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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15
THE END
STRAND

Fifty beautiful chorus girls; q
cast which includes such outstand-
ing names as those OF James Dunn,
Lillian Roth, eli Edwards. June
Knight, Charles Buddy" Rogers
Lillian Bond, Dorothy Lee and
Iona Andre; a battery Of song
writer's and lyricists that reads like
q Who's Who of Tin Pan Alley and
the expert production of Messrs
Laurence Schwab, William Row
land and Monte Brice, combine to
make Paramount's musical ex-
travaganza, Take a Chance" one
of the delights of the current sea-
son.
Take a Chance" opened at the
Strand theater yesterday and II
the patrons didn't roll in the aisles
1t was because they were too weak
from laughter to do SO.
This picture must not be classi-
fie tfas just another back-stage ro-
nance. Its scenes range all the
way from q carnival side show,
through a swanky gambling club.
out to the homes of the socially
elite on Long Island and back to
Broadway. Beautiful music, beau
tiful girls, outstanding work by the
all-star cast and strong story full
of thrills. laughter and nonsense
are carefully blended into picture
that is pleasure to sit through,
not once but several times.
The companion feature is 1.-THE
World Changes" starring Paul
NUM- with Aline MacMahon, Mary
Astor, Donald Cook. Patricia Ellis.
Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Guy
Kibbee and many other screen
favorites.
The story by Sheridan Gibney,
america Kneels", Is colorful
picture of American life with an
epochal sweep of four generations
covering some of the most import
ant events in the history Of the ma
ton.
NUM- is first seen as a youth OF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15
MIRA - SUCCESS OR FIZZLE?
5.OOO-MILE SURVEY ANSWERS
The Final Answer
To 1t All Is
Success

waning support Of the president.
One business man in Detroit told
mo ''he could not be reelected to-
morrow" That stood out. unique.
was impressed by the trust
in Franklin ID. Roosevelt that is
held by all kinds Of people, high
and low, democratic and rcpub-
llcan.
Opposition? OF course. But
believe there Is less right now
than there was in 1892 when, don't
forget, 100000 people voted for
Hoover. believe criticism OF the
Brain Trust, of Secretary Wallace.
of General johnson, have left the
president almost untouched.
The "DOles"
The CWA caused the first
qualms for many In their view of
the New Deal. No question about
it, much Of the work" done has
been sheer lost motion, especially
in communities which were ILL.,
prepared for the sudden call.
It's getting better as authorities
have more time to plan worthy
projects. The cleuHed and reno
waited school buildings, the en-
larged and improved airports, the
widcncd and cleared rOadways and
the improved parks that are COM
ing out of this are social gain.
The average person, believe,
shrugs and says. FWcll, It's better
than the dole"
More thoughtful people are
asking, How long will the treas
ury stand this strain ?" What will
happen when 1t won't stand 1t any
longer and these 100000 have to
be turned loose?"
The graft, the political favor.
itism, the competition with indus.
tries paying code wages. these are
details that will be Strengthened
out.
The fact remains that 5000.
900 people nOw are on the fed.
cral payroll, one In every 20 I'm
the United States. With the
staggering number OF city. cOun-
~, and state employees, It Is a
heavy burden for old John Tax.
payer.
Conclusion
The answer? There Is one an.
swer in the lighted eyes and eager
hands of 100000 men and womer
who know once again the Joy oi
money in hand for work per
formed.
To answer finally and defnitel,
the question of success of the re
covery program Is impossible; yet
basing my answer on what l have
seen and heard, trying to eliminate
every bias, balancing the short
comings and the gains. the disap
| pointments with the realiZations
its perils against alternative perils
I could reach only one conclusion
Is 1t all success? Is 1t doini
any good? Does 1t offer any hop
for the future?
My answer would be:
| "Yesm
| THE END
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15
GARDEN

Showing for the last times today
at the New Garden theater Is
Berkeley Square. Superb enter
tainment. Leslie Howard, a young
American of 1898, transported by
his own wish into the romantic
past. Heather Angel, u girl Of an
other century the girl OF his
dreams. There never has been O
love like theirs since the world be-
gan.
The companion attraction Is
THE Big Chance, a sensational
expose of the prize ring racket. 1t
tells of the crooked promoters, who
try to frame innocent fighters and
sometimes get theirs when a real
l"pug' steps into the ring and shows
them up as cheaters. The Big
Chance" boasts a splendid cast
headed by John Darrow, Merna
Kenend'' and Mickey Rooney,
| mickey McGuire).
Alice Brady, Jackie Cooper, JIM
my Durante, Frank Morgan, Fay
lTempleton, Madge .Evans-brilliant
names of Broadway and Hollywood
will be on parade tomorrow and
Hollywood, spectacular cavalcade
great Metro Goldwyn-Maye pag-
cant, tells the story of three gen.
erations of troupers; the rise Of
vaudeville and the ultimate decline
of vaudeville in favor of the motion
picture. In this intensely human
drama # the loves and joys, the
triumphs and heartbreaks Of a
vaudeville family whose career Is
traced over'a period of fifty years,
q touching narrative Is interviewer
with colorful spectacle as the au-
dience from time to time sees what
Is going on upon the stage as well
as behind the scenes. Fay Temple
ton sings, Barney Pagan dances as
of yore. There are gorgeous AL
bertha r asch ballets. The dra-
matte climax shows Ave hundred
dancers in the largest talking-pic-
ture set ever built. Alice Brady
and Frank Morgn play the orig
inal dancing team, proressip from
youth to old age in superb charac-
terizations. Jackie Cooper scores in
the role of the young "hoofer", and
Eddie Quillan gives splendid i'm
personation of the grandson who
becomes a famous Hollywood star.
t"Schnozzle" Durante makes his
every appearance side-splittin, as
usual. and the romantic interludes
| are ably handled by Madge Evans
and Russell Hardie. Willard Mack
directed with the skill born Of years
in the very life whit which the
story of roadway to Hollywood"
deals. It Is picture which VIII
not be soon forgotten.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15

tied, could not find one who
actually gave up.
The Dun and Bradstreet fig
ures for 1888 on business fall
ures seem to bear this out-they
run for 1888 about half OF those
in 1882.
Neither have 1 been able to find
any evidence that refusing to CO.
operate in the Blue Eagle drive
led to the economic death"
threatened by General johnson.
The public. in my opinion, large
ly refused to back up the Eagle
II this meant spending q few cents
more in patronizing an Eagle es-
tablishment. Ford, the outstand-
ing rebel against the Blue Eagle,
sold more cars in December than
for years.
The Codes
believe thousands will seize
the end of their presidential agree
ment December 81 lasO as q
chance to duck out of their re-
sponsibilities under the blanket
code. No one can do anything
about that. It is their right.
But even this won't matter
much. For the permanent codes
are being adopted so fast that by
the time compliance under the
blanket code dwindles to almost
nothing, as 1t will, industries will
be so completely covered by per-
manent codes that there will be no
letdown, and the gap will be
bridged without a murmur.
The permanent codes are horse
Of another color. I believe that
here the benefits are SO great and
so unquestionable that many of
them will remain after the NRA
in its present form is forgotten, for
these codes have changed the en-
tire face of American business.
The evidence here seems be-
yond question. Oil and lumber
conservation; dreams Of three dec
AIDES, became realities overnight by
agreemen ts among producers to
stop wasting natural resources
and cease profitless, throat-cutting
competition. Steel and textiles like
their codes, and stability of en-
ployment never known before now
is seen in those industries.
Rackets Hard Hit
Rackets were struck telling
blow in the cooling of dry cleaning;
the vestigial remains of child labor
in the textile mills was stamped
out overnight.
A thousand vicious trade prac-
tices are being prescribed and eth
err stamped out or placed In such
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15
q oder that they will die.

bad oder that they will die.
There Is every reason to be-
lieve that compliance under the
permanent codes will be far strict
er than under the blanket code. 1t
has been so under the codes adopt
ed thus far, and 1t should get bet
ter as the code authorities perfect
organization.
There will be continual shift.
ing and changing In the details
OF these codes, but the general
principle is set up and estab-
lished, and business men agree
almost unanimously that the
principle Is here to stay, even
beyond the present MIRA act.
And they seem reconciled to the
fact.
How Labor is Affected
The MIRA set organized labor
in ferment. In general, men,
bership in American Federation
unions has doubled in six months.
But the famous section 7 of the
Recovery Act Is the center OF con-
/ troversy.
It contains seeds that well may
change the whole future of labor
in this country. In general, sec.
ton IA provides to all employees
freedom to Join or not to join any
kind of organization or union they
choose, without prejudice to theil
Jobs.
There is not the slightest ques-
ton that both capital and labor
have abused this section. There
are unuuestioned cases in which
employers have influenced, by
threats or otherwise, their en-
ployes.
Union organizers have also
abused it, telling employees they
must join a union to get the BEN
efits Of the Recovery Act, some
times threatening them II they did
not Join their particular union. e.
Every complaint / hear from
labor leaders that they were get
ting the short end OF the NRA
stick was at least balanced by
equally bitter complaints of en-
ployers that the government had
handed over their businesses.
lock, stock, and barrel, to labor.
The Farmers
The Agricultural act benefits
have pleased farmers almost In ex-
act proportion to the amount OF
money received. In the south,
where the cotton money was dis
tributed literally and promptly,
they were crazy about 1t.
AS you move north, where the
gravy was not quite so thick and
was served later, 1t was less pop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15

, ular.
The agricultural problem runs
straight on a problem just like
(Which came first, the hen or the
egg?" Every farm leader will tell
YOU that If the farmer has pur-
chasing power first, then he will
buy the city's products and indus
trial prosperity follows.
Labor leaders insist that only
when the city worker first has
money can he buy the farmers
products and thus keep up their
price.
It would seem to me that this
team must be driven, not in tan
dem, but in double harness. What
happened, of course, was that the
MIRA put the industrial horse a
jump ahead, and the wagon of adj
vancing Industrial prices gave the
farm horse bad humping.
Up to now, 1t seems to me that
cutting the acreage In cotton,
wheat, and to a less extent in corn
and tobacco, has been pretty sue
cessful. II this goes ahead until
overchanging carryovers are re-
moved, then we shall see what we
shall see. That will be new
problem.
The Money Problem
The money question reveals a
! trust in the president that Is as
I tonishing and even little pathet-
ic. / believe the average man,
stuffed to the ears with harangues
pro and con on dollar devaluation,
silver, sterilization, and the gold
standard, largely has abandoned
any effort to make anything of
it, and simply puts his faith in
President Roosevelt that he will
not allow us to take the awful
slide into the abyss of paper mon
ey imitation.
think the number who con-
sciously want paper money infia-
ton is small.
Even among bankers, the in
stinct to trust the president" Is
widespread.
While / know there are a few
bankers Gas in Boston) who de-
mand a quick and uncompromis-
ing return to the old gold stand
ard, I believe the majority Of
bankers and business men are re-
signed to a devaluation as great
as so per cent II some degree Of
sterilization could be had with 1t.
The Building Question
Despite the general feeling
among business men that great
building and expansion projects
await only stable dollar to go
ahead, was unable to find spe-
cific examples. though I inquired
in every city.
Undoubtedly there are some; no
body knows how many. think
that, in general, business Is getting
used to monetary uncertainty as
the only certainty, and proceeding
on that basis.
In every city you visit, you find
an overbuilt downtown section
with empty offices and lofts. There
is on construction Job going on in
almost every city-the new federal
building.
/ could find little evidence of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15
PALACE

"Flyin Down To Rio. a romance
of melody st1ged in the clouds Is
without doubt the most stupendous
spectacle ever born to rhythm
4tih sensuous melody, beautiful
girls, thrilling stars. This great at
traction is the breath-taking cli-
max of all music scows and has
the whole town talking--you owe
1t to. yourself to see this musical
extravaganza that scars above
everything ever before accomplish
ed.
Beginning Wednesday the PJoli
management has secured two select
features, 1.-THE Private Life OF
Henry WIZ, in which the amorous
adventures of q king who won the
title of the Bluebeard of kings be-
cause Of his six wives, two OF whom
he had behcadcd, Is depicted, hu-
morously.
Charles Laughton, who in less
than two years and only six roles
on the screen has risen to Il peak
which places him where he Is dis
cussed as greater than Jannings. =
plays Henry VIII, King of England
The story Is of Henry the man
rather than Henry the monarch
and England's greatest king. In
comparison, one chronicler has said
/ OF Henry VIII, all who have since
sat on the English throne are pyg.
mics.
The story begins the day Anne
Boleyn, Henry's second queen
was beheaded and Jane Seymour
whom he called sweet but stupid
becomes his third. But the real 70.
nance of the picture is his love fol
Katherine Howard, within he would
have taken for his fourth wife had
diplomacy not selected the German
Duchess, Ann of Cleves. who want.
ed him for husband no more thar
he wanted her for wife, and who
won q divorce In a card game play
ed on their wedding night. His
marriage to Katherine Howard
promises to be his most successful
but she finds she has never gotten
over her love for Thomas Culpeper
and thereby hangs tale of infidel.
ity.
The large cast includes Binnie
Barnes, Wendy Barrie, Lady Tree
Robert Donat, Miles Mander. Claud
Allister, Elsa Manchester and many
others.
The second feature Is "As Hus-
bands Co.. starring Warner Bax-
ter and Helen Vinson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15
In The Local
TheNte1:S
STATE

warmers State offers q delight
full double feature program to-day
and tomorrow headed by Rich
ara Barthelmess In Massacre.
This IL the finest dramatic effort of
this popular star in many months.
He IL supported by an excellent
cast including Claire Dodd, Dudley
Digges and other favorites.
The companion feature Is the
musical romance of Hollywood,
Lets Fall in Love" with Edmund
Lowe and the new star, Ann Soth-
ern, in the leading roles.
Lets Fail in Love" Is one null
cal production which does not drag
in Its tuneful numbers with no con-
sideration for story values. The
picture has only three or four song
numbers, for each one fits logically
into the action. We fully expect to
hear, Lets Fall in Love" Love is
Love Anywhere" and This Is Only
The Beginning" sung for months
to come.
Edmund Lowe appears opposite
Miss Sothern, and he has wisely
played his part in not-too-Obtru-
sive fashion. Miriam Jordan is seen
to excellent advantage as loves
Tilted fiancee. Tala Bircll gives an
effective portrayal but Gregory
Ratoff really deserves first support
ing honors for his magnificent por-
trayal of a motion picture pro-
Queer.
Wednesday brings "Alice In
Wonderland" with cast of twenty
four star names. The picture play
ed to more than 1000 people at q
special performance held at the
state OF Saturday morning last.
Both men and women enjoy 1t as
much as the Riddles, for whom the
special show was originally PLAN
ned, and regarded 1t as one of the
most delightful and completely en-
pertaining feature length novelties
ever brought to the screen. In adj
dition the management Will pre-
sent Madame Spy" starring Fay
Wray with Nils Asther, John MIL
jan, Noah Berry, David Torrence
and others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15

And unlike coal, CARBO-COKE
leaves no ash because it is practically
pure carbon pure heat-pdcked
carbon that contains no waste. Less
than q shovelful of siftings to the ton
will fall through the crate. And you
can throw these right back into your
fire. CARBO-COKE also offers three
other de6nite-wovabLc-advanta@e' .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15
HOLLYWOOD
GOSSIP
INTIMATE GLIMPSES AND
INSIDE STUFF ON THE
MOVIE COLONY
~ DAN TH0AaAe-

HOllywood.--She's never been
married-but Pat Paterson has
some very definite ideas on that
subject, all the same.
Pats just over from England.
Having scored quite a hit on the
London stage, she now Is here to
play the feminine lead opposite
spencer Tracy In Bottoms Up"
However. that's Just one Of the
reasons she Ii here. The other lie
that she wanted to get away from
a man.
there, 1 might marry him." the
little land I use that word adj
visedly) blond actress c0nfided to
me the other day while we were
trying to see who could out-eat the
"And I don't want to get mar
ried. / don't think any girl who
wants q career should be married.
If she Is, she's being unfair to her.
self, to her husband, or to those
for whom she's working. A really
successful career requires a per-
sons undivided attention.
IF girl Is married, she Is being
unfair to her husband IL she gives
everything to her work. And IL she
Is divided between her husband
and her work, her career must suf-
fer. know a lot of our success
full actresses are married. But ]
think they would have been even
greater had they remained single"
Hollywood HunloP
They called ION Brown the eff
fcrvescent college boy on the ut
Happened One Day" set. What
do you mean by that?" Tom In
quired.
"Effervescent for you, there'd be
no college boy In the picture" re-
piled Eddie Nugent. q
All right, you can bring on the
artillery now. >t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15
Reply Rings Clear
Above The Din
OF Debate
By WILLIS THORNTON

10y W 4AAAAA0 - - ~ =
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan
115-Is the NRA a sue
cess?
That is the eager question
everybody asks you when you
return from a 5000-mile
swing around the country,
trying to learn something Of
the recovery program - the
most complicated, most far
aching experiment of
American history.
To answer so fearful a question
in one word, yes or no, Is the
height of imprudence. But that Is
the way every questioner wants 1t
answered.
SO, balancing the good with the
bad as I have seen them, would
hazard an answer-the answer
given in the last paragraph Of
this story.
Millions Sets to Thinking
And this IL the way would re-
view in my mind the things / have
seen, before arriving at a conclu-
sion:
When the NRA was launched
last June, It got off in a cloud of
ballyhoo. believe that during
those first two hectic months of
the blanket code thousands signed,
borne on the wave Of enthusiasm,
who hadn't the faintest idea what
Il was all about.
Nevertheless, literally millions
were put to work and many q
wkimpy, starvation wage was raised
30 decency.
Ana best of all, tens of mil
lions of Americans were set to
thinking. They were made to
realize that their business, their
fob, depends ON the general well
You hear this discussed wher-
aver men gather-the smoking
car story laterally has been re-
placed by the economic forum. And
when you get millions OF American
brains concentrated on finding g.
solution to our common problems
instead of on the stock market and
the farmers daughter, you've done
something.
The Chiseling Begins
But when the first fine frenzy
died, the chiseling began. be-
lieve chiseling has been much
more widespread than optimistic
compliance board reports indicate.
But this IL a guess, for no one
knows and no one ever will know
how much chiseling there has
been under the blanket code.
I have been able TO find no
evidence of q single firm &C
fually forced out of business by
Increased costs under any code.
Many employers protested that
they could not pay such wages
and continue business. Though
I inquired I'm every town Wis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15

unbridled ambition and dominat-
ing character, willing to dare all
obstacles to gain his ends. The
story follows the character through
various stages of his life winding
up with smashing climax in
which he appears as an old man,
bitter and broken by his disap-
pointment at the life his worth
less sons and their children lead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15

Can you imagine pretty
girl like Pat Paterson, here,
running away from q man I'm
England and then coming
straight to Hollywood with the
intention of remaining single?
It'll be n sore temptation to
overcome, but the famous Lon
don actress insists she will
while she builds her movie Ca
recr here.
More Time for Hubby
Irenc Dunno isn't going to bt
bothered with any more prolonged
absences from her husband, whose
business keeps him in New York
Her new contract stipulates tina
she is to live in New York ant
that the studio must give. her fiv'
weeks notice before starting eact
picture.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
CITY'S DEBT MELTS
TO TWO MILLIONS

The bonded Indebtedness of Hamil-
ton is gradually but surely melting
away. According to the monthly
financial statement of Robert Con-
naughton, acting director of finance
submitted to city council at the last
meeting, the debt of the city has been
reduced to $2,324,172.S2. This is the
lowest sum the debt has reached ir
a long, long time.
The debt is distributed as follows
General bond, $853,529.66; water
$211 900; gas, $233,17O; electric
$462,500; emergency, 100000; spe.
cial assessment, $463, ,953.16.
During April the city redeemed
$4,000 in electric bonds, and M
bonds were issued.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
BIERMANN BACK
HOME

August "Gus" Biermann, one of the
best known oil men in the city linn
it's, is again back home and in the oil
distributing business.
The new firm will be known as the
Independent Oil Company, owned and
operated by him, and will be located
at the old stand, corner Grand Boule-
ward and Harmon avenue in East
Hamilton.
A few years ago Biermann had
charge of the East Hamilton oil sta
tion, and through his management the
same was a decided success. There
will be no guesswork about it, the
new firm will again thrive under his
leadership.
He invites all his friends to visit
him at the East Hamilton location
and promises to at all times have q
big supply of the best oils on kanc
and at reasonable prices.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-05-25
EAGLES PLANNING
FOR OUTING

Butler Aerie No. 4O7, Fraternal
Order Eagles, is busily engaged these
days planning for the big annual
Fourth of July outing to be held at
the fairgrounds.
At the meeting of the committee
held Friday night it was decided to
secure the services of A. ]. Little
promoter and former motorcycle
racer, to conduct motorcycle races on
the day of the outing. A public ad-
dress system will be installed to an
nounce race results to those in the
grandstand. This announcement will
meet with great public approval as
the motorcycle races at the Fourth OF
July outings in former years always
attracted much interest from the
speed lovers.
The committee also announces that
all bids for concessions must be fleC
not later than June Is.