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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
Marlene Dietrich
 in War Picture
New Garden Secures Movie With Star Cast as
 Austrian Spy

Talk is about to start again Sun- day Marlene Dietrich is back at the New Garden theater for three days in a picture that is bound to startle film audiences even more than her original opus, Morocco" The pie ture is "Dishonored," in which this surprising woman is cast as an Aus trian spy In wartime, playing a reck- less and dangerous game, spurred by a patriotic purpose, with love as the ever eminent threat to safety.
 "Dishonored" is a brilliant story. It is said the facts were taken from the life adventure of one of the wars most glamorous woman spys. Whether or not this is so, Dietrich gives glamorous interpretation to its sometimes subtle, always exciting, chief character. Beautiful, clever, disillusioned, the amazing actress plays men at their own game, and wins, until one reckless, mocking young officer throws love into the game-and then? Then comes the smashing surprise climax which makes "Dishonored" the throbbingly great drama 1t is.
 Co-starred with the luscious Diet rich is Victor McLaglen, star of such IlllS ttS w Aae \ AASC SAOAJ AAaS Cock-Eyed World" "A Devil With Women" Here he plays the kind of roistering role, in uniform, which won him fame on the screen, a care free, persuasive lover. McLaglen and Dietrich are splendid together, a pair of lovers with the flavor of romance.
 Edmund Lowe, the popular star, is again in a comedy of love mak- ing and beautiful women, the Fox Movietone, Don't Bet On Women."
 which is the co-feature. Lowe has the leading role. that of the social lion, who makes bet with his at torney that within forty-eight hours he can kiss the first woman who crosses his path. Featured with Lowe is Jeanette Macdonald who recently appeared in "Oh, For a Man." William K. Howard directed. Other pictures are Under Par, a Johnny Farrell golf subject and Stein Song, Paramount novelty reel. Gift days for women are gold quartz decorated pyroloid dresser ware on Tuesday and "Corot" china
 dinner ware on Wednesday and
 Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
''Vice Squad to
 Be at Palace
Paul Lukas and Kay Fran cis Star in Expose of
 Racketeering

"The Vice Squad"-Paramount's sensational expose of the secret op- erations of big city authorities in combating rackets, comes to the Poli Palace Sunday for a four days engagement.
 The story is an original by Oliver IT. P. Garrett, and was directed by John Cromwell. The featured leads are Paul fLukas, Kay Francis and Helen Johnson.
 Garrett. a former newspaper re- porter in New York city, is the au- thor of "For the Defense" street or Chance" "City Streets" and many others both silent and articulate. He has been associated with Cromwell in the first two of those productions. Cromwell, who graduated to the talkies from a long and successful stage apprenticeship as a director of legitimate plays, made 'fUnfaithful," " rom Sawyer" '"The Mighty" and Scandal Sheet" for the paramount company. He has been tremendous ly successful as a producer of talkie hits.
 Paul Lukas, whose steady progress up the ladder of success and pop ularity brings him to new heights in the leading male role of this pie ture, was seen more recently in "Un- faithful with Ruth Chatterton- He also supported the star in "The Right to Love-" Among his earlier productions were three with Pola Negri in the days before sound. screens-'Loves of an Actress from Moscow" He played charac. ter parts in "The Wolf of Wall Street" Illusion" Half Way to Heaven" "Illusion," Half Way to last two in support of Charles Rog- CTS.
 Kay Francis. "the best-dressed woman on the talking screen" be- ran her spectacular career in Gen. tIemen of the Press" with Walter Huston, having made the change over from the Broadway stage di- rectly to Paramount's Long Island studio where that picture was made. Her Paramount releases since then have been made in Hollyood. Among them are Lets Go Native" Street e Chance" For the Defense" and Ladies Man"
 The Vice Squad" treats of phase of American big city life which is as modern as this mornings news paper, Lukas i3 seen as an outlawed member of Washington's diplomatic set who becomes ensnared in the life of the underworld of a big met ropolitan center. Because of the lapse of his fortunes he is com pelled to gain livelihood as "stool pigeon
 Miss Francis is cast as the sister of a city magistrate in whose court
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
BroadlDay Producer No1u
 7alkie Director On Whira

I It's not often that a man in Sel- |wyn's position can successfully make such drastic changes in his career. But Selwyn always has done just that. As a young man he rose from an usher to theater manager in a |comparatively short time. As such he quarreled with an actor over the way he played 8 certain scene. The actors reply was, "All right, play the part yourself then"
 Selwyn did-and in one year he was starring on Broadway. That didn't last long, however. While sit- ting on the very top of the world, he tired of grease paint and every and started writing plays. Again he rose to the top with Pierre of the Plains" a play which enjoyed con- siderable success
 Just as he had tired of his other activities, Selwyn tired of writing, too. His brother. Arch, urged him to become active in the production end of the game. He did and within a. year his company was sailing on huge wave of success.
 Then came the talkie urge. Sel- wyn packed his bags and departed for Hollywood. Now he is work ing on the Metro -Goldwyn-M Mayer lot directing one of his own stage finds" Helen Hayes, in her first talking film, Lullaby"
 What will this man do next That's what his friends both here and ; in the ! east are wondering. Selwyn himself passes off their questions with, "What difference does 1t maker"
 He isn't greatly interested in the future. The present occupies his mind quite sufficiently-and. in his words, he is living to-day, not lto-morrow.
 Not only in business does Selwyn set out to gratify his personal whims Hi smotto in private life is the same .|-don't do anything you don't want to. And he carries it out. too. Ii he wants to play golf, he plays It. lBut if a fihsing trip appears more interesting, nothing could get him lout on the golf links.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
Robinson Tops i Bright Career
Star of Little Caesar Now at State
 Theater

If Edward c. Robinson's portyray- al of '.Little Caesar" made him the natural successor to the lamented Lon Chaney-his characterization in Smart Money is even more subtle in it's implications.
 He plays the part of one Nick Venezelos-knowna among his friends and foes as Nick and Barber. The rear room of Nick's small town ton sorial parlor conceals some fast crap games and he has two con- suming ambitions-to go to the city and become the king of gamblers and to be a prince among the ladies. Luck is always with him at cards always deserts him in his affairs with blondes--and to him a lady worth loving-must be a blonde lady.
 He goes to the big town-is dou- ble-crossed by blondeS-meets and conquers-the big shots in the gam tling world-wins power and pelf- and is at the height of his glory when a blonde gives him up to the powers of the law--and the fate which--but see Robinson in this glittering, brutal, fawning, hunger ing portrayal and marvel at his all most uncanny gift of being the other man--any other man!
 Robinson is host in himself- but the producers have given as his chief aide in duplicity, James Cog ney-whose recent appearance in "The Public Enemy caused Broad way critics to use superlatives.
 There are twenty-four well-de- fined characters in Smart Money" played by Evalyn Knapp. Noel Francis, Morgan Wallace, Paul Porcais, Maurice Black, Margaret Livingston, Clark Burrough,. Billie House, Edwin Argus, Ralf Harolde. Boris Karloff, Mae Madison, Walter Percival, Mary McGrath, John Lar kin, Polly Walters, Spencer Bell and Allan Lane and others. The story is the result of the collaboration of Kubec Glasmon and John Bright, who did '"The Public Enemy"
 Alfred D. Green, who created the Arliss masterpieces has done no less masterful direction in Smart Money" But 1t is the magic of Robinson, which whisks the specta- tor away as if on the flying carpet and into the strange world of ex- citement and danger-which most of us like to see, but would not want to be part of. Don't let your self fail to see this latest Robinson achievement-Nick the Greek, the gambling fool.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27

2,OOO GIRLS HIS PARTNERS Berlin, (UP)-In establishing a new world record for nonstop danc-
 ing of eight days and eight hours
 here. Alfredo Fernando used 2,000 girls as partners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27

LYRIC PRESENTS 1.-THE CRIMINAL CODE" A POWERFUL ROMANCE
 The many crime commissions at tempting to curb the present cpl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
By MINOTT SAUNDERS NEA Service Writer

Paris.-The original inventor of talking pictures cannot see one be- cause he is blind, and cannot hear one because he hasn't got the price of admission.
 This Is the fate of Auguste Baron, fine old man of 75 who is living here in a home for the disabled poor. His big idea came to him 50 years ago when the moving picture business was an industria! babe on the bottle and now he sits in the dark, listening to fantastic tales of what has been achieved from his in- spiration.
 34 Years Ago
 In 1895, when the Lumiere Broth CTS began to produce their "animat- ed images" with vague movements such as the arrival of train, the first French moving picture, Auguste Baron, engineer, musician, painter and a genius at lighting effects. was working in 8 Paris theater as an adviser on stage direction.
 The theater had just installed In the lobby what became known as the slot machine. whereby one could insert a coin, see a series of photo- graphs and hear accompanying mu- sic.
 Baron had been thinking about the work of the Lumiere Brothers when one night he casually put 10 centimes in the slot machine and had a look. There was no synchron- ization, only the simple putting to- gether of an image and sound move ment.
 Big Idea Born
 But this stirred the imagination of the inventor. He concluded that the fault with this new moving pie ture idea was that 1t had no sound effect to make it realistic. So he went to work.
 In the following year. April 3. Baron took out his first patent on a system of synchronizing movement and accompanying sound. On Octo- Der 8, 1898. he got a German pat ent and on August 2S. 1900. an American patent good for 20 years. With his own resources he built. in a Paris suburb, what would now be known as a studio.
 His rigging had, placed above the movie camera, a cupola which con- tained highly sensitive microphones of grain -carbons. A feeble current modulated by these microphones was amplified by three successive re- lays leading to the sound cabin at one side. Sound was registered on an old-fashioned wax cylinder. such as used by Edison in his first phono- graphs, so that 1t synchronized perfectly with the action of the movie.
 In principle his system was very much like that developed with such startling success quarter of cen- tury later.
 A Commercial Failure
 Barona first talking Aims were produced in 1898 and could run for four minutes. Ho Hpont about $10.- 00O on this work and could not got Inc support required to finance his experiments. He quickly concluded thefe was no commercial future in the talking film. Like so many men af science, he was not . eood busi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27

London, (UP) The average woman spends one-sixth of her life shopping, A. H. Williams, director of a large department sotre, told merchandise buyers here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27

many of the cases brought to justice by Lukas are hailed for trial. Lukas tries to carry on his love affair with her by hiding his real occupation and posing as man of higher social position. In the meantime he meets Miss Johnson, a beautiful young writer. She becomes hopelessly in- volved in a misdirected police raid, ond Lukas is forced to sacrifice his love for Miss Francis in order to save her.
 The supporting program will be Fox Movietone news, Billy House comedy "Thou Shalt Not" screen snapshot and screen song cartoon My Wife's Gone to the Country"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
CHICK FOOD SHIPPED FROM

London, (UP)-seven hundred and fifty tons of crushed oyster shells packed in 16.000 bags were
 brought here from the United states for chicken food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
Recognition Is Sought For
 First Inventor Of Talking
 Movies, Now Blind And Poor

ness man and was quite content when he astonished his friends by showing them what could be done.
 Eleven of his machines are now on exhibition in the Conservatoire des Arts ct Metiers.
 Tn 1901 Baron turned his atten- ton to the development of an auto matic camera, which he called the "Multirama," and which could be attached to a balloon and operated in such a way as to photograph lOO kilometers of ground without change of film. During the war this did eminent service when carried by air planes by taking pictures of enemy positions. Another of his photo graphic achievements was a camera capable of taking a 360-degree pan- orama picture.
 Now Completely Blind
 But although his employees pro- tected their eyes against the harsh lights of the studio, Baron refused to wear glasses. Ten years ago his sight began to fail and shortly after wards he became completely blind
 The Academy of Sciences granted him a pension of about $75 yearly and. without other resources he was forced to enter charity home. His wife, still proud of his achievements cares for him lovingly and helps him as much as she can by giving piano lessons.
 Baron still smiles cordially and has no grievance against his fate but he at times becomes melancholy when he is told about the great financial success of the talking pic ture.
 Too late
 Alas, it is too late to talk of me- he says sadly. When reminded that his brain wcs in advance of the times and th@t he has at least lived to know that his great idea wal successful, he only adds: T am in- finitely touched, but I can only re- peat that it is too late to talk of me. I am getting old and I ask nothing except when die that my wife VIII be looked after"
 And she in her turn says 1t Is enough for her to have known those happy hours when he was succeeding with his work. But ] hope that my son will never become an inventor" she added.
 Baron's friends are now trying to have him decorated with the Legion of Honor and to gain for him some recognition from the government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
MOTOR SosshS KILL OLD ROAD

MOTOR BUSSES
 KILL OLD ROAD Honesdale, Pa., (UP).-Motor busses have supplanted the service provided by the first steam railroad line operated in the United States and its abandonment has been rec commended to the interstate com merce commissoin.
 The line, 23 miles long, was con- structed by the Delaware and Hud- son railroad in 1928 between Car bondale and Honesdale to transpirt stone coal." as anthracite was then known.
 "The stourbridge Lion," first steam locomotive operated in the United States, was given 8 trial run on the line in August, 1929.
 The test run showed that the rails, wooden stringers capped with rolled iron strips, were not strong enough to sustain the locomotives and the steam engines were abandoned until the roadbed was strengthened sev- eral years later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
ENGLAND TRIES MOVIES
 AS AID TO SCHOOLING

London (UP)-An experiment to determine the usefulness of talking pictures in educator has just been completed here.
 For the past six months pupils in 15 English schools have been re- ceiving instruction regularly by means of "talkies" An investiga- tion of the results obtained is be- ing made by educators with the in- tention of extending the experiment if proved successful.
 The intention of those who spon-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27

sored the experiment was not to re- place teachers by "Talkies" but to
 brighten the regular school work
 and stimulate the desire of the
 school children for knowledge. Among the films shown were
 nal life adn films based on grent | literary works.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
AMERICAN JOURNALIST
 GIVES ESPERANTO ADDRESS

Rome, (UP) George R. scherer, Los Angeles Journalist and globe trotter, recently delivered the first speech in Esperanto ever heard in Rome.
 The American made himself un- derstood in the universal language. He told how he was able to travel around the world without using any other language but Esperanto.
 He lectured on the motion picture industry in Hollywood. Italian ex- ponents of Esperanto declare his success proves the possibilities in the new language.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27
BY DAN THOMAS NEA Service Writer

Hollywood, Calif.-The man who never has done anything he didn't want to do.
 That's what they call Edgar Sel- wyn around Hollywood. Selwyn is president of Selwyn & Co, one of the oldest stage producing organizations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27

in New York. A year ago that po- sition meant everything to him. But to-day it's just a title. His life now is wrapped up in the duties of a mo- tion picture director.
 "It's true that never have done very much I didn't want to-" Selwyn told me. That's why I'm out here having a glorious time right now. Stage producing began to bore me so l decided to quit Broadway for a fling at the talkies."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
RAIL POOL TRIED
BY FRANCE; PLAN
HAS PROVED SUCCESS

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
WHEAT PRICES SOAR
TO SEASONS RECORD
Heavy Volume of Trading Accom-
panies Rising Market-Other
Grains Also Advance.
BY JOHN p. BOUGHAN,
Associated Press MARKET Editor

CHICAGO, October 24-All future
deliveries of wheat rose rapidly today
on huge wave of buying and outdid
the seasons high-price record Trade
was of such heavy volume that M
dividual operations were largely lost
sight of, but indications pointed to
activity on the part of formerly con-
spicuous Eastern Spectator. who was
reported to be in the market as a bull
after being absent for several years.
On the new advances, wheat went to
1874 cents above prices current less
than three weeks ago. Fresh export
business In wheat from North America
was estimated at 1,00O,0 900 bushels.
The maximum overnight rise in
wheat was ga cents bushel. Wheat
closed strong, 1iae2ls cents up: corn,
sails advanced; oats at ssa% gain,
and provisions varying from 10 cents
setback to rise of 5 cents.
Wheat bulls stressed assertions that
the worlds available supply was now
well below last years total The fact
that a large portion Of this supply was
in North America received special en-
phasiS as indicating that the United
States and Canada would be called
upon to furnish liberal quantities to
meet the requirements Of importing
countries. Talk continued also regard
ing need of rain in Western Kansas.
Nebraska and Oklahoma and of pro-
spective reduced acreage of domestic
Winter wheat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
TURN IN BUSINESS
CALLED UNDER WAY
Bank Review Declares Needed
Readjustments Now Nearing
Completion.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CLEVELAND, October 24-Recent
developments in the financial and bust
ness situation seem to indicate that
deflation and readjustment is nearing
completion, and that here these proc
esseS have been fully accomplished and
activities already are beginning to
quicken, says the Union Trust Co.
Lack of confidence and courage,
more than any other thing, delays ac-
tual progress today. 1t is for this rea-
son that the Presidents recent proposal
for the organization Of a National
Credit Corp, which may enable the
banks to convert into immediate cash
assets not now rediscountable at the
Federal Reserve, is of special i'm
portance."
Some of the recent favorable devel-
opments in business, it is pointed out
by the bank, included an increase in
car loadings, higher volume of building
awards in September, a decrease in
commercial failures for September, and
reports from various sections of the
country Of a large volume Of retail bust
ness whenever retail prices have been
cut to conform to wholesale price
levels. Concluding, the bank says:
Let us hope that from now on peo-
pie will pay less attention to rumors
and more to established facts and sta
tiStics, that business men will spend
less time on worry and more time on
work, and that we may recover in the
near future a we'll grounded faith in the
ability Of the banks and the industries
Of this country to emerge successfully
from this depression. just as they have
emerged successfully from every de-
preston in the past and as they will
do this time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

comparable 10 the extreme low reached
this Summer, non-ferrous metals were
lower. Other metals huctuated within
narrow range.
Textiles, Fine and Coarse.
Pronounced strength was recorded by
fine and coarse textiles, which now
stand well above the lows established
earlier in the month.
Vegetable Oils.
Vegetable oils were also higher.
The three groups that remained un-
changed were chemicals, fuels. paper
and pulp.
Most important price changes in ehe
McGill weekly commodity price indices,
l926-100: