Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
F|REMEN TO SELL
JOBLESS BENEFIT
MOVIE ADMISSIONS
Shows will Be Held for Un-
employed Wednesday
and Thursday.
5000 TICKETS IS GOAL
OF VOLUNTEER GROUP
Price Is 25 Cents to Performances
in Neighborhood Houses.
Sale Lasts Two Days.

The District Fire Department yester-
Aav donted Its services as ticket sales
man extraordinary for the movie bene-
ut shows for the unemployed, to be held
Wednesday and Thursday.
Tomorrow and Tuesday Is to 80 fire.
ment will make house-to-house can
vass on their own time in an effort te
dispose of 10000 tickets to the benefit
performances at IS cents each. The
firemen will not be selling tickets tc
the midnight shows at the various
downtown theaters. They will only
handle tickets for the various neigh
borhood houses. No charge will be made
for the services of the firemen, the en-
tire proceeds being turned over intact
to unemployment relief.
Volunteers Were Asked.
Reco0nizing the departments success
in the sale of tickets TO its annual base
bali game with the Police Department
and for other events, Commissioner
Herbert B. Crosby asked Fire Cher
George S. Watson for volunteers from
the ranks Of his organization to assist
in the ticket distribution for the I'M
employment benefit shows.
A committee of flrenINn under Capt
s. M. Gould Of No. l Engine Company
met In the office of Chief Watson yes
terday.s Approximately $4,000 tickets
have been turned over to the firemen
to be sold within two days.
Various committees under the Dis
trict Committee on Employment are
assuming the task of selling tickets to
the more elaborate shows to be staged
in the downtown theaters Saturday
night. A group Of Junior League
Women has co-operated in plan OF
issuing the tickets from booths in the
Hobbies Of the motion picture houses
This group includes Mrs. Harry T.
Grayson, Mrs. 3. F. Weems, Miss Mar
Mrs. Nathan Scott, Miss Elizabeth Dun
lop and Mrs. Frederick Siddons.
Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith and Mrs.
A. z. Litchman are heading another
group of workers volunteering service
in distributing these tickets.
According TO George j. Adams, exec
utiye secretary Of the Employment
Committee, schoolchildren are being
granted special permission to leave their
classes early on Wednesday to attend
the matinees In the various neighbor-
noOQ SHOWS.
Police win be stationed at sidewalk
crossings earlier on Wednesday to
safeguard the children. Washington
clergy have been asked by Mr.. Adams
to mention the movie benefit for
Washington's unemployed in sermons
to be made in their respective churches
today. Service organizations have
been asked to support the movement
by organizing special theater parties.
100 Given Work.
More than 100 jobless men were
given temporary employment by the
committee In connection with adver-
Using the movie benefit on sandwich
boards carried along the sidewalks.
The shows in the Fox, Earle and
Palace will take the form of midnight
performances Wednesday night, COM
Inencing at 1880 o'clock. Admission
will be so cents. Benefit performances
at the Rialto, Columbia, Keiths and
Metropolitan will be Saturday night
at 1880 o'clock, admission so cents
The Howard Theater will stage a bene-
At performance for its colored patrons
wednesday night. The Lincoln Colon
made, also colored is arranging a
grand ball" for the night of Novem-
Der % for the benefit of the unem-
ployed.
Theaters and theatrical hands are
donating their services entirely to the
charitable cause. The funds derived
from the performances will be turned
over to the District Committee on En-
ployment. The shows are being ar.
ranged In theaters all over the coun-
try for the benefit Of unemployed.