New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1929, Page 18

e ot A W EXTRAS' EARNINGS SHOW BiG SLUMP Films Workers' Mages Drop 0 Third of Million Hollywood, Jan. 16 P—The earn- ings of Hollywood's film extras slumped more than a third of a mil- lion dollars during 1928, and only two of the approximately 15,000 re- gistered extras here averaged as much as five days’ work a week throughout the year. : These and other facts concerning mployment conditions among th ‘atmosphere people” of the movies revealed in figures made public ~da~ by the Central Casting corpor- tion operated by the studios as a caring house for extra talent. ‘hough the aggregate sum earned by -xtras during 1928, was only $2.- 489,711, compared with §2,588,136 in 1927, the average wage of those who vorked at all was 35 cents a day higher than in 19 The 1928 av- ~rage was $8.94 against an average of $8.59 for the previous year. Total daily placements throug! +‘entral Casting last year were 155, a slump of 54,242 from 1927 total of 330,397, The daily average of placements was 756, as against a daily ave ] of 905 during 162 Mostly Men Most of the extras place wen. Women got only per of the work and children accounted for 8§ per cent. Besides the two ex and one man) who accomplished the feat of working as much as five days a week for a whole year, there were two girls and one man who averaged four and one-half days a week, three girls and 11 men who averaged four Jays & week and 15 women and 42 men who averaged week. Altogether there were 469 men and women who averaged at Jeast two days & week for the year. The rest of the 15,000 got along as well as they could. The 469 extras who worked at least two days a week, it was ex- plained by ting Manager Allen, were by no means ordinary mob tal- “nt. “Seventy-five per cent of them e said, “were people we classify as dress people; that is, men and women equipped with elaborate and »xpensive wardrobes,” What is meant in the movies by “‘an elaborate and expensive ward- robe also needs explanation. The ‘wardrobe of & young man who has a ‘dress extra” rating includes not only all the up-to-date street clothcs and evening clothes usually found in (one girl Al | three days a | sone life cated how wide was the fleld of fu- |ture cooperation between the league |and the American republics includ- 'ing the United States, for the main- /tenance of peace whenmever and | wherever it might be threatened. | Cooperation Expected | With the United States sponsor for the Kellogg pact, the opinion was |expressed that the United States, like the league, was now definitely committed to the outlawry of war and that hence there is no reason why there cannot be collaboration in the case of danger of war on the ‘l‘nlted States’ own terms and in a {manner best calculated to win the approval of the American people. | “The league must always be elas- tic,” said an official, “and think only |of the results and not the means of | !attaining them. | As the final guardian of peace, the |1eague can never escape its ultimate | responsibility, but feels that it has |the right to ask the cooperation of |others as it did in the Paraguayan- Jolivian dispute. | The Kellogg pact | hope that war will lawed.” MORE THAN 300 LOST | i WHEN STEAMER SINKS produces new | be really out- | e Chinese Vessel Goes Down With But |t o pigger and i One Life Boat Able to | Be Launched Hong Kong, Jan. 16.—(P—More | than 300 lves apparently were 10511 today in the sinking of the Chinese steamer Hsinwah. The vessel sank a | few minutes after striking a rock off | ments there from *$30,600,000 to 2nd H. E. Weeks, grocer. Waglan, Only 23 survivors were known to | have been picked up. One survivor | Isaid the vessel carried 300 Chinese|the Danish West Indies,” he said, |94t motionless except of the crew | “we have resorted to direct annexa- | tWItching of his head. Almost within {tion. So far we have refrained from | Arm's passengers and most {went down with her, The vessel carried a crew of 103. | There were about 30 women and | children among the 300 passengers. | The survivor said the vessel, which is owned by the China Merchants Navigation ~company, left Swatow sterday. vesterday at noon and en- countered heavy seas and a strong wind. At 3:40 a. m. today the ship | struck a rock. The vessel rapidly filled with water. It was believed that only boat was launched. In this were a boatswain, 15 members of the | |erew and four passengers. | | The life boat tossed | sighted by a |Hsinwah keeled over and sank. | The junk brought the 20 survivors | to Hong Kong. i | Another junk plcked up Chief | NEW BRITAIN DATLY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1929, SCORES PASSAGE OF KELLOGG PACT Says I’s Nullified by Considera- fion of Cruiser Bill Washington, Jan. 16 UP—The declaration that the senate’s ratifica- tion of the Kellogg pact is nullified by its consideration of the cruiser bill was heard today by the con- ference on the cause and cure of war, Charging that “the state depart- ment follows the dollar,” Professor John Howard Latane, head of the department of law of Johns Hop- ins university, said in a prepared address that American naval con- struction is determined solely by the size of American investments abroad, not by peace treaties or agree- | ments. “The big clared, “say in efect, ‘we will vote to ratify your harmless and mean- ingless declaration against war, pro- vided you give us our cruisers.’ The greater the forcign investments, the more insistent will be the demand yet bigger navy. We have presented to the world a treaty renouncing war 2s an fastru. ment of policy, but natives are in- struments of imperialism and they are used to safeguard investments.” The changes in United States policy toward Latin America during the past 25 years he attributed to the increase in American invest- over five billions,” and to the necd to protect these investments. “In the case of Porto Rico .nd annexing independent states. But economic imperialism does not have to resort to such crude -nethod¥.” In Nicaragua, he asserted, the president-clect is “a mere puppet in the hands of the department of state.” Dr. Latane said he foresaw some hope of improved Latin American relations during the Hoover admin- istration because of the recent Pan. Amcrican arbitration treaty, he thought also, “if ratified, will be a great forward step” for the States. The necessity for continued arma- about on the | ment was upheld before the confer- | heavy seas for about an hour and cnce by a former aide to General | 1981y, Who allegedly drove the auto- Non-Aggressive Plan The American army plan, he said, is ‘“non-aggressive; it is defensive a conventional wardrobe, but yacht- |Officer Jacobsen and two Chinese.|only, There is nothing incompatibie ing clothes, riding clothes, tennis, polo and golf clothes. Talking pictures generally are dlamed for the reduced employment 2f film extras. LEAGUE PLEASED AT RATIFICATION mense Gratiication Resulis From Senate’s Action Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 16.—(® ~Ratification of the Kellogg pact has caused immense satisfaction in l.eague of Nations circles. A prominent official sald today that he considered the pact the greatest single step in the organiza- tion of peace since the signature of the league covenant a decade ago. He added that the world had given no proper recognition to the ad- vance in the organization of peace 4nd expressed the belief that more lias actually been done in this do- main than in any other ficld of hu- uan interest. Citing the league action in the Paraguayan-Bolivian dispute, offi- cials sald that this cooperation with the Pan-American conference indi- NOTICE TheMountain Inn Foot of Waterbury Mt. EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER and DANCE ntertainment $1.50 (No Cover Charge) Music By WALLER'S ORCHESTRA Phome Southington 18-14 | Al wore life belts but were so |numbed by cold that they were un- | able to grasp {them. The fishermen Ithe water and lifted |the junk. | Search for other survivors was be- | ling continued this afternoon. The ! Hsinwah was of 1,940 tons. 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