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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
FEONT PAGE
NOW AT PALACE

The irony and drama behind the
print of the days paper, the method
by which news is collected, and the
attitude of those who collect it,
is pictured in The Front Page,
the Howard Hughes production
which opens today at the Palace.
All the cynicism romance cal
lousness drama and melodrama of
newspapering are packed into this
picture epitomizing the metropoli-
tan press.
Ben Hecht and Charles MacAr-
thur, authors of the original stage
play, are mercness, but their pic
ture is tanged with doses Of humor.
Howard Hughes, who gave the
public "Hell's Angels" "The Rack
ct" and other pictures, has made no
concessions to things that are typ
ically movie" THE Front Page" is
unadulterated. 1t hasn't been soft
soaped.
Pat O'Brien, q newcomer to the
screen, is cast in the role Of Hildy
johnson, the happy-go-lucky star
reporter of a Chicago paper who
tries to break away from his ruth
less managing editor, and becomes
a respectable writer of advertising
copy He yearns for marriage, a
little home in the suburbs, an
orderly life, and an existence where
he doesn't have to steal evidence
from the coroner's Office.
Adolphe Meniou will give his
public a decidedly new impression in
the role of Walter Burns. He is
cold. but hard; suave, but ruthless.
Edward Everett Horton is in the
role Of Bensinger, the aseptic re-
porter of Chicagos highbrow paper,
who doesn't like to have people talk
into the mouthpiece of his tele-
phone, who gargles and whose van
fly causes him literally to sit on
top of the biggest story of the day
and sell it out for a fictitious job
of writing poetry.
Mary Brian portrays the little
girl who loves q reporter and thinks
she is going to take him away
from it all"
Frank McHugh, the screens best
drunken reporter; Walter Catlerr,
George E. Stone, Slim Summerville,
Matt Moore and many others COM
plete the cast.
The balance of the program will
include a new Krazy Kat cartoon
comic entitled Taken For a Ride, "
the newest issue of the Hearst
NIetrotone News and a Grantland
Rice Sport novelty entitled, Tigers
of the Deep"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
NEW COMEDY OPENS
SUNDAY AT ENGLISHS

a comedy which achieved the ap-
plause OF New York in an apathetic
stage, toward the last of october of
1880, will be the next attraction of
the Arthur Casey Productions Com
pany.
1t is up Pops the Devil"
In 1t Frances Dale and Donald
Woods are seen as Anne and Steve
Merrick, a young couple whose total
assets are a Greenwich village
apartment, a sense Of humor and
unlimited ambition
Steve wants to write a novel but
he is so busy keeping his many visit
ing friends wined, oined and enter
tanned besides holding down an ad-
vertsing job, that he is forced to
relinquiSh the idea.
Then Anne, wanting to be help
full. tells him to stay at home and
write the novel while she takes up
dancing and becomes the bread
winner. It's an excellent idea, but
it. has the expected results.
FOther members of the cast are
Carl Brickert, an indianapolis man
who was borrowed from his theat-
rical operations as head of a stock
company in Cleveland; Walter
Davis, who was recently seen as
leading man in your Uncle Dud-
ley" Jane Wheatley, Dick Elliott.
George Spelvin, Frances Busby.
Edward Fitzgerald, VIII Lloyd,
Kathryn Van Esse and Jack Mabry.
The play will open its engage
ment Sunday night at $50. The
usual matinees will be given at $50
Wednesday, Thursday and SatU-
day, and the final performance will
be given Saturday night, after
which it will be succeeded by the
far-famed Street Scene"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16

them until the magic spell is mirac-
ulously broken.
"Svengan' is said to be Barry
more's most dynamic role and &C
cording to the dean Of American
artists, Miss Marsh comes in for her
share of praise for her work in the
production. Others in the cast are
Bramwell Fletcher, Donald Crisp,
Lumsden Hare, Carmel Myers, Luis
Alberni, Ferike Boros and Paul Por-
cast Archie Mayo directed.
The story, in brief, concerns the
hypnotic power that Svengah, music
master fiend, exercises over Trilby,
beautiful and young artists model
The character, as portrayed by Bar
rymore, is the symbol Of an evil
love, strange haunting romance
of the model who fell under his I'M
canny dominance, and will be re-
membered by all who have seen the
play or read the novel.
Chip Shots" second Of the Bobby
Jones How I Play Golf" series,
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not series
and Fox Movietone News round out
the program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16

cording to Tom Devine, manager of
the Indiana roof ballroom.
With the assistance of a cool
ing system, Devine hopes to con-
tfnue dancing on the roof until late
in the summer season.
He says the cool air system makes
it possible to maintain a tempera-
ture of IS degrees in the ballroom
at all times.
The nights on which there will be
dancing on the roof and their at
fractions are as follows: Sunday,
Sweetheart Night" Wednesday,
waltz Night" Friday, Collegiate
Night" and Saturday, "Mardi Gras
Night"
Earl Newport and his Rhythm
Masters share entertainment honors
in the roof ballroom with Slim
Green, a colored singer and dancer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16

at the same time of the youthful
and not entirely unwelcome atten-
lions of one Miss Monica Grey,
whose pursuit continues even after
her engagement to Austin Lowe, the
fourth member of this interesting
quartet, is announced.
Lowe is a friend of Storey, a man
who though a brilliant chemist, and
charming fellow, simply hasn't
the gift of words; in fact, his con-
versation is moribund. In other
words, his light is hidden under a
bushel.
But Monica's tactics are worthy
Of a general. Her maneuvers, which
almost break down Storey's resist
ance, and almost make him believe
that poor but youthful marriage
with her either with or without
the benefit of clergy, is much to be
preferred to a life of luxury with
Mrs. Frayne, which would quite
obviously be unproductive, as far
as his work is concerned.
But excellent as her strategy is,
she finally oversteps herself, caus-
ing great unhappiness and nearly
murder and suicide before she real
ICES that the man she thinks she
loves doesn't exist.
After several castings Norman
Green has been chosen to play the
part of Clark Storey, the slightly
philandering writer of short stories.
! Katharine Panther, who has not
appeared with the Civic theater for
some time, is much at home in the
part of Mrs. Kendall Frayne, a part
originally played in New York by
Lynne Fontaine, and Tom Sinclair,
last seen in Hotel Universe" will
play the chemist, Austin Lowe.
Only one newcomer graces this
play, and that is Miss Lois Ora
ham, as the strategist par excel
lence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16

hall, starting at p. m. and rum
ming continuous that evening.
This organization may bring
Ivan the Terrible" as we'll as some
famous German films that we would
not otherwise see in the CONNER
cial theater.
am heartily, speaking person
ally, in favor of having O. chance to
see and study these foreign-made
films
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
Civic Theater Tonight Presents Its Last Play of Present
Season by Offering the Behrman Comedy, The Sec
ond Man. for a Weeks Rum

COMEDY, hard sophisticated constantly amusing best de-
describes "The Second Man. N Bhrman has been
chosen the last play OF the season Of the Civic hea
1t play termed foursorne comedy
of people which required to play this anus
ing
Clarke Storey short story writer of
definitely charming manners the willing
decidedly beneficial attentions Kendall Frane and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16

have mailed my list to Film
Daily and my vote will be recorded
in the final count of the critics bal
lots.
My selection of the ten best di-
rectors for 1930-31 and my reasons
are as follows:
Charlie Chaplin because Of "City
Lights"
Thornton Freeland because OF
"Whoopee."
D. w. Griffith because of "Abra-
ham Lincoln"
Edward H. Griffith because of
Holiday"
Howard Hawks because of 1.-THE
Criminal Code"
George Hill because of 'The Big
House"
Howard Hughes because of "Hell's
Angels"
Robert j. Leonard because OF
1.-THE Divorce"
Lewis Milestone because Of "All
Quiet on the Western Front" and
Front Page"
Robert Milton because OF Out
ward Bound"
Let me know what you think of
my selection because I debated a
long time whether to put Alan Cros-
land in the list. He directed "Song
of the Flame" and 'Viennese
Nights"
Since it has been announced that
I have placed Seed" in my private
hall of fame, many have asked me
to list the other members.
Those in my hall of fame are
Birth of a Nation" Intolerance, -
Peter Pam" "The Covered Wagon, -
Ten Com ma n d m ents,'' Beau
Geste," "All Quiet on the Western
Front" and "Seed."
You will see that there are more
silents than takers.
A. Zimmerman came to me the
other day and told of a new
organization called the Art GUILD
of Indianapolis, composed Of
men and women who desire to SET
foreign-made films from Russia
Germany and England.
This organization, of which Pau,
Siegel is president and Zimmerman
is secretary, aims to present its
movies on certain nights.
The first film to be shown viii
be "Old and New" a moving pic
ture produced in Soviet Russia an6
directed by Eisenstein.
This picture will be given on Fri
day night, May %, at Caleb Mills
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
And They Stopped Work

Paramount called off "Is Eat SOP"
with the dismissing of the company
Saturday. 1t was to have starred
Jack Oakie, but Jacks financial
misunderstanding at the studio
prompted him to refuse further
work. Rehearsals had been in prog
resS for a week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16

makers. Kohn and Depinto offer
musical moments on the accordion
and violin.
NO less than nine prominent
screen players, especially picked for
their comedy talents, appear in the
FOX Moyletone version of the stage
play, "SiX-Cylinder Love
They are Spencer Tracy, Edward
Everett Horton, Una Merkel, Ell
Brendel, Miss Sidney Fox, Bert
Roach, Lorin Baker. William Col
her Sr. and William Holden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
Seed Film Version of the Norris Novel, and Movie
Adaptation of the Stage Success, The Front
Page Commands Major Attention Here

"CEED Unves film Of Charles widely
- novel Of the the
show at the Indiana this week WWestwad
IS Brooke Johns third stage offering.
Although indianapolis Of the first critics Seed
already criticisms the effect that it Of the finest
released reyebeatng the
leading roles Seed played Tobin
Boes part
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
ROUND
.THEATERS y Dith H TAHfRS

ZACH the Film Daily of New critics
~ cities the country
starting ending
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
Summer Is
No Jinx in
Ballroom
Cooling System Permits
Indiana Roof to
Stay Open.

INDOOR summer dancing is not
4 only made possible but is made
comfortable by modern science, &C
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-16
FORCED LABOR Bill IS HOOVER ANSWER TO UNEMPL dyed
)uhss of Masses China Force Chang Street Butcher To ON
Prisons as ''Protection" for
Foreign Born Workers

NEW campaign of suppression organizers of the
working organizations is getting under way
Not of suppression of the hungry
conclusion drawn from HoOvers message the
the bill introduced in Congress
the department OF justice IN
sowing upon the working organizations
They propose against the foreign born workers
immigration and Doak aided by
the Federation OF Labor the fascist ana semi
fascist organizations like the National CIVIC feoeraon ana e @ M
capitalist patriots trying now to split the
working class by drive against foreign born workers. ma
turaized and nna
pok is worried civilization Twelve million job
less American government makes provision
whatsoever serve only to convince him thar nngs ana
proper protect American institutions This one OF
old standoys Of capitalist all revosos are o
gners revolution qlaranined England and
Germany class relationship sharper than in the United States
and immigration problem but
to spoil his for American capitalism by
admitting obvious facts
With typical hypocrisy the proposals for finger
printing method of PRO
tecdng'
citizen safeguards Outstanding
finger prints naturalization papers, (our
protection facilitate terrorzahon of
Industries is strike breaking beas-
of the most vicious kind This becomse clearer when we read Doak
right to concel certificates of citizenship should
government naturalization
alien in
intention his at the time of his admission
o citizenship"
The whole scheme for the separate grouping
within the circle of general oppression working by
capitalism the most important industries under
surveillance of the of the big corporations and their
government
method Stacking workers of holding the threat
Of deportation over their heads for five years even after
putting hands of the cutting capitalists powerful
against living standards and
mass Unemployment,
The foreign
of the Hoover Hunger But the barrage directed against the
native foreign Negro white 1t
part Of the general offensive of the Wall Street government 1t is part
step the part of capitalism to solve the crisis at the expense
The united front all workers and working class organizations the
organization of support for the demand of Hands Off Militant
workers All Working Organizations and will smash this
new of reaction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-16
NEW JERSEY TO
HEAR MARCHERS
Meetings In Industrial
Towns Are Scheduled

The National Hunger Marchers will
report to mass meetings in New
Jersey cities as follows:
LONG BRANCH, N. Thursday,
Dec. IT., 8 pm, at Hicks Hall, ITO
Broadway.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., at 7:3o
pm, in the Labor Lyceun, Frank
and Grand Sts., Roselle, NJ.
UNION CITY-Today, at 7:3o pm,
in the italian United Cooperative
Hall, Sumit Ave. and oath st.
ELIzABETH-Thursday, Dec. H.
at pm, in the Workers Center, i06
E. Jersey st.
HILLSTDE-Friday, Dec. 10, at 2
pm, in the Barclay Hall, "a Bloy St.
NEWARK-Friday, Dec. 18, at 8
pm, in the Russian Home, So
Broome st.
While reporting on the great Ma
tional Hunger March to the capital,
the delegates will outline a concrete
program for the organization Of per-
manent organizations in the cities
and neighborhoods to intensity the
fights for immediate unemployment
insurance and relief. Plans will be
made also for the preparation for the
great unemployed demonstration on
Feb. 4,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-16
Fish in Congress Demands
More Repression of Masses

and relief, took up the cry again In
Congress today for more repression
against the American working mas
ses.
In asking Congress to give the
Department Of Justice more power
to snoop and smell around working
class organizations and Jail workers
for fighting against starvation. Fish
asked for an increased appropriation
for the Bureau of Investigation of
5000.
He proposes that the Federal Sc
cret service should be authorized to
give more cooperation to the state
and municipal police in an attempt
to crush the Communist Party, the
revolutionary unions of the Trade
Union Unity League and the strug-
giles OF the workers against wage
cuts, war, jim-c rowism and hunger.
Workers everywhere are urged to
answer this latest attack of fascist
Fish against the working class by
rallying In greater mass struggle for
unemployment insurance. Rally in
mighty united front against starvs-
ton. Build the Communist Party
and revolutionary upinnA ..sA -~~rx
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-16
5000 Join National Miners
Union in SCOTS Run Region

Usage, w. Va, Dec. 15.-Over
5000 SCOTS Run miners have joined
the National Miners Union in the
last seven weeks. There is general
campaign Of meetings throughout the
region, building the union and the
Unemployed Councils. The latest
development is a battle royal right
in the hall here Dec. 10, when the
United Mine Workers of America
thugs tried to break up a meeting
of unemployed miners and got very
muchc the worst of it. One Of the
thugs is in the hospital.
Delegates recently returned from
the National Hunger March spoke at
Usage Hall. -Four workers, one after
the other, were greeted enthusiastic
ally in the first meeting of this kind
ever held in this town. When Mike
Stone. dist. secretary of the National
Miners Union exposed the anti-work-
ing class character of Green's attack
on the Hunger March, the thugs
started their attacks.
They tried their old trick OF push
ing the Negroes forward, to lead the
attack because they knew that the
NM.U. members would not fight the
Negroes. But the Negroes they
brought in with them refused TO at
tack the meetingl The Negroes of
SCOTS Run are learning who their
friends and enemies are!
In tha lusty struggle that euxued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-16

tional Railroad Workers Indus
trial League, supported by the
TUUL and all its union and
Trade Union Unity Councils to
organize the resistance to this
further gigantic reduction in the
standards of living of the railroad
workers.
The railroad corporations, with the
assistance Of the Brotherhood and the
A. F. of L. union leaders, are NOV
ing actively to put the cut into eff
feet. The action OF the Chicago
meeting, Of 1900 general chairmen of
the railroad unions in proposing to
negotiate with the railroad officials
regarding the 10 per cent cut and
the 6-hour day, Is in fact an &C
ceptance OF the proposed slash in
wages. Their whole policy now Is
to undertake to go through the neces-
sary maneuvers to put the cut into
effect and to save the face of the
Brotherhood union leaders.
T.U.U.L Foretold the Wage Cut.
All this is in line with the repeated
forecasts made by the T.U.U.L. and
the National Railroad Workers In
dustrial League. Months ago, we
pointed out that the wage-cut was
coming on the railroads, that the de-
mand for an increase in railroad
rates by the companies was simply a
preliminary maneuyer In the prep
arations for the wage-cut, that the
trade union leaders would accept the
cut behind a smokescreen of a de-
mand for the 6-hour day, that If
necessary to create an appearance of
resistance, they will take fake strike
votes and then allow the whole thing
to go to arbitration under the Wat
son-Parker Law. This they are al
ready doing on the Chicago g. North
western. The Hoover government can
be depended upon by the companies
to give them, under the watson
Parker aw, the wage-cut they are
seeking.
The Rank and File Oppose the Cut.
These 1880 so-called leaders of the
railroad workers in reality have no
interests in common with the rank
and file. They are high-paid off,
cials, drawing salaries ranging from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-16
Willard of B. and @.
Works With Union
Heads for Wagecuts
Keep acts Secret from
Railroad Workers
BULLETIN.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 15.-William
2. Foster, secretary of the Trade
Union Unity League, will be in
Chicago December 10 and 20 to
meet with the National Board of
the National Railway Workers
Industrial League. This meeting
will take up ways and means of
organizing the struggle of the rail-
road workers against the proposed
wage cut Of 10 per cent.
NEW YORK. - While the officials
Of the 81 railroad unions negotiate
with the railroad bosses through Da-
MEL Willard, president of the B. g.
O., on the best way of putting over
10 per cent wage cut, the workers,
at the first opportunity given them,
on the Northwestern R. R. have an.
swered the wage cut program by an
whelming vote for strike.
Over 80 per cent of the members
OF the Brotherhood of Railway Main
tenance of Way men employed on the
Chicago & Northwestern r. r. who
were told they were to get 10 per
cent cut voted for strike. A strike
vote was started last week, Just at the
moment when 1900 railroad union Of
ficials we're agreeing to accept a VOL
untary wage cut.
This strike vote, the first taken
on the railroads for many years, is
proof that the rank and file is over
whelmingly against wage cuts and
is prepared to struggle.
Secret Meet Prepares Self Out.
Yet the union miSleaders are now
preparing the most drastic sell-out
ever undertaken on the railroads.
Through Daniel Willard, president of
of the B. g. o. Railroad, the officials
Of the 81 railroad unions met the
railroad bosses Tuesday ito negotiate
for wage reductions" Daniel willard
was in Chicago when the $500 rail-
road union officials were meeting and
kept In close touch with all the secret
proceedings. The railroad workers
fCONTINUFn ON PAGE THHEEN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-16
FIRST LAP OF DRIVE
SHOWS ONLY 2140 MONTHS
IN SUBS SO FAR:
DISTRICTS LAG
IN DRIVE

detailed analysis of the 5000 12-month sub Drive,
to date shows that till the present time $50 subscrp
tons have come in from all districts However, when
divided by twelve months to get the yearly average by
which this figure must be computed get only 2140 total
months in subscriptions 18042 yearly subs Only per
cent of the National Quota of 5000 2monh subs is ind-
Gated This figure is far below the percentage which
should have been reached in the eleven drive days already
gone by. 1t shows very and incomplete mob
: ilizaton for the drive throughout the districts.
Out of the total eighteen districts five have not
taken the trouble to acknowledge the receipt of the dec
tves for the drive eleven have not yet in district
plans for the drive and of the others only slowly
getting started under So far plans of action have
only been received from the following districts all of which
have set dates for district conferences of action
g. and 49,
leadership OF up
thereby smashing
closely followed Detroit
ACome Detroit we know do better.
months subscriptions
any effective mobilization the
tiave reached directly through the
Immediate mobilization by
life
to the Daily Worker.
Subscription
Obviously the figures already indicate
immediate action especially districts
won't point 1t here
figures Then out and get those subsl
CALL DISTRICT CONFERENCES!
go 1MMED1A4E Sub ACLlOM -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-16
Nine Big Boston
Banks Crash: Over
$50, 100000 Involved

BOSTON. Dec. IS. - Following
the crash Of over 1000 banks this
year, a new wave Of bank failures
was marked Tuesday by the crash
Of nine Of the leading banks In
Boston with $5s.70o,ooo involved.
The most important OF these banks
going to the wall was the Federal
National Bank Of Boston with de-
posts Of over $2s. 100000. Tens OF
thousands Of workers, employed
and unemployed, cannot draw out
q cent to keep them from starva-
ton. Runs are on at many Of the
smaller banks throughout Boston
and South Boston.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-16

Every person without a job and not
capitalist is automatically made
guilty of "vagrancy" and slated for
a ninety day sentence with no pos
sibility of being acquitted when he
comes up in court-unless mass
struggle outside of the courts should
cause the authorities to let him go.
The already badly strained "Bill of
Rights" in the U. S. Constitution is
given another wrench. The ordinary
rule of law, centuries old in England
and America, that man Is "inno-
cent until proved guilty." is speci-
fically denied in this vegrancy law.
The bill submitted by Bride states
categorically, that when "prima
facie" case is made by the prosecu-
ton, that is, whenever a single police
man says the man is guilty, then,
"the burden Of proof shifts to the
defendant" and it is up to the I'M