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Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
DRAMATIC STAR
APPEARS IN
NE " PL AY
"Spirochete" Will
Open Soon

Miss Violet Manning, w h o G
start in the theatre sounds al
most like fiction, is one Of the
featured players in "Spirochete, :"
play by Arnold Sundgaard
which has as it's theme syphilis,
opening an indefinite engagement
at the Blackstone theatre, Fri
day, April %. She began her ca
reer in Denver, Colorado, at the
age of six, after her father had
lost practically all Of his money.
She applied to the manager Of
the Stock Company at Elitch's
Garden for an engagement, and
when asked what she could do,
replied that she could dance; the
manager let her dance in his
current play, "The J panese
Nightingale" and thereafter she
played all the child parts for
three years, with a company Of
people who afterwards became
famous: Douglas Fairbanks, The
odore Roberts, Cecil B. DeMille
and Tyrone Power.
She has played leads in stock
in Omaha, Kansas City, Wichita,
ETC., and has appeared in road
productions and a season with
Mrs. Samuel insult at the Stude-
baker theatre here in Chicago.
Miss Manning's favorite roles
are those of MADAM X" "The
Man Who Came Back" eyes Of
YOUTH" and Bird q. R.aradisey-
which Indicates that she prefers
drama.
The Chicago Bee has more net
paid Chicago circulation than
any other local newspaper.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
COMING ATTRACTIONS
CTATEC 1907 SO. STATE
- u "A n A0 STREET

Sunday and Monday, May |
and 2. Jane Withers in CHECK
Frs Plus Bulk Jones in
"HEADING EAST" Also last
.rhapter Of "TIM TYLER'S
LUCK" Tuesday and Wednes-
day, May and 4, Two big Fea-
lures. Sonia Henie in "HAPPY
LANDING" plus John Barry
more in BULLDOG DRUM
MOND'S REVENGE" Also add
ed attractions.
Thursday, May s., one day
only. 3 Big Features. Zasu Pitts
in FORTY NAUGHTY GIRLS"
and Harry Carey in "ANNAPO-
LIS SALUTE" plus Ann South
ern in THERE GOES THE
GROOM"
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

The Chicago Bee has more net
paid Chicago circulation than
any other local newspaper.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
BIG WHITE FOG" TO
HAVE INDEFINITE RUN

''Big White Fog, the powerful
drama Of Negro life, originally
scheduled for two weeks run
at the Great Northern Theatre,
has been extended and will con-
tinue indefinitely.
Acclaimed by both theatrego-
ers and Newspaper critics alike,
the business for big White Fog"
has been far beyond the expec-
tations Of Harry Minturn, region
al director for the Federal The
are in-Illinois, and bids fair to
break thet previous high mark
which was made by the musical
show ooh Say Can You Sing?"
Ask your newsdealer for The
CHICAGO BEE.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
THEATRES
kSAfA .paS $40 Ar ; y
O"A STREET

Sunday and Monday, May IL
Giant Double Feature. "OF HUI
MAN HEARTS" with Walter
Huston and PRISON NURSE"
with Henry Wilcoxon. Added,
Donald Duck Cartoon, "MOD-
ERN INVENTION"
Tuesday, May 8, BARGAIN
FAMILY NIGHT. ALL SEATS,
l0c. TWO BIG FEATURES.
Wednesday and Thursday, May
As, Big Double Feature,
STAGE DOOR" with Katherine
! Hepburn and IMAM PROOF"
with Myrna 10y.
Friday and Saturday, May 6-7,
Double Feature Program. Jane
Withers in CHECKERS" and
HEADING EAST" with Buck
Jones. Added latest episode Of
ZORRO RIDES AGAIN" serial
and cartoon.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Sunday and Monday, May 8-9,
Mammoth Double Feature Pro-
gram, EVERYBODY SING
with Judy Garland and "LOVE
IS ON THE AIR" with June
Travis.
Extra added attraction, first
episode Of the new thrilling
serial, "THE LONE RANGER"
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

household articles were display
ed during the evening and in
each instance the work was SOLE
~ product Of the Department
Of Home Economics or Of Art. In
all save, perhaps, three or four
instances the work was begun
and completed in the depart
mental laboratories since March
10 OF this year. The wedding
gown represented the outstand-
ing tXcep ion to this statement,
Tor It was made and worn bv
MIS-, Fort for her wedding il
June, 1885.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

Friday and Saturday, May s
and 7. First-Run Features.
Jack LaRue in ''PRISON
NURSE" and "PARADISE FOR
THREE" Also "SCANDAL
STREET" Big Gang Thriller.
Added attractions.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Saws BOake Garter

reached the stage now where they do not care
what happens any more. Such men are as
dangerous to the country'S welfare as any
Communist, any Fascist, any rabberousing
revolutionary.
For they are the only ones in q position to
fight true fight against Government oppression.
They are the ones solely responsible for the
economic life Of the nation. We, as wage.earners,
are but tiny, insignificant individuals. We are
not in any position to wage an effective fight
for the selfrespecting right to earn living
through honest work in an economy Of free
enterprise, because we are dependent for bread
upon the business leaders"
Must Haze Tribute
EEAR! Fear Of what? The Roosevelt Govern.
ment! The political gang which they, the
business leaders" Support-the political ma.
chine which could not exist without their tribute!
They do not stand upon their hind legs and
go forth to that huge army Of American
people-the middle class which works the most
and silently carries the largest share Of the tax
load. What Is happening to them? They do not,
as corporations, 90 out into the highways and
bywayS, as do the political rabble that Is tearing
them down, and tell the people the problems of
trying to operate a decent business nowadays.
They do not come forward earnestly and say,
Here, this is my side of the story" for all fair
men to weigh the facts and render national
decision accordingly.
Sell the Principles
THEY would rather keep the nickel and sell
out their principles. They think little Of
their country. They care little for what may
befaIl the men who must carry the burden Of
the business life Of this nation after they are
dead and buried-the men who have spent their
lives working for them or with them-the men
who have worked because they loved their
work-the men who have worked to build
future America.
Copyright Ledger Syndicats)
(Bodke CGrter'S opinions are his oDn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtrneSJ
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
They're Boldsr NOIO


NVHE preSentday gossip columns are the closest
approach to the good old intimate personal
columns Of the smaller gazettes Of other days,
when every little church function, house party
arrival in town, engagement, and baptism was
chronicled. They were matterof-fact items in
those days, and those of US who contributed to
them Stunned intimate revelations such as a
breach in the cortship of Sally Straw and
Johnny Cornstalk. nor did we ever dare hint
that Mrs. Willie Mainstreet was to be blessed
with glorious motherhood.
Today's columns are bolder, II not more
factual, and by reason Of the intimacy Of their
chatter, indubitably more interesting
THE hotel press departments, though, adhere to
= the homely formula and daily there arrive at
my desk mimeographed communications that
make me wish weren't so stuckup so that I
could get on the telephone and call up Marie
Dunn, Of the hometown paper, and give her
the information. Thus, from the WaldorfAs-
toria learn that Mrs. Cole Porter who has been
visiting friends in Nantucket, has returned to
her apartment in the Towers, and, from the War
wick, am advised that Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Wood
have just arrived from RumSon, N. j. In our
time, Of course we would have amplified by ex-
planning how Mr.. and Mrs. Wood had spent their
time In Runnson and whom they had entertained
and by whom they had been entertained
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

DODOA
late Woodrow Wilson, the Duke Of Windsor
know, or knew. how quickly the tide Of favor
turns. 1t is the penalty for page-one fame.
ANYBODY in America will tell you without
"A tremor (but with pride) that each story Of
skyscraper means q life sacrificed. Twenty
Stories 20 men snuffed out; 80 stories, 80 men.
A building Of some 80 stories is now going up
60 corpses, so funerals go domestic hearths to be
slowly rearranged, and the registrars alone know
how many widows, orphans, and other loose by.
products"
certain Englishman, named Arnold Ben.
nett, took this woeful view Of American building
enterprise back in 1912, and have come across
his article only this very day. 1t is dramatic a
death for every floor; but out Of reportorial
curiosity telephoned to the head Of one Of our
major construction firms. He did not recall
ever reading Bennett's dirge, but he did insist
that while accidents and even fatalities do occur
they are only occasional, and would not average,
for every cloudpoker erected since 1900, more
than two deaths per building
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Most Deeply Involved

WHAT WOULD happen spe'
Wcifically to American ousl-
ness and finance at the out
break of a European war mas
been figured out by response
BILE authorities here this way:
An immediate demand Tor
cash would develop from Euro
pean private investors. and II
could not be met. The Amer
lean Government would take
steps to prevent such a vast
liquidation. The SEC would
promptly close the stock ex-
change until some private ar
rangements for orderly han
ding could be reached with
the foreign governments in
volved.
Britain is most deeply in
volved. She has 80 per cent OF
the long.term European invest
ments in this country, and Can.
ada has % per cent. The total
of all European investment
(bonds, branch factories, etc.
is currently estimated at five
billions cit was 5,270 millions at
the beginning of the year,. Hol-
land has 1853 per cent; Switzer.
land and France So.
Britain also has more short
term credits (bank deposits,
stocks, etc. than any other ma
tion. While all Europe has
1886, ,791 900 in shortterms, Brit
ain has $248, OCT 900 of it (figure
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

50 T in public. But some advance &c
inside planning also muSG ne
done on a more realistic oaSls:
Realism of this situation, .oas as
the calmest Of officialdom sees SEE
it, is that the future OF tnls
democracy may become mex, Is. !.
tricably intertwined with tne
success of the world democracleS
in any conflict between tnem
and Al the dictators. The unlTeo
states could not stand a oic'
tator's victory. they fear
DESPITE the Neutrality ACT an9
the johnson Act, trade ana
credit bonds with the democra-
cies are certain to be strenstn'
ened in wartime, thus draw
ing us nearer. . =.
If Hitler is well-informed' ne
has been told that this Is the
way American officials al ?
thinking, and he may not make
the mistake the Kaiser mace.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

for March, estimate now to be
unchanged. France has $685.
243,000 in her own name and
probably most Of Switzerland'S
$236, 1858, 900 and some Of Hol-
lands $48, $3.50, 900. Germany has
a negligible $25,710,000 and
Italy $14,923,000. (Neither has
any long terms worth mention
ing.)
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
ON WJSV TOMORROW:
SKIPPER WILL TEACH
IN MODERN MANNER

" A4AAGC N4oCS Jul AO"oASN04A RSoN
on the program. will very likely
be late, but then that is Winnie
Macs nature. Puddin' Head Jones
will make his appearance, little
Willie Wallow will sit in the cor
ner on the Ounce stool and the
school bully will be up to his old
tricks.
All our jolly crew members
are back from their vacations
and ready for the long grind
Of studies and homework and
this will be our last chance to
have q little Joke or two at their
expense. Lend an ear to your
loud-speaker at o'clock for
the fun and join in with the
youngsters as they 60 through
their musical lessons.
The last set of plans for the
summer series Of Things tc
Build" will be published in the
Washington Herald!Times to.
morrow when the Skipper" pre-
sents plans for q homemade
Derby Racer.
THE OLD SKIPPER.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

mates the necessity Of either thinking or talk
ing-a very good thing at that.
We had heard so much about "the Lambeth
Walk" that we expected to find something new
and novel in the way of tripping the light fan
tastic, but what was our surprise TO recognize
Immediately slight variation of that ancient
American folk pastime, the square dance
That is all "the Lambeth Walk" is in its funda
mentals though fellow was trying to tell us
that it comes from the costermongers of London.
1t is just little walk and an an,handsaround
and we expected any minute to hear Mr.. Billings,
ley get up and chant:
Swing yore podnerS,
Balance, all!
Take a chew terbacker
And spit agn the WALL"
We also might have expected to hear Mr.. Bill.
Kingsley shout at the conclusion of the dance,
Gents to the bar" but we could see at once that
there would have been no sense in Mr.. Billingsley
SO doing because there were more gents at the
bar already than the barboys could take care of
and the gents were jostling the ladies for post
positions, at that.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

WJSV. School
days are with
us again and
mothers a n d
fathers, uncleS
and aunts who
have the jobs of
washing back of
ears and neckS
will be in their
glory.
The "Old Skip
per" IS gong TO
be the professor
Of the / o'clock
festivities q n d
teach the three
HD'e - h,,k NNT
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

Too many whom we call
leaders" today are cutters.
They quote the Constitu-
tion; they talk about their
Americanism; they beat their
breasts and squawk about
liberty; they mutter all man
ner Of harsh words about the
Roosevelt administration - in
private.
But-when the Government
comes around in the guiSe Of
q tax Investigator, or some
Federal commission examiner.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Four Steps, All Very Simple

VNHERE are only about four steps to "the Lam
beth Walk" all very simple and as they fin.
1sh these steps the dancers jerk their thumbs
back over their shoulders and yell "oI" but it is
our conjecture that this traces back to the way
Mr.. Izzy Kaplan, the Iitvak sports photographer
Of tie Daily Mirror, used to do the Virginia reel
in the piny woods Of Georgia when he would be
down there covering the Yankees at their spring
training.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

the dance floors Of the fair
city Of New York.
The Lambeth Walk" is
supposed to have been i'm
ported from London by the
broad-a set and was launched
at a high.toned Fifth Avenue
hotel roof garden, whence it
soon seeped down to less demi-
tassy circles.
We may say that we went
to some personal incon-
Venience and discomfort to
acquire our information about
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

these business "leaders" quit and run to cover.
or-they will put on the softsoap act until
the sight Of it sickens decent citizens
Build Future
VHESE leaders" Of business will pay $40 for
L piece Of pasteboard to view two mugs beat
UP each other in a prize ring, but you would not
catch them spending $40 to back themselves in
fight to restore the right of decent, earnest
Godfearing Americans to work. to save and build
O future for their children.
Instead, they will hand their money to other
people to fight their battles for them.- They will
join liberty leagues and other such useless out
fits, 50 long as they, as companies and firms can
remain out Of the picture. Even then a great
many have not even the intestinal fortitude to
Gign their names behind their contributions but
insist on anonymity
Just Hanging On
TOO many companies and corporations are in
= the hands Of men who have made their
'ple" and now think only Of how to hang on to
what they possess. They are prepared to quit
ana say, Were licked" Losing their riches is
nothing compared to the loss Of determination
to fight for what is on the face Of It, merely Just
and fair.
Too many Of our "big-businesS leaders" have
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Identity Cowdrds

Dear Mr.. Moser: For obvious
reasons do not feel that it will be
safe to sign this. I know you will
use every precaution to keep it
confidential but you would be
surprised to know how far Off
cials will 60 to get information
against employees. Therefore, will
you please burn this as soon as
read? Thanks.-Anonymous.
To All Readers: The above is an
excerpt from a typical anonymous
missive. BY chance, 1t relayed in
formation we knew to be true,
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

this dance, but the way we feel about it is,
nothing is too good for our customers. The
Inconvenience lay in our having to keep unduly
late hours and the discomfort in drinking more
soda pop than was good for our system.
AS matter Of fact, there may have been
some hazard in our quest, too We went to see
what Mr.. Sherman Billingsley calls his saloon
and by assuming the aspect Of a wine buyer got
eased into desirable table from which the most
indignant glanceS Of the walters failed to disodge
us when they discovered our true character. The
way you assume the aspect Of a wine buyer is
to enter a jernt making q lot Of fuss.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

m a n e n t ly.
F o r S / x
months or .
year, perhaps
more, a sue
ceSSful resist
ance against
the m q e /.
strom might
be m q l n"
tanned, they
say but not
ind efinitely.
Naturally, all
officials hope
and plan to
remain ou t,
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

in an old-fashioned way. All les
sons will be in rhythm. Arithmetic
will take on a new swing .
spelling will have new tempo
and the entire class will swing
and sway their way into the final
examinations.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

ington there is the finest medical
library in the world. The library
of the Surgeon Generals Office
located on the corner of Seventh
Street and independence Avenue
s. W., is open to the public as well
as the medical profession and has
a wealth of material. helpful to
those who seek It's. G.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

CRUSADER not more Chan o
long minute ago, Is Missed and
jeered. None Of US will forget
that night in the newsreel
theater when they booed Lind.
bergh leaving the courtroom,
and Roosevelt, the Man Of the
Hour in 1882 and 1896, smiles
genially from the screen amid
q sputter of jeering disSo-
nances. Jimmy Walker, Jack
Dempsey, Ex-Governor Sulzer
the late Theodore Roosevelt,
the late Admiral Dewey, the
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
DEN o. THE PUBLIC:

Dear Mr.. Moser: I was inter
ested to note the letter in your
column wondering when some &C.
ton will be taken to Stagger the
hours for Government workers,
and your answer that staggered
hours were once tried, but did
little good In April, 1886, the
Government partm en- S in.
stalled a system Of staggered
hours which is still in effect. Pre-
vious to that, all ven-hour
workers started at 9. At that time
they were divided into four
groups which started at, respec.
lively $50, 8:45, 900 and OILS
The original assignment was not
entirely satisfactory, and some
changes were later made. I be
lieve the following are correct at
the present time: Commerce, $50;
Interstate, $50; War, 8:45; Navy
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Would Hit the South

THE DEPRESSING EFFECT
i Of liquidation would be &C
companied by an immediate loss
Of our foreign trade. While
this Is only 10 per cent Of our
total economic life now, the loss
would hit some sections hard,
particularly the South. Loss OF
cotton markets would clot the
whole economic bloodstream OF
the South.
These Immediately depressing
effects, however, would probably
last only two or three months
at most.
European war necessities
would be so great as to require
some arrangement for trade,
even to the extent Of settling
the old war debts. For instance,
1t is quite possible Britain would
offer to pay her interest arrears
and refund the principal on a
new 50-year basis, when she
needs cotton for war purposes.
With bales piled up on wharves
in Southern ports, the political
pressure for acceptance Of such
a proposition here would be
great, If not insurmountable.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Ticklish QuestiOns

1T IS QUITE EVIDENT Britain
i and France could not pay
cash for goods, but their gold
positions are better than any
other nation except ours. The
Bank of England had 1853 mil
lions of gold in reserve and the
British sterilization fund had
1,489 millions more for total
Of 4,178 millions ct the end Of
March. France has about 2,428
millions plus an undisclosed
amount in her stabilization fund.
However, the question Mr..
Roosevelt would have to decide
is whether we would sell on
credit and how much, mind.
full Of the fact that he might
very easily get into the same
situation which made us the
bankers of the Allies in the
World War, to our sorrow.
Hints have been dropped that
he would seek repeal of the
Neutrality Act, and the general
impression among his associates
is that he would have to, in
order to aid the democracies
and dispose Of our cotton. etc.
If so, he would then have to
decide with the help Of Con-
gress) whether he would require
foreign buyers to come and get
it or whether he would permit
American ships to run the trans
atlantic gantlet as they did
with such disastrous effect in
the World War.
These things are at hand.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
'TWos the Heat
Statement of Fact
The Best in TOWn!

Original Velati Candy
Stores today will present one
pound boxes Of their delicious
chocolates or caramels, on
request to:
TheIma Allen and MadOlin
johnson, PWA; Violet DOd-
son, General Accounting.
Candy will be presented at
either store, $40 Ninth st.
N. w. or 900 Fourteenth st.
N, W.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
News Behind the News
By PAUL MALL0N-

Syndicate Reserved
1
THIS Government has not been expecting European
its officials have been doing lot of thinking about
what would happen the United States. Just in case
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
The Brighter Side ByDamonRunyon

NCopyrght 1888 by, King Features Syndicate Inc
international copyright and all other rights reserved)
Registered United States Patent Office)
WE ARE now able to report in some detail to
our customers on the Lambeth Walk" the
latest terpSichorean dido to be committed on
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
BY J. Earl MOser"

and an item was printed. But We
have no use for anonymous letters,
and those who persist in showing
their lack of faith in us by sending
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Speaking Of Government Workers

them should realize they create
mere resentment against them
selves than against the conditions
OF which they complain,
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
''But-'' -
business,

WHAT the country needs Is not, as Marshall
w said, good scent cigar" but leaders in
business
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
No Need to Think or Talk

VTEIE dance floor at Mr.. Billingsleys was thickly
- populated by dancers, male and female, all
doing the Lambeth Walk" to music Of that
same name provided by Mr.. BIS chain orchestras,
which put on q continuity Of sound that elimi-
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Today in Films
WARNER BROTHERS.


schedule today: EARLE -
valley Of the Giants" with
Wayne Morris and Claire
Trevor, plus Ben Bernie
"And All the Lads" on the
stage; M E T r OPOLITAN-.
Joe E. Brown and June Travis
in "The Gladiator; AMBAS.
SADOR-Warner Baxter and
Marjorie Weaver in "I'll Give
q Million; CALVERT and
TIVOLI-RObert Young and
Lew AyreS in "Rich Man,
Poor Girl; PENN and UP
TOWN Don Ameche and
ArIeen Whelan in Gateway"
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

Inside conviction seems to be
practically unanimous that this
country could not stay out per-
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

Mrs. EUalyn Walsh McLeon's COL
unnn which appears daily in this space
is being discontinued for a month
While she is quay on UdcatiOn.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
By DON HIX

Heigh-ho, shipmates. School
days will be the theme of tomor-
rows club broadcasting show over
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Voice OfNeW York By Louis Sobol

THOUGHTS AT RANDOM: The ficklenesS Of
= our great unwashed doesn't change with the
progressing years. Dewey, hailed as . valiant