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The Washington times., 1934-07-30
College Crooner
At Glen Echo

Beginning tonight at 10 o'clock
and continuing each night until
and through Saturday, the man
agement of Glen Echo Park will
present Dean Alexander, billed as
the Sweet Singing Sophomore" :"
as an added attraction in the
Spanish Garden ballroom, with
Dave McWilliams' Band.
Mr.. Alexander is student at
George Washington University
and is member Of the regular
football squad, occupying fullback
position. When you see Alexan-
der you don't question his team
assignment for he stands 6 feet /
inch off the ground and weighs
1875 pounds. He's just a regular
guy with a beautiful voice that
will charm and please all who
hear him.
But here's the 'let in" Alex
ander has been working in the
park all summer as a brakeman
on the giant Coaster Dips and
well suited he is for this job.
What with his size and amiable
disposition, he just seems cut
out for this place. However if
you want to meet this gridiron
crooner just wend your weary
way out toward Glen Echo any
night this week.
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ly, isn't this great? I wonder
who's going to win?".
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Nick Was Broke

Nick Was Broke
"A few years ago Nick went
broke in one Of the watering
resorts in the East. He bor-
rowed $1,000-chicken feed for
the Greek-from a local hotel
man, and hastened to the near
est dice game. Ordinarily Nick
would bet the grand on q toss
Of the cubes. But money was
short, and this $1,000 had to
be nursed.
"some six hours later word
reached the hotel man that
Nick had run the borrowed
$1,000 into $1,000. Whereupon
the proprietor grabbed his hat
and raced over to the gambling
house to see what was going
on. q FS@s
The story was true. Nick
was in the middle of a fine
streak and the thousands were
accommodating rapidly. When
he saw the friend, Nick took
him aside.
"Look, Joe,' he said, 7 feel
very lucky. I'm giving you
back the thousand you gave
me, and I want you to play
along with me. Follow me,
you understand. Play as small
as you wish-but just follow
me. You underStand?'
1.-THE hotel man nodded and
he began to play along with
the Greek. He followed Nick
on every bet, and he never
made a move without watching
the Greeks play: It wasn't
long before Nick was ahead
$40, ,00O-and the hotel man had
$4,000 in his possession.
1.-THE game went on and on
and on. Meals were served at
the table-and the men played
for two solid days. And when
it was all over, sad to relate,
Nick was completely broke. The
hotel man had not only lost the
original $1,000, but he had gone
for $4,000 more that he hadn't
intended to use. And all be-
cause he had followed Nick on
every play.
"The two men walked into a
restaurant for a bite to eat.
Both were glum and both were
tired.
"'Ill have a nice piece of
bluefish,' said Nick to the
waiter.
Make mine ham and eggs,'
sighed the hotel man.
"Nick reached over and
tapped his friends arm.
Don't quit me now,' he
murmured softly. You've been
following me so long that you
might as well go all the way.
You take fish, too!'"
Dear Mark" writes Helen
G. Horrigan, Of Chicago. "I'n
admit there are plenty of Dumb
DoraS II but how about the
Dumb David I was out with the
other night?
I'VE attended the local cine
ma where the BaerC Camera
fight pictures were an added
attraction. Along about the
seventh round Dumb David
grabbed my arm.
Gee. kid.' he cried excited.
The Washington times., 1934-07-30

I stayed at HammerStein's
roof garden for a while and
then I teamed up with my wife
to star in Love Birds" at the
Apollo. incidentally, in this
same show I discovered Eliza
beth Hines and gave her one
of the leading roles.
The Washington times., 1934-07-30
Hannnerstein's Roof

I stayed at HammerStein's
roof garden for a while and
then I teamed up with my wife
to star in Love Birds" at the
Apollo. Incidentally, in this
same show I discovered Eliza
beth Hines and gave her one
of the leading roles.
About this time I conceived
the idea of a unit for the
vaudeville stage and when the
run of "Love Birds" ended we
trouped in Rings Of Smoke"
the first unit ever played on
the stage. Marguerite and Gill
were with us and a little five
piece band with a corking good
pianist-Vincent Lopez. took
Lopez out and featured him on
the stage, a position he's oc.
cupied ever since.
When our first unit went
over so big we continued to
tour in new ones every year.
Perhaps you remember Sham.
rock" and then "A Daughter Of
Rose O'Grady." Finally at the
peak Of prosperity, my wife
and I went into the Capitol
for its first big presentation.
That was six years ago and we
received $4,000 a week. But
that was six years ago.
Hollywood has tempted me
exactly twice. In 1916 I was
called out by Universal and
made six silent comedies short
reelerS all. Those were hectic
days in the film mecca. Herbert
RawlinS0n was the handsome
hero, HOOt Gibson, the two
gun cowboy and Laura La
Plante, the beautiful heroine.
The Griffith studio had just
finished Birth Of a Nation"
never expecting the Juror that
one picture would create all
over the world.
The last time I was in Holly
wood, five years ago, things
had changed so you couldn't
connect the first Hollywood
with the present. This time I
also made six shorts-one for
Fox and five for Universal.
And then I came home.
Trying to think back of the
characters of the old Broad
way, Of the old places Of re-
nown, the one that stands out
most is the ConSidines place,
After the theater the stars and
glamorouS bellies Of the day
used to gather there. Mike Don.
Ian frequented the place and
Marie DreSSler, a conservative
girl, used to chuckle at a good
story.
FOrty-One years is a long time
to devote to one business, but
the returns in friendship are
large, so this fall, Marion and
I will probably open q new
revue and tour the country
once more.
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I anforan Scheduled
As Picture Locale

Tanforan race track, one of the
most colorful in the United States,
soon will be the scene Of much
film activity.
Marshall Neilan, director, will
take a company, including Lee
Tracy, Heller Mack, Baby Leroy
and William Frawley to the Tan.
foran track, located at San Bruno.
in northern California, not far
distant from San Francisco.
There he will re-enact a great
horse-race for "The Lemon Drop
Kid" adapted from Damon Run.
yon'S magazine story
The Washington times., 1934-07-30

In the same lineup with
Pauline was another chorus girl
\ destined to rise to great
The Washington times., 1934-07-30

~ ISL L11lS great! WO440CA
who's going to win?".
Description
"Up at Lew Browns house
the other night" writes H. H.,
"the boys were discussing a
certain director out in Holly
wood. Harry Axst listened for
a while, and then summed it
all up.
eyes, boys said Harry,
its all very simple. That fel-
low is the kind Of a guy who,
when you first meet him, you
don't like him. But when you
get to know him-you hate
himp
Both you and Walter have
run gags similar to this" writes
Jack Tell, "but you may have
room for another.
"A gentleman who had gone
in for one martini too many
sat down at a table in a restau-
rant. A waiter with a wooden
leg imped over to him.
"'One rice pudding hic-
coughed the stew, and a cupa
cawfee.'
The waiter nodded.
'Okay, SIR he said.
HE started to hobble away.
The stew looked up and his
eyes widened as he watched
the bobbing table attendant.
Hey he yelled. If you
have to go downstairS-the hell
1TyifS S%IS1
The Washington times., 1934-07-30
Comics College

, From Tony Pastors, my sister
= and I Travelled over the vaude-
vile circuits and then to the
burlesque shows in New York.
I think the first burlesque I was
in was Miaco's "Charley's Grass
Widows" That was about 38
years ago with Millie Deacon,
the Hayman Brothers, Nat
Haynes and Vidock. We also
played Miners Bowery, the start
ing point of most of the good
comedians we've ever had.
Not more than two managers
know that for a time I played
straight melodrama. But I did,
and I took the part Of the hero
D tough fellow-in Daughters
Of the Poor" a Keogh and Da-
Wis production. Harry Booker
was the villain, and we toured
with the show for two years.
But I finally came back to
vaudeville and then went into
the Syer Brothers show, "Nell
Go In," in the New York The
Hter. Then into the show, "A
Million Dollars" with a million
} dollar cast-Amelia Somerville,
May Yoe, Phil Lott, Dan Nc
Evoy. Nat Wills, Emma Carus
and Ernest Hogan. A little
chorus girl in that show was
adele Richey.
When you talk of prominent
stars who have risen from the
ChoruS ranks, I'll bet you didn't
suspect Pauline Fredericks once
kicked her toes in a line forma-
lion. But she did for the
Roger Brothers. remember
Pauline vividly because I
staged all the ensemble work
For the brothers. Now when
ever Pauline comes to town we
sit down and talk about the
old days and in particular the
show Roger Brothers in Wash
angton." Starring in it were
Hattie Williams, Joe Coin and
Lee Harrison.
In the same lineup with
Pauline was another chorus girl
Il destined to rise to great
The Washington times., 1934-07-30
All In A Dav.
By MARK HELLINGER

In Which the Customers Do the Work
II NOTICE you go in for many gambling stories writes
"Buggsy "and that you especially fond of Nick the
Greek WE'LL here's another Nick the Greek yarn add to
your collection And vouch for the fact that it has
never been in print before.
The Washington times., 1934-07-30
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl =
Down Memory Lane!
with PAT ROONEY

You know it's funny. When sit down and look back
the Al years I've been the stage when think Of
the nnumerabe crosscouny tours I've taken OF the hun
dreds of stage personalities I've played with and travelled
with, the legitimate and vaudeville stages can't re-
member unpleasant happening outstanding incident
that has stuck in my memory do know, however, that
all these years the been extremely pleasant
despite the fact that did much for show bus
The Washington times., 1934-07-30

sidewalk and I can remember
complaining to Tony that if the
painter had dropped his brush,
we wouldn't have been on the
bill at all. But despite our bill
ing, we received SIS a week and
. letter from Tony telling us,
"COme back to me my children,
whenever you want" and we
did, about every eight weeks"
Even further back than Tony'S
were the days when my father
used to tell me Of his prizefight.
ing and wrestling days in Eng
land. He came over here orig
inally to continue with his fistic
career, but somehow got the
urge to dance and sing behind
the footlights. He got his chance
at an amateur performance and
stood ready to duck the vege-
tables, but he won the audience
and they loved him. They con-
tinued to love him for the 80
years he tread the boards-by
himself at first and then with
his own company. My mother,
Josie Granger, used to act with
him in all his reVueS,
The Washington times., 1934-07-30

Has Famous Uncle
David Hertz, newly-signed
Paramount writer, is the nephew
Of John Masefield, renowned
British poet.
The Washington times., 1934-07-30
Tried Business

ried Business
I recall one time when made
an effort to become a real busi-
ness man. I invested in a pat
ent for a new type gas burner,
invested so thoroughly that I
lost every cent I had and my
taste for the big business of the
outside world.
I'll have to travel way back,
over day coaches and boarding
houses to get to Tony Pastors.
Tony gave my sister Matte,
who was then 13 and myself
(1D our first chance to taste
the plaudits Of an audience.
My father, Pat Rooney, 1st, had
died and Matte and 1 decided
to team up and follow in his
footsteps.
Tony was grand to us but the
sign painter who made out the
=, bill-bOards wasn't SO nice. we
were billed right next to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15

told Police Chief Holmes that I de-
manded to know what charges we're
pending against them, and that l
was going to get out writs of habeas
corpus to force their release. Wen
file charges against them the chief
retorted, wlereupon they we're held
on a charge of 'vagranoy.'
1.-THE following day police raided
the Southern Office of the LID. and
arrested Laura Stark, the district
secretary. Here too the arrest was
made without a warrant. An LID.
attorney from New York, E. Race
lin, who was in the Office at the
time, was arrested at the same time
as Laura Stark. Racolin, however,
was detained for only about an
hour, however; he was released
when he told the police that he had
an appointment with me and that
1 was waiting for him.
Insulted Organizers
1.-THE police flung insults at the
organizers when they were arrested"
Brodsky recounted. A special target
for abuse was Louise Thompson, the
Negro girl. Which one of these fell
lows are you a mistress for, you
black bastard!' the police sneered.
Later, in order to frighten here, one
of the cops shouted to another, Jim.
you better arrange for that xxx
meeting tonight Well talk to her
through the tubes tonight referring
to the hollow rubber hose used to
administer the third degree
During his visit to Birmingham
Brodsky paid a visit to the Scots
boro boys in the Jefferson County
Prison. Five of the boys-all but
Charlie Weerls = are still held in
solitary confinement, the lawyer re-
ported. Two Of the boys, Haywood
Patterson and Charlie Norris are in
the death cell in Kilby prison, at
Montgomery, Ala
II asked Sheriff Hawkins son, who
is the assistant sheriff, how long he
intended to keep the boys in solitary,
and he answered that he didn't
know" Brodsky said.
The LID. attorney visited Pat
terson and Norris in their death
cells in Kilby prison, but the warden
would not permit Brodsky to see
them alone and insisted that he and
his assistant be present during the
entire interview. Haywood Patter-
son asked me to deliver this mes
sage in the very presence of the
glowering warden and his assistant;
Mr.. Brodsky, If anything happens
to me ! want you to know that it
Is not because I broke any rules
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
400 JObleSS March
On Salvation Army
Municipal Flop House
Joins With S.A. Lodge

NEW YORK. Four hundred
homeless unemployed men, residents
of the Salvation Army controlled
Gold Dust Lodge and the Municipal
Lodging House, marched on the Of
fees of the Salvation Army today.
Massing at Union Square at 1870,
the men, resisting the provocation
of dozens Of mounted police who
rode into their ranks in an attempt
to head them off, marched in orderly
ranks.
Arriving at the offices of the Sal
walton Army, they were surrounded
by additional scores of police. After
first refusing to meet with rep
resentative delegation, the officers
of the Salvation Army were forced
to meet with a delegation from the
Gold Dust Lodge.
In meeting with the men, Col.
Post derided the men for their
march and refused every demand,
sneering his replies to the spokes-
man. When the delegates charged
that workers were expelled for or
ganizational activities, Post de-
clared; 1--WE have a right to say
who goes into the Gold Dust Lodge. .
The delegates demanded workers
control of the flop house, free cloth
ing to all jobless men, three square
meals a day, adequate medical at
tention, and endorsement of the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill (H. r. 1899. After refusing all
the demands of the jobless men,
Post, when asked to endorse the
Workers Bill, turned to the spokes-
man of the delegation and said with
sheer: you'd look fine sitting
down and drawing ten dollars a
week. I refuse to endorse any BILL
Similarly, every demand was met
with derisive sneering reply. AS
the delegates turned to leave, the
spokesman asked if this meant that
all demands had been refused. Post
replied that none of the men were
from the Gold Dust Lodge. Hun
dreds of the men carried discon-
tinued cards, having been expelled
from the lodge for organization.
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Brodsky Describes alabama Terror
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page 1
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following the murder Of two Negro
miners REDS LINKED WITH
MINE VIOLENCE In the same
issue there is q hypocritical editorial
declaring that These shootings and
ambushes are most shocking and
deplorable.'
THE following day the Bnnaing-
ham Age Herald came out with a
streamer headline announcing, RE-
INFORCED TROOPS PAIR OIL
MINES In long editorial it ap-
pealed to the A. F. of L. leaders to
use labor craftsmanship in such a
crisis, and called attention to the
fact that Negroes have been con-
spicuous in demonstrations and
other activities. What the arrning
Of people who nurse their own racial
grievances could lead to must be left
to the imagination
The LID. attorney, who is chief
counsel in the Scottsboro frame-up
and who has for years defended
workers in labor trials, graphically
described the circumstances sur
rounding the arrest of six organic
ers-f1ve white men and one Negro
womsn-in Birmingham recently.
"This raid was result Of the
raaififa &C ALL
ing miners and the fact that the
Negro and white miners we're
fighting on the picket line side by
side,' Brodsky said.
1.-THE arrests were made under the
direction of assistant chief of po-
lice of Birmingham, Mullens, who
came neither with warrant of ar
rest or a search warrant" Brodsky
continued. "He seized everybody in
the house, and then called the
patrol wagon which took the work.
ers to the City Hall The police
seized all the literature, papers and
books found, and put their own lock
on the door of the house. Although
no charge was placed against the
workers. they were 'mugged' and
fingerprinted.
Louise Thompson Jailed
That night I got out writ of
habeas corpus for Louise Thompson,
of New York, the Negro girl who
was arrested, pointing out that no
charge had been placed either
against her or the other workers.
The police thereupon placed a
charge of 'vagrancy' against Louise
and the other Jailed workers.
Louise Thompson, who was on
tour for the International Workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Alabama Miners
Ranks Are Solid
Continued from Page u

Party is moving forward with thou
sands expected to mass at the Court
House on Thursday to demand the
release of the militant workers who
go on trial on that day.
The spirit of the arrested work.
ers are high. The following mes
sage was delivered by the arrested
strikers to the hands of the SCOTS
boro boys who are in this Jim
crow Jail Jefferson County Court
house, Birmingham, Ala.
I'VE white workers pledge to
carry on the fight for your free
dom and the freedom of all work
erS, inside and outside. We pledge
TO help break your solitary con-
finement and the refusal of the
authorities to deliver the Daily
Worker to you. The 1. L. d. is
mobilizing a greater fight for your
freedom and against the N. A. A.
c. p. treacherous action. The Biz
mingham workers, both white and
Negro, are on the march for our
common victory"
All intellectuals, all workers,
professionals, ETC., should i'm
nhediately launch a vigorous pro-
test throughout the entire nation
in order to forestalI the action of
the Grand Jury which Is now pre-
pairing murder charges against
some of those now under arrest
in order to break the strike move
ment.
Rush an immediate food of
protest kilograms to demand the
unconditional release of these in
nocent workers. Send protests at
once to Solicitor Bales, and Judge
Alternately, at the Jefferson
County Court House.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15

athlete-lsckeys of the bosses must
be exposed for what they are. we
must use this instrument against
the bosses as they use it against US.
A workers sports movement in the
shops and offices is now sadly
lacked. In our hands athletics are
means for the recreational and
physical benefit of all the workers,
not the purple of a favored and
starring few. In our hands athletics
are means of enforcing the work
ers against the fascists. Let us not
forget that the fascistization of
athletics is rapidly going on in this
country.
Here enters the Labor Sports
Union. It is the sharpest foe of
the boss-controlled athletic asso-
Citations; it Is genuine organiza-
ton of workers. 1t does not EN-
pIoy any ringers. 1t must be one
of the bulwarks against fascism.
The path is plain: Organize work
ers' athletic clubs in your shops
and Offices and join the Labor
Sports Union.
THE New York District of the La
Dor Sports Union has organized
in preparation for National Youth
Day, which is on May 80; four street
runs on May 26 and one on May 81,
There will be Downtown, Harlem.
Bronx, Borough Park and Brownse
vile runs. The Red Sparks, the
Harlem Prolets, the Ksytee. the
5partacus and the I. w. o. Youth
Branch of Brownsville have ar
ranged the courses.
From the Labor Sports Union in
Los Angeles comes the following:
The central headquarters of the
Labor Sports Union in Los Angeles
is to be the Cultural Center at $50
S. Spring st. Ten athletic organ
izations were represented at the
meeting which decided upon the
place. Boys night will be Tuesday,
beginning May Is. Girls night will
be on Thursday, beginning May II.
On June l large affair will be held
to celebrate the rebirth of the La
Dor Sports Union in Los Angeles.
An open Table Tennis ping
pong) Tourney, singles and doubles,
for the championship of Manhattan
will take place Thursday night, May
IT, at 81 Second Ave, under the
of the Red Sparks A. c.
with the sanction of the Labor
Sports Union. Sol. Schiff, of the
Y. M. H. A., the national champion,
is scheduled to perform.
On June Is the Young Pioneer
Track and Field Meet will take
place at Uln1ar Park.
And more to come. Keep your
eye peeled, pard!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
GAMES TODAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland at New York, 3l5
Detroit at Washington.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Boston.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York at Chicago.
Brooklyn at St Louis
Boston at Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 052 900 1903 10 8
Boston 600 O01 010-2 4 3
Earnshsw and Ruel; H. Johnson, Grove
Detroit 04O 1905 7 o
Washington 900 1000 2 2
called end 9Th; RAIN
Sorrell and Cochrane Crowder; Prim
and Phillips
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 900 Dol Dol o.
Chicago 0lo 900 DOL 1-s
Schumacher and Mancuso: warneke and
Hartnett, Tate
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Albany 900 400 2os-s Is
Buffalo 900 400 6OO-5 I 3
Chapman and Maple Milstead, Elliot
and Outen.
Syracuse 900 oof 0oo--i 4 q
Baltimore 020 900 oo0-2 9
Toronto 900 oil oox-s s
Mccioskey and Taylor; Hilcher and
Crouch
Newark 061 o10 e0o-s IL
Rochester 200 900 302-7 10
Makovsky, Tamulis and Glenn; Kauf-