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The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-William
Kent who last appeared on
Broadway in Girl Crazy is a
late addition to the cast of "A
Little Racketeer," the Queenie
Smith musical show which the
Shuberts have in preparation.
The production, now scheduled to
open here early in January, is
being directed by William Caryl
instead of Edward Royce, as pre-
viously announced.
THE Second COMM" has been
withdrawn from the Province
town Theater.
The Broadway premiere of
Gallery Gods" which has been
announced for the week of De-
cember %, has been postponed,
according TO Reginald Hammer
stein, who recently tested the
play for two weeks with Joseph
Schildkraut in the star role. The
New York opening of another
production, THE Black Tower, :"
previously called THE Fiend,"
has been set back from December
% to January IL.
Richard Temple has replaced
Hugh Buckler in the revival of
''Fata Morgana to be presented
at the Royale Theater next Fri
day night.
The Pacific coast presentation
of Grand Hotel" the Vicki
Baum play, is scheduled to open
at the Belasco Theater, Los An
geles, on December Is.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
lronical Result

They notified the representa-
tive of the newspaper chain
that they had chosen their win
ner. Supplied with the name
and address of the fortunate
man, several photographers and
feature writer's rushed to his
home to give him the glad It'd
ing and secure his reaction.
The winners home was
located on the East Side OF
New York city. The reporters
reused the man from his
slunber and began to tell MIN
of his great victory. Then the
man started to speak-and I
YOU ever saw amazement on
the faces of reporters, you
should have been in that room
at that moment.
The man who had triumphed
over the finest minds in Amer
lea was a $60-a-week copy
reader on their own paper. He
had entered the, contest be-
cause it had appealed to him
and because it seemed to be an
interesting method Of passing
the time.
Since the contest rules did
not permit an employe OF the
newspaper chain to compete
the winner was Immediately
disqualified and the S25,O ,OOO
awarded to the entry that had
run second. The man who had
no right to enter the contest
is still drawing $50 a week.
It's lovely irony. Had ne
been out Of q job, he would
have had much fame today
ond S25. 900!
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

out the fattening foods, but
she liked the stuff too well.
AS a result, she grew too stout
for the ziegfeldian eyes and
was finally given the gate. The
Ziegfeld office told her to re-
turn when she had lost the
necessary poundage and she
would be given a job once
again.
The girl failed to heed the
handwriting on the menu. In
stead of reducing, she kept
eating.
Today, although still fairly
young and still very attractive,
she is playing the sticks in a
freak vaudeville act, consisting
of five fat women. Weighing
some 800 pounds. she gets her
laughs as she waddles around.
1t must be pretty tough on a
gal whom the men chased
madly but a few years ago.
Boy, get me five copies Of
the Gladys Glad Reduction
Booklet.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

Claudette Colbert is the kind of
actress who CAL lend charm and
interest even to film plays that
seem to have been written by five
year-olds in their less brilliant mo-
mentS. But, at the Earle this
week, this clever and pretty lead
ing woman is featured with Gary
Cooper in a mature and engroSs-
ing drama. 1t is entitled, for box
office appeal, "His Woman"
WelI-Acted Film
The picture might just as aptly
be called Their Baby" In that
case, the title role would have
been played by little Richard
Spiro, bowling on at the happy
age of nine months. Richard en-
acts, with an appreciation of
drama rare in young men of his
age, the exacting role of a child
abandoned in a tropical seaport.
Captain of a freighter, Mr.
Cooper engages Miss Colbert, a
lady with a past, to look after the
infant. The interplay of Sympa
thetic and conflicting interests on
the freighter makes a story worth
the telling. 1t is fortunate that
such an able cast was available.
Liked Stage Show
Trixie Friganza, that grand vet
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

eran of the two-a-day, is back,
headlining the stage bill in an
amusing act by Neville Fleeson,
called "A Trip to Hollywood" +"
Iona Worth drew applause and
wonderment with her musical YER
satility. Bobby Pincus and ISa-
belle Dean entertain in a song
dance turn, and more of the same
is provided by Marion Wilkins,
with Jack Meyers, Roland Gal
lagher and Mills & Malcolm. The
newsreel, La Doyle, and LIE Clark
orchestra complete a bill worth
missing a shopping tour to see.
j. I. M.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Harry Lansdon
To Headline
Keith Bill

With the secret as to what the
R-K-O Christmas present to Wash
ington having been divulged more
details are coming through from
that theater's management as to
what's what under the vaudeville
policy to be launched Christmas
Day.
First, and quite important, is
the fact that it is Radio-Keiti4-
Orpheum vaudeville. That con-
Stitutes the same type of vaude-
vile presentation and operation
as was identified with R-K-O-
Keith's over so many years.
The first program will have as
it's principal attraction Harry
Langdon, styled the "comic of
the talkies."
Langdon is generally considered
one of the funniest of the screen
comedians and in the preparation
of his vaudeville offering, a field
that was his first love before the
pictures enticed him to Hollywood,
he has created a comedy skit that
will create no end of laughter.
Wheeler and WOOlsey
Others constituting the first
program will be drawn from the
best known players in today'S
list of prominent entertainers
both from musical comedy and
vaudeville.
In addition to the gift of vaude-
vile the feature for the screen
will be Bert Wheeler and Robert
Woolsey in their latest comedy
hit, Peach O'Reno" Here will
be found these comedians Of
Cracked Nuts" Caught Plas-
tered" ETC., as two youthful di-
vorce lawyers located in Reno
and seeking business at re-
duced rates.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
CruII Is Santa to
DC Tiny Orphans

Managing Director Harry Crull's
Christmas present to the various
orphanages in the city is an in
vitation to the Fox Theater. The
Motor Corps of the District Chap
ter of the Red Cross, also the
Rotary Club, are proving for the
transportation of these children.
Today the Fox is entertaining
the washington Home for Chill
dren and the Jewish Foster
Home; on Tuesday. the st.
Johns Church Orphanage; and
on Wednesday. the Episcopal
Home for Children.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
MarveIs of Radio

Talk about your lronlcaA
tales" writes Milt SuSsman'
GLOW about this one? ,
"A few days ago I listened
for some two hours to the Mar
conf celebration through Ine
courtesy of NB.C. After nav
ing travelled via radio to DIS
tant lands in so short a time
I felt terribly insignificant.
Still. it made me think now
wonderful it was to be alive
in an age when such a marvel
Gus phenomenon was possible.
"After turning off the RADIO
1 went out for q short STROLL
The first man l met was a
panhandIer who touched me
for a few cents. His sob story
was that he was a radio sales
man who was out of work.!
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Judges Gather

The judges had been careful
ly chosen and their decision was
bound to be arrived at without
fear of bias or pre-arrangement
The contest finally closed and
the judges came together to
choose a winner. They labored
long and assiduously at their
task.
Entries in the contest had
been received from people in
every walk of life. Authors, Sen
ators, business men and me-
.chanics had all gone to work
on the idea. But the judges
waded through the mass of ma
terial and pounced upon one
reply that stood head and
shoulders above the rest.
The entry had been received
from a man whose name meant
absolutely nothing. He was
neither, so far as anyone knew,
a great politician nor noted
thinker, Yet his response was so
clear. so lucid and so SatiSfac-
tory that he Won the contest by
several miles. The judges were
unanimous in their decision.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
B Bankhead Given
Two Leading
Men in Next
BY HARRISON CARROLL

Copyright, 1881. Premier Syndicate)
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Dec. 20.
If Tallulah Bankhead's next pic
ture isn't a hit, it won't be for
lack of a strong supporting cast.
Reports spread along the Holly
wood grapevine today that Para
mount will give the star both
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Clarence Derwent Is
Well Known to D. G.

Well known to theater-goers
here is Clarence Derwent, who
will be seen in a leading role
with Mary Ellis and Basil Sydney
in Jewel Robbery" the New
Years week at the Shubert-
Belasco Theater.
Last year he appeared in
"Topaze" and in Ziegfeld's pro-
duction of "The Three Mus
keteers" he played the role of
King Louis XIII.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
All In q Day
BY
MARK HELLlNCER

NEW YORk Dec. II.
It's DID, old truism that the best stories get
into the newspapers Here then is pip of human
interest yarn that will make the front richly
it deserves it. The for its nonappearance will
be obvious after you've read it.
Not long ago-it might be recent than that
chain of newspapers conducted contest cannot give
the type of contest for that would give the thing
away completely. Let it suffice say that the contest
nationwide in scope and that of the most brilliant
minds in America after the prize money, which
h1-O
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

Give Brook and
Paul Lukas as
leading m e n.
S he couldn't
ask for a more
lavish gesture,
as both these
actors are very
p e r Suasive at
the box office.
Unless objec-
tionS d e v elop,
Tauulah'S pic
ture will b e
"T hu n der Be-
low" a South
American story
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Mrs. Hoover to Pass
Out Gifts at Eo,

Due to the fact that next
Thursday morning the annual
Christmas party of the Central
Union Mission will be held at
the Fox Theater, the doors will
not open for the regular shows
until 1890 o'clock.
Several thousand children are
expected to be present. Mrs.
Herbert Hoover is also expected
and will distribute baskets to the
children.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
It's Gossip

Some pressure was brought to
bear on Dorothy Lee, so she'll
play that role in Girl Crazy
after all. Radio will give an
other good part to Rochelle Hud-
son, who had agreed to step into
the breach. Ben Lyon will en-
tertain 10 guests at the Holly
wod opening of Bebe Daniels in
"The Last of Mrs. Cheney"
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
She Liked to Eat

Among tn, amazing stories
now going the rounds is the
tale of an ex-Follies queen who
still retains her share of looks.
The girl was in the Follies
about 10 years ago and was
one of the most sought-atter
damsels of her day.
She commenced to put on
weight, She was told to cut
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
LANES DUNN TO TOUR = J'ss %: ss 5 st5p Big sfss Ss ~
Baby Shares
Honors at
Earle

"HIS WOMAN"
At the Earle Theater. Directed
by Edward Sloman. Based on
the Dale Collins novel, The Senti-
mentals.' Screen play by Ade-
laide Hebron and Melville Baker.
A Paramount picture.
THE CAST
Capt. Sam Whalan. Gary Cooper
Sally Clark. e. Claudette Colbert
Mate GatsOn. ....... .Averill Harris
Sammy ..........Ri Richard Spiro
Alisandroe Douglas Dumbrille
Maria Estella .. .Raquel DaVida
Aloysius 80. .Hamtree Harrington
Mark .......,.....S Sidney EastOn
Gertrude ............Joa Blair
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

Will dCCO4uA116S
cash in on the
mounting popu-
larity of its
prize juvenile,
James Dunn.
Actor Dun n
will have a ten
weeks breath
ing spell be-
tween pictures
and has willing
ly agreed to
make a round
of the Fox de
luxe theaterS.
What is planned
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

Tallulah Bankhead by Th IN a
Rourke. The heroine is the wife
of an engineer stationed in the
tropics.
Though the aStar still has to
give her final okay, she has eX-
pressed satisfaction with the story
to date.
Richard Wallace will direct, and
the cameras will be unlimbered
in three or four weeks. ,
Having furnished the star with
three mediocre vahicles, Para
mount is exerting every effort to
make the fourth time the charm.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Offer
Emotional
Acting
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Movie stars in personal appear
ances have proven highly success
full as box-office lures and Fox
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
SWivel.Chair Pioneer

The other night Harry Brand
saw one of those Western serials,
with the covered wagons.
you've got to admire the en-
thusiasrn of the '49ers," he said,
eff they'd only waited 80 years,
all the roads would have been
paved"
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

Prize PeSSimiSt
9, Russell Macl: hears of a
scenarist so discouraged he is
writing his scripts in red ink.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
Child CaptiDe Smiles, Sobs
Thanks for Bed and Food

had brought her in pleaded OH
from the task. He said:
II haven't the heart to hold
her again."
An uncle, Malcome Annadale,
in whose house she had been
born and in whose care she was
until eight years ago when the
father remarked, picked up the
still little blanketed form and
left the courtroom.
The uncle declares that Edith
when in his charge, was a nor
NAL healthy child. He had not
seen her in eight years until he
visited her tiny cot in Gallinger
Hospital last night.
He wants her back. Down in
Virginia, the grandmother has a
farm where another brother, AL
len Annadale, can give the child
fresh air and sunshine. And the
tenderness that can be her only
recompense for the last four un-
happy years.
GhOst.like Smile
Edith answered the few ques-
tions Annadale permitted the
crowd to ask in a subdued lit
tie voice, but intelligently and
clearly.
The greatest impression of last
night seems to be the soft" bed
in the hospital and the apple
sauce they had given her this
morning for breakfast. She
smiled, wanly.
She recognized her uncle;
called him by an old pet name
of "Cotty";; nestled closer in his
arms. Once when the crowd
pressed too closely and a few
tears coursed down her cheek
she permitted him to brush them
away with the same little ghost
smile envoked by the memory Of
her breakfast.
They were heart rending-
those tears. Not the wall of the
average frightened child. No
sobs. Just little hot tears that
trickled down her pallid cheeks.
Edith has learned to cry in
silence,
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
MONOGRAM
GUSTS TREE

A holly tree planted by Nellie
Gusts, step-granddaughter and
adopted child of George Washing
ton, at Audley, near Berryville, Va,
will be enrolled by the American
Forestry Association on its list Of
historical trees of the United
States.
The tree was planted by Mrs.
Lewis Nellie Custis married Law
renee Lewis, a nephew, of her
adopted father in the last days
of her life after the death of her
husband. She had at the time left
Woodlawn, the beautiful mansion
built for her at her marriage, and
gone to Audley to make her home
with her son.
Audley is now the property Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard B. Jones
and is one of the loveliest estates
in Virginia.
The ceremony of enrolling the
tree will take place on Washing
tons birthday, February %, and
Mrs. Isabelle L. Gates, of Wash
ington, will be sponsor.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
j. s. WHEAT HIT
BY GERMAN
TARIFF
Nation Seeking to Sidestep
Treaty for New Hungary
Rumanian Deal

Seeking to avoid her obliga-
tions under a most favored ma
ton" treaty with the United
States, Germany has been quietly
negotiating with this country for
an agreement under which she
could grant preferential wheat
tariff rates to Hungary and Ru-
mania, it was learned today.
Under the favored nation"
treaty. Germany may not grant
preferential rates to any other
country without extending the
same rate to America.
Bitter Fight Due
Wheat intrests of this nation,
it is expected, will bitterly oppose
any move which would abrogate
any part of the treaty by grant
ing special privileges to European
nations.
Germany is pinched for wheat
at the present time and faces
the necessity of replenishing her
stocks, which have fallen off
heavily because Of a small do
mestic crop.
With a reduction Of Germany'S
high tariff rates, American wheat
would find a tremendous and
profitable market in Germany, 1t
was pointed out today.
Would Aid Prosperity
This would add further stimu-
lus to the already advancing do
mestic wheat prices and would
prove a further factor in hasten
ing the return Of American pros
perity, it is felt.
Officials Of the Department OF
State are reluctant to discuss
the German proposals.
The fact, however, that Ger
many is seeking to give prefer
ence to other European countries
in the matter of the wheat tariff
was admitted.
Germany now has a tariff on
American wheat which amounts
to about $50 a ton.
In 1890, wheat exported from
this country to Germany dropped
about 100000 bushels under ex-
ports of the previous year.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
RALPH CAPONE
ENTERS PEN

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Nov.
7 GN.S0.-Federal prison gates
closed on Ralph Capone here to-
day and the Biz Brother" Of
"scarface Ar' Capone changed his
name for a number to begin
serving a three-year sentence for
income tax law violation.
He arrived here this morning
in railroad coach chartered by
the Government for transporting
Ralph and 16 other Federal pris.
oners from Chicago.
The special car was switched
from the main railroad line onto
the prison spur track and run
directly into the prison yard,
evading newspaper men and a
crowd of curious persons.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
VERDICT
SENT TO NAVY
DEPARTMENT
Sealed Findings Expected to
Place Blame for Deaths
on Defective Fuse

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Nov. Z Q.N.
S).-Findings of the U. S. Navy
Court of Inquiry into the anti-air-
craft gun explosion on board the
U. S. S. Colorado that resulted in
the deaths Of six men were en-
route today under seal of the Navy
Department at Washington.
On the nearby U. S. S. Mary
land Capt. j. j. Plummer suffered
injuries that caused his death
when a gun crushed him. Officers
and crew of the Maryland were
watching the maneuvers on the
Colorado.
Accident of MATERIAL
OF the % Colorado sailors in
jured by bits of flying steel, nine
today remained in serious condi-
ton on the hospital ship Relief in
Los Angeles harbor. Thirteen men
received medical attention on the
COlOra0O.
It was an accident of material
and not of personnel" according
to Capt. A. w. johnson, comman-
dent of the Colorado.
Time Fuse Blamed
Premature explosion of a timing
fuse on the anti-aircraft shell was
believed responsible for the
tragedy.
The dead included Lieut.. Ralph
Bradford, Pontiac, ILL.,; Lewis A.
Clark, Los Gatos, Cal; Maurice
Hawkins. Hastings, Mich; G. E.
Swift, Los Angeles, and j. j.
Schnurr, st. Louis, Mo.
Vice Admiral Luke McNamee,
commander of the battle force at
San Pedro, ordered the inquiry.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07

She slept on a soft" bed last
night, her first in months. And
this morning ate a breakfast of
poached eggs, cereal and apple
sauce.
Thirteen-year-old Edith Riley,
pitiful victim Of a social system
that fails to look after its chill
dren, was carried into Police
Court this morning from her hos
pital bed, a mute witness against
her father and step-mother, Harry
and Elsie Riley, defendants in
one of the most distressing
cruelty to children" cases ever
brought before a local court.
A Pitiful Figure
An attendant placed the frail
little form, wrapped in its worn
hospital blanket. in a chair.
The deformed and useless little
feet hung pitifully before her.
Grey blue eyes, beautiful eyes
they might have been, shaded by
the blacklist of lashes, stared
vacantly before her with a strange
unchildish lack of curiosity.
A crowded courtroom listened
in Sickened silence to the testi-
mony Of her 15-year-old brother,
Francis Riley, whose whispered
story to a relative Of their dead
mother started the investigation.
Some of the curious peered
attentively at little Edith. The
more tender hearted turned away.
Muttered a woman:
"The eyes Of God alone are
strong enough for some sights"
Case to Grand Jury
The court ordered the case to
the Grand Jury and Edith was
carried out. The attendant who
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
All CLUBS HEAR
MRS. HOOVER

An address by Mrs. Hoover was
the chief feature of a radio cele-
bration of Achievement Day, from
1890 to 1870 p. m. today by the
All Club members in the United
States.
Today's is the second Achieve
ment Day program to be broad
cast over a coast-to-coast network
of SO stations associated with the
National Broadcasting Company.
Mrs. Hoover's address, made
from the White House, was in
commentator of the 845,000
rural boys and girls who belong
to the All Clubs.
The U, S. Marine Band opened
the noon-hour program, followed
by 80 minutes of local-station pro-
grams pertaining to All Club
work, with the final 15-minute pro-
gram coming from Washington, in
cluding the speech of the First
Lady.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
Halloween Visitors
ShOU 1881 Increase

The 1881 Halloween parade last
Saturday night boosted the num-
ber Of out-of-town visitors so per
cent over the same holiday week
end year ago, according to esti-
mates made by the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee.
The estimate is based on reg
istrations at the Smithsonian In
stitution which had 3,605 visi-
tors as compared with the 1880
record of 2,263, a gain of 1,342.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
Grandi Will Give Son
u. S. Education,
He States

NAPLES. Nov. 7 Il. N. ST.
Dino Grandi. Italian Foreign
Minister, revealed upon his de-
parture for the United States
today that he plans to give his
son an American education. He
says:
II believe old races like czrs
should have the corrective in.
fluences Of a fresh life and edu-
cation such as that Of the United
States
Grandi's son. Frank, is now
six years of age. The Foreign
Minister plans to begin his Amer.
ican training when he reaches
the age of IA.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
POISON VICTIM
!. HIDES IDENTITY.

An unidentified 28-year-old white
man is in Gallinger Hospital to-
day suffering from the effects of
poison he took in a downtown
,theater last night.
He was discovered slumped on
the floor of a washroom with a
note clutched in his hand in
which he said he was going to
end it all.
The Fire Rescue GquaC. gave
him first aid treatment, and then
took him to Emergency Hospital.
He was later transferred to Gal
1inger. He has refused to give his
name t. police.
The man is about 5 feet 8
inches tall, weighing 14O pounds,
with black hair and a sallow
e complexion. He was dressed in a
blue serge suit, yellow shirt, green
neckt:e, black shoes, gray over
coat and a brown fedora hat.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
Ruth Nichols Record
For Hop Is Certified

The National Aeronautical AS.
sociation yesterday certified that
Miss Ruth Nichols, of New York,
chalked up the worlds longest
nonstop flight record for women
by flying 1877 miles from Oak
land, Calf, to Louisville. KY.
October "a. If the International
Aeronautic Association in Paris
accredit the flight, it will become
official.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
". c.. r. GiUen Right
To BUu ReminqtOn

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 7 Il.
N.S0-Overruling protests that
competition-stifling will result,
permission was granted the Ma
tional Cash Register Company, of
Dayton, Ohio. to purchase the
Remington Cash Register Com
pany, of Ilion, N. Y, its principal
competitor, for $2,5OO, 900, by Fed
eral Judge Benson w. Hough
here today.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
F.. CUNNINGHAM
LEADS GOLF
(continued From First Pase)

CONTINUED From First Page)
sarazen, Johnny Farrell, Aubrey
Boomer, Witty Cox, Willie Mac
Farlane. Cyril Walker, AL Cuici,
Willie Klein, Ed Dudley, John Col
den, Bobby Cruickshank, Tommy
Armour, Tom Creavy and the
amateur ace, Billy Howell, were
among the late starters.
A purse of $2,550 will be
divided among the low scorers
among the pro entries. while
trophies will be awarded to those
amateurs finishing with the
leaders.
The so low scores and all ties
at the end of today's 18 holes
will play 36 holes tomorrow.
About 1000 spectators we're on
hand at noon today.
There were 140 golfers in the
starting field.