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AUTO SHOW OPENS | - WITH 28 EXHIBIT {Tonight Will Find Washington Auditorium Handsomely Decorated for Event. ‘The thirteenth annual automobile show under auspices of the Washington Automotive Trade Association opens to- night at 7 o'clock at the Washington Auditorium, Nineteenth and E streets. A _preview of the new models was exhibited to those attending the lunch- eon of the Advertising Club of Wash- ington, held this ternoon at the - Raleigh Hotel. Secretary of Commerce Roy D. Chapin was the principal speaker. At tonight's show 28 makes of cars, including nearly 15¢ models, will be on view. The Auditorium has been deco- rated in the motif of a Hollaid se ting, and should prove an attractive back- ground for 1933's automotive offerings. Besides the array of cars, there will be found accessory exhibits, radios and +refrigeration units. | ‘The show will open tomorrow and next Sunday at 3 p.m. and close at 10:30 pm. Daily the exhibits will be from 10:30 am. to 10:30 pm. The show will come to an end Sunday night, February 5. Cars to be exhibited during the show here include Auburn, Austin, Buick, Cadillac, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Continen- tal, Cord, De Soto, Dodge. Essex Terra- plane, Pranklin, Graham, Hudson, Hup- mobile, La Salle, Lincoln, Nash, Olym- pic, Oldsmobile, Packard, Pontiac, Pierce-Arrow, Plymouth, Rockne, Stude- baker. Willys and Willys-Knight. Fred L. Haller is president of the Washington Automotive Trade Associa- tion, Joseph Trew first vice president Chet H. Warrington second vice presi- dent and Richard J. Murphy, show manager. ASKS ROOSEVELT HELP TO SATISFY AMBITION Retailer of Tools Wanted to Be Kansas City Postmaster Since Boyhood. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, January 28.—Louis 1. Goldblatt, 46, a retailer of tools, de- cided there was nothing else to do but 1o toss into the heap of farm. economy and foreign problems confronting Presi- dent-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt his own boyhood ambition. So he wrote the President-elect today & request that he be appointed post- master of Kansas City. “Why not?” commented the man, who said he had a friend in the East who was a friend of James A. Farley, chair- man of the National Democratic Com- mittee. “I've spent as much money at the post office as most men.” And he added: 2 “The tool business isn't what it used 360-DAY JAIL TERM GIVEN IN $50 SWINDLE Bilver Spring Salesman Testifies James Thomas, Colored, Disap- peared With Change in Deal. James Thomas, colored, 27, who was charged with swincling two automobile salesmen of $50 under the pretense he was going to buy a car, was sentenced to 360 days in jail when convicted of petty larceny by Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt vesterday. Willlam R. Wolfe, salesman of Silver Spring, Md., sa}d Thomas approached him and told him he wanted to buy & car. Then he requested the salesman to 'drive him to a nearby apartment Jhouse so he could obtain the money for the down payment. When they arrived at the house, Wolfe testified, Thomas Jeft the car but returned in a few min- utes and asked for change for $50. The salesman gave it to him and Thomas disappeared with the money. Hugh H. Sinclair. 500 block East Capitol street. told the court Thomas worked a similar trick on him. DEATH FALL PROBED ‘Worker Suffers Fractured Skull at New Labor Building. An inquest was under way today into the death late yesterday of Henry Bower, 46-year-old carpenter of 1373 Irving street, fatally injured when he fell from the eighth to the seventh floor of the new Labor Department Building. under construction at Four- teenth street and Constitution avenue. Bower, who was an employe of the ‘Washington Steel Point Co., was walk- ing across a plank from one part of the floor to another when the board gave way and fell one story. He died of a fractured skull at Emergency Hospital. FRIEND OF HbOVER_ HOST Tells Anniversary Guests About Rocking Him to Sleep. KANSAS CITY, January 28 () —El- wood Wood Dean celebrated his 57th wedding anniversary here yesterday by entertaining friends with the story of how he often rocked the President of the United States to sleep. “Many times I took ‘Herby' on my lap.” he said, explaining he worked for Jesse Hoover, the President's father, back in West Branch. Iowa. CE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT YOU N raw seeure A Nui-Way Wash o Lubrl- cation™ for 95c. 24 H st. n.e. THE ANNUAL M! e Ghorerative Turanee holders of the Union Co-operative Ins Association of Washington, D. C.. for tRe election of trustees and the transaction of any cther business that may be pro brought befre the meeting. will be held the office of the company. at 1200 Fifteenth ashington.' D. C., on Thurs- ay. Marchi o 1933, beiween the hours 12 ol oon and 1 o'clock p.m. e 3 C. F. CROWDER. Secretary-Treasurer. *THE COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF THE “Thritt Shop. 1011 E st.. in connection with its regular stock. has opened a commission department where consignments of art ob- Jects, rare silver. furniture. rugs are sold b The proceeds child Sale February 1 and : AR or 3 Fam Pt h & ThANSFER & STORAGE €O, 1313 You st. n.w. e 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by any one other than my- self hereafter. CLYDE C. SMITH. 318 14th st se. CHAIRS _FOR _RENT. SUITABLE FOR BRIDGE PARTIES, banquets. weddings and meetings. 10c up per day each: new cl Also_invalid rolling_chairs for tent or sale. UNITED STATES STORAGE CO.. 418 10th st n.w._ Metropolitan 1844, OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSI c‘couPAm{, | SFHHE BiSTRICT O &OCBMESA; Washington. January 1, She annuai meetine of the MUTUAL FIRE URANGE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA will be held on the first SHonday-in February (the sixth proximo) at Mo Uce” of ihe company. 1301 H street northwest, commencing 12 o'clock moon. By ne Charier of 1he company. the elec- jon of seven managers to conduct the af- 141y G S company is reauired to be held he above meeting. B By the aixth Sriiclé of the by-laws of the company Jt s ‘Brovided: At the. anou Eheeiing of the company. the Arst. busines T order shall ‘be the sppointment of Bhaitman "who shail conduct. the and election in accordance with the act o Scorpocation. between the hours of 12 noon fl z""(";rmmm notes ount” o Amount of cash on hand. ice Xn::"nu'l‘lre re, aid in 163: 8,125.90 Bhe annual statement wiil' be ready for tion, st the office of the company rusry 2, 1933. the board of managers: dgr it oa. ge! THE EVENING From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washiniton's Theaters. | By E. de S. MELCHER Barrymore Trie Stars in “Rasputin and the Empress. T is a pity that Ethel Barry- more does not like the talkies. Her motlon-fl‘lcture debut, which took place Washington last night at the Columbia Theater in “Rasputin and the Empress,” sug- gests that if she would only stop and consider the possibilities of this medium, if she would only keep on has done as she in this first at- & g8D that has lfin P W e yawning can play em- presses. And few ~ empresses would object to ° being _pictured with the quiet, human simplic- ity with which Shothes' e st clothes the Ethel Barrymore. of n;: mi;:; offs. Her formance digni and txtnurmuuy restrained—and when in the last scene she says: “Come my brood,” and carries away her children to what she knows will probably be worse than death, and when she and her entire family are mowed down in a bloody and human execution, you are not only gripped by the injustice. the fright- ful cruelty of it all, but by that lingering and pathetic look which Miss Barrymore gives the camera before the final curtan. Cinema patrons will find this a long account of the last chapter of one of the saddest chronicles in modern history. Due, however, to the brilliant three levels of Barrymore acting, to the discernment on the part of Director Richard (“Way of a Lancer”) Boleslavski, and to the fact that in a few cases facts have been twisted into fancy for the pur- poses of stirring up the script, “Rasputin and the Empress” may be said to be an achievement—a sober, bitter and often racking achievement, but one which demands a hearing. Other than the untheatrical per- formance given by Miss Barrymore (a far cry from her recent cavortings in “Encore”), chief honors go to Lionel Barrymore for his Rasputin— he admits that it is more Barrymore than Rasputin—to John Barrymore for that scene in which he literaliy mops of the floor with his brother, to Ralph Morgan for his gallant interpretation of the Czar, to Diana Wynyard for being, alas, beautiful in only one scene, and to little Tad Alexander, who, to our way of think- ing, steals the film whenever he comes into it. Washingtonians, too, will be gratified to see one of their recent stock company members, Edward Arnold, turning in a per- formance which is near gold. The story itself is long, some- times a trifie tedious, and so vio- lent in one or two moments that ladies will want to bow their heads and be ready with their 'kerchiefs. When the Mad Monk and Prince Chegodieff (John Barrymore) finally have their little battle in the cellar of a palace. one of the nicest s- quences of blood and thunder ever devised by the screen is shown. Minus his iron shirt and his hypnotic powers, the Monk is still a man of strength, with the result that it takes butchering and beating to get him out of this li nd a river and a couple of ice cakes besides to put him under completely. Mr. Barry- more and his brother put their all into this rough fisticuffing, with the result that it is somewhat of a sur- prise to think that both of them are still living. People who know their Rasputin will, perhaps, object to what Lionel has done to him. It is, neverthe- less, impossible not to admire the result. You will have to admire, too, the smooth, brilliant polish of all three Barrymores as they work together—and the way none of them has crowded the other out of the spotlight. Forceful Chinese Drama, With Helen Hayes, at Fox. EATH, which is the price of Chinese treachery to its own, merely creates the moments of em- phasis in a story of the Orient in California, which is filmed as “The Son-Daughter,” and presented at the Fox Theater. A company of American actors breathes the senti- ments of the East. speaks the terse language of the yellow race, and en- acts a tragedv of mounting cli- maxes to its lonely end, with set- tings of intrigue and the excitement of milling crowds. This play was conceived in the Belasco fashion, had its brief day on the stage, and has now the real istic assistance of the camera, while its exhibition of fatalistic loyalty to a writhing republic is in the keep- ing of so_thoughtful a group of players as Helen Hayes. Ramon No- varro, Lewis Stone, Warner Oland, Ralph Morgan, Louise Closser Hale and H. B. Warner. There is no novelty in the per- formance of Mr. Oland. for he is here placed in a favorite environ- ment, but the others in the cast must reach a worthy level of their art, in the creating of drama with the force of truth, while exhibiting the impulses of the Chinese. This is done with the preservation of the Chinese mentality. Miss Hayes may be credited with something which is so clear-cut. so affecting, so filled with the chang- ing emotions of an Oriental woman that it has a stronger effect than if she were dealing with an American subject. Playing in association with Ramon Novarro, as a Chinese prince in disguise, she develops with fine imagination the romantic attach- ment for an admirer whose royal origin is undisclosed. In order to raise money to send arms across the Pacific, she is sold in marriage to a wealthy member of the colony by her father, in a wave of patriotism. She dismisses her loter with the thought that “whatever one does for love of country is right,” declaring that “the gods wish it so,” and “to China I give myself.” In the development of the plot Miss Hayes reveals the cnm{umun of extreme. modesty that attaches to her class, and in the striking scenes with Mr. Novarro, who also reaches distinction as a Chinese, she excuses her slightest acceptance of attention as breaking “all the rules of modesty.” Inherent cour- age Is revealed when she advises her lover to go “and fight like seven devils,” and avenges death with death in the end. One of the most effective scenes is that in which she conducts an auction among the wealthy Chinese for her own hand. Miss Hayes throughout retains the rare combination of the timidity in- duced by her training with the wis- dom of maturity. There is obvious increase of her stature as she sends her lover away. 3 ‘The production is worth while, interesting, and one to show all the members of the cast to advantage. ‘The action is we!l timed, and the incidental features capably planned. ‘The stage performance is headed. by Anatole Friedland and his musical revue. Phil Lampkin and his orchestra are effective in a Suppe overture. Georsle Price, radio artists, sings and gives imi- tations; the Three St. Johns are showy acrobats: Jack Pillard and Al Hillifer with Lynn Mayberry have a seance of ccmplete nonsense; and Lowe-Burnoff and Wensley are nn:n exponents of a satirical ides of ball room- dancing. Hundred Per Cent Program At Warner’s Earle. F the Earle management decided, for one reason or another, to cut. this week's m in half, the remainder—whether it was the film line-up or the stage show—still would be well worth the price of admission. From start to ,finish the entertainment on tap at the Thirteenth street play- for the theatrical week something to write home about. On the screen, for example, there's James Handle;’ as de- lighttul a com- bination of com- edy and pathos as has come this way for some time. He is, if a quo- tation from the advertisements is permissible, “a lovable, care-free youth, who starts with a marathoh dance and ends with a trio of blonds.” ‘That portion of the picture having to do with the marathon will im- press Washingtonians—who, by this time, should know a thing or two about endurance dances—as de- cidedly authentic. It also will serve to give most of them their first glance of Eleanor Holm, the famous Olympic games swimmer. Despite the fact that Eleanor's name is given a prominent place in the ad- vertisements, her part is merely that of an extra. Her brief bit, as one of the marathoners, is well done, however, and her histrionic ability, coupled with her attractiveness, should take her some place in Holly- ‘wood. Mary Brian, Ruth Donnelly and Claire Dodd are the “trio of blonds™ promised by the advertising writers. For the purposes of the story. Mary, whose newly acquired platinum tresses make her even more beauti- ful than she was in the pre-Harlow era of comparatively natural hair, is the most important. In the mattér of acting, however, the blond called Donnelly is. next to the inimitable Cagney. just about the whole show. If she isn't a star in her own right before the end of the year—well, there's something wrong with Holly- wood, that's all! As for Jimmy. he is. as a gum- chewing young lady-in the fourth row told all and sundry at vester- day's matinee. both “darling” and “swell.” If you've liked him before, you'll like him even better in “Hard to Handle”; and even if you haven't been keen about him in the past, you're likely to go home raving about him this time. It's that kind of pie- ture, and he gives that kind of per- formance. The third blond plays a less im- portant role than either of her fair- haired competitors, but she, too. turns in an excellent pcrformance. as do most of the other members of the cast. Headlining the stage show is Helen Kane, noted chiefly for her ability as a boop-boop-a-dooper. Still boop- boop-a-dooping. she presents a repertoire of snappy songs, all of which are worth listening to and one or two of which, thanks to her charm, are almost too good to be missed. She is given a close race for the stage honors. however, by the “Three Radio Rogues,” who offer a series of highly entertaining imitations of various celebrities of the air. includ- ing Rudy Vallee, Morton Downey, Amos and Andy, Kate Smith and several others. The remainder of the stage pro- gTam also is worth seeing, and there are, in addition, a news reel and an animated cartoon feature. P.H.L. James Cagney. Eddie Cantor in “The Kid From Spain.” ¢“THE KID FROM SPAIN." the new Eddie Cantor musilogue . at the Palace, is a typical Cantorian saga, which means that impresario Sam Goldwyn has decked it with yards of handsome ladies, with some music_and, some song—and with a huge bullfighting spectacle in which the Kid from Brooklyn, Sidney Franklin, premier cape weilder of Mexico and Spain, shows cousin Eddie how a bull should be properly dealt with. We regret a feeling, however, that it isn’t quite as funny as it should Mr. Centor’s material is good in spots, and admirers of his (which includes this department) will find that his eyes still bulge, and that he claps his hands, puts on a coat of blacking, and indulges himself with that nervous come-hither and go- yonder look which is his best equip- ment. Nevertheless, there are stretches in the film when you will find it easy to snooze—and other stretches when no one will mind if you snore loudly. This is due, probably, to that old- fashioned idea that a play must be thick with love and lovers. Hence, the amusing Lyda Roberti's amour for Cantor has not been deemed sufficient (although it is far from lukewarm) end the producers have unearthed another couple (Robert— with a mustache—Young, and part- ner) to carry on a typically tiresome screen romance. The result is that every time Mr. Cantor has a good “gag” and convulses the audience he is quickly supplanted by a shot of Mr. Young looking vacantly and vapidly into space and mooning helplessly about his lady friend— who, frankly, no one gives a darn about. Mr. Cantor, however, would be funny in anything. And so this may be more than averagely enjoyed—if you choose your sleeping sequences wisely and wake up in time for that final, glorious bull-fighting scene, in which Cantor tries to make friends with the bull by whispering “Popocatepet]” at him. E. de S. M. “Parachute Jumper” Shown at Metropolitan. 'HEATRICAL experiences in the sky give color to the entire per- formance of “Parachute Jumper,” which is presented at the Metro- politan Theater in conjunction with a shorter film, in which Marie Dress- ler and Polly Moran give their ver- sion of “Dangerous Females " The feature picture of the pro- gram is the story of three victims of the depression, two men and a woman. who join forces in an at- tempt to stem the tide of poverty. As the two men have both se-ved as airmen with the Marines in Nica- rauga, they are prepared to employ their flying talents in public exhibi- tions. They fall into the hands of narcotic smugglers of the Canadian route, however, and the more ex- citing moments, in which there are some pistol and machine-gun events, center about this enterprise. Douglas Pairbanks, jr., is the chief member of the cast, and the inci- dents have that form of reckle's an1 sometimes humorous activity that is often associated with his name. He 1s one of the two expert airmen, and is zeen in a dangerous parachute jump, while many of the scenes re- veal battles in the air bstween the smugglers and the Federal border patrol. Throughout the play there are numerous striking airplane wrecks, partly at close-up range, siving much picturesqueness to the story. There is also & motor-car STAR, WA HINGTON, drive through New York trafic t,":: :!' Sngla;ly an hour, :hfle car is tra an assem! of automobile 3 S The drama lacks force 50 far as logical sequence of events is con- cerned, but what it lacks in plot is made up by vigor in the devel t of its numerous detached inc its. Bette Davis makes no from her customary style, but is & most appropriate companion in the adventures of Mr. Fairbanks, while Frank McHugh is a healthy and engaging associate of the leading couple, contributing his allot- mr:n‘t ug {lhumm’. l‘l:n Ca the chief of the smuggl is’ admirably adapted to the type, and takes his lon with that assurance and ght-heartedness that may well be assoclated with' his business. Claire Dodd and Sheila Terry capably fill other feminine roles, while the rest of the com is made up of Har- old Huber, omas E. Ge and Frederick Munier. The Dressler-Moran comedy has the qualities associated with the work of those popular players. D. C. C. “The Big Drive,” War Film at Keith’s, EVZRY phase of the World War, from the carnage to the cootit is depicted in “The Big Drive” series of war scenes said tp have been gleaned from the official records of eight nations and on dis- play at R-K-O-Keith's this week. |pond. Without benefit of chorus girls, comedians and bass drummers, :g:‘wlrudm not turn out to be ll“ Hollywood, in its past romantic expeditions on to the battlefield, would have made us belleve. It is a grim, muddy, wearisome business, and all the fine words in the dic- tionary will not persuade otherwise, any one who has observed closely the incidents of “The Big Drive.” Those who have been racked with curiosity about the peculiar facial expression of & man who has just received a bayonet thrust in the middle. or the extraordinary facility with which legs rip from body under D. C., SATURDAY ICE AGE BLOSSOMS TRACE FOUND HERE Johns Hopkins Fossil Author- ity Says Roses and Dog- woods Flowered. Roses and flowering dogwoods were blooming in Washington during the great Ice Ages. Jackson, Prof. Edward W. Berry of Johns orge Pat Collins, Harold Healy | Hopkins University, American the foremost authority on fossil plants, has just reported to the ‘Washington Academy of Sciences his identification of fossil material obtained from exca- and G streets and on the Bellevue Ho- tel site at North Capitol and E streets. These fossils were obtained from the top of a layer of dark clay under about 6 feet of gravel and presumably wers laid down during one of the warmer interludes of the Pleistocene or Ice Age period when there was a shallow a slow moving stream with swampy banks on the site. Prof. Berry's identifications are reported in the December journal of the Washing- ton Academy. He found altogether evidence of 41 different organisms, most of them plants, and 6 hitherto unknown tio science. Holly Evidences Found. ‘The greater part of the material con- sisted of the fruit, seeds and leaves of Ilex vomitaria, a species of holly which now grows in abundance from South- ern Virginia to Florida, but does not extend so far north as Washington. It evidently was a dominant plant in the neighborhood that time and indi- the compulsion of & shell blast, will |cates the Jocal climate was considerably find the answer to all such specula- milder than at present. There also tions in the more gory events of this | were leaves of beech, sycamore and Ppicture. In contrast to the drear realities of the symposium, which imcludes action shots of Germans, Italians, English, French, Russians, Ameri- cans and others, there are movies of elaborate military funerals, down Pennsylvania avenue, generals with medals bowing them down, and other matter which somehow seems totally unrelated to the facts of the case—as exemplified, for instance, by the pictures of dead Belgian ref- ugees lying frozen in the snow. Albert Rule, a former sergeant major in the Army, who collected these films from various sources, accompanies their showing with an explanatory and rather inane mono- logue. The explanations are satis- factory, but, unfortunately, most of Mr. Rule's comments on war are pure romancing. belied by the visual evidence before the audience even as he talks. This fact does not, how- ever, detract materially from the value of the film, as it is compara- tively simple to observe what the camera has recorded and therefrom draw all necessary conclusions. It might be well, now and then, also, to watch the audience for its re- actions. Some in the first crowd which witnessed the film at its open- ing here laughed loudly when Ger- man and American soldiers were shown gutting one another with bayonets, battering in heads with rifles, and writhing in excruciating sickened pain. Maybe the psychol- ogists can explain that one. A cheerful and praiseworthy fea- ture of the Keith program this week is an *“Aesop Fable.” which ends literslly the most powerful note ever struck in one of these silly, amus- ing sagas. Other short subjects and a news reel complete the bill. R.B. P, jr. SURVEY TO BE MADE OF U. S. CLERKS’ HOUSING Association Chairman Announces New Committee for Investigating Needs at This Time. A new committee, including repre- sentatives of Government departments and principal establishments, has been formed to survey the housing needs of Federal workers, it was announced to- day by L. L. Collle, chairman of the Federal Employes’ Housing Association. So many applications have been re- ceived by the association for building homes under the proposed co-operative plan that the association plans, through its new committee, to survey the entire Government by having representatives at every entrance to Government buils- ings next Wednesday with available questionnaire circulars ‘The committee, virtually all members of which have been appointed, consists of Mr. Collie, Treasury Department: Burt W. Pierce. War Department; Frank J. Keating. Department of Justice: C.G. Yoakem. Post Office Department; Edwin T. Boylen, Navy Department; G. M. Kerr, Interior: Carl Heinrich, Agricul- ture; Allyn A. Walters, Commerce; L. A. Pawlowski, Veterans’ Administra- tion: Lawrence E. Pease, Government Printing Office. Other members will be added later. HEALTH BANQUET Employes of Washington Sanita- rium to Hold Annual Event. The annual health banquet of em- sweet gum trees, close relatives of which persist here today. Two other species besides the holly reach their ‘;;me;xl\lt northern limit in Southern a. e/ solitary rose was identified as parades |such on the slender evidence of one fruit and a prickle. These are suffi- clent, Prof. Berry says, to show that it actually was a rose, but do not allow its species to be determined. Certain of ldentity. Prof. Berry is certain of the identity of the flowering dogwood, the earliest fossil of this plant yet recorded. To- day, and probably in Pleisticene times it grows in dry woodlands and on hil sides. How it happened to get into what cbviously was an ancient swamp is difficult to determine. The strata was identified as from the so-called Talbot formation of the geol- ogists. The fossil materials offer a! rather striking contrast to those found a few years ago on the site of the Mayflower Hotel from a somewhat ear- lier stage. There the vegetation was | that of a cypress pond with the domi- nant specles cypresses, grape vines, el- derberry bushes and sedges. vations near the site of the Govern- ment Printing Office, at North Capitol e ANACOSTIA CITIZENS ASK | CITY WAR ON STARLINGS | Association Requests Amendment | to Bird Sanctuary Laws to Per- mit Action Against Them. A resolution advocating an amend- ment to the District bird sanctuary laws so as to permit action to rid tne city of the starlings, was adopted last night by the Anacostia Citizens' Asso- ciation. ‘The association also passed a reso- lution condemning the “taxi” dance halls, claiming they led to immorality. The resolution requested District offi- cisls to revoke the licenses of three places. ‘The members also reiterated their stand in favor of an elective school board and favoring vocational schools. George C. Havenner, president. and ‘William J. Tucker. secretary, officiated at the meeting. held in the Methodist Church Hall, Fourteenth and U streets southeast. ‘With Jeague captains and lieutenants from 27 parishes present the annual corporate communion mass for the League of Laymen's Retreats will be | celebrated by Archbishop Curley at St. Matthew's Church at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The archbishop also will speak. The annual communion breakfast is being omitted this year, following de- cision to devote the money that would be spent for this event, to the relief of needy here. INUTE : YSTERY Sonou, Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at a famous university. His advice is often | sought by the police of many cities when confronted with particularly baffiing cases. This problera has been taken from his case- ployes of the Washington Sanitarium | book covering hundreds of criminal investi- and Hospital will be held at the Tako- ma Park institution Tuesday at 7:30 |\ REr U, Wils on i1 Xt t .m. 3 Dr. A. W. Truman, medical director, will make known results of health tests given 250 employes in the hospital lab- oratory. His talk will be illustrated with steropticon slides. Others scheduled to speak include Dr. O. S. Parrett and Dr. D. H. Kress. C. C‘ Pulver will be master of cere: monies. NURSES TO HOLD DANCE Emergency Hospital Event Night of February 10. Alumnae rurses of Emergency Hospi- tal will hold their ninth annual ball on the night of February 10, with the pro- ceeds to go toward endowing a hospital room for sick nurses. Dancing will be from 10 pm. to 1 am. ‘The patronesses for the ball include Mrs. Edward Gann, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper, Mrs. Herbert Slocum, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs. ! Robert Chapman, Mrs. PFranklin Ellis, Mrs. Edward Hillyer. Mrs. Victor Cush- man, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Mrs. Charles S. White. Mrs. Wiliam Lip- ! scomb and Mrs. Eleanor Wine. — - CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Alumnae | tye"underbrush, he found the body of sations It takes but ONE and_every its solution are in the and there is only one answer. detective are you? clue necessary story itsel How good & %) The Anonymous Tip. BY H. A. RIPLEY. ROF. FORDNEY had ' little diffi- culty in following the dainty.! high-heeled shoe prmts of woman and the large, heavy prints of a man through the soft earth at the side of the road down through a clearing and to the edge of a deep thicket. Pushing his way into beautiful girl— strangled to death. the anony- mous tip had been right after all! | The contents of the girl's open van- ity were strewn about. A man's blood-stained hand- kerchief lay near || her feet; her bat- tered hat at some distance_from the body. Her dress, at the left shoul- 0- It been done that way,” he said to himself Dance and card party, Home Bodrd. ! as he followed the man’s foot prints 5 Esther Chapter, No. . Sixteenth street, 8 Y] E. 8, 2400 | back to the road. Summ oning an ambulance he hldl removed to the morgue, where the body Benefit card party. Bethany Chapter, | he assisted the coroner, Dr. Johnson, No. 24, O. E. 8, Hay-Adams House, '8 pm. Meeting and buffet supper, Order of Alhambra, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. | Dance, Riggs Bank Club, Willard Ho- | 2 tel, 9 pm. ! Dance, National 'Univerdty Law Schoo!, Mayflower Hotel, § p.m. Dance, Beta Gamma Phi Sorority, Mayflower Hotel, 10 pm. Bingo party, Col d Daughters Southeast, 830 pm. anonymous lumbia Council, Sons wasn't murdered of Liberty, 614 J street HOW DID HE (See Solution its examination. Removing the gir] and im , the pro- fessor seemed most interested in a long, deep bruise near the left knee. amined it closely as Dr. Johnson gave an inquiring look. lost interest in it, quickly 3 his “How long had.she been dead be- fore I discovered her, doctor,” sounded almost disinterested. “Well, what of it” without waiting for now where I found her|” KNOW? on Page A-5.) JANUARY 28, 1933, Killed in Fall BILLY KRAFFT. FACES SENTENCE FOR GUN TOTING Humphreys, Listed as “Public Enemy No. 1,” to Appeal Chicago Verdict. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 28.— A pistol toting conviction today menaced the standing of Murray Humphreys, listed as No. 1 on the Police Department’s catalogue of “public enemies.” It took a jury in Judge Harold P. Mc- Connell’s court but one hour to reach the verdict Which carries with it a possible maximum sentence of a year'’s imprisonment in the county jail, as well as a fine of $300. Humphreys. who said he looked to the Tllinois Supreme Court to reverse the jury'’s findings, denied he was a “public enemy. T was given a bad name. he said, by the employers’ association because of my union affiliations.” A raid by police on a loop office last November 1 resulted in Humphrey's ar- rest. Two policemen testified they took a pistol from him, but his counsel ar- gued that they had no search warrant and that the seizure was illegal. Charles Fischetti and William (Three-Fingered Jack) White, were arrested at the same time. Fischetti was recently convicted on a similar charge and was sentenced to a year'’s imprisonment. White is awaiting trial. He also is charged with carrying concealed weapons. “I expected it.” said Humphreys. “I'll stake my chances with the Supreme Court.” The court set February 4 for hearing motion for a new trial, MUSIC Mozart Concerto Played at Friday Music Club. HE Mozart “Concerto for Piano in B Flat Major,” played by Willa Semple, with Dorothy Radde Emery at the second pianc. was the opening num- ber of the weekly concert of the Friday Morning Music Club yester- day at Barker Hall. ‘The concerto was exceptionally well gllyed with a sensitive regard for the delicate changing of color that Mozart so well created. It is particularly well suited to Miss Semple’s light and limpid style, and she played the rippling passages with melodious and flowing grace. The background which Mrs. Emery provided had the proper depth and her musical attention to the exact balance of each phrase and its im- portance in the ensemble rounded out the whole to a finished per< formance. Miss Semple was heard later in a group of solo numbers. Among _these “Capriccio.” by Scarlatti, and the Chopin “Etude No. were the most interestingly given. Miss Sem- ple needs still more development in the way of sonority and true legato to interpret such numbers as the “Intermezzo, No. 1. Op. 117” of Brahms 5o as to bring out its poetry and sentiment. This same broaden- ing of her style will aid in the crea- tion of more atmosphere for De- bussy’s “Reflets dans l'eau.” Miss Semple was enthusiastically ap- plauded and recalled. Ruth Starkey, soprano, sang Mo- zart’s “Vedrai Carino” from “Don Giovanni” “Tears” Olmstead; “Mam'zelle Marie,” Guion, and three Russian numbers, “Lilacs,” by Rach- maninoff; “The Rose Enslaves the Nightingale.” Rimsky-Korsakoff, and Tschaikowsky's “Whether by Day.” Miss Starkey has a well trained voice whieh she produces easily. She fol- lows the accepted interpretations usually given these songs but fails to imbue them with any tempera- mental warmth. Her tone, which in itself is of fine quality, remains un- changed by the sentiment of which she is singing. and for this reason her six songs were more or less alike. In such a program as she had chosen, she should have run the gamut of emotion and thrilled with intensity of feeling. Alice Finkel, in her accompani- ment, achieved this to a greater degree and gave an especially fine rendition of the pianistic accompani- ment of Tschaikowsky's “Whether by Day.” A E. Afternoon Recital by Washington String Quartet. Tl-m second of the series of con- certs the Washington String Quartet is giving this Winter took place yesterday at the home of Mrs, Frederick C. Hicks. In spite of the t! a_fair sized MAHONY ART - SCHooOL 1747 R.1.Ave Begin Feb.1, save 4 months WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW Second Semester Begins anuary 30 Day Division. 9:00 te 11 Evening Division, 5:10 to 7 Three-year course leading to LL. Fourth-year course leading to LL. M. and M. P. L. New classes. NOW forming i second semester subject; Met. 4588 2000 G Street BOY'S FATAL FALL AT GENTER PROBED Three Distinct Investigations Under Way in Death of Billy Krafft, 5. Three separate investigations were being made today into the death late yesterday of Billy Krafft, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Krafft, 3347 Tennyson street, fatally injured in a fall at the ‘National Child Research | Center, 3209 Highland place. The inquiries were being conducted office and the Executive Committee of the center, a Rockefeller-financed in- stitutfon. Officials of the center declined yes- terday to talk about the accident. All that could be learned was that Billy fell down a stairwell between the second and first floo.~, a distance of between 12 and 15 feet, fracturing his skull. He died at Emergency Hospital a few hours after the fall, Billy's father, who is assistant mana- ger of the Equitable Life Insurance Society, said today he had been unable to learn any details of the accident, but expected a report later today. A statement was expected this afternoon from the Executive Committee, which met at the center early this morning. o AKRON LEADERS HALT CHICAGO TIRE PRICE WAR | 12-Hour Battle of Dealers Knocks First-Grades Down to Below Cost of Manufacture. By the Associated Press. . CLEVELAND, January 28.—A wild orgy of price-cutting during which tires were marked down 56 per cent in & single sweep was at an end today, halted by a command from Akron factory headquarters. While the 12-hour price battle lasted automobile owners enjoyed a shoppers’ holiday and dealers’ forgot business hours. Truck and fleet owners bought tires enough to last for months and private motorists equipped their machines with full sets of first-grade tires. Before it ended, too, some ‘dealers bought from competitors at prices less | than wholesale. An understanding to terminate the | the warfare was reached at a conference of hu:s of the industry in Akron last night. One Akron leader said tires sold at half the actual cost of the labor and materials that went into them. Observers said the warfare, together | following by the Metropolitan police, the coroner’s | Presid s A3 HOOVER CONSIDERS NEW YORK SPEECH Lincoln’s Birthday Message Would Be Valedictory of Executive. President Hoover is seriousiy consid- ering an address before the National Republican Club of New York City at that organization’s celebration of the | anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The date set for the celebra- tion is Monday, February 13, the day ing the birthday of the Civil War This contemplated speech would be accepted as President Hoover's valedic- tory as Chief Exccutive, as it undoubte | edly would be h5 last public address bee fore leaving the Write House March 4, Expected to Accept. While the President has not yet an- | nounced his_acceptance, according to "Ule White House information, there seems to be little doubt that he will accept the invitation. Already Mr. Hoover has conferred with some of his advisers regarding this speech and its drafting probably wil] be begun soon. The speech will be of great interest throughout the country. Not only will Mr. Hoover be expected to discuss gov- ernmental affairs and the more im- portant problems facing this country, but it is thought he may point the way to the future policies of the Re- publican party. The speech will be of added interest because it is thought doubtful that Mr. Hoover will do any g};}hel;c xgenkmg for some time to come e goes M;;‘r.h h [ into retirement on 0ose who are familiar with w is uppermost in the President’s mi‘lnld‘ at present expect him in this address to discuss the economic situation in this country and the world in general, to the American people to confidence in their Govern- ment during the depression and to ad- vise them to steer clear of pernicious Panaceas and other quack solutions of their troubles. It is thought that he will again emphasize the need for a bal- anced budget, the maintenance of s sound currency and the practice of governmental economy. Party Future Weighed. It is not thought that Mr. Hoove will make his speech political or p;:{ tisan, but it is believed appropriate at this time that he say something about accomplishments of his party and of its for the future. It seems likely that the President, while advanc- principles which should serve as with similar incidents in other cities, probably cost the industry more than $1,000,000. —_ SOVIETS ORDER STEEL Place $15,000,000 Machinery amd 8heet Contract in Germany. BERLIN, January 28 (P).—A x gflfifiw urde; J::r steel piping rilling macl erymdnuelnumg been placed by the Soviet with various German firms. audience came out to hear thesd talented young men play. The quartet has gained #n poise and technical assurance in the short space of time since its last concer, and with its talent, industry ambition should go very far. program yesterday was m two quartets, one in “F However, the carefulness with which these were given and the attention to detail gave an impres- sion of sameness and the sense of elasticity was missing. The “Adagio™ of the Beethoven Quartet was a splendid opportunity for a contrast, but the tempo at which is was taken Wwas t0o fast to permit of creating another atmosphere. The same might be said of the “Tema con variazioni” and the finale of the Gliere number. They were moments when the players could have allowed more expansion to the rhythm and tone and warmer sentiment to dom- inate. The beauty and harmony of sound, which the four instruments are capable of producing, could stand out to greatest advantage if the contrast were more sharply defined. 1In the allegros of both quartets, they played with brilliancy and reasonant power of tene. The two Indian dances. “Deer Dance” and “War Dance.” by Skil- ton, in which novel effects gave character to the music, was played in spirited fashion and worked up to a flery climax. The quartet was recalled several times in response to the manifest enjoyment of the audi- ence in its interesting work. A. E. Bigger Two huge flo voted sensational of automotive umphs ever seen in the history of Wash- Justice Jesse t.h: 'snndr-ther ‘Winthrop, &4 10 see his first y Delislous emcellent. -vq fiu served from 5:80 to 8 pm. daily. Sunday, 12 m. to 3 pm. 6:30 to 8 pm. Music ys and Sundays from 6 to 8 pm. DINNERS, $1.00 and UP No Tipping Bridge Forum Lunc a: ™. $1. 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