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The Washington times., 1934-06-05

striplings and flappers in their
crazy but delightful collegiate
dances. Fresh, wholesome look
ing kids-chiefly from West
chester homes and it's pretty
and reaSsuring sight to watch
them but sometimes 1 wonder
whether battered, tired old fos-
sils like myself ought to go out
to places where the young as
semble for never leave without
a feeling of envy-and regret
that youth dashes out of life
so quickly. . SO I left to drive
over to the Riviera. Here I
found many favorites of this
column. . Jack Pearl, Burns and
Allen, Belle Baker, Clarie Wind
sor. Jay Brennan, Bert Lair,
Monte Brice, Irving Caesar.
Mr.. Harry Richman who had
just returned from a little jaunt
in his plane over the Hudson
was somewhat jittery this eve
ming but in excellent voice.
Long and handsome he dwelt,
during the course of the newt
able introductions, on the vir-
tues and talent and success of a
famous couple of radio, stage
and screen, and all heads turned
toward Burns and Allen but
Richman's lips formed the names
of Block and Sully instead, who
weren't present. . He corrected
himself quickly enough but the
evening was spoiled for the team
it appears Burns and Allen and
Block and Sully are not on the
best of terms. However, he
eased the pain by introducing
a certain columniSt by the name
of a dramatic critic on a rival
newspaper. Many of us went
out and visited the bar after
that
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
Successful Team

Successful Team
Under the firm name of Cohan
and Harris, George and Sam were
production partners on Broadway
for many years. They were ex.
traordinarily successful, and their
partnership should never have
terminated. But they had con.
flicting views during the never.
to-be-forgotten actors strike, and
that finally led to the breakup
of the firm.
OF late, the two men have been
meeting quite frequently in Dinty
Moore's restaurant. I have a
bunch that there's something in
the wind and that the Conan and
Harris partnership may be re-
newed in the fall. Lord knows,
I hope so. It would be a life
giving tonic to a Broadway that
is very, very sick.
The other night, I sat with both
men in Moore's for several hours.
They kidded each other vigor.
ously. They reminisced. They
talked of their mutual ex-
periences, of the gags they had
played, of the laughs they had
found. The hours flew by. and
can truthfully say that I've never
enjoyed myself more thoroughly.
1t will always remain in my
memory as a night I would like
to live over and over again.
It must have been around five
in the morning when Cohan
called for the check. Harris
shook his head.
Nothing doing. George" he
said. This is my check"
Conan waved a hand.
''Not a chance, Sam. I'm pay.
ing this bill"
They kept arguing as the waiter
added the tab. Billy Moore, son
of the proprietor, Strolled to the
table. George stood up.
"You listen to me, Billy" he
cried. IF that check goes to
Sam Harris, I'll never step into
this place again"
BY this time, Sam was on his
feet,
THAT goes for me too, Billy"
he said. If that check goes to
George Cohan, I'm finished with
Moore'S."
Young Moore was in a tough
spot and he did the only thing
possible under the circumstances.
He tore up the check.
"If that's the way you feel
about it, boys" he said, neither
man pays. The party's on me-"
Sam looked at George. George
The Washington times., 1934-06-05

The hot days are upon us and
such frivolity as some of us con.
slider essential to balance us is to
be found chiefly in the road
places and in the open air gar
denS and hotel roofs. Those side
walk cafes especially lure the
weary and thirsty straggler and
lend q colorful note with their vari.
hued table umbrellas and frocks
Of the women patrons. Along the
water front down South Street
way are weary and thirsty and
hungry stragglers, too-but no
stretch of the imagination can
bring color into the picture for
this Hobo Land. Here they
stretch out, verminous, dirty,
ragged, forlorn, bare feet and &C.
caSionally bare chests, welcoming
hot river-blown breezes In the
cellar ways and on the fire escapes
where our impoverished masses
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
By Mark HeIIinser

insurance company. And, Of
course, free Of charge.
You see how much a columnist
knows? I can have any jewelry
appraised for nothing. Now If I
only had some jewelry, everything
would be fine.
THE father of those quintup-
let's wires Howard Snyder,
seems to be doing all the talking.
The mother Just sits around and
broodS!".
My kid brother graduates-we
trust-from Cornell in another
week or so, and I spent the last
weekend with him in Ithaca.
had the usual swell time in Bob
Causer's Ithaca hotel, but 1 don't
think I'll write any columns about
it. Once was enough.
One experience, though, must
be recorded here. AS the wife and
I stepped into the corridor that
leads to the tap room of the hotel,
we came upon a young colleg1an
who was embracing a girl. Strang-
ling would be even more correct, L
think, for you never saw such a
grip outside Of a wrestling ring.
Brothers and sisters, those two
kids were really entwined!
Just as we passed, the boy
stopped kissing the girl. And we
couldn't help overhearing his re-
mark.
Honey" he was saying, II
want to introduce you to a friend
OF mine. What was your mama
again?".
The Washington times., 1934-06-05

The President certainly told
the European nations that he
expected the war debt payments
=. Uncle Sam is tired of being
the Forgotten Man."
The Blue Eagle may be the
right bird for America, but when
it comes to Europe, Franklin d.
talks "COld Turkey"
With all due respects to the
mothers, lots Of nations could
say, Everything that I have, I
owe to my Uncle Sam"
We didn't realize that when
we loaned money to the Allies,
we were riding Unto the Valley
Of DEBIT
We have about as much
chance of getting that dough
as a pickpOcket in a nudiSt col
Ony.
So Remember:
Europe says, ''Never put off
until tomorrow that which can
be extended for 80 years."
The Washington times., 1934-06-05

huddle-Essex and Ludlow. Nor
folk and Suffolk, Orchard, Ed
ridge, Allen-Monroe, Maison and
Henry-streets with historically
significant names-they care little
I imagine-these folks of slum-
land-where Broadway seeks its
nights frivolity or escape from
the heat Their problems are not
solved by colorful sidewalk cafes
or gay road houses.
Nor, I presume, were the many
problems solved at the return of
Paul Whiteman who opened the
Moonlit Terrace at the Biltmore
Thursday night Harold Lloyd
was there-So was Estelle Taylor
I jotted down names and
studied familiar faces but queer
fancies oppressed me for only that
afternoon I had wandere d
through the malodorous slums of
lower Manhattan So. even
while I pencilled the names of
Earl Carroll, Buddy De sylvia,
Composer Deems Taylor, Elsa
Maxwell, Mary Brown Warburton.
Jules Glaenzer, Johnny Green.
Ethel Norman, George Gerswhin.
Wiley Post. Roger Wolfe Kahn.
Prince Serge Obolensky. Marquese
de Beaumonte, Stoopnagle and
Budd-all here to greet Whiteman
Il thrust them into that other
background-into those damp GEL
larways and onto those Uttered
Observation-Disclosures them at
pushcarts and lemonade stands
made them schleppers in front of
cheap name-your-own-price cloth
ing stores But gayety of the
evening Only a few hours
previously, I wandered into Joe
Zelli'S place where Tito, the carl.
caturiSt was being honored with
a cocktail party Here were
assembled another strata of So
ciety-gentlemen of the crayon,
pen and pencil Bud Fisher,
for instance, whom I haven't seen
at an affair of this type in years
Russell Patterson, Milt Gross.
Harry Hershfield. Ken Killing. Paul
Frehm--Carl Mueller who illus
trated my recent "Speakeasy''
series Jeff Machamer, Ham
Fisher, Will tombstone And
1 many of the refreshingly charm.
ing beauties of the town.
Promising PLAYER
A rather distressing. poorly
written play, FURNISHED Rooms
drew me to the Ritz Theater
Tuesday night where I fidgeted
nervously in my seat for an act
and a half and then fled, not,
however, before making a mental
note that one lass at least, the
blonde Vicki Cummings was over,
coming the handicap of shoddy
material, to reveal herself a
genuinely fine young actress. .
Later that evening at the Para.
disc where I joined in a round
table discussion with Bert Lahr,
Nicky Blair, Jack Adler, Joan
Burgess and Mildred Schroeder
over nothing more important
than the present trend of Broad.
way night life Friday night
I found some measure of con.
tentment in dining at the Glen
Island Casino where by turning
my head to the left I could
study moonlight and tiny yachts
on the water-and to the right,
The Washington times., 1934-06-05

tacles for summer filming, the
studios announced today, follow
ing consummation of deal where
by the play rights to Harry Leon
Wilson'S novel were purchased.
This will be Laughton's first pic
ture for his home company since
white Woman"
The Washington times., 1934-06-05

night travel downtown to visit
Billy the Oysterman's, and here
I find Bill Farnsworth sitting
alone at a table near the wall and
compliment him on his success in
promoting the Ross McLarnin
fight for the Milk Fund Tues
day night at the Hollywood where
listening to the Charles Davis or
chestra, it strikes me that this is
one of our really excellent mu-
steal combinations. MY only
way in determining is an orcheS,
tra's success in keeping step with
my dancing-if it falls out of step,
then it must be a poor orchestra.
E. Later at Dawes, where young
and musical Mr.. Richard Himber
entertains me for an hour with
a display of his magic-chiefly
inward manipulationS.
Friday afternoon, try a day
time jaunt around town, at the
urging of Chick Endor, I sip mint
julepS at the Park Lane while he
reads off the lyrics of a new song
he and Charlie Farrell are sing
ing at the Simplon-tagged:
We've Always Wanted to Meet
the Man Our Girl Goes to See
When She Sees the Man About
the Dog!". Later at Leon and
Eddie's Partisan garden, where
through the wide oblong slit made
by the sliding ceiling we study
the towering Radio City Build.
ing. Snapshots. The Album of
Manhattan!
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
Oakland Terrace

Saturday night lured me out to-
ward Merrick Road, where I Wis.,
tied the Pavilion Royal, Will Oak
lands Terrace and Burns and
Kissen's Show Place. . The Oak
lands have pieced together a
handsomely entertaining show,
headed by the supple Gaby Leslie,
once toast of Paris. After linger-
ing here a few hours, we jour-
neyed over to the Show Place,
where for the first time I had an
opportunity to hear Jack Wal
dron, long a Chicago favorite. J..
A clever comedian this fellow.
Frances Faye chanted her torrid
blues and drew laundering notes
from the tiny piano and the
Messrs. Burns and Kissen, abetted
by Waldron INDUCED in various
hilarious travesties. Wednesday
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
Mother and Child

One of the earliest of Sam Har-
ris hits was THE Fatal Wedding"
tear-jerking melodrama of the
old school. The piece was going
on the road, and Sam wanted to
save a little money. One role
Gale d for a child actress who
would have a mother along any
how. So Sam tried to find child
whose mother would fit into an.
other role in the same play.
He finally found what he
wanted; a cute child and her
mother who was willing to play
for nothing so that her child
might work. They were with
1.-THE Fatal Wedding" for an en-
tire season. The salary: $50 a
week.
The two were Mary Pickford
and her mother.
Then there's the palmist, re-
ports Hugh Wedlock, jr., who sud-
denly inherited a great deal of
wealth. But he can't get used to
affluence.
He's still around, looking for
hand-out.
We were watching notorious
drink CRATER in operation the
other night. He wandered from
table to table, sitting just long
enough to be bought a drink.
Look at Joe CO." said one chap.
Zone more drink and he'll be
drunk"
ut may be more serious than
that" observed another. zone
more drink-and He's liable to
buy a drink"
A minor racket that is prac-
ticed by some of our very best
people, has to do with jewelry ap-
praisals. AS you probably know,
none of the better stores will ap-
praise your jewelry for you. The
stuff is generally brought to an
expert appraiser who charges so
much for his work.
But the boys and girls have now
dug up a new angle. They call
their insurance agent and tell him
they are thinking of insuring
their jewels. Whereupon the stuff
is Immediately appraised by the
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
Lanny Ross to Stay
East for Six Weeks

A change in production plans
has given Lanny Ross an ad.
ditional six-weeks' leave of absence
in New York to carry on his week
ly broadcasts with the Cap'n
Henry Showboat hour over the
N.B.C. network.
Originally slated to leave for
Hollywood for a featured role in
Her Masters Voice." Ross will be
able to remain in the East until
July /, at which time he will re-
turn to the Coast for college
Rhythm" story by George Mar.
ion, jr,
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
Louis SObOI-
Snapshots at Random!

Perhaps the gobs the wise at that They spent
little of their pay the mite fact of all the clubs
visited only two could boast of sailor patronage during
the week The officers of had their special and
snooy parties at the hotels but the sailors and the Marines
found their fun where they wanted to find n the dance
halls Otherwise they disturbed this night life of not
whit white contributed to the gaiety to the
cnff wise nhcI
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
Open Air Spots

OfferS-WlSe gObS
The Washington times., 1934-06-05

looked at Sam. The two men
shook hands.
What do you know about that,
SAM" grinned Cohan. THE old
act is still good"
And they walked out!
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
Aviator Story Will
Feature Cary Grant

Certain that he will repeat the
success he scored in THE Eagle
and the Hawk" one of his most
popular films. Paramount pur-
chased for Cary Grant the Nell
Shipman story, 1.-THE Eye of the
Eagle" drama of a grounded avia-
tor threatened with blindness.
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
All In a Day


Ask the in the know for the of the two best
loved in the theater and he will tell you without hest
ation that they George NJ Cohan and Sam H. Harris
Two grander guys lived and they respected
revered by all who know them
The Washington times., 1934-06-05
Laughton Tops Cast
Of 'RuggIes' Comedy

"Ruggles of Red Cap, with
Charles Laughton, Charlie Ruggles,
Mary Boland. Sir Guy Standing,
Evelyn Venable and Kent Taylor
will be one of Paramount's spec
Evening star., 1934-03-25

Technology 4-kilometer course near
Santa Ana, Calf.
The speed on which the record
claim is based is 221 miles per hour,
made at an altitude of 5000 feet.
Cruising speed, at rs per cent Of
the maximum engine power, was
timed at 203 miles per hour at l0,500
feet. The readings at these attitudes
were taken from. a calibrated air
speed indicator. The instrument was
calibrated during the course Of 16
low-altitude runs over the speed
course, with close check of the air
speed indication against measured
average ground speed.
The Electra is powered with two
supercharged Pratt & Whitney Wasp
Junior engines, rated at 420 horse
power, each at 5000 feet. Control
lable-pitch propellers are used.
Happy Landings, the weekly Zap
proXimately) mimeographed news Or
gan Of Squadron VJ-7MR, local Ma
rine Corps aviation reserve unit, has
undertaken a series of biographical
sketches covering the squadron per-
Sonnel.
Despite a certain highly personal
flavor. apt to creep into the discussion
Of personalities among members OF
such a closed corporation as a squad
ron, the editor, Sergt. Albert Kicks,
still Is surviving the publication of
five biographies and bids fair to COM
plete the series.
The series so far has included First
Lieut.. James E. Webb, commanding
Evening star., 1934-03-25

bitter in matters Of aeronautical no.
menclature. has given official sanction
lately to many new terms hitherto
regarded as a species Of aviation
slang"
The committee has just issued a
new report on the subject which in
effect is q dictionary Of words peculiar
to aeronautics. The report is in
tended to serve as guide to the gov
ernmental agencies concerned with
aeronautics and also to give stability
and exact definition to aeronautical
expressions deemed worthy Of gen.
eral acceptance.
1t attempts to correct such COM
mon mistakes as the reference to an
airship as a dirigible, when the word
"dirigible," it is explained, is an adjec-
tive denoting that balloon, for ex-
ample, is steerable.
The word aviator" Is q noun Of
common gender, meaning the pilot of
heavier-than-air craft, according to
the committee. The word "aviatrix"
therefore Is not necessary and does
not appear in the list Of sanctioned
terms.
Among the new words added since
the last similar report deal with the
development Of facilities for air nav
igation, such as automatic pilot" 7"
'gyro pilot" robot pilot" radio
beacon" radio BEAM" radio range" /"
landing beam" and artificial ho-
rizon."
Definitions may be found for such
words and phrases as boosted
engine" "blister," Skin friction" :"
Evening star., 1934-03-25

officer Of the squadron; Lieut.. Ham
ilton d. South, inspector and in
structor attached to the squadron;
Nelson Gaunt, squadron operations
officer; Lieut.. William B. Barber,
squadron quartermaster, and Lieut..
Fitch Van Alstyne, gunnery officer.
Though Happy Landings has been
in existence only since the beginning
of the year, the little squadron news
sheet Is doing so well that, in re-
Sponse to requests, 1t Is being sent to
other Marine training squadrons in
various parts of the country.
The publication, though confined
to one side of sheet of letter-size
paper-with occasional digressions on
the reverse side-contains pungent
discussions Of tactical problems, fly
ing equipment, gunnery and other
subjects, which are dealt with in a
practical way on Saturday afternoons
at the Anacostia Naval Air Station
by squadron personnel.
New Rules Considered.
New regulations for the annual in
tercollegiate flying competition, in
which college flying clubs contend for
the Looming trophy. are being con-
sidered by special committee Of the
National Aeronautic Association.
The committee, headed by Porter
Adams, president of Norwich Univer-
sity, and vice president and past
president OF the N. A. A., Is composed
Evening star., 1934-03-25
ROME ExPATRIATESk5
HUNDREDS OF CATS
Sends Animals to Rural Districts
to War Upon Rats Harass-
ing Farmers.

ROME P).-Cats by the hundred
are trekking from their old home
steads in the Colosseum, the Pan
theon, Trajan's Forum and others Of
Rome's ancient monuments, to try
life in a new land. -
Their roads lead to the recently
created agricultural communities be-
tween here and Naples, where armies
of rats have appeared to harass the
farmers. The cats are assured COM
Portable homes If they succeed in
putting the rodents to flight.
The migration was ordered when.
coinciding with an urgent petition
from the farmers, the authorities de-
cided that the congestion was grow
ing too great in the historic ruins,
which for many years have been
havens for homeless felines.
Three hundred cats were ordered
by the community Of Lttoria alone.
Each family agreeing to house one
Of the animals must promise that 1t
will receive kind treatment,
Evening star., 1934-03-25

Of Roger Wolfe Kahn, secretary;
Comdr. P. N. L. Bellinger, Col. j.
Carroll Cone, Col. Benjamin F. Cas-
tie, Earl Findley and Maj. Barton
K. Yount.
Among the changes under consid-
Grafton is one calling for rating of
competing clubs on a percentage ba-
sis: SO per cent based upon the or
ganization's record Of activity during
the school year, and SO per cent
based upon performance at pro-
posed intercollegiate flying rally. at
which the clubs would compete in
several events for point score.
The Looming trophy competition
was established in 1928 by Grover C..
Looming, one of the worlds first pilots.
distinguished aircraft designer and
an enthusiastic sportsman pilot, to
encourage flying among college men.
In so doing, Mr.. Looming said: 81
feel that anything that can be done
to increase the number of pilots
among college men will not only help
in the development Of civil aviation
in the United States, but will also
give a background for flying officers
for possible military expansion" I"
Present holder of the trophy is the
William and Mary Flight Club, whose
members during the last school year
flew q total Of 882 hours.
Air Vocabulary Grows.
The vocabulary Of aviation Is in
creasing steadily. The National Ad-
visory Committee for Aeronautics, ar
Evening star., 1934-03-25
Fear Revival Services.

HADDON HEIGHTS, N. J. R.-
Revival services conducted in a tent
here last Summer still are influencing
at least six residents. Asserting that
the loud noises and singing" kept
children and invalids awake half the
night" they have written borough
council demanding that any services
this Summer be held within more sub
stantial walls. Their protest, they
said, Is 'in anticipation"
Evening star., 1934-03-25

It's here! You can see it, drive 1.-THE distinc-
tire car of the low-price field! Priced within the
reach of 9-out- Of 10 new car families Not
merely new edition of last years popular
Style Leader-but an entirely re-engineered
car, with all those new features your 1884 car
must have to be completely modern. Knee
Action Wheels. Self-energizing Super-Hy-
draulc Brakes. Ride Stabilizer. Center-Control
Steering. Roomy air-stream Fisher Body, with
No Draft Ventilation. Syncro-Mesh non-clash-
ing transmission, gears silent in all speeds.
Evening star., 1934-03-25
Made Wife Walk Plank.

MEDIA, Pa. R.--Mrs. James ]. Nell
son, jr., wife Of Philadelphia dentist,
testified in divorce court that she
could take almost anything. 1t was
bad when her husband threw lighted
cigarettes in her face and took other
women home from parties, she said.
It was worse when he went upstairs
and fired a revolver through the floor
in the general direction Of the bridge
table. But, she added, 1t was too
much when he put pistol at her
back and made her walk the plank"
on tiny pier at Beach Haven, N. J.
She got her divorce.
Evening star., 1934-03-25
Air Vocabulary Grows.

The vocabulary Of aviation Is in
creasing steadily. The National Ad-
visory Committee for Aeronautics, ar
Evening star., 1934-03-25

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given up to now. No wonder it won Americas
instant approval.> At the 46 most important
auto shows held this year, Oldsmobile's retail
sales jumped 2l2% ahead of 1888! Go to the
nearest dealer listed below. See this beautiful
new Style Leader-one look makes you want
it. Drive it-one ride proves you re right!
Evening star., 1934-03-25

"sweepback," "iutter," FLAPS" "elas-
tic center" squat" and pitching" as
applied to aircraft.
Copies Of the report may be OBJ
tanned from the superintendent Of
documents, at 10 cents q copy.
Evening star., 1934-03-25
VOTED STYLE LEADER OF THE
LOW.PRIcE FIELpI

Thousands of New York and Chicago Auto
Show visitors were asked, "Which of the
low-priced cars would you vote for as being
the best-looking?' Oldsmobile won first
place among the eight cars in the field with
% per cent of the total votes cast. Truly
the Style Leader-its modern air-stream
beauty pleases but does not startle.
/ II MILES TO THE GALLON AT 5of
You'll make fewer stops at gas stations
with this economical Oldsmobile Six. It's
a big car, with plenty of room for six
footers, but it's thrifty with gasoline! II
miles to the gallon at so m.p.h. Even
greater mileage at lower speeds!
Evening star., 1934-03-25
KNEE-AcTI0N WHEELS
TAKE THE BUMPSI

Ride in this Oldsmobile and
feel how knee-Action wheels
eliminate jar and jounce.
Each front wheel is individu-
ally mounted and cushioned
on a big, soft coil SPRING
steps over bumps or holes
without passing on jar to car
or passengers. This lessons
''pitching"-makes back seat
as easy-riding as front. Your
ride has become a glide.