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The American Issue
Westerville, Delaware County, Ohio
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Franchon and Marco, a major vaudeville chain, bars poking fun at Prohibition and controversial subjects in its theatrical productions across 30 US metropolitan cities, following a boycott threat from the California Federation of Women's Clubs. Many drys mispronounce Mr. Shouse's name by dropping the 'h.'
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According to a special dispatch in the Christian Science Monitor carrying a Hollywood, California, dateline, poking fun at prohibition, political policies or other controversial subjects is barred from theatrical productions of Franchon and Marco under a policy just announced.
More than 1,000 persons appearing in the theaters of thirty metropolitan cities of the United States are affected by the order.
This action upon the part of a major vaudeville chain follows the decision made by the California Federation of Women's Clubs that its members would not patronize theaters permitting the Eighteenth Amendment to be openly criticised.
Many drys are giving a British pronunciation to Mr. Shouse's name by dropping the "h."--Pathfinder.
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Hollywood, California; Thirty Metropolitan Cities Of The United States
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Franchon and Marco announces policy barring fun at prohibition and controversial subjects in its theaters, affecting over 1,000 performers in 30 US cities, in response to California Federation of Women's Clubs boycott threat over criticism of the Eighteenth Amendment. Many drys mispronounce Mr. Shouse's name by dropping the 'h.'