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The Washington times., 1932-11-17
Robinson as Senator

Meet Yates C"Silver Dollar'D
Martin, the character who releases
Edward G. Robinson from the
gangster cycle. A lusty Colorado
miner who rode to tremendous
wealth and glory on silver ore,
went broke in the depression of
the Mckinley era, died just as
prosperity was turning the corner.
This is a crackerjack Robinson
feature scheduled to be one of
Warner Brothers presents to
Christmas movie fans. It intro
duces Gen. U. S. Grant, President
Chester Arthur, the youthful Will
liam Jennings Bryan, and the
U. S. Senate of the sos in a we'll
told semihistorical tale.
Bebe Daniels does a fine Job
The Washington times., 1932-11-17
By
MARK HELLINCER

NEW YORK, Nov. II.
There story about three who standing in front
of bar drinking whisky Two of them boastng Of
their travels various parts of the world The third
suddenly inquired either had had the D. rs Both
replied that they had not "Ah them, sighed the third,
'you stop boastin You amt been nowhere and you
ain t nothin'."
D. r. cases interest to extreme degree 1t is
belief uppose that all D. patients snakes Such
is not the According to friend of mine who is highly
interested in the subject from psychological standpoint
these patients snakes They number of other
The Washington times., 1932-11-17
Cut Scale Punishment

Hard times or no hard times,
the Washington Musicians Union
will not permit its membership
to cut the wage scale. $500 fines
each were plastered on melody
makers who played at Chevy
Chase Lake this past summer
and $1,000 was the punishment
for the leader for accepting the
engagement at less than the
union rate.
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them with bow and arrow and
gun.
Joel McCrea is not particularly
impressive in the role of the
big game hunter but Leslie
Banks, as the Russian, and Fay
Wray as the girl who provides
the romance in the story, are
very well equipped for their
parts. j. D. T.
The Washington times., 1932-11-17
8 %8sEEH

for "Silver Dollar" The story is
proceeding leisurely until she en-
tiers the scene bringing with her
romantic conflict. From the mo-
ment Bebe Daniels appears ISL,
yer Dollar" gets going in high and
breezes through an easy winner
for indexing with the better films
of 1892. You'll find Eddie Robin
son in a plug hat an interesting
character. He was good enough
to make me late for a dinner date
Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-11-17
Myrna 10y in
Barrymore S
New Film
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1899. King Features
Syndicate)

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, Nov. IT.
No actress in Hollywood is
making steadier progress this
yea than Myrna 10y. If you can
believe Leslie Howard, she gives a
notable performance in Animal
Kingdom" and now R-KO Is
keeping her on the lot to play
John Barrymore's leading woman
in "Topaze."
This character, which once
served Mary Duncan on the Coast,
is one of the important trio in
the Marcel Pagnol satire. With
the additional emphasis R-K-O
plans to give it in the talkie yer.
sion, it will be one of the biggest
assignments yet undertaken by
the exotic Myrna.
And while it again discovers
her as woman who lives by her
wits. there will be more than the
usual amount of sympathy.
With the script of Ben Hecht
and Charles Lederer already
okayed by David Selznick, shoot
ing should start on "Topaze" in
a week or 10 days. Director Harry
D'Arrast makes final arrange
ments as soon as he arrives here
from New York.
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offered hav e
b e e n W e ! |
rounded an d
complete dra-
matte portraits.
In other words
he is accepted
as an actor
who has ar
rived in repu-
tation abroad,
is on his way
to real screen
dis tine tion
with American
audiences
Imagine then
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the case before you. That guy
wrote too many words about
nothing at all. Make yours
snappy."
The cub departed. And the
following day sent in his story.
"Where the railroad was" it
read, "the river is"
Then there is the story of
S. Romney Fischbein. who was
granted a two.weeks' vacation
and decided to spend his time
in Atlantic City. He railroaded
to that town in great style
and was soon registered as
an accredited guest OF Yanke-
loVitch's Paradise House.
For two days he enjoyed the
ocean air and spent most az
his time on the boardwalk,
which was only an hours walk
from the hotel. But on the
third day, at the break of
dawn, he appeared in the
lobby of the hotel, his bags
packed and an Infatuated eX-
preston on his face.
Wants His Bill
Quick" he screamed; "give
me my bill. I never saw such
a dirty place before in my
whole life"
The landlord looked at him
in alarm.
"Vy?" he cried. "Only two
days you're here, and already
you're leavink so hearty in de
mornink. Sometink is wronk,
no?"
S. Romney Fischbein splut-
tered in indignation and
opened his hand. There, be-
fore the proprietor's astonished
eyes he displayed roach that
had long since passed into
the beyond.
ct h err 's plenty wrong"
shouted the guest. Look at
this: I found it in my room.
Quick, give me the bill"
Just a mummen5," pleaded
the landlord soothingly. dot
could happen anyvere, Mr..
Fischbein. Bissides, it's only
yum roatch. And, foidermore,
it's dead"
"sure it's dead" Iamcnted
FiSchbein loudly. "But that's
just the thing. You should
have seen the funeral he had."
Some fifteen years ago, a
noted woman writer who COM
manded exceptionally high
prices for her stories took two
or three young novelists under
her wing. None of these had
arrived as yet, and as a result
they were not far from the
point of being in actual want.
This woman, the class of the
field, advanced them sums of
money and helped them on to-
ward success.
Today the situations are re-
versed. Through several un-
fortunate breaks in life, the fe-
male author lost all her money
and is no longer in demand as
fictionist. On the other
hand, the youths she befriended
have climbed to success, and
one of them is rated as the
finest novelist in this nation.
Swallows Her Pride
The other night, the woman
swallowed her pride and de-
cided to ask this excellent
writer for a small loan. She
wanted but 5000 to tide her
over her current period of dis
treSs. She visited the writer
at his home and was received
with open arms.
There, a number of authors
were sitting about. They were
talking high finances. They
discussed tens of thousands of
dollars as though they were so
many marbles. Huge sums of
money were the main topic
of conversation.
After an hour or so, the
woman took her departure
without stating her original
mission. She could have had
$500 from the authur-or, for
that matter. $4,000. But the
large sums that had been men
toned had frightened her.
And she left because she was
ashamed to make her request.
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In the rum ward of we'll
known hospital the other night,
for instance, there was one
chap who was certain that his
feet we're always uncovered.
No matter how many covers
were heaped on him, he fan
cied his feet we're stark naked.
Then he began to see things.
To his distorted mind he evi.
IDENTIFY thought that a huge
bridge extended from the end
of his bed and stretched for
miles and miles. A little red
dot would start at the end of
the bridge and grow larger
and larger until it became a
camel!
Hits the Camel
The camel came leaping
along while the rum hound
grew more excited. Reaching
the bed, the camel would begin
to lick his naked feet with a
long, red tongue. At this stage
the D. T. would jump half out
of his bed, hit the camel with
his hands-and the whole show
would start all over again.
Then there are the truck
drivers who arrive at various
hospitals with D. T. illusions.
The truck drivers, for some
strange reason, always have
the same experience. They
keep driving through traffic,
cursing, and pulling an mag
mary wheel this way and that.
When they do this they are IN
no danger.
It is when they attempt to
back up that the doctors and
nurses. know the end Is at
hand. Backing up inevitably
means death. No truck driver
who is suffering D. It's, I am
told. and attempted to back
up has lived.
One of the funniest cases OF
It's kind / have ever heard
came up in doctors office
lust a few days ago. A man
walked into the medico's estab-
lishment and asked to be looked
over. The doctor asked him
what the trouble was, and he
explained that he thought he
had D. It's.
The doctor looked at him.
do you" he inquired, lever
seen things?"
''No, sir" replied the patient
very positively. II never see
ANYTHING"
The doctor then asked if he
drank to excess. This. too, the
patient denied. Finally, the
doctor grew annoyed.
Doesn't Drink
Listen" he cried, "you say
you don't drink and you say
you don't see things. Get out
of here and come back when
you decide to tell the truth"
The man departed. An hour
later he was back again, his
hat in his hand and looking
very contrite.
Pardon me, DOCTOR" he MUIR
INJURED. when you asked me
before If / was SEEM things,
did you mean that little red
goat that's always fOllOwin' me
arOund?".
An anonymous contributor
forwards the story of the ed
itor who assigned a cub re-
porter to an investigation. The
editor wanted a report on the
condition of a roadbed along a
section Of the line of a rail-
road.
II want a written report" he
said, but I don't want the
kind of a report we got from
the fellow who was assigned to
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The Washington times., 1932-11-17
Had Famous Wife

Louis Calhern, the suave char.
acter actor who plays in Afraid
To Talk" now at the Rialto, was
once the husband of the dazzling
Julia Hoty.
The Washington times., 1932-11-17
Hollywood Parade

This last weekend found a gooc
part of Hollywood treking tt
Palm Springs for the Official
opening of the winter season
Each of the hotels in the desert
resort had it's quota of stars, who
came to rest, ride, play golf
dance, swim and to enjoy the va
rious attractions of this favored
spot.
The swimming show at the E.
Mirador drew a long list of cele
brities. You could have seen Hoot
Gibson ride the imitation broncho
suspended over the swimming
pool, while Sally Eilers, Johnny
Weismuller, Eleanor Holm, 10
byna Ralston, Dick Arlen, Charles
Laughton, Ginger Rogers, Jerry
Horwin and many other Holly
wood friends looked on and ap
plauded.
Gary Cooper and the Countess
Frasso kept away from the
crowds, and Janet Gaynor spent
an even more secluded weekend
seldom stirring from her bunga
low. At dinner dance, I saw
Sylvia Sidney and B. P. Schulz
berg, Vivian and Genevive Tobin
Carl Laemmle. jr., Eph Asher, the
Ray McCareys, the Norman Nc
Leeds and Il any others.
From now until late spring
Palm Springs will draw steady
patronage from the stars.
Here is a bit of news which
will come as a complete surprise
to Hollywood. Jobyna Ralston and
Richard Arlen are expecting a
baby in the spring.
1t will be their first child. and
both are very keen over the ap
preaching event. Dick tells me
that Joby1 i, will spend most OF
the winter at Palm Springs. while
he will motor down week-endS and
between pictures.
Did you know: That Marie
Dressler made her stage debut at
the age Ct five in church enter
tainment? She, portrayed Cupid
posing on a pedestal.
The Washington times., 1932-11-17
SOME PRE-VIEW OPINIONS
Palace Will Give
Away Money
Tomorrow
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

What price dignity? Charles
Laughton is an eminent English
actor, hailed by many critics as
the new Emil Jannings. Such
film manifestations as he has
The Washington times., 1932-11-17

Want to buy a business of your own?
Follow the many unusual Business Op-
pOrtunities advertised daily in the
WANT AID SECTION of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1932-11-17

Did you know: That Marie
Dressler made her stage debut at
the age Ct five in church enter
tainment? She, portrayed Cupid
posing on a pedestal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09

to q serious note when he de- clared the administrators unem- pIoyment plans are "indefensible.' Io said local private relief Is in- adequate.
 "Home relief Is the dole" he said Made work is dole in dis guise. know that what l am going 10 suggest will at least In the beginning be received probably with an unpopular note, and that is a nissue for federal bonds for necessary public works and build ings. s "If those bonds were to be issued In the regular way that the gov ernment offers it's securities ] would say no. positively no. But these bonds could be offered by the government direct to the peo- pie with the same patriotic appeal that was out behind the Liberty bonds, appealing to their loyalty, their devotion and their patriotism.
 And do not make any mistake, that if that is done government securities for the relief of unem- ployment and for the construction of necessary public works will pull out the hoarded money that o-night is reposing in sugar bowls, under mattresses or by the more careful in safe deposit box es."
 Smith recommended that a fed eral administrator of public works su pervise the spending of the money, with authority to slash all red tape.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09

tContlnued from Page 1.) ing with the depression in a war time patriotic spirit and 10 support federal bond Issue for unemploy- ment relief.
 Cheered riotiously 'as of old, Smith spurred the democratic forces in q tauntlng, upsparing Volley against President Hoover, hia foe of 1928.
 But he struck new grave note when he turned 10 the depression which, he said is working "a greater havoc in the American home than did the recent war"
 He assailed prohibition briefly as n costly. hopeless effort, and de- clared that by taxing liquor the country could gather in $l,O0O,- 100000 q year in revenue.
 But he spoke mostly of the de- presslon, and made it. plain that he regards this as the dominating his party.
 "I believe this Is the time when we should forget party lines en- tirely," Smith said.
 John W. Davis. presidential can- 'itet' JSSt, uGbihItu thc touu- try Is turning with open and mani fest eagerness to the democratic party as the only means of escap- Ing from It's present plight"
 James M, Cox. candidate in 1920, declared the administration has but two loyal allies left privileged business and the anti saloon league" He warned that the way out of the depression may be long.
 Cox said that while the campaign will turn largely on economic issues, the party. if it attains power, will have to deal with pro- hibiton.
 When we meet this issue let us meet 1t candidiy and courageously," he said. Let us leave hypocrisy to those whose political natures do not revolt against it. Let every section realize that this question concerns each section in it's own peculiar way"
 Set off to n laughing start by the cxcrepts from 1928 republic pros perity campaign literature read by Toastmaster Claude c. Bowers, the HOO democrats who packed the Mayflower hotel dining room inter rupted with shouts of "oh yeah 7" Smith brought the dinner down
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09

power since March, 1921, is un-
 able to provide 1t. It is left for
 the democratic party to give, not
 only to the country, but to the
 world, that leadrship for which
 they are looking.
 Therefore, MT Postmaster and ladies and gentlemen, in conclu- sion, let us express the hope that this group of representative demo- crats gathered in the Capital city tonight, on the birthday of a great American, a great democrat end a great president, express the firm hope that Divine Providence will inspire the mass of the Amer ican people to renewal of conf dence in the aims and purposes of the democratic party, to the end that we may supply the leadership that will light the way to progress, peace and prosperity in our own country, and at the same time re- kindle the fires under the beacon light of hope that for 150 years has shone across the broad Atlan- tic into the homes of the down trodden, the poor and the op- pressed of every race.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
P. U. Com. Revise
 Power Regulations
State Utilities Replace Former Rules Governing Ce. @ panies With New Order and Docket S70O

Hartford, Jan 9--Rules. regula-
 tions and standards for light an, power public service companies and pole line and safety require ftents for all utilities have been revised by the Connecticut public utilities commission and put into effect as of January 1 under the name docket No. b700. Chairman Richard T. Higgins announced to- day. The revision replaces several other dockets and orders which previously prescribed utility regu- lations.
 The revision K contained In A well bound booklet having three sections which arc titled as fol- lows: Rules, Regulations and Standards" "Construction of Joint Iy Used Wood Pole Lines; and "fnstructions for Safety of Em- picyes."
 Tho latter section, concerning employe safety, was prepared and suggested by q committee repre- senting the several public service companies involved. It met with tho approval of the commission and was therefore included In the docket for convenience and ready reference.
 ' Tn it's order, the commission states that Every electric company and every other public service com pany and municipality owning, maintaining or operating any over head or underground electrical supply or communication lines Tx hereby ordered and directed to comply with the rules, regulations. standards and specifications here by prescribed, in so far as they imayApply to each such company and municipality. provided, how ,eyer, that said rules may be modi- 'hcd by tho commission as apDllc- able to any particular company or patron upon petition and for suffi- clent cause shown
 Copies of the order and the docket have been sent to each elec- trIo company in the state and to all other interested parties in so far as the records of tho commis- Mon's office disclose.
 In Part II, Rules, Regulations and Standards" requirements are prescribed for wiring, meters, rates, deposits, charges, forms of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09

bills, complaints, meter tests. volt age, frequency, maintenance of plant and equipment, records. serv- ice Interruptions, switchboard rec ords, safety, accidents. resuscita- ton instruction of employees, live wire maintenance, generation and distribution system, transmi ission lines and the like.
 Under Part II, "Construction of Jointly Used Wood Pole Lines" the regulations cover classifica- ton of circuits. relative positions on pole lines of different classes of circuits, vertical separation, sclimb- Ing space, supporting line conduc- tors and cables. maximum length of span, apparatus, fixtures for electric lamps. guys. indulators, cross arms, poles and similar sub 1ects. This section is fully illus trated to show exactly the inter- pretation to be placed upon the specifications in pole nile construc- ton.
 Part III, Instructions for Safe ty of Employees" outlines the or- ders designed to furnish maximum protection not only for utility em- ployes but for the general public.
 The booklet is indexed for ref erence to Parts 1 and IT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09

United states, all engaged in the same or similar occupations.
 During all that time the presi- dent has only given passing notice to 1t in the message as though 1t was some little thing that had to do with the government of the Dis- triet of Columbia.
 While we are talking about
 the deficit, what about prohf-
 bition?
 Where we are actually
 spending $fO0,OOO,O0O year
 in a seliseIess, useless, fruit
 less attempt to enforce an un-
 enforceable statute.
 Who says that? Do I say that. Not at all. That comes from the Wickersham commission.
 That comes from a commission appointed by the president of the United States to look into the whole question, and after they printed volumes of testimony and made all kinds of recommenda- tions, boiling 1t all down, out of II wanted something done to pro- hibition right away, and the other four were entirely content to give i. 6 little bit longer time, although none expressed any hope that there was ever going to be any change.
 Now, the one hundred millions for enforcement is a flea bite. It is a flea bite.
 Think of the billions we are kicking away from us that would come in taxation. Why, rum, gin, booze, and beer are running all over the United States un- taxed, and the only man that is going to be safe during March, when you have to make all those figures up, is the boot lcgger. . believer in the theory that the cure for all the ills of democracy Is more democracy, and the way to handle 1t Is to pass 1t back to the people and let them make their disposition of 1t.
 Now, the president in one part oe his message to congress said that the United states was self contained, and in another part of the message he said we were re- tarded by shocks from abroad.
 The latter is probably the fact. and that is the reason why the whole world is looking to this country for leadership. There Is no use searching Europe for 1t.
 Fear, politics, and the condi- ton of these countries after the war, make 1t impossible. They are looking to this country for 1t, and the republican party, In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
State Newspapers
 Still Top Radio
Newspaper Circulation More Than Doubles Radio Re-
 ceiving Sets in Third Largest Density Area

last census, 213,S21. of the 3Ss,56s families in Connecticut are able to enjoy radio programs. The aver |age daily use of radio in this state has been determined to be between four and five hours with a large part of the sets running almost continuously throughout the day. Although the cost of electricity for the operation of a single radio Is very small, the total power con sumption of all of the sets combin- ed reaches a kilowatt hour figure of large proportions.
 In the state, the radio reaches more people than any other single agency with the exception of the daily newspapers. According to recent compilation of statistics by the Editor X Publisher, which is the trade organ of the Journalistic profession, Connecticut's morning newspapers have combined circu- Iation of 109,723 and the evening newspapers are sold to 361,917 people. Thus. the morning and evening newspapers published in the state have total circulation of 471,640, which figure is more than 80,000 greater than the actua number of families in the state and is more than twice as great as the number of radios.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
Long Distance Calls Set Bait
 For Investors
Chamber of Commerce Warns Waterbwrians Holding Paper Securities to Deal With Local Brokerage Houses If Planning Turnover of Valaables

commencing to take new interest in their holdings which they con- sidered would be worthless for a few months to come. The desire to cash in for little ready money is such q temptation az 10 prove n bait.
 The advice of the Chamber of Commerce to all persons fortunate to have bond or stocks is to hold on 10 them and to deal with their local brokers when interested in any changes. It will be safer.
 The number of toll line calls in- to Waterbury by questionable Arms and the amount of money spent to interest persons in schemes that are open to debate is surprising. The chamber hopes that the warning will be accepted by Waterburian
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
TWO FORECLOSURES
 IN COMMON PLEAS

Two foreclosure matters heard yesterday at the short calendar session of the common pleas court were disposed of under decision rendered this morning by Judge Niles F. McNiff. Morris A Green was granted judgment of $9,- G04.b0 against Leslie l.. Archer with law day set for April 1. Fran cesco stabile was allowed judg- ment of $1,242.40 against Joseph Mingrone with law day set for Feb t.Iin r,. i hfh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
Crew Drank Some
 of Cargo, Coast
 Guards Got Them

Gloucester, Mass. Jan 9--(UP)-- Because her crew sampled the cargo, the Italian fishing boat Inverness, with $G0.000 worth Of liquor aboard. blundered into the hands of coast guards eight miles off Tatcher's light.
 The easy capture was reported today when the coast guard patrol boat CG-2394 arrived here with the confiscated craft in tow. There were approximately 760 cases Of liquor on the Inverness. coast guards said