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The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Col. Long Pinch Hits
For Carter Barron

While Carter Barron, city man
ager of Loew's Washington the
aters, is in Georgia, spending a
short vacation, Col. Harry E.
Long, Eastern division manager
Of Loew's, Inc, is handling the
operation of the three LoeW
theaters here.
Colonel Long is one of the best
known figures in show business,
having been a house manager, a
city manager, picture production
worker and publicity man. He
now has the most important di.
vision Of his company under his
direct supervision.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29

n u / S q n C e 'at
first nights. For
Comics papa,
r i ch ard Ben
nett, is a crot-
chiefly act o r,
notable for his
caustic curtain
speeches, a n d
on many occa-
sions he has put
a n n o ying pa
irons Of the or
chestra in their
p ! ceS by q
b q ng out
from the stage.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29

Cast Chosen
For Secrets
BY HARRISON CARROLL
copyright, 1892. King Features
syndicate, Inc.)

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 29.-With
most of Hollywood in a post-holi-
day lull, Mary Pickford was very
busy yesterday lining up cast for
secrets" which gets under way
here Monday.
AS the deadline approached,
Doris Lloyd had been chosen for
the role of Aunt Susan, while
Mona Maris, exotic Latin beauty,
was momentarily expected to sign
for the part of the other woman.
One Of the casting problems
facing Mary and her aids is to
find a set Of four children and
their adult prototypes. Dozens Of
youthful applicants were being in
terviewed and tested yesterday at
the United Artists studio.
Mary hopes to have her picture
finished by Christmas, but is max.
ing 70 definite plans for the heli-
days. Secrets" she feels. is the
best story she has had in some
time, and she also is much inter
ested in leading the screen back
to romance.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Crocodile FIGHT

For scenes in the arena in
Cecil B. De Miles "The Sign Of
the Cross" the property depart
ment secured several crocodiles,
with which the gladiators Of
Ancient Rome were forced to
fight.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
"Tom n Ierry"

The forerunner Of the back
bar coffee urn-a heater for
mixing Tom and Jerrys"-re-
turns to its former glory in q
saloon set for Mae Vests pic
ture Of the colorful nineties,
Ruby Red"
The Washington times., 1932-11-29

Compared to our American
Pullman system, the system of
first class travel in Italy is
strange indeed. You can buy
all the tickets you want at any
station, but that, by no means,
entities you to a seat. Every
car is divided into some 10
compartments that seat six
passengers each. II all the seats
are taken when you board the
train, you stand up-and you
like it. Well, you may not like
it-but you stand anyhow.
was still some seven hours
from Rome when a passenger
alighted at some god-forsaken
station. I had been standing
some SO minutes, and I fell
into the seat with a sigh Of re-
lief.
But my relief was shortlived.
There were five men in the
compartment, and they were
all stout and sleepy. The gen.
tleman at the door growled
something unintelligible and
closed the aforementioned door
very tightly. Both windows
were completely shut. The gen.
thman to my left must have
been eating gorgonzola cheese;
the gentleman to my right
must have kept him company.
The gentleman across the way
shifted his feet from the seat
to my lap and snored in per-
feet harmony with the putting
of the engine.
Tired as I was, I got up and
stood outside again.
They have no porters on
these trains. If you want some
thing, you try to get it yourself.
And there being nothing to get,
suppose they figure that they
need no porters. They do have
one bird who wanders through
the train every hour and peers
at you very dubiously. But he
wears q full military uniform
and packs a gun. He's not look
ing for orders. He's looking for
trouble.
At Pisa, by the magic motion
Of several American dollars, I
was given a private compart-
ment in one of the sleeping
cars. That meant that 1 had
a little space all to myself and
that I could write this column
in comparative peace. The
elderly lady in the next COM
partment did complain about
the noise of the typing-but
she couldn't find a porter to
register the complaint. And
I, of course, couldn't under
stand her.
Cock-Eyed History
Incidentally, I always thought
that Pisa was tower Of
some sort. Now I find out
that it's just another railroad
station. You see how cock
eyed history can be?
I had dinner on the train
about an hour ago-and it
proved once again that life is
just a bowl of spaghetti. I
have now been away from
New York about 10 days
Or is it 10 years?-and there
hasn't been a meal that they
didn't toss spaghetti at me.
I suppose it all goes to prove
that there is nothing noodle
under the sun.
They have a novel way Of
serving you on these trains.
The waiter dumps a tiny
portion of something on your
plate, stands at attention and
asks If you want another por-
ton. I was polite and told
him as best I could that I
would wait until I had fin
iShed the first portion.
When I was through with the
mouthful, I called him back
and said I would have some
more. Then he said it was all
gone. Oh, well.
The train is now nearing
Rome and I am nearing ex-
haustion. I think I'll go to
my hotel and sleep for a week.
I've got to do something to
remind me that I'm still q
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Bowery Reborn

New York's famous Bowery is
coming to life at the Paramount
studio, where they are rebuilding
the most picturesque parts of that
district for Mae Vests new pic
tllre.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Hollywood Parade

With Ralph G. Farnum selected
as official talent scout, the Ma.
tional Broadcasting Company will
try an unusual experiment in
Hollywood. Instead Of bringing
candidates to New York for
additions, they will conduct try
outs over a leased wire from
Hollywood. The broadcasting
company pays all expenses for
this private addition.
AS soon as she finishes her
next picture. Loretta Young plans
Honolulu trip with Ruth Cotley,
interior decorator, as companion.
Many Hollywood stars went over
to the Pasadena community play
house to bid Sharon Lynne good
by on the eve Of her departure
with the road company of ''Brief
Moment. Virginia Bruce and
Jack Gilbert were there, also
Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Glib
bons, Helen Hayes and Charles
Macarthur and Sandra Shaw and
John NeguleSco. During Sidney
Fox's absence in Europe, Negu-
leSco has been Sonba'S escort on
number of occasions.
Another farewell party will be
at the Frolics tomorrow night
when Eddie Carr appears for the
last time before going East to
join the Lew Brown show, Strike
Me Pink" Leo Carrillo, Bar
bara Stanwyck, Frank Fay.
Madge Evans and possibly Jimmy
Durante will be on hand. Garr's
imitation of Durante is one OF
the best bits of mimicry seen
out here this year.
At Bob Armstrong; stag party,
lsome of the people didn't be.
lieve Warren Hymer when he
said he could get out of a
straight-jacket. The funny part
Of it is, he can. He's also an
expert at card tricks, and has
done everything from attending
Professor bakers Al workshop to
working as a circus acrobat.
Did You Know
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
A
They Charge She
Annoys the
Customers

BY ANDREW r. KELLEY
It seems odd to see Constance
Bennett spanked by the New York
columniStS for being q chattering
The Washington times., 1932-11-29
Brilliant Idea

brilliant IOed
Seriously, though, this has been
q decidedly tough day. No sleep
ut all last night, and on the go
since early this morning. Along
about 10 o'clock, I was seized
with the brilliant notion that it
might be a swell idea to travel
by car q part Of the way to
Rome and then take the train
the rest of the way.
From my automobile expert
enee of yesterday, should have
known better. Only a madman
or a columnist doesn't learn by
experience. I not only decided
to 60 by car for a portion of the
distance, but I also hired Angelo,
the wild chauffeur from Genoa
who used to drive q cab in
Brooklyn.
It was Angelo who pointed out
that a short automobile ride as
far as a town called Spezia
would freshen me for the long
train ride that was to follow.
"You got my word, buddy" he
assured me in typical Brooklyn
ese, "that my drivin' won't get
you nervous at all. Wen drive
through the mountains and I'll
be as careful as if I was drivin'
my own mother. BY the time we
get through, you'll thank me
for chopin so much off your
train ride"
That one phrase - "drive
through the mountains should
have put some sense into my
dome. But it evidently takes
far more than that. I permit
ted Angelo to talk me into the
idea. And it was shortly before
noon when we started for Spezia.
I think that's the way you spell
It, but I'm not giving anybody
any guarantee.
lust a Short Ride
From the way that Angelo
spoke, I had an idea that Spezia
was perhaps an hour away on
a fine, clear road. We were
riding 10 minutes when I
learned my mistake. The roads
were all of the same type that
I had gone over yesterday.
And each turn was more
dangerous than the one before.
After driving some two-and-a-
half hours, we stopped in a
small town called Rapello for
Q bite to eat.
"dave we much further to
go?" I asked Angelo.
NAV" he assured me. tits
just a little way ahead. Your
train stops here. but it don't
get to Spezia until 5 o'clock.
We got plenty of time"
During luncheon, the boss
himself waited upon me. That
was probably due to the fact
that he had no walters. At
any rate, he spoke English,
which was something of a
godsend.
"How long a drive to Spezia
from here?" I asked him.
He shrugged him shoulders.
mot far" he returned. "The
roads are dangerous but you
can make it easily in three
hours"
I hastily swallowed a piece Of
spaghetti-which was the first
piece of the stuff I had been
able to swallow. And I sought
out Angelo.
Look here, you Jeff Bar.
nett," cried. "We can't make
that o'clock train at Spezia.
It's too late"
Angelo pushed his plate away
and glared at me.
'Who says it's too late?" he
almost shouted. "All I gotta do
Is put on some speed. It's only
30 miles-and we got an hour
and a half"
Five minutes later, I paid
off Angelo and caught this
train from the town I was
in.
The Washington times., 1932-11-29

Did You Know
That William Haines once
worked in a wholesale dry goods
house for 81 a week?
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
RECORD CALLS
BYPOL|CE CARS

A new speed record is believed
to have been set in the last fis-
cal year by Washington police
radio cars which averaged two
minutes in responding to calls
which included 25,4C7 emergency
orders.
The office of Inspector Lib.
Edwards, personnel officer of the
Metropolitan Police Department
has issued statistics stating that
$50 policemen attached to 80
radio-equipped cars in II pre-
CinctS responded to the 25,407
emergency calls.
The cars also received an addi-
tional 1000 messages pertaining
to stolen cars, "lookouts" and
communications to officers, broad
cast through police headquarters
station WPDW.
Of the calls broadcast last year
1919 per cent dispatched cars to
fights, 1885 per cent were for
fire alarms, 1915 per cent for
accidents, 1904 per cent for am
bulance calls, while major crimes
such as arson, murder, burglary,
assaults, robberies and shootingS
totaled 979 per cent.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
n { v CLOTHING
STORE To OPEN

w. P. Junglas, vice president
in charge of real estate, and Carl
S. Fielder, vice president in charge
of sales for the Richman Brothers
Company of Cleveland. arrived
here today to let contracts, su,
pervise the remodeling and en-,
gage personnel for the new Rich
man Brothers mems clothing store
which will be opened shortly at
1927 F. Street N. w.
The new Richman store for men
will occupy the entire two lower
floors of the F Street building.
the front. of which will be recon
Structed. The store personnel will
be composed entirely of eXpe-
rienced Washington clothing men.
The F. Street store will be the
Sixty-third Richman Brothers
store in the United States.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
WOMEN To HEAR
MARKET. PLAN

DR.. F.. B. Baumberger, of the
Federal Farm Board and DR.. T.
B. Symons, head of the UniVer,
sity of Maryland extension service,
will present a cooperative plan
of marketing to the members of
the Bethesda Farm Women's
Market at a meeting next Mon
day night in the Rockville court
house.
The cooperative plan, mapped
out by DR.. Baumberger, was ap-
proved by nine of the original
market committee who met last
night with Otto w. Anderson,
county farm agent, and Miss
Edith B. Turner, home demon
stration agent.
The plan, as opposed to that
of Miss Blanche CorWin, demon
stration agent dismissed last
week of forming private cor
poration, is said to entail much
less capital. leaves control of the
market in direct contact with the
sellers. and allows prorating Of
profits.
If the sellers adopt the CO.
operative plan, they will elect a
governing board of II and
manager, and operate only with
the advice and guidance of the
extension service. The board will
be given responsibility for the
market.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
TEAR GAS AIDS
MAN s CAPTURE

Efforts to commit George Lin,
der, 35, of Oxon Hill, Md, to an
institution L.. for insane will be
made by Prince Georges county
authorities today.
Under, who held three county
policemen at bay for three hours
yesterday, was finally dislodged
from room, in which he had
barricaded himself, by tear gas.
Still struggling after the fumes
had driven him from an impro-
vised fortress in his home, Lin
der was placed in an automo-
bile and rushed to the Prince
Georges county Jail at Upper
Marlboro. He was given a men
tai examination there last night.
Police were called to the scene
by John Under, father of the
man. Both the father and Police
man Oscar Beall fell victims to
the mans weapon before District
police were summoned.
Under, after his capture, con-
tinued his struggle in the open.
Five policemen finally subdued
him.
The father told police Under
had been staying in his room for
the past six months. He even
took food to his room to cook it
himself,
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
Our Leonardtown
Correspondent

LEONARDTOWN, Md. Aug. 26.
Boot leggers in st. Mary's county
Beware!
There has just arrived in st.
Mary's County another special
Federal Prohibition Headquarters
investigator. and now makes the
third member of the local prohi-
bition unit. His name is William
Williams and he halls from the
washington Prohibition forces. He
is to work with officers Joseph
Lynwood May, and H. D. Nc
Mum who have been carrying
on together aided by the Wal
dorf Prohibition unite up until
this time.
The last still gotten here was
in swamp on the PatuXent
River and was a $50 gallon cop
per still with 900 gallons of rye
mash, and the officers had. to
capture it by means of a row
boat. Due to the splendid work.
ing order of the grapevine COM
munication no men were caught.
having been warned or signaled
of the officers approach by some
unknown means.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
Charles TOLUn Banks
Plan Consolidation

MARTINSBURG, ". Va, Aug
Decentralization of Jefferson
Bank and Trust Company and
Farmers and Merchants Deposit
Company, both of Charles Town,
jefferson county, has been
agreed to subject to the approval
of stockholders. A special meet
ing of stockholders to vote on
the merger will be held Septem-
Der 20.
The new institution is to be
called the Farmers Bank and
Trust Company.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
Plane LEAPER
REWARD READY

A $25 reward for recovery of
the body of Miss Marjorie
Fletcher, Forestville IN. " school
teacher, who plunged from an
airplane near Annapolis Tuesday,
mas been offered by Mr.. and
Mrs. H. o. McConanghy, of the
400 block Forty-eighth st. N. w.
with whom the teacher lived.
The announcement was made
by Sheriff R. Glenn Prout, OF
Anne Arundel county.
Search for the body continued
today near Hockey Hall, where
6-year-old Frederick Spielman
said he saw a person drop from
an airplane. This section is
heavily wooded and very sWampy
and Searchers have had difficulty
in making their way through it.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
LIBERAL VIE " 8
/ BAR WRITER

State Department officials
claim they are mystified over
the refusal of British authorities
to permit Henry Wadsworth Long
fellow Dana, former Columbia
University professor, to land
from the liner Berengaria when
the vessel locked at South
ampton.
Dana, grandson of the poet
LongfelloW, was among a group
of liberal writer's who two weeks
ago protested at the White House
against eviction of the bonus
army veterans here. Officials
here said apparently his liberal
views barred him from England.
Dana finally landed in Holland.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
10000 7 D &C 7
BENEFIT Of
SLASH
P. U. C. Orders Reduction;
Move Will Cost Suburban Gas
Co. ID Per Cent OF Profits

A substantial cut in the gas
rate comparable to that just
ordered in Montgomery county
by the Maryland Public Ser
vice Commission will go into
effect in Prince Georges county
on September l, it was learned
from an authoritative source
today.
The reduction has already been
ordered by the Public Service
Commission, it was learned, and
will be announced by the Wash
ington Suburban Gas Company
next Thursday.
The cut will not equal the one
that went into effect the first of
this month in Prince Georges sis
ter county. While exact figures
on the new rates are not available,
it is understood the reduction will
cost the gas light company IA per
cent of its net profits.
The rate in Montgomery
county was reduced 812 per cent.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
Youth Melted Fine
For False Alarm

The first conviction under the
1881 act Furnishing the sender of a
false alarm with a year in the
House Of Correction or a maxi
mum fine of $500 was applied to
Tony Marine, 10, son of Daniel
Marine, Silver Spring contractor,
by Judge Charles w. Woodward
in Montgomery county police
court yesterday.
The youth testified that during
a party on August IL in Sligo
Park he telephoned in a false
alarm to the Silver Spring Volun-
teer Fire Department. The judge,
because of the boys age and rec
ord, gave him the minimum fine
of $11.50.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
Missionary College
Makes Staff Changes

Miss Lolita E. Bell, now taking
postgraduate work at Northwest,
ern University, will be the normal
school director at the Washington
Missionary College when the fall
term opens, September 10. Miss
Bell comes from Broadville College
at Chicago.
Other changes in the faculty
are Miss Eleanor Mechanism, of
Nashville, Tenn, associate teacher
of English and librarian; Miss Ell
len KloSe, and Miss Lulu Leach,
critic teachers in the normal
school
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
Man Severely Bitten
Blu TQkOn1d Park DOg

Joseph Tenly, of Peabody Street,
Takoma Park, was taken to Wash
ington Sanitarium this morning
for severe bites he suffered while
he and Town Policeman Albert
Thomas attempted to kill a mad
dog.
The dogs head will be sent to
a Baltimore or Washington Hos
pital for a test to see if the dog
vas infected with any disease.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
IS MONTHS FOR SHOOTING

Accused of shooting Stella
Lyons, colored, of DUPONT Heights,
through the hand, James Teasley.
also colored, of the 1000 block of
Eighth st. N. W., was sentenced
Yesterday to IS months in the
Maryland House o. Correction by
Judge j. Chew Sheriff in Police
Court at Capitol Heights, Md. He
appealed the sentence.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
DR.. HOWE TO SPEAK

DR.. Paul E. Howe. $500 block of
TWenty-ninth st. N. w., will be
one of the principal speakers at
the annual convention of the
annual convention of the Amer
lean Dietetic Association in New
York, November 7 to 10.
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
AVENUE GRAND 6

IOdaY-CLAUDEII TIE NULBERT and
TERDAY." Edgar Kennedy Comedy.
Tomorrow-JimmieG Gleason and Maui
raen O,SmlliYan in "East Commandment
The Washington times., 1932-08-26
Warner BROS. THEATERS
624 Fl Street
Northeast

Today-CLAUDETTE COLBERT & ED
MUND LOWE in MISLEADING LADY,
Featurette. Tomorrow-JAMES GAG
NEY in WINNER TAKE ALL"
The Washington times., 1932-06-15
RETURN HOME
VETS URGED

Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, AS,
sistant Superintendent of Police,
today received kilograms asking
Pennsylvania and Delaware del.
egations of the bonus expedition
ary force to return to their
homes.
One telegram from Samuel M
Lunine, State commander of Dis
abled American Veterans of the
Department of Pennsylvania and
Delaware, read:
81 appeal to you, comrades
of Pennsylvania and Delaware
chapters of ID. A. v. to return
to your ZONES at once. AS dis
abled men you are in grave
danger of contracting serious
illness at the damp camp
along the Potomac. You have
fully demonstrated your deter
minatiOn and yoIr great need.
Let now your State and ma
GAOA1dl UAAACCAS CUAOAAuC yUu1
fight as they have in the past"
The other telegram was ad
dressed to the Reading and Berks
county group from Pennsylvania
It said in part:
81 know it is not the popular
advice to give but from per
sOnaI close contact with the
situation 1 am convinced that
leaving for home right now will
do our cause most good. 1 will
challenge anyone who will ques-
ton your sincerity. The vel
fare of the organized veterans
is at stake as well as any vet
erans' legislation bonus"
The telegram also instructed
the men that transportation 10
their homes would be provided
when they reached Pennsylvania
The Washington times., 1932-06-15
SALES TAX OKAY.
ASKEDO Of 6. O.P.

CHICAGO, June IS U.S),
The Republican party was asked
last night to indorse the general
manufacturers sales tax as the
fairest and least burdenSome
method of raising revenues.
Addressing the platform COM
mittee, Demarest Lloyd, executive
secretary of the Taxpayers Union,
declared:
"The present graduated in
come tax is discriminatory, in
equitable, an unreliable revenue
raiser, economically destructive
of our whole system of private
enterprise and industry.
"It is largely responsible for
the Federal Governments
present plight. Put high taxes
on an individual and he steps
spending or reinveSting.
"The general manufacturers
sales tax is the fairest and
least burdensOme method of
raising substantial revenue in
both good and bad times. A
sales tax is a necessity. 1t will
not stay killed."
The Washington times., 1932-06-15
SUICIDE N AID
WAS MARRIED

iENTON, N" j., June Is
GN.SD "A full report, requested
by the British foreign office, on
the suicide of Violet Sharpe in
the home of Mrs. Dwight just be-
fore she was to be re-examined by
New Jersey police in the Lind
bergh baby murder was to be for
warded to England today by Act
ing Consul General E. H. G. Shep-
herd, New York.
The funeral of the girl was to
be held today in Englewood.
1t was learned that Miss
Sharpe had husband, George
Paine, whom she married in En-
gland. She had kept her wedding
secret. His whereabouts was not
learned.
Mrs. Morrow, her son, Dwight,
jr., and her daughter, Constance,
sailed early today for Europe for
a brief stay.
The Washington times., 1932-06-15

some of them looked grim and a
little bit sheepish as they elboWed
through the jobless idlers hang
ing around West Madison Street:
"Will you give me a dime
for a cup of coffee, buddy?"
Noticed few Congressman
delegates looking grim, too. Just
wondered if they were thinking
about those 10000 ex-soldiers who
marched across the country to
Washington to ask their Govern
ment for the money they earned
during the war or a chance to
work.
The Shadow May Deepen
Yes sir. The shadow of that
bonus army in Washington fell
across this convention assembly.
a thousand miles away. And it
fingers here.
Maybe the shadow will deepen
as things go along today and
tomorrow
But maybe the delegates will
grit their teeth and stifle their
thoughts so they will fit in with
Lester Dickinson's keynote speech.
1 mean the speech in which
the Iowa Congressman dismissed
the depreSsion--and unemploy-
ment-as "all this shouting and
turmoil, and went on to say
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