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The Washington times., 1932-11-15
HOOVER STEP
WATTS ON
PARLEY
Message to Congress on Issue
Raised by Europe Hinges on
Views of His Successor

ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL
SPECIAL EN- ROUTE TO
w AS HIN GTON, Nov. Is
(LN.S.).-Any effort on the
part Of the Hoover admins
tration to obtain a further ex-
tension of the European debt
moratorium from Congress, if
such effort is contemplated,
will be contingent on a public
pledge of support by Presi-
dent-elect Franklin D. Roose-
welt.
President Hoover will take the
position, when he, engages his
successor in next weeks confer
ence, that q united front must be
taken in dealing with the allied
demands for extension and re-
vision of war payments.
Roosevelt Reply Received
The governors wire accepting
the White House invitation was
received last nigh. t Hutchin-
son, Kan.
The President will point out
to Governor Roosevelt that Con-
gress is already on record as ex.
pressly opposing cancellation or
reduction. and advise him-to
quote the invitation to the White
House conference-that-
"If there is to be any change
in the attitude Of Congress, it
will be greatly affected by the
views of those members who
recognize you as their leader
and who will properly desire
your counsel and advice"
This outline Of the Presidents
position was given international
News Service today as his special
train rushed through Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
Congress o. X. Required
When the question first came
up. year and a half ago, of
giving Europe relief from its war
debt obligations. Mr.. Hoover called
in a sufficient number of mem
bers of both houses to assure rati-
fication Of a moratorium when
Congress assembled the first week
in December.
~ Again this year foreign pay
Hnents are due December Is with
Congress convening just 10 days
before. No defermert is possible
without congressional sanction.
The President wired Governor
Roosevelt:
81 am prepared to deal with
the subject as far as it lies in
the power of the Executive, but
1t must be our common wish
to deal with this question in q
constructive fashion for the
common good Of the country. I
am lOath to proceed with recon-
mendatiOnS to the Congress
until / can have an OppOrtu-
nifty to confer with you person
ally at some convenient date in
the near future"
Under a clause in the last debt
agreement, the executive branch
Of the Government may suspend
Continued On Page 2, Col. -
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MidgIey, Suspended
Trainer, Shot Dead

BALTIMORE, Nov. Is UNS0.
w. r. Midgley, SIS, suspended
trainer for the Riddle Stables,
was found dead in his home to-
day with a pistol at his side.
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WILL ROGERS Says:

CORONA, Calf, Nov. 15.-Herbert has invited
Franklin down to see him. Now, on the face of
1t, that looks like the last word in hospitality. But
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Walter 4uston and Lupe VeIez in
a Weird Tale Of Jungle Voodoo

Jungle sounds and voodoo ter-'
rors strung together in a series
of scenes which depend upon stark
horror rather than realism make
"Kongo" tale of the madness of
human vengeance; a tale which
lacks any Semblance to continuity,
jumping from the quiet GOODNESS
of convent garden to the dank,
gator infested SwampS of the
tropics, from a sudden storm Of
hurricane intensity to the calm.
deep waters Of a placid, sunlit
river.
There is action and again ac-
ton, there is no lack of excite
ment, there is even a brief love
interval, but all through the dis
connected story there is a play
for understanding sympathy for
a man bereft of his wife: his soul,
mind and broken body stepped in
an unbelievable hatred, an elab-
crate, carefully mapped-out course
of vengeance, the climax of which
is wasted by its suggestion to
Shanghai Gesture"
Another of those Sit-up-and-take-
notice casts which includes Wal
ter Huston doing a Lon Chaney),
Lupe Velez, Virginia CMrs. John
Gilbert) Bruce, Mitchell Lewis,
Conrad Good Boy) Nagel and
C. Henry Gordon, whose Sneer
and more successful ways with
women lost Huston's wife and
gave Loew'S Palace the current
attraction.
For the brighter mood there is
another of the ZaSu and Thelma
comedies in which the beauteous
blonde again gets the helpless
ZaSu into a peck of trouble. Mickey
Mouse, favorite of the stars, after
saying his prayers, hops into bed
and has a nightmare in which
his beloved Minnie is the prinCi-
pal joy. Hearst Metrotone news
reel takes us places and then sends
us home and so to bed! ky.
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When the Feature Is
IShOwn on the Screen

RK-O-KEITHS John Barry
more and Billie Burke in "a Bill
Of Divorcement." At II, 12:48,
1888, 4:24, 6:12. 8 and 9:48 pm.
RIALTO Irene Dunno and
John Boles in Back Street" at
1884, 1889. 3:44, 5:48, 1853 and
10 p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ar
HsS in "a Successful Calamity" )"
At 1885, 2:25, AIS, sos, 7:55
and 9:46 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Jack Hoxie in
"Gold." At 1910. 1850, $3.50,
$40. $50. $3.50 and 1910 p. m.
EARLE-David Manners in
'"The Crooner." At 1l:15 a. M,
1855, 4:35, 7:35 and 1918 p. m.
Will Mahoney and stage show at
1850, $3.50, $3.50 and 9:15 p. m.
PALACE-Walter Huston and
Lupe Velez in "Kongo." At 1920
q. m, 1:25, 1925, $50, 7:30 and
0:35 p. m.
LOEW's FOx-Laurel and
Hardy in Pack Up Your
Troubles" At 11:00, 1:4O, 4:20,
7:20 and 10 p. m. Stage shows
with Morton Downey at 1885,
800. $40 and 900 p. m.
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Sacks-Binder Are
Stars At Cayety

Mike Sacks and Fred Binder,
funniest of Hebrew comedians,
come to the Gayety Theater next
week, with their Pretty Babies"
company.
Prominent in the cast of prin-
cipals are Alice Kennedy, popular
and pleasing prima donna; Miss
Bebe Tobin, an effervescent sing
ing and dancing soubrette; Harry
Connors, a witty eccentric char
acter straight; Johnny Cook, ju-
venile tap dancing artist; Harry
Ryan, a well-trained actor of
parts; Miss Adeline Parks and
Tiny Huff, a pretty blonde with
a sensational dancing speciality.
The chorus is declared to be
one of the handsomest and live
liest group of girls on the Empire
Circuit.
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Irish Lullaby" from the Celtic
archives and sang it's toor-a-louraS
with all the tenderness and feel
ing of a John Mccormack.
found the Morton Downey Of
the footlights a much more salts
factory entertainer than the
vocalist who attained eminence
through the loud speaker. He has
an exuberant personality. sings
with delightful ease and takes his
top notes without creating that
feeling he will crack an artery.
Yes, he fondleS the microphone.
But it's not grooming. There's a
genuine quality to this voice.
Good KnOckabOut
Lew Pollack, popular song
writer, has a music and dancing
act which incorporates lingering
strains of theme tunes he has
written for the movies as its best
feature. Loosely routined it has
enough good dancing and singing
to click solidly, but yesterday the
matinee Sprawled all over the COM
modiouS Fox stage and found diff
ficulty in striking an intimate
note.
Kass, Mack and Owen have a
knockabout acrobatic speciality
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
ArIiss Starred in
Amusing
Comedy

George ArlisS in the film YER
sion of Clare RUNNERS amusing
play. "A Successful Calamity" is
the current feature at the Metro
politan, and the star and the
adapterS have succeeded in re-
tanning the sprightlineSS and
verve that characterized this
work on the stage.
ArliSs plays the role of big busi-
ness man who, long absent in
Europe, returns to find his fam
lily too much preoccupied with
polo, muSicaleS and such to pay
much attention to their home.
There is the added complication
that his most comfortable chair
has been replaced by a modernist
contraption in which one can
neither sit, lie nor stand.
Obviously, something has to be
done if Henry wants to spend an
evening at home occasionally with
his family. So it is done. He in.
forms them, quite casually, that
he has lost all his money, and
they turn to admirably to save
something from the wreck. In
cidentally, the rumor getting
abroad, he defeats his most hated
rival and cleans up another mil
lion.
The story itself is, not to be
too finicky about it, nonSensical,
but it is decidedly amusing and
well adapted to the Arliss man.
ner. Mary Astor, David Terrence
and others of note appear in sup
port, and Fortunio Boranova's
pianistic Journeys, though by
way of burlesque, are we'll worth
hearing.
Franklin Pangborn, Esther
Howard and Deszo Retter appear
in the principal roles of Tee for
Two" country club comedy in
technicolor which probably marks
a world movie premiere for Ret.
ter. AS usual, he wreStles with
himself. Baby Mine" depicts the
day of a baby from morn tin
night, and the news reel shows
what's going on in these parts
and elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
A Show Stopping
Program Hits
at Earle

For real entertainment give us
the stage show at the Earle Thea
ter this week. It's really WOW,
with a punch that smacks of the
good old days when vaudeville was
pure vaudeville.
And, as far as the picture goes,
we sincerely hope it doesn't prog
noSticate the fate of certain
crooner who made himself with
the use of that Softening inStru-
ment-the megaphone.
"Crooner" is the story of COL
lege orchestra leader who bluffed
his way to Stardom when happy
go-lucky drunk handed him a
megaphone in a not-so-hot night
club. Well, the singer got to be a
crooner. with plenty swell head,
and, boom, it was all over.
David Manners does the honorS
very we'll. With him is Ann
Dvorak, sweet and convincing.
However. the real kick is provided
by Ken Murray, who punches the
picture full OF holes with his wise
cracks as a high-powered publicity
agent.
On the stage, Will Mahoney,
in a Skit entitled "Why Be
Serious" demonstrates why they
all liked him in Earl Carroll'S
"Vanities" and in the Sketch
Book" He can sing, he can
dance and he can make the
audience roar with his antics
atop huge xylophone.
The next best number is Oracle
Barrie, Sweetheart of the Blues, !"
who is being held over. The
Radio Rubes, of the National
BroadcaSting Company, provide a
good laugh and plenty of good
way down thar" music. The
acrobatic dancing comedian, Maui
rice Colleano, and his family of
high steppers, and Paul Nolan,
THE Testing Swede," that is, a
real good juggler, complete the
program.-JAB.
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which is a real gem. I can i'm
agine this act, spotted right, hit
ting the bulls eye with a SIS revue.
Especially with that nimble girl
tumbler.
Bob Ripa does some amazing
Juggling tricks with rubber balls,
and Besser and Balfour fill the
No. 2 spot.
Roosevelt Tour
Laurel and Hardy fans find any
thing these screen comics do
mirthful. 1t was so yesterday
when the main movie offering,
Pack Up Your Troubles" un-
reeled its manufactured gags.
This time Laurel and Hardy
are doughboyS and if you have
a good memory you will find
that most of the didoes they cut
up in the trenches are fairly
familiar. There is a sort of pain
full effort to introduce a Charlie
Chaplin wistfulness into the pro-
ceedings by utilizing a baby
actress but the result I must re-
port was less than inspired. I
favor the Laurel and Hardy two
reelers. They are easier to walk
out on.
The Movietone shows Governor
Roosevelt's California reception
and Phil Lampkin'S overture
completes an extended program.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Hoxie, Star
Of Western at
Columbia

This weeks picture at the
Columbia, Gold" is another of
the old standard westerns" with
a new set of faces, including
Jack Hoxie. in the featured role.
But the actor who gains the
laurelS is not mentioned in the
billing. With no disparagement
intended for the humans in the
picture, Dynamite, a horse, is
the hit of the show.
Jack, with his horse "Dyna-
mite" leaves his job of cow
punching to follow the lure of
gold in a newly discovered strike.
Finding an old reprobate stealing
his claim, he takes him on as a
partner. The villain in the piece
has been buying up claims and
then having the client shot by
his bad men, and robbed of
the money he paid. With the aid
of a bottle of whisky he per
suades Jacks partner that he is
being cheated, buys his claim
and then has him killed. Jack
is suspected. HoXie tracks the
murderers, resulting in the acci,
dental killing of their chief, Jack
is vindicated, with all looking
serene in the game Of love.
There has been too much econ,
omy used to carry out the
sequence Of the film to its best
advantage. The gold rush has
been taken as the theme, but is
cut down to an incidental feature
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Hearty Greetings

Hearty Greetings
What I was doing there in
the first place, 1 haven't the
faintest idea. But the bar
tender had been out in back
making some gin and cider and
pouring it into champagne bot
ties, when the pest edged up to
me. He was tall and broad
and he had a face that looked
as though it had been caught
In q revolving door recently.
He slapped me on the back
most heartily.
"Well, we'll, WELL" he yipped.
"If it isn't old man column
himself. What are you doing
here, pally? say, wha are
YOU doing here?"
I turned his way slowly.
"I was just beginning to
wonder" I replied vaguely.
Say" he said suddenly.
"could you use a good story2"
Now when I hear those lovely
words I can forgive evhn a
pest. So 1 promptly -wled
into his vest pocket and said.
"Sure."
'Well," he said, "Ill tell you
q swell yarn about revenge,
fella. But first I want to
ask you something. Do you
know Sidney Wilkens?"
Now what's in a name?
Besides. there was that story.
So
do I know Sidney Wilkens?"
I said. "Of course know Sid
ney Wilkens. Good old Sid.
Sure know Sid"
well" he replied, I'm Sid
Ney WilkenSu"
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Then the Story

''Whaddya know" I retorted
with typical Hellinger wit.
How time does change a man.
But the story. The Revenge"
I'm coming to that, Mr..
Winchell," he continued. "Just
a minute. The story concerns
myself and Joe Black. You
know Joe, don't you?"
He wasn't going to catch me
the second time.
Certainly" I murmured.
- "That's you, too. Am I right?"
"You are not" he replied af-
fably. "Joe Black was my part
ner in the importing business.
A greater guy never lived.
Joe and l." he went on,
"were pals since we were kids.
When we got old enough, we
started a little business together
and I don't mind telling you we
proSpered. We vowed never to
marry, for fear it would split
our partnership and friendship.
You can understand that"
ITO be sure" I agreed. could
also understand the end of the
story.
well" he continued, things
went well until just before the
war. 1T was about that time
that I met Nellie"
II was afraid Of that" I ven
tured.
"Well, Nellie and I fell in
love. It couldn't be helped. It
was one of those wild, uncon-
trollable, passionate loves that
are stopped by neither noun
tains nor mortgages. We went
gaga."
Period. New paragraph.
IT tried to keep it from Joe.
but after we were married, I
guess my happiness gave me
away. He guessed what hap
pened."
Mr.. Wilkens stopped to finish
my bottle.
'From that point onward, he
acted rather coolly toward me.
Business went on as before, but
something was lacking. We
weren't the friends we once
were. Yet, somehow, I didn't
care. I had a gorgeous home,
a lovely wife"
And a baby" concluded.
"Say!" Wilkens expostulated.
who's telling this story? We
had no baby"
Pardon" I said. my error.
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Finds the Wife
Horrible, p" I said.

Horrible" I said.
"Well, sir. I fixed her all
right. 7 sued for divorce imme-
diately, and named her lover as
correspondent. My case was clear.
1 won the divorce. And here I
am"
passed weary hand over
my forehead. This bird was
slowly driving me daffy. 1 had
to think a moment before I
could even remember what
story he had started out to tell.
But" I murmured. What
about this guy Joe Black?
Didn't you ever see him again?
Is that the way your story
ends? What about your re-
venge?"
MY revenge?" he whispered.
my revenge? Oh, you mean
my revenge. Well, I got that
all right. That was simple"
"How?" I begged, all a
tremble.
IT just told you" he yelped.
"The guy I found with my wife
was Joe Black. And the poor
simp married her!"
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Back Street" Is
On Final Week

Fannie Hurst's Back Street."
the we'll told screen story of a
great love continues to draw
heavy patronage to the Rialto
Theater and began its second
week yesterday.
This Universal feature which
has Irene Dunno projecting the
best performance of her Holly
wood career as Ray Schmidt"
the unhappy heroine of the
Hurst fiction, also offers John
Boles in an effective characterize
ton. Zasu Pitts, George Meeker
and Robert McWade are promi-
nent in the SUPP orting cast.
Short subjects include Louise
Fazenda slapstick, Union Wages"
and the latest issue of the
Graham McNamee news reel.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
All In a Day
BY.
MARK HELLINGER

NEW YORK, Oct. l.
If this story sounds bit cockeyed, it will sound bit
cockeyed and don't come running to with any COM
plants In fact hereby you, in all fairness that
it's of the dizzest yarns that came my way And
that you will admit, covers a multitude of columns
It was related to in Of the swankiest dalrles
Of the East Ffties Now this of those novel spots
where you pay the British debt In one night
without getting an edge And yet the walters hold
their noses so high that if raned they'd drown.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01

in the picture, with a subsequent
loss of excitement and the thrill
that we have learned to associate
with these epic events. Jack
Hoxie is the traditional Western
hero, and Alice Day, similar in
appearance to the lovely Ann
Harding. plays the daughter.
The subsidiaries deserve tribute
this week. OF unusual merit is
the Lambs production, Ladies
Not Allowed" starring Lois Mo-
ran and William Gaxton, stars
of "Of Thee I Sing" Paramount
News provides another comedy
feature in the shots Of Will
Rogers speech during the festiVi-
ties occasioned by Governor
RooseVeltS ViSit.-H. w.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01

He opens with
that current hit,
ut Was SO
Beautiful" fol
lows with his
radio favorite,
"Voice in the
Village Choir,
which cleverly
interpolates the
Nevin Rosary"
then SmaSheS
through "Shan-
ty in Old Shan
tytown," to riot
Gus applause.
For an encore
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
MORTON DOWNEY SCORES At FOX
Heart Melodies
Featured on
Program
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

That Irish thrush, Morton
Downey-who conjures up for
this veteran memories of Chauncey
Olcott and Sweet Iniscarra" days
is the act which has capacity
audiences beating palms at the
Fox this week.
Tenor Downey has a well-chosen
group of popular heart melodies.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Smokes Matches

Frank Borzage. director of "A
Farewell to Arms" consumes an
entire box of matches a day light
ing his pipe, which always goes
out after few puffS.
The Washington times., 1932-10-01
Singer Is PoIygIot

Practically every known Ian
guage has been mastered for his
radio singing by Arthur Tracy,
the Street Singer, now in Para
mounts "The Big Broadcast"
The Washington times., 1932-10-01

column"
He smiled in friendly fashion.
You fellows are all alike. AL
ways impatient. Always jump
ing ahead. Bartender" he said,
turning to the dairy maid, AN
other bottle of champagne for
Mr.. Winchell."
I nodded.
Follows Partner
YEAH" I said. "And charge
it to Winchell."
Now" he said, getting back
to the story. Where was I? Oh,
yes. I had a gorgeous home, a
wife, and a car. And when we
were married two years, Joe
Black ran off. Absconded. Can
you beat it?"
You mean," I said, that
your pal took the firms money
and left town."
Exactly. That dirty, low
down heel ran away with every
thing but the bills. He left
them for me. It was at that
moment, when I saw how mat
terS stood. that I determined to
be revenged. A Wilkens never
forgetS, you know"
Il had imagined as much" I
murmured.
well, sold the house and
car and put my wife in storage
with my mother-in-law, and fol
lowed Joe Black. The first clue
I got was in BuenoS Aires. The
police there said that he had
left an hour before for Port
Said.
mo sooner Said than done.
So I hoped the next boat, and
when I reached Port Said I
found that he had crossed into
India. 1 followed"
Skip all that" I begged.
"And tell me when you caught
UP with him"
He finished the bottle, and
ordered another.
In short he continued, II
followed him all over the world.
I used the fastest boats, trains
and planes trying to catch up
with him, but I couldn't.
After one solid year of chas-
ing that mug, 1 gave up. I
took a slow steamer home and
tried to figure out a way of
building up the business again.
Arriving in New York, I
first got myself carefully plas-
tered before going to my
mother-in-law's house. Imagine
my surprise when I walked in
and found my wife in the arms
of another mani"
The Washington times., 1932-10-01

Before and After
Tourists at Lake Arrowhead not
only saw the stars of Hot Sat
urday" making scenes there but
watched the days scenes when
screened at the resort theater
The Washington times., 1932-10-01

pen and ink impressions of the Earle program It
has Will Mahoney, the merry dancing man. its stage
headliner with feature The Crooner," which
Evening star., 1932-06-06
UTILITIES SYSTEMS
EXPANDING IN WEST
Many Individual and Municipal
Plants Have Been Absorbed
in Mergers.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. June 6-Along
with the other economic strains Of the
interior, considerable interest centers in
utilities that have so wide a service
through the farm country and their gen.
orally strong position.
In the past decade great systems of
telephone and power service have super
seded nearly all the individual and mu-
nicipal plants. formerly the only sources
Of supply. These companies have been
created through purchase of local plants,
and, in the case Of power, by connec-
ton of transmission lines with opera
ton from a central station. Systems
with $50 to $50 towns and cities have
developed, giving service to little ham
lets that never before knew the use of
current and whose telephone systems,
if any. were entirely local.
In the telephone field mutual farmers
lines, operated comparatively, exist
along the more efficient systems,
but seek connection with the long
distance service. These lines have
charge Of dollar a month or a little
more and have antiquated equipment.
In many sections the rural lines have
been taken over by the larger systems,
with a higher cost to subscribers, but
far greater efficiency.
Naturally the opportunity for high
finance has attracted some speculative
operators. who have combined minor
plants at an excessive overhead and
have been unable to meet their dividend
requirements Bond issues have sup
plemented the falling off Of stock sales,
with consequent financial readjustment.
These are the exceptions. Corporations
with $4,000 and more stockholders each
have operated with no missed dividends
for 80 years and have high standing.
(Copyright, 1922