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The Washington times., 1933-09-08
Met to Reopen
For Season
Friday

With scores of workmen busily
engaged in putting the finishing
touches to the renovation of
Warner Brothers Metropolitan
Theater, John j. Payette, general
zone manager, announced today
that the opening date had been
definitely set for Friday, Septem-
ber IS, with the world premiere
showing of one Of the seasons
newest hits, II Loved a Woman"
with Kay Francis, Edward G.
Robinson and Genevieve Tobin.
The improvements that patrons
will note upon entering the newly
renovated Metropolitan Theater
will include new draperies in the
proscenium arch, a new SOUND
screen of the latest type placed
at a new angle and height to
improve the projection Of pic
lures upon its surface; new
Suggesting, new electric fixtures
in the outer lobby and auditorium
and the painting OF the audi
torium.
The reopening Of the Metro
politan will also serve to usher
in Warner Brothers new season
of pledged hits with the showing
of Il Loved a Woman" This
First National release brings Kay
Francis and Edward G. Robinson
together for the first time. Adapt.
ed from story written by David
Karsner, author Of Silver Dol
lar" it has Genevieve Tobin. j.
Farrell Macdonald, Henry Kolker,
Robert Barrat and George Black
wood in the cast. Alfred E.
Green directed.
Following on the heels Of II
Loved a Woman" will be the
world premiere of "Footllght
Parade" the successor to "42nd
Street." and "GolddiggerS OF
1893" with a large cast of sterl-
ing players. This Warner Bros.
picture, which is said to eclipse
any previous musical romance
has in the cast, Ruby Keeler,
Dick Powell, James Cagney and
Joan Blondell.
Then will follow "Too Much
Harmony" widely discussed Para
mount romance with Bing Crosby
in the featured role. Bing Crosby
is supported by Jack Oakie,
Skeets Gallagher, Judith Allen,
Harry Green and Lilyan Tash-
man and scores of beautiful girls.
other attractions which have
been booked for early showing
during the Metropolitan new sea-
son of pledged hits will be an
nounced shortly.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
Aimee Semp|c MACPHERSON Is Booked at the Fox
Duncan Sisters Plan Musical

too rich a selection Of the classics.
Indeed, her glorious voice will be
heard in heart songs, which are
universal favorites, with a selec-
ton or two for those who want
operatic thrills.
Over the radio Nine. Aida has
given all of the Puccini operas
and she sang more than 80 roles
at the Metropolitan before TAX
ing up recital work. She made
her debut for the Golden Horse
shoe music lovers on April 8,
1910, in Manon with her operatic
triumphs achieved in 16 countries.
Phil Spitalny's band was per-
sonally selected by Zone Manager
Payette to headline for two weeks
at the Earle. He was fascinated
by the Spitalny music and enter
tainment routine as offered at
Loew's Capitol Theater in New
York. They have enough enter
tainers and numbers on their pro-
gram to give a complete new show
for each week of the fortnight's
engagement.
A September Santa Claus ar.
rived at the department desk yes
terday. The same fellow who bet
me a suit of clothes that Hoover
would be elected. This time he
wagered a fall suit the Giants
would knock off Joe CrOnin's ath-
letes. Yes, indeed, he was accom-
mOdated.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

Penthouse" now at the Fox,
the sensational Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer Cosmopolitan production
which, it is declared, will be one
of the new seasons big hits, IS a
thrill-packed drama from the mas
terful pen Of Arthur Somers
Roche, and is based upon his Co.'S
mopolitan Magazine story that is
concluded in the September issue
of Cosmopolitan.
It tells the story of the Broad
way that Walter Winchell and
Louis Sobel writes about, and that
o. o. Mcintyre uncovers in his
brilliant column.
Directed by w. S. Van Dyke
who created such masterpieces as
Cosmopolitan productions: White
Shadows in the South Seas" and
MG-M's Trader Horn" and "Tar-
1an the Ape Man.; it relates the
adventures of Jackson Durant,
portrayed by Warner Baxter, a
famous society lawyer who aban-
dons corporation law to become a
defense attorney for leaders of
the underworld: or his saving a
gangster chief from the gallows,
of his loss of the love of his
fiancee because of this bold move,
of his romance with Gertie Wax
ted, beautious girl of the night
life world, of his detective esca-
pades to satisfy his thirst for ad-
venture and to save friend from
a trumped-up murder charge, of
saving his friend, winning the
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
Oracle Barrie Owns
Priced Autographs

One Of the most priced posses
sionS owned by Oracle Barrie, the
charming "blues" singer and mis-
tress Of ceremonies at Warner
Bros. Earle Theater, is a souvenir
program of "Strike Me Pink" in
which Miss Barrie was featured.
True, there were thousands OF
these souvenir programs, but this
particular one which Oracle
prizes has % autographs of her
friends in the show.
Heading the list are Lupe Velez,
Jimmy Durante,, Hope Williams,
Hal Leroy, Roy Atwell, Dorothy
Dare. George Dewey Washington,
Eddie Carr and Milton Watson.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

PALACE-Ronald Colman in
'"The Masquerader." At 11:15 a.
m, 1:20, 1925, 5:35, TAO and $50
p. m.
EARLE-Bette Davis in "Bu-
reau Of Missing Persons" At
11:05 a. M, 1:50, 4:40, 7:25 and
1910 p. m. Stage shows at 1880,
S:40, 6:25 and 9:10 p. m.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dietrich
In Song of Songs" At 11:O5 a.
m, 1, $40, Sis, 1928 and 9:35
p. m.
R-K-O KEITH'S-Lionel Barry
more in "One Mans Journey" At
Ills a. M, 1880, 2:45, 4:40. 6:15,
$40 and 9:58 p. m.
FOX-Myrna 10y in "Pent-
house" At 1920 a. M, 1870, AIS,
7:1O and 10:05 p. m. Stage shows
at 1905, 3, $50 and 8:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

Isles than in any other part of
the world. The reason, accord
ing to Ev Crosby, the grooming
stars brother and manager, is
that records are not allowed to
be played on the English radio.
Holland also is a good market
for records. The Dutch like hot
music.
You have treat coming when
you hear the music that Nacio
Herb Brown and Arthur Freed
have composed for Marion Davies
and Bing in Going Hollywood.
Listen for: well Make Hay
While the Sun Shines" "Tempta-
ton" and after Shutdown"
Quick GlimpseS
What makes Claudette Col
bert'S quick recovery all the more
remarkable is that she really had
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

ana:
Huey Long
New Orleans, La.
Would you be interested in ap-
pearing on the stage Roxy The
ater New York for one week be-
ginning Friday September 22nd
stop We understand Aimee Sem
pie Mcpherson will appear in
competing theater during that
week and we know Of no other
outstanding attraction cOmpar-
able with your pulling power
stop If interested please wire us
collect your terms for this ap-
pearance We are sure New York
ers would relish an opportunity
to hear your viewpoints on mat
ters in which you are so impOr.
family involved.
Roxy Theaters Corporation
18th Ave. and 5Oth Street
At a late hour Senator Huey
had not replied. A counter prop
osition was to play at $500 a
week the man who socked Huey
in the Sands Point washroom.
Since 200 made application for
this honor and at least 1919 must
be lying, the Roxy publicity de-
partment decided there was still
plenty of work for Diogenes.
Those comedy rogues, the Dun
can sisters, forward an auto
graphed photograph and the news
that they will be back in Wash
ington in the spring. At the Ma
tional. Says the mischievous
Rosetta, "I'll tip you off. We're
going to a dandy new musical,
The Heavenly Twins In it I
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

. The two honoymooners lunched
Tuesday at Paramount, where the
former U. S. c. football star is
working as an assistant director.
They'll take an apartment in
Hollywood for the present, but
later will move to Santa Monica.
Marsh eventually hopes to run for
State assemblyman from his dis
trict.
England Is making a strong
bid to take Bing Crosby away
from Hollywood. More of Bing's
records are sold in the British
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
Ricardo Cortez Is
Sisned by Warmers

Ricardo Cortez, a screen favor
ite of long standing, has signed
a long-term contract with Warner
Bros First National Pictures Cor
poration, it has been announced.
Cortez, whose record of screen
successes is a lengthy one, is one
of the most versatile actors OF the
screen. He has played a large
number of different roles, all of
which have lent added laurels to
his name.
His first role under the new
contract will be in 1.-THE Shake
down." with Bette Davis.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

dCer CQe week VI
September 29.
She comes here
directly after a
New York en-
gagement at the
C a pi tol The
ater.
The Roxy, by
the way, was
worried about
the p os S i b ] e
pulling p W e r
of the evange-
list so they des-
pa t C h e d the
following tele-
gram tn I,ouiSi-
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

few rows behind them and Lupe
Velez and Johnny Weissmuller
just around the corner of the
ring. can you believe it?
The American Mercury Is after
an interview with Mae West.
and here's one for Hollywood to
laugh off. Jessie Matthews, Eng
lish actress, turned down a Fox
long-term contract and a chance
to come to the cinema capital
because she is in love and wants
to get married. Claire Windsor
does have the worst luck. Fox
wanted her for a picture, but she
has to be in court.
Did You Know
That Will Rogers-and maybe
this explains twas born on
election day?
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
INAI ADEDC I'll IDc TEN I IDc \/CI c7 Span
u
iDorothyLee Weds Marshall DuffieId
In Surprise Marriage in Mexicoj
Song Hits in Davies Film
By HARRISON CARROLL

(Copyrght 1888. syndicate)
HOLLYWOOD Sept. 7-Those kidnapping threats against
her niece still have Lupe Velez furry Besides sending
the youngster Mexico she has done everything but put
moat around her Beverly Hills house
The latest safeguard $500 worth of ornamental but
effective iron bars which wormen installed last week all
accessible windows of the Veez menage.
Lupe's chauffeur hit dime at 20 PAGES and draws
like an oldtime Western gunman.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

t W o OF h e r
m nor opera
tions in addi.
tion to the ap-
pendectomy
some osS / p
point t e d out
that at the
fights the other
night c arol e
Lombard and
G airy Cooper
were 81 t t i n g
ringside, with
the Countess
FIR $50 and
ANDY Taw1or q.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
Fred Was Athlete

Twelve years ago, while attend
ing the University of Wisconsin
Frederic March, in Design fol
Living" was manager of the var
sity football team ana was a mem
ber of the track team,
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
Helen Mack Is Cast

Helen Mack and Eric Linden,
who last played together in
"Sweepings," have been assigned
important roles in a forthcoming
picture, Escape to Paradise" by
Merian c. Cooper, executive pro-
CllIcer
The Washington times., 1933-09-08
loins Author Staff

Thomson Burtis, wartime avi.
ator, short story writer and au-
thor of the famous Border Pa
troll" series, has Joined the Para
mount writing staff, and is work
ing on the story for Fifty Years
From Now"
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

shall Du11le1Q
in Aqua Cali
ente on Sun.
day. The bride
groom didn't
know it him.
self until Doro-
thy told him
upon her ar
rival here Sat
urday night.
Marshall h a d
had his appli-
cation in for a
long time, but
the date was
uncertain.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

Her swank car rolls into a
1lood-lighted driveway, and be-
fore the Mexican star gets out a
man servant appears at the door
to cover her entrance. And, of
course, you've heard that both
Lupe and Johnny Weissmuller
have pistols.
The kidnaper who tries to alb
duct the daughter of Col. Jacobo
Villalobos is going to have his
hands full.
: Next Saturday night the Don
aid Ogden Stewards will try to
top the Kay Francis-Kenneth Mac
Kenna barn dance by giving a
party to which everyone Is sup
posed to come dressed as his
favorite movie star.
; The wags are having a lot OF
fun guessing how many will show
up dressed as themselves.
Hollywood gossips were not the
only ones surprised to learn that
Dorothy Lee was marrying Mar.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Aimee Semple Mcpherson, OF
Angelus Temple, has been booked
as the headliner at the Fox The
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

Time is valuable! save it when shop
ping for apartments by FIRST consult
ing the Rental Columns of the WANT
AID SECTION of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

NINE. FRANCES AIDA
She is the former wife of Guilo
Gatti-CasazZa, general manager
of the Metropolitan.
Nine. Aida claims to know at
least 500 songs in seven different
languages and is wise enough not
to give radio or movie audiences
The Washington times., 1933-09-08

Spanish Star Puts Elaborate
Projections Around Her Home
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Furniture Union Calls Convention for Febru-
airy; IA Locals With 5000 Members Organized

thousands of unskilled workers en-
ployed in the industry.
Under this circumstance the East
ern States Conference of Furniture
Workers was called on July s and 9,
1888, in New York, representing over
5000 workers organized into exist
ing Furniture Industrial Unions.
They formed their rank and file Ma
tional Committee, as q central guild
ing leadership towards the end Of
forming a solid national Industrial
Union in the furniture industry.
IA Locals, Membership 800
AT the last meeting of the En-
lar5ed National Committee meeting,
the National Bureau reported IA ex-
listing F. w. I. U. locals, with q men,
bership Of 5000. to which we are
adding now the Philadelphia local
F. w. I. u, with small fighting
membership of 10, making total OF
3,100. We have in addition Action
and Organization Committees func-
tion,ng in Is different other cities,
being active among some $4,000 fur
nitlre workers. We led nationally
more than $4,000 workers in strike
for better conditions in the past few
months, winning increases in wages
as high as 100 per cent, establishing
shorter hours and union conditions
which is maintained in most of the
locals through organized enlig'lten-
nient, calling periodical Shop Con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Dressmakers Force
|. L. G. w. u. Scab
Off Picket Line

NEW YORK. - Enraged dress
makers, who stopped at the Gold
sheer shop, 253 west 35th st., to ex-
press their solidarity with the strik-
ers compelled police to order away a
scab sent by the officials of the IN
ternational Ladies Garment Workers
Union to parade with sign declaring
that the shop is not on strike. Hun
dreds of dressmakers who came to
support the pickets condemned the
HOFFMAN Zimmerman clique for their
protection of scabbery and their aid
to the bosses in cutting wages.
Gangsters and police are stationed
at all striking shops of the Industrial
Union to intimidate the strikers.
Several workers of the striking Ann
Gladys shop, not yet members of the
I. L. G.. w. u. we're enrolled in the
union offices yesterday by the boss to
enable the continuation of scabbery
under the gtiise Of union" shop.
The Industrial Union is determined
to continue its fight to stop the gen
eral wage cutting campaign now pre-
valent in the dress shops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

and the strike was successfully set
tied" as Mr.. Deamer later reported
to his boss, Hatch. Later the Balti-
more union upholsterers we're fired
one by one. The bosses utilized that
one little point in the agreement,
saying, bosses may hire non-union
help at any time" The end of this
most outrageous sell-out OF the A..
F. of l.. is that open shop" Is es-
tablished in all settled union shops
In Baltimore, with a total demor-
alization among the A. F. Of L. up
holsterers in Baltimore towards any
union. They are not paying their
per capita" Or even their local dues,
and usually no more than 80 menu
beers come to the local meeting, which
is composed of over 400 members.
The Baltimore situation is one ex-
ample. We could go on naming Los
Angeles, st. Louis, Cleveland, James,
town, Philadelphia, Chicago, and a
number of other major cities through
out the U.S.A.
And while the A. F. of L. tried It's
best to carry out the instructions of
the Federal Government, as its true
agency" it had no intention Of Or
ganizing the 268,098 workers en-
ployed in the furniture industry. 1t
had no demands for the large num-
Der of young and women workers en-
ployed in the industry---nor had any
demands whatsoever for the tens Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Thousands Miss Being Fed
at Worlds Worst Xmas Meal

NEW YORK. of New
York's homeless unemployed were
turned away and refused meals at
the Christmas dinner given at the
Municipal Lodging House Annex, an
abandoned pier at the foot Of 25th
st.
Six thousand, according to the Of
ticials in charge, were fed. The meal
consisted of rubbery chicken, pota-
toes, turn,ps, three slices Of bread,
mincs pie, and an apple.
Since the City of New York only
once year makes a pretense of
feeding its homeless men a full meal,
no adequate facilities were at hand
to provide for them. AS o result,
only few hundred of the men were
able to eat at one time, Those watt
ing for their turn ct the tables were
forced to wait outside the pier in
the cold.
The police singled out the crowd
into 8 slngle-file line that slowly
made its way into the building,
Once inside, the tempo was
speeded up. Guards and police we're
at hand to keep the men moving.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Hays Gives Chief
Credit to /. L. ID.
in FerZani Victory

NEW YORK.-Credit to the Inter
national Labor Defense and to It's
attorney, Harry Sacher, for the work
done by them in the defense OF
Athos Terzani, anti-fascist worker
who was recently acquitted on 3
charge of numbering an snti-fascist
student murdered by one Of Art
Smiths Khaki Shirts, is given in a
letter received today by the organ
ization from Arthur Garfield Hays,
chief defense counsel In the case.
"Credit in these cases usually goes
to the man who does the larger part
OF the trial work." Hays letter says.
TT is due to the man who prepares
the case,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
I.L.G.W. Officials to
Give DreSsnalkEerS
Flat Price System
Xmas Gift Brings Back
Sweatshops, Longer
Hours, Wage Cuts

NEW YORK.-A Christmas pres
ent was handed the dressmakerS by
the Hochman-zimmerman leader
ship of the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union this week
when they were promised the re-
introduction Of the old scientific
price schedules in a special Christ
mas bulletin issued to shop chair
men. The officials are preparing
the ground for the abolition of the
minimum wage scale and the intro
duction of the flat price system
which means return to miserable
sweatshop conditions and long
hours.
The bulletin says: '"The present
system of price settlement makes it
difficult at all times to prevent
competition and especially difficult
to maintain union standards in the
dull season. We are now in the
process of preparing system of
piece rate settlements that we hope
will do away with the chaotic price
adjustments which we have today"
The bulletin makes no mention of
safeguarding the minimum wage
scales. Instead the officials indulge
in praise for the MIRA. code. AGAIN
misleading the dressmakers into
hoping for improvements under the
NRA code, and refusing to admit
that the unemployment of 10000
drecsmakers is due to the failure Of
the MIRA.
Commenting on the bulletin, the
dress department If the Needle
Trades workers Industrial Union,
declares that the action of the off,
Gals does not come as a surprise"
They are now cooperating with the
jobbers who helped them drive
thousands of dressmakers into the
union. Due to the Industrial I'm
ions activities in carrying on strikes
against wage cuts and exposing the
International officials, the latter
have been compelled to admit that
the iobbers are using all methods
to cheat the workers and avoid
responsibility for the agreement. But
this does not prevent them from
carrying through strikebreaking ac-
tivities against the dressmakers
striking under the leadership Of the
Industrial Union"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

ferences, where the sharp issues Of
maintain your conditions" is dis
cussed by the workers at large, de-
cision is taken collectively. The Ma
tional Committee also appeared mill
family in behalf Of the furniture
workers at the washington furniture
code hearing held on Nov. g and Oct.
9, 1898, where flat minimum wage
scale of 80 cents for the South and
"a cents for the North was proposed
by the manufacturers, with minimum
hours of 10 to As. These proposals
were silently supported by the A. r.
Of L. lawyers, who were there rep
resenting labor" They asked for
more lenient consideration, putting
up no resistance, but asking for only
representation" in the Code Admin
istration.
The National Committee came
forward militantly, demanding q
minimum wage scale of 10 cents for
the unskil,ed furniture workers and
10 cents to up to $l.75 per hour for
skilled furniture workers, with a
maximum 80 hours per five working
days week, no labor competition
between the North or South, equal
pay for young, Negro and women
workers in the industry.
To Hold Convention
The National Committee has de-
cided to hold the first convention Of
the Furniture Workers Industrial
Union on Feb. 9, 10, II and u, 1884,
in New York City. 1t also adopted
and submitted draft constitution to
the membership for discussion,
amendment, through the pages Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Shop Delegates of
Shoe Union Prepare
for NRA Elections
Greet Merger Report,
Warn Against A. F. L.
Scab Agency

NEW YORK.-Announcement by
Fred Biedenkapp that the Shoe and
Leather Workers Industrial Union was
now part of the new United Shoe and
Leather WORKERS Union with mem
bership of 10000 shoe workers was
enthusiastically greeted by the Shop
Delegates Council at their meeting
on Saturday.
The Council met to mobilize for
the N. r. 4. elections scheduled for
jan in shops where there are no
full union agreements and to pre-
pare for any attacks on working con-
ditions which the bosses may attempt
during the present slack season.
The Council elected committee
OF Is to mobilize the workers In the
shops to defeat any trickery in the
elections. A resolution was adopted
that no wage-cuts, lay-offs or any
concessions are to be permitted in
any Of the shops.
The new United Shoe and Leather
Workers Union issued q warning to
all slipper workers yesterday against
the stool pigeons, headed by Mike
Tesaro, who are trying to break up
union slipper shops by offering the
bosses new crews registered in the
Boot and Shoe scab agency. In Or
der to get such crews, the Boot and
Shoe Union is. announcing that jobs
are available. Workers are warned
against applying for such scab jobs.
An organization drive will be I'M
dertaken in the slipper trade. to be
followed by a general organization
drive in Worcester, Mass; Jersey
City and Philadelphia, the territory
to be covered by the New York Dis
trict of the United Shoe and Leather
Workers Union, it was announced
yesterday.
The coordinating committee in
charge of putting into action the de-
cisions of the amalgamation conven-
ton are meeting in Boston on Thurs
day.
On Thursday night, at Arcadia
Hail, the N. Y. delegates to the con-
vention will submit q full report to
the membership.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Chicago Parents Hit
SchOOIJim-CrOWiSm

CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-Over 100 pa
rents and children, most of them coi-
ored, attended a public hearing last
wednesday on bad conditions and
discrimination in the public schools
The meeting, which was organized
by the Hayes School Parents Com
mittee Of the League Of Struggle for
Negro Rights and the Young Pho
neerS Scottsboro troop, was pre-
sented with a mass of detailed in
formation, as the workers and their
children exposed the conditions in the
schools.
The vice-president of the Parents
and Teachers Association attended
the meeting to contradict the ex-
posures and was driven out of the
hall by the angry parents.
A committee was elected TO pre-
sent demands on the aldermen in
the district. A meeting to hear its
report will be held next Friday eve
ming at 223 Artesian st.