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Smyrna times., 1929-01-30
III IIGRDSS DELAWARE RIVER
nm WILMINGTON IS URGED
sDBNTS ,oSrrn o1 0'I n PROJECT
n INTERESTED ~ No'Ho
J Bridge e,,sa,. Mo1I% Tanrb P'Vi With New
sssare in Closer ser ISalsn F"Un New W, York 5t%

bridge Would Bring Lower
,rs PIN IN Closer Touch With New
pssorts and Even New York
@ ! much local interest in the
y r = Going on in committee OF
no' foy Z a bridge across the De.-
p piger from below Wilmington
IsriIIe. N. ]. Much has been
ssad concerning this project and
ION ~ and the whole State of
ss feel it would be of inestim-
..asft ~. to the Del-Mar-Va PENN
have a bridge nearer than
/ ,.lnbia to get across. Smyrna
- and upper Kent County join
y of the State in giving hearty
.,.oement to the project. On
.-ayy % 6 at Washington, D. c., the
-ittae on Interstate and Foregn
--.,cp of Congress will hold an
rnblic hearing on the bill now
- before it which if passed by
i,rpr House Of Congress and sign
~ President would give the
.r,re-New Jersey Bridge Corpor-
/. franchise to construct the
b. The bill has already passed
S,uste. but before action Of the
4, House can be taken it must be
nd out BY the committee either
aBlv or unfavorably. The Feb
4 6 hearing is to be held at the
r. Of PhiIadelphians who are op-
q tbe bill and any other effort to
bridge constructed across the
|Tsre River at any point south Of
aelUhia. j. Hampton Moore,
ent Of the Atlantic Deeper Wat
La Association and former May
Philadelphia is leading the oppo-
Mr.. Moore has been informed
reat pressure is being brought
y to insure passage Of the bill.
VoOre Monday issued a statement
|lth he said. 1T seems incredible
! private, profit-seeking corpor-
:hould BE- allowed to throw a
Ez 70 the port Of Philadelphia af-
u that has been done to encour-
lie ports interests. The Army
Navy are concerned about this
be and commercial interests
Ia also be concerned" Congress-
Houston, commenting on the sit
says: philadelphia takes a
I stand by trying to, obstruct the
I. Ferries operating now in the
F carry more than a million
1gers year, which is not near
many as would cross over the
h These ferries offer a greater
hrting back and cross the
Ha- than would the bridge. IN
as bridge Is built it means traf-
= Kew Jersey viii become more
ua congested as it moves to
sphia to cross BY the Camden
there is no reason why all
nhc should have to 20 through
saof bottle" If Philadelphia
he predicted, it some day will
laa position Of New York, fit
kGying for space and wishing it
u attempted to centralize every
he added. Some day Philadel-
hHlh have grown 50 that Whining
nd surrounding towns are in its
rsdate area, he said, with both
ls Of the Delaware River teeming
Industry. He pictured such a
Sneeding bridges. 1t will not be
ne Wilmington bridge then un-
Eieh boats must pass" he said.
N will be many bridges. Every
slEo big ships pass in the Dela-
channel there is more peril to
saaon than the bridge. If the
/ t0llided and one was sunk the
iel really would be bottled up"
Smyrna times., 1929-01-30
~'AAIE GOLDEN WEDDING"

,aS ~ Mrs. Walter Ford Have Fam.
&. sDa Ht ana Friends for Evening
slsbs.sslli,s slis, walter Ford, of Smyr-
a'ed ,s,'aed their golden wedding
;. Ty T,y on Monday, January 28,
Ina were married January
|lss Il ~ ~ Asbury NJ. E. Parsonage.
H. me e, Rev. Thomas H. Haynes
|bs .sI inelr children and grand
Rev. 5 'u ! few friends including
|GyN = n Stephenson, pastor of
lrniv.,. i Z. Church, were present al
b. , srsary. They were present.
purse Of gold amounting to
continued on Page Four
Smyrna times., 1929-01-30
BOY FROM BRENFoRD RUN OVER
BY Truck Operated by David Wright
of Near Clayton

of Near Clayton
son of William Moffett, of near Bren-
ford, suffered possible internal injur-
les and abrasions of the face and body
when a truck operated by David
Wright. of Clayton, passed over his
body after he was knocked down while
playing in front of the school during
the recess period. The boy was taken
to the office of DR.. w. G. Deakyne,
who sent him to the Kent General
Hospital in Dover, for observation,
fearing internal injuries. Later re
ports are that he is improving.
Smyrna times., 1929-01-30
Mrs.oscar Anderson, woodland Beach

Mrs. Lily May Anderson, % years
old, wife Of Oscar Anderson, farmer
near Woodland Beach who was found
dead by her husband on Friday was
buried Sunday at Bivalve, Maryland.
She is survived by her husband and
five children, one an infant one month
old
Smyrna times., 1929-01-30

''''inued on Page -Four
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
WHAT'S JUST
AHEAD In
THEATERS

Next week at Loew's Palace Rex
Beach's story, 1.-THE Mating Call"
featuring Thomas Meighan, will be
the attraction on the screen. A
Loew.Publix unit, Happy Go
Lucky" and the usual house pic
ture will augment the program.
Following "The Bellamy Trial.
the Metro. o.Goldwyn-Mayer famous
Liking, singing and dancing pic
ture, which is the talk OF the mo-
ton picture industry and Broad
way, will be the attraction at
Loew's Columbia. The picture Is
Broadway Melody"
Beginning with the perform.
ances on Saturday, March %, the
Metropolitan Theater will offer as
it's featured screen attraction
George Jessel in his first talking
singing feature production Lucky
Boy"
For the week beginning with
the Friday midnight premiere Fri
day, March %, the Earle Theater
will have as its featured screen
attraction, Douglas MacLean in
his first talking production, THE
Carnation Kid" a Christie.Para-
mount comedy.
For the week, beginning Mon.
day, March rs, the National
Theater Players have arranged 20
revive what is undoubtedly the
comedy masterpiece OF all times,
Irwin Beds"
Miss Mary Newton. leading
lady, Wllfred Lytell, leading man.
Miss Betty Kent, the new en-
genue, Freddie Sherman, juvenile,
Charles Hampden. Mrs. Adaleide
Hubbard, Miss Helen Wallace and
Robert Brister will carry the
motivating roles.
Edmund Lowe, who has repeat
edly scored in pictures, his most
recent success being as "The Big
Casino" in the all.talking I'm Old
Arizona" will again be seen on the
Fox screen next week. This time
he will have the lead, with Lois
Moran heading the supporting cast,
in George AIDES famous story,
Making the Grade"
The picture has several talking
sequences and gives Mr.. Lowe and
Miss Moran a decidedly different
line OF endeaYor in characteriEa-
tinns.
Another elaborate stage show
will be offered, with Bort Frohman
continuing as master OF ceremonies.
One of the principals in next
weeks attraction at the Strand
Theater Is She" said to be a
counterpart of that interesting
personality found in Ryder Hag-
cards sensational work. Others
of note include Jack Ericsson, Joe
Kilch, Marie North and Anna
Propp, the smallest girl on the
burlesque stage. her size, however,
detracting nothing from her good
looks and all around ability as
an actress.
The fame of 1.-THE Trial of Mary
Dugan," which comes to Polls
Theater Sunday night, March "a.
Is known to all those who keep
in touch with the world of the
theater. 1t is said to be one OF
the greatest mystery plays that
has ever been staged. Charged
with good old-fashioned emotion.
filled with dramatic thrills and
keyed up to a record-breaking
speed it tells Its breathless story
in a most unusual manner.
Arriving at the theater one
finds that a session of the su.
perior court is before them. The
stage Is set as A courtroom with
the curtain already up. 1t does
not descend. There is no orches-
ira and none appears during the
evening and the Illusion is not
dispelled. When the time ap-
proaches for the play to begin
the court attendants and other
characters casually stroll in.
The cast. which A. III. Woods is
sending here. is that which ended
the run of the play at the Sam
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Thornton Wilder to
Lecture Here March q

Washingtonians will have their
first opportunity to meet Amer
ica's most-talked-o novelist when
Thornton Wilder appears under
the auspices Of the Community
Institute of Washington, March
27, In Central High School Audi
torium.
A native of Wisconsin, Mr..
Wilder passed his early years in
China, where his father was
American consul general. He
graduated from Yale in 1920,
spent two years at the American
Academy In Rome. and before
reaching his thirtieth birthday,
had published two novels which
placed him in the foremost rank
of American writer's.
His latest novel, ''The Bridge
of San Luis Rey." won the
Pulitzer prize for iS2s, and It is
on the growth of the Bridge"
that Mr.. Wilder will lecture in
Washington. THE Bridge of
San Luis Rey" holds the rare
distinction of having been pro-
nounced a classic by critics
everywhere, and OF having be.
come overnight "best.seller."
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
GRIFFITH IDEA
IS COMPLETE


Thoroughness of detail In con-
eequential things and a full real.
ization OF the broadness and
scope of his media are two of the
factors that have elevated d. Nv.
Griffith to the very topmost
ranks of the picture dramatists.
Illustrative of this is his indul.
gence in the pet popularity of re-
! hearsing his screen players some
times three and four weeks be.
fore actual shooting starts. An
expensive practice 1t is-consid-
ering the current trend of salaries
but to Griffith 1t is the very
backbone of his economic inde.
pendence as a producer.
Rehearsal" he says, "ac.
quaints the players with their
parts and gives them an oppor.
tunity to study the characters SO
that there can be no wastage of
time when actual production is
under way with it's huge over
head In lights and labor
An actual instance in defense
of rehearsals is given in the prep
Aration for Lady of the Pave
ments" which is the feature at.
traction at Loew's Palace Theater
with William Boyd. Jetta Goudal,
Lupe Velez, George F'awcett.
Albert Cont, William Bakewell
and Henry Armetta. Miss Velez
is Mexican and has but be.
ginner's knowledge of the Eng.
lish tongue. The rehearsals were
vital to her understanding of the
full emotional range required OF
/ her as a singer and a dancer in
a French inn. AS she was care+
fully explained each scene in de.
tail. with it's dramatic import.
sPhe rehearsed it with prompt eX.
Actness. There was no delay.
After three days of this she knew
(her screen personality intimately
land was able to infuse into it
some of her own vivacious quail.
ties as, well.
Summed up, the advantages
derived from rehearsals," says
Griffith. ARE that they elim.
nate film wastage caused by re-
taking scenes three and some.
times four times, that they are
fair to actors because they give
them a preknowledge of what
they are supposed to do; that
they cut down length of produc.,
tion schedule by half, with con-
sequent saving in overhead and
that they lessen the labor of the
director in production"
The Washington times., 1929-03-16

IA, Allegro, Adagio. and Allegretto.
Two Scarlatti Sonatas. three
Chopin selections. Mr.. Rachmani-
noff's own Moment Musical"
and his own arrangement of
Kreisler's ''Liebesfreud" are in.
'cluded, though the principal num-
ber seems to be Sehuman's "Carna-
val" Seats are now on sale at
Mrs. Wilson -Greene's Concert Blu.
reau. 1900 G st. N. w.
BY postponing the March re.
hearsals for the Massed Chorus
Festival Concert to April 10 and
IL, new interest is being shown in
the festival event and new pro-
portions are coming into the
choruses. announce the Church
Music Council and the. D. c.
Federation of Music Clubs. The
change was made so as not to
conflict with the Lenten services
and the choir rehearsals before
Easter. Many additional voices
have already Joined the festival
groups Of mems choruses, WON.
ems choruses anh choir groups.
All choral rehearsals will be held
at Central Community Center.
The lectures on choral music,
by Frederick Alexander, noted
conductor for the Festival con-
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Nancy Carroll Seen
As Vaudeville Star

Nancy Carroll. effervescent
beauty of musical comedy fame,
and David Calls, widely known
legitimate stage actor. who TO-
gether made the bedroom shooting
episode in Chicago" which was
the hit of the play, again are paired
in the Fox screen production,
''The Sin Sister," this week at the
local Fox Theater. s @%
They compose the vaudeville
team of AL and Pearl in the pic
ture. They are a pair Of small.
time vaudeville actors in the
story. When thrown upon their
own resources in a deserted trav.
elers' rest in frozen Alaska they
both prove to be big-time heroes.
The picture, based en- a popular
novel. Is stated to give Miss Car
roll her greatest opportunities
since becoming a screen star.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Title Writers Must
Know Movie Business

Although producers are import
ing playwrights, sketch writer's
and even poets to Hollywood to
write disaloEue for talking pic.
lures they are having the great.
est success with title writer's, ac-
cording to Al De Mond. who
wrote the titles and dialogue Of
The Cohens and kellys in At
lantic City," the film offering
this week at the Earle Theater.
In order to write suitable film
dialogue the newcomers must
first learn the picture business,
which is a task of many years,
De Mond said. George Sidney
plays the leading role in the
farce, which was directed by vii.
liam Craft. In the cast are Vera
Gordon. Mack Swain, Kate Price,
Cornelius keefe. Nora Lane, Vir-
ginia Sale and Tom Kennedy.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Che11Y Blossom Weather Brings Some Good MoUie|
GIRL
WINS JOB in
MOVIES

There's nothing like bringing
home souvenir Of a place In
order to better remember 1t.
When the Cohen Kelly troupe,
so strong, returned to Universal
City after filming most of ''The
.Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic
City, now at the Earle Theater,
they had with them pretty fem.
mine souvenir of the famous
beach resort.
She is, Elsie Allen, an Atlantic
City high school girl and artists
model, who is now forging ahead
in films under a trial contract at
Universal studio.
Miss Allen won the Summer
Girl Contest held in connection
with filming of the picture. Di-
rector William Craft staged big
parade Of beauty entrants for the
benefit Of the production and she
was awarded the leading prize by
the judges who were local citi.
zens and members of the com.
pany.
The high school girl was given
a small part in the picture as her
first screen role.
Cohen and Kelly are in the knit
goods business in this latest laugh
adventure Of the famous business
partners. Craft has included
many scenes of Atlantic City's
noted bathing beauties.
The exceptional cast includes
George Sidney in the starring
role, Vera Gordon, Mack Swain,
Kate Price, Cornelius Keefe, Nora
Lane, Virginia Sale, and Tom
Kennedy.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Hampden on d. C.

Charles Hampden, character
man with the National Theater
Players, has travelled the world
over; but he claims that, for good,
comfortable living, minus the dis
comforts usually found in larger
cities. there is no place like Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16

ScreenaIities
Edward Everett Horton, can
give 10 reasons why he isn't
married, but Eddie anti.climaxes
'em with: "Still, l look around at
my friends beautiful wives and
wonder why haven't one"
Beatrix Fairfax please write
Lois Wilson is buster
than one-armed paper hanger.
She's getting set to make her
second two-reeler for AL Christie
Yclept "The Third Angle" Flor
ence Reed spoke it in voodSil
once upon a time. About a
year or Is months ago, Lois had
her troubles getting work. Today,
she rakes In a $4,000 a week
flicker salary, which shouldn't be
hard to take, with or without
asperin !" Eddie Earle is
learning skit for the maskers
mOnikered 1.-The Interne." Listens
powerfully scare-y. The skit, of
course In several weeks,
Harold Lloyd and his China.
town" troupe hit up to San Fran.
cisco to shoot location scenes in
that city's famous Chinatown sec
ton Eddie Nugent or.
dering a cheese sandwich for
lunch and suggesting it be called
a Nugent special Whilst
visiting a cafe In Tia Juana,
Nils Asthaer ran into a free-for.
all brawl. II knew you didn't
have to look far for revolutions,
quoth the Swedish lad, "but
didn't think they served them
with beerp' and-that's
all.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
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The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Bathing Revue

Bevies of bathing beauties ap-
pear In THE Cohens and Kellys
in Atlantic City," Universars
1929 edition of the Cohen-Kelly
partnership, which Is now paving
at the Earle Theater. A Sum.
mer Girl Contest" in which hun.
dreds Of real Atlantic City bath
ing girls take part, is one of the
big features in the farce.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Who, What and When in
Washington Music

cert. will also be postponed until
April 10 and II, May / and 2.
when Mr.. Alexander will con-
tinue his interesting and informa-
tive talks. To better reach a
larger group, these lectures will
all be given In Epiphany Parish
Hall, G. Street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Streets North
west on Wednesday and Thurs
day afternoons. at 4:45. Any one
who is interested may attend for
q small fee.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16

sergei Rachmaninoff. world
famous Russian pianist and com.
poser. will make his only concert
appearance OF the current season
at Polls Theater next Wednesday
afternoon, March 20, as the final
attraction In Mrs. Wilson. .Greene's
artists course and the last VIII
son-Greene concert of the 1929
season. Mr.. Rachmaninoff has
selected a superb program that
opens with Mozart's Sonata No.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
MARIE STEPS
ON GAS AND
GOESCRASH
Rx DOROTHY HERZOG

BY DOROTHY HERZOG
Copyright. 1920. Premier syndicate1
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, March Is.
I Twas on day like this that
Brutus "Shakespeared" Caesar
and then wanted to arrest the
poor Bozo for carrying concealed
weapons,
Gene Hum. Whats the differ.
ence between New York and
Chicago? Well, in New York a
guy flaws down and goes boom.
In Chicago, he goes boom and
flaws down.
Nocturnal Ribbing
The motor play boys pear to
be giving late home comers the
w. X. crowd act. Not so long
ago, Dot Farley started, home
from mite work at the Hal Roach
studio in Culver City. A coupla
road hi.jinkers followed her and
tried to push her car to the
curb. Miss Farley stepped on,
the, gas and reached home in
safety, but nary a policeman did
she spot all along the route.
Marie Provost was coming home
from a friends house in Bev Hills
when a coupla motor playboys
gave her the rush.act. Marie
clamped her foot down on the
accelerator of : her new Lincoln
and breeZed. She was hitting
n1n ha
when. losing control of her car.
1t zowed into a tree. The play
boys kept going. An hour later.
a Samaritan hove into view and
Marie hove back to consciousness.
She suffered badly smacked
nose. which healed calmly enough.
A week ago. while week.ending
with a gang at Hoot Bibson's
mountain shack. Marie noticed
the bridge of her nose turning
beetish. She hit the trail to
Hollywood and was operated on,
the dok having to remove bit of
bone. Seemed that oil from her
wrecked car had dripped on her
wrecked proboscis and become in
fected. Marie is pretty lucky to
be on the up and up and able to
traipse with Doug MaeLean in
Divorce Made Easy"
Elise Bartlett Sthildkraut was
hitting home one eve at sane
hour when a car gave her the
chase. Her cad likes to hit the
breeze, so she managed to give
the motor playboys the horizon.
If the efficient Hollywood police.
men were triplets, the hi.roads
would be safe from nocturnal rib
bing,
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
{ Farm, Garden, Poultry !
Motor Coach Schedules

WINCHESTER, via Alex. MiddIeburg ant
uppervills Valley line connections. leavt
7:30 8. M. 10 noon. 4 80 .. m. 9th d Pa
Ave. n. W. NJ 94e3, Net. 631&.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16

Harris Theater, New York, last
summer. 1t includes Ethel Intro
pidi, Marjorie Dalton, Henriette
Davis, Sue Moore, Josephine Du-
val, Helen Arthur, King Calder,
Ivan Miller and Harry Hanlon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
PITTSBURGH YCL
MEMBERS JAILED
II old Demonstration
Against Terror

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 19. -
Samuel Herman, District Organizer
of the Young Communist League,
and Fannie Plotkin, Agitprop Di-
rector and Communist candidate for
the City Council in the recent elec-
tions in Pittsburgh, are ordered to
report on Monday, November 25th,
at the county court in Pittsburgh,
to begin serving a 30-day sentence
in the Allegheny county jail. They
were arrested at the huge open air
demonstration on August s at the
corner of Union and Ohio Sts., N.
s., Pittsburgh, where thousands of
workers gathered to protest against
the vicious breaking up of the Aug
u.s. 1st international demonstration
by mounted and foot policemen.
The county court, where the case
was brought up ON appeal after
Magistrate Hough had imposed sem
tence of $10o fine or 80 days in Jail
on the two mill. ant League mem
bers, upheld the verdict of the lower
court.
The Young Communist League of
Pittsburgh, together with the Com
munist Party, is planning to mobil-
ize the widest number of workers
against the terror campaign of the
capitalist government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
Living Newspaper
to Feature U.C.W.W.
Anniversary Friday

A living newspaper will be the
feature of the sixth anniversary
celebration of the United Council of
Working Women Friday at $50 p.
m. at Stuyvesant Casino, Second
Ave. and Ninth st.
Articles for this living news
paper, an institution established in
the Soviet Union since the Revolu-
tion are being written by Council
members and will be read by the
authors. The articles include in
teresting sketches of the like of the
proletarian women.
M. J. Olgin, editor of the Freiheit
will be among the speakers. Other
representatives of working class
organizations will greet the Council.
Victor Pecker will present humor-
our sketches from working class life.
Other entertainers are Ida Tulman,
elocutionist, and A. Gusankin, con-
cert violinist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
KILLER ADKINS
TRIES TO JAIL
THOSE He MISSED
Testifies Against the
Marion Strikers Who
Lived Thru Massacre
Change of Venue
Deputies To Be Given
Whitewash in Yancey

MARION, N. c., Nov. 49,
Oscar Adkins, who led the gang of
deputized mill owners gunmen when
they killed six pickets outside the
Marion Manufacturing Co.'S gates
here some weeks ago, today ap-
peared on the witness stand to try
and swear some more of the strikers
into long prison terms.
He testified that the strikers
called him a skunk and otherwise
displayed their knowledge of his ac-
tivities when he tried to stop picket
ing. He stated that Alfred Hoff-
man, the u. T. W. organizer on trial
with four of the strikers, "egged on
the crowd" when they picketed the
attempted unloading of some cotton
cars.
Hoffman Restrained Pickets.
A prosecution witness, R. K.
Davis, testified that Hoffman said
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