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The Washington times., 1932-09-01
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TNQUESIlONABLY the
~ finest piece of oratory
heard in the Democratic
National Convention was
the speech Of Governor Ely.
Of Massachusetts,, putting AL
Smith in nomination. 1t
was the only speech that
smacked of artistry. 1t was
all the more effective be-
cause of the sincerity Of the
speakers personal devotion
to his candidate. In a speech
for Roosevelt at Danbury,
Conn, Sunday, he put his
finger on one Of the primary
reasons for the continuing
depression when he said:
"Sound economic condi-
tions always depend upon
the free flow Of trade be-
tween community and COM
munity, and between ma
tion and nation. The Re-
publican party has created
the highest tariff the world
has ever seen. Other coun-
tries have been forced to
set up similar tariffs. and
the trade of the world is
damned behind these tariff
barriers.
The effect on America has
been the loss Of the foreign
markets; and this has enOr-
mously reduced the demand
for the products Of American
factories; and this has put
workers jobless on the street !;
and this has reduced, cor
respondiugly, the selling
power of the merchants.
OF the more than ten mil
lion jobless men One-fOurth
are jobless because of this
Chinese wall against for
eign trade.
But in his latest "cOnfer-
ence" Mr.. Hoover announces
that he wants no mention Of
the tariff made. 1t is just
such leadership" that has
wrecked the business fabric
of the nation.
The Democrats propose
that we negotiate with other
nations for such reciprocal
concessions as to make pos
sible the flow Of trade with
ont which prosperity can
never return. Mr.. Hoover
vetoed that reasonable plan.
1t is up to the victims of
this Hoover policy to deter
mine at the polls.
The Washington times., 1932-09-01
Public Misled Into
Bad Investments

Millions of money taken
from savings banks, and Sc
cured on mortgages, and lost
on the market, would not
have been ventured but for
the assurances from high
governmental officials that
there was sound value be-
hind the ridiculously soaring
market prices.
These officials knew, be
cause it was their business to
know, that there was not
sound value there; that the
earnings Of stock did not and
could not justify the market
prices. Instead of warning
the inexperienced investor it
actually NJ sstst ted the
facts-and led vast numbers
to their ruin.
Not many years ago, be
fore the country became
plutocracy-mad, this would
have been considered an i'm
peachable offense.
Roosevelt intends to stop
that vicious practice; and
that makes him a "danger-
GUS man" for some and a
very safe man for the aver
age person.
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his way out of a marriage that
he Cor SheD crashed blithely
into, only month or a year
or week ago.
You say, ooh, temperament"
or "Oh, this modernism" But
it isn't temperament and it
isn't modernism and it isn't
even human instability that
causes all these lightning
changes of heart and wedding
rings.
It is just the average mans
irresponsible way of rushing
into marriage without stopping
to THINK about it. And, nine
times out of ten, with the
wrong woman!
If a man would only USE his
head when he carries instead
of waiting until he LOSES it,
he would save himself from
many a foolish mistake and
avoid tl.e bitter necessity of
having to choose between mis-
cry and alimony.
If he would put a stop-watch
on his heart and emotions
until he is dead sure that he
has met the Right Girl, he
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Farmers Near
Revolution

NJ eanw h lie, as Mr..
Hoover latest conference"
talks, the farmers Of the
West are in revolutionary
mood, driven to revolution
ary methods by the per-
Sistency with which they
have been disseminated
against and ruined. They
are forcing some concessions,
too. But the only way to
end the system without revO-
lutionary methods is to do
it at the polls.
A press report says some
of these farmers "blame the
East. =" They blame Wall
Street and its recent meth
ods-nOt the East. The Fast
has been as much victimized
by these methods as the
West. There is the same
feeling in New York as there
is in Iowa.
And so Wall Street aud
the international bankers
mobilize to help Hoover with
slush funds; and Montagu
Norman, governor Of the
Bank of England, appears
upon our shores as "Prof.
Clarence Skinner" "-meditate
a moment upon the last name
and goes into secret con-
ferences with representa-
tives of the House Of Nor
gan.
When so distinguished a
person as Norman thinks it
important to sneak in and
sneak out without his pres
ence being generally known
it may logically be assumed
that he thinks and those
with whom he confers here
think it best that the Ameri-
can people be kept in igno-
rance of his presence and
his mission.
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which has put the fear OF the
Lord into the hearts Of the
market manipulators and of
the Administration and here
it is:
II assure you that high
public officials in the next
administration will neither
by word nor deed seek to in
fluence the prices of stocks
and bonds. The Government
has access to vast informs-
tion concerning the economic
life of the country. The
present Administration has
all too often issued state
ments which have had no re-
lation to the scientific in
formation which it possessed.
This has shaken public con-
fidenCe."
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have the last
word.
And after
We get 1t,
W e re a ii
agloW W i t h
triumph---and
g o around
boasting that
W e We p u t
so m e t h / n g
over on the
other fellow.
But I wonder
If we have.
DOES TT
REALLY PAY
TO WIN AN
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Worst Distress
Feared This Winter

And while. as Mr.. Hoover S
conference" talks for the
campaign, a meeting Of vel
fare workers is called in
New York for September
IS. This conference has
been thought necessary, be
cause, in the language Of the
director of the Association
of Community Chests and
Councils, these charity work
ers think that this winter
they will be confronted
with the most trying
period" yet.
The Washington times., 1932-09-01
To the Average Man:
Under Which Flag?
Bu Claude G.. BOIUers

Author Of he Party Battles Jackson Struggle
for Democracy in America" Jefferson Hamilton"
"The Tragic Era" and other important works.
The Washington times., 1932-09-01
Does 1t Pay To Win the
Argument?

You n me, SiSter-We always
want to win the argument,
don't we? Always want to
The Washington times., 1932-09-01
Dangerous Women

Dangerous Women
That cracking sound you
hear, every few moments, is
the swapping of the marriage
ties, all around.
Every day you read Of an
other celebrity who is crashing
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age person
The Washington times., 1932-08-13
Real levels, These

The precious stones that clay
so important a part in "Jewel
Robbery" at the Earle. were bor'
rowed from the leading jewelry
store in Los Angeles and were kept
under guard of a special squad Of
private detectives during filming
The gems were insured for many
thousands of dollars.
Travel economically in one Of the
good ued cars advertised for sale today
in the Classified Section
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Betty Compson
Heads a Bill
Of 7 1erit

You might go to the Fox Thea
ter week after week for many
month without finding a more
enjoyable bill than the current
lineup of features.
AS a special treat this week
we have the beautiful Betty
Compson appearing not only in
person but in an imitation of
Marlene Dietrich, and surrounded
by a stage show which reveals
the entertaining doubles of many
other Hollywood personalities.
Then on the screen we view
Jack Gilbert in a real come,
back, starring in a film. Down.
stairs" which he wrote himself
and which offers him a fitted-to-
measure role. OF further interest
locally and elsewhere is the fact
that Monta Bell directed the
picture, and that Gilbert's bride
of the present week, Virginia
Bruce, plays opposite him.
Downstairs" presents Gilbert
in the role of a rescally but ap-
pealing rogue. Employed as the
chauffeur in the home Of a
Viennese nobleman, he attempts
to win the favor of the buffers
wife, wheedles the cook out OF
her lifetime savings, and black,
mails the wife of his noble EN-
ployer. Since this is a movie.
he is finally drummed out OF
service in disgrace. In real life
he would doubtless have become
a plutocrat and very possibly
have won the buffers wife as
we'll. However, he gets another
job that seems to have real posi-
bilities.
Miss Bruce has an engaging
personality, and Paul Lukas, in
the role of the butler, appears
minus moustache, which is prob
ably a mistake. Reginald owen,
Olga Baclanova, Bodil Rosing and
Hedda Hopper are others OF note
in the ensemble. The picture
should do much to establish Gil
bert in his former place on the
screen, and Bell has done a GOOD
job, too.
Betty Compson is quite as al
Turing as she appears in the eel
luloid, and has excellent reasons
for doing the Dietrich imitation.
She sings we'll enough. dances
gracefully, and plays the violin
most pleasingly. She introduces
Paul Jones, who is a ringer for
Robert Montgomery; Julian Hall,
Steve Savage and Danny Beck as
Chaplin, Joe E. Brown and Harry
Langdon, respectively; Consuelo
Gonzales as Lupe Velez, Anna
Chang as Anna May Wong. and
Dorothy June, an acrobatic dancer.
The newsreel and other short
features are added.
The Washington times., 1932-08-13
All About Hotels

Movie fans have an opportun-
ity to see how big hotel is run
in Reserved for Ladies'" at the
Metropolitan. In this picture are
faithful replicas of the kitchens
and service stations to be found
in the most efficient hotels. The
picture also demonstrates many
of the closely guarded secrets of
an efficient head waiter, and the
art of dressing" a fashionable
restaurant, an art that ensures
that the right people are placed
where they will be seen, the
wrong people where they will not
be seen.
The Washington times., 1932-08-13
Once Again Ken
Rides GaiIy

The hard-riding, hard-fisted
Ken Maynard is back again in
Dynamite Ranch" He and the
beautiful Tarzan nose themselves
into a bit of heavy intrigue and
robbery for the traditional
western thriller. This particular
vehicle is not so good as previous
ones that he has had, it lacks in
logic, and some parts are bit
on the ridiculous side, but the
kids loved it, to judge from the
avid juvenile audience.
Blaze interrupts a faxed hold
up staged to welcome the new
ranch owner and his pretty
daughter to the west. 1t turns
out that a robbery has been COM
mitted and Blaze is sought as the
guilty party. With gay and care
free daring he tracks down the
real crook, establishes his inno-
cence and the girl.
Ken is in the role of Blaze and
he and TarZan have to get them
selves out of some pretty tough
spots before they prove that they
are innocent. Maynard does his
daredevil riding, and there is a
thrill when the fisticuffs are
transferred to a careening auto.
Ruth Hall plays the pretty love
interest very convincingly. Alan
Roscoe is the deep-dyed william in
lambs clothing. Arthur Hoyt,
"Jitters," supplies the comedy
element.
We still have it in our hearts
to like a good wild west film but
this one taxes the imagination a
bit too much. The scenery is
good and the fights have a touch
of realism. They could do better,
though.
The subsidiaries are varied and
plentiful, with news, Vitaphone
Varities, revealing stars of har.
mony Of the air and stage, and
Clouds" turing Ralph
Bellamy.-H. w.
The Washington times., 1932-08-13
This Show Gets
a Real Boost

What treat you theater.
goers have waiting for you at
Warner Brothers Earle this
week! Bert Lytell, long a head
liner on stage and screen, offers
that dramatic gem, THE Vailiant"
a performance rare in the presen,
tation houses. On the screen is
a sparkling gem of humor, in
trigue and incidental music,
starring William Powell and Kay
Francis, and aptly titled THE
Jewel Robbery" a much better
screen-play than stage vehicle.
The suaVe William Powell
drops his more familiar role of
master detective and becomes. in
this instance, the master thief.
who stoops not to conquer the
small unprotected person of
means, but, with a corps of as
SiStants who wear Bond Street
clothing and suggest the smart
hotels of the Continent, walks
serenely into the great jewel es-
tablishments and as serenely
walks out again with prac-
tically the entire contents of the
shop. His charm is matched, on
the occasion of great coup in
Vienna, by the romantic Baroness
Teri. a delightful creature. He
is intrigued by the lady, who is
in turn fascinated by the ap,
parent unconcern of the gentle
man adventurer. With the final
fade-out comes hint of scandal
Kay Francis is the lovely
reason for which William Powell
plays tag with the police. Helen
Vinson, Alan Mobray, Hardie
Albright and Henry Kolker are
the support and a capable sup,
port they prove themselves.
The stage offers in addition to
Mr.. Lytell, a former master of
ceremonies, Leon Navara, who
plays tunes and tells tales; Pirate
Queens, seven tumbling. dancing
girls in the fashion of Captain
Kidd; AL K. Hall and Al K. jr..
assisted by Fred Dale, Babe
Garen and Peggy McAllister. a
quintet guaranteed to give you a
four-square laugh. Al K. Sr's.
impersonation of John Barrymore
will cause the profile king no
little worry. All this grand
entertainment is handed to you
by a deeply-tanned Maxine Doyle,
with Freddy Clark and the boys
stirring up the music.
Added shorts include a Ruth
Etting song speciality df you
catch an early show, a Universal
newsreel and Ted Husing
"Sportslants."
Date up this program!-K. Y.
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Leslie Howard
Scores Again

Place the mantle of any role
on the shoulders Of Leslie How
ard and he will give it a good
wearing, but dress him in the
gloVe-fitting one that falls his lot
in Reserved for Ladies'" and
that is entertainment on a royal
scale. Good farcical comedy is
hard to find and once found, is
hard to carry without risking the
ridiculous. This feature scores in
dialogue and situation, and boasts
the most able and thoroughly de-
lightful cast seen for long time
This is most decidedly not a
name" attraction. for none of
the cast are familiar, the major
ity hailing from English shores,
judging from the speech. Nor is
Leslie Howard, of legitimate sue
cesses, yet so famed in cinema
land as to be a startling box
office draw. But here is some
high comedy, rare on the screen,
with performances to shame and
out-shine many "star" produc-
tionS.
The situations develop fast and
furiously after Max, the debonair
head-waiter of the Grand Palace
Hotel of London, falls in love.
Profession unknown, he follows
Sylvia, the girl, to an Alpine re-
sort, where the friendship of a
king casts upon Max, the
suspicion of royalty. When the
Countess, his London past, tracks
him down, things get a little
too complicated and he runs
away. They meet again, thanks
to the king, in the dining room
of MaX'S daily toll. Max wins,
but he has some bad moments
first.
Leslie Howard is Max, the
pride of the Grand Palace and
its guests. This able master of
dramatics Is an actor. be it
footlights or kliegs. Elizabeth
Allen plays Sylvia, not so rarely
pretty but with a freshness and
charm that is breath-taking at
times. George Grossmith and
Morton Shelton, in the roles of
the king and SylVia's father, are
superb. Bonita Hume plays the
Countess with a splendid reading
of her lines. Good entertain
ment.
Subsidiaries include a mystery
short, a Betty Boop animated
and a news reel, featuring those
record-breaking Olympic events.
H. w.
The Washington times., 1932-08-13
Walter Huston
Checks a Run
on the Bank

RK-O Keith's Greater Show
Season" got off to a flying start
yesterday with fast-moving Amer
lean Madness" as the weeks
attraction.
This drama of August, 1882, its
principal theme based upon The
difficulties of American banks
and bankers in these parlous
times. is a refreshing departure
from the numerous sex films with
which the industry has deluged
the theaterS.
Walter Huston. the dynamic.
two-fisted bank president with an
abiding faith in his depoSitors,
does a great job. He is ably
assisted by Pat O'Brien. as Matt.
the valorous young teller; Kay
Johnson, whose Mrs. Dickson" is
admirable: Constance Cummings,
as Helen, the charming secretary
to the banker, and Gavin Cor
don, as Cluett. the rascally
caShier-1ot to mention a dozen
others whose characterizationS
are excellent.
Robert Riskin, the author,
really has several plots in his
story, all interrelated, yet distinct.
We find Dickson fighting the
battle of his career with a hostile
board of directors who feel the
president is playing Santa Claus
too ardently for the good of the
bank.
To add to Dickson's miSfor.
tunes, his cashier is involved in
bank robbery and an attempt to
break up the bankers home; and
a sensational run on the bank is
Stemmed only by depositors,
helped by Dickson in the past,
rallying round at the last mo-
ment.
A Strange AS 1t Seems" short;
newSreel. and screamingly funny
Mickey Mouse in Arabia" COM
plete the well-rounded bill.
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Colonial B each,
Chapel Point

One.day Wilson Line steamer
trips to Chapel Point and
Colonial Beach are becoming in
creasingly popular as inexpen-
sive one-day vacations. Few cities
are able to offer their residents
a 150-mile steamer trip for a
rate so low as 1-3 of a cent a
mile, and few cities can boast
of river so beautiful as the
historic Potomac.
Howard Texter and his Com
manders are thrilling hundreds
of moonlight patrons, who flock
nightly to the spacious dance
deck of the City Of Washing
ton.
AS always, there is an abun-
dance of free parking space near
the Wilson Line pier, and both
car lines stop at the gates.
The Washington times., 1932-08-13
Newspap aper Man
Gets a Break

The newspaper profession is
deely indebted to Paramount for
Guilty as He'll" a picture that
does justice to one of it's members.
1t shows he's good fellow-not
always the hard,drinking, hard
boiled sensation-seeker of other
cinemas.
The picture, current at Loew'S
Palace, is one of those wise-crack-
ing tales of "flat foot" and
reporter that no team could have
handled better than Victor Nc
Laglen and Edmund Lowe.
1t goes off to a squeamish
start with a cold-blooded murder
of pretty young wife by her
mlddle-aged doctor husband-With
all evidence side-tracked to the
lover, except for one thing, and
it's up to the smart, wise cracking
reporter to discover that.
The cop. or better, the head of
the detective bureau, none other
than the famous "Sez you" Nc
Laglen. is dumb. but good-natured,
aid what he does to pin the mur-
der on the innocent man is
screamingly funny.
But his reporter-pal puts 1t
over on him-findS the real mur-
derer, because the condemned
man is the brother of a pretty
gal, and then finds that in the
excitement the pretty gal has neg,
lected to inform him that she's
affianced to a Navy man.
That's the story, but the Nc,
Laglen-LoWe team makes the
picture. If the husband was
guilty as hell" they are funny
as all that.
Richard Arlen as the con-
demned man sentenced to be
hanged and pardoned a few
hours before. is a chubbier and
less effective star than he used
to be. 1t is up to Henry Steph-
enson, a British actor, to play
the very effective role of the
real murderer.
The added attractions include
'NeighborS' Trouble" a funny
Mack Sennett comedy; a Krazy
Kat cartoon, a travel talk and
the Hearst Metrotone Newsreel.
JAB.
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When the Feature Is
Shown on the Screen

R-K.O.-KEITH'S-"A m er ic a n
Madness" at II a. M, 12:48, 2:36,
4:24. 6:02, 7:5O and 9:4O p. m.
EARLE-"Jewel Robbery" at
11:15 a. M, 2, 4:45, 7:35 and
10:15 p. m. Stage shows, at
1855. $40, $50 and 9:10 p. m.
FOX - Downstairs" at 1920
a. M, 1855, 4:35, 7:15 and 9:55
p. m. Stage shows at l. $40,
$40 and p. m.
COLUMB bad m t e
Ranch" at IL noon, lao, 3;20
5, $40, 1925 and 10 p. m.
PALACE-"Guilty AS He'll" at
1870 a. M, 1:3O, 3:35, 5:35, TAO
and 9:45 p. m
METROPOLITAN e S rived
for Ladies'" at II a. m, 12:46,
2:32, 4:18, 6:04, 7;5O and 9:49
p. m.
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just how he was going to pre-
sent it to her.
Doris" he was going to say
as he put it on her finger,
lets get married over again.
Let's pretend these last eight
years haven't happened. Let's"
Freddy got home that eve
ming just before dinner. He
couldn't remember when he
had felt so good and, like an
excited schoolboy carrying a
surprise gift home for his
mother, he crept into the sit
ting room.
His first instinct was to
surprise Doris in her room,
but he figured that she
would probably have heard him
come in. And for Freddy to
return home at this hour
would be surprise enough in
any case.
Waiting for her to come
down, Freddy sat, examining
the ring he had purchased.
Suddenly he heard Doris enter
the room and, hastily, he put
the ring in his pocket. Ris-
ing, he turned to greet her.
We'll, Doris old lady, the
prodigal has come home"
Doris cut him short with,
in a curt, hard voice:
What was that you put in
your pocket, Freddy?"
"Why-er-nothing -
i mean" Freddy stam-
mered. The coldness of her
voice stunned him.
Nothing, eh?" Her voice
was even colder. Her eyes
held a strange CLINT. 1t
was a ring Freddy-and
there's no use denying it. I
saw you put it into your pock-
ct as I came into the room"
She paused for a fleeting
second. Then
so it's come to this, has it,
Freddy?" she went on. Drink
ing I could stand. It's become
so much a part of our lives
that l don't notice it now.
But drink and women, espe-
cially when you flaunt rings in
my face, form a combination
that even I can't put up with"
The man swallowed hard
But, Doris. IL don't un-
derstand."
"Oh. don't talk like a child.
Whom was the ring for?"
why, for you, sweetheart"
The woman laughed. loudly.
please stop lying. Fred.
Buying rings for me. are you?
And did you expect to hide it
guiltily in your pocket the mo-
ment I entered the room?"
Fred clenched his fists.
But. darling. Honey. Will
you-will you please listen?"
Doris shook her head.
mo, Freddy" was her reply.
GIVE listened long enough to
your excuses. I'm fed up now.
and this is the end. Get out,
and don't come home again.
Go to your other woman and
give her the ring. Get out,
say"
And Fred got out. Outside,
he looked up at the stars.
Then he looked at the ring.
"Oh hell" he muttered,
whats the use? 1 should
have known that Stella or Mil
lie or Gene or Dorothy would
have appreciated it more in
the first nlace."
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No Moustaches!

Which is funnier-for screen
comedy-a policeman with a
mouStache or one who is clean
ShaVen?
Trivial as the question may
seem, it was a real problem dur
ing the casting of Jewel Rob
berry," now at the Earle.
Spencer Charters was picked
for the role, but baked at a
mouStache. He played few
scenes, first with a moustache,
and then without and finally won
the director to his point of view.
The Washington times., 1932-08-13
1t Looks Like Money
If You Don't Use II

extras" working in American
Madness" now showing at RKO
Keith's, experienced vicarious
thrill handling more than $5,O00,,
900 of stage money and seven
figure checks that we're almost
good.
Wrapped in the same packages
that the Treasury here in Wash
lngton sends to banks all over
the country, the money was
brought on the set in six de-
nominations. ones. fives. tens,
twenties, fifties. and hundred
dollar bills. The wrappers were
obtained from the Los Angeles
banks after they had been re-
moved from the real money.
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All In q Day
-By-
MARK HELLINCER

/ NEW YORK. Aug. 13.
I'm not really too much of cync but I've always felt
trfe mstrustfu of the guy who keeps his wife picture
prominently displayed his office desk Ask why and
cant tell you All say is that to me, just doesn
constitute any really great token of affection It's like
advertising love-which is waste of time because you
can neither buy it sell it.
Look at Freddy Stone for insance-or if you dont
care to look at him. accept this pen portrait being
authentic likeness. Darn the whole of his office staff
had remarked at one time other what wonderful
husband he be just because foot-hgh sverframed
photograph of his wife had adorned his desk for nearly O
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Illusions Idea

It's the part that makes the
actor-the actor doesn't make the
part, says Walter Huston. con.
sidered one of the greatest actors
of the stage and screen. Nobody
was a hit in a poorly written
part he points out.