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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25

Andrew r. Kelley tract proVlolng
four men in the orchestra for
the repertoire engagement, they
were bluntly turned down. The
members of the company accord
ingly agreed to make up the
amount in dispute and continue
the engagement.
What the National Players did
to save desperate situation
assures pay envelopes aggregat-
ing more than $4,000 weekly.
Stage hands, box office personnel,
electricians. ushers, program en-
ployeS and other help to the
number of so will be continued
in employment through the CO.
operative gesture of the actors.
This is real cooperation, and the
Actors Equity of the National
Players deserves the heartiest box
office support for a practical step
to keep everybody. including It's
own membership, working.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Vic MacLasIen Is
Getting Laughs
at Rialto

Victor McLaglen, the Captain
Flag of "sez you" fame, steps
from the screen to meet you
from behind the footlightS this
week in the third personal ap-
pearance" series at the Rialto.
The six-foot Britisher, who
gave America one of its favorite
slang expressions, is a riot when
he comes face to face with his
audience.
Appearing with Charles Judels.
also first-rate comedian, in a
wartime skit he calls west is
East" "SeZ You" McLaghlen
makes light of Sino-Japanese bat
tie and casually wonders at the
oft-deferrred payment of the
French war debt.
Picture of Thrills
The Menace" a Scotland
Yardish tale of retribution, holds
forth on the screen.
Set on the historic domain Of
an old English family, the story.
by Edgar Wallace. is full of
thrills, dead bodies hanging on
hooks in dark closets, and dead
bodies falling from mummy cas-
kets.
The dramatic laurels-that is,
what laurels there are-are
pretty evenly distributed between
H. B. Warner, Bette Davis,
Walter Byron and Natalie Moore
head. But as a matter of fact,
neither the skilled H. B. Warner,
who plays sort of Sherlock
Holmes role, nor any of the
others have much opportunity in
the meager picture.
Gordon Orchestra
It's a tale of alleged patricide
in which the convicted son
escapes from Jail, is thought
killed, returns home after dis
covering oil in Oklahoma and
undergoing plastic surgery
operation which alters his appear
ance, clears up the murder
mystery and marries his girl
friend.
Herb Gordon, with his whisper
ing orchestra" runs through a
medley of popular tunes in his
usual sprightly radio manner and
the performance is rounded out
with short comedy in the silent
him melodrama Style.-J. A. B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Flush Investigated

That cocker sp~ MEL, Flush,
which Katharine Cornell uses in
"Barretts of Wimpole Street"
had a distressing experience with
the Humane Society in Pitts
burgh. Somebody tipped off the
long mare society that the canine
was doped in order to go through
his stage performances. Accord
ingly Flush was obliged to give
a private performance in the
morning, and prove that he was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Actors Assure Musicians Pay and
Stool Season Goes on

not a drug addict. He came
through with flying colors.
Following his disagreeable ex-
perience in Pittsburgh, Flush was
made an honorary member of the
Michigan Humane Society dur
ing his appearance in Detroit. He
now wears medal, presented by
this organization, which should
make him immune from further
attacks by kind old ladies and
gentlemen who write letters to
the local Societies for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, de-
handing that he be investigated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25

menu OF $50
weekly to must
clans, thus as
surfing the FULL
S t ock season
for ten weeks.
w h e n Ray
mond Bramley
and John Kline
for the actors
made an ap-
p e al to the
M u S | c l a n S
Union to grant
the requested
cooperation Of
a modified con
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
All Ina Day
By
MARK HELLlNCER

NEW YORK, April %
Add your list of gambling stories the that Mr. Lou
Hoz forwards for your amusement 1t that Frank
Eddie gamblers of excellent reputation found them
selves Miami several back in rather precarous
position They had been informed that certain horse
couldn't lose certain They had wagered everything
the information The information might have been good
but the horse didn't know it. Curtain.
Small wonder then that Frank and Eddie sat in their
several hours later and talked goomy about the
rit11 n+inn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Artist Needed

Director of Symphony of Six
Million" at R-K-O-Keith's Theater
had to be an artist, said Fanny
Hurst who wrote it, SO Gregory
LaCava was selected to direct it,
Mr.. La Cava began his career as
a portrait painter and a car
toonist, versatile. what?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Son of Bishop

Son of a London bishop, Victor
McLaglen, now appearing in per-
son at the Rialto Theater, has
been boxer, bronco-buster, South
Sea Island Fiji medicine man,
gold hunter in Australia and hero
of the Mesopotamian campaign
during the World War.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Hard-BOiIed

Victor McLaglen, appearing on
the current Rialto Theater bill,
created the famous screen role Of
Captain Flagg" in two Of
Laurence Stallings' plays, What
Prince Glory and The Cock-Eyed
World"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25

happens to be my 500 wager.
Those were my chips"
If you have a longing for the
perfect picture of injured inno-
cense, you should have seen Ed
dies pan at that moment. His
eyes opened wide and complete
establishment was written all
over his map.
Il can assure you, mister" he
lied beautifully, that you are
the one who is mistaken. You've
been making so many bets that
you are undoubtedly mixed up.
This is my $780,"
The other mans face turned
so red that you could have fried
an egg on his chin.
Don't tell me, sir" he cried
excitedly, that I don't know
what I'm doing. 1 never forget
a bet-and I know that money
is mine"
At this point, the croupier
stepped in.
His Ultimatum
"Just a minute, gentlemen"
he stated. "All hands off the
table, please. Leave your chips
exactly as they are. No bets
will be paid until both these gen.
tlemen reach a decision.
There's no decision" said the
real winner. That's my 500,
and there's nothing else to it."
Eddie was just as emphatic.
The sum involved is hardly
worth bothering about" he
chirped. But 1 refuse to let
anyone get away with this on
me. demand my money.
The croupier was extremely
calm.
Perhaps, gentlemen" he muir
INJURED smoothly, I'VE can leave
il to one of the other players to
decide" He looked at the vari-
GUS customers. May I ask if
any one Of you saw either of
these gentlemen make that 500
bet?"
During all this action, Eddie's
partner had been standing
quietly across the table. Now he
stepped forward.
81 don't know anything about
that $780," he cried. But if
anybody touches the 500 that I
just won over here, I'll break his
neck"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
In Need Of Cash

we've got to get some cash."
muttered Frank. but where the
devil is it coming from? We
borrowed all we could and
stuck it on that dog today, so
where are we going to turn off
now? The hotel bill is due in
the morning, and we haven't
even got the dough for that.
What's to be done?"
His partner sighed.
I'm very much afraid, my
boy" he returned, that we will
have to turn to a little trickery.
/ hate to go in for this petty
stuff but I don't see what else
we can do. Well have to run
into one of the gambling
houses and claim a few bets"
Claiming a bet, as you doubt
less know, is simple and pro-
ductive-if it works. You simply
stand around a crowded roulette
table and, when the proper
moment presents itself, you
claim to have made winning
wager. The rightful winner is
generally someone who has
been betting on various spots
so that he's none too sure him.
self. And, if you look con-
vincing enough, the chips be-
come your property.
Frank nodded.
"All right. kid" he asserted.
Things are getting pretty
tough when two such high
class men as we have to go for
a gag like that. But that's
life, Eddie. And horses will be
horses"
Pick a Sucker
Some thirty minutes later
both gamblers were standing in
front of a roulette layout in
one of the swankiest wagering
spots in all Florida. They
watched the play for while,
and Eddie wandered around to
the other side of the table.
Neither man had more than 81
in his pocket.
A stout gentleman with a
fIorid complexion seemed to
harbor desire to lose as much
as possible in a very short time.
He was playing four or five
numbers at the same time,
putting more dough on the
notion that one of the first
twelve numbers would turn up
and wagering heavily that the
red would appear more often
than the black. Eddie slipped
in beside him and awaited his
opportunity.
The wheel was turned. The
little ball came to rest. Eddie's
hand shot out. And it came to
rest on the 500 in chips that
had been bet on the red by the
florid gentleman.
A Little PerpIexed
at finally cashed a bet.
murmured Eddie pleasantly.
"Nice evening, isn't it?"
The real winner Of the bet
seemed somewhat perplexed.
st think you made a little mis-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Family Reunion

Although she is IS and her son
has been doing stage work for
seven years, the mother of Arthur
Tracy, radios "Street Singer"
never saw him work behind the
footlights before Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Tracy came down from
her home in Philadelphia yester-
day morning to see The Street
Singer" appearing this week at
Loew's Palace Theater. Imme-
diately after she left her train at
Union Station, she went back
stage.
This week in Washington for
the Tracys is like a family re-
union. Living here is Bert Tracy,
younger brother and his wife.
And then there is Mrs. Anne
Kaplan, a sister and her huS-
band. Another sister and a
brother-in-law, also of Philadel-
phia accompanied the radio stars
mother here.
Grand Hotel" the picture, is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Fought Johnson

Victor McLaglen, now appear.
ing in person at the Rialto The
alter once fought Jack johnson
in a no-decision bout.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Douglas Assigned

Hollywood has taken in no
uncertain way to the manly at
fractions of Melvyn Douglas, hus-
band of Helen Ganagan and a
very smooth performer on stage
or screen.
Following a steady run of film
engagements since his debut in
Tonight or Never" the young
actor has been signed by Fox to
play ELISA Landi's leading man
in Burnt Offering" This COM
pletes the cast of the Frank
Lloyd film, which will now go
into immediate production.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Common sense and a real de-
sire to prevent more unemploy-
ment here led the Actors Equity
Association members of the Ma
tional Players to assume the pay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, April 25.-An ap-
plication for continuance of the
business of the Shubert Theater
Corporation and subsidiary enter
prises by Lee Shubert and the
Irving Trust Company, named as
receivers last fall was granted
by Federal Judge Francis G.. CAT
fey. An ad interim allowance of
$4,000 for counsel fees and
$12,500 to the Irving Trust was
also granted. Lee Shubert waived
any claim to compensation for his
services.
Plans are being made for the
continuance of "Springtime for
Henry" the Broadway closing of
which had been announced for
Saturday night of next week at
the Broadhurst Theater. The
play is expected to move to the
Shubert Theater on May 2, at
which time James Rennie or Regi-
nald Owen may take over the role
now being played by Leslie Banks,
star of the Benn w. Levy farce,
who will leave for Hollywood
early next month.
The Broadway opening of Coast
to-Coast," which had been an.
nounced for the Fulton Theater
on May 2, has been postponed for
at least two weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25
A Little PerpIexed

at finally cashed a bet.
murmured Eddie pleasantly.
"Nice evening, isn't it?"
The real winner of the bet
seemed somewhat perplexed.
st think you made a little mis-
take, sir" he asserted. That
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-25

Grand Hotel" the picture, is
said to be slated for a two-a-day
engagement at the BelaSco
Theater opening May 8.
Evening star., 1932-11-15

M. Rhinelander and D. J. Callahan:
$3.50, Mrs B. F. saul.
Donations Of s5eO.
$500, Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Huidekoper,
MRS. Thomas Holdup Stevens. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert v. Fleming, Col Wade H.
Cooper, Leonard P. Steuart, Mrs Viola
P. Burnside, Miss Julia Strong, Mr.. and
Mrs. william J. Eynon, Mr.. and Mrs.
o. H. r. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander B. Hagner and Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Edgar Murdock; s480, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Carroll Morgan; s40o, Columbia
typographical Union, 101; Mr.. ana
Mrs. Walter F. Chappell Ralph l..
E. Davis; 1866, John Saul and Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Lansburgh; $500, B. Paul
Lamberton, the Charles Schneider BAk-
ing Co, Inc; Boss & Phelps, DR.. j. b.
Nichols, National Capital Bank, Harse
Hamilton, Rutherford B. H. Lyon and
Mrs. John B. Larner; SITS, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. B. Mcclellan; $3.50, Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Remon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Fl. FIather, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
". Buchholz, Mr.. and Mrs. r. B.
Behrend, Mr.. and Mrs. Marc 8. Gold
manner, M. ~. E&QA1m anu 4uokliAe T.
Morgan, jr.. $22s, Paul T. Everhardt;
$500, Edward Z. Norwood, Charles M.
Greiner, John b. Kendall q Co., Mrs.
Theodore Nuslaer, Graybar Electric Co,
| Inc; John M. shaw, Mr.. and Mrs.
Al q. McClintock and Robert p. Smith;
| 1852, East washington Savings Bank.
$3.50, Hugh Reilly, jr.; Miss Katherine
Judge, Y. e. Booker g. Co., Mrs. Cathe~
rine Werber, z. ]. McVanfl, O. W. Rust,
washington Hebrew Congregation Re
ligious Schools, w, B. Clarkson, Albert
q, Redpath, Martha B. Gundehson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Cosby; el36, John
C. Koons; Si20, anonymous, H. Glenn
Phelps, Ben T. Webster and Harry K.
Boss; S112.50, Linn G. Drake, Sidney
Morgan; S100, DR.. G. M. Beall, Baldwin
& Wight, the w. A. lockwood Dental
Co., Robert c. Watson, Earl M. Amick,
Edward O.. Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs. F. 8.
Wynn, Edith lockwood, Mrs. Edward
Nichols, william H. Saunders Co.,
Robert L. O'Brien, Commercial Once
Furniture Co., Elesa w. Roberts. Electa
Chapter, Mrs. Frances c. Gordon Cum.
| mings. George B. Hooker, DR.. Robert
Oleson, anonymous, Mrs. David ]. RUM
baugh, r. v. Russell, q. P. Plummer,
c. G.. Parker, jr.; F. A. Murray, Mr..
and Mrs. William x. Quinter, Miss
Grace DEMO Litchfeld, Frederic Will
| liam Vile, Walter E. Burnside, Mrs
Charles c. c. Glover jr., and Edwin M.
Graham.
Evening star., 1932-11-15
BORAH, HERE, THANKS
PARROT FEVER EXPERT
Appreciation Expressed to Dr.
Armstrong for Saving Wife
by Gift Of Blood.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Borah, back again in Wash
ington from Boise, where his wife had
suffered from parrot fever, sought out
and thanked DR.. Charles Armstrong,
the psittacosis expert, who saved her
life by giving his blood as serum. Arm
strong had the disease year or
Two ago
To Surg Gen. Hugh 8. Cumming Of
the Public Health Service, Borah also
expressed his appreciation fer the eff.
| flcaeious long-distance scientific aid
rendered his wife.
Serum treatment for Mrs Borah was
recommended by telegraph by the
scientists who studied the disease, and
the conValescent serum was sped to her
| by airplane.
There ia not the slightest doubt in
| my mind that the serum saved hef
life" said Senator Borah. II had given
UP hope. In another IL hours she
would have died"
Mrs. Borah returned with the Sen
ator to Washington. She is recuperat-
ing slowly from her serious illness.
Evening star., 1932-11-15
ATTACKS ABOLITION
or U. S. DEPARTMENTS

Inther c. Steward, president Of the
National Federation of Federal EN-
ployes, last night attacked interests
outside of washington" advocating
abolition Of three Government depart
ments.
He spoke at meeting called to install
new officers Of Federal Employees Union'
No. 262.
Mr. Steward said the three DEPART
Observation-Disclosures, Commerce and La
bor-render indispensable services, mem
tioning particularly the Plant Pathology
and Animal Industry Bureaus, the
harbor and lighthouse service and the
immigration work. He urged the mem
bers Of the local union to discourage
such propaganda"
New officers of the union are: ]. Q.
Burnhsm, president; Edgar Graham,
first vice pretident; w. z. Perry, second
vice president; MrE Ola @. King, third
vice president; e. @. Hooper, financial
secretary and treasurer. and r. O.
Hund ey recording secretary.
Wilfred Offutt was appointed chair
men of the Membership Committee and
A. D. Sartwell chairman cf the Ways
and Means Committee. w. e. Clark was
MADE trustee.
Evening star., 1932-11-15
Old Racket Used
For 80 Years by
"Crying Con Man.
Sticks to Handkerchief
Switch" at 81 and
Finds Victims.
By the Associated Press.

BY tne AS9oCl8beo kTes4.
NEW YORK. November 15.-Thirty
years ago police arrested john Porri
for working the handkerchief switch"
which was no new racket even then.
When he faced q Judge ne burst INTO
tears and they labeled him the crying
con man"
Yesterday Porri was before Judge
again. He was still working the
handkerchief switch" police said. And.
true to his sobriquet, he started weep
ing when the court held him without
ball for q further hearing
Purri Is 81 years old now and racket
eerg have devised many new swindles
since 1902, but he still sticks to his
tears and his handkerchief. Police files
show he has been arrested on an aver
age of once o year for trying cut his
old racket on some one who has never
heard Of 1t before.
Police explain It like this:
Porri stands outside bank, weeping
and holding O handkerchief containing
money and jewelry. To sympathetlc
persons he confides he Is fearful OF the
safety of his valuables and asks that
they take care Of them for him.
But he always st1pulates, as PROOF
of his befrienders' honesty, that they
put some Of their own valuables IN the
handkerchief. ..
This done. he switches handkerchiefs
and the victim Is left holding one that
contains a collection of and 10 cent
store trinkets.
Evening star., 1932-11-15
CLOTHING Center
OPENEDFOR NEEDY
Mrs. Harvey Wiley Directs
Work of District Employ
ment Group.

To warm the shivering bodies Of hun
dreds of Washington's needy, the SYM
pathetic women Of the Clothes Con-
seryation Committee Of the District
Committee on Employment have estab-
lished a clothing distribution agency in
the Ford Building, Four -and-a-half
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Those who have surplus clothing may
bring their contributions and those suf-
fertng from the cold may obtain, free
Of charge, such garments as they need
to protect undernourished frames from
wintry blasts.
Directed by Mrs. wiley.
Under the direction of Mrs. Harvey
w. wiley, president of the District of
Columbia Federation Of Women's Clubs,
the Clothes Conservation Committee
started functioning yesterday. Assisting
are Miss NJ Z. Coulson, secretary of the
Council of Social Agencies: Mrs. Charles
r. Watson and Mrs. Lyman B. Sworm-
stedt. chairman and vice chairman, re-
spectlvely. of the department Of public
welfare Of the Federation of Women's
Clubs, and Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle and
Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, chairman and
vice chairman Of the division Of COM
munity service Of the same organiza-
ton.
Through the 400 churches and 200
women's club organizations to which
Mrs. Wiley's group has already ap-
pealed, the committee has received sew
eral hundred pieces of wearing apparel.
all Of which are stocked awav on the
second floor of the Ford Bull: ing, Just
over the District Repair shop. These
garments, with others expected every
day through various channels, viii be
distributed among u1fortunates sent to
the Clothes Conservation Committee by
any recognized social or charity or
ganization.
willing workers Needed.
Clothes and help. Those are the two
prime needs OF the committee right
now. Mrs. Wiley emphasized. The
clothes the committee prefers clean, and
the help-an voluntary, Of course
probably will be put to work condition
ing the clothes for wear. Two sewing
machines await willing workers, and
there are dozens Of other tasks that
must be done. Organization OF a
motor corps to collect donated clothing
also Is welcome.
suppiantlng the "old woman in the
Shoe" idea OF last year, which resulted
in several hundred pairs Of footwear
being donated for the poor and needy,
the Clothes Conservation Committee
plans q like campaign this year.
Firemen Lend Help.
The District Fire Department has
pledged its aid to the committee by
agreeing to accept donations at any OF
the fire houses in the city. The COM
inanding officer at each station will
take charge Of the clothing and It will
be turned over to the distributing
agency.
Last year Mrs. Wiley and members
of her organization sponsored the Food
Conservation Committee, which col
lected more than $1,000 worth Of food
stuffs for the poor, subsequently dis
tfibuted through the Associated Chari-
ties, Catholic Charities and the Saliva
tion Army.
Motorists going to the Ford Build
ing with donations Of clothing will be
permitted to drive their machines into
the building. onto the automobile
elevator and up TO the second floor,
where the garments will be accepted
by one of the committee members.