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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07
Smart Revue Strand Hit
The Friendly Racketeers'
 Head AII-Star Bill

The very best vaudeville that Broadway offers. That's the kind of stage entertainment Warmers Strand is bringing to Waterbury and the deluxe program opening 2 four day engagement to-day proves once again that this is no idle boast.
 Headlining the bill are Roy and Romero in "The Friendly Rack eteers'' with Sunny Schuck, Anna Knell and the Eugene Twins. Here Is one of the smartest, fastest mov- ing revues in vaudeville to-day. Six talented artists who present a whirlwind cycle of songs, dances, novelties and comedy. Harry Hines, well known musical comedy come dian, bills himself as The 5sth Variety" and presents a new act that packs a laugh in every line of its sparkling dialogue. Harry will act as master of ceremonies and thus local audiences will get an extra share of his inexhaustable fountain of wit.
 George P. Wilson, whose name is well known to vaudeville fans throughout the country. appears in new sketch "Oh! Professor" with Adele Beers. Here is real vaude- vile entertainment dispensed by one of the old masters.
 Durant & Semon, "The Imper- senator's" have a new and novel presentation while the Demati liar lequins finish up the stage show
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07

Mrs Maurice Hewelett. seventy
 year-old widow of the novelist and believed to be the worlds first fo- man air pilot, having learned to fly in 1908, has just flown from England to Java.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07

one-seventh of China's exports in the 1930-31 fiscal year were shipped to the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07
Palace Presents
 Helen Hayes
Noted Actress in "The Sin
 of Madelan Claudet"

An expressing story acted to per- fectionsby brilliant. cast, headed by the New York stage star, Helen Hayes, makes "The Sin of Made lon Claudet," which will open at the Fox-Pon Palace Sunday, one of the most interesting and enter- taining talking pictures seen here in some time.
 The picture marks the first ap- pearance of Miss Hayes on the screen, and her outstanding per- formance leaves little doubt but that moviegoers will see a great deal more of the fine actress who scored on the Broadway stage in "Coquette," "What Every Woman Knows and Dear Brutus."
 Adapted from Stage Hit The picture. which Is an adapta- ton of the Edward Knoblock stage success, "The Lullaby" tells the story of a girl who loves, not wise- ly but too well. She Is caught up in an amazing web of romance and melodrama when her artist lover kisses and run away, and when subsequently, her only friend, whom she believes to be count, turns out to be a notorious jewel thief.
 The pathos of the tale is bound up in the girls devotion to her child, for whose success she de- scends to the lowest depths of so- ciety. During the course of the narrative, Miss Hayes changes some fifty years in age, which en- tails a remarkably convincing feat of makeup.
 Film Has Brilliant Cast
 Lewis Stone as the bogus count and Neil Hamilton. as the unfaith- full lover play their respective roles with rare skill and dramatic feel ting. The. remainder of the SUD- porting cast is equally proficient, including Robert Young, Cliff Ed wards. Jean Hersholt, Marie Pre- vost, Karen Morley and others.
 The smooth, and even direction of Edgar Selwyn keeps the story constantly moving at an alert pace. Selwyn has managed to instill an adroit combination of comedy and pathos into the picture and shows himself to be particularly expert at dramatic climaxes.
 "The Sin of .Madelon Claudet'' may be. put into class with "Stel. la Dallas'' and Madame X."
 The supporting program will be Sten Laurel and Oliver Hardy ir their latest comedy sensation cone Good Turn; Rudy Val1ee, song cartoon, kitty from Kansas City" football thrills and Fox Movietont news. ts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07

with marvellous display of acro- batic prowess. This act, incidental ly, Is one of the finest of its type in vaudeville to-day and is booked solid far into 1892.
 The screen presentation is a rousing mystery thriller with chills, suspense, adventure, TO- nance and red blooded action crowded into every minute of its running time. The title Is "A Dan- gerous Affair" and the cast is head
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07

mond. On this same bill is Eddie Quillan in Sweepstakes" with James Gleason, Marion Nixon and Lew Cody.
 Wednesday, and Thursday comes Might Angel" with Nancy Carroll and Frederic March. Two great stars together. The underworld girl. The upperworld man. Also on this bill is Caught" with Richard Arlen, Louise Dresser and Frances Dee, an all thrill talkie of days in the lawless west. Friday and Saturday comes Universals big pro- 'duction Spirit of Notre Dame" featuring Lew Ayres and Wild Horse, a late super western feature with Hoot Gibson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07
ARMY BUILDING DAVID AMI NOTIATH 0E THE AT

ANO OOLkAlIt OC lnh hA1,
 Seattle - The David, and "Go. Hath" of the Army Air Corps new est fighting aircraft are now being constructed in the factory of the Boeing Airplane Company of Seat tie.
 The first Is the new Wasp-pow- cred pursuit plane, latest in the Boeing series of speedy fighters for the Army, which has ordered 135 with 8 wing span of only thirty feet and a length of but twenty feet, the pursuit is the smallest type of the Army's armada of com. bat planes.
 The second is the new Boeing bomber, heralded' as the most ad- vanced type of large bombing plane. A low-wing. all-metal mon- oplane, the bomber has a wing span of seventy-six feet and car ries two 1,000-pound bombs, in ad- dition to a crew of five.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07
Fun Makers
 Come to Garden
Stein Laurel and Oliver
 Hardy in 'sPafdon Us'

The New Garden is presenting some very good entertainment next week. Beginning with Sunday for one day only comes Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Pardon Us." Their first feature length comedy. The panic is on--don't miss this one. The unit attraction Is "Daugh- ter of the Dragon" with Anna May Wong, Warner Oland and Sessue Wayakawa.
 Coming Monday and Tuesday is Nancy Carroll as the red-headed wised up heroine of Grace Perkins sensational novel Personal Maid with Pat O'Brien and Gene Ray
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07

At the State starting to-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07
Transatlantic" s at The Lyric
Edmund Lowe Heads Noted Cast of Players

Stage experi os is valuable
 asset to players who are now
 prominent in talking pictures. &C.,
 Aording to a census of the princi-
 pals of the cast of Transatlantic"
 Fox romantic drama playing Sum- day and Monday at the Lyric. Every one of the feautred play CTS in this romantic comedy drama
 has served. his or her apprentice ship behind the footlights, most of
 them on the Broadway stage. Edmund Lowe, who heads the
 cast, started his theatrical career with a San Francisco stock com
 pany, late graduating to Broad
 way.
 Lois Moran. leading lady, recent ly played a highly successful en- gagement on Broadwa.' in "This Is New York; her first appearance on the speaking stage, although
 she previously had been dancer in Paris.
 John Halliday is a former Broad way leading man. Greta Nissen
 came to pictures from the stage. as did Jean Hersholt, Earle Foxe and Billy Bevan.
 transatlantic" which brings this unusual cast together, is a story which deals wit hlife aboard a luxurious ocean liner, and the
 entire action takes place during a trip from America to Europe. William K. Howard directed from the story by Guy Bolton, fa-. nous Broadway playwright. Lynn! l Starling provided additional dia- logue.
 Co-feature-Eddie Quillan and
 James Gleason in Sweepstakes
 his latest picture, he plays the
 part of famous jockey. Marion
 Nixon furnishes the love interest,
 and James Gleason, we'll known com edfan, is responsible for much of the fun. Others in the cast are
 Lew Cody, Frederic Burton, Paul
 Hurst, and Lillian Leighton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07

Without stopping to remove his clothing seventy-year-old Char les D. Thompson jumped into the sea at Southsea, England, and saved a twelve-year-old boy, swiin-, ming ashore with the lad under one arm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07
NEW POST PUBLICATION

Columbia, s. C.-Richland post of the American Legion recently published the initial issue of a new monthly magazine. A contest will be conducted to provide a name for the publication. The first issue which was sixteen pages, had a question mark in the space reserv- ed for the name caption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07
EATING IT

"We are going 50 miles an hour. Are you game for another ten?" said a motorist to his fair com- panion.
 "Yes,' she replied, as she swal- lowed another mouthful of dust; I'm full or grit."-The Humorist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07

ed by the ever popular Jack Holt!
 with Ralph Graves and Sally Blanc. The stage show is presented at 3:30, 6:00 and 9:00 daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
MISS RATHBONE HEAD
OF LIBRARY GROUP
American Association Honors
Brooklyn Leader at Clos
ing Session.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, June 27.-The
election Of Miss Josephine A. Rathbone
vice director of Pratt Institute School
of Library Science, Brooklyn. N " as
president of the American Library AS
ISOLATION was announced today at the
closing session of the SD annual
meeting held this week at Yale Uni
versity.
The association also announced the
election of first vice president. Charles
E. Rush, New Haven; second vice presi-
dent, Miss Beatrice Winser, Newark, N
j.; treasurer. Matthew S. Dudgeon Mil
waukee, Wis; trustee of endowment
funds, George Woodruff, Chicago;
members of executive board, Sydney B
Mitchell, Berkeley, Calf, and Gratia A
Countryman, Minneapolis; council
members, Henry B. Van Hoesen. Provi-
dence, r. l.; Anne M. Boyd, Urbana
ILL.,; Luther L. Dickerson, Indianapolis;
James T. Gerould, Princeton, N. J.
and Adah F. Whitcomb. Chicago.
Herbert s. Hirschberg of Cleveland
Ohio, was elected chairman of the pro-
fessional training section of the asso.
citation, while Miss Rena Reese of Gin.
cinnati Ohio, and Miss Lydia M. Good
ing of Atlanta, Ga, were chosen vice
chairman and secretary treasurer, re-
spectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
SLAYER THANKS JUDGE FOR DEATH
SENTENCE IN KILLING OF THREE
Mountaneer Murdered Widow and Two Children in
Hopeless Love-'Want to Die He Tells Court Room!>

it would have been against the de-
PENDANTS wishes.
Johnson strobe into Nation early
in the morning of last May 20, accosted
o policeman, and Immediately told Of
the triple Staying. The bodies Of Mrs.
Bowers, widow of Johnson's former
employer in Stuttgart, Ark, and her
two children, Joe, S, and Delmar, 10
months, we're found. shot and the skulls
crushed, in an automobile on side
road.
Three physicians and two alienists
who examined johnson did not testify.
They were agreed he was sane. john
son had repeatedly stated he and Mrs.
Bowers loved each other and that she
wanted death because life no longer
was sweet to her."
johnson win be taken to the Southern
Illinois penitentiary at Menard to
await electrocution on October 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

Other Crimes Decreasing,
Reports From Over U. S.
Indicate.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
A decrease in all types of crime, save
murder and aggravated assault, In more
than LOO cities throughout the couh-
try during May was reported yesterday
by the Department Of Justice.
The average of homicides recorded
by police was increased by more than
one q day, while the rise in the num-
Der of aggravated assault cases was
even more pronounced. The daily aver
age of all crimes reported, however, de-
creased from 1853 to 1904.
Detroit Heads List.
Detroit headed the list OF reporting
cities, with a total Of 1890 crimes re-
ported for the month, followed by
ported 80 murders and l6 instances OF
manslaughter by negligence, to remain
at the top Of reporting cities in this
respect.
Detroit reported IS murders and eight
cases Of manslaughter by negligence
Cleveland 10 and 8, Birmingham IL
and S, while Philadelphia showed seven
murders and 43 cases of manslaughter
by negligence.
New York Report Out.
The other cities reporting more than
LOO crimes of all character were: San
Francisco with LAO, st. Louis with
1879. Washington, las; Boston, I,l41,
and Philadelphia 1,073
No report was received from Los
Angeles or New York. which for many
months headed the list OF reporting
cities, Chicago submitted only partial
report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
CAPITOL HEIGHTS RAIDS
BRING THREE ARRESTS
Two men and Woman Are Held
Former on Liquor Charge,
But Cleanup Plans Fail.

After their well-laid plans for a clean
up Of vice establishments in Seat Pleas
ant, Md, failed to matcrialize, raiding
SQUAD of 10 men of the Prince Georges
County Police Department moved on to
Caritol Heights last night to arrest two
men and a woman and seize small
quantity of liquor.
Joseph Artino and John Polletti, pro-
prietors of Central avenue barber shop
and shoemaking establishment, re-
spectively, were released on 81 1000 bail
each after appearing before Judge oscar
Poore ON charges of liquor possession.
Artino was said to be the possessor Of
little over quart of alleged liquor,
while Polletti was charged with shell
tering five and one-half pints.
Mrs. Sarah Kans was released on $500
bail to appear in court later on charges
of operating a disorderly house on Gen.
trail avenue. The raiding squad was led
by Sergt Herbert Machen, Deputy
Sheriff George Wiseman and Constables
Howard Slate and Early r. Blackwell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
RUSSELL BECOMES
GEORGIA GOVERNOR
Youngest Executive in State {
History Makes Plea for
Economies.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, June 27.-Richard
B. Russell, jr., today became Governor
of Georgia with plea for economies in
governmental expenditures. Cheered
by throng of friends and well-wishers
from all parts of the State. the 33-year-
old Governor placed his hand on his
mothers Bible and received the oath of
office from his father, Chief Justice
Richard B. Russell of the Georgia Su-
preme Court.
The young executive received the
great seal of the State from George H.
Carswell, retiring secretary, and then
launched into his inaugural address, in
which he asked the support of all Geor-
gians in enforcing economies and re-
Vising the administrative system.
The inaugural ceremonies took place
on the Capitol lawn. The new Cover
nor spoke from platform erected on
the grass He occupied the central
position on the platform, with his moth
er seated at his left and his father at
his right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
STEEL HEAD DENIES
REPORT OF MERGER
Mather Spikes Story of Woman
That Corrigan-M Mckinney and
Republic Unite.
BY the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, June IA report
that he had announced a merger of the
Republic and Corrigan Mckinney Steel
Corporations was denied empha tically
today by William G. Mather, Cleveland
capitalist. He also denied negotiations
were in progress.
and newspapers by a woman who stated
she was Mather's secretary and was
speaking for him. She said Mather
and Corrigan- Mckinney, a deal which
would have involved $410,000,000 in
steel properties.
The false story. however, created in
terest in view of recent rumors that
various mergers were pending in the
steel industry. Two days ago 1t was
reported in New York that an agree
ment had been reached to settle litiga-
ton over the proposed Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. merger,
thus paving the way for other Midwest
consultations.
Today's story also was timed just be-
fore the close of the New York Stock
Exchange, as II possibly designed to
produce an effect there.
Mather is president of the Cleveland
Cliffs Iron Co., which controls Corri-
gan Mckinney and through Continen-
tai Shares holds a substantial block of
Republic Steel
Cleveland steel leaders long have re-
garded a merger of Corrigan- Kinney
with the Otis Steel Co., also of Cleve-
land, as one of the aims Of the Mather
interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
|FIRST-AID CONTESTS
MARK PHONE OUTING
Construction Department Tea m
Wins Loving Cup on Trip
of Capital Society.

First aid contests marked an all-day
outing yesterday of the members and
families of the Telephone Society Of
Washington at Marshall Hall, Va.
Displaying the greatest speed and eff
ficiency team representing the con-
struction department of the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. was vic
torius in competition with four other
aggregations representing various de-
partments. The successful group boast
ed a rating of 90.
Lloyd B. Wilson, president, presented
the winners with loving cup. On the
winning team were: N. ]. Krone, cap
tain; w. C. Bryant, ]. A. Bell. j. M.
Quirk, r. E. Sayre and r. E. Heimer.
Each individual was awarded a Red
Cross medal by A. D. Soverhill, their
instructor. Wilson distributed Red
Cross certificates among the team from
the building supplies and motor We
hicles branch, which finished second
with a mark Of 981. The members:
C. E. Myers, captain; N F. Crismond,
]. F. Gerhardt. j. A. Miskell, A. Wat
SONY and George Pixton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

lights; thanks 49,.
to Miss Crawford'S shlmmerlng
beauty (which has increased two.
fold since her last appearance-ano
there was nothing wrong thenD
and thanks to light and blithe mo-
ments provided by Cliff Edwards and
Marjorie Rambeau, there Is enough
by and long to shed care and sor-
row to the winds and to ensure the
average fan" watching with eager
devotion the sweet" story-not too
sweet children are not Advised
of the lovelorn little cabaret dancer
who loved travelling man and then
sought salvation through the me-
dunn of an industrious army"
One suspects that the original was
considerably stronger than this
much Small-town-hostel thunder
and fire may have been left out.
But even as 1t stands, one begins to
realize that, although Miss Craw-
ford's hair has gone a shade
blonder, and her mannerisms still
cling to her dancing daughter"
days. she is an actress from whom
one may expect great things when
great things are given her. She
does we'll in her part-yet somehow
that somber dress, that hat with the
ribbons and the tambourine fail to
get across. AS a lady OF doubtful
emotions she is much more plaus-
ible. And who doesn't prefer Mr..
Gable as a gentleman Of tougher
ways who does his love-making away
from a Salvation Army picnic?
AS mentioned elsewhere, Mr.. Kibbe
steals the show as the man who
travels in underground novelties
q peddler of embalming fluids; and
Neil Hamilton is quite believable,
too, as the young man who causes
ali the trouble.
On the stage, a welcome week Of
"jazzmania" is provided by that
super organization, Fred Warnings
PennSylvanians" This is. too, their
best show. Never a dull moment.
Among the weeks riots may be said
to be Evelyn McNair. lady of
shrewd proportions, who knows how
to dance; the Three Girl Friends,
singing anything they have to sing
those familiar dominoes come back
to life-and, in fact, anything that
Fred Waring wants to do-being
done just SO much better than any
see it and weep! (This includes
4NkA fdACCJs =. NC ~ 4AGaA4OAA45ASs
stepping Out" Effective
Farce at Metropolitan.
p EAL comedy-farce so funny
~ that the performance is just one
long laughs what you will see
If you go to the Metropolitan this
week.
Charlotte Greenwood. that elon-
gated queen of musical comedy and
fun, who with one movement of
her lengthy limbs can cover more
humorous ground than any other
Coincidence in Hollywood, again
achieves histrionic glory and stirs
peals of riotous applause in Step
ping Out" adapted from the play
by Elmer Harris.
Supported by such a distinguished
cast as Reginald Denny, Cliff Ed
wards, Leila Hyams and Harry
Stubs, the tall Charlotte, as one Of
the two wives who decides to step
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
TWO CAPITAL WOMEN
HELD IN FRAUD CASE
York, Pa, Police Also Take Man
Into Custody-Conspiracy
Is Alleged.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

YORK. Pa, June 27-Two women,
said to be from Washington. are being
held by York. Pa. police on a charge
of fake advertisement soliciting. while
man is also under custody as an accom-
plice. The trio is charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses and con-
spiracy.
The women gave their names as Mrs.
Helen Robert and Mrs. M Iglehart.
The man. who said he was from Miami.
Fla. told police his name Is Robert
Walters.
The three were arrested at Hanover,
Pa, yesterday, where many merchants
were said to have been victimized by
their alleged fake operations, in which
they solicited and sold advertisements
for journal and program to be issued
through the public school system in
connection with a Washington's birth
day pageant in 1882. Various sums of
money were said to have been advanced
by the victims.
Supt. of Schools Haiston Of Hanover
said he knew of no such program.
Walters maintained that the women
were in no way connected with the
venture as a hoax, but that they were
simply assisting him. Walters named
another man as the promoter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
GEORGE P. ANDERTON
DIES IN ALEXANDRIA
Well Known Resident, Native of
England, Was re Years of Age.
Funeral Monday.
By a stan Correspondent Of The star.

By star Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 27.-George
P. Anderton, II years old, well known
resident, died today at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. r. A. Dawes, los
North View Terrace He had been in
Ill health for some time.
Funeral services will be held Monday
afternoon at o'clock at the resi-
dence and will be in charge of Rev
william Jackson Morton, rector of
Christ Episcopal Church. Interment
will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
The deceased was born in Liverpool
England, and came to this country in
1881, first settling on a plantation
about IS miles south of New Orleans.
He located in this city in 1908, and for
the past few years had been engaged in
the insurance business here.
Mr.. Anderton was a charter member
of the Belle Haven Golf and Country
Club. He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Rose A. Dawes, wife of Capt.
Dawes, U. s. N, and Mrs. Alice A..
Burke, wife of Julian T. Burke of this
city. He also leaves two sisters and a
brother, Miss Marguerite Anderton,
Miss Maude Anderton and Arthur A.
Anderton, air OF New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
LONDON MAYOR GREETS
u. S. BOYS AND GIRLS
Four Washingtonians Among En-
voys of Friendship Visiting
Britain.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 27-A group Of IL
American boys and girls, visiting
Europe as "envoys of friendship" yes
terday were greeted by the lord mayor
Of London and exchanged messages OF
good will between their English con-
temporaries
John c. McDuffee Of Grand Rapids,
Mich, who is IT years old, was given
the task of replying to the lord mayors
speech of welcome. Another speech
was made by Catherine Duboise, Is, of
Washington, D. c.. who replied to a
welcome of hundreds of British school
children.
Jane Rendel head girl Of st. Pauls
School in London replied to her mes
sage.
Others selected for the trip included
Thomas j. Hayes, Helen Dettweiler and
Dorothy Skirm, Washington, D. C.;
Ward Stone, Portland, Ore; Charles G.
Holbrooke, College Park, Md. Ruth
Eldridge, San Antonio, Tex, and Sonya
Echulberg, Los Angeles.