Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1933, Page 7

PASSENGER DROPS 600 FEET T0 DEATH Airplane Traveler, Identified as M. D. King of Kalamazoo, Ends Life in Carolina. By the Assoclated Press. CHARLESTON, 8. €, March 3.—A passenger identified from his baggage as M. D. King of Miami, Fla., or Kala- mazoo, Mich., dropped 800 feet from a northbound Eastern Air Transport plane near here yesterday and was believed to have fallen to certain death. A search was started immediately in the Edisto rice flelds over which the 18-passenger plane was flying, but the body has not been found. Airport offi- cials said they entertained no hope that the passenger might have escaped with his _life. The ngers said their fellow traveler had complained of a headache, but had shown no other signs of dis- turbance. He occupied a seat in the extreme rear of the cabin and to the left side. No one saw him cross over to the door from which he plunged through space. ! A. F. MacReadie, manager here for the transport company, said an exami- nation of the passenger’s baggage indi- cated he had recently left Havana and was on his way to Kalamazoo. ‘WAS PAPER MANUFACTURER. Assoclate Knows of No Reason for M. D. King to End Life. KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 3 (#).— Merrill D. King, 45, who Eastern Air Transport officials said stepped from & passenger plane over South Carolina yesterday and fell 800 feet to his death, was president of the Rex Paper Co., one of the larger paper mills here. He leaves a wife and three children. Mrs. King said she knew of no reason for the act, that her husband apparently | had no unusual business worries, and to her knowledge had not been in poor health. Harry C. Bradford, vice president of King's company, said King had been in New York for the past two weeks attending a convention of paper mill executives, and had made the trip to Florida for a brief rest. Bradford said he knew of no business reasons to prompt the act. COLORED DEMOCRATS’ REGULARITY IS TOPIC Rally Sunday to Discuss Means of Keeping 3,000,000 Former Re- publicans in Fold. Methods for keeping within the Democratic fold an estimated total of 3.000,000 colored voters who in 1932 switched from the Republican standard to vote for Roosevelt and Garner will be discussed at a political rally to be held at the Washington Auditorium Sunday night. The political rally will be under auspices of the National Progressive League, an organizaticn of colored voters who supported the Democratic ticket in the last presidential election. ‘The estimate that 3,000,000 of 5,000~ 000 colored voters in the United States went over to the Democratic party curing the past election was made by Mack D. Rowe, president and organizer cf the league Representative Jennings Randolph of West Virginia will speak, and among the guests will be Dr. William J. Thompkins, president of the National | Colored Democratic Association. Elder Michaux will assemble a choirI of 100 voices for the services, which will be broadcast by the Columbia System from 8:15 to 8:45 p.m. FARM PRICES SET LOW RECORD IN FEBRUARY Decline 2 Per Cent From Level in January, Says Agriculture Agency. By the Associated Press Farm prices declined 2 per cent from January to February, s.nding them to the lowest averages sjice thr Depart- ment of Agriculture began Charting their course. The Bureau of Agicultural Eco- nomics said yesterday farm , prices averaged 49 per cent of the pre-war level of 1910 to 1914 during the month compared with 51 per cent in January. Grain is at the lowest level compared wjth pre-war prices, averaging only 34 per cent of the prices paid from 1909 to 1914 Pruits and vegetables declined from 59 per cent of the pre-war level to 57 per cent from January to February. From the Front Row AR”NG“]NRHES ! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.,- FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1933. Reviews and News of Washingten's Theatets. By E. de S. MELCHER Hollywood Train Arrives Early Tomorrow. F_all the fim companies ‘Warner - Bros. has been most polite to the new ad- ration. Instead of merely adding midnight shows to regular theater schedules and laying up a little more gold, it has gathered together a company of “stars,” put them aboard the Specia brought them not Bette Davis, will feel more kinly disposed to Warner Bros. after this. They will go to the theater saying to themselves, “Now these are the lads who took all that trouble to greet the new adminis- tration in person,” and they will re- call with pleasure the fact that they saw a dozen and more film floating down Pennsylvania avenue in the company of greater and lesser celebrities, and that somehow this ‘was something rather new and cer- tainly exciting. The public will want to see this train when it is driven into town tomorrow morning at 9:15, not only because on it are such salubrious personalities as Bette Davis, Clair Dodd, Glenna Farrell, Laura La- Plante, Eleanor Holm, funmaker Joe E. Brown, as well as the lad with the spurs, Tom Mix, and the man with the punch, Jack Dempsey, but because there are palm trees aboard. It is the first time that palm trees have ever grown on an observation car. It is*the first time that palm trees have ever crossed the conti- nent to make their bow to a new President. It is the first time that pgkfil trees have really had any fun at all. ‘This fun has not only been the fun of traveling by rail and seeing a little of the world, but also be- cause sand and little pigments of rock have been scattered all about them and a dozen of “Hollywood's most beautiful girls” have been re- clining in their shade ever since the trip began. When the train arrives tomorrow take a look at these trees (they are said to be native Hollywood). Take a look, too, at that library car in which the stars have been reading and writing since they boarded the train, and at that electric kitchen, vi'om:h is & model of culinary perfec- tion. ‘Then, at 2 o'clock, drop around to the Earle Theater and see these 5. s in person. It seems that this wil be their only free hour tomorrow. If you don’t catch them then you won't see them at all behind the footlights. ‘The rest of the time they will be marching, eating and dancing. Oh, yes—you may dance with Miss Davis (if you know her) if you attend the inaugural ball. Ladies may dance with Joe E. Brown, too—if he wants them to. Alice Brady In Talking Picture Debut. NNOUNCEMENT has been made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that Alice Brady, noted stage star, has signed to make her talking picture debut in the film version of “When Ladies Meet.” Others who will ap- pear in the film are Ann Harding and Robert Montgomery. This should be one of the film events of the season, inasmuch as the play is one of the stage events cf the sea- son. Miss Brady, incidentally, was due to come to Washington a few months back under the auspices of the American Theater Society in “Mademoiselle.” But something hap- pened—as things will, §¢seems, in the theater today. Other mnews of interest from M-G-M is that it has purchased the picture rights to “The Late Christo- pher Bean,” which is one of the best AIR PASSENGERS AIR EXPRESS U.S.AIR MAIL Y EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM 808 15th STREET, N. W. 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WASEING'K)N’IANB ‘who saw Tal- lulah Bankhead in a rather gentle little piece at the National & fortnight lggumy be interested to learn that this piece, “Forsexing All Others,” opened on Broadway Wed- resday night and was received cor- dially by Manhattan reviewers. This is due, however, to the presence of Miss Bankhead and not (we are thankful to say) to the efficaey of the play. Percy Hammond says, “One may enjoy Miss Bankhead and “ her companions in ‘Forsaking All Otkers’ while thumbing one’s nose delicately to their blundering vehi- cle” Mr. Atkinson says the play “glves Miss Bankhead free rein to undulate around, turn a hmdnmng or two, cry, laugh, waggle her hea &ndd behave pmhenemg like a pemnm..blo and accom) young ress.” Miss Bankhead, in other words, is a hit, even if the play isn't. This is as it should be. “Rome Express” Opens Tonight at Rialto. “ROMI EXPRESS,” the notable English film which is mak- ing its local debut at the Rialto ‘Theater, will be shown tonight for the first time at 11:30 . . . Cinema patrons are cordially urged not to miss this picture . . . Richard Watts, jr., believes it is bigger and better than “Grand Hotel” . . . It hasn't La Garbo, but it has the long lost Esther Ralston, who is blonde and good looking if you remember . . . Warner Brothers have done well to purchase “Good-by screen purposes . . . American comedy which Heywood Broun believes to be funnier than “Design for Living.” . . . Noel Coward, Beatrice Lillie, and other major performers who will appear in the Actors’ Fund Benefit at the Belasco Sunday night (for which seats are going fast) will arrive Sunday afternoon on a special “Broadway” train . . . Paul Muni has a “game” leg, but you'd never guess it watching him in “Counsel- lor-at-law” . . . Certain local drama- tic groups are not pleased with the one-act play tournament results . . . It seems too bad when you lose to make a fuss about it, whether you are right or not. —_— SENTENCED FOR THREAT Young English Actor to Be De- ported After Serving Year. NEW YORK, March 3 (#).—Freder- ick Alblon Manthrop, young English actor, who pleaded guilty to the charge of sending a threatening ex- tortion letter to Mrs. John Sloane, was sentenced yésterday to serve a year and a day in the Federal Reformatory at Chillecothe, Ohio. Judge Alfred C. Coxe told the pris- oner he would be deported after the sentence had been served. SONNENBERG ACQUITTED LAWRENCE, Mass., March 3 (P).— Gus Sonnenberg heavyweight wrestler, was acquitted yesterday by a jury of charges of driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor. Judge Albert F. Hayden immediately ordered the discharge of the wrestler, who had appealed a previous conviction |in lower court, where he was given a | three months’ sentence and fined $200. ‘The charges were the cutgrowth of an accident in North Andover last July. Sonnenberg’s automobile collided with a car driven by Patrolman Richdrd Morrissey of the Lawrence police force. Morrissey died as the result of in- juries. A charge of manslaughter was dismissed in lower court. FORADMR. RODGERS Member of Family Noted in Naval Annals Die$ in Havre de Grace. By the Asrociated Press. HAVRE DE GRACE, March 3.— Rear Admiral John Augustus Rodgers, United States Navy (retired), who died last night at his home at Zion Hill, near here, will be buried in the Ar- lington National Cemetery. Admiral Rodgers, the father of the late Comdr. John Rodgers, who tried to fly from San Francisco to Honolulu in 1925, and of Robert P. Rodgers, co- designer of the Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk, N. C., had been ill for about three months. Appointed to the United States Naval Academy by President Lincoln in 1863, gzflmmmsthe rank of nnwldml;ll.l e Spanish-American War. He was of the naval board which investigated and adopted wireless teleg- raphy for use in the Navy in 1904. Admiral Rodgers was born on July 26, 1848, in the same room in which he died. He was a descendant of a long line of men disf ed in the United States Navy. Besides his son, Robert P. Ro%!fl, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. - beth Pe rs. Comdr. Jol Rodgers was killed in an airplane ac- cident in Philadelphia in 1926 and an- other son, Alexander Rodgers, lost his life in the wilds of Alaska in.1909. VITAMIN C STRUCTURE NOW REPORTED CLARIFIED Dr. Micheel of Germany Said to Have Ascertained Arrangements of Chemical Constituents. By the Associated Press. GOETTINGEN, Germany, March 3. —Dr. Fritz Micheel was reported yes- terday to have succeeded in clarifying the entire chemical structure of vitamin C, the scurvy preventive. ‘The chemical structure of vitamin C is the precise arrangements of the atoms of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen which form the vitamin. ‘Clarifying the structure” means learning their arrangements. including the valence forces wnich hold them together and the peculiarities of the pattern which they form. Standing in College High. Louise Coburn Smith, daughter of George Otis Smith, chairman of the Federal Power Commission, is maintain- ing a high scholastic standing at Colby College, according to information re- celved here. Her name recently ap- peated on the dean’s list, requiring a general average of 85. Before The Inauguration Be sure your feet won't ache. ‘Whether you are in the parade or on the side lines your shoes will pinch unless you first shake some Allen’s Foot-Ease into them. It makes you forget all about your feet and makes new or tight shoes feel easy. Nothing so quickly relieves sore, tired, swollen, aching feet. It takes the sting out of corns, bunions and calluses, and makes walking a real joy. Get some Allen’s Foot-Ease from your drug- gist and shake some into your shoes for a day of comfort. % SHOREHAM CONN. AVE. AT CALVERT Inaugural Dinner Dance | Special Features Layman and Kling George M. Cohan's Sensational Dance Stars Shoreham Rhythm Girl Ensemble H. F. Whitlock Baritone The NEW Saturday, March 4, 1933 ® Maxim Lowe’s Orchestra Barnee Directing Dinner—$3.00 Couvert—$2.00 After 9:30 P. M. Balloons, Hats and Table Favors Reservations by “ROBERT,” ADams 0700 GOLDENBERG’S Welcomes All Visitors and Newcomers to Washington Closed All Day Saturday for the Inauguration See Our Advertisement in ‘The Sunday Star Music and Musicians Reviews and News of Capital's Proirams. concert at Constitution Hall, ‘The in uality of his talent re- tains its marks and, while ripening with years, has not lost its beauty or elasticity. His rich tone, perhaps the most virile of all the violinists of his generation, seems never to touch any encom- passing lines in either breadth or depth, but to flow in an abundance of free, sonorous sound. The bril- liancy of his left-hand technique, which avoids the confinement of sensation: , gives a sense of sat- isfaction at its unobtrusiveness. Combined with a bowing that is smoothness itself, he has an equip- ment admirably adapted to the use he makes of it—that of masterly interpretation. . Mr. Elman played the Brahms “D Minor Concerto” and played it with eloquence and emotion. While sentiment is his rich endowment, he is devoid of sentimentality, and his interpretation expressed the best of healthy, human feeling. The beau- tiful adagio arrested and held the attention with its exquisite loveli- ness of vibrant sound. Surely Brahms could not have wished for & {l:er g:;dm;nmtg ;luu:e his profound oughts. ong phrasing that lingered lovingly over each climax, Mr. Ejman drew out the hidden con- tent With eminent skill. The rhyth- mical third movement was played in easy, unhurried fashion, but with strength and vivacity that overcame all difficulties without effort and swept with vigor to a brilliant finish. In this concerto Brahms has given equal importance to the orchestra, so that it share the composer's ideas with the violin to an unusual degree. Dr. Hgns Kindler has the gift of a born accompanist and understands to the finest shading how to fit in with the soloist and the interpreta- tion he is giving. Yesterday, except for a moment or two when the volume of sound was too strong, the orchestra played with finely adjusted tone and an alertness that gave vitality to its accompaniment. The audience applauded with warmth and enthusiasm and recalled Mr. Elman many times in the hope of enticing him to give an encore. The orchestra numbers offset the 31.&;:'1:: bc;ununt of the Brahms nce providing music in a lighter vein. ~Glinka’ We hope it doesn’t SNOW! But, if it does, the ‘Hahn’ Shoe Stores will be open to sell RUBBER FOOTWEAR and there’ll be No Advance in Prices! 4-Buckle Galoshes Strictly g‘r:-tlity $2 = 9 5 grades of best known makes! Women’s Galoshes $1.25 to $1.95 Children’s $1 Best U. S. Rubbers Men’s $1.25 Women’s, Boys’ and Children’s 75¢c to $1 um) Panto- mime,” taken “Han- sel and Gretel,” the suavity of tonal blending has the gratitude and appreciation Compishing. with the orchesta. e orcl , new proofs of which are %- dent, was given expression in y and _ prol applause after the the program. 3 came out repeatedly in acknowledg- ment, asking the orchestra to rise and share the applause with hh: - Gives a Recital. ‘HE Adult Department Chorus of Oalvary Baptist Sunday school gave its fourth annual concert Wed- nesday in Woodward Hall. chorus, which is composed of 60 mixed voices, is under the leader- ship of Andrew Clifford Wilkins, who 1s responsible for its organization five years ago. Mr. Wilkins has balanced the voices well and leads them in crisp, clear singing. Distinct enunciation, with special attention paid to pure vocal sounds, is a most enjoyable part of their work, making the words of the songs understandable without the need of the printed text. The first part of the program was made up of sacred selections, open- ing with the Bach-Gounod “Ave Maria,” arranged for four part mixed voices. The incidental soprano solo ‘was well rendered by the pure, high " fine interpretation of the well chosen A E. voloe of Eleanor Westergren. The Grey-Moore “Where Jesus Lives,” for old Londonderry air, showed a dis- creet blending of soft contralto with the higher soprancs. Two four part songs for men’s voiees were followed by the Park's arrangement of Mo- zart’s “Gloria in Excelsis” for the entire chorus. | . The soloist of the evening was to have been Lois Abernethy, pianist, but ifllness prevented her from ap- pearing and her place was taken by Grete von Bayer. Mrs. von Bayer's selections were Grieg's ‘““Wedding Day at Graldhangen” and “Gavotte,” Evers, in the first P, opin’s “Raindrop Prelude” “Fantasie Impromptu” in the second. Mrs. von Bayer’s singing tone and well developed dyramics were gen- erously applauded and she gave as encore one of her own compositions, “Lullaby,” and a “Cradle Song,” by Lorleberg. 4 The recond part of the program was devoted to secular songs, alter- nating between arrangements for female and male voices and finishing with the beautiful Galbraith adapta- tion of Father Ryan's poem, “Out of the Silence.” The large audience was thoroughly appreciative of the » program. LEAVES $110,000 ESTATE Arthur L. Bryant’s Widow Named Sole Beneficiary. Arthur L. Bryant, who died February 8, left an estate valued at $110,000, ac- cording to the petition of his widow, Mrs. Lizzle H. Bryant, for the probate of his will. of personal property. named as sole beneficiary under the will and executrix. She is represented by Attorneys Cromelin & Laws. | ELECT, A Good Hotel When You Come to NEW YORK The widow is | coal, ered, money. 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