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The Washington times., 1934-09-04
All In A Day
MARK HELLINGER

or two Dillingham; lived on
charity. know that Sir Will
liam WiSeman helped him
greatly, and you can bet your
bottom dollar that George M.
Cohan was somewhere in the
picture-as always. And there
were probably one or two others.
But the sad part Of it was
that there we're many who
didn't give a damn. There were
many whom Dillingham; had
turned into millionaires-and
then wheeled the other way
when Charlie went broke. He
was owed great amounts of
money by people who were never
in when c. B. called.
Still, in all, he was mighty
proud bird. It was just about
year ago when he visited me in
the hospital. We were alone in
my room and I asked him
bluntly about money conditions.
He gave me that swell grin
Of his.
Money, my boy?" he cried.
"Why, don't be silly. I'm in
great shape. Yes, sir. Posi-.
lively great. Don't you worry
about me-"
And even as he talked, he was
tucking in the frayed ends OF
his shirt cuffs.
Seven months ago, a show
named "New Faces" opened at
the Fulton Theater. Charlie
Dillingham; was around with a
new vitality. He had been given
a small piece of the show and
his name was on the attraction
as co-producer.
In his earlier days, c. B. would
have booted New Faces" and
most of the cast right out Of his
office. Nine-tenths Of the
players were amateurs, and the
others were young punks who
thought themselves mighty i'm
portant. But Charlie didn't
care. He was back in the game
he loved so well.
The critics were kind to
"New Faces" much kinder, in
fact, than the show deserved.
If the truth be told, they did it
for Dillingham;. The old man
was making his comeback and
everybody wanted to help.
For a while, Charlie was his
old self. But then, by degrees,
the youngsters around the show
took away his confidence. His
suggestions were laughed at, his
orders scorned. He was told
that show business had changed
since his day and that they
didn't care for his advice. And
then-finally-they fired him
completely. The grand Charles
B. Dillingham; tossed out by a
group of young snot-noses!
Poor Charlie left the Fulton
Theater that night and walked
the few steps to Moore's Restau-
rant. He sat down wearily. He
suddenly seemed very, very old.
For the first time in 66 years
his spirit was broken.
II guess it's the end," he said
slowly. "They don't want me
any more"
That was about two months
ago, and few of us saw c. B.
again. Now he's gone; gone to
the accompaniment Of costly
flowers and much praise. And
as for Newell, I wish he had
died Just a little earlier.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
HOLLYWOOD Wonders If Movies
Will Spoil Shirley Temple

Will the movies spoil" Shirley
Temple?
That's what they're asking the
country over-those who have
laughed and cried with her in
Little Miss Marker" and gone
home with the memory Of little
child who for two hours tugged
at their heart strings and made
them wish there were really and
truly a King Arthur and his
Round Table after all.
For that's quite what she's done.
Just as "She Done Him Wrong"
introduced to the filmgoing world
a new personality in the person Of
Mae West, so Little Miss Marker"
gave 1t Shirley Temple, a tiny
little figure filling definite need,
briefly, in the changing times: a
child to resurrect the youth and
the simplicity that the world laid
away in the closet with King Ar
thur and Mother Goose and the
Little People, long ago.
All of a sudden Shirley Temple
has become a person.
The Governor of Maine wrote
her a letter and sent it by air mail
to signalize the Inauguration of a
new cross-country plane service,
and he called her the most Won
derful actress" he had even seen.
Dangerous Success
Theaters write her name in
electric lights. Pictures bill it in
larger letters than are used for
some of the best adult feature
players. Interviewers continually
surround her. Any paper you
The Washington times., 1934-09-04

lpick up, her picture is in it-and
she's only years old!
So much success, says Holly.
wood, is dangerous. Especially
to a five-year-old head. The
path she treads so blithely now
has led many another child, less
gifted than she, to ruin.
Yet, Hollywood has q certain
faith in Shirley Temple. Perhaps
because she's Hollywood'S darling,
and at present can do no wrong.
Perhaps because after so much
success in so short a time, she
remains the sweet and simple
child she was-perhaps because
Of her mother.
Shirley Temple comes of solid
stock. Her father is branch man
ager at Santa Monica for a large
bank IN Los Angeles; her mother
does her own house work and
takes care of three children be-
SIDES; and her two brothers, IA
and 1S respectively, play football
and baseball on their school
teams, are brown and lean of
limb, and independent and mod
est. and show the marks of breed
ing.
A typical American family of
moderate means.
For although Shirley for a long
time has made more money than
her father; although they could
afford luxuries now, and a fine
house and servants, they continue
to live In the same small, brown,
one-story bungalow in Santa
Monica, where they lived IS
months ago when q director saw
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turned down q radio and q per.
sonal appearance offer and hun.
dredS Of endorsement offers
but we want her to remain un.
spoiled"
Will she be able to do it? Holly.
wood doesn't know; the town has
seen a lot Of promising young.
sters ruined. But Just at present
it's putting its money on golden.
haired little Shirley Temple.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
Freaks Souqht
For 'Bornum'

Activity on "The Mighty Bar
num-" Gene Fowler's screen
adaptation Of M. R. Werner's
book on the worlds most famous
Snowman, has started at the
studios OF goth Century Pictures
with a call from Daryl Zanuck
for duplicates of the "marvels of
nature" with which the late P.
T. Barnum once startled the
world.
The call has gone out for,
among other strange things, a
two-headed COW, a three.headed
frog, a camel with three humps,
a calf with five legs, Siamese
twin ehickenS, a rooster that
talks like a parrot and a cat
that barks like a dog.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04

Shirley in q dancing class and
chose her for her first picture.
The money is all being banked
away for her; yet she has no more
luxuries than she'd have If she'd
never seen the inside of a studio.
1--WE want her to keep her
perspective" says her mother.
"It's costing her S1O,OOO q week
right now to keep it-we've
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
C.. B..

Broadway CO l u m n S, you
know just about what to
expect when a well-known
theatrical figure passes.
You'r told that there never
lived a greater guy, and
that the old stem will never
be quite the same without
him.
An Introduction
In the main, that's hooey. Be
cause no matter how great the
dead man is, he will always be
replaced. And so far as the old
stem is concerned, it will go on
just the same as always.
Death is but momentary to all
except the dead.
All of which is by way of in
PRODUCTION to the fact that this
is another obituary column. It's
a piece about the late Charles B.
Dillingham;, who was buried yes
terday. And you will find it diff
ferent from the usual run of
obituaries.
It's different because Charlie
Dillingham; didn't deserve to die
the way he did. It's different
because, If all the flowers that
were sent when he was dead
had been converted into cash
while he was living, Dillingham;
would probably be alive today.
It's different because Broad
way is often a pretty rotten
alley.
There is no point of going
into Dillingham's career in this
space. Through the years, you
knew him the way I did, as a
great theatrical man. Until the
crash, Dillingham; was always
Flo Ziegfeld's rival in the mu-
sical world. And if his renown
wasn't quite as great, it was be-
cause Charlie lacked Flo'S great
desire for personal publicity.
During his active career, Dill
lingham made a great deal Of
money. It is no exaggeration
to say that he was away up
in the millions at one time, and
his parties in Palm Beach and
Wastchester ran into small
fortunes on each occasion. So
ciety, as usual, fawned upon
him when he was in the big
dough. And Society, also as
usual, dropped him quickly
when the well ran dry.
The man had a grand sense
Of humor. With the possible
exception Of Sam H. Harris,
there never lived producer
who drew more fun from a good
gag. And it is a great tribute
to him to say that until he
neared the very end, Dillingham;
never lost the jovial spirit that
endeared him to all who knew
him.
Charlie Dillingham; went broke
because of an unprecedented
streak Of hard luck. True, he
spent lavishly and he gave
unStantingly to charity. But, in
the last seven or eight years he
couldn't seem to produce a hit.
He employed the finest authors
and the best talent, but a win
ming simply wasn't in the cards.
But it was no go. He marched
on with his chest out and his
head high, but banks and cred
ttors weren't dealing in chests
and heads. One by one, his
holdings slipped from his hands.
It is violating no confidence
to say that during the past year
The Washington times., 1934-09-04

LOUIS SoBoL, whose column, "The Voice of Broad
way" is daily feature these pages takes one-day
vacation today from his post Tomorrow he will
his popular comments and stories of Manhattan life and
characters.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
REALTY MARKET
CONTINUES RISING
Ten Property Sales Closed Within
Last Week by the Shannon &
Luchs Co.

Continued upward trend of the
Washington real estate market was
reported today by the Shannon Ss
Luchs Co., in announcing the closing
of 10 property sales within the past
week.
The sales are as follows:
1903 Kalorama road sold to Mr..
and Mrs. George A. Mcdonald as an
investment; 5344 Broad Branch road.
sold to Harry N Weigand; 1500-15l4
Massachusetts, avenue southeast, sold
to local investor for Mr.. and Mrs
H. F. Austine; Logan Cottage, Epping
Forest, Md. sold to Ethel B. Shreve,
and 2931 Twelfth street northeast.
new corner chain store, sold for
George B. Williams to a local in
vestor.
4414-16-20-28 and 80 Harrison
street. sold for Bernard Nordlinger
and Milton w King, attorneys, to a
local investor; lot on Thirtieth street,
near Woodland drive, in Massa-
chusetts Park, sold to DR.. w. J.
Zalesky as a home site; two homes in
Glen Echo Heights, Md, purchased
by Drew G. Likens as an invest
ment, and commercial ground at the
corner of Fourteenth street and Po-
tomac avenue southeast, purchased
by George B. Williams.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
|NEW FARM HOME
| LOANS ARRANGED
600 Repairing Projects May
Be Financed on Liberal
F. C.. A. Terms.

More than 600 additional sources
of loans for repairing, altering and
improving farm homes have been
made available by the Farm Credit
Administration. Rules and regula-
tions have been announced whereby
funds for this purpose are available
through Production Credit Associations
located in various paris of the country.
Eligible for guaranty under the
Federal Housing Administration up
to 20 per cent OF the principal, the
loans are restricted solely to improve
ments to the farm home and borrowers
need not be owners Of Credit Associa-
ton Glass B stock.
On Single Dwelling.
Home improvement loans on single
dwelling may run from 500 to $4,000
for a period of one year, but may be
extended to l8 months. When loans
are obtained for a period longer than
year, the borrower must repay in
partial payments at least one-half of
the note within II months.
Loans made by the associations will
bear per cent interest, plus other
modest charges.
Production Credit Associations also
make loans for general repair, altera-
ton and improvement of silos, barns
and other farm equipment. provided
such loans are for agricultural pur-
poses. These loans are not eligible
for guarantee under the provisions OF
the Federal Housing Administration
however, and prospective borrowers
under the present regulations, must
purchase association stock in ar
amount of S. for each $l0O or fraction
| thereof obtained.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
C0Dper and Brass Materials
Find Place in Repair Program
Various Nev Uses for Metals Cited, With
80 Per Cent of Loans Going to
Heating and Plumbing.

largest labor value of any competitive
metal product.
American copper mines are operat-
ing around Is per cent of their capac-
ity. More than 10000 copper miners
are idle There is enough refined
copper above ground in this country
to supply domestic needs for more
than a year. Export demand for cop
per has declined steadily, as Canadian
and African mines are pushing low
cost metal into such markets and
stepping up production. Germany,
until June one of Americas best cop
per customers, is turning to the use
of domestic substitutes. such as
aluminium. Japan, however, continues
to buy copper literally.
With foreign markets lost tempo
rarily, the American copper industry,
if it seriously intends to try to put
back to work its thousands of idle,
must find new outlets and cut mining
costs. The Michigan copper mines,
the worlds deepest red metal pits,
cannot produce copper now under II
cents a pound. The domestic price,
maintained only by rigid N. r. A.
sales quota, is"9 cents pound. Euro
pean copper prices are 612 cents,
which in terms of gold means 81
cents.
Labor at Low Total.
When the copper industry Of Michi-
gan, now employing only 1000 men
it employed $4,000 in 192S-asserts
that excessive mining costs preclude a
comeback, it admits defeat. Where
is the engineering skill that once
made the mines of the Upper Michi-
gan Peninsula the greatest in the
world? And where are the merchan-
disers of the Michigan copper indus
try? Peninsula copper is located
closer to the center Of automobile
manufacturing than any other red
metals. The automotive industry used
138,200 tons of copper in 1929, or
1872 per cent of total domestic cop
per consumption. The automobile
trade within the last two weeks
started buying its 1885 copper needs
Will Michigan mines sell copper to
Michigan auto factories? Will Michi-
gan mines find a way to cut costs?
Or will most of the copper workers in
Michigan, as the State welfare COM
missioner asserts. have to emigrate?
tCopyrisht. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-11-24
2OO-YEAR-OLD HOME
MODEL OF MODERNIZING
Colonial Property at Thompson,
Conn, Altered Without Loss
of Ancient Charm.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
THOMPSON. Conn. November "a.
One of the oldest houses in Thomp-
son-the 200-year -old home of Mr. and
Mrs Armand Dennis, which has been
modernized under the stimulus of the
better housing program of the Federal
Housing Administrations being used
as an example of how Colonial
home can be brought thoroughly up
to date without any loss of its ancient
charm. according to statement today
from John F. Gaffey, State director
for Connecticut.
Mr.. Dennis is a famous traveller, ex-
plorer and motion picture director.
He made Frank Bucks Wild Cargo"
among other well-known pictures
Mrs Dennis also Is an explorer and
traveller. She recently returned from
a trip around the world in a motorized
house. driving every mile of the land
part of the tour, with a 21-year old
girl as her only companion.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
BY JOHN A. CRONE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

OptCldl DlSpdlCIl " hC ObdA
NEW YORK, November "a
Eighteen per cent of the Federal
Housing Administration loans are
being used for heating purposes and
II per cent for plumbing. Some
heating and many of the plumbing
repair jobs require copper or brass.
The use of thes, metals in remodel
ing is attracting attention to their
possibilities in new construction.
These trends explain the more
hopeful mood of the copper and brass
trades, why thousands of idle fabri-
Gators and metal workers expect to
get jobs and why the Copper and Brass
Research Association is being con-
tinued, though on reduced scale,
after many in the trade insisted they
no longer could afford to support it.
Copper and brass product prices to-
day are just about half those in 1929.
yet in that year building took $4,000
tons of copper, or SOC per cent OF
total domestic consumption. Since
then hundreds of new uses have been
found for copper and brass in build
ing. In Rome, NJ Y, house has
been built of copper, which was used
as an outside sheathing. much in the
manner of prefabricated steel sheets.
Many Devices Cited.
Fireplace hoods. mantelpieces, many
types of interior decoration using thin
sheets, radiators and convectorS, sheet
copper for insulation, and SpandrelS
on the outside of the buildings are
just few of the new or revised uses
for copper about the home. Air-con-
ditioning, as well as refrigeration,
heating and plumbing, is taking ad-
ditional amounts of copper and brass.
Flexible copper water tubing is prov
ing popular in repair jobs, because it
does not require tearing out the walls
and ceilings. A small hole can be
made in the walls and the flexible
the rafters and studding. Lighting
fixtures, roofing, flashing, cutters,
waterspouts and the like are calling
for more copper and brass.
The oil burner. with its copper stor-
age tank; the air. conditioner, the re-
frigerator, the instantaneous hot
water heater, the copper sink and
cooking utensils are being joined by
many types of copper furniture plated
with chromium. The Westinghouse
home Of tomorrow" at Mansfield,
Ohio, contains 314 miles of copper
! wire to transport electric current to
the various appliances and fix. Tres.
More than 1000 pounds of sheet cop
per went into flashings, around the
coping and penthouse and the cutters
and downspouts.
A better call for the red metal means
much to labor. Nearly 78 per cent
of the value of finished copper pro-
ducts represents labor, which is the
Evening star., 1934-11-24
LAND RESOURCES LIST
TOPIC AT SOIL Meeting
Plan of Giving Each Type of
Land Index Number of Value
Based on Productivity Heard.

A plan to make an inventory Of
land resources which will give each
type of land an index number of value
based on productivity was presented
before the annual meeting of the
American Soil Survey Association. The
scheme was developed by the Bureau
of Chemistry and Soils, United States
Department of Agriculture. and is be-
ing further developed in several
States.
The productivity of each land type
for certain crop is being recorded in
relation to the productivity of the
best land in the country for that crop.
The value of this most productive
land type would be represented by 100.
Land one-half as productive would be
listed at so. This makes possible the
comparison Of land types as to pro-
ductivity, not only within locality Of
county. but in widely separated re-
giOnS
Evening star., 1934-11-24
WOMEN'S CLUB TO HEAR
REPAIR LOANS OUTLINED
]. K. Gilchrist to Address Busi-
ness and Professional Group
Monday.

An exclamation of the "moderniza-
ton" loans being sponsored by the
Federal Housing Administration will
be given at meeting next Monday Of
the Business and Professional Wo-
mems Club.
j. X. Gilchrist of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration, will deliver the
address and demonstrate how, under
the Government backed loans, prop
erty may be repaired or improved.
The gathering, which will take the
form of dinner, is scheduled for next
Monday at $50 pm. in the Lafayette
Hotel. Arrangements for the meeting
were made by Miss Mae Murray,
president of the club and member
of the Executive Committee of the
Washington better housing campaign.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
GEORGIA AVENUE SALE

Sale of bowling alley building
at 3Tl0 Georgia avenue to George
B. Furman through the Offices Of
Walter A. Brown and the Cafritz
Construction Co., was announced to-
day.
1t was stated that the new owner
plans to have extensive alterations
made and to reopen the building for
bowling within short time. The
purchase price was not disclosed, but
the property has been appraised at
100000. The sale was made for the
trustees Of q local beneficiary.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Plumbing for Factories.

Many factories have inadequate
plumbing equipment. Modernization
loans will enable factory owners to
install additional plumbing facilities,
thus avoiding loss of time, improving
the morale of employees and protecting
their health.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Chimney Corner Seat.

A convenient chimney corner seat
adds to the attractiveness of the room.
Box seats with hinged tops are serv-
iceable and they add that unique
touch. The space inside the boxes will
be found handy for the storage of
kindling wood, old papers and other
articles.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
BATH IN TWO TYPES
Shower and Tub Both Provide
Pleasure as Needed.

A great deal Of pleasure has been
added to many peoples everyday
routine by having both shower and
bathtub in their homes. After golf,
bowling or an afternoon in the garden
nothing is more delightful than to
step under tingling shower. In the
morning when there isn't time to
draw a bath, then again a shower
comes in handy. At very low cost
it is possible to partition of a corner
of the bath room, apply tile or COM
position wainscoting to the walls, and
install a sprinkler. Or perhaps there
is some waste closet space which can
readily be converted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-09

workers went into effect yesterday,
despite frantic efforts of the shipowners
and leaders of the International Seamen's
Union to halt it.
Crews of nine ships are out in New
York harbor. Fifty longshoremen members of the
International Longshoremens Association, have
joined the seamen in a sympathy strike in Brook
lyn. Reports from other Atlantic ports-Baltimore
Norfolk and Eoston-show that the strike is spread
ng there also
Out of three ships in port in Boston yesterday
two struck. This is splendid beginning. and shows
that the strike has every possibility of rapidly
spreading, striking the ships they come into port
gaining momentum from day to day
The srsr.en, fighting under the eadsr7hD of
the Joint Strike Committee, are striking for the
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E. DIT o r l A L

into the harbor. Committees must be on the look
out to see that none of the struck ships pull away
from the docks. There must be mass picketing at
all piers where the struck ships tied up.
The main slogan today is, Spread the Strike!
All activities in connection with closing the fink
shipping halls should be intensified and strength
ened Many have already been closed, but the sea-
men can see that they stay closed. Mass picket
lines should be set up in front of the agencies
which persist in shipping scabs, The unemployed
workers have a special role to play in closing the
shipping halls and keeping them closed.
the strike call, in spite of attempts of Joseph P.
Ryan to keep them from striking. More longshore-
will answer the call. But to bring them out
there must be intensified mass agitational cam
paign launched at once at every dock in every
harbor on the Atlantic Coast.