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The Washington times., 1932-10-27
Seeks Tiny Theater

The foreign films are trying to
crack into downtown Washing
ton. So a local realtor has a
standing offer of $4,000 a year
10 year lease-for a 600 seat
theater on F Street, one near
enough to catch audience over
flows from the first run houses.
To date he hasn't been able to
get the location and his client
has turned down cold a proposal
that he try Connecticut Avenue.
The Washington times., 1932-10-27
All I'm a Day
By
MARK HELLINGER

NEW YORK. Oct. 81.
Paul Van Burnside stepped bthely down the steps of
his fatherinlaws Fifth Avenue residence He fault
esy attred and had you been passing you would have
looked at him, too.
Funny thing about Paul Twenty years previous, he had
stepped bthely down those steps Then now, he
fautessy attircd And people stared He looked the
part of a wealthy gentleman then And he did now
The Washington times., 1932-10-27

was 1dulIleSSlN dILlFCu. AHC
part of wealthy gentleman
But on that day so long ago,
he had scowled as he descended
those steps. He had a reason.
A good reason He had just
come from asking millionaire
Tyson for his daughter Elinor's
hand. And millionaire Tyson
had snorted and fumed and
pounded his fist. And in the
end he had said NO" most
emphatically.
So Paul Van Burnside had
scowled. He had held his fine
head high in the air and set
his sails for Rector's. Two
hours later he emerged with all
sails furled. He was gloriously,
happily, arrogantly plaStered.
Which is one reason why the
old timers call them the good
old days..
But, where there's a will
there's a way, as the old saying
goes. Paul Van Burnside saw
the fair Elinor in secret, and,
before old millionaire Tyson
could call out the reserves, the
young couple had eloped.
Disinherited
Headlines we're rather rare in
those days. But when million
aire Tyson diSinherited his
daughter. the newspapers made
a nice little front page spread
of the story. Tyson was quoted
as saying that, despite the fact
that young Van Burnside came
from a prominent and wealthy
family, he was a young
scoundrel, a reprobate, and a
drunkard.
AL of which is quite difficult
to live up to-.
Love thrives on hardShipS, so
they tell me. At any rate, Paul
and Elinor breezed through the
capitals of Europe like Twenty
Grand in a field of truck
horses. In other words, they
were living.
But-and this is quite a but
the young Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Burnside suddenly found them
selves short of spending money.
So what was more natural than
that they should cable old Van
Burnside for a few bond cou-
pons? And what could be less
natural than that old man Van
Burnside should cable back that
the family fortune had suddenly
become the family misfortune?
Paul managed to collect a few
thousand as an inheritance from
his maiden aunt, but that was
soon gone. Then it was that
they landed back in New York.
And believe you me, the old
town is far from friendly when
the wallet is empty.
Give the boy credit for one
thing. He didn't whine. And
he didn't beg. He didn't go to
Millionaire Tyson and say:
How much will you give if I
return Elinor to yOu?"
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hen. And he did now, TOO.
aged suddenly. Overnight, she
was old. Overnight, she found
that breathing could be very,
very tiresome.
Paul was afraid that the
neighborhood doctor didn't
know his business any too we'll.
He couldn't afford better, but
there was still old millionaire
Tyson. After all, he felt this is
no time for pride. A life is
hanging in the balance.
But Elinor, as white as the
pillow on which her head lay,
said no.
Don't do it. Paul." she whis-
pered. Don't do it. They
didn't want us during the long
struggle. We don't want them
now. 1t wouldn't do any good,
anyway"
please don't say that"
pleaded Paul. You know that
things aren't that bad. You'll
be we'll again and up in few
days. You know you will. You
must. I can't stand it-seeing
you i'll like this"
She smiled and held a finger
against his lips.
BE a good boy" she said.
There isn't much time left
And I don't want you to look so
solemn. It's not becoming to
you, Paul. And there's some
thing I want you to do for me.
Will you promise to do it?"
Whatever it may be-" he
said, Il promise"
Her lower lip trembled.
His Promise
Keep away from my family.
Keep away from them just so
long as you haven't the appear
ance of a gentleman. When
you can afford to enter that
house dressed as you did the
last time, then I want you to
go. And I want you to tell
them that loved you to the
end. And that I never re.
gretted leaving them. And that
you will never need their help,
VIII you do that-for me?"
Paul bowed his head
Two weeks after that, Elinor
oled. Paul did his best for her.
But his best wasn't much. What
little money he had went out for
a decent burial and a decent
place for her to rest in quietude.
From that point onward, Paul
had but one aim in life, He
wanted to fulfill Elinor's wish.
before it was too late, He
wanted to walk into the fading
Tyson mansion on Fifth Ave
nue., and he wanted to look the
part Of a gentleman.
1t sounds incredible that he
could have accomplished it in
one short year. It sounds almost
like one of those things that
could happen only in stories.
Yet it happened In real life.
Paul Van Burnside walked
into that mansion only a week
ago. His head was held high,
and his eyes glistened as though
from a cold. His shiny silk hat
contraSted we'll with his
graying hair. His clothes were
lmpeccable. His malacca cane
gave off flashes of black light
ming as it swung to and fro. He
disappeared inside.
Her Wishes Fulfilled
Old millionaire Tyson's eyes
popped from his head. Paul
Van Burnside removed his gloves
meticulously and bridged the
gap of 20 years in 20 minutes.
He fulfilled the wishes of Elinor
to the letter. Then he left
Paul Van Burnside stepped
blithely down the steps of his
father-in-laW's Fifth Avenue resi-
dence. He was faultlessly at.
tired, and, had you been passing,
you would have looked at him,
too. He walked two blocks.
Then he turned to look back.
No one followed. He stuck his
hand in his pocket. Across his
'Shirtfront, sign lit up.
Smoke El Habana Cigars"
it read
The Washington times., 1932-10-27
Wanted Xmas Presents

She wanted extra money for
Christmas and hit upon the
movies as a way to get-so it was
that Louise Fazenda, now at the
Rialto Theater in "Once in a
Lifetime" broke into pictures.
That, of course, was several years
ago.
The Washington times., 1932-10-27

the week be-
ginning Novem-
ber 4, singing
four times a
day.
T h ere'S a
wealth of Senti-
ment in the
booking of this
71-year-old diva
into the movie
houses. Respect
and veneration
for a beloved
figure able to
carry on in the
a m u S e m e n t
The Washington times., 1932-10-27
Together Aeain

Lew Brown and Ray Hender-
son have again joined forces
their two big talking picture
hits, "Sunnyside Up" and Just
Imagine" Felix staged For
ward March," the new Brown
and Henderson revue playing at
the National.
The Washington times., 1932-10-27

material as it is necessary to buy,
meaning the wages of a first
class gag man.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

fell on Indifferent ears.
The sun sank behind the fields
and the guard shouted Lay 'em
down." In the truck Ebenezer sat
at his side and while the car shook
its way through the gloom, pressed
his foot gently, a friendly pressure.
Bill Irvine called Come by me!
Lemme smell your under the
reddish flares. In the mess hall
the older Negro caught his eye
with a significant look that made
his heart pound fiercely.
He was half through with his
supper when Ebenezer got up.
David knew what to do. He had
been told in a few. swift. sentences
and he raised his legs over the
bench and followed him into the
yard The boy walked slowly to
the kitchen. He saw the warden
and the night guard talking to-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08
Engdahl Remembered the Prisoners

~. Louis EngdahI national
chairman of the International
Labor Defense, died in Moscow,
November 81, 1882. A mass me-
mortal meeting in his honor will
be held in the Bronx Coliseum,
December 49,
ONE phase of the life and work
" of J. Louis Engdahl should be
especially notcd-his devotion to
the interests Of the class war pris-
oners. No matter what his other
duties in the International Labor
Defense, he always kept the pris-
oners and their families constantly
in mind. Largely as a result of his
planning and insistence, the Pris-
oners' Relief Fund was set up last
year to make special efforts to
reach new groups OF sylnpathizers
who would help in this prisoners
relief job.
In connection with our campaign
at that time Comrade Engdahl
wrote a special article called RE
member the Prisoners, in which
ne said in part; .ttrt.,
lone of the first obligations
Of the working class is to its pris-
oners. This also involves cur duty
to their families, left on the out
side without the breadwinner.
This task has been too much
neglected in the past. The In
ternationsl Labor Defense, which
organizes and carries through
this special task, has met with
considerable indifference, even
within its own ranks, in develop
ing the relief Of prisoners and
their dependents, in uniting the
workers on the outside with the
class war prisoners through cor
~errcndences The natrnnage syb=
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

tenn, visits wherever possible.
Generally the task is to show
every victim of capitalist class
justice entombed in prisons that
they have not been forgotten"
Then Comrade Engdahl told his
readers precisely what they could
do about it: % Send an imme-
diate contribution to the Prison
ers' Relief Fund, 90 Pledge to
pay definite and regular amount
to the Fund.
No more timely excerpt from
the varied and forceful writing of
Engdahl could be quoted than this
appeal for the class war prisoners
and their dependents. Were Eng
dahl still with us he would be
making such appeals right now,
especially in connection with the
Prisoners Winter Relief Campaign
of the l. L. D. go East 18th ST.,
New York City.
Engdahls memory is warm and
inspiring to all those engaged in
any form Of working class relief
but especially to those engaged in
this class war prisoners work.
For he was the outstanding figure
in this type Of work, a work that
must be carried on now with more
than redoubled energy. New work
ers must be brought TO help in this
work. Comrsde Engdahl was al
ways looking for fresh forces to
assist in this task
There should be scores of those
who will want to help carry on
where Engdahl was forced to leave
of. Their slogan of work must be
This own words Support the class
war prisoners and their depend
ents We cannot forget q single
prisoner !a = single daSsT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

sWamps, everyone in Buzzard's
Roost knew enough not to try for
them. Two had fed there once
and two weeks later a trapper had
found what the wild cats had left
of them. The warden would have
no fear of a break in that direc-
ton, not with chains and spikes on
their legs Only the open road
held hope for escaping convicts in
this camp, and on that the hounds
would find them.
WORTH THE RISK
Against capture and punish
ment was the chance of success,
of shedding spikes, and the fear
of shackle poison that might
cost him a leg and leave him
helpless cripple, unfit even for
white mans farm.
The thoughts raced through his
mind. To the excited imagination
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08
2 Messages to Congress

Two messages delivered to the country on Dec G.
The message of Wall Street to Congress delivered nv
PRESIDENT Hoover and the message of the suffering millions
delivered by the 5000 delegates represented by the Hunger
March
Mr. Hoover more declared in his MESSAGE "Tbe
acute phases of the crisis have obviously passed. he once
more appealed to the need of restoring confidence as the
the theme for the Roo po o9e anv d different 5s form has
m m on o Roosevelt the opening of Congress
thus preparing public opinion" attack
raise confidence and hope through the system
ing class and weaken growing fighting march of 5000
h tn @ I a ahus9o~ the COUNTY in Wash
strategy Of the bOurgeOsie following
oosS eT and war debts were to be made the main
sne forum 9a to gGtT on the debt question with slight differ
monopoly capitalism The debt question growing imperial
ISL conflicts particularly between Great Britain
s means Of letting loose the poison Of cauvnis
Tor bread to manufacture public opinion for
question being as means Of putting the heayv taxa
on program Of finance capital on the shoulders the tong
beer question But the menacng fist of the
the politicians THE HUNGER MARCH IN WASH
FROM CONGRESS BREAD BEFORE BEEF DHaANDED THAT PP
s1AFoE or TURNED INTO THE FUND FOR UNEMPLOYED IN
HOOVER Congress- In the provision against
distress private agencies of the country
have been modified again Here the million unemployed
condemned charity relief ad
msered by the great private agencies And the
marching Wsshingon
promises for unemployment relief he
made good THE HUNGER WASHINGTON SERVED NO
sToRaI OF STRUGGLE THROUGH THE COUNTRY THAT
SUP ANCE TO THE STARVING MILLIONS.
passage of sales tax He called
for drastic points touching unanimv be-
the Republican just went through
bitter election struggle taxing
Of the crisis TF RP 9sa ARGE W9Ts Hapt1 way out
TAXED ~ De
The spirit Hunger March in Wash
st a n'o ne Dackgna the cheap dmgogy of the Wall
he no ana determined spirit of the 5000 elected delegates
- 9 w
feeling panic of the land Admiration
Washington "
The unydng spirit Hunger March dele
entstves finance wokg-cass discipline
organization and consciousness displayed by the
esC WI" De OF lasting inspiration to the workers the country
steel them for further
THE very Hunger March was met with decara
ton OF the of official they
~ IN Inc Iney mseraoy failed in that Bravey did
S thy would
marchers enter Washington body struggles ac-
coanyng the Hunger March Washington
huser aIch were hed as virtual prisoners Official Washington
that allowed to parade
sent against the Hunger ruling class
paphernia before the Hunger
March which only armed with revolutionary
discipline organization.
What made the ruling yield? struggle the demands
Of the millions represented growing
sion in the heroic behavior of the Hunger
The Hunger March raised sharply before country
forced serious increase cities increased
ana inspired the confidence OF the workers their
class solidarity 1t developed struggles which in
many cases already brought material results
ing struggles in the country in the fourth of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

official southern
prison oncocted conditions
under which thousands prisoners white live
official diet the
glowing account the food given the
pounds of bacon
tables without stint fresh
out stint Below something
letter from prisoner the McDue County
prisoner writes Boss knock beat the
time don't get enuf to eaedont get but meals Sunday
don't get but slice of meat meal The quality the h"
published
which showed that actually
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

IHE STORY so FAR: David Jackson. a Negro
youth, is on his way TO Macon Ga 10 look for a
JOB when he is picked up, charged with vagrancy
and sentenced to three months on the chain gang
FOR trying to escape while being taken TO the prison
camp known as Buzzards ROost, the sentence is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

been attempted"
"The police tainted and cursed
the Hunger Marchers", he said.
"Tbey manhandIed them. Their
commanding officers looked on and
said nothing. Police Chief Brown
had for two days been telling re-
porters and other inquirers that
the Hunger Marchers are like any
one else But at no time were they
treated like anyone else.'
The police singled out Negroes
for special abuse. They tried to
arouse hatred Of Negroes, Here is
one incident:
mo less than 25 policemen, in
GLIDING a lieutenant. surrounded
a car. (Thcre were eight men in
it, two Of them colored) Come
out OF there, ycu lousy white trash,
travelling around with acks',
shouted a policeman. -Four of the
men were roughly hauled out
Tried to get out on us, hey?' And
a stream of unprintable language
tlimbled from police lips. Well,
ii don't work. Get back in the
Car YOU and drive in where you
belong Sick. are you? Get back
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

increased to IL months, and David is compelled TO
wear 20-pound steel spikes rveted around his legs
One of the Negro prisoners dies from tuberculosis
because he is forced to work while i'll and then
denied medical attention. Tie is buried by his
fellow prisoners. Now continues
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

into line" washington Daily
News. Dec. 81
HURL VILE EPITHETS.
Meanwhile the police surround
ing the camp were hurting vile
epithets ut the men within earshot,
and. when occasion offered, hitting
individuals or dragging them from
cars which had been turned back
from lodgings downtown. Only at
dawn ;. :. did the Indictment to
violence on the part OF the tor
tured marchers cease Federated
Press Washington Weekly Letter,
Dec. g.
In spite of all lies and ISLANDERS
masses of workers in other cities
rallied to the defense of the Hun
ger Marchcrs A storm Of protest
broke over the head of the govern
meDt Wires, and letters in
sisting on the d9hts OF the Hunger
Marchers and the end Of police
proyocation afd persecution poured
in.
THE determination, courage and
discipline OF the Hunger March
delegates matched the mtlitancy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08
NEGRO SLAVERY TO-DAY
John L. SPiVak's Stirring Novel
GEORGIA fIEGGER"

ger a him exposures the hd@N persecution and nation opp@ o
u 5
c It o hi term have p
Of o g they d NJ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08
The Press and Police Campaign
of PrOVOcdti0n That Failed
Solidarity and Discipline Defeat the Governmentnspired
Drive to Disrupt Hunger March Action of Unemployed

ALL WASHINGTON WAITED
WITH NERVOUS APPREHEN-
SION FOR THE CLASH THAT
SEEMS INEVITABLE--A RIOT
THAT MAY BE FAR MORE
SERIOUS THAN THE EYiC-
TION. OF THE BONUS ARMY
LAST SUMMER-A BATTLE
THAT GOVERNMENT OF
FICIALS PREDICTED MAY
END IN BLOODSHED AND
DEATH" - New York Daily
Nn,rs Dec - -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

the escape was an accomplished
thing.
Wen you fxin tub try?9 he
asked eagerly.
Dis cy'nin Right after supper
Eibene2cr said.
TIE afternoon was long.
10 David the work songs to
which he shoVelled merely heralded
an approaching freedom Even the
guards customary cries and curses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-08

gether, but they did not look -
him
Continued Tomorrow,
WILL THE RUSE WORK.
WILL DAVID AND EBENEZEH
SUCCEED IN BREAKING AWAY
FROM THE HORRIBLE PRISON
CAMP WHERE NEGROES ARE
TORTURED AND SICK MEN ARE
DRIVEN TO THEIR GRAVEL
DON'T MISS TOMORROW'S M
STALMENTi
of their mass support. They
marched through Wall Streets
capital. They presented their de-
mands to the Curtises and Garn-
ers who had modified the press
and police against. them and the
millions of workers in whose in
terests they marched and endured
insult, hardship and threat of mas
sacre.
SET NEW HIGH MARK.
The National Hunger March and
its mass support set new high
mark for organized and disciplined
struggle for the demands Of the
15-16,co9,ooo unemployed-for cash
winter relief and unemployment
insurance at the expense OF the
employers and the government.
1t was to prevent this achieve
ment That The campaign of lies,
SANDER, abuse and terror was
launched.
IT did not succeed.
Victory rests not With Wall
Streets government in this historic
mass action but with the working
class and its revolutionary 1eads~-
ship--the Communist Party.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-05-13

mncadam construction. Closed TO
traffic. No dctours.
Canaan. Upper Barrnck road
Gravel surface about miles IN
length. impossible. A very conven-
lent detour IL available on q c0un-
try road TO the west OF construc'
| tion.
Cornwall. Crenm I'M road. Wa
terbound macadam about leg
miles In length. Surface complete
and open to traffic. Shoulders and
railing incomplete.
Durham. Wallingford road. About
| 1.2 mile of whtTbound macadam
under construction. No delay TO
traffic. No detours.
Enston. Center street about ] 1-2
miles In length. Completing gravel
surface and oIling. Traffic should
nvoid this road an much as possible
as delays are unavoidable. Wcstport
turnpike about mile In length.
Complete and open to traffic.
Enfield. Maple street IL being oil.
ed for 2 i-2 miles.
Goshen. West side road. Broken
stone surface about mile IN
length. Complete and open TO
traffic. Beach street Construction
naddam. Rock Landing road Is
being Oiled for mile.
lartlnnd. Road beginning nj
Route No 20 at East Hartlnnd'
Loose gravel surface about ] mile
In length Section No 3, beginning
mt Route No 90 and extending
southeasterly toward the West
Woods achooihousc. A small
amount Of grading has been done
and mud holes filed. Open ana OK
for travel.
Manchester. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
road. An S.lnch reinforced cement
concrete road about Ia mile In
length IN under construction but
open TO traffic.
Mansfield. stearns Hin road II
being oiled for mile.
Mlddleneld. Mack Way ana
Strickland roads. About ! l.? miles
OF unrolled mac0dnm are under
construction but open to trnfilc
Ncwtown. Walnut thee hill rond
about "a mile In length. Taunton
road about ! mile In longth. and
Huntington road about ] j.? miles
In length. Gravel surface com plete
and ready for oil treatment. Open
TO trniilc.
North Stonlngton. Colonel Brown
road IL being oiled for miles.
Old Saybrook. Inghnm Hlll road.
a short section IL bolng rcAurf0ccd.
No delay " traffic. No detoura.
Orange Dull Hill lane. A short
section Of btumin0us macad1m
road under construction. No de-
tours. No delay TO trnfiic.
Rcdding. Umpn Waug hill road "
being oiled for 2 miles.
Scotland. A section OF tho Baltic
Scotland road. waterb0und macad-
am, length about 9 miles. II under
construction. Traffic can pass.