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Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-05
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SANTA MONICA, Dec. 4.
(SpeciaD-Everybody is knock
ing this lame duck congress.
But do you know those fellows
have a chance to make a real
name for themselves and make
us ashamed that we fired 'em?
They know exactly how the
people voted on every ques-
ton they will be asked to de-
eide on. They know the ma
jority didn't want prohibition.
They know the majority don't
want the debt Cancelled. They
know everybody wants govern
ment expenses cut in half.
So when any question comes
up all they have to do is read
the election returns. Course,
If they want to still be on the mi
nority side of all of these things,
we will know exactly why they
was defeated.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-05
SAILOR UNDER SUSPICION

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5. U.P)-
Larry McReddy, SIS, retired sailor,
was held by police on suspicion of
murder today after the body of
George Casey, As, was found be-
side blood-stained butcher knife.
McReddy denied connection with
the killing but police charged it
was the elimination of a drunken
brawl
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-05
,W LATE
= e NEWS

MONTERREY, Mexico, Dec. s.
Plutarco Elias Gales, son of for
mer Mexican president, was elected
mayor of Monterrey today.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-05

ACAPULCO, Mexico, Dec. 5. =
Airplane service between the Paci-
fic and Mexico City was inaugur-
ated today with the arrival of three
planes from the capital.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Cheap Kidnapers

Since the world and his wife
are talking about kidnapping these
days Wallace Munro digs into the
archives to report that w. S. Gill
bert, of the renowned Gilbert and
Sullivan combination was seized
from his nurse in England and
carried to italy. There, several
months later, his father caught up
with the child Snatchers and paid
them five pounds as a ransom.
Things were cheaper, in those
days.
This adventure no doubt ac-
counts for the number of kid
naping Incidents, mixing of ba-
bieS and other infantile escapades
that literally punctuate his op-
eraS. especially 'The Pirates of
Penzance," H. M. S. Pinafore," :"
"Ruddigore," etc.
But Mr.. Munro, who ballyhoos
the G. and S. Festival due at
the Belasco next week does not
report that American play pro-
ducerS kidnapped the first of the
Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
There were no royalty or copy
right laws to protect the authors
and so the then Broadway mo-
gulS played snatch and grab.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

RIALFO-Dorthy Mackaill in
person at lis, 1853, 7:16 and
9;22 p. m. Lloyd Hughes and Dor
othy Sebastian in The Gay De-
ceiver" on the screen. At 1903,
2:51, Sis, IA" and $50 p. m.
PALACE-Claudette Colbert in
"The Wiser Sex" At 1870 a. M,
2:05, 4;4O, ITO and $50 p. m.
Stage shows at ITO, 3.45, 6:15
and 8:55 p. m.
FOX-Elissa Landi in "The
DEVILS Lottery" At 1870 a. M,
ISL, 4;32. 7:19 and 9;54 p. m.
Stage shows at Ill, 1852, 6:33
and Ola p. m.
EARLE-James Cagney in The
Crowd 2oars." At 11:00, 1:50,
4:40, 7:3O and 1920 p. m. Stage
shows at 12:40, 80, $40 and
0:10 p. m.
R-K-O-KEITHS-Pat O'Brien
and Junior Dirkin in "Hell's
House" At lib a. m, 1859, 4:34,
7:37 and 1921 p. m. Stage shows
at 12:49, 1925, 6:18 and GIL p. m.
Observation-Disclosures of
the Baskervilles." At 11:O0, 1858,
1888, 4:23, 6:98, 8:01 and 9:56
p. m.
COLUM BIA-Walter Huston
and Lewis Stone in The Wet
Parade" At 1870, 200, 4:3O,
TOO and 900 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Winchell's Successor

Louis Sobol, New York Journal
columnist takes Walter Winchell's
spot on the air waves, signing a
years contract with radio at So, 500
a week. A few years ago he was
delighted to work a full year for
that much lucre.
Speaking of the Winchell break,
down, Jerry Wald, radio scribe,
was an eyewitness and reported
it thus in the Graphic:
Saturday night at the N.B.C.
studios, chinning with Walter
WincheIl. Monte Hackett brags
of his golf score, while Win
chell bemOans his lack Of
sleep! 81 feel low tonight,
jerry" he says. what were
your symptoms before you be-
came ill?". He looks drawn
and white, and we, of all
people, advise him to take it
eaSy!. The program goes on,
and the gossiper gets paler and
paler. "Okay," he shouts, but
it lacks the old pep and fervOr
The Washington times., 1932-04-20

! take the liberty of presenting
to you what appears to me to
be an exceptional opportunity.
THE object of the concern
is to operate large cat ranch
near Montreal, where land can
be purchased for that pur-
pose. To start with, we want
about 100000 cats and we
will figure that each cat will
average IL kittens a year. The
skins run from IL cents for the
white to so cents for the pure
black. This will give us 12,000,-
600 skins per year to sell at
an average price of 81 cents
each-making our revenue
$4,000 per annum, or ap-
proximately $1,000 a day.
"A man can skin about SO
cats per day at wage Of ST.
a day. AS it will take 100 men
to operate the ranch, our daily
net profit will run to about
$875. We will feed the cats
on rats and start a rat ranch
at the same time. The rats
will multiply four times as fast
as catS-so. if we start with
100000 rats, we shall have
four rats per cat each and
every day. Our motto can
easily be: Skins from Con-
tented Cats
Mark Sets Him Right
THE rats, of course, will be
fed on the carcasses of the cats
as soon as the skins have been
removed. It will thus be seen
that the business is self-support-
ting and automatic throughout.
The cats will eat the rats, and
the rats will eat the cats, and
we will get the skins.
"AS soon as things are on
definite working basis. Mr.. Hell
linger, I expect to expand the
business. We will eventually
cross the cats with snakes, and
they will skin themselves twice
a year. We thus save a mans
wages for skinning and also be-
gin to get two skins from one
cat!
How does the whole thing
strike you, sir?"
1t strikes me, Mr.. Silver. that
you should leave Montreal and
become a citizen of the United
States. An excellent job awaits
yOu-becauSe any man who can
write such a letter would have
little difficulty in being elected
to Congress.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Fannie Hurst's
Story in Movies

To inaugurate it's return to the
presentation of a straight pic
ture program, RKO Keith'S has
booked what is stated to be the
outstanding production of the
year, Fannie Hurst's Symphony
of Six Million"
Charged with intimate drama,
and laid in New York's colorful
background. the picture is stated
to reach a new and powerful dra-
matte height.
Starring Ricardo Cortez and
Irene Dunno, the picture was pro-
duced by Padio under the direc-
tion of Gregory La Cava, with
the same sweep and magnitude
which distinguished the original
story by Miss Hurst. the film
truthfully reflects the stern back
ground of the East Side and takes
a clinical interest in the lives of
a Ghetto doctor and a teacher in
the SlumS,
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
'BELASCO HOUSES A HIT
R Romantic Story
Offers Punch
In Drama

Something Of the pitiful crop
t., of adolescent love for expires
sion and understanding which
Glenn Hunter limned so beauti-
fully in Young Woodley" and
Morgan Farley interpreted with
such force in "Fata Morgana"
has been captured in the new
play Another Language" now
trying its wings at the Belasco
Theater.
This new drama by Rose
Franken has been so SenSitively
written and so exquisitely trans
posed into feeling emotion by
Dorothy Stickney, John Beal and
Glenn AnderS as the principal
actors of its romantic conflict, it
Is pleasure to list it with the
precious attractions of 1882 which
bequeath memories of worth.
Has Ten Climax
The plot of Another Language"
is frail in action incident and
depends much upon its virile
and versatile Characterization for
its sustained interest. It does
mount to as towering and grip
ping third act as has come
along this season and to miss it
is to pass up a powerfully worded
and finely acted dramatic climax.
1t tells of the Hallam family.
A humdrum and conventional set
Of people welded to certain old
family customs such as weekly
reunions, and maternal venera-
ton and respect which amounts
to a fetish. Only Victor breaks
away from the hidebound tradi-
tions. He marrieS Stella, who has
real artistic urge and yearning
for self-expression which is sadly
misunderstood by her in-lawS. Her
individuality is almost completely
submerged until she finds some
thing approaching kindred soul
in her husbands young nephew.
The boy miSunderStands her in
tereSt and sympathy, and visions
it as his first touch of love. Out
of this blurred romantic perspec-
tive three delicately nodded acts
emerge.
Has Great Cas-
May commend the tenderness,
the soft appeal and the spiritual
dignity with which Dorothy en-
dows this role of Stella as some
thing the lover of good acting
can treasure. I was completely
won by Miss Stickney'S charming
performance in Phillip Goes
Forth" and here is another por-
trait worthy of the unforgettable
little poetess. John Beal is the
juvenile picked to portray the
touching helplessness of misunder-
stood youth and he makes this
Jerry a character well rounded in
appealing qualities. Glenn Anders,
Herbert Duffy, Maude Allan, Mar
garet Hamilton, Margaret Wych-
erly and Irene CatteIl were others
in this exceptional cast whose
acting was a delight.
Another Language" is a play
whose title sounds unpromising.
Let me reassure you. Here is a
dramatic gem that I feel sure Is
going on to greater things, proba.
bly, on Broadway.
ANDREW r. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, April 20.
"Border-Land" with withdrawn on
Saturday from the Biltmore
Theater, where it opened on
March 20.
Ballard Macdonald, formerly
we'll known on Broadway as an
author of lyrics and librettos
for musical shows, has been
engaged by Billy Rose to write
for the latter's. Forthcoming pro.
ductions. Mr.. Macdonald re-
Gently has been living in Cali
fornia.
Three changes were made last
night in the cast of Intimate
Relations" now running at the
Ambassador Theater. Gage Clark
succeeded Bruce MacFarlane.
Charlotte Andrews took over Ruth
Abbott's role and Rhea Martin
replaced Marion Burns.
The Broadway presentation of
the Edgar Wallace play, THE
Ringer" which had been sched-
uled for Wednesday night of
next week, has been abandoned.
The play, Of which E. E. Give
headed the cast, ended a two
weeks preliminary engagement at
the Wilbur Theater, Boston, on
Saturday night.
The road tour of "Dilly Daily"
a vaudeville revue with FRITZ
Scheff, Patsy Ruth Miller, Charles
Ray, Harland Dixon and Jed
Dooley among it's players, closed
IN Philadelphia on Saturday. The
show opened in Atlantic City on
April 3.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Bpoe Complain Helen AuIt Stars Hee Walter Wnche Fades
OF AZ Qther Newsx Items Of Stage and Screen

a clicker when it hits Broadway
next week. In fact it looks like
a clicker RIGHT NOW as Mons.
Chevalier says. 80. No surer sign
of approaching summer is needed
than Ernie Johnson's bulletin that
Managing director Leonard B.
Schloss is polishing and painting
at Glen Echo Park and sweeping
the dust off his million dollar pool
for an opening on Sunday, May 7.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Wise to SIeuths

Wise to Sleuths
"The prohibition depart
ment, after receiving several
complaints, finally went into
action. Two agents were dis
patched to Boozeville to un-
cover what they could. They
arrived in town and. as soon
as they stepped into cab, the
driver became suspicious of
their appearance. He strained
his ears and caught snatches
of the conversation as he
bounced along. AS soon as they
stepped from the machine and
entered the hotel the driver
raced around to various spots
with the news that there were
two dry agents in town. Be-
fore long everyone who counted
had the information and the
description of the agents.
THE prohibition men had
their dinner and then went to
work. In front of the hotel
they hailed cab and told the
chauffeur very innocently that
they would like to go some
where for a drink. The driver
nodded agreeably and started
off. He hit the main highway
and continued driving. They
must have been riding fully
three-quarters of an hour when
one of the agents poked his
head through the window.
Forced to Settle
"'Hey, buddy he asked,
where are you taking us?'
I'm taking you to a place
where you cain get something to
to drink" was the reply.
Well, what's the idea of
driving us away out here?'
ooh murmured the cabby,
it's not so far. Just another
mile or so and we'll be in
Canada
Canada! calculated both
agents in unison.
Certainly returned the
driver in very naive fashion.
Canada is the only place I
know Of around these parts
where you can get drink
"The agents we're driven back
to- Boozeville and refused to pay
the cab bill, which now came
to some SIS. The sheriff was
called and he promptly threat
ened them both with Jail un-
less they came across.
"They paid-and left the next
morning. And there hasn't been
a prohibition man in BoOzevilIe
ever Since!"
The Washington times., 1932-04-20

And then the last few notes
Lou KatZman'S orchestra
with TheO AIban warbling. :.
Happy Days Are Here Again"
. "A crumpled, wan figure sits
on the chair, his hat dipped
over his face. .WinchelI has
bowed to the laws of nature,
and another man proves you
can't OverdO things sometimes
in our m; quest for success
It'll be a good six months,
they tell us, before he comes
back-let's hope stronger and
better than ever. Don't lose
heart, Walter. Okay, Amer
lea?
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
All In q Day
-6y-
MARK HELLlNGER
NEW YORK, April 20.

NEW YORK, April 90
"The story told to by Dr. Hanes, the dental
geon writes Bert Nevns and he asked me to it on to
The yarn Vermont town that is located not
too many miles from the Canadian border. Inasmuch
you'd probably change the of the spot before you used
anyhow III you the trouble by giving the fictitious
handle of Boozeville.
place for hootch shipments that have successfully cleared
the Canadian border Practically everyone in town has
hand in some liuuor transaction or other.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20

Accordingly she's singing and
dancing at Club Michel and wait
ing until Max Gordon casts his
new Irving Berlin musical COM
edy. The watch charm ingenue
has been in Honeymoon Lane"
Sweet Adeline" and "Three'S a
Crowd" since she graduated from
the amateur ranks of the st. Pat
rick Players. That's moving fast
for a washington dancer.
Fannie Hurst, Corpor I'll o n
Counsel Bride. Charter Heslep,
and young William A. Brady, jr.
were among those last night who
voted Another Language" a Bel
asco Theater show that looks like
The Washington times., 1932-04-20

Gu6 OESdu d1lu
butter right out
If their mouths.
For instance
that law which,
strictly inter
preted, prohib-
it's any theater
from putting
window cards
advertising its
attraction in
store windows
and bans one
sheets.
My talk with
Assistant Cor
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Downey Dickering

And since this column seems
to be sort of air complexioned
today it might be we'll to report
that several of the Washington
theaters have been negotiating
for Morton Downey, Tony Wons,
Renaud's band ct ais. But the
salary is away up in the air. Far
too much for the local payrollS.
So what. Merely that Columbia
is dealing direct for the Washing
ton Auditorium with Duke Fose,
planning to put on its headliners
during the middle of May. fol-
lowing another independent show
ing in Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20

Andrew R. Kelley ooration Coun-
sci Thomas diScloSeS that the
District Government officials
are not disposed to make things
hard for the billposters. AS a
matter of fact they are plac-
ing very liberal Interpretation
on the law in question until such
time as a public hearing can be
scheduled and the injustice, if
any, rectified.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
A Cat Scheme

"Dear Mr.. Hellinger," writes
Herbert H. Silver, of Montreal,
"The stock market at the pres
ent time is a universal topic
and pain in the neck. Stocks
are declining to such low levels
that many people are wonder.
ing if securities can reach levels
below nothing.
I'm the midst of all this.
came across a financial propo-
sition that appears foolproof.
Knowing that you are always
open for an Investment in an
excellent business propoSition.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Newspaper Pet

Pat O'Brien just can't seem to
get rid of newspapers. He began
his screen career as the star re-
porter in "The Front Page" and
now, in his latest picture. "Hell's
House" at RKO Keith's this week
is the means of giving a news
paper story that causes him no
eno of embarrassment.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Helen Ault, Star

Petite Helen Ault is dancing
at Club Michel, and singing too,
if you're interested. Helen
stopped at the department desk
a few days ago to explain why
she is not with the condensed
version of "Threes a Crowd" "
Her voice disappeared. All of a
sudden. But it's back again.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Local billposters are complain
ing that not unemployment, but
restrictive legislation is taking
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
International Film
Censors Are
Problem
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1892, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, April 20.
! If international censors would just
agree-that is the cry of Holly
! wood, which is finding the foreign
market very much Of a head
ache these days.
Some of the problems of show.
ing American pictures abroad are
aired by Arthur w. Kelley, who
heads foreign distribution for
United Artists.
In France, says Mr.. Kelley, they
don't object to sex angles, but
crime, brutality. anything grue-
some is promptly cut. In Ger.
many, the shears are leveled
against any scene that might Of
fend politically. In England,
crime and sex are both severely
frowned on. Japan also cuts out
brutality and watches sex closely.
The Spanish speaking nations, to
the delight of the producers, don't
bother much about censorship.
There are some things, OF
course, on which international
opinion does coincide. The villain.
for instance. is rapidly becoming
man without a country. Every
nation objects to claiming him.
The British also insist that the
stage type of Englishman is an
unwelcome type of ridicule.
What with these censorship dit-
ficulties the rate of exchange and
the language problem brought on
by the talkies. Mr.. Kelley admits
Its all very complex. But he does
believe that the new method Of
superimposing titles will help
a lot.
A superimposed title, in case
the term leaves you with a blank
feeling, is the old-fashioned silent
title cut down to narrow strip
and imposed across the bottom Of
the image on the screen. In
Japan. it is perpendicular strip
along the side. This title trans
lateS or explains the English dia-
logue which goes on without in
terruption.
The method has not been used
with much success in France and
Germany, says Mr.. Kelley, but
the Spanish and Oriental audi.
ences take to it heartily. In fact.
the Spanish audiences prefer it
to Spanish dialogue pictures.
Musicals and melodramaS with
plenty of action-"One Hour With
You" and "Tarzan" for example
are the most popular type of film
with foreign audiences, declares
the film head. The ordinary so
ciety drama with considerable
dialogue fares badly.
What will the end be-? Mr..
Kelley doesn't know. But he has
confidence in the ingenuity Of
Hollywood.
Top This One
They were talking about great
boats and tall lies. George Cukor
submitted the story about the
argument between the Australian
and the American.
I'm Sydney" said the man from
Australia, 1--WE have automobiles
that will go 200 miles an hour"
"Yeah?" said the Yankee.
well, in New York, we have
tractors that tear up the street
at $50 miles an hour
But don't anybody get killed"
gasped the Australian.
Nav" flipped the Yank, I'VE
have man running N front with
The Washington times., 1932-04-20

WARNER BROS THEATRES.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-19

"Lucullan" became synonymous with
luxury and refinement of living.
Some centuries later Anglo-Saxons
took over the term. So much for
the English adjective.
AS for the cherries, Lucullus is
said to have found luscious ancestors
of our domestic cherries growing in
the hills of Asia Minor. where their
cousins, the peach and the ounce,
also originated He brought back
cherry trees and set them out In his
spacious gardens.
Works on cherries mention Lucul-
lus as the probable developer of the
cultivated cherry as distinguished
from the wild cherries of Europe
and America. They point out that
''cerasus," the Latin name for cher
ry, came from the Pontine city of
Cerasus, near which Lucullus found
his cherries growing. But these trea-
tises do not state where Lucullus
planted his cherries, nor If and how
he had them served at his table.
They do not even mention Lucullus'
gardens or his fame as an Epicur-
ean.-Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-19
MODERNS OWE BIG
DEBT TO LUCULUS
Cherry Cultivation Ascribed
to Famous Roman.

If Roman politics had not been
particularly bitter about the year
20 B. c., the English language would
be without one of it's most s0norous
adjectives. and cherries might not
be the luscious fruit which inspires
poems and festivals today.
Politicians and the military IRE
quently were at outs even at that
remote date, 1t would seem. A GER
tain Roman general found his vic
tories distorted into defeats by enc
mics at home; the truth of his hard
earned triumph was withheld for
years.
Remember Cicero and his praise
OF Pompey through endless high
school Latin classes-Pompey and
the defeated pirates, Pompey and
the conquered Mithradeses and Ii
cranes? Cicero neglected to men,
ton that his client had reaped
where Lucius Licinius Lucullus had
sown, though there were, of course,
mannerly references to that great
est of Roman gentlemen. Cicero
could not overlook so convenient a
pigeonhole In which to shelve the
general Lucullus.
Deprived of his command, Lucul-
lus withdrew to lonely hill north
of Rome, laid out extensive gardens
apd h,YiJt the most mo uuifieonf v;lIo
Rome had yet seen. Here Lucullus
played host to philosophers and
poets, presiding at banquets graced
by delicacies and topics of converse
ton hitherto unknown in the West.
Among his dazzled contemporaries,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-19
The Deserts Price

Miss Stark, l want to send to Ell
Paso for another doctor. an want to
stay here all night with my boy" ne
| said.
Ii was on her tongue tip to tell him
that he could not possibly stay. that
neither she nor her brother would con-
slider 1t. But her eyes were drawn
past him 10 the stricken figure on the
bed. Something in her that was deeper
than hate, than the demand In her for
revenge. stirred within her heart She
resented it bitterly. but she could no;
refuse.
If you'll give me the message TO
your son I'll take IL myself" she said.
Doctor Sanders wrote the telegram
so that there might be no mistake In
verbal transmission.
Julia took IL and walked out of the
room without another look dt either OF
the McCanEs. Her pony was still sad
died in front of the house. She rode
out of the valley toward the pass. ner
body shaken with anguished sobs.
Never before today had life seemed to
her so empty and so futile.
A sound startled her. She turned.
to see Stone riding just behind
"Thoughr maybe I'd hettel drift
along" he drawled. "You never can
sometimes TELL"
She choked down a sob and nodded
thanks.
81 don't reckon could help you any
way?" he suggested gently.
mo, it's-just the way things are.
We have to let those McCanns stay
here after-after what they did"
The little Texan studied her a mo.
ment before he spoke at amt been
proved, Miss Julia. that Wills Mccain
did it."
IF he didn't. who did?"
I'm not offerin' any opinion on
that"
Then why do you say maybe he
didn't?"
His stony eyes were Opaque "Only
notion of mine"
"Oh well Ii he didn't do 1t he
knows who did. It's all the same.
They were lying in wait for Dad-he
and his friends. What's it matter who
fired the shot?"
Stone looked at her. strangely, she
thought, and looked away. MAY
be So"