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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Local Factories
Win Safety Awards


Were outstanding among the NUM-
Der of manufacturing plants of the
country. Harry Peterson, president,
presided.
Employees of the Southern New
England Telephone Company of
New Haven presented a play en-
titled, Clouds and Sunshine" de-
picting the results and causes OF
Industrial accidents as a superin-
tendent of a Telephone Company
knows them and tries to overcome
them.
The cast follows:
superintendent Secretary 49,.
.............. Willis II. Pratt
Office boy ......... Charles Tully
Lineman out of work .........
............T Henry j. Sutton
Young engineer ..............
........... Henry A. Browne
Clerk ............ John H. Searle
superintendent ..............
...... Chauncey H. Clements
Workman :. Lawrence S. Newman
Asst Superintendent ..........
........... Harry M. Bailey
Gable Splicer -. Leon w. Welah
Irish truck driver Communal.
.......... J. Raymond Ryan
Gang Foreman {. William HI. Shaw
Gang Foreman :. Edgar S. Bacon
His truck driver ..............
........... Charles F. Barry
Deceased Employees SON 1890.
Frank Piper
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14

N Declaring that passage Of an
"old age" pension act is one of his
own personal aims, Judge Martin
e. Gormley of Naugatuck, demo-
cratic candidate for congress in the
firth district, last night addressed
a democratic rally in Middlebury.
The gathering was one of the larg-
est in the history Of the town and
was taken as a further indication
of the growing feeling in favor of
the democratic congressional cam
didate in the country towns Of the
fifth district.
Judge Gormley state that he was
always in favor of an "old age"
pension and has done his utmost to
attain passage Of such Legislation
as d member of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles and also as a
member of the governors special
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
To Speak Before
Local w. C.. T. u.
Mrs Daniel Polling Coming
Here on October rs

Waterbury will be visited on the
25th by Mrs Daniel A. Polling. wife
of the noted clergyman. She will
urge the reelection of President
Hoover. Mrs Allen Upton of the To-
cal w. C. T. U. is in charge of the
arrangements. Mrs Poling's address
will be delivered at the Women s
Conference to be held at the Y. M
C. A. under the auspices of the AL
lied Forces for Prohibition.
Mrs Polling is the wife of Dl
Daniel A. Polling, chairman OF the
Allied Forces. He is campaigning
over an area including 200 prin-
cipa1 cities in behalf of Hoover
while Mrs Polling is campaigning
in New England and the Middle
West.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Annual Meeting
Chase FOremen
Elected Officers at Session
Held Last Night

officers of the Chase Foremen's
Association for the coming year
were elected last night at the an
nual meeting of the society in the
recreation rooms. They are: Pres
ident, C. Russell Kirsch; vice-pres-
ident, William Graham; secretary,
Leo Conway; treasurer. Walter
Jaeger; directors for three years,
William Galligan, Daniel Sullivan
and Gene Orsini; auditors, r. D.
Benson and Walter Hayden.
The retiring president is George
Sengstacken. He and the other re-
firing officers were given a vote of
thanks for their work during the
past year. Plans for the coming
year were discussed and 1t was sug-
gested that an inter-departmental
baseball league be formed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14

Walter A. Jarvis who has just
returned from the National Safety
Council Meeting down south told
the Industrial Foremen's club at
their first fall meeting last evening
in the west lobby of the Central Y M.
C. A. of the awards made by the
National Safety Council to the
Noera and Shoe Hardware Com
pany Nor having gone more than a
half ytar without an accident. He
stated that both these companies
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Don't Trifle With Coughs

Don't let them get strangle hold.
Fight germs quickly. Creomulsion COM
bires the Z best helps known to modern
sci,nce. Powerful but harmless. Pleasant
to fske. No narcotics. Your druggist will
refund your money if any cough or cold
no matter how long standing Is not 70.
ieved by Creomulsion. (adv.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
Armistice Day Committee
Will Meet Tonight

Final arrangements for the
Armistice Day celebration in this
city are to be made at a meeting
of the general committee tonight
in the aldermanic chambers of the
City Hall. Chairman John j. Null
ligan will preside. The hour at
which the parade will be held is
the most important question to be
decided. Some want 1t in the
morning, others in the evening.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14

Biuffton. Indiana - (UP) -
The "meansst thief" n reported 10
have entered the Mosaburg Gene
terry tool house and take every
article Of value, including lawn
mowers, spades, shoveis and Fakes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14

THEATER HOUSES HIT PLAYS
Skowhegan, Me - (UP) - First
performances Of 81 playes. some Of
which later proved outstanding
hits on Broadway, have been
staged in the little Lakewood
Theater here.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
NEW HOSPITAL ADDITION

Philadelphia - (UP) - Con-.
struction of a new addition to the
Cancer and Skin Hospital Of Phil
adelphia has been announced by
members of the staff.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14

Nine IIerriot. wife OF the French
premier, was q passenger IN m
airpians which few over Mont
UIane recently
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14

Argentina plans to launch r.
year plan of highway construc-
ton.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24

Another passenger Is a
French officer who does moth.
ing all day but look through a
pair OF binoculars. We're hun
dreds of miles from land and
there isn't anything that he
can possibly see. Still he keeps
looking and looking. The only
explanation can offer is that
ne once bought a piece of
Florida real estate and he's try
Ing to find it now.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
NewShowOpens
at Club Michel

The Club Michel has arranged
series Of special events and sur
prises for each night Of the holi-
days. Beautifully decorated in
the Yuletide manner, the first
big event will be the opening of
the new floor show this evening.
Walter Won Herbulis has i'm
ported several well-known enter
tainers to make this holiday show
q brilliant one.
Sunny Trowbridge, the Mistress
Of Ceremonies, will head the large
revue which will be presented
three times nightly. Others to
be seen in it are Burns and Olds,
the Wells Sisters. Genevieve No
Ian, Jack Whiting, Michel Trio,
Marty Rubin, Charlie Wright and
others. Pete Macias and his
Club Michel BroadcaSting Orches-
ira have arranged many new
dance orchestrationS to please
the holiday dance patrons.
Plans are already under way
for the New Years Eve ce1ehra-
ton. There will be special en-
tertainment, souvenirs and noise
makers, ard every other means to
make an evening long to be re-
membered. Reservations are now
being accepted by calling Club
Michel, National 1890.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
Powell As Lawyer Man in
ar|e S Xmas Program

This lawyer Man." the Christ
mas offering at the Earle, aside
from being one Of the best
dramatic displays Of William
Powell to date, further demon
strates the movie value Of the
famous and infamous Of the
front pages of the press. Anton
Adams will no doubt be recog-
nized by the more discerning as
the lawyer whose life story was
the cause Of much political and
judicial controversy, and whose
life itself was the comet-like rise
to fame as depicted in the film.
Adams, the poor East Side law
yer, wins a big case against Bent
ley, a powerful Park Avenue
counselor. Thence starts his rise
to the very top, only to have
the toboggan handed him when
he tries to buck the political
machine that made him. Through
the use of shyster methods he
fights his way back to an
appointment of assistant district
attorney and with success in his
hands goes back to his charity
ward'' on the East Side.
This will not be hailed as a
great movie but its interest is
abounding. The very excellence
Of the characterization which
William Powell affords to the
role of Anton earns it its worth.
Powell has discardea some Of his
familiar actor fetishes and man
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
SN VIA SIDNEY AS GESHA -. Ss% Rt%EEr is PsSsnd
"Cynsra " Likely
To. Win Listing
Among Best

One might go far in these times,
or for that matter in any others,
to find a better all-round show
than that which the Fox is offer
ing it's customers this week. To
begin with, "Cynara," the film
feature, is one of the most intelli-
gently devised and directed cine
matte presentations of the sea-
son, and it will probably be en-
shrined in most of the lists Of ten
best pictures some months hence.
And surrounding it is vaudeville
bill, headed by Lima Basquette,
Buck and Bubbles and Arthur
and Florence Lake, which presents
talents Of many orders and ample
diversity.
"Cynara" may perhaps be &C
claimed Ronald Colman'S greatest
success in the talking pictures.
Certainly it is his finest work in
this new medium with the possible
exception of Bulldog Drum
mond," where he portrayed an
entirely different type of role-So
different, in fact, that compari-
sons are difficult. Here he is
viewed first as a typical successful
barrister-conventional in every
sense of the word; a bit Stodgy,
perhaps, but an estimable citizen
and much in love with his wife.
Her unavoidable absence,
chance meeting with pretty
shopgirl who finds in him her
romantic ideal, and momentary
weakness on his part, lead to
relationship with the girl that
passes the bounds of friendship
and eventuates in tragedy when
Doris-though she has agreed to
end the affair when he says the
word-findS that she cannot go
through with her bargain and re-
sorts to suicide instead. Director
King Vidor has handled these
sequences with admirable skill
and dignity, and reveals that the
cinema can depict normal emo
tions and actions without banality
if it chooses.
Kay Francis, as Clemency, tha
"Cynara" of the story, is her usual
beautiful and radiant self, though
her role, in dramatic importance.
tends to be overshadowed by that
Of Doris, played by Phyllis Barry
with a cleverness one does not
look for in a. comparatively I'm.
hearlded cinema "find." Henry
Stephenson, in a. som e W h a +
M ephi st o phelan role, adds a
fourth to a galaxy of fine por.
trayals.
AS for the vaudeville, Lima Bas.
quette is as slender, graceful and
charming as when she danced for
Mr.. Ziegfeld, and she has become
an adroit comedienne as well.
Buck and Bubbles offer their STAN
dard act to the customary acclaim,
Florence Lake contributes much
to the success of brother Arthur
in their little Skit, and Bert Froh.
man is similarly indebted to
blonde Madelyn Kileen, latest of
the line of Dumb DoraS," SO ably
typified a few seasons ago by
Barbara Blair. Gautier's Toy
Shop, with ponies and dogs, and
the orchestral settingS-the over
ture is "Kamennoi OStrow"-add
touches in keeping with the holi-
day season. R. T.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
When the Feature Is
Shown On the Screen

FOX-Ronald C olman in
"Cynara," at 10:45 y. M, 1885,
4:25, 7:15 and 10:O5 p. m. Stage
shows at 1926, 3:15, sos, and
1855 p. m.
EARLE-Joan Blondeu in Law.
yer Man." at 1920 a. m. 1850,
4:40, 7:25, and 9:55 p. m. Stage
shows at 1850, $40, 6:25 and
1855 p. m.
METROPOLITAN Edward
Robinson in "Silver Dollar" at
1875 a. M, 1885, 3:35, 5:35, 1885
and 9:36 p. m.
PALACE-Sylvia Sidney in Nine.
Butterfly, at 11:15 a. m, 1920,
1925, $50, 1885. and 9:45 p. m
COLUMBIA-Victor McLaglen
in "Rackety Rax," at 11:4O a. m.
1:25, 3:05, 4:5O, $3.50, $40 and
9:55 p. m.
RK-O-KEITH'S joel McCrea
in "Sport Parade" at 12:43, 2:51
4:32, 6:13, 1854 and 9:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24

nerisms for the versatility and
sincerity Of real Interpretation.
The minor roles are no less deftly
handled by the dependable Joan
Blondell, Allen jenkins, the
gangster Of Blessed Event"
David Landau, Helen Vinson,
Claire Dodd and Alan Dinehart.
Somehow, with the aid of
splendid dialogue and direction,
the Smutty back-scene disclosures
of not so honest politicals Is an In
teresting subject. ri t'
With Miss Maxine Doyle even
more charmingly arrayed than Is
her usual wont, the stage bill
features the Tasty Yeast testers
Of radio fame, and in this purely
personal opinion they net greater
laurels in person than over the
ether. Neville Fleeson provides
a thoroughly entertaining feature
of Musical Episodes" assisted by
Helen Denizon and Charlotte
Murrie. Collette Lyons in a
nonsenical skit, Static" and the
Society Athletes" Violet, Ray
and Norman, in remarkable feats
of the muscle variety, round out
the holiday Offering.
The fancy work merits more
than the usual subsidiary billing
with a Christmas Merrie Melodies
Donald NoviS' golden voice in a
comedy feature and the always
interesting Universal News and
comments by Graham McNamee
A real Christmas bill Of fare
| H. w
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
.ansster Satire
at CoIumbia

Out and out satire is the key
note Of "Rackety Rax," which is
the holiday attraction at the
Columbia. With the rough-and.
ready humor of Victor McLaglen
to help it along, the film turns
out to be a laughable and enjoy.
able burlesque of gangsters and
college football.
Knucks McGloin is the big
racketeer Of his town-and his
offices are @ wonder to behold
what with efficiency experts, in
telligence bureaus and the like
scattered through his center
prises," Mr.. McGloin decides to
60 into the pigskin and goal post
racket, and makes up q team Of
gorillas, buys a college and wins
every game by fair means with a
few foul ones thrown in.
Everything is great until the
rival boss decides to come around
too. Then the fun begins. And
ends with a free for all on the
gridiron, assisted by the police
reserves. It's just plain comedy
and resembles "Once in a Life
times" satire. Only occasionally
does it become q trifle draggy,
but it always perks up to deliver
q full quota Of laughs.
McLaglen has a role which suits
him, and makes the most Of it.
Allan Dinehart, Vincent Barnett
and Allen jenkins prove to be
fine comedians, and q chorus OF
pretty and fast-stepping girls
adds to the entertainment, which
is ideal Christmas fare.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24

ton founders on social shoals.
From the standpoint of spec
tacle the picture with its colorful
Nipponese cherry blossom back
grounds is thing of beauty.
Miss Sidney projects a heroine
who seldom attempts pigeon
English but does color her char
acterization with an appealing
coyness and one that Is i'm
pressively tender and sincere IN
its emotional passages.
Charlie Ruggles is given the
task Of supplying the comedy.
which consists of trimming the
dialogue with American slang. It
impressed me as Q modern in
trusion hard to reconcile with
the sentimental mood OF the
story.
Musical Background
Throughout the picture the &C
ton is backgrounded with soft
musical strains and some Of the
contemporary composers have
been utilized I'M providing the
melodious embroidery. Cary Grant
plays Lieutenant Pinkerton and
besides contributing a good act
ing performance reveals a lyrical
baritone in love song. Louise
Carter as Suzuki, Berton Church
i'll as the American consul and
Helen Jerome Eddy are members
Of the cast who assist with fine
support and there is an adorable
japanese baby for some Of the
moving emotional scenes.
Good Short Film
Madame Butterfly" has been
slightly revised in its denoument
but, as in the play and the opera,
the fadeout is on the hari-kari
tragedy.
On the supplementary program
is a first class Walt Disney short
called "Santa'S Workshop" which
is chuck full Of holiday fun and
the Hearst-Metrotone news reel
completes the entertainment with
topical shots in the holiday
mood.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24

EDWARD G. ROBINSON, as the silver magnate of
Colorado who divorced his first wife, played by Aine
MacMahon, to marry Lily portrayed by Bebe Daniels.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24

sNON$N AAAAAAs w S0S@~ ~@~S
table?"
He seemed highly astonished.
He pointed to the large table.
why, this his hit, sir" he
replied. "Since you hoccupy the
: cabin de luxe, the captain his
'"ving you as is guest. 'Ere's
your place, sir. Right ERE"
IF the captain is having me
as his guest" I said, whom
are all these other spots set
for?"
The response was quite
prompt.
Hall the rest Of the paSsen-
gers. sir. They're is guests,
too."
That was all I had to hear.
I couldn't help being on the
boat with all those cookoos, but
did I have to dine with them?
nudged the waiter.
Special Invitation
1--WE got a better idea," I
whispered. You set up an
other table in a corner for my
party-and I'll ask the captain
to be my guest. He won't ac-
cept, and then we'll all be
happy"
1t took me about fifteen min
uteS to get what I wanted be-
cause they all considered my
tactics a deliberate insult to
the captain. But I couldn't
help that. When the captain
sat down later and I saw his
whiskers get tangled up with
the butter, I felt that I had
acted very wisely indeed.
The meal finally arrived, and
1t came in the most amazing
routine I ever witnessed. First
came a piece Of Salami. One
tiny piece, mind you, which
constituted the first course.
Then came the following,
served exactly in the order in
which I mention them here:
The Dinner Menu
A demi-tasse of soup.
A piece of boiled potato.
A tiny piece of meat.
Quarter of a hard-boiled egg,
with sauce.
Another piece Of meat.
Two anchoVieS on a leaf Of
lettuce.
Another quarter Of an egg
with different sauce.
Cheese.
A different piece Of meat.
Coffee. Fruit. And more
cheese.
The portions were extremely
small and not too tasty. but I
ate just the same. So did my
camera man. But Mr.. Cozine
refused to go for any of it. I
urged him to eat, but he would
not do so.
"You were hungry when you
came down, Ray" I stated.
What is the trouble? The food
isn't really too terrible. Once
you get accustomed to it, you
don't mind it. Have a bite"
He shook his head.
Cant do it, Mark" he re-
turned, "and I'll tell you what
it is. I keep thinking of all
the horSemeat we saw in Tunis
and how the flies were always
on top of it. And-well, 1
just can't eat here"
I almost choked. That was
q fine thing to tell a guy when
I had already finished my
meal. But I flashed him a
brave smile.
Don't talk nonsense, Ray"
I chirped. when they serve
horse meat anywhere, they
have to tell you what it is.
Wait q minute. I will show
you"
I summoned the waiter.
"Tell me-" I requested hope
fully. isn't it a law that.
whenever horse meat Is served
anywhere. it must be an
nounced as, horse meat? Isn't
that correct?"
"Oh, yes, SIR" was the reply.
"Everywhere-except on boats
like thiS!"
I haven't eaten since. I'm
just not hungry, that's all.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24

on display at
Loew's Palace
T h e a ter re-
mains SubStan-
TALLY the same
as in the Puc-
cini opera and
the play Of
David Belasco.
1t is Sylvia
Sidney who is
the Cho Cho
San, japanese
g e i h a girl,
whose romance
with an Ameri-
can naval Lieu
AoAoAE n;.,lrnn
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
RR(DADWAYS
OF The WORLD
BY Mark HeIIinser.

ABOARD THE S. S. MUSTAPHA II, MARSELLES-
BOUND-Ths is due to hit Marseihes late tonight
and it can't reach port quickly enough to suit I've
met plenty of dafy people and I've lived under sordid
conditions. But this tub will always live in memory
as the screwiest vessel which travelled Give
look.
In the first class portion of the boatand can't find
any second class unless it's where the cattle parked
there just nine passengers including my party
There's young couple who stopped talking each other
as soon the boat sailed thought it romance at
first but must be wrong. They simply married that's
all
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
ALWAYS a Crook

The romantic gambler CLARK
Gable plays in mo Man Of Her
own" where he appears with
Carole Lombard and Dorothy
Mackaill, is the thirteenth such
underworld part he has played,
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
Agreeable Party


Those are three of the pas
Sengers. My party makes six.
There are two Germans who sit
IN q corner all the time and do
nothing but argue violently
about something or other. And
there Is a tall, thin woman
who is unquestionably insane.
HarmleSSly insane, I suppose,
but q pitiful sight to behold.
AL through the day, she sits
In the tiny barroom and plays
ancient phonograph records on
q still more ancient machine.
y There are but eight records,
and she plays seven of them
\ continuously throughout the
time that the room is open.
Every once in so often, she
sings with the records. She
dances. She is happy. And
then, suddenly, she sinks into a
corner and means like
whipped dog.
Maybe it will sound funny to
you. It was funny to me for
the first few moments. but
then it all grew very sad. I
don't think I've ever seen any,
thing quite so strange or so un-
fortunate.
It seemed queer to me that
there were eight records and
she played but seven. I picked
up the eighth and looked at it.
1t proved to be an old record
by Gus Van and poor Joe
Schenck, now dead. All the
other discs were in French: this
one, Of course, was in English,
Which is probably why she
didn't play it.
I put the record on. The girl
watched my every move. I
heard Gus voice; then I heard
Joe'S. And the fact that Joe
has been dead almost two years
now made my surroundings lust
that much more unreal.
Perhaps 20 seconds went by,
The girl leaped to her feet with
a sudden cry and stopped the
record. She grasped another
one, wound the machine care
fully and began to play it. The
Van and Schenck record she
buried beneath some papers and
books
She smiled at me. It was
crooked, apologetic, insane sort
of smile. Then she sank into
her corner and cried bitterly. I
left the barroom, and I haven't
gone back since.
The Passenger List
And there you have the pas
senger list of the 8. S. Musta
pha End. An unhappy couple;
an officer who gazes at moth
ing; two men who are forever
\ arguing; an American film d.
rector who cannot live without
his bath; an Italian camera
man who still says nothing but
Howl; an insane woman; and
a Broadway columnist, who is
thousands Of miles from Broad
way.
The only man we need with
us now Is Harry K. Thaw. Then
the party would be complete.
There have been five meals
served on this boat so far, and
I have eaten one. There is O.
reason.
When they rang the gong for
the first meal, Hellinger was
quite hungry. Mr.. Cozine wasn't
far behind. We washed as best
we could, which wasn't very
satisfactory, and went down to
the dining room.
There we found exactly one
table that had been set for IL
people. Whereupon I summoned
my Cockney waiter, the only
outsider on the boat who un-
! derstood English.
whats the idea Of this?" I
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
Cary Grant Has
Fine Role As
Pinkerton

By ANUhEW h. hELLEL
Hollywood has m dernize d
Madame Butterfly" although
the essentials of the picture now
Evening star., 1932-05-09
ROD AND STREAM
by PERRY MILLER

Hooper, at Adelena, Md, who an
chored his boat at Dukes Wharf, just
below Sheridan Point on the Patuxent
River. We arrived there at o'clock,
but two thunderstorms, high wind and
rain kept us in the car till noon.
I'VE were again told of tons upon
tons of hardheads taken by the seine
route. The afternoon was fair and
the water fairly calm. The four of
us caught IS hardheads. Lower hooks
baited with shrimp and upper hooks
baited with bloodworms. Parties out
at daybreak and before the storms
caught a large string of them. The
fish are of good size but little thin
from their long trip, but they will
soon fatten up. So get out the old
tackle and up and at 'em.
Very truly yours,
"B. pop GIRLING"
The warm weather Of the last few
days is going to be of great benefit
to the anglers. During the present
week. especially in salt water. many
hardheads will be caught and per-
haps number of trout; both are in
the bay and its tributaries.