Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1934, Page 2

A—2 OPINIONS DIFFER ON THIRD PARTY Comments on Prospects for Democratic Suc; cess in 1936. koK By the Associated Press. There is sharp disagreement as to what effect a new and more liberal party might have on Democratic party prospects in 1936. Comments on a third party shape up like this: A high Democrat said that if eco- nomic conditions do not improve, the “danger” from “the radical side” will grow. A Republican independent believes the Democrats will have nothing to fear from right or left if they re- main “progressive.” A regular Republican took the stand that the party in power will have sturdier opposition from the Repub- licans. = Tne Farmer-Laborite thought the | Democrats would have nothing to fear | “but themselves.” Peril Seen in “Radicals.” It was Senator Adams, Democrat, of Colorado. who said: “The Democratic party has landed in the middle of the road, if you take the old guard as typical of the Republican party and the radical progressives at the other extreme. “The Democrats occupy a wide belt. There is more of a possibility of growth of the belt to the left than to the ; right. I can see where the Demo- cratic belt can still invade further Re- publican territory like Pennsylvania. “Of course, economic consequences will have a great deal of say about it. 1f conditions improve, it will lessen the hazard from the radical side. If they don’t, it enhances the danger. There is a possibility of 2 movement of that kind in every State.” Here's the answer of Senator Norris, Nebraska's Republican independent: “The recent election shows the peo- ple turned out the conservative Re- publicans not because they loved the Democrats more. but because they had to get rid of those standpat fellows. If the Democrats turn to the right— and I have seen some indications of it—it seems to me they have judged | the elections all wrong and they will have more to fear from the progress- | ives than from the Republicans.” Senator Fess of Ohio, conservative Republican defeated for re-election by Vic Donahey, doesn't believe the Re- Ppublicans are “out, even though down." . “The Democrats,” he said, “have no more to fear from the so-called sprogressive or radical groups than from the Republicans. You'll find the Republican party will come back, probably in 1936 “But if the Democrats still Tam- Jnanyize the American voters and buy 2he election, we haven't a chance.” Shipstead Awaits Trend. Senator Henrik Shipstead of Min- hesota, recently re-elected on the Farmer-Labor “co-operative common- wealth” and Government-ownership platform, said: “The Democrats have nothing to fear but themselves. The future will be determined by the trend of the policies backed by the Demo- cratic party. The growth of the pro- gressive elements in Minnesota and elsewhere is due to the policies fol- lowed by the Republican and Demo- cratic parties. “Parties should not be called liberal and conservative, but constructive or destructive. The Republicans are known as conservatives, but what did they ever conserve? “We should have more constructive thinking and stop these policies that have destroyed security. The de- stroyers have sold the idea to the people that they are conservators.” WOMEN’S PE.ACE LEADERS WILL SPEAK TODAY ¢Flying Squadron” Chief to Be Heard at League Session This Afternoon. National leaders of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom will be the speakers at a meeting of the District branch of the organization this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank J. Frost, 2601 Thirtieth street. A report of the Nation-wide cam- paign of the league to make peace a political issue will be given by Miss Mary Moss Wellborn, the leader of the “flying squadron,” who has just returned from the Pacific Coast. Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, vice chair- man of the District branch, will relate her experiences in the league's cam- paign for Mrs. Caroline O'Day, na- tional vice chairman of the organiza- tion. Work now being done for the con- tinuance of the Senate munitions in- vestigation will be presented by Miss Mabel Vernon, the national campaign director, and Miss Dorothy Detzer, national secretary. will deal with the program for congressional action. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band this evening at 3 o'clock in the Ma- rine Barracks auditorium. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second leade Overture to “Maritana’ “Arkansas Traveler” “Sleepers Wake”...... Fantasy, “The Three Bears Eric Coates Excerpts from “Symphony No. 5. Beethoven Bymphonic tone poem, “Wind in the Leafless Maple,” Lieut. J. J. Gagnier, bandmaster, Canadian Grenadier Guards Band, Montreal. Overture, “Son and Stranger,” Mendelssohn ‘Wallace .Guion ..Bach Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock in the Marine Barracks auditorium. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader Overture, “Maritana”........Wallace Duet for flute and harp, “Minuet” from “L’Arlesienne” suite Clayton Lindsay and Joshua M. Tyler. March, “Rifle Regiment”. Sousa Descriptive, “My Grandfather’s Clock™ 5 e b b .Amsden Cornet solo, “The Rosary’ Nevin Second Leader Witcomb. Overture, “Son and 3tranger,” ‘Mendelssohn Saxophone solo, “Tip Toes”.Johnston Kenneth Donse. March, “Gate City”. .. Quartet from “Rigoletto’ ‘Witcomb, Nicholas Cicchese, Hazes and Harold Bayes. “Invitation to the Dance”.. “Hymn’ and Triumphal from “Aida” .. Verdi , Peter . Weber What's What Behind News In Capital George-MarinaNuptials Traced by Gossips to Queen’s Concern. | | | ‘ BY PAUL MALLON. HE gossips here have been thrilling their tongues over- time since the royal wedding. Ther cannot quite make it out. They have never doubted that there is a Santa Claus, but ap- parently draw the line on the recent London news yarns, which appear to; have been just about the best fairy | tales written since Hans Christian | Anderson wiped the rainbow ink from his pen and tucked it away forever. The speculation is not entirely un- justified, in view of the fact that the royal household chose to make such !a public affair of the wedding that it jassumed a public significance beyond lits inherent personal nature. Talk Is Just Talk. As near as our wariest authorities well connected with London can learn, most of the talk, as usual, is predecessor did the same thing, eliminating from calculations all the costly subsidies which, if calculated, | would change Mr. Farley's $12,000,000 surplus to a $52,000,000 deficit. Although the President left out old- age pensions, his Social Security Com- mittee will include that subject briefly in its coming report. (Copyright 1934.) — CUBAN STRIKE CALLED Transportation Tie-up Threatens | The story accredited here is that the royal family made it the biggest royal wedding in 550 years solely for patriotic effect. England is facing a hard Winter. A section of the people is restless. A certain high American official said not long ago that he would not be surprised to see major trouble !in stolid England this Winter. The crown is the symbol of British authority. A royal wedding is a national patriotic celebration. The poor generally will not be- grudge the expenditure, but will be touched by the traditional ap- peal. It was good regal politics. Royalty moves in a stratosphere of privacy which discourages realistic re- porting. It is impossible to say | whether the following realistic expla- | nation of how Prince George and Princess Marina came together is lit- crally true. It can be sai that the account is going the rounds of hoi- polloi in London town and here. It carries a tone of reasonable credibility. Stately Queen Mary, according to this accepted version, was the insti- gator of the match. There was no international politics involved, only a private family matter. Actress in Background. Young Prince George had been sus- pected of sowing a wild oat or two, much to the discomfiture of his moth- er. Then, also, there was the ques- tion, a couple of years ago, of an American singer, Edythe. She made a big hit in London, and a bigger hit with George. They were seen to- gether so much that pressure was brought to bear on the King, un- doubtedly by the mother. The King was inclined to let the boy lead his own life, within reason; but an ac- tress—an American actress—was an- other matter. George was sent on an empire good- will tour to South Africa, alone. Travel failed to offer a solution, apparently, as Edythe is supposed to have been on hand to greet the young man when he landed back in Eng- land. That incident called for an- other trip. This time George was sent to the continent. The footlight lure was not entirely | cured, however, as George shortly thereafter encountered Sandra—also an American actress, and, what is worse, for the purposes of family de- bate, a blond. The family debate this time was no academic matter. It resulted in George relenting and promising to keep his eyes closed when he went to theaters thereafter and to make certain of that, he promised to marry at once. He looked into the European princess situation, which, as every one knows, is not what it once was. Finds Princess Charming. Marina was not exactly penniless, but her exchequer was certainly de- pleted and her royal Grecian family was in exile. George had known her in youth. He decided to go to Yugo- slavia, where she was staying with relatives. Although it was not a case of in- fatuation, he was delighted with her charm and beauty. His decision was not long delayed. Whether there is anything to the story that the Prince of Wales heard of his brother’s success and decided to cut in is doubted here. It is un- derstood that the family has long since given up Wales. He has thumbed the list of eligibles through so often that it is hardly possible that he overlooked anv one. Among the unpublished con- gratulations received by General Farley after the election was a cable from Jimmy Walker, as fol- lows: “Just read the census re- turns of November 6. Why don’t you go in for politics? You might do well at it.” Apparently the whole New Deal went back to New York over the Thanksgiving holiday week end; that 15, those who were not already in Warm Springs. The Capital was virtually vacant. General Farley is getting a ride now for juggling the postal surplus figures, whereas an act of Congress passed in 1930 requires him to handle his figures that way. Eis Republican in Eastern Provinces. HAVANA, December 3 (P)—A tie- up of transportation in Cuba’s eastern provinces was threatened today through a strike call issued by the rail brotherhood. Hebrew melody, “Kol Nadrei”..Bruch | Marines’ Hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” ’ Nearly 5,000 workers, leaders of the projected walkout said, are supporting demands for increased wages and full recognition of the union. < THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. JUDGE'S SON HIDE MOTIVEIN SLAYING Phil Kennamer Pleads Only Self-Defense, but Friends Deepen Mystery. By the Assoclated Press. TULSA, Okla, December 3.—The 19-year-old son of a Federal judge became today the center of a strange death mystery. Facing arraignment in connection with the Thanksgiving night slaying of John Gorrell, his friend, Phil Kennamer admitted the slaying, but County Attorney Holly Anderson said the youth pleaded he shot Gorrell in self-defense. Such a confusion of stories have been told to investigating officers that they are slow to commit themselves to any single theory as to what led to Gorrell's death. Kennamer, whose father is Franklin E. Kennamer of the Federal Court here, would say only that the shooting of the 23- year-old dental student was an act of self-preservation. Conflicting stories are told by friends and companions of the two young men. Some of the stories told to W. F. Gilmer, jr., assistant prose- cutor, are characterized as “almost unbelievable.” Crime for “Thrills” Hinted. “I'm afraid some of these young- sters have let their imaginations get the better of them,” Gilmer said. Among the stories is one that there existed among the socially and financially prominent younger set a clique that plotted kidnaping, extor- tion and robbery, either for the money or for the “thrill” of the deeds. The self-defense explanation of young Kennamer failed to find re- sponse from Henry B. Maddux, police criminologist. He said, cryptically: “I believe the slaying was the re- sult of a disagreement between two parties as to how to carry out a plan.” ! Kennamer surrendered Saturday, | explaining that immediately follow- | ing the shooting he had been too shaken to know just what to do. Two bullets were fired into Gorrell's head from his own pistol. The weapon was wiped clean of fingerprints and | returned to its holster. Girl Talks to Kennamer. Miss Doris Rogers of Pittsburg, | Kans,, fiancee of young Gorrell, spent | nearly half an hour with Kennamer in his cell yesterday. “Phil,” she said, in a low voice, “T know you loved John, too. Why did you do it? Whom are you trying to shield?"” The officials did not give Ken- | namer’s answer. Among those questioned was Floyd | J. Huff. Kansas City airplane pilot, | who said Kennamer had detailed, more than a week in advance, almost the exact manner in which young Gorrell would meet his death. From Hufl, too, came the disclosure | that Virginia Wilcox. elder daughter | of H. F. Wilcox, wealthy oil executive, was the innocent target of an extor- tion and kidnap plot. Grief Over Death Of Orang-Utan Is Fatal to Keeper Official ‘Upset’ Over Ani- mal, Which Saved Life, Goes to Hospital. By the Assoctated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, December 3.— Grief and shock over the poisoning of a giant orang-utan at San Fran- cisco’s municipal zoo was blamed yes- terday for the death of his keeper and the illness of the zoo superintendent. Ginger, the orang-utan, had the | strength of many men and the gentle- ness of a baby. His keepers described him as the most valuable of the species in captivity, worth $5,000. He had a powerful sweet tooth. For a bit of candy tendered by a childisn hand through his bars he would per- form antics that would convulse his watchers with merriment. Ginger knew what was going on in | the monkey cages, too. He kept order among the others. One day last week some one evi- dently handed Ginger a luscious mor- sel of candy laden with poison. The big animal ate it and died in torture. Jack Bamberger, his keeper, died the next day. The shock of Ginger's death and the effect of the excitement upon an affected heart were set down as the cause. Then George Bistany, noted animal tracker and zoo superintendent, who brought Ginger here from Sumatra six years ago, went to the hospital with a case of “nerves.” “Ginger was my friend.” said Bistany today as he recuperated. “He saved my life once. Assassinated COMMUNIST LEADER SLAIN IN RUSSIA, SERGEI MIRONOVICH KIROFF, ALIEN PLOT DENIED IN KIROFF DEATH Slaying Confessed by Rus- sian—Stalin Pays Honor to Slain Aide. By the Associated Press. LENINGRAD, U. S. 8. R., December | 3.—Joseph Stalin, leader of the Com- | Barry, Wainwright, Thatcher & Sym- munist party. arrived in Leningrad to- day to pay his respects at the bier of Sergei Kiroff, one of his associates, who was assassinated Saturday. He was accompanied by Vyacheslaf Molotoff, president of the Council of Commissars, and other officials. The possibility that an external plot was back of Kiroff's slaying appeared dissipated by an official announcement that the assassin is a Russian and a former Communist. Kiroff, member of the political bu- reau of the Communist party and sec- retary of the party's Central Com- mittee, important posts. was shot to death in the Soviet Building here Sat- urday. A government communique said the assassin was Leonid Nicolieff, 30, for- merly employed by the Workers and Peasants Inspection Bureau. Nicolieff, the announcement sald. has confessed the crime and is still being questioned. No intimation was given as to his motive or present polit- ical affiliations. Flags at Half-Staff. Flags were placed at half-staff throughout the Soviet Union in honor of Kiroff, the third Communist leader | to be assassinated here since the estab- | lishment of bolshevism and the first in more than 15 years. Moses Voladarsky. member of the presidium of the Leningrad Soviet, was killed in 1918, two months before Mikhail Uritsky, chief of the Lenin- grad Cheka, met a similar fate. ‘Workers at meetings in many cities demanded vengeance for Kirofl's death. The government announced Saturday the slayer was “sent by the enemies of the working class.” ‘The dead leader's body, lying in state in Uritsky Palace, has been viewed by thousands. The funeral will be held Thursday in Moscow, where his ashes will be interned under the Kremlin wall, near the Tomb of Lenin. Vengeance Is Demanded. The protest meetings were held by clubs, factories and schools throughout the country and resolutions were adopted urging the government to take steps to reveal enemies of the workers. A typical resolution, by a tractor fac- tory here, said: “Brothers and comrades: The pro- letariat \of Leningrad has lost its leader. under whose guidance we de- stroyed the enemies of the workers’ class, the traitors of the party, and the Trotzky and Zinovieff opposition. “It was under his control that we, | the Putiloff workers, produced our first tractor, and under his control that we raised the production to tens of thousands. “We will give blow for blow to our enemy. Death to the enemies of the working class!” Executions Speeded. ‘Terrorists in the future are to be tried and punished with greater speed and the Central Executive Commit- tee will not consider appeals from death sentences imposed by courts for terrorists’ action. The Central Executive Committee passed a resolution to this effect De- cember 1, the day Kiroff was assas- sinated, and the decree was pub- lished today in Moscow. Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. "Bmmmx!ru\mccmom:—msmormmm (Copyrisht, 1084) FAMILX,” ¢ A C., LALORWILL GIVES | SCHOOLS 400,00 Sister and Nephew Will Se- lect Institutions to Share in Estate. Leaving $400,000 for education pur- poses, the will of the late Willard A. Lalor, prominent railroad executive, was filed today in District Supreme Court. Mr. Lalor, for 42 years an official of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, left an estate valued at ap- proximately $3,000,000. He directed that $100,000 be given some educational institution, to be selected by his sister, Mrs. Anna Lalor , Burdick, of Washington, to establish the “Anna Lalor Rotating Loan Fund,” to enable worthy students to complete their educations. Another bequest provided for a gift of $300,000 to an educational institu- tion to be selected by his nephew, Charles Lalor Burdick of Los Angeles, for the establishment and maintenance of a professorship in “purely scientific research.” He stipulated this was to| be known as the “Lalor Research Pro- fessorship,” in memory of his brother, John Charles Lalor. After a bequest of $5,000 to John T. Williamson of Chicago, Mr. Lalor di- rected the balance of the estate be held in trust, the income to be paid over to relatives and friends. Mr. Lalor, who died October 9 in Chicago, resided here at the Metro- politan Club. He was not married. Attorneys for the estate are the local ]flrm of Sherley, Faust & Wilson, and | mers and Dallas F. Townsend, all of New York. SCHALL PROPOSES HIGHER TARRFS 'Writes Roosevelt That 6,000,000 Would Be Returned to Jobs. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, December 3.—Sen- ator Thomas D. Schall, Republican, Minnesota, in a letter to President Roosevelt made public yesterday, pro- posed a higher tariff on foreign im- ports to “return about 6,000,000 per- sons to profitable employment” in the United States. The Senator, listing industries which he said would be enabled to reabsorb the Nation's unemployed through higher trade barriers, called on the President to use the tariff- making powers granted him by the last Congress to end the “unemploy- ment problem and the depression.” Contents of Letter. ‘The Senator’s letter follows: “For the purpose of furnishing a working example by which a majority of the 10.000,000 persons now un- employed may be returned to profit- able employment, without taking one dollar from the United States Treas- ury, the following list is a rough draft of how these people can be cared for within six months. “By acting as England, Canada, Australia. Norway and Sweden have done. that is, by stopping imports which compete with what we produce, | we find we must re-employ the fol- | lowing: | 2,000,000 persons to cultivate cane and beet sugar lands if foreign sugar is excluded. 2,000.000 persons to cultivate new corn land when blackstrap molasses is barred. “300,000 miners to operate our cop- per mines. “225,000 additional chinawear workers. “175,000 to make carpet, rag and grass rugs. “150,000 fishermen and canners | when these imports are stopped. 150,000 iron and steel workers. 100,000 persons to raise cattle now imported as frozen or canned. 100,000 to produce gunny cloth and gunny sacks now imported. 100,000 in Silver Mines. “100,000 silver miners, if we buy our own silver. “100.000 shoe workers. 75,000 textile workers. 50,000 persons in electric lamp, toy and novelty factories. ggggg persons to can meats. “50.4 to uce ce e prod ement and *50,000 manganese miners. *30,000 vegetable canning workers. 25,000 additional coal miners. 50,000 distillery and wine workers. “All these people at this moment are on Government relief. With the power vested in you by the last Con- gress. Mr. President, you can raise the these articles and thereby return about 6,000,000 persons to profitable employment. It is rea- sonable to assume that this number of persons will employ another 3,000,- 000 to supply their wants. After that, Mr. President, we have no unemploy- ment problem and no depression. I trust this matter will be given your earnest consideration.” —_— U. S. SEEKS PEACE IN TROLLEY DISPUTES Mediators Delve Into Strike in Los Angeles—Probe An- other Breach. pottery and By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 3.—Fed- eral mediators swung into action to- day on two fronts to settle labor troubles among traction company employes in metropolitan Los An- geles. Commanding immediate attention was the strike of street car workers in the city of Los Angeles, going into its second week. At the same time members of the National Mediation Board who flew here from Washington yesterday dug down into a dispute between the Pacific Electric Co. and its employes. ‘The trouble flared up first on Novem- ber 24, when a strike was voted, then delayed and finally was postponed in- definitely. Police yesterday reported only one disturbance in the Los Angeles way strike, a minor one, and com- pany officials reiterated car schedules were being run on time, P. A. Donoghue, Federal mediator, said he was hopeful of settling the contro- versy. A MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1934. Christmas Matinee Stars Shirley Temple and James Dunn, who play the leading ‘roles in ““Baby Takes a Bow,” to be featured at ‘Warner Bros.' Christmas toy matinee also be featured at Star-Warner Bros. day at 10 other Warner Bros.' Theaters. Christmas to Bring Heartaches | To Poor Unless Santa Is Aided| Cry of Forgotten Children Can Be Pre- the Tivoli Theater during the Star- on December 15. Famous stars will .’ toy matinees to be held the same | vented Easily Through Star-Warner Brothers Benefit Matinees. ET there be no forgotten child | in Washington this Christmas! | Shut your eyes for a moment, | and see the long line of little ones passing before you, poorly dressed, an appeal in every face, all counting on you to bring them the | happiness that we ourselves have taught them is the meaning of Chirst- mas. Keep them in your dreams. Re- member them. Let them reach your | heart and stir you to the generosity and kindness which epitomizes the season’s noblest message—good will to all. Remember your Christmases. The | joy each one has brought you. You | boys and girls who have rejoiced in | your visits from Santa Claus, in your | brilliant Christmas trees, in your new | toys and dolls. You mothers and | fathers who, your good work done, have sat back and shared in the joys of your children with profound happiness. Heartache for Others. And remember that each Christmas has meant but a heartache to those | less fortunate than you. 1 You need not search far to find | that boy or girl who is wondering to- day if Christmas with all that it | means will pass him by. Or that little one. too young to understand, | who will be left stunned on Christmas morning, with a stocking, so hopefully hung the night before, empty, while all about him his luckier playmates are proudly showing the new toys that Santa brought. Nor have you far to seek that heavy- hearted mother and father who, unlike yourselves, look silently at one another with moistened eyes, knowing well that without your help they must face their children on Christmas morning and try to answer the plea to which there is no answer—"Why did Santa Claus forget us?"” There are stories by the score of individual cases where, despite all the efforts of charitable groups, philan- thropic organizations and kindly citi- zens, exactly this has happened on Christmas days gone by—and will most surely happen again this Christ- mas unless all who possibly can take every means to prevent it. Others Strive to Help. There are men and women in Washington who are laboring late and long to bring happiness to poor and unfortunate children this Christ- mas. There are women who are giving all their time and energy to this splendid work. Members of charitable organizations whose ranks have been augmented by numerous volunteer workers and private citi- zens making donations and contribu- tions, driving on, day after day, ad- mitting no fatigue, with the sole aim that there shall be no forgotten child in_Washington this Christmas. It is in this spirit that for-the fourth consecutive year The Evening Star and the Warner Bros. have planned the Christmas toy matinees, as an easy and effective method for every Washingtonian to do his share in spreading Christmas happiness. And it is in this spirit that you are asked to attend. You need only to bring a new toy or a new article of wearing apparel as your price of admission to any of the 11 theaters where these matinees will be held on Saturday, December 15. That is all there is to it. Every- thing else will be taken care of and you will know that your gift will reach some needy boy or girl on Christmas morning. Bring Many if You Wish. While one gift will admit you to these performances, you need not limit yourself. You may bring as many as you can carry or as many as you wish to buy. Or, if you can't come your- self, you can send your contribution to the theater, whether it be either a single small package or a whole truck Your gifts will be collected from | listed and surveyed by the council in | its daily work, so that none may be the theaters by the Council of Social Agencies and distributed to needy families which are being carefully overlooked. And. if you wish to send something in advance. you need not wait until the day the matinees are held, for these theaters are prepared to receive anything you send in now. Help to make this Christmas out- standing among all Christmases for Washington’s unfortunate families. Let no single child be overlooked. Buy your new gifts for these needy children as soon as you can. Do not wait until the Christmas rush is on| or until you are so busy that your time is at a premium. And either send it In or bring it to a Star-Warner Good Pictures on Programs. And, quite aside from the great sat- isfaction you will have in knowing that you have done your share, there will be another reward in store for you. You will be royally entertained. Never before have the matinee pro- grams been so elaborately and so carefully planned. Outstanding pic- tures have been selected for each the- ater, and each program will be en- riched with numerous supplementary features and short subjects. Here is the full list of the Star- Warner Bros.’ Christmas toy matinees on Saturday, December 15: Outstanding Pictures on List. TIVOLI—Shirley Temple in “Baby Takes a Bow,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, “Busy Bodies"; “The Night Before Christmas” and “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” a Popeye comedy. AMBASSADOR—Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives” and “Can You Take It,” a Pop- eye comedy. SAVOY—Joe E. Brown in “The Cir- cus Clown,” “Bedtime Worries,” an Our Gang comedy: “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy, and “Let’s You and Him Fight,” a Popeye comedy. COLONY—Shirley Temple in “Lit- tle Miss Marker,” “Wild Poses,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Night Before Christmas,” a Silly Symphony. YORK—Joe E. Brown in “Son of a Sailor,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. AVENUE GRAND—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Sockabye Baby,” ‘a Popeye comedy. Shows Include Comedies. APOLLO—Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown,” “His Neighbor Our Gang comedy, and “Mickey's Good Deed,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. HOME—Bruce Cabot in “Midship- man Jack,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Three Little Pigs.” METROPOLITAN—George O’Brien in “The Last Trail,” “Oliver the Eighth,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “The Big Bad Wolf,” a Silly Symphony. EARLE—Charlotte Henry in “Alice in Wonderland” and “Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives.” AVALON—Jackie Cooper and Wal- lace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “Santa’s Workship,” a Silly Sym- phony, and “Shoein’ Horses,” a Pop- eye comedy. Following its showing at the Metro- politan Theater this week, The Star expedition moving picture, “Search for Santa Claus,” will be shown at the following Warner Bros.' theaters: Ambassador, December 5, 6, 7; Colony, December 7; Avalon, December 8; Avenue Grand, December 9, 10, 11; Apollo, December 12, 13; Home, De- cember 14, and York, December 14. $30 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS. Now is the time, boys and girls, to write your letter, “Why I know there is a Santa Claus and why every poor child in Washington should receive gifts this Christmas.” Santa Claus Editor of The Star. DON'T DELAY, send it in NOW to the It will be fine to win that prize of $15 offered by The Star for the best letter. and maybe little brother other awards. or little sister will win one of the Don't forget, you must not be more than 12 years old if you write your third prize is $5. letter. The best letter will win a prize of $15, second prize is $10 and the ‘Your letter must be at the office of The Star not later than mid- night of Saturday, December 15. their letters, will be made one week Announcements of the winners, with later. Please write on one side of the paper only, and get your letter in early. DRY CONTROVERSY HELD NOT SETTLED Sharp Differences of Opin- ion Exist as to Post-Pro- hibition Merits. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. While one year has elapsed since the repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment, the truth is the prohibition controversy has by no means been repealed. ‘There are sharp differences of opin- fon today as ‘o the merit of the post- prohibition era from a sociological and economic viewpoint. These dif- ferences cannot be easily resolved nor can opinion be crystallized until the transition from a period of lawless distribution of alcoholic beverages to a legalized sale has been fully made. Few Predictions True. Few of th2 predictions made before repeal have proved true. For in- stance: 1. Taxes have by no means brought the revenuss expected nor the “end of the depression " as so extravagantly promised by overenthusiastic cham- pions of repeal. 2. Bootleggine and gangster crime have by no means been repealed. 3. Local autonomy and State rule have not been brought about, and the Federal Government still controls the liquor problem and is as derelict in enforcement as it was before. There nave been, on the other hand, some affirmative results: 1. Employment has been given di- rectly and indirectly to persons en- gaged in making of bottles, beer, fix- tures for retail stores, etc., and income to farmers for grain products used in alcoholic beverages has been in- creased. 2. Cities and States have begun to realize that, with the advent of re- peal, their responsibilities from & so- cial viewpoint are greater and must be exercised with much more skill than even in the pre-prohibition eras. 3. Much of the revenues which the bootieggers got has been diverted to the Federal Treasury and has aided the budgets of States and cities. But it is a fact that, after a year of repeal, no State or city has worked out a perfect system, or rather one that other localities feel would be applicable to them. Bootlegging Easier. Bootlegging has in a sense been made easier. For the transportation of liquor shipments on trains and by motor truck is so general that legal and illegal consignments can be easily mingled and detection is rendered doubly difficult. Also, with the open selling of legalized products, the dis- tribution of illegal products on which no tax has been paid has also been made simpler. The lawful industry has had a hard time fighting an overzealous bureau- cracy and the bootlegger at the same time. Instead of concentrating on those who are engaged in illicit sale, the governmental bodies in many States and in the Federal Government have given most of their time and at- tention to the companies that pay taxes and abide by the rules. This is due to the fact that the problem of liquor control in the Fed- eral Government is not centered in any commission or bureau, but that different parts of the Government, from agriculture to internal revenue to the Federal Alcohol Control Ad- ministration, all have something to say about the liquor business. The popular belief was that the Federal Government would hand the problem back to the States. But it turns out that under the national in- dustrial recovery act. and the code system, the Federal Government can | exercise a closer supervision of the liquor traffic than it did under the eighteenth amendment The question of keeping lawful and unlawfully made liquor from enter- ing States that have not repealed their dry laws is a Federal question under the twenty-first amendment, as is also the matter of controlling liquor importations at the Canadian and Mexican borders and on the sea- coasts. But national policy, never- theless, to prevent smuggling has hardly been well defined. Excessive Use Varies. So far as social consequences of repeal are concerned, it is apparent that statistics as to arrests for in- toxication or reckiess driving, due to the excessive use of stimulants by au- tomobile drivers, vary throughout the country and in some cities will show | & considerable increase in the last year. There are no doubt as many people who do not believe in strong drink as there were a year ago, but there are other people who do not themselves drink but who rejoice that the liquor traffic has been driven out of speakeasies and back-room bars into the open. One year is hardly a fair test for so important a problem as the best way to handle the liquor traffic. Liquor legislation of one kind or another is more than 150 years cld in America and possibly 300 years old throughout the world. The American people did not vote for unrestricted disrtibution of alcoholic beverages when they re- pealed the eighteenth amendment. They did vote for a saner and better method of distributing beverages to those who could drink them without injury to fellow members of society. And the better method is still in process of being sought. (Copyright. 1934.) —_— B auy chrisTis seats S o~ (SISO In provincial France young and old drink 1o the new light of the Yule log shopping days to Christmas FRANCE In some families where the Yule log is lighted it is the custom to have it brought into the room by the oldest and youngest members of the family. The youngest mem- ber, be he a few days or a few months old, drinks to the newly lighted fire—the emblem of the new light of another year. Each member present follows the ex- ample set by the youngest. ¢