Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1933, Page 21

LOARASSOGATON 1R LISSES LA Assets of Largest Decreased Only 5.8 Per Cent on the Average. CHICAGO, March 20 (#).—Assets of the largest building and loan associations in the Nation decreased by only 5.8 per cent, on the average, during 1932, it ‘was reported today by H. F. Cellarius of Cincinnati, secretary-treasurer of the | United States Building and Loan League. | Based on January 1 financial state- | ments just analyzed, this applies to 55 associations with assets of more than | $10,000,000, and 91 other associations with assets between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Decreases in assets of associations in the larger class averaged only 5.5 per cent, Cellarfus found, with average drop of 6.3 per cent in associations of the $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 class. Nine Show Increases. Despite unfavorable business condi- | tions, nine associations during 1932 showed increases in assets ranging from $20,000 to $4,000,060. “The 146 associations in these two groups comprise approximately $1,657,- 000,000 of the total building and loan assets of the country as of January 1,” said Cellarius. “This group decreased only $101.- 842,826 in 1932, practically all of this amount being paid out in small sums to shareholders who had saved for a rainy day, and found the associations able to render this service when the critical hour came.” ‘The percentage of decrease in assets among these larger associations, Cel- larius believes, is likely to be greater than the drop in smaller associations, on which complete statistics are not yet available. Influx of New Money. “It must always be borne in mind,” he said, “that with the large turnover of money which associations effect in a period of stress—particularly m the form of savings paid back to the needy investor—there must be a considerable influx of new money to keep total assets up to their old level. “It was estimated three months ago that nearly one-third of 'all associations’ assets were involved in some kind of turnover in cash paid out, mortgage loans made, or dividends paid out, last year. “Since the larger associations, for which we are reporting now, showed only minor decreases in their total re- sources, it is plain that most of their shareholders continued to save, and also that many were starting to invest their money for the first time in these assoclations in 1932." LEWIS S. ATKINS, 72, EXPIRES SUDDENLY Retired Post Office Clerk Drops Dead This Morning in Labor Building. Lewis Stewart Atkins, 72-year-old re- tired Post Office clerk of 219 Eleventh | street southeast, fell dead at 10 o'clock this morning in the office of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers | and Firemen in the Labor Building at From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. By K. de S. MELCHER “Alien Corn” Wanted for the Films. ATHARINE CORNELL, first lady of the theater, refuses to change her mind. 8he will not become a picture actress. The last of Broad- way's great to resist the plea of the Hollywood Lorelei, she prefers to re- main where she is now—a favorite daughter of Manhattan’s Great White Way, engaged in the happy pursuit of play- ing away at a n oi seless piano in Sidney How- ard’s drama, “Alien Corn. This does not mean, however, that Hollywood is letting her alone. It is said that a day never goes by when a cinema ogler doesn't tempt her with finan- cial swnetme}:t.! in the hope that Katharine Cornell. 3 the FOP LR her titan arts to her unknown pic- ture audience. More than that, it is no secret that the West Coast impresarios are hugely anxious to transplant “Alien Corn” to celluloild soil. With or without Miss Cornell this drama will be done on the screen, and the ques- tion now remains which company will outbid the others for its rights. Six major film companies (if there are six left) are said to be angling for it. And as many, if not more, stars are being presented as likely candidates for the Cornell role. Among the ladies who, according to Ray Henderson, may undertake the role are Norma Shearer, Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Ann Harding and Barbara Stanwyck. There are a_great many reasons why some of these should play the Cornell role, and a great many rea- sons why they should not. Without more ado we should strike Miss Stanwyck, Ann Harding and Mar- lene Dietrich off the list—not be- cause they are not forceful artists in their own sphere, fair of face and gallant of action, but because they could never suggest that haunting something or other which is the main asset of the role and a me- dium which Miss Cornell can make the most of. The reason for suggesting Kath- arine Hepburn is not too clear either. In “Christopher Strong” it is said that she strikes home even more surely than she did in “Bill of Divorcement” and that her hearty voice and easy manner are even more effective than they were be- fore. Nevertheless, while she is be- coming a major player and a pleas- antly different personality at the same time, she seems too young and modern and natural to undergo the torturings of “Alien Corn’s” heroine, and somehow we could never believe her if she sat down at a grand piano and beat the life out of a Beethoven sonata. With Miss Shearer or Miss Garbo it would be different. Since we are used to seeing them twisted and torn by fate and scarred by the 727, 7227 10REAS WHY YOU NEED flery emotions, either ane or Eemaot.h:‘"alld doubtless take this Tole by the horns and throw it far and We should prefer Miss X en no:d‘ it is about time she returned to give the lfll.m wgfiutn one of its quarter-year] 3 Thouy whz have witnessed this play know that it concerns a spirit- ual piano player who is stranded in a lady college town and who is torn between the desire to eat and breathe freely under the restricted her alma mater or u',‘; hungered, got - to - get-to-the-plano loo? with tint tristesse which she immortalized in_certain sections of “As You Desire Me.” She would be ideally cast as this blistering daugh- ter of an artistic muse who pounds out Beethoven With breathless rev- erence and thinks only of her music even when one of her unsuccessful sdmirers lies dead at her feet. She would be lean and tall and wonder- fully tragic in this Cornell role— and her feet would cover the piano’s pedals with a sure and ample touch. ‘What more could be asked of & celluloid Miss Brandt? If Miss Cor- nell sticks to Broadway, La Garbo should be ship) home imme- diately to substitute for the original. “King Kong” To Have Midnight Opening. MANAG!E HARDIE MEAKIN of R-K-O Keith's Theater has announced that the much-discussed “beauty and the beast fllm,” “King Kong,” will have a special midnight preview Thursday. “The Jungle Killer” opens today at_the Columbia. Phil Hayden's dance revue, “Danc- ing the Blues Away,” will be given May 5 at the Wardman Park ‘Theater. A German film, “Zwel Menschen,” was shown yesterday at Plerce Hall under the auspices of All Souls’ Church. A somber little story of frustrated love in the Tyrol, it was notable for its scenery and players (Gustav _Froelich and Charlotte Susa) rather than for its sentiment. Enthusiastic Audience At “Pinocchio” Performance. A\ CAPACITY sudience and & de- cidedly enthusiastic one gave its approval of the performance of “Pinocchio” at the National Theater Saturday morning. This play, & fairy tale of old Italy, was directed by Clare Tree Major as one of a series of plays constituting a series known as the Children's Theater. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt headed the list of patronesses for the per- formance and was present with s group of children from the White House staff families. The play tells of the creation of Pinocchio, 8 wooden toy constructed by Geppetto, the toy maker. The toy later was endowed with life and became the son of the craftsman who, fashioned him from the stick of wood. A large cast, well chosen and pro- ficient, filled the many roles required by the dramatization of the book of Carlo Lorenzini. The dramatization of the book was the work of the director and so akillfully was it handled, the children who made up the Euur of the audience vueL eld in cl attention through- ouf This Children’s Theater movement, Judging from Saturday’s success, has & great future before it and plays such as “Pinocchio” and “Little Women,” which will be the next of the series, are decidedly beneficial to the mind. ippa Bevans as the Blue Fairy ‘were excellent in the mn‘.ml’l xo&les. “Wine, Women and Song” Opens at the Gayety. AN old title with new faces is “Wine, Women end Song” which opened at the Gayety for the ensuing week, with Kitty Ellis as the guest star. Heading the comedy are Billy Hagen, Lou Costello and Jules How- ard, with all three of them coming in for the laurels. There doesn’t seem to be any outstanding comedian, as the comedy is so evenly dis- tributed that all three of them are on a par. 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