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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
Motion Picture 'I Theater Owners
Nothing Definite Done al ,,o Meeting With Mayor [Is Hayes

Nothing definite resulted from the conference on the exclusive showing of moving pictures in Wa terbury at a meeting in the may Cr's office yesterday. Mayor Hayes, Harry K. Arthur, owner of the Fox Poli circuit and representatives of the second and third run movie houses in this city attended the conference. It was decided to ad- journ the meeting until Tuesday night when the Connecticut Motion Picture theater owners meet. The question will be brought up then. Second and third run houses are : 0bjecting to the practice of the Tox-Poli house signing up pictures to show exclusively in the compa- hy's houses and preventing a re- turn showing in the other houses. John Sirica of the Lyric theater of Waterbury and Abraham F'ish- man of New Haven. president of the second run, houses association represented the latter group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

girl who found fame in Hollywood after brief residence in Seattle
 and changed hey name to Claire
 Windsor-has known romance be- fore. f When still in her teens she was
 married to William Bowles, whom she divorced in 1920, and by whom she has son, Billie Bowles, born in 1919.
 In 1925, she married Bert Lytell
 soon after the latter's divorce from
 Evelyn Vaughan. That romance
 wilted in 1927 when, it Is said. Bert found 1t necessary to spend lot of
 time on the road in vaudeville ap- pearances. Rumors also linked her name with that of Buddy Rodgers
 in his calf-love days and, only a few years ago, with the young mill lionaire, Philip Plant, who was once the husband of Constance
 Bennett. In 1880 Claire was aboard
 Plants yacht when it was sunk in
 collision off Stamford, Conn, and
 was rescued from the sea. Today the former movie queen is as beautiful as ever. She is five feet six inches in height; her
 weight still remains at 126 pounds
 or whereabouts, her deep blue eyes are as luminous as before and her famous blonde tresses are still her
 crowning glory.
 MT Read has been accused by his wife of a lot of things-but nobody has accused him of being 8 poor judge of beauty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

she obtained the car keys and escaped when her husband fell asleep beside the road.
 One report had it that recon- ciliation was the purpose of the alleged Kidnapping. Another report had 1t that Read was trying to effect the return of letters written to him by Miss Windsor which. it was said, he had previously turned over to his wife in an attempted reconiliation and upon her prom ise that she would drop her suit.
 Mrs Read declared she had no intention of dropping it. However, she admits spending part of a night in hotel with her husband to get the Windsor letters.
 Confident of vindication, Miss Windsor has declared that she is ready for a fight to the finish" !" She asserts that it is her duty to beat the case and thus protect other movie luminaries from "un- warranted charges"
 "Time after time, my friends have been nnjustly accused and l suppose it is my turn now" says the blond beauty. "I am going to fight to. finish because it is high time to stop this abuse of people in the public eye.
 ''It is all so utterly absurd; why, I have seen MT Read only five or six times in my life"
 .r
 Viola Cronk-the Topeka school
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

Cleveland, Aug 27-The atten-
 ton of voters residing in terri tories heretofore regarded as "dry" twill be sought by The Crueaders, | militant anti-prohibition organiza- ton. when they distribute millions | of copies of a special edition of
 "The Crusader" just prior to elec- | ton in November, it was an- nounced to-day by Fred G.. Clark, I national commander in chief. Distribution of the illustrated newspaper is one of several moves
 adopted by The Crusaders In their
 fight to repeal prohibition.
 The cost of producing and dis I tributing the publication is to be paid out of the funds coming to | the national office of The Cru
 saders from the victory fund cam
 paign for s500,000, now being set
 u;) in cities throughout the coun- try, the intensive effort of which I will be conducted from october
 The national office is to receive
 one-half the amount subscribed in | the cities conducting local cam
 paigns, according to Dean M. Solenberger, chairman of the na-
 tional victory fund campaign exec
 cutive committee. The amount ex- pected by national headquarters
 will total at least $250,o00, said Solenberger.
 The remaining half of the money contributed to the victory fund
 is to be spent in the localities in ] which it is raised and will be used in prediction activities center
 ing around the election of favor- able congressional and state legis- i lative candidates.
 Philip R. Mather, national l comptroller of Crusader funds, to-
 day stated that the money secured as the result of the campaign
 would not all be spent prior to election. The Crusaders, he said,
 recognize the danger in the some-
 what popular impression that "the fight is practically over" and rea- lize, following a favorable elec- confronting them. The victory months and includes a budget for expenses incurred in program of public education, publicity and in- cidental expenditures.
 Part of the expense in approach | ing the voters in dry districts will
 be the selection and promotion of candidates for Crusader endorse ! ment, Soienberger said. In each election district, a list of Crusa- der-endorsed candidates for na- tiona1 and state offices will be en-
 closed in the special publication. The special edition of "The Crusader" will contain facts and statistics, illustrated by fact-pic- lures, compiled by the Crusaders
 over period of time in their in- vestigation of prohibition evils, according to Clark. It will answer
 the questions: Docs Prohibition Promote Temperance? Does Prohibition Eliminate Corup- tion?s"' Does Prohibition Elimi- nate the Sa1oon?" What About the Younger Generation?". It will | also contain concise statement 1 of Crusader principles and a dis cusion of the cost of prohibition
 in terms of the return of pros- perity.
 The victory fund campaign, adopted in national meeting of
 battalion commanders in Cleve-
 land, August IS, is t0 be carried on in battalion cities in three
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
# You Mss Sun s Eclipse Aug: 31, You Must Wait Until 1863 To See Another One!
Scientists Ready
 For Precious 100 Seconds
By NEA Service

By NEA Service
 A period of just 100 precious seconds-not to be repeated again for 31 years!
 Observers in the United States and Canada should look carefully at the total eclipse of the sun on Wednesday. Aug. 31, for they will not see such an awe-inspiring specacle again until July 20, 1863.
 Still that's not as bad as it might be.
 Up to just a couple of weeks ago, astronomers were saying that another total eclipse of the sun would not be visible in the United States and Canada until Oct. 12, 1897, which is 65 years hence.
 Then they made a startling. dis covery. And that discovery makes an interesting story. It goes this way:
 Back in 1887, Dr Theodore von Oppolzer, an Austrian astronomer, completed the monumental task of charting and mapping 5000 eclipses of the sun from the year 1907 B. c. to 2162 A. D. He pub lished his charts and maps in book form.
 Won Oppolzer's book has been the bible of every astronomer dealing with eclipses. Of course. his calculations were approximate, but considering the immense mag nitude of his work they were re- markable.
 His calculations put the next total eclipse, visible in the above- mentioned area, in the year 1897. Until just recently, astronomers accepted that without question.
 But a few weeks ago experts connected with the U. $. Nautical Almanac began a new check of Dr. von Oppolzer's calculations. To their surprise, these new cal culations showed that there will be another total eclipse visible in the said area only 31 years hence. The eclipse of July 20, 1863, as- tronomers the same path as this years eclipse. It will sweep out of the northwest, cut across the southwestern edge of Hudson Bay pass over Maine and disappear in the Atlantic ocean.
 In 1945. 1854 and 1859 small eclipses will be visible in the United States. but there will be none of importance until 1863. 
 The 1892 eclipse will begin at sunrise on the Arctic Ocean. It will sweep northward to within a few northern Canada, Hudson Bay. province of Quebec. enter the United States over northwestern Vermont. New Hampshire and Southeastern MassachusettA. Then it will pass out over the Atlantic and end In midocean at sunset. The largest city in the path of totality--that narrow belt where the sky is completely blacksnad-- is Montreal. Just outside the edge Of the path is Boston. where the eclipse will be almost total; in New York. the sun will be 96 per cont per cent obscured. Other cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
Lottery Tickets Cause Arrest
Waterbury Men to Be
 Tried for Violation of State Law

William s. Cone, 21, of PA Ledgeside avenue and Elmer Cis- tianson, 29, Raymond Conrad, 20. and Leroy Conrad, 26, all of 1913 West Main street will be tried next Wednesday morning in the Nichols town court on charges of possessing and transporting lottery tickets. Thursday night they halted their car in Nichols to change tire and Constable Raymond Beckwith came along. He became suspicious and searched the far.
 The constable unearthed 42OO lottery tickets which, it is claimed. were intended for distribution in Waterbury. Cone. police say, claim ed ownership of the tickets. Leroy Conrad was the owner and driver of the car. The quartet spent the night in the Bridgeport jail and were arraigned yesterday in the Nichols court. The cases were subsequently, continued until next Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

Historic bells in all three spires ring the devout to worship. In the central spire is a clock nearly as
 big as a one-car garage, of intric- ate French workmanship. From 1t a steel axle runs through tunnel half a block to the rear of the church, to operate the clock on that end.
 In that cathedral have wor- shiped Don Andres Almonester |y Rojas and his family. Don Ber- nardo Galvez, founder of Calves ton and Spanish governor of Loui- siana; Nicholas Chauvin de Ia Premiere, leader of the New Worlds first revolution against an Old World king, Frenchman who
 died beneath the guns of Spanish firing squad in the barracks near- by, and Don Antonio de Ulloa. Spanish governor who wed the in- credibly wealthy Marchioness de
 Abrada, heiress of gold and emer-
 aid mines in Peru. And it was into the St Louis Cathedral that gaunt, grim Andrew Jackson marched after he won the Battle of New Orleans from the British, to take part in g. Te Deum of victory. There, too, worshiped
 Jean Laf1tte, the famous Baratari-
 an buccaneer.
 Jefferson Davis, president of the | Confederate States of America,
 went there for solemn high mass praying for confederate victory. Yearly the Messe de Minuit-the
 Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve packs the cathedral with hu-
 manity from Keepers of stalls in the Old French Market a block
 away, to social leaders in evening
 dress, with the archbishop in full
 canonicals-robes. mitres, crozier l-officiating.
 The embroidered vestments stor-
 ed in the sanctuary, rich with gold
 and silver and gems. are worth a
 fortune. Huge candlesticks of sil- yer and gold, thick as mans l thigh, adorn the altar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

depending on their location: will see varying degrees of obscurity of the sun.
 The actual period of totality- meaning the moment when the the sun is totally obscured at q given place--is just 100 seconds. Therefore, scientists. must work fast.
 But for nearly an hour before and m hour after the maximum of the eclipse is reached, there Is a, period resembling twilight. For example, at Portland. Maine where the eclipse will be total-- the eclipse will begin at 2:21 D. m. will reach its maximum at 3:30 D. m. and will end at 4:34 ?. m.
 ss
 As everybody knows an eclipse of the sun is caused by the moon getting between the earth and the sun. The moon casts q great, cone.Bhapod shadow on tile earth. At the point of this shadow the eclipse fs tptal; outside that com- paratively harrow track it is only
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

partial.
 As the moon moves in front of the sun. the disc of sun disap- pears from view. First the sun is only partly overlapped, then completely. Two or three minutes before the eclipse becomes total. the moons shadow comes sweep ing over the landscape from the west with great swiftness.
 Suddenly the eclipse becomes total and the whole sky grows dark.
 When the moon completely blots out the great orb, rim of red fro appears around 1t. This is the upper atmosphere. or chromos- phere, of the sur, ordinarily inc visible because of the glare of light. Shooting out into space from the chromosphere are great tongues of crimson fire. Surround ing ail this Is a silvery halo. cail- cd the corona. The corona can be seen only during e total eclipse. and that ls why astFOnomerg work 90 feverishly to observe and php-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

tograph it while they can. During the past 50 years. they have had less than a total of 30 minutes in which to do this.
 When the last trace of the sun has disappeared Gin the belt of totality) and the moons shadow has engulfed the spectator. the scene Is awe-inspiring. Often the temperature drops, sometimes dew falls, strange breezes spring up, seernangly different from the breezes of normal day or night. Flowers close, birds so to rest. animals in the fields and woods seek refuge, cattle grow restless ana dogs often set up howls.
 The sky Is ohiy about half as bright as that of full moon. Often the darknass is So intense that it is impossible to tell the time by a watch. Far off on the horizon an orange afterslow ef- feet t seem; it is the weak sun- iIfht shining on the world out- side the path of totality.
 etars appear overhead, the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
Famed Blonde Beauty OF Movies Accused By Society Wife As 'LoDe Pirate"
,Iaire Windsor Sued For $1OO,OOO In, Coast Triangle

M EDITORS NOTE: This Is the |nsf of c series of six daily stories
 [xfailine gIamorous rornances Xhat have marked true love tri-
 asaeles of 1882, Q subject made
 timely by the three.cOrnered Edbby Holman-Smith ReynOlds-
 Abv Walker tragedy in North Garolina
 Nv gEA Service
 The woman who was hailed a Isw years ago as "the most beauti- fiji blond in the movies" today stands accused as a love pirate, faced by suit for $100,000 by the wife of the man whose affections bhe is alleged to have stolen.
 whether Claire Windsor, film Star whose graceful beauty once kaptivated millions of movie-goers. must pay this price to Mrs Marian N. Read for the lost love of her husband, Alfred C. Read. Jr. is a duestion that now. bends before the 9ourts at Oakland, Calif, where Mrs Reads alienation suit Is on file. Moreover, Mrs Read has sued her husband for divorce, naming Miss
 Windsor as correspondent.
 The former movie queen, the E9-year-old San Francisco stock broker and his socially prominent wife form the three points in this Pacific coast Hove triangle" inter- est in which has been revived by the Libby -Holman-Smith Reynolds s.Ab" Walker drama in North Caro- lina.
 Claire windsor's famous beauty E-hair like golden sunshine, eyes of deepest blue and features like those of Dresden china doll--had been pretty we'll forgotten until last March when Mrs Read filed her s160,O0O suit. Then those whose sinemory goes back to the days of the silent films remembered Miss Windsor for her successful roles In such bygone pictures as Fools First" ''Brothers Under the Skin. v ssCaptain Lash" and "Midstream.' They remember, too. that she had been the wife of Bert Lytell. that she and Lytell had eloped to Mexico in 1925 and that about a couple of years later this union had come to the parting of the ways as 90 many movie marriages do.
 Then Claire had faded out of the picture into the forgotten limbo of ex-stars.
 Suddenly Claire Windsor's name came back into the news. She was playing in Al Jolson's Won der Bar" at San Francisco when officers served on her the papers in Mrs Reads $100,000 suit, which charged that the famous blond beauty stole the affections of MT Resd, prominent stock broker and former University of California athlete.
 Mrs Read charged that her hus- band was constantly in the com pany" of Miss Windsor when he was in Los Angeles, Supposedly on business. She declared the actress had pursued. "a course of conduct calculated to win his love-" Almost Simultaneously, she filed the divorce suit naming Miss Windsor as CO., Respondent.
 s'Why, the very ideal" exclaimed Claire. "T never lured any man
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
The Coming Eclipse, Church Programs Smart News
< Crusaders" To Run
 Election Newspaper
Militant Prohibition Organization Plans Dstrbu-
 ton of Campaign Special in Dry Territory

phases. Then rst will be a special gifts effort during which time Crusader leaders in the various To- calities will approach prospects for larger contributions. This is for the tpurpose of bringing in early money with which to carry on pre- election activities. The second phase will be the organized can- vasa of carded prospects between the fixed dates, October 10 to 21. The final phase will be known as the "mop-up" and will include the securing of cash gifts ranging in amounts from one cent to fifty cents.
 Campaign headquarters are in Cleveland and are under, the managementof Donald c. Dough- erty assisted by Ralph Newman, oneof the Crusader founders, who is now national financial secre- tary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Subject of the sermon lesson Sunday, August 2s will be "Christ Jesus". Golden text: Hebrews lS:s. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today and forever"
 The following is among the ci- tations from the Bible: John 5: 1, 4, 6: "Whosoever Believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him al- so that is begotten of him. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this Is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is' he that overccmeth the world, but ho that believeth that Jesus is the
 The following Is from "scIence and Health, with Key to the Scrip tures." by Mary Baker Eddy, page 1e6-7: "Tbe question then as now was. how did Jesus heal the sick 2 His ansWer Co this question the world rejected. He appealed to his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
CHURCH DIRECTORY
 (CATHoLIC)
Immaculate conception---Masses

Immaculate Conception---Masse at 6, 2, 8. 3. 10. Il a. m. and 12:15 D. m. Vespers, 3:30 D. m. Rev Francis O'Shea. acting pastor.
 St Margaret's church--Masses at 2. B. S:S0. 9. 10. and II a. m. Bene- diction, 3 p. m. Rev Edward Bren. nan, pastor.
 st Patrick's church--Masses at |7, g. 9:30 and Il a. m. Benedic- ton, 3:30 D. m. Rev James O'Meara. pastor.
 Sacred Heart church--Masses at
 6, '. 8, g. 10, Il a. m. and 12:16 p. m. Benediction at ?. m. Rev J. J. Fitzgerald, pastor.
 St Francis xavierA-Masses at
 7:3O. 8:30. 9:30 and II a. m. Rev James Egan, pastor. Blessed Sacrament--Masses at 8 and 10 a. m. Benediction follow. ing 10 o'clock mass. Rev Charles Brennan. pastor. st Cecilia--Masses at and 10 a. m. Benediction following 10
 o'clock mass. Rev Peter Cuny. ss Peter and Paul-Masses at l7. S:30, 10. Il Q. m. and IF noon. Benediction at 7:s0 p. m. Rev Thomas Mulcahy, pastor. . St Ann's-Masses at 1880, 8:30.
 S:30 and 10:45 a. m. Benediction at 7:30 p. m. Rev p. A. Lamon. tagne. pastor.
 St Joseph's-Masses at T, 2. Q 10 and II Q. m. Vespers at ?. m. Rev Joseph valentiejus. pastor. St Lucy's-Masses at [, B. 9 and 10:30 a. m. Rev Felix Scoglio. pas tor.
 our Lady of Lourdes-Masses at 6:s0. 7:s0. 9:10 and II a. m. Benediction at 7:30 p. m. Rev Jo- seph valdambrini, pastor. St Michaeps-Masses at 8 and l1O:15 a. m. Vespers following 10:15 mass. Rev William 0Shea.
 our Lady of Mt carmel-Masses lat z, s:30, 10 and 11:30 q. m. Benediction after 11:30 mass. Rev
 Michael Lynch. pastor St StanislHus Kosta--Masses at I7, 8, 9 and 10:30 a. m. Benedic- | ton, 3 D. m. Rev Stanislaus Blaze- l jowski, pastor.
 St John of the Cross-Masses at 9 a. m. ,Middlebury. and Ii .. m. Woodbury. Rev. Eugene Crynes pastor. Middlebury. St Thomas-Masses at [. 6. 9 and |11 a. m. Benediction following 11 o'clock mass. Rev William Judge. pastor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

away from his wife and never ex- pect to. Of course. I know MT Read; I was introduced to him by Louis Epstein, Al Jolson's manager, but I don't know why all this fuss should be made over my knowing him. Honestly, I don't know what 1t is all about; it has me flabber- gasted or f1oundered, Or, something like that"
 Very adroitly, Mrs Read ob- tained letters that Claiye had writ ten to her husband and pictures showing them In friendly poses. She submitted the pictures as proof of her contentious.
 And so, in July, when Claire Windsor was called upon to make a deposition under oath, it is said she admitted she had loved' MT Read, but denied alternating his af- fections.
 Roy Hudson, attorney for Mrs Read, said that Claire admitted writing the letters and quoted her as having said in the deposition:
 "Yes, I wrote those letters. I was very fond of MT Read then. In fact, you would say I loved him. But I had no idea was coming be- tween him and his wife. I had no desire to break up anybody's home. II thought MT Read and his wife had separated, and he led me to be- lieve that"
 Whereupon Mrs Read comment ed. Miss Windsor has admitted just exactly what I had said in my suit"
 Midway between the filing of the suit and Claire's deposition came an exciting episode.
 In May, Mrs Read had her hus- band arrested on a charge that he had Kidnapped her at the point of a gun. She told Oakland police that he had abducted her from the home of friends and, with several accom- plices. driven her to lonely spot in a forest 30 miles away. She said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
FIREMEN CALLED TO
 BEVERLY HEIGHTS

Fire did considerable damage to a two family dwelling at 58 Beverly avenue yesterday afternoon. It is claimed a short circuit in the wir- ing system caused the blaze. An alarm was sent in from box No, |235. The firemen. battled briskly for a short while before subduing the fire. The upper floor of the dwelling is unoccupied while the lower floor is occupied by Liberto
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
FLASK ToTERs FLoURIsHED
 RACK IN 143 B. {

Ann Arbor. Mich-(UP)-Lquor fiasks, all made of stone and dating back to 143 B. c. have been un- earthed by Dr Leroy Waterman. of the University of Michigan. at Seleucia in Mesopotamia.
 Dr Waterman, heading a univer- sity of Michigan expedition in con- nection with the Cleveland and Toi- edo Art Museums, said that un. doubtedly the design of the present dav iiouor fiaslxs was copied from the antique containers.
 The rat traps, made entirely of stone, differed materially from cur rent models, Dr Waterman reports. They were made of hollow stone tube with large piece of fiat stone the bait was placed and when roe dents touched it the stone fell. making them captiyes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
INCORPORATION PAPERS FILED

Incorporation papers were filed yesterday in Hartford by the J. S.. Petruccione and Sons Corporation. The paid in capital consists of $500, cash, and $20,000 in property. The officers are: President and treas urer, Joseph Petruccione; vice. president. Vito Petruccione; secre- tary, Rinaldo Petruccione.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
SET LONG SESSION RECORD

Madrid = (UP) - The Spanish Cortes Constituyentes, having been in session since July IA, 1881, has Established Spanish record for continuous work. In the 1S6 ses- eions between July, 1881, and the end of June, 1892, a total of 222 laws had been approved by the parliament.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

Detroit, (UP)-Grant Morse was Sentenced to 60 days in Jail for kicking a five-weeks-old police puppy to death after a policeman rescued him from an irate mob. Morse said he thought the dog was sick and "wanted to put the dog out of its misery"