetermined casualties among Chinese soldiers and civilians. ENEMY TROOPS IN CHINA. Force of Japanese Lands at Tsingtao On Shantung Peniusula. TSINGTAO. China, September 19 (). | —A force of Japanese troops landed this | morning at more than 400 huria, in Chinese ' miles south of territory proper. Chinese authorities took steps to pre- serve order among the native popula- tion and closed Chinese places of enter- tainment. { Decentralization of the Malay Btlus! government is being discussed in Sl.n(n-‘ | pore. You and SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 WILL NOT BE_RESPONSIBLE POR ANY debts other than those contracted by mysel PRANK E. BHANNON, 3538 Park pl. n.w. FURNACES —cleaned (including smoke pipe) and paint- ed for $3.50; repairs. paris for every furnace, steam and hot-water he Co., Inc. ing 5 1395 Fla. ave. n.e. i 19° BLE POl Heat- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1931.' From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. “Street Scene,” at the Columbia, a Real Screen Achievement. LMER RICE'S magnificent limpse into_the brownstone faven of & New. York tene ment house, “Street Scene; which bristied along Broad- phan ces, has been m to & superlative film which should by all means be seen. The Hollywood moguls have this time done themselves proud. If there were such a thing as an annual Pulitzer Prize film, “Street Scene would probably get it. The cast, the direction, e:l; erything — eV the crumpled cot- ton .swcgmu of one of the frou- sy lady boarders —has " been at- tended to with & perfection that s somewhat mirac- e, espasies expect, _tres) into Hollywood side streets—at least some kind of an offseasoned dish which would make author and public growl with vitality of the original o hlnady. More than that the film goes the play one better. King Vidor, who can do more with his camera than most directing wiz- ards, has taken the wishes of the author—that the play be spoken practically “h it ‘:u‘ behir;g‘ fl’l; footlights—with evident respect. few ll‘k‘ldzd edhul‘lu,‘dl (12' lll;uo:l.\;:g. speeches made less of, - :u’;'more of, the whole, however, smacking strongly of the original And where the film climbs magnifi- “cently above the level of the play ls in the actual climax, which, former- 1y @ skiliful building up of theatri- calism breaking rather excitingly in its final climax, is now a really ter- rifying sequence in which added bursts of “stmospheric” music carry the finale into one of the most stir- ring dramatic episodes ever divulged by the screen. il No apologies, no “good—but” "are needed plf:e.:g1 When first Manhat- tan's skyline appears, when first the man swats the fiies off his, horse, when first the various inhabitants of those cubbyhole homes lean hotly out of their tenement windows, and begin the unraveling of the plot by the loose gygrations of their tongues, there is enough prophecy of ap- proaching drama upon which one may rivet the eye as well as the ear for' a vastly invigorating hour or so. The cast, culled for the most part from the original stage company, has, however, added charm and vi- tality in the persons of Sylvia Sidney and Estelle Taylor. Miss Taylor, at first giving evidence of overmuch sophistication, soon lapses into proper vernacular, and finishes presenting 2 highly stimulating character role. Miss Sidney, whose soft, dulcet manner and the moist expression of her eyes (as well as a smile which could doubtless break any one’s heart if it wanted to) proves that the great words of praise which have been spoken of her have not been’ ex>ggerated, Her perform- ance is not only particularly lucid, but it has that something which makes tears an absolute necessity. No more appealing personality has so far come to the screen and no actress who suj s0_definitely an almost endless horizon of possible achievements. It would be hard to pick others in .+ Sylvis Sidney. Your Friends Are the cast who are better than their running mates. All—all are good. But if you want names, here are ibly a few outstanding: Beulah as Emma Jones, Anna Kostant as Shirley Kaplan, Willilam Collier, nd, whose jealousy eventually takes form of & bullet, 4 e E. de 8. MELCHER. “Traveling Husbands” Gives Some New Slants at Kelth's, ‘Nlrfll ‘]mh: of traveling sales- men in the foreground and a generous background of gin, jazz and professional” ladies, “Traveling Hus- bands” reveals some of the lights and shadows which fall upon the lives of that great army of gentle- men of the road, earning their bread and booze by selling safety pins, lin- 'lecfle and what-nots from town to city. This time it's the male of the e o dowm resting v P wives, Wwhose husbands spend most of their lives in Pullmans and hotels, should not go to see the picture. Where one is blissfully ignorant, wisdom is folly, and no wife after seeing “Traveling Husbands” will rest in peace when husband boards that midnight for Boston, or Detroit. Using the vicissitudes of a young salesman trying to sell safety pins e on WhICh o hang the seacy b ang the , the rlct\lre offers plenty of laughter and less than the usual amount of yawns. Waiting to see Wilson, the mag- nate, Barry the salesman accidentally meets Ellen, his daughter. The “night of it” which they plan together falls through. Barry joins some travel- ing friends on the fifth floor of the wlthml' where thely. are making merry n, and apparently spoiled “profession- al,” who has come to the party with the particular pu: e of seeing Hall, one of the traveling men, Hall, in the meantime, has gone into the hotel dining room, where he meets Ellen, disappointed at Barry's failure to meet her. One rather wonders at the reck- less indiscretion of a girl of Ellen’ type letting herself be “picked up” indiscriminately, but the picture says she does, 50 one accepts it. After making a round of the night clubs, Ellen returns with Hall to the hotel, believing they are joining the party urtlln, Instead, Hall takes her to his room. Ellen’s cries for help are heard by the party in the adjoining room. Barry comes to her assist- ance, a shot is fired and Hall falls. Thinking he is dying, the house de- tective sends for Mrs. Hall. One cf the weakest points in the picture is the dislogue between Ruby and Mrs. Hall, with the exception of Ruby’s reply to Mrs. Hall, when generally, and a husband's infideliti’s particulgrly, is unnatural and unconVinéing fn & modern age, when wives no longer bumbly accept the position of second-fiddles. How- ever, a smiling conclusion is brought about by ‘Berry and Ellen getting together, and Mrs. Hall' apparently happy to_hear ‘that her husband is - gcing to live. One secretly wonders whether Ruby, about to be arrested for the shooting, is sorry or glad. Although Evelyn Brent, as Ruby, is festured as the “leading lady,” the feminine laurels really go to Constance Cummings, clevir and charming as Ellen. Hugh Herbert VISIT THE scenes. With an amusing Chic Sale comedy, :::, h"wu; h.;:w enjgy Chic, and a symphony scund com- edy, Keith’s offers a well-rounded program of ‘two hours of entertain- ment, G. 8. 8. “Personal Maid” Gives Good Nancy Carroll Role. NAN(;;(’ CARROLL'S most con- spicuous qualities for their exfllon-uon a phmhifll self- audacity and the spirit of adventure are so well blended that achievement comes as & matter of course. She has not always been favored with a produc- tion that meets the requirements, but “Personal Mald,” nothwithstanding its fine assortment of things that are not ordinarily done, is so well to the Carroll- personality, that personality s so fully adapted to the play that the com- bination furnishes good entertain- ment at the Palace Theater. Performance of the dutles of a per- sonal maid means nothing to this energetic young actress, except an opportunity to look in on the rest of the world and to see the things that ought to be done. Attached to a family of great wealth, she very logically but recklessly tells them all about their defects, and, with the leniency of the films, is able to make a place for herself, even to becoming the unanimous choice for a steadying influence as the wife of the wild young foot ball player who is the expected heir to the family Ts. . Strangely enough, while she re- jects the young man in his affiuence, she becomes his wife after the sud- den death of the grandparent with- out an opportunity to change his will leaves the young man with the necessity of earning his living. George Fawcett and Mary Boland are two excellent actors, who give of their talents to the development of an original, but not weighty plot, and, in their characteristic mode, contribute to the satisfaction of ob- serving the actions of ‘strong per- sonalities. Mr. Fawcett, in lcu- lar, gives a picture of the successful man of business, wi talents in that direction give him an unusually penetrating outlook on the social incidents of life. As a foil for Miss Carroll he adds much to the value of the film. The two young men who are involved in the romantic adventures of the O’'Brien and Gene Raymond. entire- ly different types, but capable of giving clear-cut representations of the cold and calculating schemer and the reckless seeker for pleasure. ‘The stage mflmnee at * the Revic “und" has the cosiomary evue” and has artistic background, with a fair Iist of special acts, including Stadler and Rose, Fields, Smith and Fields, Davey and _Rose Marle, Marietta and Thom- as Fuller, illuminated by the work of the Chester Hale Girls. —D.C.C. “The Spider” Featured in Annjversary Bill at Fox. UTSIDE the Fox Theater this week is a flock of telegrams from “ever; walk of life”—as the magazines say—ocongratulating M Harry Crull on having Cordial]y Invited to safely piloted his cinema liner mu;” the calm wat of its fourth year. And in recognition. of its an- niversary program, Conductor Al Mitchell has fashioned a symphonic ment of ““Washington, the Beautiful,” which, as played by the large orchestra and as sung later by Harlan Randall and a male quar- tet, brings down the house. Other features of this week’s bill include a novel picture called “The Spider,” which will be liked tre- mendously by those who haven't seen the play, and not so much by those who have, a stage show which is considerably below tHe average, and a “native” picture, “Disarma- ment,” in which may be seen prob- ably most of Washington’s younger neration—but which, unfortunate- , is long and tedious and particu- larly unfunny. The wily magic of Chartrand the Great, the chief motive for ‘“The Spider’s” excitement, is the back- ind against which this unusual- ly “different” story unfolds. Those who recall the play will remember that most of the fun came in being in the audience, and in feeling that the action was place not only behind the footlights, but ac- tually nest door. If, for instance, you sat in D 1 on the aisle, the lady next to you, half-way through the performance, suddenly arose and tri to make a bee-line for the door, whereupon a strong-armed liceman barged down the aisle . & told the lady, not uncertainly, that she jolly well had better be- have herself—that a murder had been commitfed and that no one could go anywhere until the ccm- plications had been solved. The screen not being able to turn Adtself over to this kind of double life, bas nevertheless, done well by the story, and there is considerable excitement and a grand amount of suspense to cheer the audience through the mystery. Edmund Lowe plays the magician handsomely, El Brendel injects feeble spots of humor, and Lois Moran is the cause of love which makes the world go round. Featured in the “Variety” stage show idea are Sully and Thomas, ‘Theodore - Enrico - Novello, Baker, Dove and Allen, and “Four Aces and & Queen,” the last mentioned doing well on the bars, but the former, the “funny” couple, being only a couple. E. de 8. M. Willlam Kimber, former “foreman” | ANE GASE PROBE | TURNS 10 LETTER glnterest Shifts to Efforts to| Identify Betty Dodd. Quiz Wednesday. By the Associated Press. HAMPTON, Va, Authorities today sought to round up the evidence to be used against Prof.. Elisha Kent Kane next Wednesday | when he is to be given a preliminary | hearing on a charge of murdering ife. Decision to permit Prof. Kane's re-' leass today on bail was reached yes- | terday after a hearing at which the Commonwealth argued that a bond of $100,000 should be B contended that such a requirement was justified by the coroner’s verdict hold- ing that Mrs. Jenny Graham Kane's drowning was an act of “prem murder” by her husband. Bail, how- ever, was fixed at $15,000. With evidence to well sifted down during a four-day in- quest. interest began be gathered here to shift to efforts Betty Dodd. be- iter of one or more letters which W. C. Graham, father of said “brought her great un- A search for additional Jetters was being made. Prom Knoxville, Tenn., came word that a search of the apartment of the young University of Ten: sor had resulted in the fin ters apparently written to her husband | by Mrs. Kane while | her parents here. One of these letters read, in part: ““You are so sweet and good to me, everything you did and want to be forever with you and, honey, its raining and I and makes me sick. e, Prof. Kane, who was here quoted as saying in Phile- the accused man had told him about a woman mentioned in this of the Headington Morris dancers, has | case, saying that he had met her while just died at Oxford, England, aged 81. him traveling and shy Will Rogers BEVZRLY HILLS, = Califii—Poor little Gandhi, he is becoming dis- ccyraged with the Lendon Gonfere gmos: !-ll’e 2y onl 1. wonder 1f b6 gun barrel. Where would we * have been {f ‘Washington had conferred in- stead of confis- cating? Didn't a Missouri Senator set the Philippines free this Sum- mer? And Pat Hurley went over and anneoxed 'em again. Ammuni- tien beats persuasion when you are looking fcr frezdem. lstters, some of which his wafe had discovered. This happened two years accused man said, and since has never seen the woman and if she sent him letters later, he never re= ceived them. Prof. Kane, himself, has declined to discuss this or other angles of the case beyond stating that he was absolutely innocent and that officers had q'unle: | him_correctly as to his d | his wife’s drowning as an accident. GLEN ECHO CRYSTAL POOL IS OPEN DAILY 9 AM. to 11:30 P.M. | THE WATER IS JUST FINE THESE INDIAN SUMMER DAYS . Westchester’'s NEW Building- 1 OwWering Evergreens and a Sunken Garden make a picture of beauty..at Westchester Like giant sentinels, guarding the peaceful quiet and exclusiveness of West- chester, these gorgeous trees mark the approach...to an even more gor- geous sunken garden with its rustic stone walks, babbling waters, sweep- ing terraces and colorful blooms. 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