Monday, Nov. 18, 1929

National Affairs

COMING

Nov. 15--New Ambassador Bridge (Detroit to Windsor, Ont.) open for traffic.

Nov. 28--Thanksgiving Day.

Dec. 2--Congress convenes in regular session.

Foreign News

Nov. 15--In Brazil, national celebration of Republic Day.

Nov. 17--Presidential election in Mexico. Candidates: Pascual Ortiz Rubio (National Revolutionary); Jose Vasconcelos (Anti-Reelectionist); General Pedro V. Triana (Communist).

Nov. 18--Independence Day in Latvia.

Nov. 24--St. Catherine's Eve; national celebrations in Belgium, England, France, Italy, etc.

Dec. 1--Independence Day in Portugal.

Dec. 2--Independence Day in Jugoslavia.

Aeronautics

Nov. 17--Close of Western Aircraft Show at Los Angeles.

Nov. 18--Close of Lehigh airport design competition.

Dec. 9-14--Baltimore-Washington Aircraft Show.

Dec. 10-16--National Aviation Week in Mexico City.

Medicine

Nov. 18, 19--Conference of American Birth Control League in Manhattan.

Nov. 28--Close of annual American Red Cross campaign.

Nov. 28--National Tuberculosis Association begins annual Christmas Seal Drive.

Science

Nov. 28--American Physical Society meets in Chicago.

Business

Nov. 14--International Automobile Show at Berlin.

Nov. 16--Close of American Institute of Steel Construction meeting at Biloxi, Miss. Speaker: Hon. Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister to U. S.

Animals

Nov. 21-23--National Pet Show in Manhattan.

Sport

BASKETBALL

Nov. 16--Season opening of American Basketball League (professional).

FOOTBALL (Nov. 23)

East: Harvard v. Yale at Cambridge; N. Y. U. v. Rutgers at New York; Army v. Ohio Wesleyan at West Point; Navy v. West Virginia Wesleyan at Annapolis; Fordham v. Bucknell at New York; Brown v. New Hampshire at Providence; Lehigh v. Lafayette at Bethlehem; Villa Nova v. North Carolina State at Philadelphia.

South: Duke v. Wake Forest at Durham; South Carolina v. Florida at Columbia; Southern Methodist v. Rice at Dallas; Louisiana Tech v. Centenarv at Shreveport; Baylor v. Texas Christian at Waco.

Midwest: Chicago v. Washington at Chicago; Indiana v. Purdue at Bloomington; Kansas v. Missouri at Lawrence; Michigan v. Iowa at Ann Arbor; Minnesota v. Wisconsin at Minneapolis; Northwestern v. Notre Dame at Evanston; Ohio State v. Illinois at Columbus; Detroit v. Oregon State at Detroit; Kansas Aggies v. Nebraska at Manhattan.

West: New Mexico v. Arizona at Albuquerque; Oregon v. Hawaii at Portland; Stanford v. California at Palo Alto; Gonzaga v. Washington State at Spokane; Pomona v. Occidental at Pomona; Southern California v. Idaho at Los Angeles.

FOOTBALL (Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28)

East: Brown v. Colgate at Providence; Columbia v. Syracuse at New York; N. Y. U. v. Carnegie Tech at New York; Pennsylvania v. Cornell at Philadelphia; Pittsburgh v. Penn State at Pittsburgh; Springfield v. Vermont at Springfield.

South: Alabama Poly v. Georgia Tech at Auburn; Florida v. Washington & Lee at Jacksonville; Johns Hopkins v. Maryland at Baltimore; Kentucky v. Tennessee at Lexington; North Carolina v. Virginia at Chapel Hill; Texas Aggies v. Texas at College Station; Vanderbilt v. Sewanee at Nashville; V.M.I. v. V.P.I. at Roanoke; Alabama v. Georgia at Birmingham.

Midwest: Missouri v. Oklahoma at Columbia; Nebraska, v. Iowa State at Lincoln; Cincinnati v. Miami at Cincinnati.

West: Arizona v. Whittier at Tucson; University of California (Los Angeles) v. Montana at Los Angeles; St. Mary v. Oregon at San Francisco.

GOING

Best Plays in Manhattan

STREET SCENE--Dramatic slumming expedition (Pulitzer Prizewinner).

JOURNEY'S END--Anglicans at Armageddon.

IT'S A WISE CHILD--History of a funny ruse.

CIVIC REPERTORY THEATRE--The city's best plays at top-price of $1.50.

STRICTLY DISHONORABLE -- Delicious speakeasy humors.

ROPE'S END--Cerebral murder.

SUBWAY EXPRESS--The season's most adroit killing.

THE CRIMINAL CODE--Arthur Byron magnificent in a play about Law.

JUNE MOON--Ring W. Lardner and George S. Kaufman's ludicrous treatise on the songwriting racket.

Musical: WHOOPEE, FOLLOW THRU,THE LITTLE SHOW, HOT CHOCOLATES, SWEET ADELINE.

Best Pictures

CONDEMNED (Ronald Colman)--Sounds and shadows from a French penal colony.

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Clive Brook)--British mysteriousness at its best among international wire tappers.

THE TRESPASSER (Gloria Swanson)-- Fine acting makes credible a complicated love story.

DISRAELI (George Arliss)--Audible waxwork of the Suez Canal difficulties.

WHY BRING THAT UP? (Moran & Mack)--Black-faced stuff for the vaudeville stage.

HALLELUJAH (directed by King Vidor) --Black-faced stuff not for the vaudeville stage.