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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-10-13

MONDAY and TUESDAY,, Oct.
Warren William, Maureen
O'Sullivan, Anita Page, and Jean
Hersholt in "Skyscraper Souls" A
symphony in steel of struggle-hu-
manity fighting for existence :
youth battling age for success-the
drama of the greatest building in
the greatest city in the world. Fox
Moviet0ne News. Talkartoon. Screen
SouNenirs. Comedy.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-10-13

HOLTON REVELATION Slide
Trombone. Low pitch. Silver and
gold finish. Fine condition. Rea-
sonable price.-ROBERT NAY
LOR, Malta. Phone 5-Green.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Will Drop
Tickets for
Keith's s

RKO Keith's is telling Wash
ingtonians to watch the sky. Rea-
son is that at noon on Thursday,
May S, a Ludington plane with
300 toy balloons will fly over
Washington and release those
aforementioned balloons to which
will be attached in a large per
centage of instances a guest
ticket for the finder to see the
coming RKO attraction, Vanity
Fair Of Today"
1t is not Just a "stunt" to
attract attention to the new
screen feature at the Fifteenth
Street theater but to settle an
argument as to just how far a
given number of toy balloons
will float before reaching earth
When dropped from a distance
in the air in excess of 1000 feet.
To cooperate with Ludington
Line officials to help solve the
problem RKO Keith'S manage
ment is donating the guest tickets
to help in tracing down the dis
tances each balloon has travelled.
The plane will leave the air
port at 1855 a. m. Thursday
with the balloons on board.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Picture Remade

81 was asked to preview this
picture in Hollywood, two
months ago, and after it had
been unwOund at the Warner
Studio / denounced it as the
rawest, meanest, most unreal
libel on modern journalism :
had been my misfortune to en-
counter, including all Of the
other scandalOuS miSrepreSenta-
tiOns of the craft in the films
in recent years. 1t seemed to
me that Mr.. Terrett and his
director, also a former news
paper man, had put far too
much of their own feeling into
the story, at the expense Of
their former associates. After
such criticism the Hays organ
izatiOn and Warner Brothers
decided that the picture must
be remade to draw a clear
distinction between unethical
journalism and the decent kind.
"In the remade picture a
half dozen or more new charac-
ters were introduced, cOnSti-
tuting a group of ethical re-
pOrterS. They play on the
background of Skullduggery of
the others. They register the
fact, quite effectively in my
view, that the rank and file Of
newspapers in this country are
decent and employ gentlemen
to represent them. They stand
in awed disgust as the news
racketeerS operate, forcing a
weak-kneed district attorney
to perSecute an innocent man
and woman, charged with
murder, shocking the wife Of
the innocent prisoner so badly
that she falls fainting and dies
in premature childbirth, mean
while consuming all of the
booze the town can provide,
making whOOpee in hotel rooms,
debauching a country girl re-
porter, stealing the sheriff's
cigars, violating every item in
the cookbook, let alone every
tenet of personal decency. Mr..
Terrett must have sat up nights
thinking of dirt he might rub
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

> RK-O-KEITH'S-Ricardo Cortez
lin symphony of Six Million" at
II. 12:51s 3, 500, I'LL and
9:20 p. m.
EARLE-C hester Morris in
1.-THE Miracle Man" At 11:15 a..
m, 1:45, 4:30. 7:15 and 9:55 p.
m. Stage shows at /, 3:45, $3.50
and 9:10 p. m.
FOX-Joan Bennett in "The
Trial of vivienne Ware" At 1899
a. M, 1855, 4:39, 1888 and 1908
p. m. Stage shows at los, 3:49,
6:43 and 9:18 p. m.
PALACE - Jackie Cooper and
Chic Sale in wv hen A Feller
Needs A Friend" At 11:15 a. M,
1855, 4:40, 1928 and 1910 p. m.
Stage shows at 1875, 3:15, sos
and $3.50 p. m.
RIALTO-Victor Varconi in
"'The Doomed Battalion" At
1884 a. M, 1884, 3:34, 5:34, 7:34
and 9:34 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Walter Huston in
''Night Court" At 11:25 a. M,
1:25, 1925, 5:25, 7:25 and 9:25
METRoPOLITAN-Marion
Marsh in Beauty And The Boss" I"
At 11:05 a. m. 1852, 2:39, 4:26,
6:13, 8 and 9:4S p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Johnny and His Shape

May I tell you that the current
rage with the impressionable
young movie-goers of fair per-
suasion is not Clark Gable. No
indeed. It's Johnny Weismuller,
the swimmer. He has only ap-
peared in one picture, "Tarzan,
the Ape Man" and his speech was
confined to a few grunts and
jungle roaring. Nevertheless the
girls think he is marvellous and
his personal appearance tour
promises to be a triumph. He is
booked to do his equatic stunts
at the Fox Theater within a
month, being one of the personal
appearance attractions expected
to crowd the lobby for the new
Loew management.
On the street and in his every
day clothes he is safe from
molestation by the ardent fans.
They fail to recognize him mas
much as his big hit was made
in what was close to a birthday
suit.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04

remembers the last reserved seat
attraction to play at the Co.
lumbia? The morning mail brings
the answer. Here it is:
81 noticed in last nights
Times that you are looking for
information
Think you'll find the last
time 'reServed-seat tickets were
sold at the Columbia Theater
was the week of June 7-12, 1915.
The attraction, Gingerbread
Man.
II remember it very well; as
it was the last show I painted for
the Columbia Musical Comedy
Co. Ask Eddie Talbot If I'm
not correct; he was the treas
urer there at that time.
you're welcome,
CHARLIE SQUIRES."
Thank you, Mr.. Squires. That
seems to cover it. I might add
that Mr.. Squires is the highly
competent artist who designs and
paints the sets for the National
Theater Players.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Ministers Son Bossed
New Miracle Man.

The son of Presbyterian min
lister directed the screens newest
and oldest-religious drama, The
Miracle Man." which is now play
ing at Warner BrcS. Earl Theater.
Norman Mcleod, who has
gained fame in two other film
fields by directing such comedy
and football subjects as Monkey
Business" and Touchdown" was
reared in the atmosphere Of re-
ligion. His father, the Rev. Will
liam Edward Mcleod, occupied
numerous pulpits until his death.
McLeod's middle name is Zenos.
He was named after DR.. cenoS,
professor in Mccormick Theologi-
cal Seminary. in Chicago, and one
of the leading Christian workers
in the United States. DR.. Zenos
and McLeod's father were child
hood friends, and attended Nc
Gill College together as theologi-
cal students.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Movie Sweeties

Ordinarily these movie ro-
mances don't interest me. Much.
They are on today and off to-
morrow. But when Jimmy Dunn
was here the Fox star admitted
that June Knight, of ziegfeld's
"Hot-Cha," was the girl who
made his heart beat faster. And
when June Knight was here she
told me that Jimmy Dunn was
certainly her boy friend. Which
is hard to reconcile with the
latest dispatches from Hollywood
announcing that Jimmy Dunn
and Maureen O'Sullivan will an
nounce their engagement any
day now. Little Miss O'Sullivan
was the Irish lass who was i'm.
ported from Erin to play the
ingenue lead in Song Of My
Heart" Recently she was seen in
"Tarzan."
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Russian Actor

Gregory Ratoff, playing the
Jewish father so effectively in
Fannie Hurst's Symphony of Six
Million" which is being held for
an additional six days at RKO-
Keith's Theater, in addition to
being known as "The George M.
Cohan of Russia" in which coun-
try he was long a stage star, is
now producing musical versions
Of the stage successes and rout-
ing them in the picture theaters
throughout the country.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04

L
nous Ferguson Case" Practically
all of the Objectionable sequences
were eliminated in the revision.
The remodeled picture opens at
the Metropolitan Theater here on
Friday and it will be interesting
to see what Hollywood considers
doing right by its important ally.
the newspaper.
Commenting on his activities in
forcing justice for the hard-work-
ing reporter, Mr.. Pew, in Editor
and Publisher, says:
"The latest talking picture
on the newspaper theme to
show ON Broadway bears the
title, "The Famous Ferguson
Case" 1t is a product of the
Warner Brothers studio and
is from a script written by
COurtenay Terrett, who used to
be a Park Row newspaper man
himself, but is now employed
at some fabulous salary in the
Hollywood studio.
Taking his characters from
real or imaginary situations in
both the HalI.MiIls and the
Snyder Gray murder cases, Mr..
Terre tt fabricated a story
which, in its original version,
was calculated to convince the
movie public that little or moth
ing that is decent remains in
newspaper work and that the
appropriate fate of a reporter
would be a good thraShing.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Chatterton Booked in
First. Warner Film

Ruth Chatterton in her initial
First National picture, THE Rich
Are Always With U.s." will be the
screen star of the program for
the week of May 7, at Warner
Brothers Earle Theater. The
vaudeville program will be headed
by Mercedes, assisted by Mile.
Stantone, the musical mystic.
Ruth Chatterton, whose mo-
ton pictures have endeared her
to millions of admirers. now comes
to the screen in a story tailor
made for her talents and taken
from the novel by E. Petit, a tale
that scintillates with the wit and
brilliancy of its dialogue.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK. May 4.-George
Abbott and Philip Dunning, play
wrightS, and Joseph P. Bickerton,
jr., theatrical lawyer, will be as
Sociated next season as the pro-
ducing firm of Abbott-Dunning,
Inc. Three plays are now on
their production list, the first of
which will be "Gilded Lilly" by
Mr.. Abbott and Mr.. Dunning,
based on a story by Frances Fox
Dunning. 1t is scheduled to open
about october l, with Dorothy
Hall in the leading role. The Sec
ond and third productions are
announced as "Caressed," a play
by Caesar Dunn, and Motions
About Love-" a comedy by Carl
Fisher.
AS the result of another change
of plans, Jane Cowl will now
bring her latest starring vehicle.
"A Thousand Summers" into the
Selwyn Theater on Thursday
evening, May IL. Arch Selwyn
and Shepard Traube are produc-
ing the play, which is the work
of Merrill Rogers. Mary Newman
Davis is to replace Flora Shelf
field in Miss Cowl's supporting
cast, other members of which will
be Franchot Tone, Josephine
Hull, Florence Edney, Thomas
Findlay and Stuart Casey.
Bobby Connolly, we'll known as
a musical comedy dance director,
has been engaged by the Radio
Keith-Orpheum Circuit. He will
be associated with a new depart
ment, now being created, the pur-
pose of which is to develop
material and talent for vaude-
vile. Mr.. Connolly's most recent
work for the Broadway theater
was the staging of the dances for
"Hot-Chaw and he is interested
in the preparation of a revue
called "Ballyhoo."
OSgood Perkins, who recently
closed in Foreign Affairs" has
replaced Stuart Casey in the cast
of Jane Cowl's play, "a Thou
sand Summers" opening at the
Selwyn Theater on Thursday
evening, May II.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
vOur Daily Gossip

Will Mahoney, who makes
sensational hit in the prologue at
the Chinese, turned down $4,000
week at the Palace to come
out here. Hollywood is razzing
Sid Grammar for the very flat
joke of leading the audience to ex'
pect that Greta Garbo would ap-
pear, and then bringing out
Wallie Beery dressed up in womf
ems clothes. Incidentally, Wallie
was female impersonator at one
time-played a Swedish washer
woman. Jean Harlow, original
platinum blonde, has a new hair
shade, dark molasses taffy. Or
was il a wig? She was squired to
the premiere by Paul big
Brother" Bern. .Marlene Dietrich
came with her husband. Met
HedG,. Hopper standing in a door
way, while the crowd almost
her off her feet. isn't this
swell?" says she. I'm getting all
my hips knocked off" Even
honest witnesses disagree-that
aut ,raph seeker swore that
Greta Garbo ran into the theater.
hatless and wearing red cape.
Yet the fellow who takes pictures
for the fan magazines insists she
was wearing a dark overcoat and
a beret. Fact is, she wasn't there
at all .
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Fairbanks Gave
South Seas
A Thrill
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1882, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc)


HOLLYWOOD, Calf, May A.
A whole island turned out to bid
Douglas Fairbanks farewell as he
and his company boarded the
Monowai and sailed out of the
harbor of Papete, taking with
them the glamor of Hollywood
transplanted to the South Seas.
Doug turned these Elysian isles
upside down filming Robinson
Crusoe of the South Seas" and
they liked it. wireless dispatches
tell of the reception that the ma.
tive girls gave to Maria Alba,
Doug'S leading woman, and of q
send-off party that might have
been a scene in motion pic.
ture-PolyneSian chiefs, all the
French officials of this capital of
Oceania, Chinese, natives, the en-
tire population.
Sailing away, Doug promised
that one of the first prints of the
picture would be sent to Papeete
to be shown in the islands one
little motion picture house, the
ater as yet unequipped with
sound apparatus.
Their work done, the Fairbanks
company is returning in eight de
luxe cabins on the largest boat
that touches Papeete. In the
hold of the vessel are Doug's mutt
dog, Rooney" which plays part
in the picture: two parrots and
brace of monkeys. The rest of
the party is en- route on Joseph
M. Schenck's yacht. The Invader.
In one of the few letters he
has found time to write, Doug
speaks of his picture: ut is a
joyful story of the South Seas,
romantic fantasy of today. We
have tried to make it a cream
come true for every small boy
who, at some time or another,
has projected himself on a desert
island; and yet we hope it also
tunes in on the gypsy in every
grown-up."
May 6 will be homecoming day
for the troupe. It's still unde-
cided whether Mary Pickford will
go to San Francisco to meet the
boat, or will await Doug in Holly
wood.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
All Ina Day
By
MARK HELLINCER

NEW YORK. May T.
"After you have read my letter. writes anony-
contributor 81 want you to grab load of the in
closed clipping Perhaps combination of the letter and
the clipping will hand you something of kick. At any
rate, kindly favor by leaving out the actual of
the town in question and submitting the use herewith
population of than 17OOO but I'll lay the odds
that they have peakease in proportion to the pop
ulation, than any other town in the copntry That's
pretty strong statement, Mark but you that
I knoy whe
The Washington times., 1932-05-04

a n d sensation
that those who
e S t e e m I h e
Fourth Estate
h a We b e e n
moved to rebel.
Marlen Pew,
managing edi-
tor of Editor
and Publisher,
made the Off
cial ges ture
which Warner
Brothers recog-
nized to the ex-
tent of renak-
ing their pic
alrHNA nA
The Washington times., 1932-05-04

hinder. Suppose, among the
few of us, we formed a little
union in which each member
pledged himself to do a little
good for the other guy. Don't
you think that would be a
far better plan than the losing
one you're now following?
Police Foil EN-
my system of help is
somewhat novel, but I don't
see how it can fail to work.
We're all going to become vol
unteer firemen. Yes, gentle
men-that's what 1 said. Vol
unteer firemen. AS soon as
there is any trouble of any
sort in any one of our places,
one of us will rush around to
the fire house and blow the
siren on a set signal. Three
long blasts, for example, fol-
lowed by two short blasts.
That will be the signal for
every other spot in town to
ditch the stuff on hand
And so he talked along,
Mark, for almost an hour.
The others were finally con-
vinced. They slapped each
others backs, became volun-
teer firemen the following day
and turned out to be the
happy family that described
in the first portion of my let
ter. That's all there is to my
story. I'll sign off after ask
ing you to read the enclosed
clipping"
Pardon me. folks, while I
read the clipping in question.
Yes, it is amusing. I wish I
had the space to quote it in
its entirety, But I haven't.
So I'll tell you briefly that,
in JOnesville the other night,
seven Speakeasies and minor
gambling joints were raided at
one and the same time. And
in front of the firehouse, three
Of the officers stood off seven
volunteer firemen who insisted
there were fires in different
parts of the town!
About KipIing
Since plenty of readers con.
tribute a story every now and
then," writes Danny Canter-
man, Of Pittsburgh, "I feel
IT my duty to chip in. Even
II you've heard it beforehand
imagine you must haye-you
Will realize that my heart is
In the right place nevertheless.
Here's the story:
Among autograph collectors
Rudyard Kipling has the repu.
tatlon of being extremely par
slmonious. Kipling refuses to
send his autograph to anyone,
regardless of the postage in.
closed. He does not pay his
bills by check because that
would require his signature.
Very seldom does he sign his
name-and when a celebrity
refuses to comply with requests
for his autograph it becomes
a most laborious task to OBJ
tain it.
Some years back, an ardent
autograph collector made any
number of attempts to secure
the coveted signature. But he
got nowhere. He wracked his
brains, and he finally hit upon
a plan that he thought was
certain of success.
"He had reat. in a magazine
that the famous English au-
thor received one sound ster-
ling per word for his writings.
So he sat himself down and
sent Kipling a money order
for one pound sterling, re-
questing him to write one word
at his usual rate. He rubbed
his hands and awaited results.
about two weeks at the
collector received a letter bear
ing an English stamp. He
,0el-ed it nervously, and found
insite a card that contained
this one word:
Thanks"
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Davis VS.. Golf

Owen Davis, jr., is not only a
good actor but he is also a good
golf player-and whenever he is
not releasing or acting with the
National Theater Players he is
out on the golf links.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
MOVIES YIELD FOR EDITOR
UnscrupuIous Of
Profession are
Denounced
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Newspaper men are liable to get
a better break in the movies from
now on. They have been pictured
so much as souse-pots and un-
scrupulous prospectors for slime
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Last Two-a-Day

Apropos of the forthcoming re-
served seat engagement of Grand
HoteI' at the Columbia Theater,
I inquired a day or two ago, who
The Washington times., 1932-05-04

on the chinS of his Park Row
alma mater. He even used
names of New York newspaper
men, thinly disguised.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
They Devise a Plan

"He called a meeting of every
proprietor in town. He did it
by visiting each one in person
an6 assuring him that it would
be to everybody's mutual advan-
tage. When he had them as
sembled he stood up and went
into the idea he had in mind.
Boys he said. I'm going
to begin by telling you that
I'm opening a new speakeasy
in this spot. / tell you that
first because I want you to
know that I'm one of you and
that we can talk on an equal
footing.
"'What you boys have evil
IDENTIFY been unwilling to learn
is that there would be plenty
of money for all of us in this
town if we could only string to-
gether. If we only had the
miners pay days to figure on
we'd still be off the nu for
tre rest of the month. But
there's so much arguing be-
cause you birds are always try
ing to cross each other that
nobody's getting any too far.
Suppose we do an about
face and walk in the opposite
direction. Suppose we try to
help each other instead OF
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Cordial Relations

Cordial Relations
Strange to relate, the pro-
prietorS of these places are ex.
tremely cordial to each other.
Unlike the situation in most
towns and cities, the owners
are most amiable in their busi-
ness relations. They never tip
off the State police or revenue
men in the desire to have
competitor closed. That's some
thing they would never con-
slider.
when the miners get paid
every joint in town is crowded
to the doors and doing a thriv.
ing business. The bosses have
no occasion to complain. When
q proprietor, or one of his help,
gets a day off, he invariably
visits one of his competitors
and proceeds to cultivate a
merry jag. Thus, you can
readily see, that it's all just
one happy family.
1T wasn't always that way.
AS / understand it, it wasn't
until two years ago that the
boys would even speak to each
other. One proprietor was
squealing on the other, and,
as soon as a new joint would
open it would be raided very
promptly. None of the own
ers were making much dough,
and they operated in constant
fear Of the law and the COM
petition.
Did you ever hear of a mod
ern speakeasy owner with plenty
of common sense? Well, I
suppose you'll tell mo you have
any number of them around
New York-but I don't find
many of them in the towns I
hit. It was something of a
surprise to JoneSville, then,
when one of them suddenly
popped up.
Evening star., 1932-10-09

tCOnIlnueC from F1rSt faSe.)
countered on his Western trip and said
those kind of receptions means that
people are taking an interest in the
election"
People" said Mr.. Roosevelt, "are
thinking more and more not In terms
Of partisanship, but of issues. had
the idea when left here that things
were pretty bad in New York, but I
hoped that I would find an improve
ment as I went westward. I am sorry
to say that almost literally I found
that the farther West I went the more
depression seemed to have come to
people.
You know, it hasn't been more than
hundred years since the Hudson
River Valley was the bread basket Of
the Nation But it has moved grad
ually westward until it now is west OF
! the Mississippi
When 1 went into Nebraska knew
! that the prices they were getting for
their corn were low, but found con-
ditions worse than I expected. Many
could not get enough from the sale Of
their corn to pay their taxes. In some
districts they couldn't pay their school
taxes, and the school authorities agreed
to let them pay in corn. But the
authorities could not sell the corn for
enough money to buy coal, and they
were having the farmers dump the
corn in the coal chutes.
In some school houses in Nebraska
this Winter they will burn corn instead
of coal.
It talked yesterday with group rep
resenting the coal miners, and told
them how they plan to heat the Ne
braska school houses this Winter. OF
course, that will put just SO many coal
miners cut of work.
Interdependence Is Shown.
at simply illustrates that every part
of the country is dependent upon every
other part What we want to do is to
bring prosperity back to all sections.
IF the cotton farmers in the South
can't sell their cotton for more than 6
or cents pound, it means they will
buy less -four from the West and less
manufactured articles from our section.
1.-The trade of the storekeepers has
fallen off in large part because of a
lack of purchasing power. Every part
Of the country is in the same boat"
Turning then to discussion of State
affairs, Mr. Roosevelt said the State
was faced with a need for every possible
economy.
yet he added, II am sure the peo-
pie do not want to give up any of the
advances We have made"
He said he was certain they would
want to retain the gains made by such
institutions as the State Hospital, re-
tain the parole system and maintain
the highways that have been built. He
praised Lehman highly and concluded:
Il will be succeeded by man who
knows the State. I hope that he will
have a nonpartisan meeting here next
year for Gov. Lehman and will come
all the way from Washington to see 1t. !"
At the end of his talk, Gov. Roosevelt
presented cups to Mary Louise Va1en-
tine of Little Rock, Ark, Vassar Col
lege student, and to baby Joan Curran
Of Poughkeepsie. Miss Valentine was
adjudged the most beautiful pf group
Of contesting young women sSst voters.