National Affairs

March 4-9--Bi-centennial of the city government of San Antonio, Tex. Among those invited: President & Mrs. Hoover, President & Senora Pascual Ortiz Rubio of Mexico, Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes.

March 15--Final date for filing federal income tax reports.

Foreign News

March 14--Opening of the British Empire Trade Exhibition; at Buenos Aires, Argentina. Chief function in the South American "goodwill" itinerary of Edward of Wales, whose speech will be relayed to England, rebroadcast to the U. S.

March 25--Convention of the restored Spanish parliament; at Madrid. Last previous parliamentary sitting: September 1923 (suspended by Primo (de Rivera's historic coup d'etat of Sept. 15).

Aeronautics

March 25-27--Third national airport conference, under auspices of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce; at Tulsa, Okla.

Music

March 14--Intercollegiate glee club contest; preliminaries at Wanamaker Auditorium, Manhattan, finals at Carnegie Hall, Manhattan.

March 19--American premiere of Austrian Alban Berg's Wozzeck, presented by Philadelphia Grand Opera Company; at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.

March 24-29--Bach festival in conjunction with Boston Symphony Orchestra's 50th anniversary celebration; at Symphony Hall, Boston.

Art

March 6-29--Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists; at Grand Central Palace, Manhattan. Prizes: none.

Sport

GOLF

March 10-14--Bermuda amateur championship; at Riddell's Bay, Bermuda.

March 19-21--Open tournament; at La Gorce Course, Miami Beach, Fla.

March 26-27--North and South open championship; at Pinehurst, N. C.

TENNIS

March 14-21--National indoor championships; at New York.

FENCING

March 10, 17, 21, 24 (respectively)-- Team, individual, interscholastic & women's foils championships; at Fencers Club, Manhattan.

ARCHERY

March 16-21--Annual midwinter tournament; at Pinehurst, N. C.

ROWING

March 21--Annual Oxford-Cambridge regatta; over a slightly revised course from Putney to Mortlake, on the Thames, England.

HORSE RACING

March 27--Ninety-second Grand National steeplechase; at Aintree, England. Important departures: limiting entry to lorses "placed" in previous races, raising of minimum age & weight. YACHTING

March 7--Lipton Cup races of the South Florida Boat Racing Association; off Miami Beach, Fla.

March 24-April i--International yacht races; at Bermuda.

SKIING

March 5-9--International women's races; at St. Moritz, Switzerland.

GOING

Best Pictures

BY ROCKET TO THE MOON--Vernesque romance of stellar exploration, vividly imagined by UFA.

CITY LIGHTS--Charles Chaplin's first picture in two years and the funniest he has ever made, full of the old Chaplin gags.

ILLICIT--Valid drama of modern marriage, finely acted by James Rennie and Barbara Stanwyck.

TRADER HORN--Exciting jungle story full of amazing scenes of animals and natives, and geared with a real plot.

RANGO--Another jungle picture, taken in Sumatra and sensitively recording the fight of a menaced country side against tigers.

Best Plays in Manhattan

FIVE STAR FINAL--Arthur Byron in the only current newspaper melodrama.

GRAND HOTEL--A noteworthy play about a series of fairly cosmic happenings in a German hostelry.

GREEN GROW THE LILACS--The Theatre Guild experiments with Western folkways.

OH PROMISE ME--Lee Tracy gets into and out of a great deal of trouble during this roistering exhibition of the breach-of-promise racket.

ONCE IN A LIFETIME--Extraordinarily good satire on the creatures and characteristics of Hollywood, by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman.

ON THE SPOT--Edgar Wallace demonstrating at least one new wrinkle to Chicago's gang executions.

PETTICOAT INFLUENCE--Helen Hayes in diplomatic froth.

PRIVATE LIVES--Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward having the time of their lives.

THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET-- Katharine Cornell as Poetess Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett.

THE GREEN PASTURES--After twelve months, the Lord is beginning to mugg a little bit.

TOMORROW AND TOMORROW -- Philip Barry's latest effort.

VINEGAR TREE--Mary Boland in an engaging farce.

Musical--A M E R i c A ' s SWEETHEART (splendid, with Rodgers & Hart music); FINE & DANDY (Joe Cook & machines); GIRL CRAZY (splendid, with George & Ira Gershwin music); THE NEW YORKERS (splendid, with Cole Porter music); THREE'S A CROWD (Clifton Webb, Libby Holman, "Admiral" Fred Allen); You SAID IT (Funnyman Lou Holtz as a collegian).

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