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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
Roaming The Air Waves

Peggy Wood, brilliantly versatile author -singer- actress who has scored outstanding successes in America and England both as protagonist Of dramatic roles and as prima donna in operettas, will play the leading part in George Bernard Shaw's monumental five-play cylcc, Back to Methuselah," to be heard Mon- day, August 30, over the Blue net work Of the National Broadcasting company. Miss wood will be heard as Eve in a 75-mlnute radio version of the pentalogy, specially prepared for the radio by the great play wright himself. Irene Tedrow, dis tinguished young Ameriscan actress, will have the part of Lilith in the broadcast which dwill be presented from 9:30 to 10:45 p. m. The NEG Shavian broadcast will be the second presentation of Shaw play to the American radio audience. The first, also an exclusive NEG program, was How He Lied To Her Husband" which was heard January =, i930
 Florence George, lovely sO-
 pranO who tops a meteOric rise
 in the entertainment world when
 she goes on the Lanny Ross
 Charlie ButterwOrth program on
 September !, has made only one
 big-time radio appearance
 Bing Crosby. She is happy that
 her second will be with Charlie
 ButterwOrth because she thinks
 the funniest thing in the world
 is the tap dance Charlie and
 Bing do tOc>>her on rare Oc-
 casions.
 The Mac cGregor Arctic Expedition, now en route to the North Pole. from which point it will do a series of broadcasts for NEG, is carrying full set of recordings made by Hal Kemp and his band. When the expedition's three-maSted schooner. the General A. W. Greedy, stopped off at Greenland recently for ad- ditional supplies, Commander Cliff ford J. MacGregor entertained Greenlanders by playing swing rec rds.
 Walter O'Keefe is going to be . little more careful about rec
 marks he makes in jest on his
 Town Hall Tonight brOadcasfs.
 The other Wednesday evening,
 Ehe humorist, justly proud of his
 newborn son. signed of by say-
 Ag Good night, everyone, f yeu
 nave nothing else Co do. come ID tq fzse house to see the bnby.@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
Sure enough, Q number of people dropped around to his Green- wich, Conn, hounse next day.

Jimmie Fidler, the film common. tator, has cast another iron intt the movie colony fire. He narratei and acts in a new film short, "Hol. lywood Parade" which spans Hol- lywood history from Wallace Reie to Jean Harlow, with many unique shots of yesterdays screen person alities. P. S.-Fidler is also co. producer of the film.
 Have a sample of "The Big
 Apple" Have, in fact, two. That
 is, of course, If you're up on your
 dancing. Some experts define
 "The Big Apple" as a cOmbina-
 ton of the old fashioned square
 dance, swing steps and the Suzi-
 c. And now that it's sweeping
 country, music publishers are
 putting out songs inspired by
 the new form of rhythmic ex-
 pressiOn. That particular fact
 has placeed Ed Cashman, pro-
 ducer of COlumbia's "Manhat-
 ton Matinee" in something of
 that he try out their respect spot, for 1t seems that rep resentatives of two leading pub
 fishers approached him one
 right after the other, asking
 that he try out their respective
 compositions base on the dance.
 Both songs, remarkably enough,
 are entitled "The Big Apple" In all f airness, Ed is present.
 ing the two on his Manhattan Matinee" of August 25, the first,
 more of a dance interpretation,
 to be played by the orchestra, the second, sort of hi-de-hO se-
 lection, to be sung by the Beale
 Street Boys. MT. Cashman, still
 rather bemused, is leaving 1t to
 the audience to name it's prefer
 ence.
 Fifteen radio speech students of the University of Southern Cali fornia emreged from Columbia's s Hollywood studios recently. highly enthusiastic over the broadcast of "As You Like It" which they had just witnessed. The students, who attend nationally broadcast pro- grams as part of their class routine. agreed that the casting. incidental music and dramatic details of the program were thoroughly perfected. H. Mattox, one of their number, declared that 1t was the best radio slAQW he had ever saeard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

AOA oAN ySNAs'
 Tommy Riggs, handsome, wavey- haired, 29-year-old newcomer to radio big-time, first went on the air as Q song and batter artist, That was in 1929 while he was still stu dent at Ohio State University. He acted in a number of college plays entertained with his batter, and re- turned to Pittsburgh where he was born, to go to work for KDKA toi- lowing graduation.
 Rushing Paternity"
 Riggs first discovered the posSi- bilitieS of his vocal Betty when being rushed for a college frater- nity, One of the brothers" called him on the phone. He answered as Betty and said that she" would call her daddy" to the phone.
 why didn't know you were old enough to have a youngster' the amazed upper clasSman e%- claimed when Riggs spoke in his natural voice. Riggs was pledged and Betty became the fraternity $ mascot,
 He first introduced the imaginary character to radio on KDKA shortly after he went to work for the sta ton. H2 was rehearsing his song and batter act and It wasn't going just right. He jumped his voice 10 Betty Lou'S register and started cusS- ing. A studio executive overheard him and immediately senced the radio possibilities of the mythical youngSter - without the cuSS words of course.
 Overnight Fame
 From Cleveland, Riggs went to WLW, powerful Cincinnati radio outlet. A few weeks ago he jour neyed to New York to make some recordings. Ills agent convinced Rudy Vallee's production staff that they should listen to one of them. The next night he went on the air with Rudy and made an immediate hit.
 In Tommy and his little pal, Betty Lou, Vallee believes he may have another Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy. In fact, Rudy would even settle for a Mccarthy without Bergen.
 Looking to Future
 or Goodman Band
 It happens In radio. We mean suh things as:
 Benny Goodman has a number of musicians on his payroll wht don't play with the band. The! ar, ace instrumentalistS who can join his swing band until they haVI played nine months in New YoTl and become members of the loca musicians union there. Benny ha1 them signed up for future use.
 West Coast listeners always ge Q better production of the Walte' OYeefe "Town Hall Tonight" pro gram than does the eastern radit audience, Between broadcasts, th' first of which is heard in the east O'Keefe and his production stai cut out the weak parts of the pro gram and iron out mistakes, so tha the re-broadcast for the west l always better.
 Jane Froman never starts air ing & song without crossing he fingers and waving to her partner Don Ross, who wink in return.
 Ronald Drake, whose name wa changed from Wen Niles when h became announcer for the Burns ant Allen program, says he's through with his real name for good. w thought you'd like to know. Thanks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
TOMMY RIGGS LITTLE GIRL CHALLENGES VENTRILOQUISM
BY NORMAN SIEGEL

New York, Aug, 26-Just when it seemed as though the radio summer about to end with w. C. Fields nose the only bright spot in the kocyce stratophere Betty Lou appeared on the Rudy Vallee Hour.
 And Betty Loush only eght due for long run on the where radio the vocal hope of the Vale ours for comedian,
 reared and exists in Tommy Rggs ability to mimic used to live in an apartment next to ms some aro And while Betty Lou the newest dt yersio Inf the networks we'll rado daers
 hrrh Cleveland Cincinnati where they've been hroadcasng
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

Met Opera baritone discovery of the spring season.
 More educational and cultural programs for Latin American Ns- teners is reason given by World Wide Broadcasting Foundation in Its application to the Radio Com mission for increased power for WIxAL, Boston short wave sta- ton.
 Maxwell Anderson, noted play
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

LOFT in a thunderstorm in
 1752, Benjamin Franklin's famous kite sent electricity down the string to a metal
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

This column stiII invites letters from It's readers in regard t0 local radio in particular. Wen do our best fo take care Of your ques- ffnns aNiH nnnamemt8.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
Federal Jurist
AT San Juan Is
Gunmen' Target
Judge Sentencing 8 In Gov
eminent Conspiracy Is
Unframed

SAN JUAN, p. R., June .. (UP)
Four unidentified assailants last
night drove alongside the auto,
mobile in which Judge Robert A.
Cooper of the Federal District
court here was riding and fired a
dozen shots at the jurist.
Judge Cooper, who last year
sentenced Pedro Albizu Campos
and seven other Nationalists to
jail for conspiracy to overthrow
the u. S. government in Puerto
Rico, was not hit.
The gunner escaped IN their
car.
The Judge, who twice was gov
crnor of South Carolina, was fired
at by the group near Condado
bridge as he was riding home from
the courtroom following the after
noon session. He was accompanied
bv Francisco Davila, his body
guard.
The bullets broke the wind
shield. Cooper was saved by Da.
villa who grabbed the judge and
pushed him down in his seat.
The police secured part of the
license number and a description
of the assailants' automobile.
Judge Cooper was appointed to
the bench by President Roosevelt
in January, 1884.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
AREENFORCINC
TRAFFIC RULES
43 "Red Tags" H a n d e d
Out Tuesday; First Of
tenders Warned

4 total of 10 cred tags" were
distributed for violation of trat-
fic ordinances by city officers
yesterday. Most tags were for
overtime parking in the business
district.
Offenders were appearing be-
fore Mayor \. Y. Edwards this
morning TO explain their tickets.
The mayor stated this morning
that officers have been instruct
ed to enforce parking regulations.
1t is essential, he said, to enforce
these regulations in order that
visitors and local people may be
able to park in the business dis
trict.
CITY officials will not be "hard'
about the tickets, Mayor Edwards
said. In cases of first offenders
who Internationally violate regu-
lationS, the mayor will ask offend
ers to cooperate with the city in
its traffic problems. However, if
persons continue to ignore this
warning and To violate traffic or
dinanccS. fines will be assessed,
increasing for the number of of
fences.
The whole purpose of the ordln-
ances, Mayor Edwards said, is TO
benefit visiting and local motor
lists. The city is not taking an
arbitrary position in the matter
but is forced to enforce the Ordin-
opppS
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
REBELS ARE ACTIVE
ON ALL FRONTS

HENDAYE, FRANCO SPAN
ISL FRONTIER, June 9. (UP)-
General Francisco frances rebel
bombing planes, warships and
siege guns yesterday killed hun
dredS of civilians on n half dozen
fronts in one of the most tcrrify-
ing chapters of SPANS ll-months-
old civil war.
In Madrid alone 1870 persons,
including women and children,
were reported killed and 200 were
wounded when rebel guns in the
Guadarrama hills poured $50 big
calibre shells into the Puerta Del
Sol, piling the streets with wreck
age.
Frances rebel fleet in the Bay
of Biscay joined with the black
winged bombers in lombard
mcnt Of besieged Bilbao on the
northern front, killing scores.
Sixty insurgent war planes vir-
tually wiped out the town of Gal
dacono, important Basque defense
point fves miles east of Bilbao,
forcing the loyalistS to abandon
it.
In the south, on the Granada
front, heavy artillery lombard
mentS we're reported.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
Georgians Start Sweeping Arrests
OF Able-Bodied Men On Relief,
Refusing To Accept Employment
Migrants, Chisellers Will
Be Rounded Up In
Labor Shortage

MACON, Ga, June Q. (UP)-.
Sheriff James X. Hick, Jr., of Bib
county, last night urged all GcOr-
gia law enforcement officials to
Join him i'm a sweeping purge of
relief rolls and lettering places for
Migrants and chiselcrS.
The sheriff announced his forces
would begin "combing" Bibb coun-
ty today for able-bodicd men who,
by refusing to work, have created
a serious labor shortage on farms.
He had the cooperation of City
Judge Earl w. Butler who prom
Used maximum 12-monthS chain
gang sentences for all convicted
of vagrancy.
eve will fill the jailS if ncceS-
Sary to relieve the county of labor
troubles" Sheriff Hicks said. per
sons needing labor cannot get it
because labOrerS prefer to be on
the relief rolls. My forces are go
ing to sweep the county and ar
rest all persons who refuse to ac-
cept employment"
He said he would obtain va
grancy warrants for able-bodicd
men on relief rolls who refused
employment and that Judge But
Ter had promised "to see to it
that they go to the chaingang for
~ months"
Hicks believed every employ
able person in the county could
get job if he sought it. He said
farmers were unable to get labor
crS to cultivate and harvest crops
because many negroes had gone to
cities to get on relief.
The labor situation was first
preached openly when ID. l.. Floyd,
statistician for the State Crop Re
porting Service, said only sc work
crs were available for every 100
farm Jobs. The WPA followed
with an announcement it would
release $500 workers on June 10.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
ROME, BERLIN
APPEASED IN
LATEST CRISIS
British Mediation Brings
Return To Non-Inter-
vention Group
HUNDREDS KILLED
in SPAIN TUESDAY

LONDON, June .. (UP)-Gcr-
many and Italy, their anger over
recent events in Spain reduced by
British mediation, have agreed to
a compromise plan calling for
their return to the international
non-intervention committee, it was
learned authoritativcly last night.
The plan, approved by France
and Great Britain as well as the
two totalitarian powers, provides:
|. Extension of the safety zones
provided along the Spanish coasts
for ships Of the international ma
val patrol.
2. Guarantees by both the Span
iSh loyalists and insurgents not to
modest tho patrol ships.
3. Immediate consultation be-
tween the four patrol powers as
to rctaliatory action in event Of
any further attacks on neutral
warship.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
SUNS ECLIPSE
NEXT LONGEST
NOW RECORDED
Scientists Successful In
Observations; Will Fur
Their Research

PHILADELPHIA, June Q (UP)
Tuesdays total eclipse of the sun,
heralded as the longest in IL CEN
turtles, actually was two seconds
longer than scientists had antici-
pated, the Franklin Institute
Princeton University expedition ra-
diced from the South Pacific last
night.
James Stokley, associate direc-
tor of the institute, and DR.. Jas.
@. Stewart, Princeton astronomer,
reported from the S. S. Steelmak-
or that they timed the period of
totally at seven minutes, six Sec
onds, just short Of the longest
eclipse ever recorded in history.
WASHINGTON, June 9. (UP)
Scientific work Of observing the
longest eclipse of the sun in l.
238 years was carried through
without a hitch" radio mes
sage from the u. S. Navy-Nation-
al Geographic Society expedition
on the desert South Seas Island
of Canton reported yesterday.
Until the final moment when
the moon blottcd out the sun for
three minutes and 33 seconds on
the tiny island l8 miles south of
the equator, scientists were wor-
ricd whether clouds which had
blown up late Monday would OBJ
scure the phenomena.
Then came the radio message
that the weather was absolutely
perfect" A few minutes after the
moon slid across the sun for the
totality phase, fluffy clouds were
reported on either side of the sun.
If they had only partly covered
the sun and its corona or halo,
the scientific value of the expedi-
ton, which had worked for months
in preparation for the eclipse,
would have been reduced mate
rally.
In a radio broadcast from Can
ton Island, DR.. F. K. Richtmyer
of Cornell University reported the
first definite result of the eclipse.
He found that the corona or
"halo' light visible only during a
total eclipse of the sun was ap-
proximately one-half that from
the full moon. Many astronomers
believed that it's intensity would
be much stronger than moonlight.
These findings were obtained by
an automatic intensity recorder.
Captain j. F. Hellweg. superin-
tendent of the u. s. Naval OBJ
reported that time cal
lCoEtinued on page four:l
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
CHAPTER ]
bq tUGENlA MAckItRNAN

Really, Coral" Donna said,
You look almost pretty tonight.
If you'd only do something
about your hair. You should
go downtown and let Pierre set
it for you. A sculptured line
is the thing" Donna ran her
fingers complacently over the
lacquered ridges of her golden
coiffude.
Coral Crandall laughed, then
sighed a little. yours looks
lovely" she said. If only Marge
were here now, she thought,
Marge who had been her room
mate for three years, with
whom she had laughed and talk
ed and studied in pleasant init
macy. But Marge's mother was
ill and Marge had not come
back to Elton for her senior
year. "There is a small col
lege here at home where l can
get my degree" she had writ
ten, and | must be close to
Mother now,"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
HOUSE VOTES FOR TAX
EVASION INQUIRY

WASHINGTON. June .. UP)
After sharp debate IN which FL
nancier j. p. Morgan was criti-
cizcd for his tax philosophy and
the administration was assaulted
for dictatorship" methods. the
house late Tuesday passed and
sent to conference with the sem
ate resolution providing for a
nationwide investigation of tax
evasion.
The resolution sets up Il joint
congressional committee of ~. in
accordance with request by the
president, which will hold public
hearings and recommend legiSla-
ton to plug tax loopholcS which
allegedly have permitted wealthy
persons TO reduce their payments
TO the government by incorporat-
ing their yachts and country cS-
tatcS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
NEW VIOLENCE In
STEEL INDUSTRY

CLEVELAND, June . (UP).--
New violence in the Youngstown
area and a charge by the Rcpub-
lie Steel Corp, thai the Commit
tee for Industrial Organization
had abandoned peaceful pickcting
for planned terrorism" were the
latest developments in the steel
strike last night as opposing lead
ers aligned their forces for the
first projected opening of strike
closed plant.
Sheriff Ralph +. Elscr Of Ma
honing county reported ~ dcpu-
ties, buying uniforms in Youngs-
twon store, were assaulted by "A
crowd of 100. The sheriff said h.
made three arrests after the crowd
had cornered three Of his deputies
and had handled them roughly. No
one was badly hurt in the disturb
ancc.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
Hollywood Great
In Last Tribute
For Jean Harlow

HOLLYWOOD. June Q. (UPD
Funeral services were held today
for Jean Harlow at the flower
bcdecked Wee Kirk o. The Heath
or chapel and Forest Lawn ccmc-
terry.
Two hundred Of Hollywood's
most famous crowded the chapel
and more than a thousand orderly
blu. curious damned around the
chapel. .,
The film star lay in a silver and
bronze coffin covered with huge
blanket of gardeniaS.
Miss Harlow's body was remov-
cd from the mortuary to Forest
Lawn Memorial park early today
in preparation for funeral SER
vices. .
William Powell led hundreds of
screen stars who mourned her
death. -,
Guards were placed around the
cemetery to handle the crowd
that gathered outside the closed
iron gates.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
MERCHANT MARINE.
MESSAGE REVEALED

WASHINGTON, June .. CUP
President Roosevelt yesterday
proposed that congress start a
new $l6O,000,0 Shipbuilding
program To provide the United
States with adequate merchant
marine.
In surprise memorandum mes
sage the president advised con-
greSS the american people want
10 use American ships" and asked
approval of a plan to build the
best and most modern ships and
build them right away.
The maritime of commission
planned to facilitate immediate
construction of 2S vessels and the
entire program would add %
ships to the American merchant
fleet.
The chief executives request
was embraced in Il special mes
sage to congress in which he
warned that cover 50 per cent of
the present American merchant
marine will be obsolete in five
years"
The message was made public
at a press conference held by
Chairman Joseph p. Kennedy of
the maritime commission.
The president made it clear that
il was not his intention to COM
merce merchant marine race
with other powers. IL had been
reported earlier that the British
Imperial conference was COncurn-
ed over this nations plans to in
crease it's merchant marine fleet.
Naval authorities have insisted
for years that the failure of this
country to maintain an adequate
merchant marine presented a SER
iOus problem of national defense
in case this nation again was
forced to 90 to war. Merchant
ships are subsidized on large
scale by foreign powers because
Of their Importance as supply and
transport vessels as an adjunct of
the fleet i'm time Of war.
at is not our intention To CX-
pand our merchant marine to
drive out the ships of other ma
tons" the president said. "How-
ever. we must have facilities adc-
uuate for the protection of the
American shipper and for pur-
poses of national defense.
The total ocean going fleet of
this country, including tankerS
and intercOaStal trading ships,
numbers 1,444 vessels of a gross
tonnage of S,462,0OO. The mari
time commission has figures
showing that Japan, which has a
gross merchant marine tonnage of
3,O25,OOO i'm 500 ships is con
structing a Super-fleet of freight
ers and is making serious inroads
into American shipping in the
Pacific.
Great Britain has a gross mer-
chant marine tonnage of l3,2O9,-
900 and Germany 2,747,000
France trails with 37i ships of
2,lS4,000 gross tons.
Except for oil tankers, the chief
executive said in his message, not
a single sea-going vessel of the
passenger, combination or gen
eral cargo carrying type was un'
der construction in an American
shipyard in 1886 for either the
domestic or foreign trade.
"For the 18th consecutive year
Continued on page rhree)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
NO COOPERATION BY
DELIVERY OF MAILS

WASHINGTON, June Q. (UP)
Coincident with the Republic Steel
Corp, notification of the post Of
flee department yesterday that it
would feel compelled to take de
gal steps" il delivery Of mailed
packages of food to workers in its
strike besieged plants in the Ohio
area is not initiated. President
Roosevelt disclosed at his press
conference that he was following
closely attempts by congress
sional group to procure an inycS-
tigation Of alleged interference
with the mails in the midwcstern
strike area. He refused to COM
ment on the steel strike.
Republic SteePs warning was
contained in a formal letter TO
Postmaster General Jas. A. Far
ley from John ID. Brookes, Jr.,
counsel for tie corporation. IL was
backed by an offer that "this cor
poration stand.' ready to be dcpu-
tized to function for your depart
ment in making deliveries Of mail
to it's plants at Niles and at War
rem, O., and will place both means
of transportation and personnel TO
man the same at your disposal"
Farley could not be reached for
comment, but Jesse n. Donaldson.
deputy assistant postmaster gen.
eral, said after a telephone con-
versation with him:
eve cannot change our policies.
They ought not TO ask us to carry
out what they can't do. There IL
nothing to prevent them from
loading up their own trucks with
goods and running them in. II
they think they can do that for
us. why can't they do il for them.
selvesw