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The Washington times., 1930-10-27
What Shaw Says
For Movietone

George Bernard ShGtD In the
MoDieto1te aetOs reels at the For
TheGter this tOeeE Is saying: a
Well, ladies and gentlemen,
how do you do? Here I am en-
joying myself down ct Malvern,
and there are you enjoying your
self by allowing photograph to
talk to you. That, you see, is
one of the marvels Of the Movie
tone. It brings us together in
way that used to be entirely
impossible. Now I wish that the
Movietone could bring you not
only this picture Of me, but I
wish il could bring you the fresh
air that I am breathing at pres
ent.
There was a play Of mine
performed last night. The aI-
plauSe was tremendous. 1t was
so fresh, it was so new, 1t was
so original. It was so up-to-date.
! wrote that play 38 years ago.
You see the secret Of that is that
I was born so years before my
time. I am now "a years OF age.
So you see you are just begin
ming to catch UP with me. All
these old plays that I have for
gotten and that passed me by,
well, they are just right for you,
and / myself. I feel like a child
again when I listen to them.
I was and am seriously think
ing, you know, Of getting up q
new appearance. I think I'll dye
all this sort Of thing and this
magnificent forehead Of mine,
which you are at present admir-
ing and Of which they are terribly
jealous, down here at Stratford,
which is a very short distance
from here. Well, I think I will
cut that down a bit and you'll
see how much younger it makes
me look when the forehead goes.
puts on hat.) You see, like
that. And If I straighten my
shoulders a bit-now you see I
look almost like a young man of
81 or SO or thereabouts, and that
gets me just about to the basis
Of my play. However, perhaps
that is not what you paid for.
You paid for the ShakeSpearian
forehead. So here it is again. You
notice the arrangement Of my
hair. It takes me 20 minutes
every morning to get that up--to
get it arranged for you to ad.
mire. It adds greatly to my
reputation as a playwright.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is
an exhibition Of my profile. I
have got two and the British
Movietone has requested me to
exhibit both. Now, will you have
the kindness to watch in dead
silence while I turn around from
one to the other. (Turns
around0 How's that?
They are making me q signal
by which ! understand that they
have had about enough of me.
I am very reluctant to leave
you, ladies and gentlemen, but
you see they can cut me off at
any moment and therefore to
save myself from that humilia-
ton, I must bid you good morn
ing,
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
WILL RECEIVE
lFORTUNE TN
SALARY
Ry ANDREW r. KELLEY

] Rudy Vallee is probably the
hardest working individual In
show business. II h wasn't 1t Is
doubtful whether the new Hotel
Shoreham could have induced him
to fly down here Thursday night
to be he floor star o. its $40
opening night whoopee.
In the week ending last Thurs
day night Vallee appeared nine
times q day in Paramount thea
ters, co-starred with Nancy Car
roll. FivC daily appearances at
the Broadway Paramount and four
Ia the Brooklyn house. For this
subway riding he got $4,000 for
the week and two chain radio ap-
pearances swelled this to $4,000.
From midnight to 8, a. m. he
played and sang with the Con-
necticut Yankees at the villa Val
lee for more profit.
When the Washington engage
naent was first mentioned he
turned it down because 1t would
necessitate flying at night and no
guarantees could be given about
fair weather. The Shoreham
then tentatively signed Harry
Richman, but he decided to take
the late Jack Donahue's role in
sSonS o. Guns" opening in Chi
cago November 8. Whereupon the
negotiations with Mr.. Vallee were
resumed and it is presumed that
the Shoreham Sweetened the pot
to the point where Mr.. Vallee, as
g Shrewd business man, could
Hardly refuse,
He is working on the Brooklyn
Paramount stage this week, but
will scratch a couple of perform
ances to keep his Washington
date. The Fleischmann Hour on
the radio comes Thursday night,
with Kate Smith as guest star,
and will be fulfilled, for radio
comes first with Rudy. Then he
boards the plane for D. 9. with
his band.
& In his Paramount contract was
q clause giving him a day off to
attend the annual Yale-Army
clash. That was last Saturday,
but Rudy worked while old Eli
was tieing the soldiers at New
Haven. Sony guess again
Rudy has a day off coming which
will be spent in Washington at
the. highest salary ever paid here
for q single performance.
The Washington times., 1930-10-27

KAY JOHNSON suitable to film
Ing out-of- door scenes, the en-
larged scope of the camera re-
VealS startling scenic effects; one
has the sensation of looking
from a Pullman window on the
marvelS of, nature.
The story of Billy, the Kid"
is history in New Mexico, where
in the days of lawleSSnesS and
self-elected rulers of the vast
territory, a single man armed
with an invincible courage and
two six-shooters, took upon him
self the responsibility Of protect
ing the small settlement of
Lincoln. A young man Of charm,
q generous nature. and who had
only a desire to rid the COM
munity Of a band Of ruthless
cattle thieves who were working
on orders of the sheriff, himself
a killer, Billy, the Kid. achieves
his aim but is branded an
outcaSt, and escapes across the
Mexican border.
Though the story has been'
somewhat enlarged upon and
liberties have been taken with
the facts in this case. a real old
time thriller is the result, with
action, heroiSnn, a lovely lady,
splendid horSemanship, humor
and gorgeous breath-taking ma
tural settings"
John Mack Brown has the
title role with Wallace Beery and
Kay johnson featured. The sup
porting cast includes such well
known names as Wyndam Stand
ing, Karl Dane, Blanche de
Frederiei and Russell Simpson,
and with such tried and true
players as these the success of
any picture is assured.
The subsidiaries include one Of
those amusing all-barkie comedies,
this one titled The Dogway
Melody" is a parody on a we'll
known movie musical and it is
not difficult to recognize the
stars represented. Hearst Metro
tone News, brushes US up on
current events and closes an zee
program 3. Xs
The Washington times., 1930-10-27

ROSE HOBART maIlSnlP'
Conrad Nagel heads a fine cast,
in itself sufficient recommends
ton, and Mr.. Nagel is at his best.
Winthrop Beauvel (NageD, one
manufacturer Of beds, is madly
in love with his wife (Rose Ho-
bart). Gradually, however, her
cold and diffident nature and EVIL
dent interest in everything foreign
to her home and husband broad
ems the gap and she ultimately
goes to Paris to gain a divorce. or
course, she manages to put the
husband in the wrong. Later, her
intended marriage not materializ-
ing, she returns to find her hus-
band married to her former
friend, Mary.
4 Genevieve Tobin, as the sweet
and lovely woman whom Win
throp loves, is most charming and
attractive. It would indeed be q,
difficult task to choose between
the two women leads, both COM
paratively new to the screen, for
each is magnificent in the role
assigned. Basil Rathbone, too,
appears briefly in a part made to
order, that of European roue
philandering until he finds that
the lady in question is quite in
earnest, when he makes himself
scarce.
"a Lady Surrenders" is sophis-
ticated and smart. Particularly
noteworthy, too, the elaborate
settings, and the handsome clothes
make Of it a worthy accomplish
ment. It is an excellent perform
ance.
Short subjects round out the
program.-H. K.
The Washington times., 1930-10-27

G1A4Ss LEW AGMES
Even gangsters who shoot
clouds Of white smoke" into their
opponents have hearts that melt
with the love, the picture says.
For instance, look at Louis Ri
carno (played by Lew Ayres). He
had a heart, but, poor boy, it
played him nasty tricks. Love
for a girl led him to abandon the
beer traffic. But he found that
1.-THE Doorway to Hell'' is a one
way street from which there is
no retribution, no plea for clem-
ency."
Love for murdered kid
brother led him TO re-embrace his
former occupation and to NOW
down the two men responsible
for the boys death. At whira
the opposing gang put the fire
through him and they "gave
him a swell funeral-a swell fa-
neral that stopped traffic"
Leon Janney, the 13-year-old
child actor, brother Of Louie
Ricarno, overflows with his
charming childish smile that
makes him q sure conner for his
more mature seasons. Ken Muir
ray, on the stage, bursts with per-
sonality, which his company, the
Murray makers, seems to have
found contagious. In his cOrtege
are Foster, Fagen and Cox, three
Washington boys, who smile and
sing two good original numbers,
Adam Didn't Have No Nanny"
and Mr.. Ripley, Believe It or
Not"
Rae Samuels, singing come.
dienne, has some good, typical
songs. In fact, the stage show In
it's entirety Is first class, up to the
high standard established recently
at the Earle. -..
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
RUDY VALLEE FL YING HERE FOR HOTEL OPENING NIGHT
Speed Girls Is
Pepp,ery Show

Living up to its name. the
speed Girls" this weeks offer
ing Of the Gayety, presents two
fast moving. fun provoking acts,
starring such ootables as Mike
Sachs, Fred Binder, Mae Dix.
Adeline Parks, Frances Farr and
Alice Kennedy.
It's this Adeline Parks person,
who sets the boys raving this
week. She is vivacious red
head who need take a back seat
for no one.
In Alice Kennedy the produc-
ton boasts a pretty girl whose
singing Is something to marvel
at. Frances Farr is as much
a favorite as of yore.
Harry Cornell, Johnny Cook
and Frank Dalnsel complete q
cast which when augmented by
the peppy chorus insures a good
show.
The Washington times., 1930-10-27

p e n n y arcade
dramas to the
pre- s e n t = day
m a gnific cent
pre- S entationS,
will be fur.
ther Ella t e d
with ''realifa, -
the sensational
screening intro
duced in the
current h o W.
ing Of Billy,
the Kid,'S at
LoeW'S Colurn-
bia.
ESP e CT a lily
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
Broadway Helps

In "a Lady Surrenders." special
aIl-talking picture production of
John Erskine's famous novel,
sincerity" current at the Rialto
Theater. two famous Brodway
stage stars. Genevieve Tobin and
Rose Hobart, make their screen
debut.
The Washington times., 1930-10-27

novel, SINGER
ity," this fasci-
mating play la
borS u n d e r
rather a misno-
n1er, but after
all that is not a
serious matter
John M. Stahl,
director, h a s
done q splendid
piece of work,
for ''The Lady
SurrenderS" is
primarily a per-
feet example Of
expert t show
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
FOreheads Revealed

Brush your hair off your fore
head, If you would be fascinat-
ing, is the advice Of Marlene
Dietrich, appearing in Para
mounts production Morocco" I"
with Gary Cooper. Considered
one of Europe's most beautiful
women, Miss Dietrich never per-
mits her coiffure or hats to cover
her forehead.
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
Gorgeous Gowns

Gorgeous gowns and Carmel
Myers are almost synonymous, but
Il has been a long time since the
beautiful brunette charmer has
been seen in as elaborate creations
as those which she wears In "A
Lady Surrenders," UniverSaPS all
talking screen feature which Is
now showing at the Rialto The
The Washington times., 1930-10-27

GQIGT 6dl11GIS d
b e t ter vehicle
for their screen
debut.
Check, a n d
Double Check,
which is being
S h ow n this
week at Keith's,
is just plain
hokum, W h il e
Amos and Andy
have built up
their tren1en-
douS popularity
by their faith
fulnesS to real
tfxy
The Washington times., 1930-10-27

befeu IN the
days when talk
ing pic tu res
were still very
new and very
poor. One Of
the first great
C h q n g e s
wrought by the
talkies was in
the style Of
making love on
the screen. The
public not only
declined to ac-
cept the an
cient order Of
LIlNsA
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
JACK GILBERT
In ROARING
COMEDY

You all remember when John
Gilbert's popularity came to a
sudden and unlooked-for halt. It
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
SMART STORY
FOR RIALT0
FEATURE

"A Lady Surrenders" begins a
second week at the Rialto Theater.
Adapted from John Erskine'S
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
BIG SCREEN IS
COLUMBIA,
NOVELTY

Movie fans who have watched
the growth Of their favorite in
door sport from the days Of
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
AMOS m ANDY
AS SCREEN
ACTORS
Else requested"

Not with Amos or Andy, for
they quite live up to expecta-
tions, but with Hollywood for
not giving these peerless radio
The Washington times., 1930-10-27
KEN MURRAY'S
FUN PLUS A
GOOD FILM
Beer-brewing gangland ruling
the streets Of a big city, sinister
machine guns carried in innocent

.Iio1tn cases,
and cookbook
ng Lew Ayres,
hero Of "All
Quiet On the
Western Front, "
Ihooting h i S
" a y through
the role Of the
reformed gang.
tier, character.
Ze w a rn e r
Brothers pro
iuction, Th e
rw az to
He'll" playing
his week at the
Earle
New Britain herald., 1930-11-26
Dean Cross Official Plurality
 Over Rogers Set at 5,%5 Today
 As State Board Canvasses Vote
Group Meets at State Secretary's Office to Pass On Ballot Totals - Burrows Has Largest Lead in Race-Lonergan Won by 674 Tierney by
 1560-Other Results Are Issued.

Hartford, Nov. 26 P>-Dean Will bur L. Cross, democratic candidate for governor, won the recent elcc- tion by a plurality of 5.465 over Ernest E.. Rogers, republican, ac- cording to the official figures made public today following the meeting of the board of canvassers. The board, consisting of the state secre- tary. treasurer and comptroller, met at ? o'clock this afternoon in the office of the secretary for an official canvass Of the vote.
 Hartford county cast 52,o95 votes for Cross and 50,2SO for Rogers, the official count reveals, the vote in the city of Hartford being 23,165 for Cross and 16,23S for the republican candidate. Warren B. Burrows, re- publican candidate for attorney gen. era. . received the greatest plurality of any of the candidates, winning by q margin Of 7.99S over David A. Wilson of Hartford.
 Augustine Lonergan, democrat,
New Britain herald., 1930-11-26
THANKSGIVING DAY
 OBSERVANCE HERE
N, B. H. s. to Play Vermont
 Academy Grinders in Morning
SERVICES IN CHURCHES
President Hoover to Attend Church Where Wilson Worshipped-Na- ton to Observe Annual Holiday in Customary Fashion.

The charity football game at Will low Brook park at 1O:50 o'clock to- morrow morning between the cham pion New Britain High school and Vermont Academy, will be the big feature of the Thanksgiving Day ob- seryance i'll this city. This and the regular Thanksgiving tea dance a. the Shuttle Meadow club tomorrow evening are the outstanding events scheduled.
 The day will be observed by all the local churches. Special masses will be held in the various Catholic churches.
 In the Protestant churches the three Congregational churches, First Baptist and Trinity Methodist will join in a community Thanksgiving service at the First Baptist church at II a. m. Rev. T. A. Greene will preach. Other Protestant churches will have services during the day.
 Dinner For Hungry
 At the Salvation Army headquar- ters at 1lS Arch street Commandanr Julius Helgeson will serve Thanks giving dinners to hungry persons who apply between 1 and p. m.
 Schools closed today at noon for the remainder of the week.
 Factories in general will shut down tonight until Monday morning. although in one or two cases the offices and parts of the plants may resume Friday.
 Stores, offices and other business places. including banks and profes- sional offices will close until Friday.
 There will be no windows open at the post office and no street de liverios. Holiday collections and dispatches will be made as usual.
 The Connecticut Light and Pow or. New Britain Gas Light Co and the Southern New England Tela- phone Co. offices will be closed all day tomorrow and will resume busi- ness Friday. All service will be maintained as usual with emcrgen-
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New Britain herald., 1930-11-26
THREE MORE HELD
 IN HOLDUP PROBE Police Charge Men With Complicity in Robbery
 Epidemic

New Haven, Nov. 26 UF)-Threc more members of New Haven gang blamed by police for scores Of holdups, robbcries and shootings within the lase few years, were un- der arrest today, one charged with complicity in the shooting of two policemen at East Port Chester last Saturday.
 The three arc:
 Edgar Morgan, 23. New Haven.
 William Monroe, West Haven.
 Cecil Golden. 20, New Haven.
 Morgan was taken to Greenwich for arraignment today after alleged ly confessing he drove an automo- bile which raced through Greenwich and East Port Chester while one of it's occupants exchanged shots with pursuing police. The gunman, since identified as Carlton Searles of West Haven, was captured after he was wounded in woods near Greenwich. The driver escaped across the New York state line, but later returned to New Haven, where he was arrested late yesterday.
 Monroe and Golden were held for trial in connection with series of robberies, including that of the Log Cabin Inn at North Haven.
 Another alleged member of the gang, Charles Maccario of North Haven. is being held in Bridgeport for alleged abandonment of two
 Continued on Page TWo)
New Britain herald., 1930-11-26
SPECIAL TAX F0RESEEN
 FOR RELIEF ACTIVITIES
Mayor Quiglcy Believes City Cannot Escape Extra One-Tifth
 Mill Levy.

A special tax Of onC-fifth of a mill on the taxable property of the city, against next years grand list. looms as probability, Mayor Quigley said today, because of the heavy demands on the public wei fare department budget which will be exhausted within a few weeks.
 Although the procedure has not been definitely decided upon, the mayor said it may be necessary 10 issue notes for s1o0,0o0 and retire them at the rate of s9O,oO0 a year as vas done recently when the same amount was raised for the street department,
 Under the state laws. the public welfare department is empowered 10 spend as much money as is neC- essary to care for the needy and the city has no alternative but to pro , vide the funds. It is possible 10 take money from the general fund of the city to pay the welfare department bills and thus avoid note issue for the time being. Consideration may he given to this method of meeting the emergency.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-26
.F|REBUGS SUSPECTED
 IN MIDDLETOWN FIRES
Four Night Blazes Do S15,O00 Damage-Three
 Believed Set

Mlddletovn, Nov. 26 (Pl-Four fires, three Of them declared to have been of incendiary origin, kept the fire department busy during tha night, Total losses were placed at between S15,000 and s20,o00.
 At the L. 0. and l. s. Davis Lum- Der Co.'S place on College street a shed and much of it's contents wcr- burned The loss was SIG, 900. The. were no wires or heating plant near the shed.
 Fire in the cellar of the Odd Fellows block on Main street dam aged stock of the Singer Sewing Machine company $500 worth and the building S750. A short circuit was held responsible. The night operator at the telephone office dis covered this fire and gave the alarm
 Keser's flower shop on Cour, street was afire and water did dam age to it's estimated at several thou- sand dollars This fire appeared to have been set behind a cellar door which was found open by the ire men, Two young men were seen running away just before the fire was noticed. Dr. Hartwell Lambert son. who is crippled, was carried from his apartment over the store by firemen.
 The last fire was in an old barn in the rear Of the property of th2 late $ Harris Warner. It was trivial, Marine motor boats in the place were saved. This property k neXt to the municipal building.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-26

had confded that he once had op- erated prosperous boctlegging es- tablishment in Spokane but that a campaign by the newspaper had put him out of business Boyle said 1lse had formulated thc bomb lot for revenge.
 The bomb was sent 10 the Asso- ciated Press office in the Chronicle building at Spokane las: Saturday and was opened after it had aroused the suspicion of editors there. A broken wire in the ignition system had prevented it from exploding.
 Boyle asserted he had deliberate ly broken the wire in order to pre- vent an explosion.
 Informed of Boyle's comics sion. Ilse continued to insist his own ar rest had been the result Of q frame up. but added:
 There will be another attempt to bomb that building real soon. and this time it won't tail.'
New Britain herald., 1930-11-26
Second Man Arrested In Plot to
 Bomb Spokane Newspaper Office

San Francisco, Nov. o6 Pl- Thomas E. Boyle, "A, San Francisco bookkeeper, was being held here to- day for Spokane, Wash, officers after confessing he had transported a trunk containing 200 sticks of dynamite from San Francisco to the Washington city as an accomplice or Henry A. 1lse in the unsuccessful plot to blow up the Spokane Chroni- clo building.
 Boyle surrendered yesterday to police who had been hunting Ilse' S alleged accomplice. Ilse, a bank night watchman, who in 1927 was acquitted of plotting to bomb the Spokane newspaper was arrested here Monday after ownership of a battery in the dynamite trunk had been traced to him.
 Boyle told officers that Ilse had hired him for s250 and expenses to plant the bomb in the Spokane newspaper building. The bookkeeper was quoted by officers as saying 1lse
New Britain herald., 1930-11-26
GALE-TOSSED SHIP
 PULLED OFF ROCKS AFTER WILD NIGHT
Coast Guard Saves Schooner 0H New London-Cargo to Be
 Inspected
RESCUE SHIP DAMAGED
 WHEN VESSELS COLLIDE

Storm Petrcl's Sails Blown Away By
 Storm Sweeping Long Island
 Sound-TOw Line Breaks, Letting
 Vessel Drift On Rock-Helpless
 Boat Located Again After AL
 Night SearCh-Storms Sweep East
 New London, Nov 26 GP - Buff feted last night by wind and sea which tore her from the protecting guidance of a rescuing Coast Guard destroyer and threw her onto the rocks of Hen and Chickens Rect near Cornfield Point, the sixty year old schooner, Storm Petrel, of New York, was pulled free today by Coast Guard patrol boats, but her troubles were not over. She was be- ing brought here for inspection by the Coast Guard to definitely deter mine the make up of her cargo Pending the completion of the in spectior, headquarters declined to comment at length on this phase of developments.
 The tale of the Storm Petrel and her grounding is a story of the pow CT of wind and sea; of Coast Guards men rushed on a mission of rescue IS a factor.
 tsxlt L1 ct rI do stroyer, Porter, bound from New York after completing patrol duty sighted the Storm Petrel in Long Island Sound near Six Mile Reef. The schoonar's sails had been blown away and she was in evident distress. The Porter unanswered to help the schooner bat about 10 o'clock radi- oed headquarters here that she could not handle the job and requested assistance,
 Wind was blowing from the south west in gale force and the schooner and destroyer were pitching about in heavy seas. fine patrol boat Ne maha, which was off to the east ward, sent out a message that she was attempting to go to the assist ance of the Porter but could make but little headway. So from the To- cal base the patrol boat Marion wa: sent out and the patrol boat Vigil ant, New York base. started to the location from the westward.
 Destroyer Damaged
 |, 1n of fp tor to get a tow line aboard the storm Petrel but the crew of the schooner were reported exhausted and sent out the message they could not make the tow line fast. A small boat was placed out from the destroyer but
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