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Donald Oenslager's collapsing stage set for the last scene provides as realistic a theatrical catastrophe as has been seen in Manhattan since The Storm. J. Edward Bromberg, the fatherly physician of Men in White, revels in his role of Guy Button, plays that bravura part to the hilt and beyond...
...Recovery Act as an invitation to unionize cotton and steel mills. They had made considerable progress, but neither could boast of a closed shop in either industry. Since President Roosevelt averted an automobile strike last March, NRA policy has been: 1) to back labor to the hilt on collective bargaining in general but 2) not to back any one union, A. F. of L., company or independent. The shillelaghs were carried into General Johnson's parlor last week to be used to change this policy and, if possible, line NRA up behind...
...years ago critics used to find fault with Althouse's bleating but now, at 44, his voice is perfectly controlled, rich with color. Thoroughly exciting was the scene where he pulls Wotan's sword out of the ash tree. He jumped up on the table, grasped the hilt firmly, steadied himself and gave a mighty jerk that was felt throughout the audience...
Reward. French Flyers Codos & Rossi made a world's record distance flight last August from New York to Syria (5,700 mi.), in anticipation of a 1,000,000 fr. prize announced by France's youthful Air Minister Pierre Cot. Having mortgaged themselves up to the hilt to raise some 750,000 fr. for expenses, Heroes Codos & Rossi learned last week that the Government, economizing, had changed its mind about the prize...
Assistance. Hofer, Weber and Lessing were just what the Dollfuss Government needed to point up the Hitler menace to the peace of Europe, and it used them to the hilt. Quickly came the little Chan- cellor's reward. Worried Italy, France, Britain gave Austria permission to increase her regular army of 22,000 men to 30,000, the full strength allowed under the Treaty of St. Germain, "as long as the special conditions exist." as long as Adolf Hitler is Chancellor of Germany. Permission included a good deal more than adding another 8,000 men to Austria...