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The Washington times., 1932-04-09

GOuuy udJo dLld
ANDREW KELLEY the current era
when the bootlegger serves those
with cash and the appetite for
alcoholic stimulant.
I can truthfully say that no
picture that I have scanned since
The Big House" held me in
such a fascinating grip as this
powerful screen exposition in
vivid and exciting incident of a
burning and vital national issue.
Acted, as it is, by Superlative
cast in which Lewis Stone, Wal
ter Huston, Dorothy Jordan, Neil
Hamilton, Jimmy Durante, Rob
ert Young and Wallace Ford play
the important roles, it takes it's
place as the most provocative
cinema of the year. THE Wet
Parade" is neither sermon nor
propaganda. but it will inspire
more. debates than what caused
the depression and what will
end it.
RapS for the Vets
To one slightly moist in per-
sonal belief, THE Wet Parade"
impressed as a picture which
gives Old Demon Rum little the
worst of the argument. 1t paints
the old-time saloon in all of its
iniquitous glamour and Shoddy
joy. Graphically it shows how a
rum appetite can degrade a proud
old Southern colonel to the point
where, humiliated and ashamed,
he can lay down in a pig pen
and slash his wrists.
The side-entrance family doors,
where the "growler" was rushed
and where, on Saturday night,
the distraught mother came to
bring home her befuddled mate,
are graphically portrayed. How
an otherwise meek and loving
father can become so demoralized
by a vicious yearning for drink
into stealing and, eventually mur-
dering his wife is another sordid
sequence. That's the case against
John Barleycorn. 1t is recited
with considerable emotional
frenzy and may register with
many as compendium of dis
tortion.
Hammers the Drys
The case against prohibition is
less bitter but equally as potent.
'The Wet Parade" would have
you believe that the dry law was
conceived in subterfuge and de-
ceit; that it was foisted upon the
soldiers while they were overseas
as a war measure; that prohibi-
ton officials have no heart or
faith in the disagreeable task of
Furnishing laW-breakers; that Uncle
Sam has submitted to approving
laws which poison alcohol to
make it unSaleable and thus
blinds many unfortunates; that
Speakeasies and dives flourish
while racketeers thrive; that rich
and poor flaunt the law and
enforcement is futile.
Beautifully Acted
All of this is strikingly told in
a story which carries from a
Louisiana plantation to the hurly-
burly of modern New York and
follows the fortunes of two gen.
erationS of honored families. The
old soaks are played by Lewis
Stone and Walter Huston, and
played might add, magnificently.
Their offspring, Maggie May and
Kip-become fanatical foes of
liquor and embrace prohibition
as the doorway to better things.
Dorothy Jordan and Robert
Young do fine work in these diff,
ficult emotional roles. Neil Ham.
ilton also serves with distinction
A separate paragraph for
Jimmy (Schnozzle) Durante, who,
being regular trouper, consents
to portray a prohibition agent
strictly on the level. I doubt if
any dry Sleuth got as much fun
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Looks the Part

One reason why Pat O'Brien
gets reportorial film assignments
is that "he looks like a reporter"
Pat is here this week in Scandal
for Sale" a newspaper story.
The film plays the Rialto in
connection with the personal ap-
pearance of Lilyan Tashman.
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They Discuss 1t

mo, my friend, you are max
ing a severe mistake. You think
you like Evelyn-and why? I'll
tell you why. Just because she
is in the Follies. The Follles!
Even if a man were silly enough
to think of getting married,
would he look for a wife in
such a place?
Forget about love, Chris. 1t
has no place in the life OF any
man who knows he will do
things in the world"
! There you go again. Bill"
he returned peeviShly. always
getting personal. I know that
love conflicts with the big things
man wants to do, especially
in the engineering world. But
if you've lived already, so have
I. I've seen just as mucn OF
the world as you have-and you
know that Evelyn is different
from any woman you ever
knew.
my theory is this: If man
finds the right woman, she can
help him in any undertaking he
has in mind. Evelyn is that girl
in my case. What if she is in
the Follies? Didn't she tell me
she's only in it for experience?
"And what if she has been
married three times? A man
who has lived can always be
broadminded And the girl loves
me. You bet she does. When I
was il New York the last time,
she told me so. Why, if I re-
ceived commission to construct
a bridge in Brazil, she'd be only
too happy to give up stage life
and go with me.
Faith in Women
Don't tell me about those
things, Bill. I know"
All, how beautiful life becomes
through collegiate eyes! Like a
hunk of spinach e.
Along what other line can we
follow their chatter? Step up,
ladies and gentlemen, and call
your shots. What will you have?
Science? Literature? Art? Oh,
come to think of it. what would
be the use of going into those
conversations any longer? You
know just about what they'd
say.
Suppose, then, that we carry
them to that glorious day last
June when both men received
their diplomas. And let's follow
them as they walk slowly across
the campus and sit upon a bench
in the small park that lies right
behind the main dormitory.
Fo- a few moments neither
man spoke, which was unusual.
Finally Chris broke the ice,
which was unfortunate.
Bill" he said, this is our
last day. We've gone a long
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Pete Macias' Band
Is Michel Feature

Pete Macias and his orchestra
are supplying fascinating dance
music at Club Michel, I Thomas
Circle.
In his orchestra at Club Michel,
Pete has gathered about him a
group Of most versatile musicians,
and lifting tempos, exceptional
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Unusual Humans

No ordinary humans were
Chris and Bill. Not, at least, IN
their own opinions-which were,
after all, paramount as far as
they were concerned. Students
at an engineering college in the
East, they had studied together
for the lengthy term Of years
necessary to complete the course.
And, because they were thrown
together so frequently, they be-
came friends.
Friends, however, with reser-
Vations. Which is the only way
most of us are ever friendly.
They had been competitors in
several sports and both were
after the same honorS of merit
in the classroom. Thus, al
though they would sit together
for hours and hours, they would
argue. For each one felt in his
heart that he knew far more
than the other.
Those arguments we're things
of beauty. The same as many
collegians, they thought they
knew everything without know
ing anything. Want to listen
in on a few of those discus
Sions? Why, certainly. Hellinger
is nothing if not obliging. First
listen to them as they discuss
women.
Women" said Bill, "can all
be placed in one category. They
are selfish and, except in very
rare cases such as our reSpec-
tive mothers, extremely unfaith-
full creatures. And you know,
Chris, that I have had plenty
of experience with females OF
all types. I'm young, but how
Tive lived.
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your choice, &C
cording to your
beliefs on the
m O m e n t Gus
question.
1T he Wet
P a r a de-" cur.
rent at Loew'S
Columbia Thea.
ter, is derived
from U p t o n
Sinclair's novel
setting forth h
the experiences
of a fine South.
ern family in
the lie g a ! lied
tOddU dQVS and
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Rum
Conditions are
SpotIishted
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Hollywood has dug up old John
Barleycorn with his red nose
and saloon, ranged him along
side of John Prohibition with his
poison booze, corruption and lax
enforcement. The two evils are
pedestaled and you can take
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out Of his work as Jimmy Dur
ante does. He is good for a
laugh second with his hot chaS
and completes an excellent film
chore by supplying a few tears
for the finish.
Good Direction
"The Wet Parade" injects news
reel shots of President Wilson
and Congress in the exciting war
days to lend verissimilitude to
political scenes. The Victor Flem-
ing direction is restlessly active
and errs only in sometimes in
sisting on unnecessary detail and
extra footage for side issues.
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lard, by Robert Ruckman and
Emerson Meyers, Washington pi.
anists.
Another particularly interest
ing work these pianists will play,
is Saint-Saens' "Minuet and Ga.
votte," originally written for sep.
tet Give strings and trumpet)
but transcribed by him, himself
for two pianos.
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Festival Cantata

The George Washington Bicen'
tennial Music Week sponsored by
the National and District of Co
lumbia Federation of Music Clubs
have arranged five concerts to be
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way IOSSIIlSL, dIlu L4OW VIC VIC
reached the end of our first
adventure. We've had our
little fights and we've had our
little arguments but, after all
is said and done, they didn't
amount to very much. You're
still one of the best pals / have
and 1 figure that I'm the
same way with you.
rs that right?"
Bill nodded vigorously.
Right you are, Chris" he re-
turned. And more than right.
III never forget you as long as
I live. And my one hope is
that, no matter what l accom-
plish in engineering, you'll be
just as successful"
Their Final Talk
Ever meet two men who con-
sidered themselves the best of
friends, but who would fight
each other at every oportunity?
I don't mean physical combat;
I mean that they tossed mental
and verbal punches. And how
do you suppose Chris felt as
Bill threw him that last crack?
Well, you're right. He gave out
one of those laughs.
That's very decent of you,
old friend" he retorted. Il
appreciate the spirit in which
you said that. And I'm ready
to give you the same break.
My one hope is that, in spite
of the fact that I expect to
become one of the finest
engineers this country has pro-
duced, you will be right up
there with me-"
Bill smiled-and changed
the subject.
What do you expect to do
first?" he asked.
"Oh," replied Chris easily,
1--WE had any number of
offers. may go out to
Arizona for while, or I may
take a job in South America.
It really doesn't make much
difference where you start as
long as you know you're going
somewhere in the future. And
you, Bill? What are your
plans?"
The other graduate shrugged
his shoulders.
How They Fared
I'm in the same fix as you
are" he asserted. $50 many
things from which to choose
that I don't really know what
to accept. There are several
concerns that want me in
New York and I've had a very
attractive proposition to go to
California. I haven't quite
made up my mind"
Both men stood up. There
was a difficult silence. Then
"Good-by, Bill" said Chris.
"Good-by, Chris" said Bill.
They shook hands. And that
was all.
AS I think I told you earlier
in the story, that was last
June. The two engineers never
correSponded. Nor did they
see each other until that fatal
morning last December when
they met in the toy depart
ment of department store.
Both had been put on as
extra help. Bill was selling
toy construction sets. And
Chris was selling roller skates!
Evening star., 1932-05-14
HOME BORROWING
POWER STRESSED
Losses on Residence Invest
mentS Small Compared to
Other Investments.

The borrowing power of the home, as
compared with more liquid forms of
security. has been emphasized strongly
during the economic depression, it was
declared today by T. T. Hawksworth,
District manager of the home con-
struction division of Sears, Roebuck &
Co
"The logical advantages of home
ownership in time of general economic
distress have been emphasized more
strongly than ever by the current de-
preston" Mr. Hawksworth stated.
This is particularly true when the
home is compared with other and more
liquid forms of security.
Losses of savings invested in hcmes
have been inconsiderable, as compared
with losses due to shrinkage in values
suffered by holders of virtually all
stocks and most bonds.
THE owner of an equity in a home
does not find this equity jeopardiZed OF
wiped out by additional margin calls
every time the stock market reacts to
an emotional or political unset at
Washington, London. Paris or Toxic.
"The very lack of liquiditv in real
operates in favor of the home owner.
This has served to keep foreclosures on
homes to a minimum.
"Thcse who bought homes on an
amorti7ad MORTGAGE nlan find little
difficulty in making adjustments as to
their current payments in such wav
as tn tide them over temporary
difficulties.
There is relatively far less difference
between 1929 and 1892 residential price
levels than between 1929 and 1882 val
ues Of more LIQUID forms of security.
The owner of the average hcmc bor''ovs
up to IS per cent on veluation which
has shrunk comparativelv little from
his original investment The borrower
on stocks and bonds offers security,
the borrowing power of which in most
instances. has shrunk to a point far
below its actual value.
"A definite turn for the better in the
general economic situation will be felt
by the home owner first. since the long
cessation of home building and the
consequent shrinkage in vacancies will
promptly add to the value of his home"
Evening star., 1932-05-14
COMMITTEE Is SELECTED
TO STUDY TAX PROBLEM
Twenty Persons Named by Real Es,
tate Owners and National Asso-
citation of Boards.

Real estate owners of the country.
joined with the National Association of
Real Estate Boards through its Prop
erty Owners Division, formed to at
tack the present critical tax problem.
have completed the choice Of 20 persons
to form the Executive Committee of
the division. The committee will take
an active part in the important phase
Of the associations coming annual con-
vention, which will be concerned with
action toward more equitable distri-
button of the tax burden.
The enlarged Executive Committee.
with new members chosen in accord
ance with action taken at the associa-
tion's Baltimore convention of last
June. is announced by Andrew L.
Moore. Pontiac. Mich, chairman of the
division. as made up of the following:
Mason Case, Los Angeles Calf; An
drew L. Moore, Pontiac, Mich: Harry
Leyman, Cincinnati, Ohio; Harry Lat
ter. New Orleans, La; Fred M. Strohm,
Rochester, N. Y; Adam Schantz Day.
ton, Ohio; A. Ross Hill, Kansas
City, Mo.
Judge Arthur ]. Lacy, Detroit, Mich:
Stephen w. Sleeper, Boston. Mass;
Albert w. Swayne, Chicago, Ill; c. L.
Stealey, Oklahoma City, Okla; Harry
Evening star., 1932-05-14
BUILDING PERMITS
S114,S5O FOR WEEK
Volume of New Construction
Here Lowest for Several
Months.

Permits for the construction of IA
dwellings, a number of stores and other
projects were issued during the past
week by Col. John w. Oehmann, build
ing inspector. The total cost of the
new operations of private builders here
was estimated at $114,850.
The weekly building volume was low
er than that for a similar period in
many months. Among new approved
projects we're the following:
H. A. Thrift. owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers, architect: to erect
six 2-story brick dwellings, 80 to 800
Seventeenth street northeast; to cost
$4,000.
Robert S. Allen, owner; Sears, Roe
buck & Co. builders; to remodel 1925
Twenty eighth street; to cost $4,000.
Jack Scher, owner; Bahen & Wright,
builders; to erect two 1-Story brick
stores, 1872 and 134 U street northeast; !;
to cost $4,000.
John NJ King, owner, designer and
builder; to erect two ~ story brick
and frame dwellings, 1927 and 2231
Taylor street northeast; to cost $4,000.
William James e. Son, owners and
builders; F. G. Wilcox, designer; to
make alterations, 621 and GIG K street;
to cost $4,000
A. G.. Coates, owner; Silger Construc-
Evening star., 1932-05-14

ton Co., designers and builders; to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling, 2131 Branch
avenue southeast; to cost $4,000.
william Henning, owner, designer and
builder; to erect one 1-story brick and
frame dwelling, 1704 Twenty second
street southeast; to cost $1,000.
j. Edward Chapman, owner and
builder: L. w. Giles, architect: to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling, 3637 Jenifer
street; to cost $4,000.
J. Edward Chapman, owner and
builder; L. W. Giles, architect: to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling. 5000 Chevy
Chase parkway; to cost $4,000.
c. L. Fowler, owner, designer and
builder: to erect one 2-story brick and
frame dwelling. 1900 Otis street north
east; to cost S4,91l.
R. o. Zones, owner and builder: to
make repairs, 3453 Fourteenth street;
to cost $4,000.
M L. Newcomb, owner; L. w. Giles,
architect; Superior Construction Co.,
builders; to erect one 1-story brick ad-
dition, make repairs and alterations,
2707 Nichols avenue southeast to cost
$4,000.
Stone Straw Co., owners; Morse
Boulger DeStructor Co, designers and
builders: to build incinerator, 910
Franklin street, northeast; to cost
$1,700.
William James e. Son, owners and
builders; F. G. Wilcox, designer; to
erect one 3-story brick addition, 621
and GIG K street; to cost $4,000.
Free Methodist Church, owners and
builders; w. E. LaQuay, designer; to
erect one 1-story frame church build
ing 525 Minnesota avenue; to cost
$1,000.
M Nicastro, owner and builder; W.
B. Honey, architect; to erect two 2-story
brick additions, 220 Upshur street; to
cost $1,000.
C. w. Sherier, owner and builder; to
erect one brick private garage, 5005
Conduit road; to cost 81 200.
Clifton D. Howells. owner and build
er; S. S. Kaler, designer; to erect one
2-story brick and tile dwelling, 800 As
pen street; to cost $500.
Evening star., 1932-05-14
SIX HOMES PLANNED
Wire Construction Co. to Erec
Structures Costing $4,000.

Construction of six two-story dwellings
at GOT TO 621 Quackenbos street, at an
estimated total building cost of S33,0OO
is planned by the Wire Construction
Co., as owner and builder, according to
specifications fled with the District
with application for permits.
The houses are to be of brick, concrete
and frame construction.
Evening star., 1932-05-14
SHEET METAL WORKER
ERECTS NEW BUILDING
Ernest Gichner to Move Business
to Quarters Located at
41S Sixth Street.

A new home for the business of
Ernest Gichner, sheet metal worker, is
being completed at 418 Sixth street.
replacing the former headquarters at
1107 E street, where he was located for
a period of 20 years.
The new building is of brick con-
struction and is of two stories at the
front, where Offices are located, with
one-story shop at the rear. The build
ing is being erected by Skinker &
Garrett
Mr.. Gichner was apprenticed to the
metal craft at the age of IA, in Vienna,
Austria, coming to this country in 1888
to engage in the same trade. After
spending period :L Baltimore, he
came to Washington and in 1904 opened
his own shop.
The new building is on lot 100 feet
deep and 80 feet wide. The building
was designed by Joseph Abel.
Evening star., 1932-05-14

w. Butts. Lancaster, Pa: James NJ.
Walker, Memphis, Tenn; Judge Arthur
v. Lashly, st. Louis, Mo
George C. Boardman, San Francisco,
Calf; Charles E Rousek, East Orange,
Evening star., 1932-05-14

N j.; David v. Sutton, New York,
N. Y; Joe Rand Beckett, indianapolis,
Ind; Gen. Nathan William MacChes-
ney, Chicago, Ill, and F. w. Dry
brough, Louisville, KY.
Evening star., 1932-05-14
WILL BUILD RESIDENCE

W. c. & A. N. Miller Plan Dwell
ing at 1888 Forty-Ninth Street.
w. c. g. A. N. Miller, owners and
builders, have prepared plans for the
erection of two-story dwelling at 3633
Forty-ninth street.
The cost of construction is estimated
at Sl3,800. The house is to be of a
combination of brick, stone and frame
materials
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-12-30
The Fair Store
Zahalsky Bros.
Coolidge, Arizona

Wa would sing you carol.
but ah. we can't sing;
We would ring you q chime.
but we've nothing TO ring;
So we send you q wish
that Is sincere and true:
A riaht Merry Christmas.
and q glad New Year. tool
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-05
DEATH is RIDING
ON RIO GRANDE
Expect Many Fatalities in
Flood Swept Valley.
Ru United Press

By United Press
LAREDO, Tex, Sept. 5.-Police
and rescue workers searched today
through f1ood-SWept Nuevo Laredo
for bodies of additional persons be-
lieved drowned by unprecedented
high waters of the Rio Grande,
which already had claimed a known
total of seven dead.
AS the river receded authorities
secuted reports that fifty Mexicans
lad been drowned, but said they be-
lieved the death tool would rise
somewhat.
Hundreds were known to be home
less and destitute. Property dam
age was estimated at nearly S.
100000.
Residents of the lower valley
strengthened flood defenSes as the
high water swept on toward the sea,
importing hundreds more lives,
obStructing communications. and
causing terrific loss to crops and
livestock.
The stream, Swelled by rains be-
lieved unequaled for half a cen.
tury or more, was reported rising
a foot an hour at Roma, sixty miles
upstream from Brownsville.
The seven known to have drowned
here lost their lives when the in
ternational railroad bridge collapsed
under the weight of driftwood and
rising waters, tossing them into the
raging rivers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-05
CHARGES ARE DENIED
Mrs. FinkIeStine Answers
Mrs. Seniors Suit.

Charges contained in $4,000
damage suit filed against her in
superior court two by Mrs. Mary
Senior, 924 South Capitol avenue,
were denied today by Mrs. Pearl
Finklestein, 1903 Union street.
She said charges in the suit that
she would sanction planting liquor
Mrs. Seniors home were false. She
also declared an allegation that
she and Mrs. Senior had the same
attorney, were groundleSs. Mrs.
FinkleStein said her attorney is L.
Ert Slack, former mayor.
Mrs. Senior is charging Mrs.
Finklestein with malicious prosecu-
ton in the suit, and Mrs. Senior was
convicted last week for liquor law
violation. Her arrest followed COM
plants by Mrs. Finklestein, police
said,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-05
Labor Has Found Its Strength,
Assertion Of Senator Wagner,
Champion of American Worker
Determined Drive Now Is
Urged for Unemployment
insurance.
ByNEA Service

BY NEA service
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Although
millions of men are out of work,
and are facing the threat of lean
and difficult winter, Labor day this
year marks one of the most en-
couraging periods in the history of
organized labor.
That is the belief of Robert F.
Wagner, Democratic senator from
New York, who for four years has
been battling for social legislation
to help both the employed and the
jobless.
The $3,8OO,O0O,0O0 relief bill passed
by the last congress bears his name,
and the stamp of his convictions
as friend of labor.
He finds that this year, as never
before, the problems and policies
of labor have been cryStallized into
definite purpose and action.
More important still, labor has
found its strength; has discovered
that it holds the power for con-
structive accomplishment; has
already begun to WELD that power
for it's own benefit.
without the support of organ
lied labor" said Senator Wagner
fatty, "the federal relief bill never
would have been passed. That
shows what labor can do.
Now it should begin a deter
mined drive for unemployment in
surance. And should insist upon
such a management of industry that
every man will have opportunity to
earn a living.
1.-The day is not far off when the
right TO work will be considered as
inalienable as the right to live
Wagner believes that the only
alternative to a very serious win
ter" is speedy distribution of the
huge sums made available for con-
struction and relief by the Wagner
bill.
IF the Reconstruction Finance
Turn to Page Three
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LOOT BANKS VAULT
$250,000 Believed Taken
in Safety Deposit Boxes.
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. s. - Expert
cracksrnen who rifled the vaults of
Koch & Co., in a methodical four
teen-hour raid were believed today
to have garnered loot of 100000
to $250,000 from the home owners
and small tradesfolk, who secreted
money in the depository.
Loot of the gang still was uncer-
tain as records of safe deposit box
holders were checked. First esti-
mated as high as $1,OO0,O0O, offices
of Koch & Co., said they believed
the loss would not equal $250,000.
The band gained access to the
vaults from a second story apart
ment above the vault. Two families
in the apartment we're held pris-
onerS.
Entrance to the vault was made
by cutting through the steel wall
with an oxy-acetylene torch. Boxes
were cut open in the same manner.