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The Washington times., 1934-08-31
THE VOICE OF
Broad ay
BY Louis SObOl
This Is Broadway!

The legless beggar with the fixed smile of visit
fulness. Ex-vaudevillians who haven't made
good, standing in front Of Lndy's, discussing ex-
vaudevillans who have made good. Lew Brown
complains Broadway is sham. George M.
Cohan and his cocky little strut. Actors and press
agents at l o'clock breakfast in Sardi's. .Colored
brats jigging for pennies and nckels until the in
evitable chase by the cop. Billy Roses name in
Dubbed letters as tall as himself.
The Washington times., 1934-08-31

HNAAOS WI OSSA SNV
not mind seeing the piece
in print. 1t comes to me
from Martin X. Ash, of Chi
cago, and l think it's a
honey.
Young Admirers
Seems that, while in Chicago
recently, the beauteouS Norma
Talmadge was stopping at the
Edgewater Beach Hotel. And
she was, as usual, beSieged by
a multitude Of admiring youngs-
tiers.
There was one little girl in
particular who persisted in fol-
lowing Norma about whenever
she emerged from her suite.
No matter what the hour, it
seemed as though the child
was always. present when the
famous lady stepped from her
room.
Then came the afternoon
when Norma decided to speak
to the kid.
you're a nice little GIRL"
smiled Miss Talmadge.
The child almost tainted.
"Oh, thank you, Miss Tai
madge. IL think you're just
wonderful. Thank you for
speaking to me-"
Norma patted the kid graci'
ously.
That's all right, dear" she
said. II suppose you'd like to
be a movie actress when you
grow up, wouldn't you?"
"Oh, yes" the child nodded
eagerly. Eyes. indeed. I want
to be famous and beautiful and
everything. Just like you, Miss
Talmadge.'
Norma adopted a motherly
tone.
"Well, then darling" she
went on, you must do as I
tell you. You must be a good
girl and go to sleep early
every night. You must drink
your milk regularly and mind
your mother and your teachers.
That's what I used to do-and
if you want to be like me, you
must do everything I did"
A frightened look crept over
the child's face.
But" she inquired anxiously,
"must I marry JesSel, too?".
Another of those modernized
nursery rhymes. This one by
John Cealleigh:
Little Jack Horner sat in a
corner
eating a pumpkin pie;
"He put in his thumb and
pulled out a plum.
1.-THE baker must have been
cockeyed!"
"Well. SAM" said a Broad
Wayite to a friend who had
just returned from the Spa,
'how did you find conditions
at Saratoga?"
IT can put it in a few
words" replied Sam. Things
are so tough up there that
the boys are eating each other.
And still they're hungry"
There's many a curious sight
in this screwy town. But did
you ever hear of a messenger
boy delivering telegram in q
large Cadillac? Well, it's true.
Up in the Eighties, on the
East Side, a father and son
are both messenger bows in the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
BY NOEL THORNTON

NEW YORK, Jan. A. Putting
aside their despair masks, theatre
cal managers and actors ventured
forth from their storm cellers dur
ing the past year to be welcomed
by a bountiful and profitable har-
vest of new shows. That now-be-
coming lahore plant of whats
wrong with the theatre?" was heard
no more.
Drama critics had become so
used to writing lachrymose reviews
they were forced to Guido them
selves when a whole string of sue
cessful attractions tu m b ] ed into
Broadway. Actors began to eat
regularly again, and managers, I'M
able to believe their eyes, stared in
awe at lines of customers trailing
to the box office.
Audiences Coming Back
Audiences, after several years
absence, were returning to the
flesh and blood showshops, and
they found the playwrights and
actors ready to receive them with
an OVERLOOKING cornucopia of excel
lent entertainment.
The old master, Eugene ONeill.
was one of the first of the new
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from various quarters on the Ad-
ministration's recovery program.
Attacks en- NRA Expected
Representative Beck of Pennsyl-
vania. one of the outstanding con-
stitutional lawyers of the country,
can be expected to continue his
attack on the legal phases OF MIRA
and other recovery measures.
The long parade of bankers be-
fore the Senate stock market in
vestigation committee will furnish
material for endless debates in the
session.
Any attempt to make permanent
the guarantee of bank deposits by
the federal government or any
other banking legislation will find
Senator Glass out in front.
Restoration of pay cuts to fed
eral employees and any proposal
for liberalization of compensation
of veterans will loose floods of ora
tory in both Houses.
Tax Exemption Question
Sentiment is crystallizing in both
Houses to remove tax exemptions
from municipal, state and federal
bonds. Ashurst of Arizona will be
heard from on that
Senator Copeland of New York. a
physician, will push for enactment
of a pure food and drugs law to
supersede the one now in effect.
Senator Norris of Nebraska. en-
couraged by MS Efforts in the Ten
nessee Valley, wants a similar prot
ect authorized for the Missouri
Valley.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
Feminine LEAD
IN BUCK JONES'
FILM IS BRAVE
Barbara Weeks, at Coli
scum in White Eagle
Is Noted for Courage

Barbara Weeks has had enough
action since the beginning of 1882
to last the average girl for the rest
of her life.
Early in the year she was clawed
by lion: later she had to make
a parachute jump from an air.
plane whose motor had gone dead,
and during the pr d u t j on of
white Eagle" a Columbia picture,
which brings Buck Jones to the
Coliseum Theatre tonight in the
starring role of an Indian chief,
the charming brunette Miss Weeks
was attacked by another lion.
All without batting an eye.
In White Eagle" she is pursued
into a cave by a ferocious puma,
lion common in the mountains
of the United States and Canada
that is more vicious than the bet
ter known African lion. Just as the
puma is about to leap upon her,
Buck Jones rushes into the cave
and after a strenuous fight, sue
ceeds in killing the animal.
1t is not every day that a film
actress is called upon to make a
scene with real wild animal such
as the one used in white Eagle"
Most actresses would blanche with
fear, and refuse fatty to make
such a scene. But not Barbara
Weeks. There's stern stuff in her
Irish ancestry.
Just to prove that the courage
of this popular actress is not mere
1y confined to Drawing the dangers
of wild beasts may be cited the IN
stance of a forced parachute jump
that qualities her for the famous
Caterpillar Club composed of Off
GERS who made jumps to- save their
lives. Pf neifs>
An ardent fiend, she was making
flying pleasure jaunt over the
California coastline near Holly
wood with an instructor. Just as
the plane dipped down from 1000
to 5000 feet, the motor went COM
pletely dead, and the plane fell
into side slip that threatened its
occupants with death plunge into
the ocean. Both Miss Weeks and
her pilot jumped, pulled the rings
of their chutes and landed on the
beach, while the plane crashed into
the water and sank.
No one can demand more cour-
age than those three incidents in
dictate in any woman, whether she
be film star or not. And no one
can demand more thrills and &C
ton than white Eagle" offers fea-
turing as it does Ward Bond, Rob-
ert Ellis, Jason Robards, Russell
Simpson, Bob Elliott and Bob
Kortman in supporting roles.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
District Court of Alaska to the
United States Circuit Court OF

District Court of Alaska to the
United States Circuit Court of
Appeals.
5. Authorizes the Secretary of
Treasury to bestow a gold medal
on Thomas Ross, Coast Guard at
Nome, for heroism and rescue work
in Boring Sea, and care of sick
persons during an influenza cpl
demic several years ago, and APP
propriates $500.
8. Conveys to the city of Nome
lands occupied by the abandoned
court house.
Z. Give employees of the Alaska
Railroad the right to appeal in
compensation cases to the United
states Employees Compensation
Commission.
q. Gives Indians and permanent
white residents Of the Yukon and
Kuskokwim River valleys the right
to take for export king salmon
commercially.
Q. Would permit the sale of tim
Der and mineral products on the
public school lands of the Terri
tory.
10. Authorizes the transfer by
the United States of title in lot
two block so at Nome for street
purposes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04

a quartet of Princeton boys who
harbored a night club dancer in
their dormitory rooms. 1t brought
a new comedienne star to Broad
way in Polly Walters, who used to
be a dancer herself.
Two Helcns Star
Probably the m O st impressive
first night of the season brought
Helen Hayes back to the stage in
Maxwell Anderson's lyrical histori-
cal drama, Mary of Scotland. .
With Miss Hayes as Mary and Hell
en- Menken as Queen Elizabeth, it
offered a night of stage perform
ances as exciting as when Alfred
Lunt and Lynn Fontanne first ap-
peared in Anderson's earlier his
torical play, Elizabeth, the Queen. !"
Other outstanding shows includ-
ed Let En- Eat Cake" a sequel
to that satire on politics, "Of Thee
sing" Men in White" a drama
about the trials Of a young physi-
clan, THE Pursuit of Happiness y
a risque comedy of revolutionary
times; Double Door" an eerie
melodrama; and Roberta" mus
ical comedy, in which that veteran
actress. Fay Templeton, returned
to the stage.
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season to bring in a hit. His "Ah,
Wilderness with George NJ Co
han in the leading role, asGounded
its audiences not only because it
was not in the many-acts form of
the usual O'Nein works, but it also
showed this writer of defeatist,
neurotic themes as the author of
a homely comedy about a normal
family.
Satire Busy Again
The trend for satiric nose
thumbing at hallowed institutions
received further impetus in the
Irving Berlin-Moss Hart revue, "As
Thousands Cheer" The authors
mercilessly unleashed their. barbs
at Noel Coward, Herbert Hoover,
King George, Barbara Hutton,
Ghandi, Aimee Semple MacPner-
son and many other notables.
Risque humor was the keynote
of the two biggest comedy hits of
the year, Sailor Beware" and she
Loves Me Not"
The first was the story of roman
tic life of seagoing gallants, from
the pen of Kenyon Nicholson, a
professor at Columbia. The latter
was taken from that Edward Hope
novel detailing the adventures of
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
ATTRACTION AT
CAPITOL HAS
STRONG PLOT
Irene Dunno Is Star Of I'm
usual Feature Film
Silver Cord"

A heart throb story of a brides
triumph over conniving mother
in-law aboundS in dramatic thrills
for every type of film fan who
visits the Capitol Theatre to see
The Silver Cord" starring Irene
Dunno.
Miss Dunno, enacting modern
wife, contributes a splendid per-
Torrance against background of
elaborate settings and splendid
photography. AS Christina, she ris-
es in magnificent wrath against
the insidious tactics employed by
selfish mother who seeks to re-
tain her sons love exclusively for
herself, unconcerned with their
normal impulses to live with mates
of their own choice
With her husband David, Chris
tina visits his mothers home where
the insanely selfish woman loses
no time in launching her campaign
to wreck her sons happiness, not
one whit deferred by Christmas
forthcoming baby. Mental cruelty
is her first barrage when she forces
the pair to sleep in separate rooms.
Calculating lies, deceit and studi-
ously inhuman methods soon drive
Christina to desperate move.
Powerful Climax
She throws her whole happiness
into one cast of the dice of fate.
With David as witness, she tears
the mothers hypocrisy asunder,
She points out her envious propen-
stiles in lavishing on her chill
dren the love she selfishly with
held from her husband. Christina
demands, rightfully and courage
ously, that her husband choose be-
tween her and his mother The
climax-powsrful, ironic, caustic-
leaves an indelible impression with
its tense, dramatic power.
A cast of extraordinary talent
supports Miss Dunno in 1.-The Sill
yer Cord" Laura Hope Crews, ere
ator of the mother role in the
original Theatre Guild production
of the Sidney Howard play, enacts
her part masterfully. Joel McCrea,
as David, is genuinely the perfect
son torn between the loves of his
wife and mother. Eric Linden and
Frances Dee, as the younger son
and his fiancee, also give brilliant
characterizations
When THE Silver Cord" was
produced in New York Nveral years
ago, it created a sensation among
play-goers. AS a film it tops the
stage production by reason of its
scope and sweep Imbued with John
Cromwell's expert direction of the
film from experience which he
gathered while staging the play;
excellent histrionics by Miss Dunno
and her support and smooth
adaptation by Jane Murfin of How
ards play, "The Silver Cord I'M
reels mature, entertaining film
fare.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
DEAN C. E. RICE RETURNS
FROM KETCHIKAN WHERE
HE CONDUCTED SERVICES

Dean C. E. Rice of Trinity
Cathedral, returned on the Yukon
from Ketchikan where he went a
week ago to hold services in st.
Johns Church in that city. Due
to the extreme cold which put the
heating plant in St. Johns out of
commission, a change of plan was
necessitated and Dean Rice held
joint services in st. Elizabeth's
Church while he was in the First
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04

In addition to the street scrap
ers, which began work clearing the
streets at 3 O'Clock this morning
and will continue through today
and tonight, removing snow and
dumping it into the bay, there are
twenty men, employed by the city,
working with shovels on the streets,
according to City Clerk A. w. Hen
ming. fw
Every effort is being made to
keep Juneau streets clear for traf-
fic and property owners are again
requested to cooperate by clearing
SNOW from the sidewalks in front
Of their residences and places OF
business.
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July to $58,352 900 in November, or
a total OF more than S1l0, 900 900 in
the five months.
Big Response in Borrowing
BY the end of November mort
gage loans were being made at a
rate of 100000 day, and out
standing loans totaled 81 .206, 600, 900
compared with $1,118,000,000 on
June 80. Other types of loans out
standing, including those to CO.
operatives and production credit
associations, totaled $524,374 900.
Meanwhile, prices Of nearly all
farm products advanced and Sec
Rotary Wallace estimated the 1888
gross farm income at $1,000. 900 900
compared with IS, 143 10000 last
year. N4s
Part of the increase, however,
was cancelled by increases in prices
of things the farmer buys. Thus,
while the index of farm prices adj
vanced from so in March with
prices of 19l0-l4 taken as 1000, to
u in November, the index of prices
he paid also increased from 100 in
March to ITS in November.
Processing Tax Aids
Benefits from processing taxes in
the Adjustment Administrators
crop curtailment campaigns will
add $500 100000 to this years farm
income, it is estimated.
Nearly 100000 acres of cotton
were plowed under, and an almost
record crop of 17.135,000 bales re-
duced to 1877 900, slightly under
the normal. Growers received an
estimated $3.50, 900 900 from incrsas-
ed prices, plus $110,0 100000 in bene-
fits, and perhaps as much as $780,
0O0, 900 in loans to hold Their crop
off the market. A crop only five
ninths as large as some record
acreages in the past is planned
this year.
Wheat growers 81 gned agree
ments to cut this years crop by
about 100000 acres, and checks
for $l02, 600, 900 in benefits began
going out in November. A world
wheat agreement respecting exports
and production was negotiated.
Government Buys Pork
The government bought 100000
pigs and 100000 sows at a cost OF
SCI 900 900 to reduce this winters
market supply. and then launched
a campaign to reduce the 1894 corn
crop by a fifth and the pig crop
by fourth. Maximum benefit pay
ments win approach $3.50, 900, 900.
When a farm strike, led by the
Farmers Holiday association nared
in the midwest. commitment was
made to lend up to $50, 600, 900 on
corn held on the farm.
Similar trouble also threatened
in the south when low tobacco pric-
es caused the closing of markets
But the growers OF flue-cured to-
bacco received 5000, 900 more this
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
{. GALA0 And
A. earn MAKE
HIGH SCORES
Teams of City League to
Play Tournament Match
es Saturday Night

The Brunswick trio won from
George Brothers team in the City
League bowling matches played at
the Brunswick alleys last night
with a score OF 1873 to 1877.
E. Gaiao, OF the Brunswicks, was
high man for the evening with a
total of 518 and A. earn. Of the
same team made the second high
total, $40 and rolled the high sim
gle game score for the evening with
202. -
Matches will be played at the
Brunswick tomorrow evening on
the following schedule: w
1880 O'Clock. Br,inswicks VS.. Le-
gion of the Moose.
$50 O'Clock, Federal Building VS..
Alaska Juneau. $50 ~"
Individual scores made in last
nights matches were:
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
Arm Fractured When
Man Leaps 3 Stories

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.-After
leaping from the window of a room
on the third floor of a hotel
during the progress of a party,
Edward Stillwell, sixty nine, thought
he might need a little checking
over. So he drove himself, under
his own power. to a hospital, where
an examination revealed he was
suffering from abrasions and a
fractured right arm.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
ELKs' TOURNAMENT TEAMS
TO BOWL AT CLUB TONIGHT

Teams Of the Vegetable League
will bowl tonight in the Elks' tour
nament underway at the club al
leys on the following schedule:
7:30 O'Clock. Garlics VS.. Carrots.
$50 o'clock, Cauliflowers VS.. On
ions.
$50 o'clock. Radishes VS.. To-
matoes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04


year than last, it is estimated,
when they agreed to cut acreage
this year up to 80 per cent, and
manufacturers agreed to pay a
minimum of II cents a pound. Ben
Gifts will total about $17000,o00.
Thirt n m TX S he'd marketing
agreements were negotiated With
IL others nearing completion these
agreements are estimated to in
crease the returns to producers Of
Glass l milk by $30,0OO,OO0 annual
ly.
Several other marketing agree
ments including fruits and rice
were put into effect.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04

During the third quarter of this
year. $500 pounds of air mail
letters were carried from England,
compared with 1856 pounds in the
same period of 1882.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
'1l1H39'vV
THEATRE w

WY
Due to the fact that Father Mark
T. Carpenter, formerly pastor Of st.
Johns Church had gone East to
accept call to Vermont church,
there had been no services in the
Episcopal Church in Ketchikan for
some time.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
CONDITION OF MRS. JOHN
MCCORMICK is IMPROVED

Mrs. John Mccormick, who has
been confined to her home in the
Assembly Apartments by illness for
over week, is slightly improved
today, according to information re-
ceived.
There are 1905 negro physicians
and surgeons in the United States,
says the bureau of census.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-04
ADMINISTRATION
LEADERS TRY FOR
SHORT SESSION

(Cont1nuee nun Page One)
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Daily Empire Want Ads Pay.
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MANY MEASURES
INTRODUCED BY
AIS. DELEGATE
Dimond Intro uces IL
More Bills-Seeks Ell
ection Date Change

Continued nom Page One)
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Rising Prices Follow
Crop Cuts, Debt Relief

Continued from Page One)
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NuH M HaFA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-25
OIL POOL MAY
 CUSHION EARTH
Tradesmen Spending Mil- lions in Coast to Coast
 Explorations

Tulsa, Okla. (UP).-A pool of
 oil may extend, at carving depths.
 under the earth's entire crust. &C.,
 cordingfi to oil men who are spend-
 ing millions in geophysical explor- ations from coast to coast and the Canadian border to the gulf. Explaining their probing of the earth in the face of overproduc- tion of oil, the major companies, which have increased their hold ingh hundreds of thousand of acres, say that improved business conditions and creation of leisure time through shorter work week, is expected to increase oil con- sumption.
 At the eighth International Pe- troleum Exposition and. Congress, to be held here May 12 to 19, new inventions, improved equipment and scientific and technical meth ods developed in the past three years will be exhibited. Each new device has been perfected to aid the search for new supplies of sblack gold" More than $10,- 900, 900 worth of such machinery will be on display, according to w. c. Skelly, head of the expo sition.
 skelly pointed out that when the Drake we'll was first drilled in 1859. near Titusvil1e, Pa, oil was 1! found at TO feet Then. he said no one dreamed the West would mink holes more than a half-mile deep co discoved new supplies Many wells are more than a mile deep. le pointed out, and explora- tions are now reaching two miles New wells at three or four miles are not wild prediction, operators
 say.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-25
May Day Dedicated To Child Promotion
U s. Surgeon General H. s. Cumming Makes Urgent
 Appeal for National Observance This Year

Washington, D. C., April 25.-- May Day in the United States is very appropriately dedicated to the health of its children. It was just ten years ago that the American Child Health association. an organ ization devoted to aiding official health agencies In improving child health, initiated the observance of May Day as Child Health Day.
 Though national organizations can stimulate local interest, the final responsibility rests with the individual community. The spur- pose of the movement is to focus the attention of each community on the health needs of its own children, and to point the way to the best methods of supplying these needs.
 Cooperation is always essential in any community health program, but it Is especially necessary al this time. Individuals and agen- cies alike are less able to bear the financial burden of measures pro- moting child health, and 1t is only by combined efforts that we can hope to carry on. The stimulus ot the May Day--Child Health Day celebration should be used to bring every member of the community and every agency. public and pri- vate, into united effort. not only to prevent decline in our stand ards of child health. but also to establish that standard as a fixed and irreducible minimum.
 Cooperation of the community with the present emergency reliei organizations furnishes valuable opportunities for service to chil. dren. Emergency relief. both ma tionAl and local will safeGuard