Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
B--3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO PLANS FOR EXODUS OF MOVES SHAPE Scheme to Abandon All Property in California Bared in Tax Fight. By the Assoclated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 8— An ace, hidden in the sleeve of Hol- lywood’s movie chieftains, dropped out today. It brought added weight to their threat to take the film industry out of California rather than submit to increased taxation, proposed in bills pending before the State Legislature. A definite plan by which the colos- sal task might be accomplished was disclosed today. It embraced two major premises: 1. Removal of the huge stores of equipment during a two-year period, without appreciably interrupting the production schedules of any major | studio. | 3. Sacrifice of real estate proper- ties, on which the studios are sit- uated, or allowing them to revert to the State for taxes. Plans Laid Years Ago. Robert Fairbanks, general mana- ger of United Artists Studio, said such a plan has been in process of formulation for several years. “Originally,” he explained, “pro- ducers were working on a project to centralize all studios in Hollywood to increase efficiency and to cut produc- tion costs by housing all the major companies under one gigantic co- operative program. | *This, naturally, would have ‘brought with it all the problems of actually moving the whole industry out of the State.” ‘The first threat to take the movies out of California came from Joseph M. Schenck, president of United Ar- tists, who proposed a wholesale move to Florida. He said State executives had offered the industry free land, and freedom from taxation for 15 years. Lioyd Raps Politics. Commenting on the tax proposals, Harold Lloyd, who produces one film & year, said he could not see where the industry “should be singled out as a political foot ball, and an easy- money sdurce.” “Naturally, I'd prefer to stay here to make pictures,” Lloyd said. “But I could well afford, and would prefer to work elsewhere and live elsewhere if these taxes are levied.” Upton Sinclair, creator of the E. P. 1. C. (End Poverty in California) plan and defeated candidate for Gover- nor, added this comment: “Of course, E. P. I, C. and I favor & general taxation on wealth, but whether measures involving the mo- tion picture industry are included in the pending legislation, I do not know. Personally, I favor them, but I have not participated in any formal or or- ganization movement.” ASTORIA MAKES BID. Hopes to Become Second Hollywood If Move Comes. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 8 (®). ~—Astoria, Long Island—once a home of the studios—has entered its bid to be the site of the “second Hollywood,” 1f one is established. William B. J. Russell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Borough of Queens, New York City, said the great commercial development of New York would preclude the possibility of the movies being a special mark for taxation. ‘The Los Angeles Chamber of Com- merce estimates the value of property at more than $100,000,000. ‘The 75,000 employes receive an annual pay roll of better than $100,000,000. GARAGE MAN HAS $90 CHANGE FOR BLIND MAN Illinois Sheriff Asked to Aid Search as Result of Mis- take in Bill. By the Associated Press. ROCKFORD, 111, March 8.—Joshua Brady and his wife of Rockford stop- ped in a garage near Muleshoe, Tex., last week to have their automobile re- paired. Brady, who is blind, gave the ga- rage man a bill in payment. The ga- rage man glaced at the bill and gave Brady 30 cents change. Today Rockford police received a letter from Sheriff Jim Cook of Bailey County, Tex., asking if they could furnish Brady’s address so that the garageman could send him the rest of his change—$90. Neither Brady nor his wife remem- bered the name of the garage man. STERILITY B.ILL PASSED | \ ATLANTA, March 8 (P).—Georgia moved to join California and 20-odd other States yesterday es the House of Representatives passed, 117 to 29, | a bill to sterilize habitual criminals, insane and feeble minded persons. ‘The measure creates & State Board of Eugenics, composed of the chair- man of the State Board of Control, the director of the State Board of Health and the superintendent of the GIFTED AUTHOR VISITOR HERE (=Y Mrs. James M. Souby of Omaha, who has leased the apartment of Mrs. L. P. Clark at 1869 'Wyoming avenue for a month. Mrs. Souby’s new play, “Field of Honor,” will be presented March 27 and 28 by the Pierce Hall Players. ~—Underwood Photo. [N SOCIETY (Continued Prom Third Page.) for lectures before the New York Kindergarten Association. He will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Willlam Sperling there. Mrs. Harry Bready of Herndon, Va., entertained Wednesday afternoon at bridge and & buffet luncheon, her guests including Mrs. Allan H. Kirk, Mrs, Willam H. Dawson, Mrs. Ruth Keyes, Mrs. Bentley Harrison, Mrs. Allen Bradley, Mrs. Carlin Wilson, Mrs. Mack Crippen, Mrs. Roscoe Crippen, Mrs. Walter Carter, Mrs. Calvin Kidwell, Mrs, Powell Sum- mers, Mrs. William Meyer, Miss Eliza- beth Leonhardt, Mrs. Anna Nachman and Mrs. Eudora Armfield. Mrs. J. R. Ritchie of Chicago is stopping at the Willard while in ‘Washington. | Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Allen of Rock- | land, Me., are spending a brief time at the Dodge. $10,000 IN TWO REWARDS | OFFERED TO FIND GOLD Scotland Yard Baffled by M. ful Technique of Safe Robbers. By the Assoclated Press. CROYDON, England, March 8.— Two rewards, totaling $10,000, have been offered for information leading to the solution of Croydon Airdrome’s vanished-gold mystery. Scotland Yard appeared to be f: | ing a blank wall in its investigation of the theft of $107,000 from the air- | drome safe night before last. | The technique of the cracksmen as- | “tounded investigators. They found | the gold missing from an apparently | untouched vault. The outer door of | the safe was locked. There were no | ‘nngerprl.nt& ‘There was no sign of forcing and only the inner door of THEFT-PROOF VIRTUES OF BABY BONDS PROVED ‘Woman Recovers $100 Certificate Snatched by Boys in Hand- bag Robbery. ‘Thieves already have discovered they cannot convert baby bonds into | cash, the Treasury officially an- nounced. Reporting & case in Philadelphia, & { Treasury statement said that because | the new Government securities are non-transferable, and are payable only to the owner, Mrs. Lucy Plymack | of Atlantic City quickly recovered a $100 bond after three boys snatched | her handbag while she was visiting in Philadelphia. = The 13-year-old thieves kept 355} in cash, but police found the dis- carded Government bond near the |, scene of the robbery. Even had the thieves kept or de- stroyed the bond, the Treasury ex- | plained, the owned could have re- placed it by application to the Treas- | ury Department. —_— DYNAMITE IN CRASH Explosive Unharmed as Farmer Is Killed at Grade Crossing. STILWELL, Kans, March 8 (#)— James C. Cole, 55, a farmer, was killed yesterday in a grade crossing crash which hurled a box of blasting dynamite 50 feet from a motor truck to fall harmlessly against a corner of the Stilwell railway depot. Cole was a passenger in the truck, | which wes struck by a freight train. Clarence Studeville, 48, the driver, was injured severely. CRYSTAL CLUB SopA PHONE LIN. 1982 For Junior Misses | only Katharine Lee Ogilvie Self-Setting Permanent Wave State Hospital for Insane. ‘They would serve without™ compensation. Check Coughs! the safe was ljuir. &l A police station only 70 yards PARDON |S BEFUSED away from the strong room of the airdrome. No one saw any strangers DOVER, Del., March 8 ®)—The| enter or leave the office. pardon board has refused an appli- - i Second Morals Trial Delayed. cation for a pardon for Alexis Baf- fone, sentenced to four years in the New Castle County Workhouse for| LOS ANGELES, March 8 (#).—The | manslaughter in the death of William | second trial of Dave Allen, former Johnson. head of the Central Casting Bureau, The pardon request was based on| and Gloria Marsh, actress, on morals Baffone’s record as a prisoner at the | charges, has been continued until| workhouse and his plea that he is| April 19. The jury disagreed at the { 1. Allen’s attorney asked for ' Jurius GArFINCKEL & F S'rm? AT FOURTEENTH THE LITTLE LADS THE SCHOOLBOY THE YOUNG COLLEGE MAN All have their own special displays of the best-made Clothing, Furnishings, Hats and Shoes in our Sixth Floor Shop, Washington’s most interesting headquarters for the young men of the family. Here everything is per- fect, including our many moderately priced goods, and here, if they can’t bring them in, parents send their sons, knowing we will take care of them with the greatest intelligence. THIS SHOP WILL BE THE SCENE OF A NEW SPRING SHOWING TOMORROW ... YOU SHOULD NOT MISS SEEING IT. hilipsborn ELEVENTH ST. = BETWELN Fs0 By all means Felt for your tweeds! t ! i § § | Promptly, pleasantly, Hall’s Expectorant soothes and heals irritated membranes ot the | throat. Coughs, due to colds, are | checked amazingly quick. Users ! say “Nothing better for coughs E when one has a cold.” Right they | are! Hall’s Expectorant has been | relieving cold coughs more than 25 years and is in great demand. Remember the name. Ask any druggist for Hall's Expectorant. D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1935. Redinxol} fhokkd coat_over/ pfinj frock: dats again, in a k' with waffle A separate i f s are the fea- Galyac tops, 3 Iur!(.: this eoat of onal coat. neckline, Botany, 52 A quiltefi “taffeta plas- tron is néwé in a coat. ¢ ” 5 oifiorc \w Cogiton $3.95 Both of these Leighton felts are winners. They're of nice fur felt that holds their subtle shapes. One has a turn-over crown, stitched down; the other has a ]fl-tiron creased crown, both with trim little gros- " F grain bands. In sun orange, dawn blue, :,,f",,,',‘,’ ;:,',“_]"o;:";i:f :::'-"": ‘;5,:;:‘"'- in Lo hacienda red, fandango rose, silverwing grey, grape green, French amethyst, 53 . sl black, brown, beige, and navy! Sizes 2114 to 234, p Fourth Floor. Van Raalte Fauntex Beverly cobweb sheer glove in all Spring cel- hose, in mnavy and other Spring - shades. $].15 This pig-grain _bag o hilipsborn ELEVENTH.ST. = BETWELN FsC (4