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ment industry almost as soon as 1t
emerged from the Pickering one-reelers.
But heretofore the bankers have been
in the background, permitting the pio-
neers to do the presenting" and the
producing" Young Kennedy, Office
manager of one of Boston's most SUBJ
stantial banking houses. recognized the
possibilities in the amusement business
years ago, and when some of his friends
obtained control of FBO, late in 1925,
and asked Joe If he would step in and
hesitate more than four seconds. He
was then SO years old.
Briefly this is what has happened in
three years: He has made FBO one of
the largest producers and distributors
of motion pictures in the world he has
provided an outlet for his company's
product in TOO of the largest theaters
in America; he has combined forces
with the Keith-Albee-O rpheum vaude-
vile circuit, and as chairman of the
board of directors of that combination
Is virtually the dictator of all vaudeville
activities in the land; he has become
business adviser to the Pathe Film Co.
end the First National Pictures, Inc,
organizations which were we'll estab-
lished before the world had ever heard
OF tnlS young 6OSVOHIdI, anu ue mas
formed an alliance with the Radio Cor
poration of America, the General Elec-
trio Co. and the Westinghouse Electric
Co. whereby the amusement interests
which he directs will have first call on
all the new developments of sound re-
production, synchronization and tele-
vision.
The last of these big business deals
was contaminated only few weeks
ago. And then, figuring that he had
earned his first vacation in three years,
Joe telephoned to Mrs. Kennedy, up on
Cape Cod, and suggested that she hustle
down to New York to catch the lie de
France. Grandpa Fitzgerald was left
behind to watch the Kennedy flock,
now increased to eight, and his last
instruction to the girlish-looking mother
of this stable army was that she should
make Joe take q rest. She promised
faithfully she would do so. But Grand
pa Fitzgerald has his doubts. One of
, these days, he Is sure, Joe will come
! walking down gangplank, his pockets
bullying with contracts which make him
! the Mussolini of the motion picture in
dustry of Europe.
| Upon entering the amusement field
he had to learn the motion pic
ture business from the ground up. That
meant time spent in studios. on the
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Made Heavy Swells.
! BRITISH mariner, formerly in I

1 BRITISH mariner, formerly in the
Eastern trade, tells queer elephant
yarn. While captain of a trading
steamer he had as cargo 40 elephants.
The vessel was anchored in perfectly
calm sea off the coast of Zanzibar
When. therefore. the steamer began to
roll, every one on board was greatly
surprised.
At first they supposed the motion to
be due to the ground swell, but when
this motion continued to increase gen.
eral alarm ensued. Then 1t was re-
vealed that the elephants had in some
way discovered that by swayirg to and
fro in unison they might produce a
rocking motion that pleased them i'm
mensely. SO the great heads and
bodies rolled and swung together until
the steamer. which had no otl.er csrgo
and rode lightly. was In imminent dan
ger of rolling clean over. The attend
ants hurried down into the hold. and.
after a great deal of shouting and
humping. managed to stop the dan
gerous amusement.
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Hobbies and restaurants, cafes and
wherever people get together for casual
chat He is sociaola but not unreserved
He is curious to know things, but ap-
parently only as a sympathetic Ameii-
can. As such. too. he Is willing to treat
to drinks. but never exceeds good taste
or discretion.
He soon strikes up the acquaintance
of an amiable and rather laxative
young Canadian who ss correspondent
for Montreal weekly is seeing good
has a badly leaking valve. which dis
qualified him from military service:
otherwise. he told "Inglis," he would
long have been 'potting those damn
Huns"
But he was doing his bit by sending
as cheerful news to his paper as he
could of Englands excellent fighting
health. And. as a sort of neighbor,
Terrill. the Canadian. felt no heSita-
ton III telling Inglis, the American,
much of what he had seen at various
naval bases, information SO interesting
that no reporter would dare to try to
get it past the postal censorship.
"Inglis" was SO sympathetic listener
that Terrill became a sort of tourist
guide to him. The American was
travelling footlocsc. HI said, and could
change his itinerary at will The rela-
ton between the two became SO cordial
that "Inglis" decided to visit several
cities with Terrill.
Eventually, however, he and Terrill
parted. agreeing to meet later in Lon
don. But when Lody got to London he
did not keep his appointment; there was
too much he could find out for himself
without involving anybody else.
The night he arrived in the capital,
for instance, there was an effulgent full
moon. What in peacetime would have
been a pleasant visitation now brought
mankind-bombardm from the sky.
Moonlight meant Zeppelins and bomb
ing planes from across the Channel.
Through the streets of London sound
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ed the siren vail of alarm. An air raid
Men, women and children scuttled for
the nearest shelter. Then firing sound
ed, anti-aircraft guns, and the heavy
defamation Of bombs. To Londoners the
night became horror; to Lody a mat
ter Of study.
He. went about studying the means
taken to protect various public build
ings from air raids: the location of
anti-aircraft guns: the landing places
of the bombs dropped.
AN this information he wrote out as
reports Some of it he wrote with in
visible ink between the lines of SEEM
ingly commonplace business letter writ
ten in Swedish. Some he wrote IN or
binary ink, but in disguised language.
Both kinds were sent in envelopes adj
dressed to Adolf Burchard." presum-
ably business man in Stockholm.
In Stockholm, "Burchard" and his
staff brought out with chemicals what
had been written with invisible ink;
and decided and deciphered Lody's
other reports. Then they were sent on
to Berlin.
TN London Lody caught the first muir
murs of runor which, soldier
though he was, sent fear through him,
fear for his country. At first it was a
mere whisper that something" was
coming which would end the war In
very short order. Later the something
took on definiteness in the whispers and
gossip exchanged in hotel Hobbies and
music hall promenades. in restaurants
and alehouses, until the matter became
too exciting and the excitement too
widespread for any further pretense OF
secrecy
1t seemed that Russia. that land OF
teeming millions and superintendent
natural wealth. was even richer in men
than had been dreamed. For so vast
was her war wealth that she had &C
tuallv dispatched-in secretly way
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Banker Ends Feud Between Movies and Vaudeville

| throbbing year usually learned that Joe
was on a train or boat, going some
where or coming back again. He rarely
was standing still.
In 1927 he did stand still for a while,
but he had a purpose. BY that time he
had reached the conclusion that the
motion picture industry was not
freak, but as serious an undertaking as
banking, railroading or manufacturing.
Harvard, his alma mater. had just
opened new graduate school, with
of life. A prospectus came into Mr.
Kennedy's hands. He was shocked to
learn that Harvard had apparently
never heard of the movies" or at
least did not regard 1t as calling suit
able for a graduate of that ultra-con-
sentative institution of learning.
Joe took 1t on himself to remedy that.
He made flying visit to Boston and
sold to the Harvard authorities the idea
of adding q course on motion picture
production, distribution and exhibition.
He guaranteed to supply the lecturers
free of charge. He was confident the
students would respond. The announce
ment created sensation in Back Bay
and IL drew a few derisive comments
from the young intellectuals who had
never been able to sell a scenario.
The Kennedy chair of movie"
science was a success from the start.
During the spring semester the Harvard
faculty roster was enriched by such
names as zukor. Lasky, Mayer and De-
Mile, and the biggest classroom at the
new graduate school was damned for
every performance" Naturally these
moguls of the industry had ways and
means of getting good publicity. and
while the movie school" was running,
the Harvard Graduate College got more
newspaper space than before or since.
The Harvard authorities were we'll salts
fled with the experiment, and any
student who now matric,ilates In that
classic new group under the shadow of
the stadium can train himself for
Hollywood as well as for Wall Street.
During his first two years in New
York Mr.. Kennedy was regarded super
ciliously by the established leaders in
the amusement world. He was just one
more youngster with bright ideas. who
would come down to earth some day
and go back to clipping coupons But
I'since the beginning of 1923 they have
been changing their views toward this
youngster with bright ideas. He has
worked his way into the most exclusive
circles. 1t was during the first six
months Of the year that pathe and First
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National turned to this newcomer. and
he now enjoys the proud title of ..busi-
ness adviser" to both these companies.
But perhaps the most important con-
solidation was that which he, effected
with the Keith-Albee- Orpheum circuit,
Before he went to Europe he had out
lined mis- plans for the Autumn. Some
of them have already leaked out tn the
pnblic-his purpose, for instance. to
make a feature picture a part of the
show In every K-A-O house. Apparently
ne is going to take the vaudeville houses
and the movie" theaters,. heretofore
essentially competitive, and by COM
bnine the best features of both make
them both profitable. -. -
1t looks like very important Winter
for young Joe Kennedy, who's thirty-
nine years old now and figures that it's
about time he was amounting to some
thing in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
BY JOSEPH GOLLOMB,
Author of Muster Man Hunters.

Spring Of 1914 the warsp of the world wearing
ne cooIs The Yachting season was on ana 70 'a
guests Of the King England SQUADRON Of the British meet
fish officers played coue rinesses maids
German officers gallant English guests It was all OF as
the world W1S TO
certainly no well bred English or German most or guest at any OF
these ntehange hospitality made reference to the TACT that
the British fleet the powerful the world and that Germany
racing against the when the two must
This brutal realities which polished people
ignore polite
elsewhere England and in Germany there and
realistically preoccped not with yacht racing
but with grim wahp building between these two powers
The the lives of these reaSts however little
clue to the business that absorbed them most 800
FeixStowe instance, small hut Cliff overlooking
the Suffolk and the lived Or Carl Loand who said he was
disguised with native land
did appreciate vision To his Suffolk nsighoors ne u
all the that coast with electric lines to dam up the Orwell
the whole that would make enormous
thereby Fexstowe colossal prosperity he
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When he did come back he was kept
waiting q long time in an ante-room.
Then a clerk came cut with all the
signs of genuine distress on his coun-
tenance.
Herr Inglis," he said. II am most
extremely sorry, but something un-
fortunate has happened. We seem to
have lost your passport. 1t is inexcus-
able of course, but you must remember
our 50 understandable agitation at pres
ent. being surrounded as we are on all
sides by ring of enemies with whom
we are at war We will. of course, do
everything in our power to minimize
the inconvenience caused you by the
loss of your passport
There was nothing for Mr. Inglis to
do but to take the matter rhilosophi-
cally; and the foreign Office did ex-
pedite his leaving Germany.
But the photograph on the passport
was meanwhile detached by an expert
and that of Carl Hans Lody was pasted
in its place and stamped with an ex-
cellent counterfeit of the seal of the
United States. The written description
of the bearer of the passport was also
changed to tally with that Of Lody.
though the name, Of course, remained
Charles A. Inglis.
The passport now showed the clean
cut features of Nordic of refinement,
smooth-shaven and lean, the hair neat
ly groomed the forehead wide and in
telligent, in the light-colored eyes the
grave straightforward look of man
who finds life a very serious business.
With sufficient funds new kind Of
automatic revolver that combined a
maximum of efficiency with minimum
of bulk, and with his bicycle Grated
and marked for shipment to England,
Lody left Berlin
WE see him next cycling about Eng
w land and Scotland In the role of
an American tourist He puts up only
at such hotels as are within the means
of man of modest income Evenings
find him making acn1air1tancas in hotel
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"1E mOSb intriguing pStouhdlAty III
the motion picture world this
Autumn is not some newly dis
L covered beauty from the corn
belt. a new Valentino rescued
from the obscurity of a tent show In
Czechsloyakia or some hatchet-faced
actor with the voice of Barrymore to
whom the "talkies" have opened the
golden doors
There are some new names, to be
sure, in the white lights which gleam
north of Forty-third street. but the per-
son who now monopolizes conversation
in the studios and on locations Is not an
actor. but one of the executives OF this
highly important new industry. His
name is Joseph P. Kennedy. Three years
ago Broadway had never heard OF him,
but nowadays his name appears ire
quently in the newspaper columns de-
voted to NOV, happenings.
Joe Kennedy landed on Broadway in
the early months of 1925 to assume the
presidency of motion picture organi-
zatiOn known as FBO. 1t was not we'll
known company to the average movie
patron. Certainly that combination OF
initials was not so familiar as Para
mount, First National, Fox and others
which had been blazing in electric
iiSllts lOI years. Duh heIlIltUy anu fbO
are now firmly impressed on the con-
seriousness of Broadway, and though 1t
may appear to some that this compare
tive youngster has already broken soma
Of the speed records along the main
stem, his friends insist that he hasn't
really begun to travel yet.
Half a dozen years ago, whenever the
Boston newspapers had occasion to re-
port the sayings or doings of a hustling
young banker named Joseph P. Ken
nedy, 1t was an invariable Office rule
that he should be identified as "the SON.
in-law Of former Mayor John F.. Fitz-
gerald" In Boston, where politics has
always seemed a lot more important
than it really is. that appeared to be
Joe's chief claim to fame. And Joe, al
ways a modest lad. thought So too, par
, ticularly on those infrequent occasions
when he could steal away from business
long enough to frolic on the white sands
at Craigville with Grandpa Fitzgerald
! and half dozen young Kennedys.
X
! THERE Is nothing remarkable in tn,
fact that banker has found hi
way into the moviO Wall street turned
! its attention to that phase Of the arnuse
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Mistaken Identity.

Hello, Perkins, where did you get
that black eye?"
1T was only a sweethearts' quarrel"
"Sweethearts' quarrel! Why, your
girl didn't give you that. did she?"
mo; tt was her other sweetheart"
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For the first year he maintained his
home in Boston. and from there he
committed to New York. Hollywood.
Paris Berlin and even more distant
points. Friends who sought him in that
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lots. in projecting and cutting rooms
in the financial and distributing Offices
FBO had foreign Affiliations and he
had to make flying trips to Europe now
and then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
BY THOMAS CARENS.

T%HE most intriguing personality In
the motion picture world this
Autumn is not some newly dis
/ covered beauty from the corn
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TT was Sir Basil Thomson, head OF
l. special branch at that time, who
was to question Lody. When subSe-
urently / went to his office in New
Scotland Yard to ask him about Lody
and others. Sir Basil invited me to take
a low, comfortable red morocco leather
chair in front of the cheerful fire In MS
Office. He himself usually sat In a
rather tall but otherwise ordinary wood
en- chair.
Sir Basil is tall, slim. urbane. writer
and at home IN, several languages ana
their cultures. His manner even toward
prisoners was always marked with that
civility which man of cultivation ex-
, poets of himself at all times.
When I sat down in that red morocco
leather chair hadN nothing on my con-
science so far as Sir Basil was con-
cerned But in few minutes found
myself vaguely uncomfortable; not
, physically; but into the background Of
my consciousness there began to emerge
to my SurpriSe--all sorts of things
wanted kept secret from the world
Then I realized that / had become
uncomfortable also. physically. for 1 was
trying to sit up on level with Sir
but quiet, little. quizzieal, smile in
truded on his talk-a smile soon saw
was at my expense. Finally he said:
Eyes. it's the chair that's making
Won feel guilty. It is so low and 30 -
lakes the body that at first It dis1ssns
you with its comfort Then you begin
to feel as If you were lying exposed to
attack by an enemy. The man in ~
own chair affects you as II you we're a
guilty pupil under the eye of a school
master. OF an uneasy witness on the
stand"
Lody was invited to make himself at
home in that chair by Sir Basil. He
had intended to take Sir BaSil's cure
and make the examination a courteous.
Unconditional scene. But after a few
minutes IN the chair he sprang to his
feet with flush on his face.
II you don't mind, Sir Basil, I will
stand" he said.
Sir Basil nodded and went on with
his questions. which Lody courteousiy
declined TO answer.
But at the trial for espionage at the
Guildhall. Westminster, his counsel did
not attempt to dispute the evidence
against Lody. His letter to Burchc-d
reporting the passing of the Russ
trains, notebook reporting nrr~'
night that had taken place in the No.
Sea, as well as other things found c.
his person, condemned him.
In extenuation of his client. Lody's
counsel told that grandfather of the
accused man had once defended
fortress against Napoleon and that his
client viewed his situation as similar
Continued on Fourth Page a,
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THERE Is nothing remarkable in the
fact that banker has found his
way into the moviW Wall street turned
its attention to that phase of the amuse-
New Britain herald., 1928-01-19
25 Fears Ago Today
ffrom Paper of That Date)

One of the most important real ostat" deals made recently in BcrlIu las just been completed. The raii- road has purchase the WoodinS property and will construct one o. the finest dams in this section. hold ing the large body of water com pletely in check The price is said to be about $9a,oDo.
 The nuriitor of coasters is incrcas- ing ev.ry evening. Walnut and Os- good hills. Walnut and Hart streets continue 10 draw :he most. All kinds Of conv"yaHcos have been brought out, from single sleds to velvet -coy- cred ripp"rs.
 The banquet of the Young Men. club held in the Soul h church last evening proved q delightful event Tn" club consists Of young men whc have outgrown the Sunday schoo
 and W ho meet on Sunday afternoons | for discussion. After the substaniia i banquet remarks were made hy
 Rev. Dr. Cooper. President Wclles l Captain w. w. Fullen. Isaac Tim ! hrell. and C. r, Marshall. E. D 1 Marshall rendered phonogra ph selnc. uons and Mr. Booth sang
 \ hors" WIS auctione1 off ir
 central park today 10 meet an sSt { board bill which lad accumulated "gainet it. br. Mcclure started ths
 bidding at SJt and finally Hoya rd sherman. bidding for Captain An. drews of the Aldre"sSwift com. | pany, obtain it tor sS1.5n
New Britain herald., 1928-01-19
JOIN IN \ "IAWI"

Ia Norwalk. where Mrs. Helena
 filll Weed lives. her entry into poi- tics last year caused the utilities companies 10 eliminate their service charges. this having been her campaign icsue. The grand old party was so scared that the date Of the election was purposely called one day later than provided for in the charter. so that if Mrs. Weed had been elected the election would have been contested on a point of legality
 Later. when the woman politicia II round this out she took note Of q bond issue of sl50.000 which had been voted upon fayorably at the same election. and she immediately put New York firm Of lawyers on the trail. These have announced the bond issue is illegal. having not been passed on the date called for by the eity charter. There is not much Of an editorial observation in these few
 words. but you sre privileged 10 Jo'n Us In hearty laugh with Mrs.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-19

in weet portion Friday; fFsah to strong southerly winds shifting 10 northwest.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Rain and somewhat warmer to- night: Friday generally fair and colder: except snow hurries in ex. treme north portion: fresh to strong southerIy winds shifting to north west.
 Conditions: The western disturb ance noted yesterday over tho plains states developed rapidly and now forms . well-dedned storm with centers of .s.2l inches over Lakes Superior and Michigan. The rainy area has been extended to Ohio and eastern Virginia. High pressure overlies the Rocky Mountain dis tricts. the plains states and the St. Lawrence valley and northern New England. Temperatures are Sen- orally warmer east of the Mississippi river but are falling from the Mississippi river westward to the Rocky mountains.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity increasing cioudiness followed by rain.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-19
LOOKS LIKE A BUS LINE

One need not be graduate of a guessing college 10 surmise some thing is in shape 10 happen regard ing the much discussed bus line 10 East Berlin. As everyone knows, t.e powers that be in the Connecticut company have not looked with favor upon the project. In fact. they practically turned it down with one of those polite official slams that mean so much yet say so little.
 Since that time. however, littl" bird has whispered into the ears Of the New York, New Haven & Hart ford railroad: and the whisper was that sooner or later some ambitious independent motor coach operator might wish to get into the trans portation business in that direction.
 If there is one thing the New Haven doesn't like it is bus com- petition There is no telling what the r. |. C. might do--sometimes an in dependent actually does get a franchise. Rather than take this risk the New Haven is said 10 be con- sidering the establishment of a line. or inducing it's little cbild the trol- ley company, to operate one when gasoline rail buggies on ihe Middle to"n-B erlin branch are not operat- ing.
 So We guess there will be q bus line to East Berlin, regardless of possible losses in operation. When it is question of keeping away an in- dependent the railroad is perfectly willing 10 drop little cash in tf. process.
 We alre adv feel like offering few suggestions about the bus schedule.