Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1936, Page 10

Tone Poem Puts Vallee’s Revue in Success Class Raises It Out of Ranks of Ordinary; Show at Capitol Lacks Verve Due to Star’ s Cold. NTIL the last 10 minutes of\Rudy Vallee's “Punch Bowl Revue” at Loew’s Capitol Theater yesterday afternoon, the punch was deficient in savor. At that point, Vallee took his place front-stage and sang the dramatic tone poem, “All Points West.” At the conclusion of this Rogers and Hart number, his show was a definite success. Not even the handicap of a heavy cold lodged large and high in the Vallee nasal passages eould interfere with that verdict. Otherwise, perhaps because the audience was full of turkey, the revue left the traditional somnolence of | Christmas undisturbed. It is & brightly colored affair, it is varied as revues should be, it has dancing of merit and acceptable music, but it did not have the verve one expects of one-hour performances. Those germs in the Vallee system, despite his valiant effort, to ignore them, seemed to have en- tirely too much to do with the mood of his show. It is a brand-new pro- duction, too, which may have been an- other factor. “All Points West” is melodious, poetic and dramatic. It deals with the lament of a train announcer whose job it is to send others to all parts of the world, while fate keeps him always in one spot. As Vallee sings the sad tale of what a train caller thinks, the different persons who inspire his thinking appear on one of the most effectively lighted sets that ever has graced the Capi- tol's stage. It comes to its end on a stray shot fired by a policeman after an escaped criminal, sending the train announcer on a longer journey than any of those he had envied. It is something to remember, * %k * X Al FOR the rest of Vallee's revue, he has peopled it with comedians, dancers and vocalists, and combina- tions of these. There is Cyril Smith, the Englishman who sings droll songs; Joe Dorris, who dances so much like Ray Bolger that one forgets who is imitating who: the Bernards and the Duvals, & quartet of dancers; two vo- eal foursomes and Judy Starr, the new girl's voice in Vallee's band. Next to the tof® poem the pre- ferred item seems to be the dancing of the Bernard and Duval combina- tion. This quartet warms up on a satirical variation on the dancing of the gay nineties and comes back later to do even better with a commentary on the ballet as it is danced in full- length revues these days. Sophis- ticated dancing with sardonic flavor, {f we know what they mean. New Picture Is Fluffy But Entertaining Plot of ‘“Hideaway Girl” at Metropolitan Runs Wild Course. Metropolitan is tenanted currently by “Hideaway Girl” thoroughly enjoyable cin- ema of the lighter variety, that runs & wild and wooly course, & chance to explain. Later she finds herself on the so- elalite’s yacht with a number of his the arrival of the police, “Here's to | San Quentin and All Little | " The police find that Mar-| tha's husband is really a crook, that | Martha didn't steal her own jewels as far as we know, every one is taking her for the wife of Rob- Cummings, & young man who im- itates Robert Taylor. The very de- fects in this program are its assets— the fact that it's the kind of thing we all like to see, but wouldn't like to write ourselves, with a leading man (Robert Cummings) and a lead- ing lady (Martha Raye) so corseted by convention that we can not go, home without having a desire to re-| live the parts against a more do- mestic setting. Clyde McCoy and his Sugar Blues | Orchestra, recently here on a stage bill, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” in technicolor, and a news | reel with Landon at the White House | and Mrs. Simpson prettying up, unob- | served for her picture, help make s | quite acceptable bill. Celebrating Yule Forbidden in Old Massachusetts Law —F. M ¥Superstitions” Such as Feasting, Banned by 1659 Statute. 87 the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 26.— Christ- mas “feasting” was a crime in Mas- sachusetts Bay colony 277 years ago. historical researchers pointed out | Jesterday. Bay colony records showed an order adopted by the colony's General Court in Boston, May 11, 1659, which de- clared: " preventing disorders arising in several places within this jurisdic- tion by reason of some still observ- such day as Christmas , cither by forebearing of labor, feasting or any other way * * * for every such offense § 48 & fine to the county * * " < |T1-m Vallee show is supplemented | = by a film called “Sinner Take All” It is billed as a comedy mys- tery, as if no one had the heart to say more. Or, more accurately, it may have been the feeling that the | picture is relatively unimportant, in | view of Vallee's presence. It is un- | important, all right, even though it has its amusing moments. | “Sinner Take All” finds its excuse | for being in a plot which relates to | & conspiracy to kill a wealthy family. | It is full of all kinds of characters | who ought to be put out of the way, and three of whom are. As they die, one by one, the police department and the press in the form of a fertile- minded ~ police reporter, follow & chain of clues designed to leave every one dizzy but the lucky victims. A fairly close follower of such things, however, may catch the drift of things some time before the film comes to its none-too-novel end. * ¥ X X BRUCE CABOT is the tough-talk- ing, fearless journalistic genius who sticks with the series of crimes to the bitter end, and finally comes up with the guilty guy. He is all right in a part that isn't. Margaret Lindsay is the heiress, the daughter who is supposed to be doomed with other members of her wealthy fam- {ly. It is hard to say what else she might have done with the part, but the lightness with which she ap- pears to take the deaths of her father and brothers constantly gives the impression that it is all just make- believe, Stanley Ridges and Joseph Calleia are two others in the cast who stand out, the former as a man- aging editor full of dirty tricks, the latter as a racketeer full of dirtier ones. . “Sinner Take All” is nothing to worry about, either at its best mo- ments or its worst. You will get your money's worth out of the Cap- itol bill this week in those minutes| when Vallee sings “All Points West.” —J. C. ALI BABA AND SCROOGE ENLIVEN LITTLE’S BILL “Chu Chin Chow” Is Spectacular Fare, While Other Film Closely Follows Dickens. MBUED with the spirit of munifi- cence attendant upon the season, the Little offers this week a bargain package composed of Gaumont-Brit- ish's singing, dancing, juggling, etc., musical, “Chu Chin Chow,” and “Scrooge,” another British-made item, based on Charles Dickens' “A Christ- mas Carol.” The combination provides a completely satisfactory cinema ses- sion in which music plays an impor- tant and impressive part. “Chu Chin Chow,” of course, does not treat of exotic edibles (except to & minor degree), dealing rather with that familiar saga of All Baba and the Forty Thieves (poor city boy makes good, oiive ofl jars, “Open Sesame!” remember?). During the| narration, however, rather more than | & glimpse of Bagdad's pomp and splen- dor is afforded, what with song (some | of it quite Occidental), pageantry,| feats of prestidigitation and choreog- raphy, the last of somewhat more leisurely cadence than that of the| Busby Berkley-Hollywood school. The only “name” of American significance is Anna May Wong, slave girl, acting |85 spy of robber chieftain, unjustly discarded as traitor, escaping from | & dungeon in time to prove the oily | bad man’s final undoing. One George | Robey plays Mr. A. Baba and manages | |to be frequently and pleasingly amusing. “Scrooge” is a faithful recounting { of the Dickegs tale, with Bir Seymour Hicks offering a plausible version of the greedy money lender whose out- , [ look on the season is altered through ! the scenes conjured up by the spirits | of past, present and future Yuletides. The producers have rendered “A Christmas Carol” in celluloid, virtually line for line, the descriptive passages almost reading themselves as numer- | ous non-dialogue sequences are flashed | upon the acreen. Equally meticulous treatment has been accorded the | Dickens verbiage, and the background music is excellent. —C. A M. PIONEER CHAMPION OF CHILD HEALTH DIES Dr. John A. Ragone, Specialist, Organized Baby Welfare Serv- ice as Early as 1907, By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y, December 26— Dr. John A. Ragone, 56, nationally known specialist pediatrics, died in his home here yes- terday after a weeks’ iliness, Dr. Ragone was a pioneer in main- taining child health in the schools and in the treatment of undernourished pupils as a disease preventive. He was credited with organizing here in 1907 ‘the first baby welfare service in the country. Born in New York City, Dr. Ragone came to Buffalo early in life. He was graduated from Canisius College and University of Buffalo Medical School and did postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore. He studied also in Berlin, Vienna, Rome and Geneva. STOLEN BELL TOLLS IN YULE MYSTERY BT the Associated Press. CLAY, W. Va, December 26.—The folks back in the highlands reported they heard the Methodist Episcopal Church bell ringing out Christmas tidings, but it didn't clang in the belfry yesterday. Somebody stole it Thanksgiving day. Rev. E. A. Adkins even held a re- vival service in the hope the thief would repent and bring back the old bell, which once swung in a locomo- tive, but the minister had no 3 Almost daily back in the hills brassy-clang has been heard tops of the pines, sometimes from direction, sometimes from another, but the hill peopls say they can't locate the bell | a tough citizen who does not like so- in obstetrics and | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1936. Spare Time Pointer-Outer flUAK[S FREflUENT C’mon Out, We Know You! stage and film comedian. Schnozzle when “unveiled.” When kids attending a Christmas party at a New York night club pulled off Santa’s whiskers, they found that the fellow be= hind the bush was no one but Jimmy (Schnozzle) Durante, “Ouch, fellers, I confess!” yelled the —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. ‘Front Page Gir!’ Shown At Belasco Opera Scenes Offer Stars and Expert Orchestration. ON'T say you never heard this one before. The llamas who live in caves —or wherever lamas live—over in Mongolia have heard it—and probably know it backwards. Society gal inherits & newspaper. The managing editor is clety gals or women. Gal puts on horn-rimmed glasses and flat heels. Gets job on own newspaper. Finally proves she can take it and the hard- boiled boss does not like society gals and women except one. It is at the Belasco and the name of it is “The Girl on the Front Page.” The front page is no place for her; where. Buried among the ads. Through it all there seems to be a blackmail ring attempting to operate. Al the servants belong to a Thursday Club or a Priday Club or a Some-Day- of-the-Week Club and co-operate to get the goods on their employers and then squeeze. At the end of an hour of it all Christmas eve, when the film was previewed, Mr. Edmund Lowe (the managing editor) had just kissed and made up with the society gal (Miss Gloria Stuart) and was at the point of battling with her again. If Mr. Edmund Lowe did not clean out that blackmail ring and then marry the lass script writers are low creatures, no longer to be trusted by honest citizens, ‘There is one sequence that is very funny. Mr. Reginald Owen, who is almost always good, contributes this sequence by doing the rhumba to end all rhumbas with Spring Byington, who does not want to rhumba with him because he is her butler and he is only there because daughter Gloria is trying to pass him off as an earl and you can see how mixed up it gets every time you go into it. Anyhow it is a very funny rhumba. ‘The Belasco program also includes a commendable short subject, “L'Opera de Paris,” in which the orchestra and all the internationally known stars of the organization present scenes from the great operas. —H. M. McCRAE’S ALSO BAN DOMESTICITY ON SETS Contracts of Some Stars Forbid | Spouse on Scene While Camera Grinds. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, December 26 —The | Joel McCrae's have joined the No- | Domesticity-on-the-Set Club. McCrae and his pretty actress-wife, Frances Dee, are working at the same studio, but on different pictures. Be- tween scenes, Miss Dee strolled over to the stage where McCrae was working. He saw her, flubbed a bit of action, “blew up” in his dialogue and finally | escorted her to the stage door. | “Sorry, honey,” McCrae explained, | | “I'm just one of those buys that can't | | work with the wife in the office.” “Very well,” she replied, “don’t ever | come over on my set.” Dr. Joel Pressman has never been inside the studio since he married | Claudette Colbert; Gary Cooper's wife | | has strict orders; Bing Crosby and | Dixie Lee have been on the same lot | for several years, but have never seen each other working. And it’s in Gladys Swarthout’s con- | tract that hubby Frank Chapman may not watch her during working hours. | Embassies Exchanged as Gifts. PARIS, December 26 (#).—France and Italy exchanged Christmas pres- ents yesterday. Leases signed at the foreign office gave France a 99-year contract for the Farnese Palace in Rome, and Italy the historic Hotel Doudeauville in Paris, to be used as embassies. she belongs back in classified some- - Where and When Current Theater Attractions and Time of Showing. National—"Boy Meets Girl,” 8:30 p.m. Earle—“Gold Diggers of 1937, at 10:45 am, 1:30, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:25, 6:15 and 9 pm. Capitol—"Sinner Take All" at 10:30 am., 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 8 and 10:20 p.m. Stage shows at 11:55 a.m., 215, 4:35, 7:05 and 9:25 p.m. Palace—"Camille,” at 11:55 am, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:40 p.m. Belasco—"Don Quixofe,” at 12:11, 2:14, 4:17, 6:20, 8:23 and 10:28 pm.; “L'Opera de Paris,” at 11:30 am, 1:33, 3:36, 5:39, 7:42 and 9:45 p.m. R-K-0 Keith’s—"Rainbow on the River,” at 11:15 am., 1:01, 2:47, 4:33, 6:19, 8:05 and 9:51 p.m. Columbia—"Love on the Run,” at 11:55 am,, 1:55, 3:45, 5:55, 7:45 and 9:55 pm. Metropolitan—"Hideaway Girl,” at 11:45 am,, 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45 pm. Rialto—"Under Your Spell,” 2:24, 4:07, 5:56 and 9:56 p.m. at at 4:22, 7:03 and 9:44 pm.; 4 at 12:32, 3:13, 5:5¢ an 8:35 pm. Ambassador—“My Man Godfrey,” at 1:15, 3:25, 5:40, 7:40 and 9:40 p.m. Tivoli—‘Tarzan Escapes,” at 32, 4:05, 6:05, 7:50 and 9:35 pm. Uptown—"Three Men on a Horse,” at 1:45, 3:55, 5:55, 7:45 and 9:30 pm. Howard—"Cain and Mabel” at 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 and 10:30 pm. Stage shows at 1:30, 4, 6:30 and 9:15 pm. THIRD WEEK OFFERING FOR “LOVE ON THE RUN” Light Comedy Picture Holds Pop- ularity and Is Shown on Columbia Screen. Au. the citizens who passed up “Love on the Run,” the M-G-M merriment starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Pranchot Tone and E. de 8. Melcher, when it ran its two weeks at the Palace, now have a chance to rectify their mistake, The comedy is back at Loew’s Columbia for a third F street week, and it shouldn't be passed up if you are in the mood for something light, gay, frivolous and completely pointless and nonsensical. “Love on the Run” is an excellent example of the skill Hollywood (par- ticularly M-G-M and Columbia) has at taking a story that is far-fetched and slightly “screwy” and making of it an elegant bit of entertainment. The plot has to do with an heiress (and is it our fault if they're all over the page this week?) who wants to get away from publicity and the furore sur rounding an heiress. She turns thg| trick by dashing all over Europe with | the crack foreign correspondent of | an American newspaper, while h‘;! dodges his closest rival and they all | dodge & crew of spies. It all is doni in the blithest spirit of good fun lnfi whenever a dull spot comes along, doesn't take Director W. 8. Van long to take up the slack. There's an uproarious scene con- tributed by Donald Meek, too, wherein Mr. Meek startles poor Miss Crawford and Mr. Gable by entering a room and making his dog play tricks for them. The catch is, the pup, named Bis- marck, is invisible. And the chap who said Bismarck stole the show was unreasonable. The rest of the peopie are good, too. Even Mr. Melcher. g H. M. Fire to Honor New King. Enthusiastic residents of Brentor, England, are cutting down the wooden fence around the local athletic fleld and carting it up a torturous path to the top of a steep hill, where it will be used on coronation night in one of the biggest bonfires in the west coun- try. The hill peak, which stands 1,000 feet above sea level, was the first spot of land seen by a merchant of Plymouth, who, during a storm at sea, vowed to build & church on the summit if he was safely landed. The church, with its tower 32 feet high, is to be BY the Associated Press. CALLANDER, Ontario, December 26.—The Dionne quintuplets saw their little brother, 5-months-old Oliva, jr., for the first time yesterday and he practically stole the show from the five movie stars at the family Christmas party. Oliva, sr, and his wife Elzire, brought the newest arrival over from their house along with the five other Dionne children to gather around the big. gaily-decorated evergreen tree in Baby Brother of Quintuplets Steals Show at Yule Reunion decked with fairy lights. sisters, although he didn't know what it was all about. Between long periods of admjring their littlest brother, the quintuplets tore at packages and watched while the other children opened their gifts. Then the rest of the family sat down to a big turkey dinner, but the five girls had to keep to their regular diet, Christmas or not, and baby Oliva did most of his celebrating on milk. Only once did nurses interrupt the gatherings to lead the quintuplets away for their regular one hour afters noon naps that Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe would not let them miss. Wanted by Bing Crosby Crooner Learns What to Do With It, But Finds Quest Necessary to Find Odd Moment. 4 BY BING CROSBY, Guest Columnist for Sheilah Graham. OLLYWOOD, December 26 (N.A.| N.A)).—When I was s boy, certain and sundry teachers, with much labor and turmoil, taught me to read. Occasionally, I make use of that acquirement, and the other day I was reading. The title was “The Importance of Proper Use of Spare Time,” sald article being a dissertation in a magazine of some university professor. I read it through, and learned much about what I should do. ‘Then, yesterday, a casual acquaint-«. ance of mine who has found out that I work in motion pictures, walked up | and said: “You lucky stiff, what do you do with all yoar spare time?” Well, I admit that I'm Jucky, but that remark made me remem- ber that magazine article. There was only one thing wrong with it, so far as I could see. He didn't point out where I had the spare t§me to make proper use of. I wish he had. 1In the days when I was still singing with a dance band, old man Crosby used to sit back and envy the lucky boys and girls that he saw acting in the movies. Gosh, 1t seemed as though all & boy had to do was to hold a girl in his arms and give her that look of a dying calf in & hailstorm—and then go around and collect his check for the look. ] Bing Crosby, Queer Life. ‘Well, queer things do happen. For quite a while now, I've been singing to girls in the movies. They've tried to conceal the fact, but a lot of people found out that it was Bing Crosby, although he was dressed as every= thing from a Chinese to a cowboy. Incidentally, that just made me wonder about something. Wonder if some one had complained about me singing to girls so often? I bet a plugged nickel to a doughnut they have, because, “In Rhythm on the | Range,” I don't only sing to a pretty | girl, but Director Norman Taurog made me croon a bull to sleep. Full Days Ahead. By} anyway, about that spare time now. When I'm working on a picture, 1 ordinarily have to get up about 6 o'clock to bathe, shave and eat my | breakfast before I go to the studio. I arrive at the studio about 8 o'clock, put on my costumes and look over the script to refresh my memory and then B the Associated Press. TROY, N. Y., December 26.—Yes- terday brought to Pglice Chief John B. Conroy the job of trying to find the woman who dropped her pocket- book in front of a 5-and-10-cent store here just 20 years ago. He has the pocketbook. It was received in a special delivery package mailed direct to Chief Conroy from New York. The chief said the pocketbook con- tained a “small sum” of money in “new style” small bills, several re- HOUSES WRECKED AS EARTH FALLS 11,500 Square Feet Drop in Mine Section—Residents Flee Homes. | By the Assoctated Press. SCRANTON, Pa., December 26.—A mine subsidence in Minooka, near ! pere, yesterday dropped a 1,500-foot- | square section, tilted four homes and sent about a dozen frightened resi- | dents scurrying from their homes in night attire. Residents of the area said the eave- in produced sounds which resembled an earthquake. In one of the homes Mrs. John Kearney was ill in bed. The home of William O'Brien was ripped apart where a kitchen wing was joined to the rest of the house. Firemen were called and fires in the houses were dumped as a pre- cautionary measure. e DOOMED MAN PASSES 11TH CHRISTMAS IN CELL Convicted Slayer of Two Federal Agents Refuses to Give Up Hope That He'll Escape Death, Br the Associated Press. | RAIFORD, Fla, December 26.— J. W. Buchanan spent his eleventh Christmas as a condemned prisoner behind the gray walls of the Florida State Prison yesterday. He is under death sentence for kill- ing two Federal prohibition agents. Beven death warrants have been canceled, but he lives in uncertainty, wondering if the next morning will bring a new warrant that will not be canceleds “Uncle Buck,” as he is known, was visited by his wife and young son to- day. He greeted them brightly, wish- ing them a merry Christmas. “Never give up hope,” he told them. “I haven't.” ROCKEFELLER DRIVES 30 MILES IN DOWNPOUR BY thie Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla,, December 26.—John D. Rockefeller observed Christmas yesterday by taking a 30- mile automobile ride late in the after- noon, most of it in a driving rain. His only son, John D., jr., who is visiting him for the holidays, did not accompany him. What took place inside the Case- ments, the 97-year-old philanthro- pist’s Winter home, only thé Rocke- feler household knew. The custom- ary secrecy prevailed. Santa Claus, however, had paid his visi there, too, for Chauffeur Vincent Frasca's blacke haired little girl was riding a new bicycle, and another child was play- ing with her on a scooter. They kept the quintuplets’ nursery. Young Oliva was the center of at- tention, especially from the five famous When they woke up they rejoined the party and there were more pack- ages to unwrap, | within the grounds. Rockefeller seemed to be in excep- tionally good health and spirits. get on the set at 9 o'clock. I'm given from 45 minutes to an hour for lunch, and then it is back to the set until 6 pm. By the time I get out of my costumes and so forth, it ordinarily is 17:30 or 8 o'clock before I get home for dinner. Then it’s time to go to bed to get ready for the next day. Now, some time in there, I have to find time to answer correspondence— and that's no small job—and to han- dle my personal business; then I also have to find time to select songs and clear them, rehearse, and write the script for my radio broadcast; to look over stories for coming pictures, and similar odd jobs. Now, after all is said and done, that is a pretty busy day for any one. If you don't believe it, try it some time and try supervising the building of a new home in the midst of it; handle a racing stable, etc., etc. In Between Pictures. “All right,” comes the snort, “what about in between pictures?” Now, just a minute. I admit that there is a little time in between pic- tures—but there’s not so much at that. And In such cases, there are pro- ducers, directors, writers and camera- men and a few other pests that have to see you about the trend of a story, costumes, locations and songs and such things. Then, it must be remembered that a day as long as an actor's is a pretty long day, and much of it is spent inside a dark sound stage. Such things will sap vitality quicker than almost anything that I know of. Even a cactus needs sun. 8o when you read about these movie actors and actresses at the beaches or the resorts or playing golf or horse- back riding or taking trips, just re- member that it's not only pleasure. Of course, it's a relief to them. But also they have to recharge the old battery, or it'll run down before very long. Some of them that tried to get by without it found themselves in the midst of nervous breakdowns and such things. But anyway, if some bird will please point out to-me where I can get some spare time, I'd appreciate it. Maybe I'd even sing & song to him. I've got my cowboy boots broken in and I could run if I had to. Penitent Letter Starts Quest 'For Woman Losing Cash in 1916 ceipted bills, some tarnished pennies and this note: “Chief—this pocketbook found 20 years ago by the writer on River street, Troy, in front of the 5-and- 10-cent store, Please give it to the owner.” It was signed “Penitent.” The chief’s only clue to ownership of the pocketbook is a receipted bill dated 1916, bearing the name, “Mrs. Allen Freeman” There is no such name in the present Troy directory, he said. FAIRFAX CHURCH PLANS CHORAL YULE PROGRAM Special Dispateh to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., December 26.—A choral, “The Christmas Story,” will be given by the choir of Fairfax Methodist Episcopal Church South in the church tomorrow at 8 p.m. Rev. R. C. Maxwell, pastor of the church, will read the Scripture in the choral, and in addition to the singing of a number of Christmas carols, the “Pirst Noel” will be sung. Solo parts will be sung by Mrs. E. M. 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For one year (1839-40) 8an Vicente enjoyed the distinction of being the capital of El Salvador. “It now is capital of the Department or Province of San Vicente, one of the 14 departments that make up the Cen~ tral American republic. The presence of department offices and department officials lends the city prestige, but to the people of the surrounding region San Vicente is their market place. “Colorfully costumed natives from a vast agricultural region take to San | Vicente their corn, tobacco, indigo, coffee, fruit and sugar cane, which grow abundantly in the neighborhood. The importance placed upon the city #s a market place somewhat obscures | its other activities, but the citizens also are proud of their manufactures. Out of homes and out of factories equipped with modern machinery come shoes, hats, cloth, silk, embroid- eries and cigars. “San Vicente sprawls along the banks of the Acahuapa River at the | foot of the 7,000-foot volcano of San Vicente. The river s navigable for light native craft, which link it with numerous towns and villages on and near the stream. A good highway and railroad also link it with San Salva- dor and the coast.” _ Scottish Clan to Greet 1937, An old-fashioned Scottish New Year celebration will be held Thursday eve- ning at the Masonic Temple, Eighth and P streets northeast, by Clan Mac- Lennan, Order of Scottish Clans, and Lady MacLennan Lodge, Daughters of Scotia. : Money for Conmstruction Loans d Loans on l-:oud Properties 512% FIRST DEED OF TRUST ONLY GEORGE 1. BORGER 643 Indiana Ave. N.W. Nat'l 0350 Safe . Investments First mortgage notes, 6% servatively ised, new buildings in Washington and near- $500 up. Interest 6% per annum. Bradley, Beall & Howard, Inc. Southern Bldg. Phone Nat. 0271 well secured on con- by Maryland. Denominations of Established Nearly 40 Years Hatteras Island Town Awaits Old ' Christmas, Jan. 6 Fishermen Hold Out Against “New” Date of Dec. 25, BY the Amoclated Press. RODANTHE, N. C., December 26.— Christmas was just another day to most of the fisher folk of this little town, situated near the northern tip of Hatteras Island. While virtually all their fellow oountrymen celebrated the “day of days,” Rodanthe people awalted the :;;mlng of January 6 for their festivi- les. For generations the people of the town have celebrated “Old Christ- mas,” as it is called, instead of the generally observed date. Formerly several of the communities of the outer banks celebrated January 6 as Christmas, but one by one, all except Redanthe, changed. January 6 is the anniversary of the biblical tweifth night, when the three wise men lald their gifts at the Christ Child’s feet in Bethlehem. CROSBY MUST WAIT Jockey Club Says Too Many Want Bazooka as Horse's Name. HOLLYWOOD, December 26 (#)— Bing Crosby is a-feudin' with the American Jockey Club, He recently bought a thoroughbred colt and applied for the name Ba- 2o0ka. He was told he would have to stand in line. 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