Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1930, Page 5

SOVIET FAGTORIES 70 HAVE COURTS Disciplining Workers Accused of “Laying Down on Job” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1930. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Wasl-n'ndton'a Theaters. “Bird in Hand” Provides Rare Comedy. OKING fun at all kinds of conventional people without destroying sheir rightful dig- through the arrivals at the inn, the match becomes & center of semi-pub- lic activity. Drastic measures fi- nally bring satisfaction to all per- sons involved, but the humor is maintained throughout. TRACED 10 “REDS” State Official’s Prompt Ac- tion Stops Effect of Ma- BALKS BANK RUN | FLYERS LOST IN 1929 FOUND DEAD IN QUEBEC Cannon and Lizotte Disappeared on Trip to Chibougamau in Frozen Hinterlands. By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, December 26.— From the frozen hinterlands of Quebec came word yesterday that the bodies of two fiyers, lost since October 9, 1929, had been found. A telegram received by J. A. D. Mc- Curdy, president of the Curtiss-Reld Aircraft Co., from Arthur Lizotte said that Indians had returned to Roberval and reported finding the bodies of Pilot W. W. “Bill” Cannon. and Mechanic Leonce Lizotte, son of Arthur Lizotte, north of Lake St. John. They brought with them parts of the plane's wings. The fiyers disappeared while on a flight from St. Felicien, Quebec, to Chibougamau. Plerre Begin, a trapper, said he and companions had found the skeletons of the flyers and a quantity of merchan- dise. They sald they would be able to guide searchers to the spot. McCurdy said a plane would prob- ably take off Saturday at daybreak to pick up the Indians at Roberval and from there to fly to the place where the bodles were found. Mrs. Freeman F. Gosden and Mrs, Charles J. Correll wives of “Amos 'n’ Andy,” draw salaries as listeners and critics of their husbands’ radio enter- tainment each evening. fying some of the present law. In the new code it is proposed to ha insurance companies operad in Me: ico organize under Mexican laws, em- ploy a majority of Mexicans and in- | vest 55 per cent or more of their re- serves in Mexico. nity, John Drinkwater, in hi comedy, “Bird in Han which opened its Washington en: gagement at the Shubert-Belasco, last evening, treated the town to a draught of stimulating stage elixir,." As might be expected from a man of his keenness in studying the traits that make up one of his characters describes_as the circus of life, he presents his types in ludicrous set- Acting by an exceptional company gives charm to the production. Most impressive is the character that rep- resents the obstinacy of tradition, as contrasted with the demands of youth—that of Thomas Greenleaf, the innkeeper, played by Walter Edwin. Eliot Makeham as Mr. Blan- gu!t. the sardine salesman, gives as ine a plece of character acting as the stage affords, while Miss Daphne ‘Warren Wilson as Miss Greenleaf, and Miss Olga Slade as her mother, contribute to the action from the serious side. Frank Petley as Am- brose Godolphin, K. C., and John Warburton as Cyril Beverley, the wealthy labor man, show skill in their efforts to sink their own inter- ests in a desire to aid the romance of the younger persons. Ronald Dare as Gerald Arnwood, the lover, and Arthur Ridley as his father, contribute their part to the action. ‘The settings are admirable. D.C.C. Object of Move. licious Rumors. By the Associated Press. NEW_ YORK, December 26.—The State Banking Department announced last night it had traced to Communist sources & run of 1,000 depositors on a bank last Saturday, the run being stop- ped only by the prompt intervention of Joseph A. Broderick, State super- intendent of banks. | ‘The name of the bank or its loca- tion was not disclosed. Some officials believed there might ||| be a connection between Communist rumor-mongers and some brokers en- gaged in_short-selling operations e bank stocks. This, the officials said, ||| would be in line with the rumored Communistic campaign to disorganize the country’s financial structure. Broderick learned, it was explained, that the Communist. agitators had aroused depositors to a point of uneasi- ness by word of mouth and by store- to-store visits. Police, who are co-operating with the banking department at the district at-| | torney's office, sald the movement is || well organized, with restaurants, small shops and meetings of Communist || sympathizers as the’ mediums through which the whispering campaign is given momentum. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, December 26.— “PFriend- ship courts” are the newest legal experi- ment of the Soviet government. These oourts are to be tried in factories of the Moscow district. They will not ex- ercise the power of fining and imprison- ing “offenders,” but will be for the pur- pose of disciplining and reforming workers who are addicted to careless- ness, inebriation, loafing and other such habits. The economic sauthorities, in their battle to bring to a successful conclu- sion the famous five-year industrializa- tion plan, have determined that all waste effort shall be eliminated as far s possible. Most of this waste, they have found, is due to the laxity of the undisciplined workers themselves. ‘The plan is for each factory to have its own court, with a head judge and two assistants elected by the employes for a period of one year. Trials will be held of any workers accused of “ly}ng down on the job” and any employe will be permitted to take part in the argu- ments, either for or against the defend- ants. The procedure at any one of the trials will be simple reading of the charges by the head judge, an oral answer by the accused and the final summing up in arguments by any one nt who cares to argue. The three "g&u then discuss and announce their ct. ‘The court can impose any of the fol- fowing “punishments”: ~“Comradely” persuasion; “comradely” reprimand; mllc reprimand with or without pub- ition in the press; transfer from a higher to a lower paid job; suspension for a definite period; discharge from the factory, and, finally, deprivation of union membership for a stated Soviet authorities hope that the new gna will greatly increase the per- tage of factory efficiency, which re- tings. Most _effective, fro mthe stand- point of comedy, is that second act, in a bed room of an inn, which is shared by a distinguished barrister of the most precise characteristics and an effervescent young scion of wealth, who has joined the British Labor party, and, in his desire to right the wrongs of the world, in- sists on conversing with his room- mate while that person is trying to obtain his customanry allotment of slumber. His subject is the innkeep- er'’s violent attitude toward his daughter’s romance. In the midst of their fragmentary discussions, sea- soned with pompous protests from the ‘barrister, a sardine salesman, who occupies the adjoining room, comes in to rebuke them for their noise and stays to join in the debate. Then comes the anxious lover, who is invited to enter by the window, and finally the father and daughter, who have had an encounter in an- other room, transfer hostilities and become a part of the scene. “Why be obstinate?” is a query which is suggested by this concoc- tion in the line of stage entertain- ment. Nine characters are brought forth by the playwright. In the first act, the bar parlor of the inn, Mr. Drinkwater has so timed their respective arrivals that each imme- diately becomes a necessary part of the story. An expert observer of human nature, he has employed his knowledge with the sole ob of mtu’:u comic ‘efle% and 4 suc- cess is apparent. e several per- ‘fih:anawn considerable criticism | gons involved speak in epigrams, but HTIEWEDepeS, each in the language of his own -— occupation. = : The trouble arises from the par- Gen. Whitson, Confederate, Dies. | ..¢'c®refusing to consent to = his McMINNVILLE, Tenn., December 26 | daughter's acceptance of an invita- (P).—Brig. Gen. Willlam Vance Whit-| tion from an aristocrat’s son, for son, 84, veteran of the Confederate| a ride. She defies the father and Army and for several years a member | trouble develops. In his anger the of the Confederate Pension Board, died| parent threatents both of the young ot his home here yesterd: persons. With the interest edeveloped DR. LEFFMANN, NOTED CHEMIST-AUTHOR, DIES 83-Year-Old Philadelphian Active Half Century and Produced PSS NN, e Radio telegraph and telephone service | | By the Assqociated Press. is to be installed in Morocco. PHILADELPHIA, December 26.—Dr. |= Henry Leffmann, 83, widely known chemist, died yesterday after an illness of more than two months. Dr. Lefflmann was the author of many medical works of note and was & teacher of chemistry in Philadelphia colleges for more than half a century. He was city chemist for a number of years and won prominence in his re- search work in connection with poison murder cases. He was port physician of the city of Philadelphia for five years and had served as head of several prominent medical In 1901-1902 he was vice president of the British Society of Public Analysis. ‘The Franklin Institute last Spring elected Dr. Leffmann an honorary ‘member. is NOW 1n bustness at 904 10th St. N.W. Call District 9115 Telephone National 5000 For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday The Route Agent will end of each month, at the rate of 1% cents per day and 5 cents Sunday. association. 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