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The Washington times., 1937-02-11
STAGE DOOR TO CLOSE
President Roosevelt Hummed q
Tune and Out of 1t Came
yellow Rose of Texos'
Bv ANDREW R. KELLEY

Wednesday roundup: SO many are announcing screen tests
TO play Scarlet Oara in Gone With the Wnd' 1t has become
the avorte Hollywood gag of the moment AS Hey Ddde
DiddIe"
In reality those tested will probably have the tiny walon and
couple Of lines parts i'll the Margaret Mitchell story when it
the Southern girls with the real Mccoy
preferred Scarlet ara will be played by actress whose
something in the bright lights and not by any
cialitc maxine debut in pictures
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
Men in White
For RioIto

The screen version of Sidney
Kingsley's Pulitzer Prize play,
Men in White" will be revived
at the Little Theater for a week
starting this Sunday. Clark
Gable, Myrna 10y, Jean HerSholt
and Elizabeth Allan head the
cast. Elisabeth Bergner in
Shakespeare's LAS You Like 1t"
will be shown through Saturday
of this week.
Men in White" caught the
drama of a great hospital and the
men and women who served there,
as no other play has ever done,
The motion picture faithfully re-
produced that drama and was re-
garded as one of the outstanding
achievements of 1884.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11

WILL TOUR WITH PLAY
All of which is preliminary to
announcing that Margaret Sulla-
van. whom many prefer for this
assignment, currently playing IN
Stage Door Is out of the run
ming.
stage Door" will close March
% in New York to permit Mar
garet SULLIVAN to retire for a
blessed event She is Mrs. Le-
land Hayward and expects the
Stork in the early summer. Miss
SULLIVAN has agreed to tour with
the play next season.
It reminds VARIETY that an
ether hit, "Couuette, was closed
The Washington times., 1937-02-11

and picked out a tune that for
years had been recurring as hum
mable melody.
1t was a folky tune, yellow
Rose of Texas" and Eddie Pea
body copied the notes and lyrics.
The President is said to have
first heard the song while attend
ing Harvard in 1904 A room
mate. Charles Shea. hummed the
tune necessarily. Mr.. Roosevelt,
so It's said, was caught by the
tune and has since that time
nursed the idea of getting it on a
sheet. A song of the same title
exists, but it is reported entirely
different from the Presidents
faVorite.
I hereby commission Arthur
Godfrey to get copy of yellow
Rose of Texas" have record
made. and let's hear it on the
Sun Dial program. How about it,
Arthur?
MAGICIAN BREAKFAST
Magician Lee Paul, who is my".
tifying with his card tricks at the
Earle Theater this week, was
honor guest today at National
Press Club breakfast rendered by
the local chapter of HoCuS-Pocrs
men.
District Commissioner Hazen
was among those present and after
the scrambled eggs and grapefruit
had disappeared Magician Paul
pulled a deck of cards out Of his
pocket and had 'em all trying TO
find the ace of clubs.
Harry Baker of the Wilson line,
chief of the local magicians, ar
ranged the breakfast and I regret
that makeup duties kept me away.
Speaking as an excursion manager,
Mr.. Baker reported that the Wilson
line has never been buster booking
summer trips for organizations
planning moonlights on the Po-
tomac and Marshall Hall whoopee.
All the Wilson line needs is good
weather to assure a grand 1887
season.
GOOD-BY, "LOOIE"
This department of the Times
feels a personal grief in the pass
ing of Louis A. Dougher, veteran
neWSpaperman, and one Of the
best.
The loss is the more intimate
because for some months he occu-
pied this corner of the paper as
dramatic editor. writing under the
pen name of Louis Ashley. He
served, as a matter of fact, in a
dUai capacity, since he was sports
editor at the same time.
The growing Importance of the
movies and demands upon his
time caused him to retire from
this desk to devote his entire
effort to the sports department
and his "Lookin' EN- Over"
column
"Looie" Dougher was a deep
student of everything he under
took. While most of his news
paper life was spent in the realm
OF sports, his background included
a profound knowledge of the stage
aLd he was ready reference for
this critic on many problems con-
celned with the theater of yeSter-
day, since his memory was invari-
ably reliable.
I served with him on the Bos-
ton American before he moved to
the Boston Traveller as sports ed
itor, later going to the Boston
Tribune. A brief service as man
aging editor in North Adams,
Mass, and he was called to the
Washington Times as sports ed
itor, in which position he served
16 years.
Naturally reserved and aloof,
"Looie" Dougher had a limited
circle of close friends, but those
who enjoyed this relation were
aware of a warm heart and a
lasting loyalty. AS one of those
who knew him we'll" 1 mourn
with his family the passing of one
who did much to enrich the
Fourth Estate in a long and hon
Orable career.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11

studio had no cause to collect on
the policy.
Freddie Bartholomew and Ma
deeile Carroll are starred in the
cast which features Sir Guy
Standing, Tyrone Power, C. Au-
brey Smith and Virginia Field.
Daryl F.. Zanuck, production
chief of Twentieth Century-Fox,
selected Henry King to direct,
with Kenneth Mcgowan as as
SiStant producer.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
Fiqht Over Claire

Michael Whalen and Douglas
Fowley staged a realistic fight
scene in Time Out for Romance"
but it put both actors on the shelf
for two days. Claire Trevor, CO.
featured with Whalen in this goth
Century-Fox picture, was the lady
in the case.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
Film Food Guarded

So exquisite were the viands pre-
pared for banquet scene in May
time that the culinary art was
guarded by special detail Of stu
dio officers. The food was con-
cocted from recipes used during
Louis Napoleon'S reign.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
"LIoyds" Wins
On Insurance

Appropriately enough. Twen-
tieth Century-Fox's screen tri-
umph, "Lloyds of London" which
opens on Friday at LoeW's Pa
lace, was insured for one million
dollars with Lloyds of London
against production delay caused
by sickness or accident, but the
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
Manicure Rooster

"Skippy," fighting-cock actor
appearing with Arthur Treacher
in goth Century-Fox' step Lively,
Jeeves." lacked the right feather
and his finger nails were
too long so he was made up" and
before stepping before
the camera.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP

long runs in Austria and Italy.
Mr. Bride, in adapting the play.
has changed the locale to the
own of Baikie in Scotland
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
Favorite with Garbo

Clarence Brown, with the film
ing of Madame Walewska," di-
rects Greta Garbo for the seventh
time, more times than any other
director.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11

in the middle of its run for the ia,
nous Act of God" baby of Helen
Hayes (MrS. Charles Macarthur
That is Jed Harris pleaded An
Act of God" to escape certain pay
mentS to the cast. Equity turneo
down his request.
WHEN HELEN BEGAN
Speaking of Helen Hayes re-
minds me that the department.
precious volumes of old programs,
disclose that WaShington's No. l
star played Little Lord Fauntleroy
at the Columbia Theater. 1t was
the week of July IT. 1911, and the
Earle of DoninCourt with the CO.
lumbia Players was George Bar
bier, now well known as one Of
the movies best character actors.
The week of July 10, 1911, the
Columbia Theater attraction was
The Barrier by Rex Beach, and
the role of Molly was played by
Helen Hayes Brown. So the rec
ord shows that Helen Hayes
Brown became mere Helen Hayes
in 1911, if it interests you.
1t might interest young keenan,
Wynn, currently playing in Hey
Diddle Diddle," at the Belasco The
ater, to know that his dad, Ed
Wynn. was the up and coming
juvenile comedian with Harry
Kelly in The Deacon and the
Lady" and that this attraction
opened the 1910 season at the Co.
lumbia on F Street. The date was
September 10.
Also youthful Mr.. Wynn might
like to know that his grandfather,
Frank keenan,, for whom he is
named, was the star of "Warrens
of Virginia" playing the self-same
stage he now adorn6 in Lafayette
Square. the week of November Is.
1908. The child actress, playing
Betty in this David Belasco pro
duCtion was Mary Pickford.
That same season of 1908. and
during the week of September 21,
the attraction at the National
Theater was "A Gentleman From
Mississippi" with the two stars
of the play Thomas A. Wise and
Douglas Fairbanks. Yes. the same
Douglas who married Mary Pick
ford.
LEONA AS GRANDMA
The sight of Leona Powers play
ing a grandma who turns cart
wheels Will probably lure this critic
to Philadelphia next week when
Herman ]. MankieWlcZ's new play,
The Meal Ticket" opens at the
Erlanger Theater.
The cast impersonates a broken
down vaudeville family wit h
Charles King being obliged to jug
gle. Ruth Holden as an Indian
club tosser, Joseph GreenWald as a
magician and other actors cast as
hooters and acrobats.
ROOSEVELT, COMPOSER
Banjo plunker Eddie Peabody is
credited with letting it be known
that President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt is song writer. And a
one finger piano player. too If we
are to believe the front page yarn
in the current VARIETY.
Well known is the fact that Ban
joist Peabody is White House
favorite. He has Strummed his in
Strument many times m the Execu-
tive mansion to the delight of the
Roosevelt company.
At one of these impromptu muSi-
Gals the President is said to have
sat himself down at the keyboard
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
Steps Son

Stepin Fetchit's young son, Jem-
ajo, was named for Jesus. Mary
and Joseph. The boy is known as
Bud" to his playmates.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
Sandman Is Favorite

Japanese Sandman" has re-
mained Jean Harlow's favorite
song from the first time she ever
heard it.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06
BY RODNEY butcher
Democrat Washington
COrreSpondent

washington. Jan - The mos;
closely guarded secrets in Washing.
ton are those shared by the presi-
dent and his experts on government
reorganization.
Rough blueprints have beer,
charted, however. for O thorough
overhauling and Encouragement
which will bring nearly all emergen.
cy agencies under federal depart
ments and transfer many oldlinC
bureaus. This much Is certain at the
time Of writing:
The president will ask Congress
70 create tive and perhaps three
new executive departments Of
cabinet rank. He s1Il ask for gen.
eral authority 10 transfer and re-
group federal agencies, authority
under which he wouId build UP
the structures Of the new depart
ments aleng functional lines and
make ether additic.as 70 and sub.
fractions sgsm The old depart
ments.
A Department Of Public Welfare
and q Department Of Public Works
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06
Emergency

Some part Of the emergency leg
islation, covering several state
agencies, should be continued
either permanently or for q time
to meet emergencies as they may
arise. The situation In the milk
industry, for example, Is such as
to make necessary the continu-
alton OF some sort OF control over
production and distribution. Like
wise the Emergency Relief Conn
mission, which ceases as q state
agency on the first Of February.
should probably be continued until
the end Of the present fiscal year
when It's varied functions may be
appropriately transferred to the
Welfare Department. the Public
Welfare Council. and the Tax De.
partment. II such action can be
taken earlier. SO much the better.
In connection with the transfer.
1t will be necessary to enact legis-
lation for the coordination OF
state and local relief Of all kinds.
In q manner that will give to the
state sufficient authority over the
administration Of town and ccur-
ty relief as may be required Tor
the state to obtain for itself and
It's political subdivisions all fed
eral funds available for them ui.
der the provisions Of the Social
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06
Three New Cabinet Posts Likely In Federal "Shakeup'

who will sit with the cabinet - per-
haps formally designated rs . cab
met member who can step In and
settle disputes in ten federal mach
Inc. and will be an all-around tor
grade man.
He would be assisted BY three
or four others, one q whom might
serve ~ legal adviser TO the pres.
ident. They would keep track Of
what was going ON In the govern.
ment and the country and serve
40 trouble shooters.
BrownlOw himself although he
has no part In it's being pro.
posed In some quarters for the
executive assistants Job. He b
an administrator par excellence.
and . trainer u administrators
whe has furnished many nen.p0-
litical enes 70 the New Deal
He Is director Of the Public Ad.
ministration Clearing House ano
helped establish the administrative
set.ups Of FERA, AAA, CWA. WPA
PwA, and iva.
He would be q handy man u
have around In q position OF gu
tllority during operation Of the pro"
posed huge rejiggering program.
Copyright 1881. NEA Ssrvie& sns
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06
HARDLUCK STORY
IS VERY COSTLY

North Stonington. Conn.,. Jan. g.
(UP) .-varian ID. York, filing sta
ton operator. vowed today he
wouldn't get soft-hearted ct LISTEN
Ing to any more hard.luck stories.
York listened TO the story Of
Claude e. Horton. 20. Middleboyo.
Mass, that he hadn't eaten IN two
days. York gave him . free lunch.
A few minutes later. the gas sta
Ito nowner had . call and he went
out.
When York returned. the youth
was gone with 4i2 from the regis.
ter. state police were called and
is minutes later Horton was picked
up on the road Walking towards
New London.
Police said he admitted stealing
tho money.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06
Waterbury Plays
Important Part
CONTINUED from Page !,

Waterbury. thus, has two Of the
Elk votes Of the committee, which Is
an important one as It's finding may
result In the abolition Of the tiadi-
t,CnaI joint house and senate COM
n.itteeS.
Assistant Named
One OF Senate Clerk Charles 3
Jacleson'S first ofiicial moves today
vas to appoint John J. Fitzparrick
Of Fairfield his assistant. Two years
ago and at the special legislative
session held this past fall this post
wac held by Attorney Frederick
Palomba Of Waterbury.
Nominations
Nomination Of Senator Joseph H.
Lawlor for president pro tenn OF the
sttae senate this morning was made
by Senator Raymond J. Devlin Of
New Haven. Senator J. Kenneth
Bradley. republican, Of Westport.
nominated Senator e. Gaynor Bren-
nan Of Stamford for the same office.
The vote was IS to 8 for Lawlor,
neither he nor his opponent voting
in the contest. Senator Devlin was
elected floor leader of the majority
democrats, while Senator Brennan,
as stated before, Is the minority
leader.
In the House Rep. John d. Thoms
received In the contest for the
speakership "a votes, sixteen demo-
Gratis being absent at the time of
the vote.
The nomination Of Charles B.
Jackson for senate clerk was made
by Senator Raymond J. Devlin OF
New Haven. Senator Z. Qaynor
Brennan nominated Judge Albert s.
Bull. republican, Of West Hartford
for the same office. The vote was
20 to two senators being absent.
ct the time.
Reps. Thoms and Daniel J. Ma
haney were both sworn in at the
customary procedure In the house.
Early this afternoon Speaker Bell
had named Rep. Mahaney TO Q spec
ial house committee to take charge
Of seating arrangements for MEM
beers. There are four other members
on It.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06
Security

The passage Of the Federal So
cial Security Act after the adj
journment Of the General Assem-
bly, In 1885 made 1t necessary for
me to appoint q commission to
make q thorough study Of unem-
ployment compensation and to
prepare the bill which was passed
at the special session In Novem-
Der. It took six months to do
this work properly.
1t appears that the last careful
survey of boundary line between
Connecticut and Rhode Island
was made as far back as 1910,
though the border has since been
perambulated several times. Mere
stones or monuments (by what
ever name they may be called
marking boundary lines have been
obliterated or removed or de-
stroyed during q century Of neg
lect so that here and there q man
does not know whether he Is IN
Connecticut or In Rhode Island.
Last summer I arranged with the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06

College has had . very rslnark-
able growth. II has, however,
fallen 70 far behind N ies library
and in It's engineering department.
that Il no longer holds the posi-
ton which II should have among
similar Institutions IN other states.
II this educational institution q 70
perform adequately the functiona
In agriculture and the mechanic
arts for which II was founded, It's
needs must be met Immediately.
In summary. It is clear that the
building program which ! have
outlined and other activities which
I have partially described cannot
be financed without additional
sources Of revenue. These new
activities may be somewhat cur.
tailed and the building program
may be spread over more than Two
years. Such o policy. however,
would not ESSENTIALLY alter the sit
uation with which we are faced
Bonds
I would suggest for your con-
sheraton plan whereby the moss
necessary new activities pe IL
nanced by an increase IN taxation
and that the building program pc
financed mainly by the issuance
of serial bonds. You may con.
clude that about &4,00o. 900 should
be raised by revising the base OF
our tax system and that for the
building program serial bonds be
issued as funds are needed in
total amount not exceeding
$li,0O0,000. This would mean
authority to issue serial bonds run
ming for twenty years In an
amount Of approximately 425, 00O,-
600 covering the deficit and the
building program, with provision
that 81, $50, 900 be retired each year,
as recommended by the Board OF
Finance and Control. It Is. OF
course, understood that the build
Ing fund thus created should bear
the cost not only Of construction
but also Of equipment Tor all new
institutional buildings.
In anticipation Of an adequate
construction program TO meet the
exigencies Of the situation, trust
that you viii enact early In the
session legislation which will per-
NIT Connecticut to avail itself OF
its share In such funds as may
be allocated to the states for build
ing and other purposes BY the
federal government through Its
various agencies.
And now, Members Of the General
Assembly, return to the point
In the circle whence ! set out.
I have laid before you facts and
recommendations In obedience to
the mandate Of the constitution.
Let us, without prejudice or bias,
move forward together with sure
aim to full achievement In the
great task that awaits Us.
WILBUR LUCIUS CROSS.
Hartford, January 8. 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06

fare ut may be called something
else meaning the same thing II
someone thinks of a name In ttme)
would certainly include WPA, So
cial Security Board, u. 8. Public
Health Service. Once Of Education
Children's Bureau, and certain
other agencies.
The Department of Public WORKS
would take in PWA, the Procure
ment Division Of the Treasury. and
presumably administration OF any
new federal housing program. Con-
ceivably, 1t would also embrace iva
and Rural Electrification Admins.
tration, but that's only speculative
insofar as this dispatch goes.
White House Shakeup, Too
The presidential committee on
reorganization, consisting Of Louis
Brownlow, Charles e. Merriam, and
Luther H. Gulick. has also reconN-
mended q drastic reorganization OF
the White House secretariat. The
present White House set-up Is
scarcely more than . stenographi:
secretariat.
The White House secretariat Of
the future will be headed by an
executive assistant 10 the president,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06
Teachers Fund

An immediate restoration Of the
teachers retirement fund to q
reserve basis would mean an ex.
penditure for the fiscal year
l937-3e Of ti,682,O00. To put into
effect an equalization plan giving
the children Of the state nearly
equal educational opportunities
would mean a recurring expendi-
ture Of 100000 Q year. The
state, 1t seems TO me, Is under
obligations to take initial steps TO-
wards these two ultimate aims.
beginning with the first Of them.
To this end proposals will be sub
mitted to you.
The state office building Is no
longer adequate for housing our
departments. Recently 1t became
necessary to rent quarters outside
for the Department Of Labor
owing to space required for the
staff that Is to administer the
Unemployment Compensation Act.
There Is also scant space In the
office building for several other
departments. Accordingly, 1t will
soon be necessary to add q story
to the Buckingham street side at
q cost Of 4l00,000 and full story
to the entire building at cost OF
$500, 900. It Is estimated that the
ultimate cost for land and build
ings for O state jail farm would
run to $500, 900. 80 large sum.
however. would not be required at
once. The State Park and Forest
Commission requests that neces-
sary provision be made for the
acquisition Of land for the develop
ment Of our parks and forests IN
accordance with q long-term pol
icy which will be laid before you.
The commissioner Of aeronautics
has presented q most interesting
plan for air ports and strip land
ing fields near our highways at q
cost not yet estimated.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06
First State Executive Since Civil War
To Be Inaugurated For Fourth Term
Formally Indicted Today

Hartford, Conn. January 8. - (UP) = Inaugurated
as the first four-ter chief executive since the Civil War;
Governor Wilbur Cross today urged the general assembly
to consider taxes and $2500OO0O bond issue TO
permit the state to carry out an imperative" program Of
building and improvements held up during the depression
The bond issue would provide $14 100000 to fund the
state debt and Sill OO0 for construction OUTLAWS He
proposed 100000 be raised by increased taxation to
finance "the most necessary new activities"
He considered it gamble" to continue borrowing
on shor-term notes when apparent interest rates
would increase by 1888 at the latest
Construction was planned to meet increase demands
for Of eebemnded veterans and sufferers from
tuberculosis.
He suggested the state enact immediate legislation to
avail itself federal funds allocated for building and other
purposes.
Additionally he proposed establishment of merit
system in government creation Of district courts to sup
plant CITY, borough police and justice courts jury service
for women reorganization of state departments to prevent
waste and utilization of abandoned CCC camps expert
mental jail farms for incarceration Of persons convicted
of misdemeanors
He recommended further study Of the unemployment
insurance question $50 that you may be prepared to take
proper action in event that the Federal Social Security Act
proves unconstitutional"
Business he said, definitely on the upswing,
although tagging somewhat in the textile trades due to
sharp domestic and foreign competition He found
demand for skilled labor that could not be met and replace
ments in private employment so per cent ahead Of two
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-06
Mental Cases

Working partly in conjunction
with this commission Is another
commission, composed mainly OF
medical experts. who have made
a study OF our laws and facilities
pertaining to the prevention as
well as to the treatment Of mental
malad justments and defects. The
emphasis OF their report Is prop
erly placed upon the prevention
or the early treatment Of mental
diseases which, II unchecked, lead
to grave mental disorders. which
require disqualification. Preven-
ton, the adage says, Is better than
O cure.
The most comprehensive COM
mission authorized by the last