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The Washington times., 1932-01-06
About Ruth Etting

Lew Brown chtrps proudly that
Florenz ziegfeld could not afford
to pay Ruth Fittings Follies
salary for the road, $4,000 q week,
but the Fox Theater will pay that
and more for a week Of her song
beginning Friday. So be it. I
spent part Of Christmas after.
noon trying to make up my mind
whether I liked Ethel Norman, of
Scandals" as well as the Etting.
Ruth got my vote. But like the
The Washington times., 1932-01-06
Hurrah for U. s. A.

While Kenneth Clark, Of Uni
versal Service, who has spent a
year and a half at Rome and
covering League of Nations meet
ings at Geneva, opines that moth
ing inspired greater reverence for
Hollywood and all its work than
being obliged to watch European
movies. Back in Washington,
Correspondent Clark proposes to
give the F. Street Hobbies a regu.
lar play.
The Washington times., 1932-01-06
All I'm q Day
By
. MARK HELLINCER -
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.

NEW YORK, Jan. B.
In setting the scene for this yarn, writes T. j. A.,
Detroit contributor, "you choose as your locale
any town in the u S. A. that has furniture factory
in t. If vou want to stick to the truth, however,
which doubt very much upon occasion-you'll place
the action in Grand Rapids Mich because that's where
"Call the man Johnson AS a boy he had to pass
furniture factory after furniture factory his way to
school The smell of fresh cut lumber was always IN
his nostrils: the whirrng of was always in his
ears There was nothing else to live for; nothing else
to talk about It was a case of mountaineering,
noon nQht
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nists
Are Given
Toastin9

The fifth play of the Profes-
sionaI Players second subscrip-
ton season at the Shubert-Bel-
asco Theater, will be Blessed
Event" featuring Roger Pryor, to
be presented the first week in
February. The title has a famn-
ier sound, for there is a certain
pl ointment columnist who not so
long ago coined that little phrase
Blessed Event" for his own par
ticular purposes and made 1t ma
tionally famous.
The play is a hilarious satire
and Roger Pryor, ever a taVorite
in Washington, is cast IN the
leading role.
Following this piece on Febru-
ary 8, Fred Stone with his daugh'
ter Paula, will arrive in his latest
musical success Smiling Faces"
This is another of those delight
full, clean, wholesome, trunetul
comedies for which Fred Stone
has been famous ever since those
days when it was Montgomery
and Stone and they gave the
theater such we'll remembered
musical plays as 1.-THE Wizard Of
o." "The Red Mill" Chin
Chin and many others which
will live long in the memories Of
all who saw them.
The week of February IS will
mark one Of the most important
dramatic events of the entire
Washington season, for it will
bring Ethel Barrymore as the
charming Lady feazle in Richard
Brinsley Sheridan's famous COM
edy "The School for Scandal"
The Washington times., 1932-01-06

Through, b | g.
b e st of the
tun e full new
operettas plays
the N a 10 n al
Theater, begin
n ng January
18. This Is Vim
cent Youman's
production, has
a gorg US
score, N orm a
Terris, Charles
Winninger, Tom
p ow ers, Ada
May and others
of musical COM
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CaIIi-Curci Will
Sing Saturday

Amelita Galli.Curci world-fa-
nous coloratura soprano, assisted
by Homer Samuels, pianist, and
Raymond Williams, flutist. is an
nounced by Mrs. Wilson-Greene in
concert at Constitution Hall next
Saturday evening. at $50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1932-01-06

Smiling Through" was q great
success for Jane Cowl as a play,
then was made for the movies by
Norma Shearer. The musical YER
sion calls for an orchestra Of A
led by DR.. Hugo Rissenfeld.
The Washington times., 1932-01-06

naive assurance of Ruth's press
agent, who forwards word that
she drew 185,000 people to the
Roxy Theater last week-a record
and ignores entirely the fact
that Farrell -Gaynor, in Deli.
cious," were also on the Roxy pro-
gram,
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Tunes With
Romantic
Story

BY ANDREW r. KELLEY
Good news for musical comedy
addicts arrives today with the an
n ounce ment that Smiling
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I'm not saying that about our
furniture, I know it's COM
Portable and nice and all that.
But-weN, you know what I
mean. It's not too stylish
Her husband blinked his
eyes.
"'It's always been stylish
enough for me- he returned.
After me being In that busi'
ness all my life, are you going
to tell me what's what in the
furniture line?'
Mrs. johnson went into one
of those wifely routineS.
"'Oh, Henry, darling she muir
INJURED, I didn't mean it that
way. You know that I love
our home and everything in it.
But these things are really so
beautiful. Genuine Queen Anne
and Louis XIV pieces. They're
genuine antiques-and so very
hard to find.
Graves Antiques
"'It would mean so very much
to me if we had a few pieces
like that in our home. I think
the neighbors would simply die.
Can you picture Mrs. Millions
face If she walked into our
living room and saw those
things? Or that catty Mrs.
Franks?
please, Henry, dearest,
come along with me and look
at those things. That's all I
ask
THE man shook his head.
But he smiled affably.
Martha he asserted, this
is your party. I've never denied
you anything that was with
in our means, and I'm not 60
ing to start now. I'm too dog
gone tired to move myself, but
you go right ahead. If your
hearts set on having that fur.
niture, then buy it. And I hope
it makes you very happy
"AS a result of that generous
gesture, Mrs. Johnson bought
four pieces for the sum Of $4,000.
Not a great deal for such an
tiqueS, but, as the wife had
pointed out, they were genuine
bargains.
"'I know it was a big ex-
pense, Henry she said, but the
satisfaction well derive from
those things will more than
make up for it. I'm having
them Grated and they're to be
shipped out tonight. BY the
time we get back to Grand
Rapids the furniture will all
be there. And what a thrill
that is going to he'
Fatal Discovery
Some three weeks later the
JohnSonS were back in the
home town once again. Mrs.
Johnson just couldn't wait.
She leaped for the phone and
urged several Of her friends
and neighbors to come right
over and help her unpack her
new, antique furniture. And
how she enjoyed saying it.
Everything went perfectly.
There were exclamations of
praise and envy from all the
women as each piece was un-
packed. Mrs. Johnson was in
her glory. and her husband
wasn't doing badly either. It
was all just too grand.
Just too grand, that is, until
a neighbor's little boy who
never wanted to miss trick,
crawled beneath the precious
furniture and called every.
body's attention to a small
stamp in an obscure corner.
The stamp bore this very
simple notation:
Made in Grand Rapids,
u. s, A."
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And Now For Gossip

It's really quite a coincidence.
Everybody in the studio commits
saries seems to be drinking
tomato Juice these last few days
Here's a bit Of Hollywood.
The late Rudolph Valentines $780,
900 ta-Franchini now belongs
to an auto rental company and
is loaned to the studios for $75
a day. This is the car with the
cloiSsonne door handles. Fran
ces Dee has a new brooch set
with diamonds that big" She
won't say who gave it to her. D..
Judith Wood has had a piece Of
good news. After removing the
bandageS from her face, DR.. F.
G. Nolan has assured her she
will have no scars or other dis
figurements as a result of her
recent automo bile accident
The Washington times., 1932-01-06
Universal BUYS
a Thriller to
Revise
By HARRISON CARROLL

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6.-Here's
a new one in Hollywood's calen.
dar Of tricks.
Universal is buying a German
made thriller Mountain of
Flame" in order to retake it with
English actors, retaining only the
original scenic backgrounds. AL
most a case Of Mohammed and
the mountain.
It was Paul Kohner, who dis.
covered the film during a recent
trip to Europe. Upon his return
he recommended it to Carl
Laemmle, jr., who approved and
promptly arranged the purchase.
No director or cast have been
chosen for the English version.
but after "Frankenstein," James
Whale is the logical choice for
the megaphone assignment.
The Washington times., 1932-01-06
Sure Enough

Golf slogan de luxe. Sug-
gested by Jack Foy:
'NO matter how thin you
slice it. it's still . golf BALI"
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Trip to Europe

1.-TWO weeks later we find
them in Europe-Paris, to be
exact. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson have done so much
sightseeing and rushing about
that they are completely ex-
hausted. The only difference
between the two is that the
husband has given in and is
resting in the hotel. while his
wife still keeps chasing madly
on.
"Just as the tired man was
getting in a sweet dream about
Grand Rapids, in came his
wife with tremendous news. She
had seen some bargains! Fur
niture bargains. And she in
sisted that he come out with
her Immediately and look at
that.
Henry she cried excitedly.
you know that I've wanted
decent stuff in our home ever
since we were married. Oh,
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when he grew old enough,
he became a cabinet MAKER
exactly as his people had al
ways been before him. He
married one of the home town
girls and furnished his nome
right out Of stock. Like his
neighbors and friends, he lived
a placid, simple life. He saw
thousands of feet Of lumber
shipped in and carloads OF
furniture shipped out. He loved
his wife and he saved ms
money. And, more than that,
nobody could tell you about
Mr.. johnson.
Thus the years roll by IN
similar fashion, and we meet
Mr.. johnson on his fiftieth
birthday. AS a surprise for
his dutiful wife, he has done
something that everybody IN
Grand Rapids wants to do, but
not too many can afford. He
has decided upon a trip to
Europe.
Finally came the big day,
and Mr.. and Mrs. johnson
sailed for the land Of their
dreams. With his cap and his
camera, Mr.. Johnson walked
around and around that boat
as though he was determined
to wear out the decks. Mrs.
johnson tried to pick up bar
gains in the ships tiny store.
and wound up with 20 articles
she hadn't needed in the first
place. They had a cocktail
before dinner and a cordial
with the coffee. Hot doggie-
what a thrill!
The Washington times., 1932-01-06
Follows Tradition

noon and night.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
FATHER COX Is
PREPARING new
HUNGER STUNTS
Wants Million to Put
Him Up AS President

PITTSBURGH, March 29.-Again
supported by the business men Of
this city, Father James r. Cox is
planning an unemployed political
convention" for st. Louis in August
where he expects a million unem-
ployed. Father Cox, Catholic priest,
who led about 10000 unemployed on
a disastrous jaunt to Washington,
which he called a hunger march, "
is trying to rouse the jobless to
nominate as presidential candi-
date.
Father Cox's main slogan is that
the unemployed should starVe as
good Americans and should not put
up a militant fight in their demand
for relief.
Father Cox's hunger march, as his
present venture, is financed only by
Pittsburgh businessmen.
Cox has designated blue shirt as
the insignia of the march of St. Louis.
Besides the fact that he wants him
self nominated for president, Cox
has not told the unemployed how
they will feed themselves.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
BankeFs Propose 20
PC. Cut for Lawrence
Mass. City Workers

LAWRENCE, Mass.-A cut Of 20
per cent for city emplo css was pro-
posed by the bankers and manuIdc-
turers Of Lawrence.
The A. w. Co. has cut the wages
officially 10 per cent, but actually
1t amounted to as much as 40 per
cent. Hundreds have been discrim-
mated against and thousands work
part time. The 1900 city employees
haven't been paid for 10 weeks, the
city has no money. The Boston
banks and A. w. Co. would not agree
to loan money to Lawrence, unless
the wages of the city employees
were cut 20 per cent.
The Unemployed Council and
Trade Union Unity League Local
called upon all city workers not to
accept any wage-cuts and join in
united fight against wage-cuts and
for Unemployment insurance. Also,
to send delegates to the Hunger
March Conference. which will take
place April 4, in preparation for the
State Hunger March on May 1 and 2.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30

Student League, demanded that ous-
ter proceedings be started against
Walter S. Smith, County Attorney Of
Bell County and that the whole sit
uation be investigated
Governor Laffon refused to- take
any such action. Under hte guise CT
a kindly, paternal manner ne def
initely turned down all the demands
of the students and supported the
fascist attack of the Bell County
thugs and deputy sheriffs upon the
National Student League delegation.
In reply to the statement of the
governor that the students we're just
as safe as he was, Robert Hall asked
whether Laffoon would guarantee
their safety in Kentucky. The Gov
ernor denied that he would, saying;
mo, / can't guarantee safety to
anybody in Kentucky" l cannot
guarantee you safety if you return
10 the Harlan or Bell County coal
fields, nor can guarantee you
safety until you leave the state.
l don't know what you can do
about having Smith or any of the
officials arrested there"
This was a clear self-exposure of
Laffoon's demagogic attempt to make
the students believe he sympathized
with them while simultaneously re-
sfusing to take any steps for insuring
their safety.
Despite the fact that the students
have been on the road almost steadily
for the last twenty-seven hours, they
intend travelling to Washington
through West Virginia. A petition
has been drawn up demanding a
Federal investigation of the entire
matter and Congressional action for
guaranteeing of their rights to travel
through Harlan and Bell Counties.
1t was announced last night that
Governor Laffoon had received over
5000 protest kilograms from college
clubs, professors, student organiza-
tions and friends and relatives Of the
students all over the country. Sena-
tor La Toilette received a telegram
signed by eleven professors in Col
umbia University including three i'm
portant departmental heads asking
that he move for Federal inves-
tigation of conditions in Harlan and
Bell Counties.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
CRISIS TO LAST
LONG TIME SAYS
HOOVER ADVISER
Strawn Says Workers
to Pay More Taxes

NEW YORK.-The economic crisis
will last a long time and mo human
being could predict when the de-
preston would end" said Silas H.
Strawn, president of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce and
close friend Of Hoover, in a speech
at the Waldorf rf-Astoria Hotel Mon
day night
Strawn insisted that government
expenditures" be cut down, but
omitted mentioning the cutting
down of war expenditures. He wants
all relief work cut down, and at the
same time taxes increased, because
he said, "the government budget
must be balanced in some way"
Strawn said that the cost of gov.
ernment had risen from $3,0O00 900 ,00C
La 1913 to $13,O00,OOO,O00 in 1881
But he did not point out that the
increase in war expenditures has
grown faster than any other ex-
penditures and that in the city anc
state government at least half o.
the expenditures go for grating
capitalist politicians.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
Scores Silence of Press on Mine Strike

men cannot talk to any one, for just
as soon as we do we get a club broken
over our head by the troopers. The
boys who are being held did not do
the damage that the paper states.
Some of the older miners tell me that
they were never trated SO rough by
tn troopers as they are now.
Now the collieries in Mahanoy City
Shamokin and Silver Creek are
abandoned for one year to 18 months
and the committee of the above col
ieries were called into conferences
by the operators to take a cut in
wages at a flat rate of $5.96 per day
This committee refused even if they
are hard up but they would not work
for such price.
Then hte business men say the
men are lazy and don't want to
work. Well, they see one part of
the story, but not the other. The
paper here will not print the piece
to benefit the miners so that the
public will know what is really going
on and taking place. They can not
see where the company broke the
contract first by offering such rate
for hte miners, but they see when
the miners violated the contract for
the papers states so. Funny isn't it.
p. o.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
MASS ACTION
FORCES RELIEF
IN CALIFORNIA
Unemployed T a K e
Over Council and De-
nounce Grafters

RICHMOND, Cal. Following
demonstration and parade $50 un-
employed workers laid the following
demands before the Richmond City
Council and by their organized
pressure won immediate action
l. IS weekly cash relief for the head
of each family, So extra for each
dependent; 2. No evictions of unem-
ployed or part time workers; 3. Gas,
electric and water bills Of unem-
ployed and part time workers to be
paid by the city; 4. No discrimina-
ton against Negro foreign-born,
young workers lor single workers;
5. The stoppage Of payments Of in
stallments on houses, furniture and
cars for unemployed and part time
workers during period of unemploy-
ment.
The demands were presented by
Florence Crook, workers candidate
for the Board of Education, after
which the workers took possession of
the City Chambers and turned the
council meeting into a workers open
forum:
Unemployed workers backed by
shop workers from the Standard Oil,
Sante Fe Railroad and Ford's took
the floor denouncing the system OF
starvation forced upon the workers
by the ruling class in Richmond, and
demanding immediate relief for the
needy case, particularly for $50
workers whose lights and gas have
been turned off.
Two of hte councilmen answered
the workers and said that the de-
rflands were out of reason. Jack
Irwin, field organizer for the Com
munist Party took the floor and
completely exposed the graft Of the
company controlled Council. espe-
cially in their attack on Florence
Crook by cutting off her relief, gas
and lights.
Conrade Irwin told the City Coun-
cilmen and Mayor that if they did
not give relief to the unemployed
and cease their attacks on the for
eign born that more and greater
demonstrations would follow.
The pressure OF the workers stop
ped further evasion Of the demands
by the officials and forced a promise
Of immediate action for all needy
cases. The next morning unemployed
workers who were in the demonstra-
ton were given food, and their lights
and gas were turned on.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
Shenandoah, Pa.


Dear Editor:
Please allow me little space in
the columns of your valuable paper
to publish an article which might let
the people or public know what is
really taking place in the anthracite
region at the present time, just to
show the people how the miners are
being Disseminated against by the
operators and the district officers who
are double crossing us every way they
can. II seems to me that this is about
the only paper which will publish the
truth; our local paper and the paper
in the vicinity of my locality are abb
Solutely against the miners and speak
for the operators and the officers
who class us as the insurgents. Well
we might be insurgent but we are
insurging the right remedy.
The miners are carrying on a mill
tant fight against the state troopers
sent in by the bosses, and our own
district president has lot to do with
their coming here also. The men are
forcing the strike against their grow
ing grievances and hunger.
Yesterday five of our local boys
we're arrested while on picket duty
and were put in Jail until $500 bail
was furnished and held for court, the
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
To Hold Open Hearing
On StarvatiO on In
Kansas City, April 5th

KANSAS CITY, Moan open
hearing of misery and starvation in
the Armourdale section of Kansas
City, Kansas, is being arranged by
the Unemployed Council for Tues
day April 5.
For the last few months the Fam
lily Service Of Kansas City has been
consistently choking off relief and
forcing the unemployed workers and
their children to get along on less
and less food. Milk is unknown to
the Armourdale children. An open
challenge is being issued to Mayor
McCombs, to Mr.. Kent, the head Of
the Family Service, and to Mrs.
Twenty. The hearing will take place
at the Workers Center, 751 Orange
Street.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
W.L.R. Tour Shows
Mass Interest In
Miners Struggles
8
BalIam, Biedenkapp,
to Speak in Mimi,
Penna and N. Y.

NEW YORK.-Two workers Inter
national Relief tours headed respec-
lively by John ]. Ballam. labor
leader and editor and Fred j. Bieden-
kapp, national organizer for the
Trade Union Unity League are
sweeping across the country and
drawing masses of workers to hear
the story of the Kentucky strike and
to take up the struggle for better
conditions.
The Bellam tour which is now
holding "a meetings in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, scored splendid results in
many industrial towns. Indiana Har-
Dor workers turned out to the largest
indoor meeting ever held there with
700 workers enthusiastically cheering
tn Sovit films. In Hammond, In
diana $50 jammed small hall and
100 stood three hours without leaving
the room. In Cloquet, a paper mill
and lumber town, the largest collec-
ton on record was taken for the
Kentucky Tennessee striking miners
relief.
In Superior, March 26th more than
500 crowded in hall with $50 seating
capacity and all remained for three
hours. w. 1. R. branches were formed
at every town.
Company stool pigeons infest all
meetings. But the workers are not
intimidated.
In the iron mine country, Iron
wood, all tickets for the meeting have
been sold out in advance. So intense
is the interest in the struggle among
the iron miners that the workers
have insisted that three meetings be
held during the weekend so that no
one will miss the message of solid
arity.
/ Ballam leaves for Southern Min
neSota to open up new territory
where five more meetings will be
held upon completion of the Wis
consin lap.
Fred Biedenkapp swings his tour
into the Pittsburgh district this
weekend, holding meetings at Nc
Keesport, March 90; Carnegie, March
30; Brownsville, March 81; Pitts
burgh, Workers Center(, 2157 Center
Avenue, April l; Ambridge, April 2.
Biedenkapp is scheduled to arrive
in j JAMESTOWN, N. Y, for mass
meeting on April 4. The schedule for
New York State is as follows: Bing-
hampton, April 5; Utica, April 6;
Syracuse, April Z; Niagara Falls
April 8; Buffalo, April 9; and Roch-
ester April 10 at p. m.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
"Relief" Agency In
Haverhill. Mass, Is
Completely Closed

BOSTON, Mass.-HaverhiIl closed
down it's emergency relief last We'd
nesday and 987 families remained
without the few dollars a week
which was just about enough to
keep off the specter Of death.
The local unemployment commit
tee is preparing a mass meeting to
be called in the City Hall on April
IL to protest this action and force
the city to give relief. Also, prep
arations are being made for a Hun
ger March Conference for April IA
at 2 Sheppard ST., Haverhill. All
organizations, employed and unem-
ployed workers are urged to send
delegates and make 1t a real fight
ing State Hunger March for May
and in Boston.
The daily worker., 1932-03-30
200 FIGHT TO
STOP EVICTION
Women and Children
Slugged by Police

LOS ANGELES. Calif.-Over 200
workers, housewives and children, of
the Boil Heights neighborhood, part
icipated in fight to stop an evic-
tion of an unemployed woman and
her small child, Although the furni-
ture was not Put back in the house,
the workers, women and children put
up such a valiant fight, that it
forced the fake charities to get the
worker place to live.
When the Unemployed Council
appeared to put back the furniture,
the landlord Immediately locked
himself in the house and called the
police, 20 policemen and plainclothes
men responded to the call and i'm
mediately proceeded to bat up men
women and children.
They succeeded in breaking the
demonstration by arresting the mi
litant leaders of the Unemployed
Council. Lillian Dinkin, Meyer Bay
lin and Bertha Goldstein. Baylin was
released that night on $1O0 bail. Lii
Ian Dinkin and Bertha Goldstein,
both members of the youth section of
the Unemployed Council were turned
over to the Juvenile Court. Both
were released the next day.
The police received quite a shock
to their morals" when Lillian Din
kin, after being loaded in the squad
car, raised her skirt and revealed
badly bruised and swollen knees as
the direct evidence of police brutality
for the workers to see.
Workers! Join the Unemployed
Council, Build Block Committees