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The Washington times., 1933-08-25

Pete Macias and his popular
dance orchestra tonight enter
their farewell week at Club Michel
preparatory to opening of Pete's
own night club at 1886 Connecti-
cut Ave. on October 3.
In concluding an engagement
of IS consecutive weeks, the boys
believe they have established
somewhat of a record for a local
dance unit. Between conferences
with Wolcott Doggey) Wagga-
man, well-known figure in Wash
ington society who has charge of
the decorating, Pete intends to take
several trips to New York during
the vacation period in garnering
talent for the grand opening.
Marty Rubin and Charley Wright,
featured vocalists with the orches-
ira, also plan to visit Broadway
and come back with suitcase or
two full of new songs,
The Washington times., 1933-08-25

Andrew r. Kelley early June I
was riding with Mrs. Jack Russell
(wife of the Mats star relief twirl-
err and Mrs. Bobby Reeves from a
Fox exchange previeW. Il think
you're going to have a nice piece
of world series money tossed right
in your lap in October" I told
her. Maybe so but Jack wants
to start games," she replied. But
Jack has done pretty nicely fin
ishing games. And so there you
are. AS for that other one hun
dred per cent movie fan, Mrs.
Mike MARX Brothers) Martin,
she ought to be celebrating with
her favorite Marie Dressler on F.
Street and the Mats on the top of
the heap.
incidentally Manager Joseph
Francis Cronin by telephone to-
day turned down cold an offer
for a one weeks stage engage
ment at the Fox Theater on F
Street. II must give the same
reply as I gave to a New York
Offer" said Joe. II am a ball
player and not an actor. I'm
sure I couldn't entertain and 1
have no desire to try. I have
been offered twelve weeks of
stage work. Of course I'm flat
tered, but it's no use. Anyway,
my business now is to win that
pennant." The Cronin offer was
$1,000 a week.
May add Nick Altrock is said
to be rehearsing stage stunts with
Johnny Kerr with an eye on Oc-
tober offers from the theater
managers. The Altrock-Schacht
stage team is parted forever.
Oh, by the way, it was Gene
Dennis who gazed into the cosmic
last spring and saw Washington
as the winner. So also did Jane
Morley. Well, that makes it two
for the psychics. AS for Mr..
Kelley. With no psychic powers
whatever he gazeS into 1885, sees
himself broke as usual and Eddie
Collins with his Red Sox grabbing
the American League gonfalon.
You're welcome.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25

audiences will probably demand it..
Miss Barrie has been out on
the Coast with Abe Lyman. She
concluded her contract negotia-
tlons with General Manager John
j. Payette, of Warner Bros. to-
day. She promised to be here
ready for work at the Earle next
Thursday. To do this will ne
ceSsitate flying from Los An
geles for her orchestra work will
not be completed until next Sun
day night.
use that dandy voice and
Miss Doyle goes West because
she is homesick for her sister and
her mother has business on
the Coast. She will positively re-
turn at the end of her leave of
absence for she likes the job she
has filled so acceptably for 145
weeks,
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Cabot, Frances Dee
To PIay in MYSTERY

Bruce Cabot and Frances Dee
have become filmdom's latest CO.
star team possibility, with their
assignment to the two principal
romantic leads in Hide in the
Dark"
The story by Frances Noyes
Hart, adapted to the screen by
Wells Root, is a mystery romance
laid in an old Southern ?nsion.
1t will be started late in Septem-
ber, T. the direction of j.
Walter Ruben. David Lewis is
associate produc--~~.
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japanese " Benshi "
Called to FiImIand

Suesei MatSui, who for years
has been telling japanese audi
ences what films are about, ar
rived in Hollywood to act in one
for Paramount.
He will have on of the princi-
pal roles in "Cap'n Jericho" with
Richard Arlen, Baby Leroy and
Sir Guy Standing. Matsui, an
actor of note, is Japan'S leading
"benshi" or man who stands at
the edge of the stage and ex-
plains the action of the film or
play to japanese audiences. AS
this has been a custom since
time immemorial, "benshis" come
to enjoy a popularity equal to
that of the actors.
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The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Crushes a Fresh Guy


1t made me feel good to read in
Variety that Ethel Barrymore had
applied the Arctic chill to that
impertinent and foul mOuthed
comic, Milton Berle. They played
on the same vaudeville bill in
Chicago and the critics were in
terested to see if he would start
any of his familiarities with Queen
Ethel. He did not, apparently
realizing she would have slapped
his face or had him thrown into
the alley. Her actual method was
to ignore him completely.
Ned McGurn who rehearsed the
dancing numbers for the Fox
revue, "GOing Native" is now in
New York putting the chorus Of
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man has turned
out to be any
thing but for
Blossom Seeley.
After looking
at the firIs t
days pinch-hit-
ting done by
the vaudeville
a C t r SIS in
"B ro aid W a y
Through a Key
h o ! e." Daryl
Zanuck called
Blossom in and
signed her to a
long-term col.
trac t W t h
The Washington times., 1933-08-25

a couple of
weeks last win
ter with her
singing. Then
she signed up
and pla y e d
t hr G h the
musical comedy
engagement of
"S tr i ke M e
Pink"
Miss Barrie
will supplement
her announce.
m e n t S W i t h
singing, I ex-
pect. It would
be folly not to
The Washington times., 1933-08-25

the tabloid Earl Carroll Vanities
through their PAGES. Berle will be
the star comic for this VanitieS
jaunt over the movie circuits.
Thank the stars Washington will
not have to tolerate a week Of
the Berle filthy cracks. Vanities
is booked for the RKO circuit.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Did You Know.

That John Monk Saunders,
Hollywood author, Gay Wray is
married to him, too) once cap
tanned the oxford swimming team
and won the 100 yard dash from
Cambridge for three successive
years, 1919-2O and '21?
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Sang With Elsie Janis

Maurice Chevalier's first stage
appearance in an English language
production was in Hello, Amer
ica," with Elsie Janis. He has
appeared in 10 American films.
the current one being "The Way
to Love"
The Washington times., 1933-08-25

ternoon. In an
O t h er month
I'll have to fork
over $3.50 for
a pair of world
series tickets,
box seats. No
passes. Well, I
d O n t mind.
w orld series
only come to
the Po t ON a C
a b ut ono e
ev very ig h t
years.
VI a keS me
think that in
The Washington times., 1933-08-25

vacation I + o m
the studio and
both are refus-
ing to make
e n g agements.
Can it be an
elopement?
Doctors have
ordered Kath-
arine Hepburn
to stop work
daily at 5 p. m.
T h e screens
newest SenSa-
ton S u f f e r S
from no partic-
ular ailment,
hllt tbe npdicOS
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
JOE CRO MANAGER OF GRF TURNS DOWN $1,000 WEEK c STA
Blossom SeeIey, Vaudeville Star,
Signed By Daryl Zanuck

extra man. Baer turned to his
victim:
II understand how to pull
punches" he said, "but I've got
to hit you, or how are they 60
ing to get that sound for the
Screen?"
Imagine Baer hitting you for
sound!
The gossipS are abuzz. Several
times secently, Frances Dee and
Joel McCrea have been seen shop
ping together in the Boulevard.
Now both of them have a short
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Oracle Gets the Job

Oracle Barrie will be Maxine
Doyle's successor for six weeks.
Remember her? She knocked
Earle Theater audiences cold for
The Washington times., 1933-08-25

fear nervous exhaustion if she
doesn't ease up on her recent
hours before the camera.
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
By HARRISON CARROLL
copyright, 1888, King Features
Svpdipata Tnpl

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 25.
The role that was a jinx for
Peggy Joyce and for Lilyan Tash-
The Washington times., 1933-08-25
Gracie Barrie Is
Signed to NC.
At Earle
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

By ANDREW X. KELLEY
Thoughts of a dramatic editor
as the car rolls towards Mt.
Vernon on a lazy late August af-
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
THE MORLD,S GREATEST

The worlds greatest waste area
is not in the unexplored sands of
Sahara, but in the vast Antarctic
continent. The lure of this stipend
GUS desert of ice again tempts Rear
Admiral Byrd, who is about to start
on another South Polar trip with
brave companions.
That great unexplored space is as
big as the United States and Mexi-
co combined. 1t is not strange that
men like Byrd and his followers
wish to penetrate into these eternal
mysteries on which human eye has
never yet gazed. We do not know
whether there is much in that reg
ion that is worth finding, but rest
less human nature will not be quiet
until those wiIds are mapped. Per-
haps some great scientific discovery
awaits us there.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
THE BASEBALL CLIMAX

For millions of our sport loving
people, the final clash of the cham
pions of the major baseball leagues,
is the high point of the years drama.
While more serious students of
events are concerned about the cur
rency or farm relief, others con-
slider that the battle for the coveted
pennant of world baseball superiori-
ty is the most important question
for these autumnal days.
In the two cities whose teams are
contending for this final superiority,
business holds its breath. The office
boy has frequent errands which
make it necessary for him to pass
the nearest loud speaker or bulletin
board. The executive who is sup
posed to be "in conference" and
therefore inaccessible, has perhaps
merely turned ON his own radio,
while secretaries suspended their
note taking, and all listen with
bated breath to the fateful voice
of the broadcaster.
Sober philosophers have always
said that the American people give
too much attention to sports. 1t
diverts their minds from their own
legitimate ambitions, and the ac-
QUESTION of useful knowledge, they
1t is just as well that we are not
every minute figuring how we can
pursue and capture another dollar.
1t is even better that we shall forget
our troubles for a time, as we read
about some mighty swatter who
has put a ball into the left field
America takes its hat off with
respect to bunch Of play
ers who have acquired such muscu-
lar deftness and nervous self con-
troll. They have attained their sue
cess not by smart tricks and decep-
tions, but by self controlled living
and prolonged and toilsome practice.
They give fine example of
in their Job. Il
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
CALL THEM BY NAME

What magic there is in being call
ed by name, especially in a place
where one does not live and have the
associations which come from neigh
borhood ties! The merchant who is
alert to know his customers who
come from surrounding towns, and
who can call them by name, and
who sees that his statesmen have
the same acquaintance, will draw
them to his store.
A friendly interest in customer
and some knowledge of his sur
roundings and needs, helps both
buyer and seller. And so we are
coming to realize that it is not only
the doctors and ministers and other
professional men who should empha-
size the personal note in their con-
facts, but the man who supplies the
every day needs for our homes and
families should understand those he
is dealing with.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
FRONT AND BACK

The English do not understand
our term "back yard" as we use it,
as with them it is the spot that they
beautify and consider the choice
part of the home. Many in our
country are cultivating this form
erly humble place and are creating
charms there.
But as in days gone by when the
luscious apples on top were a con-
trast to those at the bottom of the
barrel, so we often see the back
yard an ill kept and unsightly dump
ing place while the front makes a
good appearance to the passer by.
After all, is not a town to be judged
by its weakest spot? And when we
see as we often do, from the road
or railroad track these squalid
scenes of disorder, a very unpleas-
ant impression is given. Does your
back yard speak of care and order
illness and beauty? ..
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
THE TOILERs IN THE FORESTS

What is being accomplished by
our forest army? We now have 310,-
600 young men engaged in the pro-
ject of conserving forest values
Some practical people will consider
that while this plan has been won
derful thing for these boys, saving
some of them from the temptation
to vagrancy, yet the actual tangible
result in improvement of the forests
will not be worth anything like what
they cost.
1t probably will be a good many
years before the full benefits of
these labors are realized.
When the boys set out a tree,
it will probably take fifty years for
| that tree to mature. Our children
will be elderly people before those
gains are realized in cash.
However, many of the things on
which these boys are working are
Immediately valuable. One of their
principal jobs is to give added pro-
lection against fire. They cut lanes
between sections of trees, which will
tend to stop fires. They clear out
brush and waste from the roadside.
A large part of the fires are started
by those needless people who throw
burning tobacco ends into the dead
leaves by the side of the road. 1t
would seem profitable every year to
have some such roadsides gone over
and these accumulations of dry
grass and leaves removed. That fea-
ture of this conservation job should
pay for itself in reducing fire
losses.
In some European countries they
carry on all the time forestry work
like that done by these boys, and
they claim it pays for itself. The
expense of it is covered by the val
liable timber and firewood which
they take out each year from these
carefully tended forests.
1t has always been contended that
our forests could similarly be made
profitable as they go along by sim
liar policy. 1t would be fine thing
if work of this character could be
made permanent, and its costs COW
cred by cutting a section of the for
ests each year. In that way work |
could be found for many young men
who would otherwise be idle, and |
the increased volume of forest prod
ucts would keep the price reason
able.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
ROOSEVELT PROGRAM PURE
AND SIMPLE

1t is faulty to speak of govern
ment recovery program at this time.
It's a Roosevelt program pure and
simple. No one else really counts.
They come into the limelight for a
time, as did Raymond Moley, play
part designed to help the Admin
istration, and depart. Never has the
Cabinet been so submerged; the
Congress is rarely heard of. The
only true spokesman for present
policies is the President himself. AS
result, his informal speech made
to neighbors in Dutchess County,
New York, on a recent visit to Hyde
Park, is more important than such
speeches usually are. Mr.. Roose-
welt said that his program was sim
ply one of neighborliness, and Is
based on the supposition that what
ever hurts ones neighbors has no
right to exist, that the communal
interest is the all important thing.
He expressed also the belief that the
new deal program is winning, said
that it will be his permanent policy
He isn't through worrying yet,
HOWGN6Ts N6AI ultuCulIy 10 AioDAC W
be a test of the constitutionality of
his two most important pieces of leg
islation-the National Industrial Re-
covery Act, under which the codes
are being signed and the NRA drive
is operating, and the farm relief bill.
That phase is being talked about in
wise circles now-"Is 1t constitu-
tional?" Speculation as to the atti-
tude of the Supreme Court justices
has been rife. Opinion is that four
justices will declare the program
justified because of national crisis,
and that four others will keep to the
letter of the constitution. The un-
known element, X, is Chief Justice
Hughes, who might vote either way.
In case Mr.. Roosevelt's legislation
is thrown out by a five-to-four decis-
ion, he still has an ace in the hole.
He could call Congress, have the
number of members of the court ex-
tend from nine to eleven, and appoint
two justices who agree with his po-
litical philosophy, thus giving him
self a six-to-five grip on the court.
This has been considered before, and
presidents have almost always ap-
pointed justices whose ideas agreed
with theirs so far as governmental
is concern.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
PENNY WISE AND P0UNL
FOOLISH &

Many communities have been
guilty of wasteful economy" the
last few years-the kind that per-
mits fire departments to fall below
highest standard of efficiency.
There are certainly enough places
where costs may be cut in the aver
age city to make this unnecessary.
Statistics show sales of fire appa-
ratus far below the normal level. A
thousand departments are operating
with ancient engines which should
be replaced with modern ones. A
thousand others are under-equipped,
and need additional apparatus if
local fire hazards are to be con-
trolled. Still other communities
have purchased cheap, non-standard
engines, or have built their own
through an assembling process, in
the hope of saving a few hundred
dollars.
The tragic part of this is that no
money community spends does
more for the taxpayer than that
spent for fire protection. A single
fire getting out of control, can cost
more than would a dozen or a hun
dred new engines. And direct fire
loss is far from being the total
loss. Taxes go up on other proper
ty, men are thrown out of work,
community developments lags. And
every citizen pays the price.
This is an especially good time to
improve and modernize your local
fire department. Communities are
embarking on major public works
programs and certainly five control
falls within the classification of
necessary and valuable public ex-
penditure. The authorities of every
town should be encouraged to make
a survey of the fire department, de-
eide what is needed to bring it up
to the best standard of service and
efficiency, and act accordingly.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29

nority which must pay direct taxes.
We all pay taxes, If we earn a
thousand year or a hundred thou
sand-and the bulk of governmental
income comes from those whose in
comes are in the lower brackets.
We pay taxes when we go to a
movie, buy food, turn on a electric
light, take a spin in the car, go fish
ing, or do anything else. We pay
them when we are asleep-the maxi
er of the bed, mattress and blankets
paid taxes, which he passed on to
those who brought his product. The
more he paid, the more we pay to
sleep!
Tax-freedom, whether for an in
dividual or business, is beautiful
illusion, and it will never be any
thing else. If your income falls
within the 20 per cent mentioned,
don't be pleased about it. You're
paying your share of excessive tax.
alton. And you'll continue to pay
until you do something about it.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
BUYING NOW

October 1st was tentatively sci
as the date for nationwide cam
paign to induce people to buy goods
and give business a grand start for
the winter.
We need such a combined move
ment to loosen up the idle funds.
There is plenty of money in the
country, and the main difficulty
with business is that the money will
not circulate. 1t is like the case
of some man who has no serious
disease, but who has suffered so
long from his troubles, largely nerv-
Gus, that he trembles and shakes
every time he tries to do some
thing that is wholly within his
powers.
1t has often happened that such
nervous invalids, who felt they
could hardly get out of bed or walk
across a room, were able in some
sudden catastrophe to perform won
ders. If the house got afire, they
would forget their hesitations and
alarms, and get up in hurry, save
people and property, take the lead
in activity, and suffer no harm from
the experience. Nervous fears
paralyze many people who have no
real illness, and business and in
dustry are likewise paralyzed by
fears that have no real basis.
In ordinary times, people are
rightly told that they must save a
portion of their in
comes. But that is doubtful policy
now. The money that is put in cir
culation does the most good. When
you buy something you need, you
create a demand for more of that
product, and the purchase helps
employ the factory that makes the
goods and the productrs of the raw
- .a. .s
Three years ago, there was reason
for apprehension, because our busi-
ness was based on so many fictitious
Today we have taken those
osses, and they are so much water
gone over the dam. Our principal
enemy today is fear, and we should
be able to get over it.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
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LIES RHYTHMS

With the closing of the vacation
season peoples efforts turn to the
regular routine of life once more.
Many gaze wistfully back to the days
that are over in which change of
scene and occupation gave the va
riety for which they longed.
Perhaps they dread the return of
the regular work, be. it study or
home duties or business. There is
an unrest sometimes, and a dislike
to getting in the harness again. But
it is astonishing how soon they can
accustom themselves to the usual
systematic duties and find a pleas
ure in overcoming the indolent
ways of vacation. We are meant
for activity and respond to its stim-
ulus to a remarkable extent, as a
rule.
The regular recurrence of the
days work, alternating between the
active pursuits, the rest times, and
the hours for recreation, all bring
sence of satisfaction to the nor
NAL person. His morning hours
should find him with ....r
Strength for the daily task,
Courage to face the road"
as Henry Van Dyke puts it, and
- hn
cult problems before him. Happy
the person who takes advantage of
a morning eagerness, and who does
the hardest things bfore the later
day brings less active bent to his
thoughts.
After all there is little of monot-
ony in our every day lives. There is
repetition to be sure, but enough
variety in these very occurrences
to give to the thoughtful and willing
spirit, a sense of satisfaction. 1t is
only by such experiences that
growth is possible, and to grow is
our natural destiny.
We are in harmony with the
mighty universe and forming part
of the great symphony of creation
in which each has his part to play
between the hours of infancy and
old age. The sooner we conform
to the rules of the great conductor
and do our measures as His baton
directs, the more beautiful our lives
will become.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
NEW INDUSTRIES

There is always a chance for new
industries to start in a small way,
supplying some need which exists
in their own neighborhood or else
where.
Skilful mechanics or business peo-
pie who keep their eyes open can
see that certain things are going to
be needed, and that it has cost too
much in the past to produce or dis
tribute them. Many of them will
start little shops producing things
at a low cost by their own skill and
inventiveness. Anybody who can
produce a good article for a low
price can sell it, if it is pushed ae-
lively enough. There should be op-
portunities in Milford and vicinity
for ingenious people to produce
things that the public will buy, or
to supply in some way needs not
now well supplied.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-29
BUSINESS REPUTATION

To the casual observer, the stores
of a town may look good deal
alike. The stores in similar towns
may look as group about alike.
But if you ask some person who
trades in those stores, he has def
mite impressions about them. He
likes a certain store, and some other
one he does not like. Or he likes
to trade in all the stores of one
town, while he does not care for
those in some other place.
What constitutes the difference?
Is it all imagination? Not usually.
Business people are not merely
selling goods every day, but they
are creating reputation every day,
for themselves and their home town.
Substantial goods, offered at reason
able prices, with courtesy and spe-
cial efforts to please, create this
reputation, which draws people by
its silent force.