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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
NRA Decision Is Seen
As Blow to New Deal
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

international news service
The New Deal, approaching it's
second anniversary on March 4,
encountered rough water today.
Again are the New Dealers
forced to look in the direction of
the United States Supreme Court
for aid and succor.
The decision by Judge John P.
Nields, in Federal District Court
in Delaware today, holding uncon-
stitutional the famous labor clause
of the National Recovery Act, Sec.
ton IA, as it applies to the Weir
ton case, while not wholly unex-
pected, nevertheless casts an aura
OF doubt about the whole set-up-
and at the very moment Congress
has under consideration a two
year extension of the act.
Judge NieldS' decision, following
on the heels of Judge William I.
Grubb's decision in Alabama, hold.
ing the Tennessee Valley Author
ity to be unconstitutional marks
a legal crisis affecting the most
vital parts of the New Deal.
Appeals Certain
The Government, of course,
will appeal both decisions, and
ultimately the same bench that
gave the Government a narrow
50 victory in the gold cases will
have to decide whether Congress
exceeded its powers in enacting
the MIRA and creating the iva.
Administration leaders were
not greatly surprised. but they
were deeply disappointed by the
Wilmington decision. The De.
partment of Justice and Donald
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
Mexico to Honor
Amelia Earhart

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 27 G.N.S.)
Mexico next week will honor
Amelia Earhart Putnam, famed
American aviatrix, it was an
nounced today.
The Mexican Geographical So
ciety announced it would present
the flier with diploma and that
she will come to Mexico to re-
ceive it in person.
Civil and military aviation So
cieties will honor the flier dur
ing her visit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
3 From Washington
Get Nuptial Writs

ROCKVILLE, Feb. 27.-Mar-
riage licenses were issued at the
Montgomery county courthouse
here yesterday to George E. Gray,
%, Washington, and Mildred l..
Belbray, 20. Hamilton, w. Va;
Thomas Addison Wetherell, 90,
Annapolis, Md, and Lena Jane
Fink, %, Germantown, Md: Vir.
ginia Darker Johnson, IS, and
Mary Prossa Sexton, 33, both of
Henrico county, Va, and John
Hayes Knowles, %, and Louise
Darlington Hoehling. %, both Of
Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
PINK SLIP FOES
GAIN IN SENATE
International News Service


The drive to repeal the pink
slip" income tax publicity law
gained momentum today when the
Senate Finance Committee agreed
to take up the issue with the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee.
Senator Pat Harrison CD Of
Mississippi, committee chairman,
was authorized to name a sub-com-
mittee of six Senators to confer
with the House committee in an
effort to reach an agreement on
repeating the pink slip" Some
members of the committee insisted
upon retaining less Objectionable
publicity.
Senator Copeland CD of New
York led the fight to repeal the
pink slip" on which taxpayers
must reveal their total income,
total deductions and total tax paid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
GUNMAN AWE s
80 DINERS IN
CAFE HOLDUP
Woman Cashier Faints at
Sight of Pistol; Thief
Escapes in TaxiCab

A robber who held at bay q
half hundred diners apparently
had made good his escape today
after looting Ewart's Cafeteria,
500 block Thirteenth st. N. w.,
of $500 shortly before closing time
last night.
The gunman was lost to pur.
suers at Thirteenth and E Streets
Northwest, a half block from the
holdup scene, when he leaped
from taxicab he had hired a few
minutes before the holdup. John
Sobolewski, 2100 block P ST.. the
cab driver, said his passenger had
instructed him to wait while he
entered the cafeteria ito get a
brief case"
Entering the cafeteria with the
collar of his blue overcoat pulled
up around his face and his dark
felt hat pulled down, the holdup
man levelled a gun at Mrs. Flor
ence Verdi, the cashier, and said:
"This is holdup and 1 mean
1t. Let's have the dough-"
Mrs. Verdi sore AIMED and
tainted. Manager A. G. Ernest,
sitting a few feet away, leaped to
his feet, but was waived back by
the pistol. A 13-year-old boy, M.
R. Bishop, jr., who was dining
with his parents, residents of
Roanoke, jumped up and cried:
Look, Pop, it's a hOldup. Gee,
didn't expect to see this in
Washington"
The gunman, who had gathered
in the money, swung on the boy,
whose frightened parents drew
him back to his seat. Then the
robber backed to the door, turned
and fled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27

Steel Labor Board, Charlton o.
burn, counsel for the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers, declared today.
Francis Biddle. chairman of
the N a tt ona Labor Relations
Board, said:
"The Wilmington action is
welcomed by the National Labor
Relations Board. The case may
now be carried to the Supreme
Court where final action on
Section ia of the recovery
act may be determined"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
MORGAN'S SALE
Of ART WORKS
|SPUZZLE
Some of Famed Paintings May
Be in Mellon Collection
Coming to D. c.

NEW YORK. Feb. 81 GNS).
Announcement that J. P. Morgan
will sell in London his fathers
famous collection of 900 NINA.
ture portraits served today to
mystify further the financial and
art worlds.
The financial world wonders
why Mr.. Morgan is going to such
lengths to liquidate items in his
treasure house and even to put
up for sale the final acquisition
to his Glen Cove estate bought at
great cost in 1881 when the real
estate market was far higher.
Famed Pictures Sold
The art world wonders who pur.
chased four of the six great pic.
lures he sold last month for a re-
ported price of $1,500,000. The
remaining two we're sold to the
Metropolitan Art Gallery.
When asked why he sold the
pictures, Mr.. Morgan, who is 81,
chuckled:
when a man gets to be my
age, it is only fair to his execu-
tors to get his estate in a liquid
condition"
An explanation current in the
art world is that Mr.. Morgan'S
main interest has not been in the
great picture collection left him
by his father, but the manuscript
collection. He has devoted him.
self to the latter, increasing it
constantly by the purchase of
original manuscripts by modern
and medieval authors.
Historical Value Cited
The miniatures on ivory have
great historical as we'll as artistic
value. Those admitted by card
to the Morgan library can still
see just how Mary, Queen of
Scots, looked to Nicholas Hilliard,
who painted her from life. Hill.
llard's portrait of her lover, Lord
Darnley, in the tragic romance
that brought her to the scaffold,
also is there.
Portraits from life of Marie An.
toinette by Dumont, and Sir
Thomas More by Holbein, also
are in the collection. All will 20
under the hammer at Christie's
in London.
The elder Morgan was not
aVerse to selling his pictures. In
the Prick collection soon to be
opened to the public by the con.
version of the late steel mag
mates Fifth Avenue home into
an art gallery is the set of IA
panels for Nine. du Barry by
Fragonard, which Morgan sold
to Prick for $1,5O0,000, one of the
all-time high prices for a work
of art.
Mellon May Be Buyer
Reports that one or two of
the four Morgan paintings sold
last month went to former Sec.
rotary of the Treasury Andrew
w. Mellon have not been con-
firmed by Mr. Melons attorney
in his tax suit in Pittsburgh,
who named many of the Mellon
paintings which are to be pre-
Sented to the nation in a new
Washington gallery but made no
mention of any of these.
The story which will not down
is that the great portrait by
Ghiraladago from the Morgan
collection went to Edsel Ford in
Detroit. However, it is known
in New York art circles that
Henry Ford always has discour-
aged his son from buying pic.
lures, favoring the homelier joys
of collecting American antique
furniture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
VindiCation Seen
BY Steel Attorney

PITTSBURGH. Feb. 81 G.N.sD.
The decision of Judge John P.
Nields denying the Government
an injunction against the Weir
ton Steel Company. vindicates and
approves the employee representa-.
ton plan of collective bargaining,
Earl F. Reed. steel company at
torney. told International News
Service here today.
Mr.. Reed, who played an active
part in defending the company's
stand that the Governments suit
was improper, thought the "deci,
sion Should be an encourage
ment to workers to organize free
from control and exploitation Of
selfish labor leaders"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
Arlington Maps
Big PHA Drive

CLARENDON, Va, Feb. 81.
George M. Yeatman, chairman of
the Arlington county unit of Fed
eral Housing Administration, an
nounced today that plans for a
countrywide canvass to acquaint
home owners with the opportunity
for home improvement loans, will
be made by a county committee
Friday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
NRA SUFFERS BLOW AS COURT DSkASSES WERTON CASE
World News
FRANCE

PARIS. Feb. 81 G.N.S)-De-
ploring the possibility of an un-
limited ornaments race, France
today nevertheless entered the lists
with firm assurance she intends to
build up her navy to any strength
she feels her security demands.
Two obviously inspired articles
in the monthly publication, Am.
baSsades ct Consulate, distributed
to all the French embassies and
consulateS throughout Europe,
make it clear that France will not
lag behind if failure of efforts to
limit warship building uShers in
a new arms race.
PARIS, Feb. 81 G.N.SO -Four
fishermen were drowned and four
young men we're believed to have
persisted inland today as new 60
mile gales raced in from the
stormy Bay Of Biscay. Several
ships were reported still to be in
distress in the Bay of Biscay, and
several other badly battered craft
had made port at LIE Rochelle.
Paris was in the grip of a severe
snoWstorm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
VIRGIN ISLANDS

ST. THOMAS, V. l., Feb. 81
N.SO.-Douglas Fairbanks, ST.,
and Lady Sylvia Ashley went fish
ing today, having told reporters
that the possibility of their mar
rlage comes under the head of
embarrassing and unanswerable"
questions. They arrived here yes
terday after an uneventful passage
from England aboard the Europa,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
0gburn Says Decision
Not to Affect Other Suits
international News Service

Refusal of the Wilmington
(DelD Federal Court to grant
an injunction to the Government
enjoining the Weirton Steel Com
pany from interfering with col
lective bargaining activities of
its employees, will not affect suits
now pending before the National
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
6 GOVERNMENT 7.
INTERFERENCE
ASSA|LED
Depression Held No Excuse
For Imposing Regulations
On Steel Business

(continued From Page y
powers, is based upon the as
sumption of an inevitable and
necessary diversity Of interests.
HELD OLD THEORY
"This is the traditional old
world feeling. 1t is not the
twentieth century American
theory of that relation as de.
pendent upon mutual interests,
understanding and good will.
"This modern theory is en-
bodied in the Weirt0n plan Of
employment organization.
Furthermore the suggestion
that hard times suspend cOnsti-
tuition limitations or cause man.
ufacturing operations to so af-
feet interstate commerce rs to
subject them to regulations by
the Congress borders on the fan
tastic and merits no serious con"
sideratiOn."
Charges Hurled
The Government charged that
through imposition" Of COM
pany union the company circum'
vented the collective bargaining
rights of the steel workers.
Charges of intimidation and
coercion were hurled by a parade
of witnesses during the tedious
weeks of testimony.
Representatives of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers, an A. F. Of L.
organization, and rival Of the
company union, painted the COM
pany union as a tool in the hands
Of the steel barons.
Weir Denies Charge
e. T. Weir, chairman Of the
board of the company, and other
steel executives, refuted these
charges and declared that If the
Government Injunction were grant
ed it would have a disastrous ma
tional effect. The company con-
tended a decision favorable to the
Government would place in the
hands of selfish labor leaders the
most gigantic labor monopoly i'm
aginable."
Judge Nields previously had de-
MED temporary injunction seek.
ing to restrain the company from
participating in the election Of COL
1ective bargaining representatives
by plant employees.
That SECESSION declared:
"This court is without juriS-
dictiOn to issue a temporary in
junction in such case unless the
testimony of witnesses is heard
in open court with opportunity
for CrOsS-examinatiOn."
Intrastate Business
The final decision pointed out
that the business of the company
was interstate, although it is a
subsidiary of the National Steel
Corporation, which is engaged IN
interstate business.
The decision, referring to the
company, stated:
TN its relations to its EN-.
ployes, as dealt with in Section
IA, it is not engaged in inter.
state commerce. These rela-
tions are incident to manufac.
ture. The tact that the de-
PENDANT is wholly owned sub
Sidiary of National Steel Cor
pOration cannot change the
character of the defendants
business Of manufacture to COM
merce. Therefore, in consider
ing the constitutiOnality of
Section IA, the business and
corporate structure of National
Steel Corporation is imma-
terial."
The decision stated that the
right of Congress to enact Section
IA does not derive from any
welfare" clause Of the Constitu-
ton, but from the commerce
clause, or "it is unauthorized and
therefore void"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
TREASURY CONDITION
international News Service

international News Service
Treasury balance as of February
rs. $2,059.104,754.82; internal reve.
nue.. $4,811,16 customs re.
ceipts, $21,092,278.50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-27
Today in
Congress

SENA4E
In adjournment until noon
Thursday.
HOUSE
Convened at noon for general
debate on the Interior Department
appropriations bill.
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(Continued From Page y
powers, is based upon the as
sumption of an inevitable and
necessary diversity Of interests.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-11

A N O T H E r
P A r T Y. The
guest of honor,
Lii Pons, hap
pens to have her
b a c k turn e d.
Ernest Lubitsch is
behind the cigar,
and his wit evokeS
smiles from Irene
Dunno and Brian
Aherne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-11

Right, A BUS
LOAD. It seems
that HollyWooders
sometimes band
t o 6 e t h er and
journey to a party
in a bus. That's
Melvyn Douglas
perched on the
arm of a seat and
talking to Michael
Bartlett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-11
Hollywood
Off Guard

Another glimpse Of the
film folk. working. playing
and par+ying. through The
candid camera Of Jerome
Zerbe, who has been add
ing Hollywood to his
sharpshoo+ing exploits.
MANA and Jerome Zerbc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-16
Man Who Knew Too Much
Stars Lore at Belasco

Another up for Gaumont-Brit-
ish! THE Man who Knew Too
Much" is corking good enter.
tainment, excellent drama and
superb acting. You find this
splendid fare at the Belasco cur
rently.
War and great national and in
ternational catastrophies may be
averted by the expedient Of pro-
tecting the life Of one small, prac-
tically unknown person. In this
instance a foreign minister is the
target and a child, perhaps IL
years of age, is the innocent
pledge to the success Of the ven
ture.
A young sportsman is killed on
the dance floor of a smart hotel
at st. Moritz; murdered is bet
ter word, and with his last breath
he begs a friend to take care OF
certain paper concealed in his
shaving brush. The enemy is
aware of the existence of the
paper and so the child is kidnapped
as a sure means of keeping the
father from reporting what he has
learned to the police.
The master mind of this dan
gerous band of arch criminals, is
a man of sinister humor; the
death signal a unique one; the
climax intense and properly
built up.
Its really only a film and so,
after much gunplay, effectively
done, right overcomes wrong and
there is a happy reunion of par
ents and child and destruction tc
the dread enemy of world affairs
Edna Best and Leslie Banks are
billed as the featured players and
they do well by their assignments
but Peter LORE, whose voice is
fascinating and whose Napoleonic
makeup spells terror, is the star
Of the piece. He is the menace
and his acting is grade A plus,
which makes him a parsonage to
be watched in future productions;
his is the evil cunning of Charles
Laughton, of earlier pictures.
The child, Nova Pilbeam, is en-
gaging and her ability portendS
successful career. other mem
bers of the cast include Hugh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-16
ICOVer HOllY WOOd

} and behold-She becomes eX.
hausted from her own imagina-
ton.
Lily Pons, the Met diva now Of
the fifth estate, gives herself but
eight years more to continue her
career as a cinema light, a con.
cert singer, ard an opera house
prima donna and then she will
retire to the farm. Kay Francis
breaks down for the ladies to
say that the only two things she
uses for her beauty are good old
soap and water but she neglected
to say what kind of soap-possi-
bly, for Endorsement reasons.
There must be something to the
rumor that Sylvia Sidney is going
to marry Bennett Cert. Her mama
telephoned all the way from New
York to inquire, do you think
you'll be happy?" to which Sylvia
gave neither admittance nor de-
NAL. So we shall see.
inadvertently Zion Meyers took
the rap in this column a couple Of
days ago when I said he made dog
shorts, though he hated dogs:
color shorts, though he was color
blind, and bridge shorts, though
he knew naught of bridge. neg.
lected to add that those shorts Of
his were the most successful ever
made out here. and that at the
moment he is one of RIOS ace
producers. Charlie Chaplin has a
very funny sequence in his new
picture. taking place in a prison
cell with another gentleman, which
I feel will never get by the censors
so why did he bother shooting
it after all?
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-16
Gayety Opens
New Season

Col. James Lake yesterday
opened the Gayety Theater for
the 1885 season of burlesque, a
season which is whirled to a start
by Billy Arlington and his COM
pany presenting the Bon Ton
Girls"
The Arlington revue is typical
burlesque following the usual
routines. 1t is poppy, tuneful and
colorful. The plump and jovial
Mr.. Arlington, who has quite a
stage personality himself, is as.
sisted by a number of artists
whose work rates individual men
ton.
Miss Navarro Halo probably
scored the individual hit of the
evening with her numbers. Miss
Halo is quite pleasing to the eye
anyway and the audience took
her to its heart.
The dancing of Alexianna, steps
out far beyond the average Of
acts that are merely good. This
girl has a talent that would put
her over on any stage.
Buddy and Ollie Lafond, in
their Bowery dance, present one
of the cleverest and funniest bits
of burlesque that we have seen in
years.
Besides those mentioned the
distaff side of the troupe boasts
Miss Dolores Shaw, Miss Marie
Alley, Miss "Toots" Brawner and
Miss Jean Rose.
The comical Mr.. Arlington is
assisted in his funny cutups by
Eddie Lloyd who does a novelty
dance that is smash hit,
The Dancing Bryanettes are
quite comely and agile and the
dance routines are good. The
costuming has evidently had some
thought for some of it is quite
novel.
The staging, lighting and tim
ing are good. The production
moves smoothly but with speed.
Colonel Lake has set a good pace
for the season. R. S.
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y IL
Godfrey-McDonald revue. Mr..
Ford plans to call his two head
liners together this week to map
out various ideas for the presen-
tation.
Godfrey has long been famous
over the local radio stations not
only for his Sun Dial and Moon
Dial programs but also for numer'
Gus commercial broadcaStS.
On the other hand, Mr.. McDon-
aid has long been identified with
sporting subjects and excellS in
baseball, football and allied sports
broadcastS.
According to present plans Of
Mr.. Ford, there is to be plenty Of
rubbing between Godfrey, McDon.
aid and Phil Lampkin, conductor
of the LoeW's Fox concert orches'
ira. In addition both Godfrey's
orchestra and that of the Fox will
be combined in presenting several
speciality numbers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-16
By LLOYD Pr.NTAGEs

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 16.-Gaga-
Tells: The Fox Twentieth Cen
fury Emporium are taking out of
the moth balls the late Murnau'S
thriller, -Four Devils" which in
it's prime starred Janet Gaynor,
Mary Duncan, Charles Morton,
Nancy Drexel and Barry Norton.
In the rehash Gloria Swan IN will
play the Mary Duncan part of
the vicious vampire, and Luise
Rainier will play the Janet Gay
nor role. Now all they're looking
for are two gentlemen with but
definitely bodies beautiful to play
the athletes, who swing on the
trapeze while holding the ladies
in their clutches.
James Burke, comedian in the
cinema, since he has eaten the
same breakfast for II years, rather
than waste his breath on walters
or mattresses, has a card printed
which he hands out as he enters
coffee shop with the following
description-"Would like to have
bacon and eggs, the eggs we'll done
on one side, bacon medium, but
tered toast, toasted light, trim
the crusts, coffee later. Thank
YOU" My-m-y!!!
Katharine Alexander, from the
Eatern stage, is the only mental
athlete in these here parts. She
loathes any type of exercise or
participation in any sort of
sports; says she just lies down,
closes her eyes, imagines herself
engaged in either a hectic game
of tennis, a few holes of golf,
or a squat on a horse, and-lo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-16
Cafe Uniforms Copy
OF New Film Costume

Smartness of the manicuriStS'
uniforms worn by Carole Lombard
in her latest picture at Para
mount, "Hands Across the Table, "
resulted in the decision to adopt
them as the uniform for mattresses
in the studio commisSary.
The decision was made after
Frank Brandow, studio manager,
and Hazel Moore, manager of the
commiSSary, saw the star lunch
ing in one of the smart little
dresses with starched cuffs and a
bow at its rolled collar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-16
Creatore Now
At RiaIto

Maestro Creatore, as guest
conductor" of the Rialto Sym
phony, beginning today, is an
nounced by Tom Moore as the
first big innovation of his newly
opened Rialto Theater.
Creatore, dynamic wielder is an
international music figure. He re-
turns with pleasure to inaugurate
the Rialto Symphony, and will be
heard in four concerts daily Of 80
minutes each with Kathleen Law
lor, soloist.
four concerts daily. of 80 minutes
each, with Kathleen LaWlor,
soloist.
For feature film, Mr.. Moore has
chosen a sparkling production
"BreWster's Millions" filled with
tunes, with dancing, and a star
cast headed by Jack Buchanan
and Lii Damita, European and
American musical comedy stars.
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held with Mr.. Godfrey and Mr..
Mcdonald.
The appearance of Godfrey and
Mcdonald will be a notable one,
inasmuch as this is the first time
that these two stars of WJSV
have ever been brought together
for a stage appearance.
In addition Godfrey has been
signed to have with him his ia
nous air orchestra and all the
little Godfreys. The band will con-
sist of 10 talented musicians with
Godfrey welding the baton.
The appearance of Godfrey Oh
the Fox stage will make the third
time he has been seen at this local