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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19
In The Local TheaterS CIaudeiie Colbert
 ln State Feature

Claudette Colbert, as the hard hearted queen of the night clubs, will be seen in Paramount's Torch Singer" coming tomorrow to the State theater. In the cast are Ricardo Cortez, David Man ners, Lyda Roberti and Baby Le- Roy.
 Ralph Rainger, composer of "Moanin' Low" "Please" and Here Lies Love-, and Leo Robin have written number of new songs which will be presented by Miss Colbert in this picture. They vary from a lullaby to the hottest of wailing "torch" tunes.
 The story, adapted from Grace Perkins Mike, which ran in Lib- erty magazine, is Paramounts re- sponse to Miss Cohorts demand for stories of women who toy with the emotions of men.
 The Paramount star plays the role of "Mimi Benton, once sim- pie Sally Trent, now the toast of the night clubs, as dangerous as she is aliuring. Now famous, she is trying to even the score with life, which, more than once, has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19
VIII Rogers
 Plays al Palace

The strongest story of Will Rogers' career with romance sus. pense and heart interest plus all the humor rapierwit, and geniality that have mado him the worlds favorite entertainer is packed into hia latest vehicle called Doctor Bull, as great and as human as state Fair, opening at tho Palace tomorrow.
 The story concerns physician in a small New England town who, in addition to ministering to the health of tho community. acts as It's unofficial father confessor. None of the towns secrots escape him. He knows the inner life of every one of It's inhabitants. But it is not as c gossip that he finds himself interested in the private life of the village. He Is q mellow gentleman to whom everyones reactions ore an interesting bit of human docu- ment.
 The film does not present tho story of ono character but deals with many characters each typical of its kind. It is more than the story of one town. For it Is the story of thousands of similar towns all over the country.
 Vera Allen, star of the New York stage, has tho leading feminine role opposite Rogers. She was specially engaged for this role.
 others in tho cast are Marian Nixon, Howard Laily. Berton Chur- chill. Louise Dresser. and Ralph Morgan.
 Another big feature on the same program "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case" with Warner Oland and Heather Angel in q baffling mys- tery, an intriguing romance in which two youths drawn together by Love find their hearts divided by the shadow of q murder until the great Chan solves this most perplexing case.
 A great show at the same popu- lar prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19
Li'' A National
 Heroine

Then suddenly somebody dis covered that "Sex" was immoral. The police bounced on Daiy'B Theater, and bundled the luscious Mae into the Black Maria for the trip to court. Despite fervent pleas of her lawyers that "Sex" was no more obscene than Ham let" and was really something like "A Tale of Two Cities", Q jury awarded Mae 10 days on worth of priceless publicity.
 Visiting royalty seldom got more attention than Mae West got during her brief sojourn in the "gow" at Welfare Island. Interviews, pictures, magazine articles on her experiences, "color" for new plays, and swell time were had by all, especially by Mae. When the 10 days were up, { he author-producer-star was full of new plays and plans.
 Purified by this ordeal of pun ishment of her hisstrionlc sins, Mae West was ready now to go on to the triumph that was to make Diamond LII" c national heroine and Lils' regal figure a beacon of hope alike for the dee clining corset industry and the woman who never could stay on diet.
 NEXT: A new feminine ideal appears, and what Mac West thinks it will mean to women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19

NEXT: A new feminine ideal appears, and what Mac West thinks it will mean to women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19
"Baby Vampo in Burlesque

From the child roles of tho stock company, Mae naturally graduated into burlesque, via n dancing school There she earned the name of "The Baby Vamp." Sho did stretch in vaudeville with m aerobatic act, in which she tossed her male partners about with easy grace.
 But by the time she was 16 years old, Mae Vests optimism, eagerncss for the spotlight and koen eye for the main chance had landed her in the "Big Time" the Keith circuit whose nadir is the Palace.
 Here Mae West was perhaps the inventor. and certainly ono Of the pioneers of the shimmy. Although both Bee Palmer and Gilda Gray have been given credit for this great contribution to tho art of tho dance. Mae West supporters claim they never were any great shakes, and that Mae
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19

presented her with misfortunes. But the thrill of applause doesn't satisfy her longing for the child she bore and had to give up for adoption when the man she was to marry deserted her.
 A nationwide search; using ail the resources that wealth have made available, fails. When the man Mimi once loved returns, learns of the birth of the child, and begs forgiveness, Mimi spurns him.
 How she finds the answer to her problem, furnishes a gripping clt- max to the story.
 A torch singer contest will be held on the stage tomorrow even-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19
Strand Offering
 fTo-InorroW al Seven''

A novelist who writes crime plots undertakes to unmask the maniacal killer who warns his vic- tim0 with a jigsaw puzzle and then strikes through their hearts with a sharp instrument which is never retrieved, in "Tomorrow at Seven" starring Chester Morris and Viv- ienne Osborne, at the Strand to- morrow and Thurdsay.
 Written by Ralph Spence, author of "The Gorilla" Tomorrow at Seven" unreels this fiendish mur- derer's crimes. Drake, capitalist, who has expended fortune to un- cover the madman, receives a death threat. To foil the slayer, he takes his secretary, Winters; Martha Winters, his daughter; Neil Frederick, the novelist; two detectives and two pilots aloft in an airplane. At the set hour, high in the air, Winters is stabbed to death.
 One of the seven living aboard the plane is guilty. The detectives assemble their suspects in an eerie deserted mansion in the swamp lands. Here other sinister occur ences lead to a breath-taking cli- max.
 Chester Morris and Vivienne Os. borne are featured in Tomorrow at Seven" as hte novelist and Mar tha Winters. respectively. Others prominently cast are Henry Steph- enson as Drake; Grant Mitchell as Winters; Allen Jenkins and Frank MeHugh as the detectives.
 The companion feature is "sol- diers of the storm" with Regis Toomey and Anita Page. a tale of narcotic smuggiers and the gov- ernment's daredevils who track them to earth. risking their lives in doing SO. Another Strand auction bazaar will be held tomorrow evening. Friday and Saturday brings Mae West in "she Done Him Wrong and Jack Holt in syhe Wrecker."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19
By WILLIS THORNTON
 NEA Service Writer

New York-Tho girl who was to put the red light in the theater in place of the spotlight, and the ifour.glass In the place of the stovo.poker as Q model for tho fe- male form divine, was destined for the theater as inevitably as q hot dog is destined for . bun.
 Mae Vests mother was c nn- tive Parisienne. She died c few years ago. Battling Jack West. the one-time lightweight prize fighter who was her father, is now N Long Island chiropractor. Mae grew up in Greenpoint In the far reaches of darkest Brooklyn. she was one of those kids that every neighborhood knows: she ''had talent"
 amateur theatrical affairs. Be- fore she was five she was giving performances ct church and club sociais, doing impergonation of Eva Tanguay, Eddie Toy. George M. Conan, and tho popular idols of q day which Mae herself now says was not SO 90 44-100 per cent pure as some like to sup pose. She refers you to the Police Gazette for 1905.
 The Kid Was Good
 Tho kid was good. all agreed. and soon sho went ahead. She got on as q child actress with Hal Ciarendon's Stock comphny at the Gotham thcnter in East New York. She played child char acters in the good old shows like "Littie Lord Fauntleroy,'" "The Moonshiner's Daughter" and "East Lynne" She was the lit- ther. dear father, come home with me now" in "Ten Nights in q Bar Room."
 She was the saccharine Lovoy Mary in Mrs Wiggs of the Cab bage Patch" As tho golden- Tom's Cabin" Mae was moro than once waited up to heaven on . plano wire. There was no hint that this innocent child would ono day make an even greater success by going thontri- caiiy to hell in hor own plays.
 netween the acts of the old- fashioned drama, there used to be little vaudeville acts called olios. Mae did her share of these when the pay did not call for q child part. She sang songs. and bocWme what was known in those days as q "coon shouter." Mno ayers to-day that in this pc. riod of her life she used to gaze on the solid proportions of the Venus of Melos and devoutly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19
First Play Brings Arrest

But the shimmy soon failed to shock the theater world that was turning smoothie, and Mae West went on to Higher Things. She appeared only now and then in some musical show, but tho itch to write that broke out nll through her youth in remark able ability to lad lib" lines un- der all circumstances, now broko out in c play of her own. It was called. with the delicate restraint that has marked Macs whole ca- reer. "Sex",
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19

herself brought on tho day when c shimmy was no longer c shirt.
 Mae West always had good act in vaudeville, and brides her. self to-day on the fact that if tho bottom dropped out of the sexy play business, she could still make good as Q vaudeville singer and dancer. Sho helped several of her vaudeville accompanies to make good-among them were Harry Richman, whom sho per. suaded to change his name from Reichman, and Jack Smith, "The Whispering Baritone"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19

Some people thought "sex" was funny, some thought it vulgar, most of tho critics called 1t garbage, and practically every. body agreed thath 1t was Q ter. rible play. But for Ii months Daly's Theater was damned with people who went to find out about "Sex'. Mac Vests first play was a sensation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19

ing with local girls bIddIn& <e< fame and fortune aa torch siNxEfF. The winner will be engaged co Hin& ak the State for time en4eEtzntf11 and if successful will Do Eiven z try-out in New York Talk about town gives promise of a crowded house at the State tomorrow cYen- ing. Performance this evening mark the final presentation of "x1t Bureau of Missing Persons"-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19

The BBOth fair, of Steamer, Eng land, was held recently under royal charter granted by Richahd IT.
 Sales of saNn lumber in Finland jumped following the British em~ bargo on Soviet timber.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19
Mae West Goes To Heaven As 'sLittle
 Eva" But Goes To Jail For Own Show
Made "Sex'' Pay Her In Fame
 And Money '

EDfTORs NOTE. This is the second of three stories on Mae West, the bux0m actress who Is restoring curves to feminine fa- vUr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19

wish that some day she might embody those famous measure ments. But of course Mae West Is a bit of q kidder.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
ARTHUR'S JUST A GREAT Big PLAY BOY
Bishop McC arthy To
Attend Conference
Going to New York For 10Th Session Of Catholic
Charities Bishop McAuIiffe Also to Be Present

Most Rev Joseph ID. Mccarthy.
bishop Of Portland, Maine, ana a
na.,va =, +h,. c,tv viii a,tana tha
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rnny sv os cathoiic cha rstiss
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
Waterbury Young Man Gained
Five Pounds In Two Weeks
was Rundown After Severe Cold,
Lost His Appetite, Suffered From
Headaches and Bowels Con.
stipated Daily. Praises Wendell
Highly.

"Young men and women need
medicine as well as older people
though we usually think of the
older ones as being the medicine
takers" declared the Wendell Man
in the Waterbury Drug Co. where
he Is daily meeting scores Of local
citizens and explaining the merits
Of this famous plant and herb per-
scription. ct sell a lot Of Wendell
to young people and they praise It
highly"
Mr.. Walter H. Zieger, known to
his friends as Red, OF 1166 Bank
street, Waterbury. employed with
hts father in the plumbing business
and both being well known, says.
II had q bad summer cold that
left me feeling pretty bad. I had
10 appetite. felt tired. drowsy and
ochy with no energy to tackle my
work. I often had bad headaches
ana I was constipated every day.
~ diaposition was cross and felt
Irritable all the time.
sEveryons seemed 10 speak 30
h1<hIy of Wendell. ] got some and
81 few days my constipation was
relieved ana / was regular every
4n$. rye taken three bottles OF
41ndol and II has pat an end 70 all
~ nIlmenfa. never have head
seAe. appetite picked up, my sleep
Il sound ana refreshing ana my
work comes easy 20 me again
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
BROCKTON shoe
WORKERS MAY GO
BACK FRIDAY
T temporary Agreement
Reached Last Night 1t
Washington and $500
May Return to Jobs

Broclxton, Mass, Sept. 14-(UP)
Some $500 Brockton shoe work.
ers, idle because Of . dispute
among manufacturer and two RE
val unions, are expected to return
to work tomorrow under q tenn
porary agreement reached az 2
conference in Washington last
night.
The staiemate involves the
claims Of the iong-established Boot
and Shoe Workers Union to ex-
elusive labor Jurisdiction in the
Brockton district; and the con-
trary claims Of the new brother
hood Of Shoe and Allied Craftsmen
which has signed up many for
mer members Of the b and 8. w.
u. The Brockton Shoe Manufac-
turers' Association has sided with
the latter union, with which II
has O contract. Manufacturers dis
missed employees who had severed
their connection with this union,
and numerous walkouts followed.
Under the temporary settlement
plan drafted last night, all Idle
workers will return to work at
once. Members OF the Boot and
Shoe Workers Union, instead Of
paying their weekly dues to the
union, will pay It to the nanufac-
turers, who will hold II In escrow
pending q determination OF the le.
gality OF the existing contract be-
tween the 3 and 8. w. u. ana the
manufacturers. This decision will
be rendered quickly, within two
weeks II possible, by the national
labor board headed by Senator
Wagner.
Attending the conference at
Washington last night were Pres
ident John J. Mara Of the Boot and
Shoe Workers Union; President
John Murphy ana Adviser Frank
A. Goodwin Of the Brotherhood OF
Shoe and Allied Craftsmen; Presi-
dent william Green Of the Ameri.
can Federation Of Labor; Manufac-
turers' representatives; Senator
Wagner, and others.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
AUTO ACCIDENT ON
LAKEWOOD ROAD

An automobile operated by Will
liam Everett vido Of Main street,
Oakville, collided last evening with
Matilda Ebberg, 90, Of 2096 North
Main street. The injured woman
was taken to the waterbury hospi-
tai and given treatment for O frac-
tured jaw. The accident as report
ed by Mr. vido occurred on the
Lakewood road.
Japan is making fabrics from
Turkish cotton as an experiment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
Count Votes To-day
In Clock Co. Poll
Will Show Whether Workers Favor Committee or
Labor Union

the request that they vote on the
suggestion of forming a represent
atives' committee which would
meet and discuss all matters Of
hours OF labor and wages with fac
tory officials.
The distribution of the circular
and the official ballots took place
Tuesday afternoon, several hours
before O meeting OF the employees
that evening and the organization
Of the Jewelry Workers Union OF
the American Federation Of Labor.
Employees favorable to the con-
tinuation of the union claim that
employees paid little or no attention
to the ballot idea and that the
number which voted was very
small Strange to say reports have
1t that 'repeaters" were observed
In action.
c. Fl. Granger, vice. president Of
the Waterbury Clock company,
stated to-day that the votes we're
being tabulated and that q state
ment would be forthcoming as to
results sometime to-day. He ex-
pressed the opinion that q repre-
sentative number Of votes had been
cast. The boxes were opened this
morning in the presence Of officials
and representatives OF the en-
pIoyes. Whether the balloting will
prove conclusive as an expression
Of opinion Of the employees or a
dust" will be made known when
the votes have been checked and
counted.
Some 800 employees have signed
up with the new union, number
which officials claim Is not repre-
sentative. Officers Of the organ
ization insist that the 800 Is only
a start and that many others will
Join.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
Abbott Avenues
Model Youth, Say
All His Friends
White Wife, However, Sought Protection Of Court
When Arthur Threatened to Send Her to Hospital
For Repairs - Declares He Won't Go Back to
That Woman When Released From Jail

Abbott avenues "Big Boy"
Arthur Jones, 81, colored, was In
SQUIRT again to-day. His white
blonde wife informed Judge Ed
ward Mascolo that Mr. Jones re-
turned home last evening after
galivanting around Hartford and
threatened to put her in st Mary's
hospital for repairs, not a rest
cure. She feared that he was go
ing to kill her and asked for pro-
lection. She had something to re-
member him by from the last little
quarrel they had. tShe parted her
blonde curls to point out q scar.
/. Mr. Jones, who has been held on
charges OF violating the narcotic
Jaw among other things, ascribed
his wife's action to jealous i'm
pulses. He certainly did not
threaten to put her in any hospital
and could not understand why his
harmless. Jones paced the LINKED
tell such exaggerated stories.
Judge Edward Mascolo to allay
Mrs Jones' fear committed Arthur
to jail for sixty days.
'sNow when I comes out of jail,
your honor" exclaimed Jones,
rather unexpectedly, lam ! going
10 be held accountable II don't
come back to this here woman :"
1.-THE law doesn't compel YOU to
live with her." answered Judge
Mascolo.
"That's o. X. with me. but !
don't want to be bothered with any
non-support complaints"
Arthurs friends claim that he Is
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
MINERS OF SOFT
COAL DECIDED
UPON HOLIDAY
Penn. Men Agree to Loaf
Until Such Time as
Operators Adopt the
RA Code

Z Pittsburgh, Sept IA (UP) -
Pennsylvania soft coal miners
took matters into their own hands
today because NRA executives in
Washington appeared unable to
persuade operators to approve q
coal code.
A "holiday." to be kent until the
code Is signed and the United Mine
Workers of America recognized,
was spreading gradually. It was
feared here that II the code con-
ferences remain Intellectual every
mine in the II Pennsylvania soft
coal counties would be closed.
Miners who refused to work to-
tailed $4,000 yesterday. It was be-
lieved that when O check Of the
field was completed today that
number would be increased by at
least 10000. Union leaders frankly
admitted that they could not
promise" how far the restless min
ers' holiday would extend II defin-
ite action were not taken in WASH
ington Immediately.
The miners went on their holi-
day against the advice Of recog-
nized U. M. w. A. leaders, who told
them they could gain nothing by
SLTlkluG dC LIllS tlIIics 0c6P1t0 tuc
warning, close to 800. local union
representatives met at Pricedale.
Westmoreland county, ana voted
late yesterday to continue the holi-
day.
Locals represented at the meet
| ing included a membership of ap-
iproximately $4,000, including most
of the miners who already were
out.
Surrendering to that sentiment.
some union leaders spoke at q mass
meeting held Immediately after
wards. warning against violence.
William Margest, acting head Of
District s. U. M. w, A.. and John
O'Leary, of the unions interna-
tional board, who issued the appeal
to continue work, did not speak at
the meeting, however.
Picketing yesterday was ssat-
tered and unenthusiastic. Operators
made no attempt to pen closed
mines. and there was nothing for
the picket lines to do but sit near
mine entrances.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

Paraites are peing introduced
into the Hawkes. Bay region OF
New Zealand to night white
butterfly pest.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

the best natured man on Abbott
avenue, q play boy, perhaps, but
harmless. Jones tpaced the limited
quarters OF the detention pen for
i've minutes-he was 80 mad.
Louis Mastronunzio, 81, Of IS
Dixie avenue, who was present in
court by special request. was
placed on probation. He made a
cash deposit on his account of $50
and costs which he received last
Saturday for using q knife in q
quarrel with three acquaintances.
The case Of George Finn, a., OF
SO Spencer avenue was continued
until the 18th. He Is charged with
breach OF the peace. Bernie Zap
pone, a., OF $50 South Main street
paid IS and costs with q big smile
for slapping a friends face. He
claimed that the friend owed him
$40 for booze. The friend said he
didn't. Michael ]. Kerwin, AZ, OF
Watertown, paid IS and costs for
causing q disturbance and was
given a suspended Jail sentence as
O warning to make his visits here
In the future purely social.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
WEEKLY REVIEW
OF NEW ENGLAND
TRADE STATUS
Manufacturers Are Some.
what Inclined to Wait
Until Consumer Demand
is Definitely Fixed

Boston, Sept. 14--(UP)--Activ-
ity in the wooden division OF the
textile industry continue undated
but price uncertainties have reduce
cd sales of cotton textiles, 1t was
reported today by Dun and Brad
street, Inc, In It's weekly review Of
New England trade conditions.
"In other lines" the review
said, manufacturer also are
somewhat inclined to walt until the
consumer demand may be more
definitely forecasted and the ef-
feet of the higher prices neces-
sary are determined moro closely.
In the meantime, smaller mer-
chants are beginning to feel the
effect of the additional purchasing
power produced by increased en-
ployment and higher earnings Of
the working classes.
During the current weey do
mestic woods continued to move In
large quantities. although sales
were not quite so large as the pre-
vious week. Prices have been fur
ther advanced and buyers continue
to display considerable interest In
the market. Yarn prices continue
Arm.
"Cotton yarns are rather dull.
small orders being the rule for
current needs: quotations show
very little change. Conditions are
somewhat irregular, waiting an ad-
justment to new prices. With the
prospect Of heavy operating costs
and taxes, tho mills are not dis
posed to go ahead and orders are
not Forthcoming In large volume.
There Is little demand for hides
and skins on the part OF the tan
ners and comparatively little buy
ing OF leather by manufacturers.
While labor troubles have been
largely settled, orders on hand arc
not sufficient to enable them to
large scale. The hide and skin mar
have been made on some grades
of. leather.
"Ciothing manufa cturers are OPP
Grating ut q high rate. but now are
disposed to go forward somewhat
more cautiously. Dress manufac-
turers, also are busy and are much
more optimistic regarding future
conditions. Dress goods and cloak
ings are selling we'll and there Is
an active call for the mems wear
lines. particularly medium weight
and higher-grade fabrics.
Building contracts awarded In
New England for the week have
been disappointingly small, but the
lumber trade has been stimulated
by the demand from the govern
ment for housing at the forest
camps"