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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
MRSCOSTELLO
 WAS NOT BARRED
Could Hear Murder Trial But Would Not Get
 Reserved Seat

Salem, Mass, Feb. 24-(UP)-- Reports that Mrs Jessie B. Costello had been barred as spectator at n current murder trial in the same courtroom where she stood trial for her life last summer were den- jed by court officials today.
 They said Mrs Costello had tele- phoned to Sheriff Frank B. Ray mond, asking skhat seat be re- served for, her, and he had refus- ed. They added, however. that Mrs Costello could attend the trial as any other spectator if she wished
 The trial which she wanted to attend is that of Clement Molway and Louis Berett, Boston taxi-cab drivers charged with the murder of a billposter in a Lynn theates hold-up. Last summer Mrs Cos tello was acquitted of'a charge of husband-murder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
TEXTILE HELP
 ARE TO MEET


 Willimantic, Conn, Feb 24.- (UP)-A meeting of members of the United Textile Workers of America from every local in the state will be held here Sunday to consider replies of manufacturers to demands for wage increases in eastern Connecticut mills.
 A half dozen or more concerns received demands earlier in the week for increases as high as 25 per cent. At Somcrsvillc. 4OO workmcn quit when refused higher rates.
 Company officials were given un- tii today to reply. Tomorrow's meeting iB expected t0 determine the course Of further action on the part Of textile workers. numbering ahevt 5000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
Final NezUS Flashes
COLONEL BRITTIN IS OUT

Washington, Feb 24.-(UP)-CoI [. H. Brittin. former vice-president of the Northwest Airways completed his 10-day jail term for con- tempt of the senate today and set out to try to make new start in the aviation industry: His funds depleted, the 55-yearold former air line official said he would start looking for new job soon. He hoped he would be able to make some new connection in aviation. He had cold. It had been "a little drafty" in the jail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
STOP SALES TO
 THE MINORS

New York, Feb 24.-(UP)-New York and New Jersey took drastic action today to halt sale of alcohol beverages to minors. Authorities had received many complaints that high school students were being sold liquor in copious quantities.
 Edward P. Mulrooney. chairman of the New York alcoholic bever- age control board. issued orders forbidding the sale of nip, bot ties containing one and half to two ounces and retailing from 20 to 30 cents. Similar orders were issued by D. Frederick Burnett. New Jersey alcoholic beverage commissioner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
MAY BE RESCUE PLANE

Kemmerer, Wyo, Feb 24-(UP)-A large aluminu1n-colored airplane was sighted over Kemmerer this morning, flying south at an alti- tude of about 1000 feet. It was impossible. to identify the ship from the ground, but it was be- lieved to be one of two rescue planes searching for lost United Airlines plane with eight per- sons aboard
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
TEN DAY TRUCE.

Phoenix. Arls.. Feb 24--(UP)-- The I0.day truce in the Arizona sheep ahoarars' strike was marked today by rOporls thnt focal repre- aentntivaa of i've 1arg1 Boston wool.buying Arms had been thFea' tened in anonymous telephone calls nof to buy wool sheared "by strike bpaakern,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
KING LEOPOLD STARTS WELL

Brussels, Feb 24.-(UP)-King Leopold III extended rejoicing at his accession to the prisons today as he made it his first official act to reduce terms of men in prison for minor ot- lenses Men held under sentences of less than four months were ordered freed, and sentences of those serving under eight months were re- duced bv four months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
TWO ALARMS FOR
 CHARLES ST. FIRE

Two alarms were registered this morning for ire in the home of John Barehus of 159 Charles street. The blaze originated when an attempt was made to thaw out some frozen water pipes. Boxes aga and 3l4 recorded the alarms The loss Is not expected to exceed $l0O,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
BANDITS WERE CONSIDERATE

Berea, Ky, Feb M.-(UP)-Three consld- and half-pint of whiskey "to keep warm" kid naped L. R. Jones, Columbia, S. C., and robbed him of S4.300. it was disclosed here today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
DIED IN DRIFT.

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 24--(u P)-Suffering heart attack while waking home late yesterday, Archie II. Bell, 63. collapsed in a snow drift and died while being removed to Q hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24
Markets At c Glance

Stocks decline fractions to points. Bonds lower on pr0ft-taking. Curb stocks irregularly lower. Chicago stocks easier. Foreign exchange lower. Wheat unchanged corn and oats fraetiOnally higher. Cotton holds gains sf to points, Rubber olf { to points.
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Fair Cold Tonight; Sunday Unchanged
The Washington times., 1934-03-30

Countess OF Monte CriSto,"
which opened at the Rialto The
ater yesterday, is movie story
would be much better if it were
set to music, for the plot is both
fraiI and incredible and a little
melody would turn it into a gay
musical.
Fay Wray is an extra in the
Austrian movie studio who finally
lands a small bit in a picture.
Her success comes at time when
her newspaperman sweetheart has
been fired and called off their
engagement, so she has a hard
time keeping her mind on her
work.
After being rebuked by the di-
rector, Richard Tucker, for spoil
ing the brief scene in which she
appears the actress suddenly de-
cides to drive the big studio auto
mobile right off the lot and out
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Extra Shows Set
|For rWonder Bar

Anticipating the same record
breaking business that was done
by Warner Bros famous musicals,
"42nd Street." "Gold DiggerS" and
''Footlight Parade" the manage
ment of the Earle Theater has an
nounced a special schedule Of per
formances for the weekend holl'
days on wonder Bar" the new
Warner Bros musical and dra'
matte spectacle.
On Friday, the doors will open
at 10 a. M, with wonder Bar"
shown at 1915 a. m, 1920, 2:40'
sos, 7:40 and 10 p. m. The stage
shows will be presented at 1885
a. m, 1855, AIS, $50 and 9:10
p. m. AL Jolson, star Of wonder
Bar" will make an appearance at
the 9 o. m. show on Friday only.
Saturday, there will be six COM
plete stage and screen shows with
doors opening at 10 a. m, and
wonder Bar presented at 1915
a. M, 1920, 2:40, sos, 7:40 and
10 p. m. Stage shows at 1885 a.
M, 1855, AIS, $50 and 9:10 p. m.
There will be a complete midnight
show with all stage and screen
attractions commencing at 11:15
p. m.
On Sunday wonder Bar" will
be shown at 800, 5:35, 1850 and
1000 p. m. Stage shows will be
on at 2:10, 4:40, 700 and 9:20
| p. m.
On Easter Monday there will be
five complete de luxe shows with
doors opening at 10 a. m. Same
schedule as Friday will prevail.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Fay Wray and Paul Lukas Star in RiaIto Feature

into winter vacation country. She
and her pal (Patsy Kelly set out
for the Alps and in ritzy winter
hotel pose as the Countess Of
Monte Cristo and her maid. They
have neither wardrobe or re-
sources and some amusement is
aroused by the methods they use
to complete the deception.
In the end the little extra Is
rewarded with a contract for the
way in which she carried out her
character role as nobility and in
cidentally helped imprison a no.
torious swindler paul Llkas).
Reginald owen IS delightfully."-
miscast and the best acting comes
from Patsy Kelly and Richard
Tucker with the most interesting
scenes those in the studio disclos-
ing a few secrets on how the
screen gets its effects.
Director Karl Freund pads out
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
BY Feg Murray

with home bathtub scenes and
again he resurrects one of those
newspapermen who pick up the
telephone and yells, stop the
presses. Clear the front page!"
Where do they get such ideas?
The supplementary program
has Sterling Holloway in a short
comedy, an Oswald Cartoon and
the Graham McNamee news reel
has some graphic shots Of the
New York taxicab strike.
ANDREW r. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Prepares Cleopatra

More than six months were
spent on research and prepara'
tion by Cecil B. De Mile before
starting actual production on his
next spectacle, cleopatra" In
which Claudette Colbert will play
the name role.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Real NaturaIists

Fifty-five species Of animals
and birds were assembled as
actors" and background for
George Burns and Oracle Allen
while they portrayed big-game
hunters and naturalists in Were
Not Dressing"
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Once a Ballet Girl

Her first appearance on the musical
comedy stage was in "Roly-Boly
Eyes with Minstrel Eddie Leonard
After that. she went into a tabloid
vaudeville act, in which Helen Nor
gan was then a chorus girl. She
claims she learned to be fresh" in
vaudeville. At that time, aside from
her regular performances, she re-
hearsed dancing for seven hours a
day. being allowed a dime a day for
food in order to keep from gaining
weight.
Miss Smiths first real stage success
was the Kauf- man Connolly musicale,
Helen of Troy. N. Y" Critics re-
ferred to this opening as the most
sensational premiere since Jenny Lind,
the audience standing up and cheer
ing for half-hour after the final
curtain. 1t was the first show in
which she had ever gotten laughs on
the stage, and instead of being pleased
as she should have been, she was
hustered and insulted. After the re-
views the next morning she under
stood. and thus became one of the
foremost condolences on Broadway.
Her next appearances, briefly. were
in BE Yourself" Tip Toe" Sitting
Pretty and finally, after two sea-
sons on the road as the star Of Hit
the Deck" she went into The Street
Singer" one Of her biggest successes.
Her last appearance as a musical
comedy star was last season in "A
Little Racketeer" Miss Smith con-
fesses to but one great ambition, and
that is to play sophisticated role in
a straight comedy. In Every Thurs
day" she is afforded that opportunity.
Evening star., 1934-04-08

the audience is as interesting as the
play: and will give merely curious
spectators something to think about.
The only play I have not seen thus
far april . that I am sure I should
enjoy is THE Wind and the Rain"
The thing that most impresses me in
the New York theaters of 1884 as
compared with those IF 1904 is the
immense improvement in production
and in company-acting.
New Haven.
WILLIAM LYON PHELPS.
DR. PHLEPS would be surprised to
~ know how far-reaching and in
fluential are his sententious reviews
of the dramas, the plays and the
shows I have reason to believe that
he guides more people to the theater
than Mr.. Nathan. Mr.. Benchley, Mr..
Krutch. Whitney Bolton. Richard
Lockridge, Burns Mantle and even
and the rest of us all put together.
I must complain. however, that DR..
Phelps evades judgment on exhibi-
tions he does not care for. He leaves
us in the dark concerning his i'm
pressions Of Tobacco Road" and
Sailor, Beware" for instance. both
Of which demand consideration from
any drama-loving pundit.
A WEEK or two ago I wrote un-
sympathetically of Miss Tallulah
Bankhead's behavior at Broadway
first-night. I regretted the facts that
she wore a gaudy fur coat, and that
in her further effort to be inconspicu-
GUS she smoked cigarettes throughout
the rules of proper public conduct.
hinted, were deplorable, and I tried
to spank Miss Bankhead. though it
hurt me more than it did her. Yes
terday, as she was departing for a
vacation upon the Rivieras more un-
derstanding shores, she sent me a
telegram explaining and justifying
her questionable f1rst-night manners.
Dear Percy Hammond" she wired,
II want to thank you on behalf Of
what you call my destinations fur
coat-an old family heirloom which
protected me from the cold as far
back as the blizzard Of 1888. I was
about to put it out to Craze, but your
clairvoyant and mystic message
tempts me to enter it again for the
first-night sweepstakes. AS for my
desire to be inconspicuous,' you have
hit. as is your custom. the nail upon
the head. In difference to my fellow
artists in the play and my compan-
ions in the audience. I smoked a
medicated cigarette or two, hoping
that 1t would still the raucous,
bronchial cough of which I am the
victim. I admit that I am not al
ways Thoughtful girl, but my motives
on the occasion to which you object
were thoroughly unselfsh. I thought
it preferable quietly to smoke
remedial cigarettes during the per-
formance than to sneeze and gurgle
in paroXysms of catarrh." Miss
Bankhead ends her message with the
words. Il remain your sincerest fan"
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Latin American Concert.

DAN-AMERICAN DAY will be OBJ
served at the Pan-American
Union on Saturday evening at $50
o'clock with a concert of Latin Amer
ican music. Secretary Of State Hull,
who is chairman of the governing
board of the Pan-American Union
will also appear on the program and
will speak on THE Significance of
Pan-American Day" The entire pro-
gram. from $50 to II O'Clock, Eastern
standard time. will be broadcast over
the Naval Station NAA, Washington.
D. c.. and the half hour from 1920
to II will be sent out over the facili-
ties Of the National Broadcasting Co.
Pan-American day is observed an
nually on April IA and has been set
aside by presidential proclamation in
the United States and in all the other
republics of the American continent
The day is intended to commemorate
the community Of interest and friend
ly feeling which exists among the re-
publics Of the Western Hemisphere,
and is observed with appropriate cere-
monies throughout the continent.
The concert at the Pan-American
Union on Saturday evening will be
featured by the United Service Or
chestra. made up Of musicians Of the
two service organizations stationed in
Washington, the United States Army
Band. and the United States Navy
Band. The conductors of the United
Service Orchestra will be Capt. Will
liam j. Stannard, leader of the Army
Band, and Lieut.. Charles Benter,
leader of the Navy Band The assist
ing artists on this program will be
Margot .Ros, pianist. and Eduardo
Case, tenor
Little Margot Ros of Cuba, 8-year-
old pianist, who is making her first
appearance before a large audience,
is a student at the Curtis Institute of
Music of Philadelphia. Eduardo Case,
tenor. has been appearing on radio
programs for some time and is an out
standing interpreter of Latin Amer
ican songs and has sung with sue
cess in both Paris and London.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Hollywood Stars Keep the
Divorce Courts Very Busy
Long List Of Marriages Thrown to Matrimonial
Scrapheap During the Past Three Years.
Handful of Happy Households.
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

| not been followed by divorce action.
Janet Gaynor and Lydeu Peck found
they could no longer make a 60 Of It,
as did Marian Nixon and Eddie Hill
man. Ian Keith has had marital diff
ficulties and severed them and patched
them up again. Jack Gilbert has
found himself within the group of
twice-troubled. His divorce from Ina
Claire and his separation from Vir-
ginia Bruce all were crowded into
this brief space of time.
| Johnny Weissmuller and Bobbe
Arnst were divorced and Lew Ayres
and Lola Lane came to the parting
of the ways. Adrienne Ames and her
broker-husband, Stephen Ames, found
out that you couldn't be married and
happy in Hollywood. Laura La Plante
and William Setter, considered as the
standbys Of the matrimonial game
here, found out they had grown tired
OF playing the game. Patsy Ruth
Miller came back from Budapest with
a Hungarian divorce from Tay Gar
nett and, according to reports, with
a young foreign suitor already at
hand. Max Baer and Dorothy Dun
bar separated in Hollywood when that
young man came to the studios to
capitalize on his pulchritude and
strength. The Lawrence Tibbetts
were divorced in Reno while Tibbett
was making motion pictures.
Richard Dix wanted to stay at
home when he was making films and
desired rest in some mountain resort
between pictures. Winifred Coe Dix
thought this a terrible dull way to
live, SO ended it all via the divorce
court. Adolphe Menjou and Cath
crime Carver Menjou couldn't stay
married in Hollywood and called it
quits. Helene Costello got a divorce
from Director-Actor- Husband Lowell
Sherman.
Now the funniest part OF all this
Is the fact that this list is merely
one called to mind during a casual
conversation Of some Is minutes.
You, I am sure, can call as MANY
more to mind. The full List of di-
vorces would make lengthy reading.
And somewhat discouraging reading
to those Of us who believe there is
happiness somewhere for every one,
even II 1t is around the corner" most
Of the time.
Bend your ear still closer and YOU
find the Hollywood soothsayers insist
ing that within a few months several
more prominent names will join those
listed. Katharine Hepburn is under
suspicion Of a Paris divorce from
Ludlow Smith at the present time.
Why gossips have centered on her
nobody knows. And nobody knows
why certain other names just can't
De cleared of this prophecy. Time
| alone will tell.
| (Copyright 1894. by the North American
! Newspaper Alliance. Inc1
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Music Sketch to Be Given.
MUSIC GOSSIP AFTER THE OP-

MUSIC GOSSIP AFTER THE oP-
ERA" dramatic sketch with
music, with lines written by Helen
Fetter Cook. will be presented by a
group of professional musicians Of
Washington at the University Club
Thursday night, April 10. under the
auspices Of the clubs Entertainment
Committee, Of which Lewis Lotion
Moneyway is chairman.
This will be the first performance
of a revised version of the sketch
given by professional singers. Last
season an initial performance was
given by group of students from the
Lewis Voice Studies.
Those participating a week from
Thursday will include Anne Yago Nc
Guffey, contralto; Hazel Priest, So
prano: G. Ridgeway Taylor. baritone,
and Mary Mathews Taylor. pianist.
The setting Of the sketch Music
Gossip After the Opera" suggests a
music room in Fifth avenue home in
New York during the late 80s. The
time is late evening, following the
participants attendance at an opera
at the Met" at which Patti was the
, star. The sketch combines chat about
Evening star., 1934-04-08

Nevertheless, this scene and cne or
two others like it indicate that per-
haps Jed Harris was wrong and that
one or two more RIP Tides and she
may be ready for Broadway. Miss
Shearer has developed the art Of
subtle tragedy and pathos with greet
skill. She is now one Of those splen-
didly emotional actresses who Can say
much by saying little. She has over
come most of her mannerisms and Is
never so affecting as when she Is
herself
In other words, she is darn good
and if you don't think so. try to
figure out who else could play that
role as we'll as she does.
y Y
WE HAD chat the other day with
w Robert Hepburn, brother Of
Katharine. A pleasant young man
with that Hepburn smile and typical
Cambridge (Mass) clothes and man
ners, we asked him why he didn't
get his sister down to Washington to
see him perform in his Harvard
Hasty Pudding Club show. oh"
said he, shes in Europe" NO" said
we, she got back yesterday" What
makes you think SOP" I'VE saw it in
the papers" At that he smiled and
admitted that he hadn't even known
that she was going to Europe until
the papers told him. I'VE none of us
know where the other is" he added.
Young Mr.. Hepburn is. however,
one of his sisters unqualified ad-
mirers. He said that he knew us very
we'll in advance, because his mother
keeps a scrap-book of all the nice
things that are written about Katie
(she skips the others) and because
she was we'll pleased that Washing
ton treated Katharine so well.
He said that Katie plays grand
game of tennis, land if you think
she's good at that. take her on at
golf sometime!" He said she had
horror of Notwithstanding which
she inherits straight from her father,
"a gentleman (and a surgeon, incl
dentally) of the old school. who'd
rather die than see his picture in the
paper-and that she got herself into
a lot of hot water because she did
what seemed natural and what she
had been brought up to do and
couldn't stomach some of the cheap
stunts that certain sister stars get
themselves mixed up in. He said that
she didn't mind Hollywood because
she worked so hard that she didn't
have time to get bothered about any
thing else" and that so long as she
had her tennis and her golf and an
occasional swim she was perfectly
happy.
When asked if he planned to go
out to Hollywood 10 visit his sister
this Summer he replied, mo" And
when asked why not, he answered,
Because I don't want to go to Holly
wood" Like his father, he's going to
be surgeon. The movie racket is
Katharine's game. He's got other
iInac
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Screen Debutantes.

THE Fox Film Corporation has an
nounced five Of its new players,
Alice Faye, Pat" Paterson, Claire
Trevor, Rosemary Ames and Drue
Leyton, as screen debutantes for 1894.
This selection Of the five from a con-
tract list of 90 players indicates Fox
officials belief that stardom will sub
sequently descend on each of the
quintet.
Foxs independent selection comes
this year as a result of the Wampas
decision to nominate and select baby
stars only from among those players
not under contract to studios. It is
felt that any young player who shows
sufficient promise as star material
merits time and money spent In her
development, and, therefore, would
naturally be signed under a contrac-
tual arrangement.
All Of the five girls named have ap-
peared in Fox productions. some for
the first time on thelscreen.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
y UEENIE SMITH, the diminu-

~ UEENlE SMITH, the dlmlnu-
tive star of Every Thursday"
Y the new comedy by Doty Ho-
bart. at the Shubert- -Belasco
Theater, was born and raised
in New York, despite the fact that
various publicity men had told her
that 1t would make better copy if
she said she was born in the West.
Educated at public schools, she took a
brief course at Horace Mann. quitting
even at that early age because her
reputation as dancer was already
widespread.
While still a tiny child, she re-
ceived as gift course in dancing
lessons at the Metropolitan Opera
Ballet School. She took to dancing
Immediately and did so we'll that
Gatti-Casazza selected her for a part
in the children's ballet of Die Rosen-
kavalier." This was unusual because
1t was the first time pupil in the
pay" class at the Met ever got a
job in a Metropolitan production, the
job being reserved for the free stu
dents. However, her father was
against stage work and was only con-
Nnced when, a few years later. she
was appointed official understudy to
Rosina CALI, the premier danseuse.
Eventually realizing that she wasn't
getting anywhere in opera, although
she became chief solo dancer in the
MET" Ballet, she took up voice cul-
ture, although never seriously. Despite
all her marvellous notices during her
operate career, when she sought stage
work she learned to her sorrow that
she'd have to begin all over again.
Evening star., 1934-04-08

production Of twentieth Century. 4"
Pursuit of Happiness" is a romantic
comedy laid in the time of our fore
fathers. However. it is very sophisti-
Gated and the dialogue strictly up to
the present time. 1t is still running
at the Avon Theater, at the close of
which run the entire cast and pro-
duction will be transported to London
for a European tour. Incidentally
one of the old favorites of the
National Theater Players, Forrest Orr
is scoring distinct success in an
important character role.
The play was produced by Laurence
Rivers, Inc, who has contributed
many fine things to the theater
including 1.-THE Green Pastures"