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The Washington times., 1936-10-27
Back Stage News and Gossi p
Gathered By Bill HoyIe

Earning the title Of THE Beau
Brummel of Burlesque," Marty
May in 1920, with the AL K. Hall
shows, was the most successful
top-hatted straight" man on the
Columbia Wheel. Then Max Cor
don, now the noted producer but
in those days a striving actors
agent, convinced him he was 100
proof for vaudeville and with his
wife shipped them here to the
Cosmos for the first play date,
incidentally the current Capitol
headliner may go into former
friend Gordon's musical slated for
Broadway in January.
Marty has a brother, Joe May,
also a vaudeville comic; his father
Eddie May. who played harmonica
with the travelling medicine tent
shows of years back; an honorable
oversee record with the 104th Ma
chine Gun Battalion of General
Organs 9th Division; and an
excellent standing at st. Francis
College, Brooklyn, where he stud
led for the priesthood until II
when he signatured the Army
paper.
Playing two-a-day at Keith's 20
years ago, Irving Kaufman made
his first bow to a local audience
along with the veteran comedy act
of Smith and Dale, when all three
added up to an unrecognized three
fourths of the Avon Comedy Four
Later Fox patrons may remember
him with his brother Jack, booked
the week following the opening of
this theater. They entered out of a
giant photograph, which weighed
close upon a ton and, for the two
years that they carted it, was
known as the heaviest prop" used
in singing act.
Now as Lazy Dan, Earle head
liner, Irving claims % years of
trouping in which he has changed
his name ten times and for a score
of photograph concerns has re
corded more discs than any other
artist.
On the Capitol bill his niece, the
singing and dancing personality
Ethel Shepard, started on the
road at the age of three weeks
when Daddy Sam worked in the
act Shepard and Dunn, and lee
Henry Dunn (now the headline
duo Cross and Dunn for the first
time on stage at the Orpheum ir
his home town of Boston. 1t was
on this same stage seven year;
later that light-footed Pat Rooney
called Ethel out for her first APP
pearance doing a kiddy Charleston
routine.
On her last trip, she headed hel
own revue on the same bill with
the Five Elgins, who. coinci
dentallV also NAV the current hill
The Washington times., 1936-10-27
First Niqhters

First-nighters at "PIumes in the
Dust" at the National Theater last
evening, were Mrs. Harry H. Wood
ring, wife of the Secretary of War;
Miss Justine COrby, Miss Eleanor
COrby, the Minister of Albania, Mr..
Faik KOnitZa: the Naval Attache
of the Italian Embassy and
MarchiOness di Sant'OrsOla, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney TaliaferrO, Mrs. Will
liam Hartman Rapley. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Chase, Mrs. Russell Ben
nett, Miss Florence Harris, Mr..
Frank Morse, Mrs. John Townsend,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Caldwell, Mr..
and Mrs. Mark Lansburgh, MIR. and
Mrs. Clifford Bergman, MIR. and
Mrs. Kirk Miller. Miss Stellita
StapletOn, Mr.. WOlcOtt WaggRman
and MIR. Mannix Walker.
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When Spencer Tracy visited
the circus at Santa Monica the
other evening, he met the Abys-
sinian wild woman, who acknoWl-
edged the introduction with a re.
quest for the M-G-M stars auto.
graph.
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On her last trip, she headed her
own revue on the same bill with
the Five Elgins, who, coinci
dentally, also play the current bill
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Meets Wild Woman

VOTE AMERICAN-
The Washington times., 1936-05-13

and Joan, doing their tap bolero,
and Marion LAWYER singing a
song or two or three, are well
complemented by the irrepres-
sible Judy Ellington who, as per
usual, wreaks huge havoc with
her own lyrical protestations.
AL Norton, naturally, simply
won't let things drag. That's
why he's master Of ceremonies at
the Lotus.
Due to several last-minute
changes, the management Of the
new Cocoanut Grove Restaurant
has postponed its opening date
to Tuesday night, May 10. Accord
ing to their notice to this effect,
the date Of the opening night
makes little or no real difference
as far as the weather conditions
60, because Of the thoroughly up
to-date cooling system which has
been installed here. Fifth and K
Streets will reSound then on May
10 when this most recent acquisi-
ton of Washington's night club
bers throws open its portals. One
of Washington's best-known bar
tenders has been carded as the
man at the helm Of the drinks
department and q 14-piece orches-
ira will display for you on that
date the results of several weeks
of rehearSals.
Although there will be dancing
and three floor shows nightly,
the Cocoanu; Grove management
lays emphasis on the cuisine which
will obtain.
Under the personal direction,
folks, of George Stein, one of the
SWEETEST personal directors around
these parts, David McWilliams'
orchestra has been packing 'em in
at River Bend for 10, these many
weeks and still is. Nor is the faS-
cination Of the nightly crowds
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Clubs Promise
All Guests
Gay Time
BY FRANCOIS

With the definite date OF the
opening Of the Shoreham's f.
nous terrace still q matter Of IN
decision, patrons are being treated
to a rare bit Of entertainment
these nights in the ballroom.
There is but one quotation
which Eleanor Tennis calls TO
mind when she steps out on the
Shoreham floor to whirl through
several phases Of her terpsicho-
rean art.
It's that one about how long
a thing Of beauty 5 q Joy for.
She is appropriately billed as the
dainty exponent Of The Dance"
Sharing honors with Elenore
are Frances Woods and Billy
Bray, the Wonder Dancers who
have been held over for the sec
ond week, and Olive White, who
sings, plays a guitar and clari-
net and makes herself generally
well thought Of.
AS if all this weren't enough
to lure you to the Shoreham,
Margaret Arrow, the numerolo-
gist, is becoming something Of a
fixture in the cocktail lounge
where she advises in terms nu.
merical.
Several hundred members OF
the Sigma Delta fraternity ca
vorted Monday night in the Mary
land Club Gardens expansive
ballroom with what was pro
nounced by them a great success.
The membership Of this intra-
high school fraternity proved q
cosmopolitan delegation and as
they turned in to Eddie Stamm'S
place, presented cross section OF
Washingtonia. We Spi e d, Tor
instance, "Zuke" Supplee, Mary
land University's All A merlca
pigskin toter of few years back.
He made a speech Of the "unac-
customed" variety which went
over big. We noticed Charlie Van
Meter, No. / precincts represent
alive, who presided in fine fashion
over the ceremonies. We heard
Charlie read a communication
from j. Edgar Hoover, Of Oman
note, in which Hoover regretted
that he would be unable to join
his fellow Sigma Deltas in their
night of merriment. We noticed
Bob Varela hopping all around
the place seeing that everyone had
enough of all the fun he had
helped to arrange.
Enjoying with great guSto Eddie
Stamm's de luxe fried chicken and
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numbers and the way they present
1t shows it. Marusia, incidentally,
is winding up her second full sea-
son at the Troika, with more than
1900 consecutive performances to
her credit,
Incidentally, the fight between
Freddy Miller and Petey sarron
was fought all over again at the
Hi-Hat the same night. The only
persons missing in this rehash
were the principals. Referee
Denny Hughes, who handled the
preliminary card. and Attorney
John Sirica were observed ia
verbal pantomime, putting the
two featherweights through Their
PAGES in a corner Of the lounge
as Mrs. Hughes looked on.
Guy Scott closed his Club
Habana with Saturdays party.
On hand to bid him Au revoir
but not gOOd-by was a full house
plus the disappointed ghosts Of
those who failed TO get In under
the wire. Guys band, which he
leads himself, did themselves
and their last night listeners
proud-even IS they have been
doing through the season.
AS q relentless mercury climbs
above I all reason, it might be
worth while to suggest that one
drop in and give q listen to Bill
Strickland'S melodies at the
Lotus Restaurant where even
the notes have a cooling effect
Featuring Portuguese folk
dances, which they incorporate
in their routine of modernistiC
steps, the eight little lovely Mel
cites are certain to drive dull
care away while you are in the
process Of satisfying your simmer
ing. self with one Of Dick Lam's
culinery recommendations. Dor
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apparently backing UP his fellow
member Of the Metropolitan Police
Force, was seen Private Albert w.
Clayton, Of the vice squad, who
emerged from Central High School
in 1923-two years after Police
man Van Meter was graduated.
Out on the terrace the same
night, was Countess Iona Loney-
she of the Hungarian accent and
origin-who has been making her
self handy around this popular
Maryland spot. She confided to
us that she would like to strut her
operate stuff for the Stamm
guests one of these fine summer
evenings. She wondered, she told
us, just how her Magyar accent
would be received by the club
crowds when she applied it to a
couple Of the latest blue numbers.
We opined it would go over.
The accent we refer to tinkles ami
the Countess even wonders in It.
Oh, yes, representative Of the
city's banking circles at this Sigma
Delta party was Guy Widner. Of
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the Riggs National, who confided
to us that he likes parties and
people.
Credit the HiHat's mixing crew
with the origin Of the Preakness
Cocktail, named In honor Of Satur-
days feature race at PimIicO. They
aren't even secretive about the
contents of this liquid novelty
which may be found on the Am
bassadOr's menu this week only.
According to Clyde, Pat and Joe,
who do the exacting job Of mixing
these things, 1t goes like this: q
jigger Of whisky, q dash Of YER
mouth, q dash Of bitters and an
other dash Of benedictine. A dash
ing sort Of drink, II you'll pardon
the attempt at levity.
All Of which set us to wondering
as we listened to Kitty SimOns sing
Hawaiian songs with the slightest
trace Of q Capital accent-ROck
Greek, to be precise. Why IL 1t that
all these, ingredients must be
dashed into these connections.
They're never dropped or poured
or even whisked-they're always
dashed. Even Kitty didn't know.
"The Chrysanthemums Have
Faded Away and My Love is Dead"
is the American translation of the
name of one Of those melodiouS
duets presented at Helen Hamil-
tons Russian Troika by Contralto
Marusia Sava and Baritone Michel
Michon. They do 1t in Russian. Of
course, and being unfamiliar with
the language we must take their
respective words for it that that's
what it is all about. You have our
word, though, and the VOWS of
everyone else who has heard them,
that their rendition fills the bill.
The name Of the other one
which is intermingled with the
first is "Abloom Again a re the
ChrySanthemumS." These warblers
have been months perfecting these
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held entirely by the boys who
blow the notes out.
In searching for an adequate
contraction at this newly en-
larged Virginia resort, one need
look. no further than Arthur
Amorosi, who does the vocalizing.
He's going places, that lad. with
the velvety voice, you may mark
our word; but while he's on his
way, there's only one place around
here where you can listen to him
at the Rivers Bend-the Poto-
mac Rivers. Bend, on the Mt.
Vernon Memorial Highway.
As q parting shot, we want
to announce the acquisition by
the Maryland Club Gardens of
Honey Davis who does things
to you with voice that has a
prepOnderance-eye, q plethora
Of cit"
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
AGRICULTURE
YEAR BOOK
RELEASED
BY J. EARLE MOSER

Agriculture Department con-
tinues to hold the lead in develop.
ment Of q strong personnel
school spirit" such as many col
leges and other educational instt
tutions would envy.
Favorable comment today per-
vaded the department as its new
year book, "Employe Activities"
was circulated among the thou
sands who hold membership in
the Agriculture Athletic and
Recreational Association. Joseph
y. Cooper, Bureau of Biological
Survey, edited the new booklet
under direction Of DR.. w. w.
Stockberger, chief Of personnel,
and it was published under aus
pices Of the Agriculture Welfare
Association, headed by Albert M.
Day.
The book is small, neat and
well printed, and serves princi.
pally as a concise directory Of
the various activities sponsored
ct Agriculture since it became in
creaSingly welfare-minded. TIL g
graduate school, welfare activities
and social and recreational opera.
lions are graphically described,
with their histories and future
outlook. A pat on the back for
employe activities from DR.. Stock
berger accompanies the book:
Taken separately, these &C.
tivities are desirable and bene-
fetal. But why should the de-
partment sponsor them? They
afford opportunity for the dis
c0very Of qualities Of leadership
and the development Of emplOye
talent. A greater feeling Of CO.
operation between official and
emplOye results. More con-
genial surroundings lead to a
greater output Of work. Signi-
ficant Is the fact that these &C
tivities have been built up by
the employees themselves"
Editor Cooper plans to present
the publication whenever revision
seems necessary, possibly one
yearly.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Elections

The annual elections O: the Dis.
trict Federation Of Federal EN-
ployeS Unions, local subdivision of
the National Federation of Fed.
eral Employees, take place in the
sixth floor meeting hall Of the
organization at ITO Fourteenth St.
N. W., tonight.
Those familiar with inside
politics of the group say the
presidential election may prove an
upset. Joseph Stansfield Of In.
terState Commerce Commission,
former president Of the interde-
partmental union, Local No. 2, is
running against John w. Ginder
Of Treasury Department, president
Of the body for the past several
years. Mr.. Stansfield is said to
have a large following.
Miss Grace Reardon of the War
Department is unoppoSed for re.
election as secretary treasurer
(where the work isl, but lot fights
are expected for the post of trustee
and seats on the executive council.
Chairmen of standing committees,
elected recently, are:
Finance-Joseph I. Menehan, Interior.
Resolutions-Louis p. Sissman, Com.
merce. Elections and Credentials-Co M.
Baruch, Navy, Good of the Union-Dr.
Herbert A. Smith, Agriculture. Legisla-
tive-Joseph Stansfield, 1. C. C. Enter
tainment-William Walsh, G. A. o.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Blair, Labor
Membership Committee-Lottis L. An
derson, Agriculture; Lee c. Hosley, l..
C. c.; Elmer Thompson, Agriculture;
David E. Thomas Interior; william B.
Crowell, Navy; Charles Dunn, Commerce; ;
Mrs. Mary Giordano, G. A. o.; John
Schwigert National Service; Emil F. Lud-
wig, Commerce: DR.. H. A. Smith, Agri-
culture; William Wondrowitz, G. A. O.:
Robert W. Cushman, Library of Con-
gress; Eva W. Burton Labor; Joseph l..
Msnehan Interior; ]. L. Bateman, G. A.
o.; Henry G. Nolda, Veterans Admins
tration; Charles A. Ketcham, Navy; Mrs.
NJ. Dorothy Dick, Interior: Constance
Kerschner, Library of Congress.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Tests Announced

Three unassembled exams have
been announced by the Civil Serv.
De Commission, for which applica-
tons will be received through
June 8.
One is for associate gas engi-
neer, $4,000, to fill vacancy with
the Bureau of Mines at Pitts
burgh, Pa. Another is for senior
paper technologiSt, $4,000, with
the Forest Service at Madison,
Wis, while the third is for assist
ant adviser in labor law admins
tration, $4,000, to fill vacancies in
the labor division Of labor stand.
ards. AS is usual in tests for Labor
Department jobs, college degree
is the big requirement.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Odds and Ends

Employees of the State DiSburs-
ing Office, Treasury, will dance at
the Kenedy-Warren tonight for
the benefit Of their baseball team
:. .Brenton Nutter handled many
Of the arrangements for the frolic,
which is informal and boasts Ber-
ME Jarboe. Resettlement has 218
houses under construction in it's
"Greenbelt" project at BeltSville,
Md. a recreation lake is among
plans. Agriculture has published
. manual on lumber selection for
farmers and home owners. the
A.. F. G. e. has added Lodge No.
800, composed of Veterans Admin
istration workers at Lexington,
KY, and headed by Orville Cor
don with 80 other charter mem
berS. DIR. Tugwell at Resettle-
ment and the Federation Of Arch
fleets and Engineers are getting
chummy, but the brain truSter has
rejected the idea of projects spon-
sored in conjunction with labor
groups because Of lack Of funds.
The Washington times., 1936-05-13
G. p. O. Retirements

Herbert B. Barnhart, chief copy
preparer; Maurice S. Gather,
bindery operative: Jessie M.
Good, bindery desk helper, and
William c. Parry, bookbinder, will
retire from Government Printing
Office on May 81, Chief Clerk H.
II. Wright has announced. All
have served more than 80 years
with the H Street establishment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-03
Ne1v Workers Climb
 Great Sky Scrapers
(Continued from Page D

town home. The building has been without service since yesterday.
 Half the elevators were operated in London Terrace, worlds largest apartment house development.
 Strikers Aid Doctors
 Bambrick co-operated with city health offlcerG to relieve cases Of actual distress. Union men operated elevators in some buildings for phy- sicians visiting patients, deliveries Of essential goods to families with children or invalids, and for aged persons or those with heart ailments whose lives might be endangered by climbing stairs Mayor LaGuardia emphasized that neither policemen nor firemen would do more than that, and that they would provide service only in buildings more than six stories tall.
 The strike provided less drama but more deeply felt effects in the area at Manhattan's lower tip where hundreds of brokers, commercial bankers and shipping houses trans act world business.
 Clerks and stenographers made holiday in Wall street and all the surrounding area. Some elevators ran in most of the 20 to 70-story office towers but service was far from normal.
 Best known buildings affected by the walkout were the fiatiron build ing, 20 stories, the History tower at 40 Wall street. Holland Plaza. the worlds largest loft building at 75 Varick street. The London Terrace apartments, housing 4,500 persons, was largest among the apartments.
 Strikers conducted mass demon- strations in front of the apartment home of Governor Herbert H. Leh- man. who was in Albany with his family. Workers struck in the build ings housing former Governor AL fred E. Smith, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Pierre Lorillard, Owne D. Young and Henry Morgenthau, but all were out of town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-03

Continued from Page 1) cannot be signed by Italy when an extension of sanctions is threatened and supported" he said.
 What Mussolini Said
 Mussolini in discussing league penalties said:
 We have reached the fourth month of the siege. The Italian people have further strengthened their political and moral structure. These days of war are borne with manly courage such as demand world admiration. The Italian peo- pie understand and feel the historic importance of this effort which the nation is making, not only to avenge those who died in 1895 and 1896 Gin Ethiopia) but to guarantee its road for the future.
 Italy today is sewing the cause of human civilization.
 Everywhere in Italy work is progressing in order to reach the maximum degree of economic au- tonomy without which any nation may be raped tomorrow by the ar rogance of wealthier nations"
 League Makes Plea
 Geneva. March 3-(UP)-The League of Nations committee of l3 today adopted a resolution appeal ing to Italy and Ethiopia to make a peace agreement within the framework Of the league"
 The resolution, offered by Great Britain and France. was coupled with an appeal to the warning na- tons to begin negotiations at once with 6 view to ceasing h0stilities.
 The committee, comprising all members Of the league council ex- cept Italy, then voted tO rec0nyenf on March 70. Italy and Ethiopia thus were given one week to consider the appeal for peace.
 If Italy rejects it. the leaguei general committee Of iB penalties \ expected to proceed promptly to i'm pose an embargo on shipments 0l 0ll to Italy.
 The Franco British resolution was adopted at . session whici lasted only ib minutes. Although the appeal was regarded nB th' leagues last alternative Co imposl' ton 0f an oil embargo. it ayoldes l, al appearances 0f being Rn ultl matilm t0 Italy by not directly ilS' ing time limit for . reply and b'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-03
tcopyrlsh,sAby Memorial Extension Commission,

government expense.
 The so-called "windfalp tax and the proposed broader processing tax would be intended only for the pur- pose of making good treasury losses due to the supreme court AAA decision. They probably would apply only in the next two or three years.
 Increase Commodities
 The new processing tax proposal, Mir. Roosevelt suggested. could be devised to fall much more lightly on producer, consumer and pro- cessor "by increasing the number Of commodities so taxed, by greatly lowering the rates of the old spro- cessing tax and by spreading the tax over two or three years"
 The president reasserted his be- lief that the bulk of the new tax program represented substitute" taxes.
 We are called upon." he said. "t0 raise by some form of permanent taxation an annual amount Of $g20. 0.0OO. 900. .It may be said. tfuth- fully and correctly, that $500. .000. 900 of this amount represents tsubstl- ute taxes in place of the old pFo- cessing taxes and that only ei20.. 100000 represents new taxes not hitherto levied"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-03
England Prepares
 Emergency WarPlar
q e9vd uoII ponuIluoO'

Increase of 5000 in navy person. ncl by March 31, 1037.
 Increase of royal air force first line airplanes to 8 total of 1,750 exclusive of planes in the navy.
 Incl ease of 12 squadrons in the portion of the air force assigned G general imperial defense.
 Four new battalions of infenGry.
 Modernization of field artillery.
 Improvement of coast defense.
 Details of the initial program already had been disclosed piece- meal. The current naval negotia- tions here envisage two new battle- ships for each signatory nation.
 The white paper said industry would be geared so 1t can rapidly change over at vital points from commercial to war production should necessity arise."
 This plan had been decided upon, 1t was said, instead of accumulation of immense reserves.
 The white paper promised that profits to armaments makers would be controlled.
 It was indicated, however, that the government might grant cheap credit to firms which built new armament plants.
 Tn explanation of the necessity of rearming, the white paper said that repetition must be avoided in any future war of the tragic loss of life in consequence of the lack of adequate reserves" in the early months of the World war.
 Britain must rearm because other countries are doing so, the paper asserted, through the government reaffirmcd It's determination to dc all 1t could to improve interna- tional relations and promise agreements limiting armaments.
 The United States, Germany Japan, Russia, Italy, France and Belgium were referred to as coun- tries rearming. Specifically, 1t was cited that American defense ex- penditure rose from $540,000,000 in the fiscal year 1933- 1884 to $e00, ,000, GOO in the firscal year 1935-1936 Japan's army and navy, 1t wal commented, absorbs 46 per cent oi the total budget outlay despite 6 S225, 100000 budget deficit.
 As regards Germany, the white paper said that there was "a great deal of secrecy regarding details of It's armaments program. The continuous development of the Ger man air force also was mentioned
 The white paper disclosed for the first time officially what everybody had known for months, that the strengthening Of the Italian garrison in Libya, adjoining Egypt on the west, was the paramount reason for the reinforcement of the fleet in the Mediterranean last autumn and an accompanying increase in the garrisons and the air forces of Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt and Alden on the All Red Route" to the far east.
 The Italian Ethiopian dispute, the white paper warned, illustrated how claims on British defenscs may arise on short notice in various parts oi the world.