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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-10
Russian Visitor
Is Feted By
Ambassador

The Dean of the Diplomatic
Corps, the Ambassador Of Tur-
key, Mr.. Ahmet Muhtar, enter
tanned at dinner last evening,
at the Embassy in Sheridan Cir
Gle, in honor of the CommiSsar
Of Foreign Affairs for Soviet
Russia, Mr.. Maxim Litvinoff.
The other guests included,
the Ambassador Of Italy, Signor
Augusta Rosso; the Ambassador
Of France and Nine. de Labou-
laye, the Minister Of Greece and
Nine. Simopoulos, the Minister
Of Persia and Nine. Djalal, the
Charge d'Affaires of Poland and
Nine. Sokolowska. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau, jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Boris Skvirsky. Mrs. Will
liam e. Borah, Mrs. Key Pitt
man, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson,
Mrs. Lucille McMillin, Mile. de
Laboulaye, Mr.. Bogdanov, Mr..
Divilkovsky, Mr.. Umansky, and
the Second Secretary of the EN-.
bassy, Ussaki zade Bulent.
Former Representative s.
Wallace Dempsey, of New York,
and Mrs. Dempsey entertained
at dinner last evening at the
Mayflower, when their guests
numbered Is.
4 X +
Mr.. Harold Butler, Director
of the International Labor Of
flee at Geneva, Switzerland,
who arrived in New York Tues
day aboard the Berengaria, is
spending a few days in New
York. He will go to Philadel'
phia tomorrow, and will come
to the Capital on Sunday to
spend several days. While here
he will be extensively enter
tanned.
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Dinner Before Dance

The Chief Of the Protocol d.
vision Of the Department OF
state and Mrs. James Clement
Dunn were hosts at a dinner
last evening at their residence
in Observatory Circle, entertain
ing in honor of the Counselor
Of the United States Embassy
In London and Mrs. Ray Ather.
ton, preceding the dance at the
British Embassy.
i Il +
The Director of the Pan-Amer-
Aean Union, DR.. L. S. Rowe, who
went DO New York to meet with
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on relief work OF the organization Will
be the Ambassador 'of Belgium and
Nine. May, the Ambassador Of Italy,
Signor Augusta Rosso; the Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. William H.
Woodin, the Secretary Of Commerce
and Mrs. Daniel c. Roper, the Min
lister of Yugoslavia DIR. Leonide Pita-
mic, the Minister Of Denmark Mr..
Otto Wadsted, members of the Polish
embassy staff, Mr.. William Lane Aus
tin, the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Mr.. Thomas Hewes, the
Alien Property Custodian Mr.. Urey
Woodson, Mr.. Theodore w. Noyes,
Mr.. Frank Brett Noyes, Mrs. Robert
Hold Lincoln, Mrs. John Allan. Doubh-
erty, the assistant Secretary of Com
merida Mr. Rwinu Mitchell. Miss An
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Tea Planned By
Mrs. StapIeton

Mrs. Daniel C. stapleton will
entertain at a small tea Sunday
afternoon from to z o'clock,
at her home in Massachusetts,
Avenue, in honor of her house
guests, Col. John r. Kelley, U.
s. A.. and Mrs. Kelly, who will
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To Attend Meeting

The Assistant Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Harry Hines
Woodring will leave today for
Chicago, where the former will
speak at an American Legion
meeting to be held in that city
tomorrow. They win return to
the Capital the first Of the week.
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In New York

The Secretary Of the Yugo-
Slavian Legation, DR.. Ivan Fran
ges, is spending q week in New
York.
Il y
The newly appointed Military
Attache Of the Peruvian EN-
baSSy, Lieut.. Col. Ricardo Guz-
man Marquina, will leave Wash.
in, on next Friday for New
York, where he will spend sew.
eral days. From there he will
go to Buffalo, for a brief visit,
returning to the Capital the
latter part of the month.
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Smart Matrons on Box Committee
and Miss Patsy Benton Heads
Large Debutsnte Group
q S"4 ee"'''N.

The Ambassador Of France and Nine Laboulaye have
taken box for the Armsce Day ball Of the Veterans Of
Park Hotel Among others who will entertain box parties
the ball which is being given to raise funds to carry
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the Association Of ConSuls Gen
eral Of Latin America, will sail
tomorrow for Montevideo to at
tend the Seventh International
Conference Of American States.
49, 4
Mrs. Arthur McGr9th has
left Washington, following q
visit of several days with her
brother and sister-in-law, the
First Secretary Of the British
Embassy and Mrs. c. j. w.
TORI, at their residence in
GEORGETOWN.
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PRICE.
INCREASED
IS CENTS
Quotation Today at $32.12;
Officials Silent on ParIey
With British Envoy
Nv InternationaI News Service

The Cow ent again
boosted the price of gold to-
day, announcing its readiness
to purchase at 1922 an onhce,
or 16 cents an ounce above
yesterdays price of $31.96.
Today's price was the highest
yet quoted since President Roose-
velt inaugurated his new none
tary policy of Government pur-
chases above the market price.
The Governments initial quot
tation last week was $31.36 and
each day since then has witnessed
modest increases. The statutory
price Of the yellow metal remains
10 oN~'-"ss-'' ...
Meanwhile Administration Of
ficials and Treasury experts main
tained complete silence concern
ing the conferences they have had
with Sir Frederick Leith- Ross,
British treasury g resentative,
who came to Washington to dis
cuss amerlioration of the British
debt.
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FIRST LADY AIDS
Ill SECRETARY

Busiest lady in the land, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, still has
time to think about a White
House secretary, now i'll.
Miss Grace Tulley has been re-
cuperating for the last six months
from a severe illness in the
little town of Roscoe, N. Y. Mrs.
Roosevelt visited her recently and
decided that a milder climate
would hasten her recovery.
Yesterday she dispatched two
Navy planes, bearing DR.. Robert
Duncan, of Washington, and a
naval lieutenant, to bring the
girl to Washington. The party
flew down late yesterday.
After a brief visit at the White
House, Miss Tulley will pass the
winter at a point within so miles
of the nations capital.
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Acting with the precision Of an
expert, lone thug held up three
employees of O'Donnell'S Sea Food
House in the 1900 block of E
st. N. w. and escaped with $500
in cash shortly after o'clock
this morning.
With the GOODNESS born Of eX-
perience the hold-up man Saun-
tered into the restaurant and asked
for food. Suddenly whipping out
gun he forced the employees to
lie on the floor.
He Snatched the key to the cash
register from the night manager,
James H. Scott, of the 1900 block
R st. N. w., opened the drawer
and scooped up $3.50 in cash.
He then grabbed safe box con-
tanning $3.50 and made his escape
on foot.
There were no patrons in the
restaurant at the time of the rob
berry.
The other employees were col
ored attendants.
Scott described the man as be-
ing tall and well dressed. Police OF
First precinct who are in"estiga-
ting the robbery believe that the
man is responsible for q number
of hold-ups.
The fact that he is working
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W|GG|N TELLS
Of DODG|NG
TAXES
Series of Corporations Set Up
to Avoid Levies by Canada,
New York and U. S.
BY International News Service

Albert H. Wiggin, former
head of the Chase National
Bank, frankly told the Senate
banking inquiry today he ere
ated seven personal corpora
tions in order to reduce his
Federal and State taxes.
Wiggin said the use of corpora
tions enabled him to take advan-
tage of the Federal 1914 per cent
corporation tax instead of the
higher individual income taxes.
DOdged Canadian Tax
One corporation, created in
Delaware, enabled him to avoid
New York State income taxes
and another set UP in Canada
allowed him to escape Canadian
taxes.
Wiggin told Of creating the
Sherman, Murlyn, Clingston, Med
field, and Greenwich corpora
tions in 1925. They were dis
solved in 1881. His family or
ganized two Canadian corpora
tions-the Selcott Company, Ltd,
and the Greenwich Company,
Ltd.-at the same time. Wiggin
said:
81 set up these corporations
to relieve me of the personal
work of details. I thought, too,
they would be of some benefit
at the time my death. And
I hoped they would help in the
matter of income tax"
He told of creating the Clings-
ton Corporation in Delaware. He
said:
"It was organized there to
save New York income taxes"
"HOw would these corpora
tiOns help in income tax mat
ters?"
II don't think they did, but
I hoped they would because the
income would be subject to the
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. y
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CR|T|CSCAUSE
ROOSEVELT
CONCERN
Crisis Here in NRA As Attacks
Pile Up; Johnson Plans Tour
of Talks on Recovery
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES
International News Service

Increasing signs of discon-
tent with the progress attained
in the Administration s far
flung recovery program occu-
pied the attention of President
Roosevelt and his chief ad-
visers today.
It is considered likely there
will be some shifting of sails to
meet the winds of criticism, al
though to just what extent or in
which direction remains for the
moment undetermined.
Nine Governors Meet
In the Mid -Weste aauernorS of
nine agricultural states sate titceC
ing in conference over the con-
tinued low price Of farm products.
There is criticism over the re-
lay in spanning the gap between
Agricultural prices and industrial
ices, with most Of the governors
ctial to price-pegging by the
Government.
Industrial centers continue to
be plagued by labor disturbances,
with complaints of violations of
the Mr. codes and "chiseling"
piling UP in Washington at an
enormous rate.
Court Action Begins
Court attacks on the constitu-
tionality of the MIRA already have
begun. A Brooklyn firm not ad-
herring to the NRA has obtained
q temporary injunction prevent
ing the award of postoffice
contract to a rival bidder whose
price was considerably higher
than the non-adherent.
The new monetary policy,
wherein the Government en-
tered the worlds gold market to
buy metal above the world price,
has failed to have the anticipated
result of materially increasing
commodity prices and has pro-
foundly disturbed the money
marts of the world.
Works Delay ASsaiIed
The Capital continues to be
deluged with complaints over the
slowness in projecting the public
works building program, which
was expected to put thousands
of men to work before the snow
flies. State officials blame the
PwA, and PWA officials, in turn,
blame local authorities.
And, significantly enough. the
Republican National Committee,
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Dollar Gains In London
As Gold Price Declines

NDON, Oct. 81 Q.N.SO,
British bullion brokers today
awaited signs of exceptional gold
purchases on the London market
by the United States as the Amer
ican dollar gained on the London
exchange, opening at $4,75h to
the pound sterling after closing
yesterday at $4.7SA.
The dollar receded as trading
progressed, falling to $4.77R at
3 p. m.
At the same time, gold sold at
100 shiIlings 7 pence per ounce,
decreasing Z pence half penny.
The decline was believed to
have resulted from fractional de-
probation in the franc rate. The
London price included a premium
of eight pence half penny over
the official French rate.
There was no confirmation
here of reports from washington
that an Anglo-American agree
ment had been reached for peg
ging the pound and the dollar.
Officials professed to doubt
such reports, since such an agree
ment would first have to receive
the Treasury sanction. Astute
observers, however, refused to
place too much stock in the in
formal official disclaimers of the
washington reports.
Financial circles remained
somewhat bewildered at the new
turn of events.
Currency Chaos Seen
The daily Herald reiterated
previous declarations in various
quarters that France, Germany
and Switzerland as well as
Holland seemed almost certain to
be forced off the gold standard.
The newspaper said:
"A period of currency chaos
which will create international
problems of vast importance is
regarded by Britain'S bankers
as inevitable following Pres
ident ROOseveIt's latest none
tary STEP"
PARIS, Oct. 81 UN.S).-The
American dollar advanced on the
Paris bourse today, opening at
1895 francs and closing at 1896.
This price presented a consider
able advance over yesterdays
closing mark of 1879 francs.
There will be no official dollar
quotations tomorrow, a national
holiday.
BERLIN, Oct. 81 QN.S).-The
American dollar gained slightly
O. the Berlin bourse today, buy
ing 2.75 marks as against 2.76
marks yesterday
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Ousted College Head
To Take LeqQL Steps

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 81.
G.N.SO-Fired from the pres
idency Of Butler University, DR..
Walter Scott Athearn today
began legal steps to enforce his
contract, which does not expire
until the end of the school year
in June. The dismissal of DR..
Athearn ended a long conflict
between the president and the
board Of directors, climaxed by
DR.. Athearn'S charges that Butler
University is dominated by a
financial, political, non-educa-
ton" administration.
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PRINCESS EUDOXII
LONDON, Oct. 81 QN.SO.
The London Daily Mail today
published a report that King
Boris of Bulgaria and King Carol
of Rumania, in their conference
yesterday aboard a yacht on the
Danube River, discussed posi-
bility of a marriage between
King Carol and Princess Eudoxia,
elder sister of King Boris.
King Carol and his former
wife, Princess Helen, were di-
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Lone Robber Seizes $500
In Restaurant Holdup

alone, police point out, links him
with several robberies of like ma
ture that have occurred recently.
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 81 Q.N.S).
Adrienne Ames, film star, and
Bruce Cabot, also a film player,
are to be married today at Carls-
bad, N. NJ, M. C. Levee, friend
and representative of Cabot, an
nounced.
A few hours after Miss Ames
obtained a divorce at Minden,
New, from Stephen Ames, wealthy
New Yorker, she returned to Los
Angeles and boarded a Transcon-
tinental-Western air plane for
Albuquerque, N. M.
Cabot will meet Miss Ames
there, Levee said, and they will
motor to Carlsbad, Cabot's boy
hood home, and be married in the
same church in which Cabot'S
parents were wed.
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NO INTENT
At FRAUD
FOUNDRY
JIJR|STS
Two-Two Tie Vote Shattered
When Presiding Justice Gives
Support to Ex-Magnate

ATHENS, Oct. 81 QN.SO.
Ruling Samuel insult guilty Of
a wrongful act but declaring
there was no proof of fraudu-
lent intent, the Greek court of
appeals today refused to extra
dite the former utilities mag
nate to Chicago to stand trial
on charges of fraudulent bank
ruptcy.
The decision was rendered at
$40 p. m. 00:40 a. m. Washing
ton Time) on an extradition ap-
plication lodged by the United
States Government on the basis
Of an indictment returned by q
Federal Grand Jury in Chicago
last August.
He Smiles BrOadley
The indictment charged insult
with fraudulently transferring as
sets of the Corporation Securities
Company. causing loss of mil
lions of dollars to investors when
his utilities empire collapsed.
The 1000 word decision of the
court was read in Greek by Judge
Panegyrakis, court president, and
then translated for insults ben
eft by his three defense attorneys,
Christos Ladas, Pericles Rhallis,
and M. LaZarimOS.
The white haired exmillionaire,
who will reach his seventy-fourth
birthday next month, smiled
broadly as his lawyers congratu-
lated him and wrung his hand.
Very Happy, He Says
insult then went up to Judge
Panegyrakis and thanked him for
his impartial hearing of the case.
insult told reporters:
'T'm happy about this"
Efforts of the United States
Government to return insult to
Chicago for trial date back to Oc-
tober 6 of last year, when insult
mysteriously disappeared from his
Paris hotel.
Some months previously he had
retired from all his posts as reign.
ing monarch of Midwestern Utili-
ties in the United States and had
lived for some time as a virtual
exile in Paris. ....
On october 9, 1882, he was 10
Gated by International News Ser
vice in Athens, and from that date
the American Government carried
on unceasing efforts to bring
about his return to Chicago.
Rearrested November IL
He was arrested on October 10
at the request of American con-
Nllar authorities, freed the next
day, but rearrested on November
II when the American Govern
ment lodged formal charges of
embezzlement and larceny.
A request for his extradition on
these grounds was refused on De-
cember 81, the court of appeals
holding the charges had not been
proved.
insult then was free until Au.
gust 26. when he was again ar
rested following release of a sup
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
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Michigan Veterans
Urge Cheap Liquor

DETROIT, Oct. 81 QN.SO.
Sale Of liquor by the glass in
licensed public places and State
monopoly of retail sales for "off
premises consumption" was rec
commended to the governors legis-
lative committe today by the
Wayne county council of the
American Legion. The league
council held that good liquors
at a low price are necessary. but
freedom to purchase in small
quantities is necessary if we are
to do away with the speakeasy."
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Barclay, Artist,
Freed From Jail

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Oct. 81
UN.S). After five days in
county Jail on a body writ
served for alleged non-payment
of alimony, McClelland Barclay,
illustrator. of Westport. was re-
leased today. The release came
on oral order of Superior Court
Judge Frederick M. PeaSley who
said his order was based on
failure Of Mrs. Nan Barclay, the
artists ex-wife, to file formal
proceedings against him in Con-
necticut,
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Packer Morris Weds
Paris Coincidence

CHICAGO, Oct. 81 G.N.S0.
Nelson Morris, wealthy packer,
today was honeymooning with his
bride of a day, Mile. Blanche
Bilboa, French comedienne. They
were married last night in SUBJ
urban Flossmoor. Morris won
divorce May IL in Versailles from
Jeanne Aubert because she re-
fused to quit the. stage.
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Motor Sales for 1888
ShOW Heavy Increase

DETROIT. Oct. 81 GN.SJ.
Sales of new passenger automo'
biles in the United States were
100000 units greater in the first
nine months of 1888 than in all
of 1882, and new motor truck
sales in the same period also sur
passed the 1882 total. the R. l..
Polk & Co. reported today. Total
passenger sales for the first nine
months were 1,204,664.
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HOn1e-BOlInd Graf
Nearing Portugal

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 G.N.S0 .
The Graf Zeppelin, returning to
her home port at Friedrichshafen,
Germany, after a flight to the
Chicago Worlds Fair, was near
ing the Portuguese coast in fine
weather" shortly before noon to-
day. She will stop at Seville,
Spain.
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BERLIN, Oct. 81 Q.N.S).-The
American dollar gained slightly
O. the Berlin bourse today, buy
ing 2.75 marks as against 2.76
marks yesterday
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AND KING BORIS
vorced several years ago.

SOFIA, Oct. 81 G.N.SD.-1n-
creased oppositionist activity to-
day prompted the Bulgarian gov
ernment temporarily to close all
border points leading in 10
Rumania to avoid disturbances in
the negotiations between the
monarchs of the two nations.
In many circles, the formal
conference between King Carol
and King Boris was hailed as an
impetus to peace.
The Washington times., 1933-04-24
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

EARLE-Joe e. Brown in
s'Elmer The Great" at 11:O5 a.
m. 1:45, 4:25, 1920 and 1908 p.
m. Stage shows at 1887, 3:19,
6:14 and 1857 p. m.
R-K-O ETH "Mussolini
Speaks" at 1918, 2:59, $50 and
Bill p. m. Parole Girl" at 1913
Q. M, 1:54, 4:25, 7:06 and 9:47
y. m.
FOX-Genevieve Tobin in
"Pleasure Cruise" at IL a. m,
1850, 4:4O, 7:25 and 1918 p. m.
Stage shows at 1880, 1920, 6 and
1855 p. m.
PALACE-Helen Hayes in "The
White Sister," at 11:15 a. m,
1850, 4:25, 7 and 9:4O p. m.
RIALTO-Kiepura in BE Mine
Tonight" at 1850 a. M, 1850
S:47, 5:44. 7:42 and $40 p. m.
METROPOLITAN N-Maurice
Chevalier in "A Bedtime. Story .
at 11:05 a. M, los, $40, $40
1920 and 9:29 p. m.
COLUMBIA-John Wayne in
''The Big Stampede" at 1925 q
m, ITO, 3, 4:45, 6:37, s:2O and
1910 p. m.
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II Duce Retires

They gambled on Mussolini
against the Hollywood field and
Il Duce trails. His picture, Mus
eolini Speaks" is yanked after
four days at R-K-O Keith's.
I'm not surprised. AS a matter
Of fact, and glancing at the record,
we find that a couple Of weeks
ago a fellow by the name Of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (world
favorite in popularity, if you ask
mel played second fiddle on F
street while one of the California
favorites dominated the screen.
Roosevelt, Man of the Hour" was
q cracking fine collection of news
reel shots and a supplementary
feature that drew plenty of ap-
plause. But the star spot on the
program went to one of the regu-
lation length Hollywood pictures.
Would you gamble on Musso-
lini to be a stronger drawing card
for the movie clientele than Presl-
dent Roosevelt? There's the an
swer. Roosevelt in his place. And
II Duce, too. But at the Yankee
stadium it's Babe Ruth. In the
movie theaters it's Gable and
Garbo and Bennett and Joe E.
Brown and Mae West and the
Barrymores. Mussolini should not
feel affronted. Even Mickey
Mouse could not do what II Duce's
sponsors expected,
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Bimbo Davis In
Gayety Stock

Only Jimmy Lake can gather
such an accomplished group Of
performers for a stock burlesque
show as he produced yesterday.
Featured this week are four
comedians, an almost unheard of
thing in local burlesque. Fore
most in this reviewers opinion
will always be Bimbo Davis, who
returns again to the scene of his
former triumphs and undoubtedly
for lengthy stay. Then, too, there
is Joe Yule, the "Hey, Hey" man
who has become quite popular
Of late, and Lee Hickman who was
in fine fettle. Although he was
unknown here when the curtains
opened, Charley La Vine, made a
decided hit with his clever per-
formances as an English waiter,
a drunk, and a solo number in
which he yodeled, danced, and
told stories.
That great dancing trio, Freddie
Byron and the Worth Sisters, con-
tinue right where they left off
last week and that's saying
plenty. Incidentally, Freddie has
another thriller this week.
Joy st. Clair, who always wins
a lot of superlatives in the re-
viewers, is in no danger of having
any of them retracted, being all
that her first name implies.
Connie Fanslau, plump singer and
dancer, and Tangara, dark dancer,
kept the crowd in good spirits,
while the nice voice Of pretty
Nora Murray is. heard to advan-
tage often.
Reggie (Tassels) White has the
feature spot and makes the most
Of it. Bob Sandburg is the
straight man and Bobby Whalen
takes care of the major portion
of the singing.
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Waring Band Leads

Having said it before, again we
can say it. Fred Warnings Penn
SylvanianS is the No. stage band.
It comes closer to knowing what is
good vaudeville and what the
clientele in the movie theaters
desires better than any rival mu-
sical group tourning the variety
circuits of today.
Waring, it seems to me, pays
closer attention to production
value, to a skillful use of stage
lights and to injecting variety into
his program than any of the 9TH
ers. You will find that the act
that headlines at the Earle Thea
ter this week contrives to get just
the right touch of comedy into the
proceedings, blend melody with
the numbers of rhythm and blare,
and present the close to one hour
Of entertainment with dignity and
showmanship. He refrains, too,
from stuffing down the throats Of
his audience a dose of radio prop
aganda for which he deserves
more laurelS.
The Lane sisters are an acquisi-
ton and I am glad he has re-
tanned Dancing DominoeS" and
the collegiate drinking song, for
they are worthy of repeat. This
is steenth visit of the Warnings to
Washington and they remain one
of the few vaudeville acts that ex-
ert a strength at the box office
commensurate with their big
salary.