Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1933, Page 5

* BRITISH PILOTS OFF ON RECORD FLIGHTS Mollison En Route to Natal. Two Other Planes Head for Cape Town. By the Associated Press. | Three British planes which started | from England yesterday and today were | zooming southward to transequatorial | Ppoints in quest of new records today. | Capt. J. A. Mollison left Agadir, | Morocco, on the third leg of his pro- posed three-and-a-half day flight to Natal, Brazil. The only man to make the westward North Atlantic passage by plane alone expects to complete his last 3,000-mile ocean leg tomorrow, hopping off from French Senegal. He stopped to refuel last night at Barce- lona, Spain, and was headed for Villa Cisneros, Spanish African coast town, today. ‘The British Royal Alr Force flyers, Squadron leader O. P. Gayford and Flight Lieut. G. E. Nicholetts, shooting { for a new long-distance world record, were across the Sahara Desert and going strong in their dash to Cape| ‘Town from Cranwell, England. Their goal is 6,198 miles; the present record of 5,012 miles was set in the New York- | Turkey flight by Russell Boardman and John Polando, Americans. ‘They gave their distance as 2,770 miles at 3:35 am. (Eastern standard | time) today and their position over the | northern boundary of Nigeria. A mes- sage to the London air ministry an hour and a half later was too faint to be_deciphered. Victor Smith, voung South African, | started at 2:10 a.m. (Eastern standard | time) today from Southampton, Eng- land, in an effort to beat Amy Johnson Mollison’s record of 4 days 6 hours 54 minutes for the flight to Cape Town If the British Air Force fiyers reach there, Smith’s and Mrs. Mollison’s flight Dby stages will be out of the record class altogether. MOLLISON OVER AFRICA. Expects to Reach Villa Cisneros Later This Afternoon. PARIS, February 8 (#).—A message picked up by Orly Airdrome near here said Capt. J. A. Mollison, British avia- tor who is attempting a speed flight from England to Brazil, took off from Agadir, Morocco, .or Villa Cisneros, Rio de Oro, at 9:35 am. (4:35 am.) Eastern standard time today. He expected to reach Villa Cisneros, a Spanish prison colony for monarchist and other political deportees, on the West Coast of Africa, at 4 pm. He reached Agadir at 7:20 a.m., after tak- ing off on the second leg of his flight from Barcelona, Spain, last night. Capt. Mollison planned to rest at Villa Cisneros and hop off at midnight for Senegal. From there he was to make the 3,000-mile flight across the South Atlantic to Brazil. He started from Lympne, England, yesterday morning. CAPE TOWN PLANS RECEPTION. Gayford and Nicholetts Hope to Break Boardman-Polando Mark. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Feb- ruary 7 (#)—With the British flying officers. O. R. Gayford and G. E. Nicholetts, rapidly winging their way here from England in a long distance record-breaking attempt, preparations for their reception were proceeding apace. It was planned to have the mono-| plane land at the Civil Airport, whence | the fiyers will be rushed to a physician to ascertain the effect of the long strain | on them. They left England at 7:15 a.m. yesterday. The 1931 record of the Americans, Russell Boardman and John Polando, for their New York-Turkey flight of | 5,012 miles will be broken if, and when, | the British officers pass Zesfontein, a | tiny lonely post in the barren territory | of Ovamboland. This isolated hamlet | has no communication with the out-| side world, but it was hoped the plane | itself would report its passing by wire- less, if accomplished. Reports indicate the plane was be- ing assisted by a following wind. It/ is estimated that it should reach Duala, | Cameroons, at about 3 pm. today,| which would be two or three hours ahead of the scheduled time. WORK FOR HOMELESS BOYS TO BE TOPIC/ Mrs. J. J. 0'Connor Will Discuss Problem at Travelers’ Aid Meeting Tomorrow. By E. de S. Tallulah Bankhead Returns to the Stage, LLULAH BANKHEAD, sym- bolizing perhaps the joy that is hers, turns a handspring on her return to the stage. First-nighters last night at the National saw a new Tallulah—a gay, bright, sometimes brittle young thing—far handsomer than she was under the cinema’s best Klieg light, ting like a bird —and turning that handspring when the play begins to totter. As a matter of fact, if the handspring is a signal of the play's weakness, Miss Bankhead should turn many of them. “Forsaking All Others” is far Tallula e aialah Buskhead. 1 TUL O odd things at odd moments. Its lines are sometimes made to seem witty by a cast which is far more expert than the play. Even Miss Bankhead has not more than a half dozen words which are worth shouting about. She drifts in and out, and loves first one man, then another, and when, at the end of the second act, you are quite sure the play is over, you suddenly realize that the curtain must go up again and that something more is inevitable. This weakness is, however, prob- ably only temporary. At the moment the first scene is being rewritten, and new actors are being rehearsed. By the end of its Washington se- mester, the play may bob up and be quite different. Heaven knows, the cast deserves it—particularly Miss Bankhead. The best of last night was that moment when Mary Clay (Miss Bankhead), was shown in her wed- ding dress, being {)Olluly jilted al- most at the very altar, Clutching a sheaf of calla lilies, very lovely in tulle and satin, gathering her brood of bridesmaids around her, Mary stood tremulously at the threshold of matrimony—shivering and shaking and denouncing all wedding cere- monies in general. The organ was playing “The Sweetest Story Ever Told,” a boy soprano was yodling it, ushers came running in, scattering an over-supply of hymn books round about—then suddenly Mr. Jefferson Tingle entered (slightly in the Civil War days manner), and announced that the bridgeroom had married somebody else. * K k¥ This is the basis of the play. Dillon Todd, at the crack of dawn on his own wedding day, marries Constance Barnes instead of Mary THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. MELCHER Clay. From then on, the play shows what a bounder Dillon Todd really is, how it is possible to forget in speakeasies, and how a bride—if she gets jilted good and properly— probably is fortunate in the long Tun—and eventually marries some one twice as satisfying. ‘This is what Mary Clay.does. You are grateful, too, when, at the final curtain, after some amusing skir- mishings in that direction, Miss Clay melts into the “I-have-been-faithful- to-thee-all-along” arms of Jefferson ‘Tingle. You are grateful because Jefferson is by far the most clearly drawn figure in the play—and you are grateful because Fred Keating, once the peer of all disappearing bird-cage maestros, plays it. Mr. Keating is a new personality in the theater. He is not only smooth and easy moving and dap- per in word execution, but he has a way of saying things which stamp him as a major funny man. From now he will probably be in great deman! by all leading actresses. He is an ideal foil for the more than dsome Miss Bankhead—in many instances he even outshines her. However, although Miss Bank- head has not been as fortunate in the matter of play material as one could wish—the stage should be glad to have her back. She is infi- nitely more of a personality behind footlights than she was in the films. Gone is that harrowed look —that “Thunder Below” sea gulls despalr, that trudging from bad to worse, that wringing of hands, and that watering of the eyes. In this comedy she is gay and so nicely (and not blatantly) dressed, that if you tire of the play you can at least gaze with pleasure on its heroine. That Miss Bankhead is a popular as well as an important fig- ure in the theater became appar- ent last night, too, when the audi- ence broke forth in wild applause at the finis—and showered her with baskets of flowers. Smiling and bowing, and trying to get A No. 1 Mr. Keating into the picture, Miss Bankhead received a positive ova- tion—and seemed warmly apprecia- tive thereof. ‘The expert cast also deserved its ovation for picking its way so clev- erly through its seldom convincing lines and even less convincing situa- tions. Ilka Chase had an entrance that was the funniest thing in the play—and then withered into thin air (not her fault); Donald Mac- Donald kept kissing Miss Bankhead at odd moments, and then disap- ared into thin air, too (not his fault)—and Mary Duncan was beau- tiful and sincere in a role which was not beautiful or sincere. Oth- ers who suffered more than they de- served were Cora Witherspoon (us- ually a wow), Nancy Ryan, Douglas Gilmore, repiacing Ian Keith and Jane Buchanan. Neil Waterman provided one of the better moments by playing “Day and Night” on the piano. ENDING OF WAR URGED BY KATHLEEN NORRIS Appeals to American Women in| Address Yesterday at Y. W.C. A. The successful general is one Who takes chances, but the Teason We never feel we can take a chance in the in- terest of peace was sought by the nov- elist Kathleen Norris in an appeal to American women to stop the juggernaut of war in an address yesterday at the Y. W. C. A. Introduced by Mrs. Daniel Partridge, jr., Mrs. Norris talked to an enthusiastic audience of men and women. , She claimed that if small quarrels among neighbors could be settled by arbitra- tion, international problems could be solved the same way, but that the way must be shaped by American women. If they point the way, she thinks women of other nations will feilow. She pointed out that we are still pay- ing for every war that has incurred in our country since its inception. She said there was no abuse or corruption or dishonesty that could be compared | to the conditions that follow a war, and begged the women there not to be dis- | couraged by masculine or technical war talk, CITIZENS ORDER PROBE | OF REPORTED ZONING Committee of Sixteenth Strect Highlands Association Will Make Investigation. Work of the Washington Travelers' | Aid in coping with the homeless boy | problem will be one of the topics for | discussion at the annual meeting of the | organization at 12:30 tomorrow at the | Burlington Hotel. This phase will be discussed by Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, member of both the local and National Travelers’ Aid board of directors and chairman of the Boys' Emergency Committee. Among the guests of honor will be | Mrs. William D. Mitchell, wife of the Attorney General, and Mrs. William N. Doak, e of the Secretary of Labor. Replying to an_invitation to be one of the guests of honor, Mrs. Kathleen Norris, the author, sent the following message to Mrs. Margaret Ford, director of the Washington Travelers’ Aid: “I regret that business makes necessary my leaving for New York before your annual meeting, or I should be de- lighted to attend. I have just begun to hear about the work being done for Investigation of a report that prop- erty at Sixteenth and Sheridan streets has been zoned and offered for sale for construction of apartment houses was ordered by the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens' Association at a_meeting last night in the Bright- wood School. The investigation will be made by the association’s Commit- | tee on Streets and Alleys. The association adopted a resolution | instructing its delegates to ce-operate | with other citizens' associations in an 4nvestigation into the prices of milk, bread and water in the District of Co- lumbia. The association indorsed the movement by Senator Cordell Hull to prevent further issuance of Federal tax-exempt bonds. The following new members were ad- mitted: Mrs. Frost Mills, 1504 Up- shur street; James W. Hicks, 1627 Mon- tague street, and J. B. Clark, 5908 Six- | teenth street. | the homeless youth of the country, and | e AR | Britain's territorial army is now short | INJURED D. C. MAN WINS COMPENSATION U. 8. Supreme Court Reverses De- cision in Case of Karl F, Voehl. By the Assoclated Press. The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Karl F. Voehl, an employe of the National Electric Supply Co. of Wash- ington, was entitled to compensation for an injury to his spine. This decis- ion reversed the Court of Appeals, The acicdent occurred on’a Sunday after Voehl had gone to his place of employment to get it in shape for work on Monday, ashes which he took to his home to be used in filling in his yard. The commissioner awarded him com- pensation of $950 with $25 a week for a specified period, for injury incurred in the scope of employment. The Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, the liability insur- ance carrier, contested, holding the in- jury was not' incurred in the line of employment. The District Supreme Court held the commissioner’s findings were final and controlling, but the District Court of Appeals reversed, holding the com- missioner’s finding was not supported ufficient evidenc: and removed a load of | From the Front Row/||.S.ACTIONHINTED l"#.’é'fi‘ifili"lf*? o IN HARTZELL CASE Officials Here Learn Time for Deportation in Estates Fraud. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 7.—Washington authorities are showing a decided in- terest in Oscar M. Hartzell, who is be- ing deported to America today as an undesirable alien, allegedly having per- petrated & fraud on persons in the United States while he resided in Eng- lang. The activities which resulted in his deportation were connected with the prosecution of claims to the so-called Sir Francis Drake estate. The State Department at Washington has inquired of the consulate here which ship he will sail on and when he will arrive in New York, but there was no indication as to why this in- formation was wanted. Hartzell will be taken from Brixton Prison to Plym- outh tomorrow and placed aboard the steamer Champlain, which is due at New York on February 15. He is leaving behind a life which aroused the envy of many of his ac- quaintances who thought him fortu- nate in his fine apartment, his car and chauffeur and his ability to dine in London’s best restaurants. Inquiry Takes Years. ‘The consulate has been working on the so-called Drake estate affair for years, mainly through Consul N. P. Davis and Vice Consul Guy W. Ray. It was on information provided by the consulate that the British authorities acted. The consulate is giving its version of the situation in a letter addressed, among others, to American chambers of commerce ard to many individuals throughout the United States who have been inquiring about the alleged Drake estate. The letter follows: “You will no doubt recall previous correspondence with this office or with Scotland Yard relative to the activities of one Oscar M. Hartzell and his agents in collecting funds for the prosecution of claims to the so-called Sir Francis Drake estate, and will, therefore, be in- terested to know that a deportation order has been issued against Hartzell by the British authorities as an unde- sirable alien on the ground that while residing in this country he has perpe- trated a fraud on persons in the United States. He will leave England for the United States on February 8. Seeks Wide Publicity. “For many years the consulate gen- eral has endeavored to discourage per- sons in the United States from con- tributing funds for prosecution of claims to the Sir Francis Drake estate and other alleged old estates in Great Britain, and it, therefore, earnestly hopes that this latest development in the Drake case may be given the fullest possible publicity with the object of preventing other trusting people from being duped as hundreds have been duped already by this and similar frauds. “There simply are no old unsettled estates in England of any size and there is not the slightest possibility of suc- cessfully questioning the settlement of any that was effected a number of years ago. “Therefore, the prima facie presump- | tion with regard to any person who solicits funds with which to prosecute such cases is that that person is a swindler engaged in operating a confl- dence game. Express Bus Service. 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