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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21
Authors? There Are Lots
 Of Them Among Movie Stars
By DAN THOMAS NEA Service Writer

Hollywood.-And now it's auth orship to which our actors and actresses aspire. Just why, can't explain unless it's because they fig ure the career of an author is a more lasting one.
 In any event, it seems that doz- ems of players are trying their hands at writing. Some, l happen to know, regard it as an easy way in which to earn living. In this they are encouraged by the fact that some of their brother and sis ter players already have found success in the writing game. With most of the would-be authors, however. writing, so far simply is
 Perhaps one of the outstanding reasons some actresses have turned to writing is Elissa Landi. Elissa was in pictures for fully year and a half before anyone out here learned that she already had had two books published in England and that she was working on a third. That third, House For Sale," is out now and don't mind saying it is very good piece of writing. With that out of the way, the auburn-haired actress now is attempting her most ambitious work-a trilogy as yet untitled. George M. Conan, who has de- serted Broadway temporarily for the screen, is also an author as well as an actor. Conan wrote Twenty Years on Broadway" plus any number of plays and more than 5000 songs.
 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, long has had a hankering to write and dur ing the last year or so has applied himself rather vigorously to this art. Doug has no novels to his credit yet but he has been success full in selling a number of short stories.
 Right now the outstanding au- thor-actress in the film colony Is Mae West, a newcomer to Holly wood. Miss West, the author of more than a dozen novels and plays, is writing in her spare time while making her screen debut in Might After Night" She is writ ting a new novel entitled, Love For Sale" .>
 Another prolific actor-author is James Gleason. He is the author of several plays including "1s Eat So?" and "Shannons of Broad way" He nearly always is called in to help write the scripts of the pictures in which he appears.
 Lois Moran, although only a part-time filmlander these days devoting the rest of her time to the New York stage-comes under the heading of those who also can write. Although she hopes to turn out a novel one of these days, her activities so far have been confined to short stories.
 Eddie Cantor is becoming quite well known for his humorous mag azine articles as well as for two books he has authorized. And Groucho Marx has turned out piece in the usual Marx style.
 Norman Foster, who has enjoyed considerable success as an actor since his entrance into Hollywood, has turned out a play. "The Sun Dodgers" which will open on Broadway this fall.
 Billie Dove and Estelle Taylor both go in for poetry in a rather big way. Each shows considerable talent.
 And young Tom Brown, who has been an actor since he was six months old, now is authoring a novel entitled "Troupers to the Last" You probably will remem- Der Tom best for his From Brown of Culver"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21

ally, are included in this film. which Frances Marion, the author, wove around the experiences of a pair of girls from the New York tenements who achieve luxury through Broadway notoriety.
 The companion feature is Mounted Fury" with John Bowers. A drama of two gun daring among the thoroughbreds and half breeds of the defiant Northwest. An ex- tra feature is the second thrilling chapter of "The Jungle Mystery. The shorts are headed by. Harr Lauder in "I Love Lassie" and as usual on Saturday night there will be the big Country Store when 30 baskets containing choice Sunday dinners will be handed over the footlights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21
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An opportunity. :. Mary C. Martin of the Children

An opportunity. Mary C. Martin of the Childrens Community Powered bit this week explain that would like contacted with Waterbury home. It has do with year old boy, strong healthy and willing work Mother died when the chap, of three children very small The Lincoln house has been playing the of foster parents Miss Martin hopes Waterbury family take the boy. If the of the surrounding country places where he might and board and little spending Miss Martin the is deserving and at her suggestion calling attention the lad. If you're inter- ested, call the Lincoln house for further particulars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21
EVERY HANDsOME!"

New York - Dr Raymond l.. Ditmars, curator of mammals and reptiles at the New York zoo, picks out the incest jobs for himself. He's going down to Panama to hunt the Bushmaster, the largest and deadliest of vipers. The snake reaches a length of 12 feet and has fangs two inches long. Dr Dit mars calls it "a very handsome, calm and insolent snake, not afraid of anything"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21
TROUBLESOME MISS

Jacksonville. Fla - A young wo- man made 1t rather hot for police officials here when she was trans- ferred from the county hospital to Juvenile detention quarters. First she hurled a chair through q win- dow and tried to escape. Then, af- ter she had been taken to the city jail. she turned on a water spigot and almost flooded teh jnIl. They took her to tho county Jail for safe. keeping. and. when Jaiicr Jim Copeland came after her, she tore tho shirt from hIs hack. She was held for sanity examination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21
OH, so BLUE

A depressed looking fellow strolled into the restaurant. A waiter hustled up.
 What will you have, sir? Some cold shoulder?'
 No, thanks, had that this morning."
 "Well, then. tongue, sir?"
 "No. thanks, I'll get that to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21
The Women's Social
 And Study Club

Mrs Anna Bunham was elected president of the Women's Social and Study club of the Pearl Street Neighborhood House at a meeting held last night. Other officers chosen were: Vice-president, Mrs l.. Harvey: secretary, Mrs J. Lar kins; historian, Mrs N. Halle; treasurer, Mrs E. Mum. The club members discussed current events.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21

bit of Waterbury Long Beach California When the International Typographical held its 77h annual Long Beach last Jerry Sullivan former linotype the Denis composing hand welcome visitors In fact Jerry gave official welcome he member of the general committed Jerry left here few for California and has been teeng off Long Beach wall His picture appears the souvenir program of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21

Around the Added attractions at the coming Xii the Strand include Black Hawk tribal dance by troop Boy Scouts and speae by the Mendsohn chorus
 Bnkmans orchestra made quite hit the Palace Sunday uds by the flood of letters the Tower Marjorie Cheney spoke Waterbury club earlier the week the of orphaned and delinquent children After her talk Marjorie down crossed her legs and lit cigarette And that's all for w.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21

Editor Tall Tower Topics would suggest special day such Charity day. when all Waterbury people position do might give money food and clothing for the needy We could have special barrels placed about the city these things It being city-Visto (For your benefit Visitor" Wa terbury giving weekly money and often of clothing aid its obs certain of the weekly into call Mutual Aid fund And every few months for old clothes is undertaken-The Ed.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21
Good evening.
MY MAGIC CARPET

With books, my magic carpet.
 1 sail to lands afar, Where Volga boatmen ply their oars. Or where the Jaunting car- Rolls on through fields of Celtic green That wave to Ma Machree, And thence across the towering Alps To sunny Italy. My book of carpet. ever fair, Transports me nightly, here and there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21

Discovery that oil psBetratss metals. instead Of merely forming a protective film on tho surface. proved iabrieating materiais.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-21
A rainy day thought

rainy day thought. The time you Rowland Hughes rainy day, don't feel taken back when clerk steps for. ward permission cheek your umbrella He has metal h duplicate One goes the handle of your rain stick the other ven you for Identification pufpo When you leave the umbrella s.arnd H Goes away with the annoyance of shopping with lnbfslls Swsnky chi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-22
Beware The Predictions

While we are glad to note that the state democratic leaders are optimistic enough to believe that the party will carry this state by l5.000 majority in November, we would have much preferred it if State Chairman David A. Wilson had not mads that prediction this week about carrying Connecticut for Roosevelt by l5.000. We don't mind State Chairman J. Henry Rora- back of the republican party going in for predictions. That was part of the g.o.p. stock in trade for great many years. It was nothing for Mir Rorabaek to assert quietly just before election day that the state would go republican for thirty or forty thousand And usually it did.
 Unfortunately in the last few years Mir Rorabaek has become more loquacious than was formerly his custom. In lo30 he was unusually talkatve with regards to the chances of the candidates of the party he represented. He even became solieitous for Governor Cross whom he termed likeable "old gentleman" from Yale. He should have remembered that if Yale was capable of producing political character who could at one and the same time be lieutenant. governor, ana V. ,. SendtOr, II COulu dlSo offer in the rival political camp candidate who might even upset all political predic tions.
 We don't think that Mir Roraback has quite recovered from that l930 episode. Certainly when interviewed about the Maine election last week he refrained from any extraneous remarks He expressed nothing more nor less than the opinion that Maine's vote was kindly warning to the republi- cans of the nation. It was permissible. we presume for democrats to enthuse over the Maine outcome. Perhaps it is this unex- pected turn in political events that has caused Chairman Wilson to predict that Connecticut would give Roosevelt l5.000 majority. We certainly hope it will be as high as that, but we certainly will be satis- fled with anything under 10000. thank you. The thing for the democrats to do now is to make good Mir Wilson's proclamation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-22
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1882
Back To The Old Policies

Former Governor John H. Trumbull, making his first political address of the cam paign last night at Savin Rock, declared that if elected, he would guarantee an admins tration of two years free of debt If we were Governor Cross, we cerlsinly would resent that, for the implication se.ms to be that the past two years with democratic governor in Connecticut have not been as profitable as the earlier ones under MT Trumbull's regime. If that is so, then good many republican officials are at fault. for during the Cross administration, it must be kept in mind the Legislature was con- trolled by the g.o.p. and the State Board of Finance and Control still had the same re- publican officials who were there in Trum- bulls time.
 Incidentally we see that ex-Governor Trumbul confirmed former statement of ours He guaranteed the state debt-free administration of only two years. That means simply that Mir Trumbull is seeking office as an excuse to get the republican party back into power in Connecticut. When his two years are up. provided he is elected in November, he will retire gracefully from
 
 be established once more as 1t was In the past decade of republican domination. In short the decision of ex-Governor Trumbull to make the run again was not motivated so much by desire to serve the best interests of the state and its citizens, but the best interests of the republican party and its state chairman.
 In contrast with this promise the state can turn to Governor Cross whose efforts to re- store some sort of representative govern meut in Connecticut have not been gwen the credit they should. How long has it been sinee both parties have been represented in various branches of the government? How many republican governors have ignored the rights of strong minority to representation on the bench? Let us say this for Governor Cross he displayed in his appointments and he continues to do so every day with wis dom and foresight not ordinarily found in our chief executives. They are content to be guided by party affiliations but not so Governor Cross.
 To be sure he recognizes the right of the party in power to control, but he has always maintained that bipartisan representation In certain branches of government was essen tial and to this theory he endeavored to subscribe by practical application. If we wish to drop this scheme of things for Con- necticut and return to republican yokedom, which is nothing more nor less than former Governor Trumbull promises all we'll and good. But we hardly think that the ma iority of voters of Connecticut, who are more and more displaying an independence of spirit and thought when they approach the polls. will desire to go back to the old style. And why should they? A taste of democratic rule under Wilbur L. Cross eer- tainly should have given all of us an appe- tite for more generous helping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-22
A Book a Day
This Biography Assails
 Critics of Mark Twain
by BRUCE CATION

In Mark Twain's America"
 Bernard De Voto takes the popu- lar critical theory that Mark Twain was a born artist thwarted and de- feated by his environment and does his level best to shoot it full of
 holes. And, if you want my opin- ion, he succeeds admirably. This theory, voiced most effec- lively a dozen years ago by Van
 Wyck Brooks, has it that Mark
 Twain was meant to be great
 satirist crying out against the evils
 of his time, but that-the cramping force of frontier environment
 and the restrictive influences of the Igenteel tradition compelled him to become, instead, mere humorist
 striving for riches. MT De Voto looks the theory in
 the eye, says, "Oh, yeah?" and
 goes forth to battle.
 To begin with, he remarks that
 Mark Twain apparently wanted to
 be a mere humorist' right from the beginning. He also remarks
 that the frontier wasn't nearly as deadly an environment for an art ist as literary folk who have never
 seen it suppose. Mark Twain, he
 says, realized himself completely in the two finest novels ever written in America-"Huckle Finn"
 and From Sawyer"
 Incidentally, Mr. De Voto has
 written very beautiful descrip- tion of frontier life, and frontier people. The breath of the old west is in his book, and it is genuinely
 distinguished piece of work. Published by Little, Brown and Go, it sells for $4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-22
The Real Bonus Issue

With all these millions of spoken and printed words. the veterans bonus issue is beclouded about as badly as the prohibition issue was for years. It is well for any thoughtful citizen to try to get his bearings and avoid being misled by political, military or personal considerations which really have little to do with the case. It would be un fortunate if the bonus issue, involving bill lions of dollars expenditure, were yet to be decided on so accidental factor as the use of the army to evict the camping bonus seekers from Washington. It would even be unfortunate if it were determined merely by the need of million or more war vet erans in this time of depression. For the question is bigger and broader.
 The main issue. as Walter Lippmann says in the New York Herald Tribune, is whether a special group of voters can compel the government to give them money. "The veterans think they are entitled to that money, adds Lippmann. But they have been misled. They are not entitled to the money now, and therefore, even if the fed eral finances could stand the strain of giving them what they ask, it would be the duty of every public man to oppose the demand. For of all forms of corruption to which republic is susceptible. the most deadly is to hand money out of the treasury because group of voters have become too strong to be refused
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-22
THE OLD GUARD STANDS PAT WITH
 HAND UNDER CHIN

| Connecticut manufacturer senGs folder of
 an insurance company, on artihciai respara'on aa | and asks if I will tell him whether there are | any errors in it before he distributes 1t among | his employees. He explains that he mas Iouno | that other leaflets put out by the same insur- ance company have contained erroneous 1ntor- nation.
 So does this one The instructions for restor- ing breathing in persons apparently drowned, or victims of gas poisoning or victims or eiec- tric shock include this cratic bit:
 A. Stretch his right arm forward par allel with his body and bend the left arm for his head to rest on. Face, should De turned aside to allow air.
 The error is the bending of one arm to place it under the head. Both arms should De ex-
 tended stretched forward above the head.
 There is neither scientific justification nor
 sense in lifting the head upon one arm The
 American Red Cross and all other organiza-
 tions to the contrary notwithstanding
 Schafer who gave this method of artificial
 respiration to the world directed that both of
 the subjects arms be extended above the head, and the face be turned to one side TOT the 1ree entrance of air. Whoever had the temerity to alter the method to the cratic one taught by the Red Cross and other agencies in this coun- try did so without good and sufficient reason
 believe that the lifting tne of ;s+ the subjects tars arm may be the straw which turns the scales
 against success in some instances, and that alone should warrant correction of the error planation for the change. The lifting of the head tends to interfere with the dralnage of any fluid from the breathing passages.
 My friend Prof Yandell Henderson, an au- thority an artificial respiration, assures me that even if there is some water in the subjects lungs it is quickly absorbed anyway, so it does- mt mater whether the subject is in a position to favor drainage of fluid from the breathing passages But Prof Henderson further assures me that the chest is in the position most favor- able for inspiration when the subjects arms are extended above the head. So 1 warn the old guard not to call Prof Henderson as their witness in the proceedings. His testimony won't save their face at all.
 There is still third good reason why the Red Cross method should be condemned and | discarded and the SchaEer prone pressure me- thod alone taught and used. That is the ele- ment of time. It takes a second or two to | monkey with the under the head. Il takes less time to stretch both arms above the head. Maybe this will appeal to the stand
 patters who persist in the teaching of the er- ratio method.
 few years ago the American Red Cross was still teaching that victims of drowning
 should be first lifted in the jacl1-knife position to get the water out of the chest before be- | ginning artificial respiration. They quietly de- Ieted that verse and the illustration ot the deadly maneuver from their booklet after some of us ventured to suggest 1t was pretty way to | waste precious time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-22
LOTS OF MOWERS IN WASH INGTON. BUT THEY'RE NOT
 RELATED TO HERB

washington-Even if there hap pens to be one less Hoover here after next March, there will still be plenty.
 Washington seems to attract Hoovers. Not the presidents rel atives, but just people named Hoover.
 It isn't a common name. Lots of people never heard of it be- fore they read about Herbert Hoo- yer. But there are only 25 or 30 Hoovers listed in the big Manhat- tan telephone directory as com pared with 62 occurrences of the name in the little Washington di- rectory.
 One of the ways to be remind ed of this large group of local Hoovers is to have a steamship blow up and sink with heavy loss of life. D.ckerson N. Hoover goes dash ing off to the port to find out how the disaster happened. He pops from relative obscurity into print, inevitably after a big marine tra- gedy. Most recently he rode to New York to investigate the ex- plosion of the ferry boat Observa- tion.
 This Hoover, famous enough among shipping men, is assistant director of the Bureau of Navisa- tion and Steamship Inspection. Be- fore the two agencies were com- bined he was supervising inspec- tor general of the Steamboat In- spection service, which title was considered one of the most impress sive in the government.
 He is large and stout. He worked up through the s. I. s. after joining it in 1903. His cases have included the General Slocum disaster-.n which thousand per- sons were burned and drowned at New York in 1904 and great Scan- dal developed over Eastbound tra- gedy at Chicago. the Fairfax Pinthis collision, the Mackinac ex- plosion, the Vertris horror of 1928 and many others.
 He has done lot toward bring ing about greater safety at sea. He is responsible for the new regu- lations requiring that lifeboats be not only inspected but also lowered and operated, by the crews at per- iodical fire drills and for new speci- fication giving the quality and quantity of the balsa wood used in life presefVers.
 He is now drawing up new pip ing and electrical codes for steam
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-22
$2O PENS; $7 CIGARS s(ua rffOrd C0lira nfl

A $2O fountain pen, $60 ice cream freezer, a $7 box o. cigars, a $15O picture frame and one dol lars worth If salted almonds are some of the items picked at ran- dom from the accounts of the state of New Jersey to which Governor A. Harry Moore objects. Rightly. he declares that the charging of such articles to the state is reprehen- sible. In the future. he insists. state officials will be forced t. be more careful about the purchases they make with the states money.
 It Is not merely by the elimina- ton of the time-honored petty graft, such as Is illustrated in Gov ernor Moore's list, that government tai economy can be secured. The purchase of such articles at inflated prices for personal use Is but q minor factor in the mounting cost of government. The greatest part of the unnecessary costs or operat- ing any public administration IS composed of legal appropriations for undertakings that are mol. es- sentiai. It Is the unnecessary bur. eaus and departments. the public works that are not needed, the ap. propriations for the benent of min. critics ana tho attempts of govern. ment to do what private business ts better equipped for. that sweils the tax turdens. it is these activities that must be attacked tf any real pregrsss is to be made tn the cam. paisn for economy. sp- "
 commendable as is u0yernor MeoTe's deeiEieH Go restrain the ofs nee- holders from gaining their us. uai I1inor psfguisites, more Is nesa ed 'f ysa! s.. economy .y . se bs ssh'sy, sse
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-22

against Maloney's chances but Major Shan ley sensng the sentiments of the delegates. even those from his own town withdrew from any contest and pleaded for unani- nous nomination which was immediately forthcoming. Such a spirit in democratic circles can accomplish wonders this fall. It was also displayed by Controller Daniel J. Leary of this city who made the same stand at New London when he was convinced that he could not be nominated for lieuten- ant-governor. If the democrats continue to display such united opinion there should be a splendid showing in November.