Time Table: Oct. 6, 1930

National Affairs

Oct. 2, 6, 7 (respectively)—President Hoover’s speeches before: the American Bankers’ Association in Cleveland; the American Legion and American Federation of Labor in Boston; the sesquicentennial celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain, at Kings Mountain, N. C.

Oct. 9-11—Maui Fair, largest annual exposition in the Hawaiian Islands; at Maui Island, Hawaii.

Oct. 12-15—Celebrations commemorating 2soth anniversary of city settlement; at New Brunswick, N. J.

Foreign News

Oct. 5—First of series of Balkan conferences; at Athens, Greece. Purpose: “Balkan Locarno.”

Oct. 6-11—Sixth International Road Congress, auspices of the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses; at Washington.

Oct. 8—Thirty-fifth birthday of King Zog I of Albania.

Oct. 15—Celebrations commemorating 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Virgil; at Mantua (birth place), Naples (burial place) and Rome (career place).

Oct. 20—Round table conference on Indian Affairs; at St. James’s Palace, London. Not invited: Mahatma Gandhi, Mrs. Naidu, Pandit Motilal Nehru, Patel brothers.

Science

Oct. 21—Total eclipse of the sun; at Niuafoou (“Tin-Can”) Island, Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean.

Medicine

Oct. 13-17—Meeting of the American College of Surgeons; at Philadelphia.

Oct. 14-16—Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges; at Denver.

Oct. 20-24—Meeting of the American Hospital Association; at New Orleans.

Religion

Oct. 2—Yom Kippur (Day of Atone-ment), Jewish holiday.

Oct. 7-14—Succoth (Feast of the Tabernacles), Jewish holidays.

Music

SEASON OPENINGS

Oct. 2—New York Philharmonic Symphony.

Oct. 3—Philadelphia Orchestra.

Oct. 6—Seattle Symphony.

Oct. 9—Detroit Symphony.

Oct. 10—Boston Symphony.

Oct. 12—Coolidge Music Festival; at Chicago.

Oct. 16—Cleveland Orchestra; Philadelphia Grand Opera.

Oct. 17—Chicago Symphony; Cincinnati Symphony.

Oct. 23—Los Angeles Symphony.

Sport

FOOTBALL—Oct. n

East: Army v. Swarthmore, at West Point; Carnegie Tech v. Georgia Tech, at

Pittsburgh; Columbia v. Wesleyan, at New York; Dartmouth v. Boston U., at Hanover; Harvard v. Springfield, at Cambridge ; Pennsylvania v. Virginia, at Philadelphia; Princeton v. Brown, at Princeton; Yale v. Georgia, at New Haven.

South: Alabama v. Sewanee, at Birmingham; Florida v. Alabama Poly, at Jacksonville; Georgetown v. West Virginia, at Washington; North Carolina v. Maryland, at Chapel Hill; Vanderbilt v. V. P. I., at Nashville.

Midwest: Illinois v. Butler, at Urbana; Michigan v. Purdue, at Ann Arbor; Minnesota v. Stanford, at Minneapolis; Northwestern v. Ohio State, at Evanston; Notre Dame v. Navy, at South Bend; Oklahoma v. Nebraska, at Norman; Wisconsin v. Chicago, at Madison.

West: California i’. St. Mary, at Berkeley; Washington v. Idaho, at Seattle; Washington State v. Southern California, at Pullman. i GOLF

Oct. 13-18—U. S. women’s championship; at Los Angeles.

GOING

Best Plays in Manhattan

STRICTLY DISHONORABLE—A well-fa-vored, somewhat naughty comedy, now in its second year (TIME, Sept. 30, 1929).

SYMPHONY IN Two FLATS—Ivor Novello in a play of his own making. Two shows for the price of one (TIME, Sept. 29).

THAT’S GRATITUDE—Frank Craven in a surefire, folksy comedy (TIME, Sept. 22).

THE GREEN PASTURES—An elaborate and beautiful panorama of Vhat Negroes feel about the Bible (TIME, March 10).

THE LAST MILE—Ably handled prison drama (TIME, Feb. 24).

THE LONG ROAD—Otto Kruger’s deft mumming makes this one worth wit-nessing (TIME, Sept. 22).

THE gth GUEST—His name is Death (TIME, Sept. i).

TORCH SONG—About a night club crooner who joins the Salvation Army. Some able reporting of the American scene by Kenyon Nicholson (TIME, Sept. 8).

UP POPS THE DEVIL—Bright sayings of the boys and girls in Greenwich Village (TIME, Sept. 15).

Musical—EARL CARROLL VANITIES (TIME, July 14), GARRICK GAIETIES (TIME, June 16), HOT RHYTHM (TIME, Sept. i), LITTLE SHOW (TIME, Sept. 15).

Best Pictures

ABRAHAM LINCOLN—Portrayed with dignity by Walter Huston (TIME, Sept. 8).

DER TIGER VON BERLIN—Good murder mystery, competently handled by an all-German cast, in all-German dialog (TIME, Sept. 29).

HELL’S ANGELS—Howard Hughes’ superb air spectacle (TIME, June 9).

ROMANCE—Greta Garbo provocative against the brownstone elegance of Man-hattan 30 years ago (TIME, Sept. i).