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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14

Society Notes
 Mrs Dewitt c. Cole was a guest of Mrs John B. Wakelee at the recent Annual guest day of the Millicent Porter chapter, D.AR.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
To Take Degree

To Take Degree Several from the local grange will take the seventh degree which will be given at the National grange
 meeting in Hartford, Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14

sion was held, with representatives ot various non-educational asso- citations, on the possibility or re- ducing the fee of $5.50 set by the school board for the use of the school buildings, and motion to table the matter until the next board meeting was carried. A suggestion was also offered to allow the use of the school basement of the Woodtick school as general community meeting place for d small sum. An invitation was giv- en to the school board members by Wolcott Improvement association to attend their next regular meet ing at the town hall November 20. Tdward Thierault and Charles Gibson were elected trustees for the coming year of the Lewis fund.
 An entertainment will be given at the Woodtick chapel November 22 for the benefit of the annual Christmas party. The committee in charge includes Mrs Alfred J. Ger man, Mrs Claude V. Badger, Mrs George W. Browne, Mrs Charles H. Tyrrell and Martha Wakelee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14

Cylinda Wakelee of Waterbury spent the holidays with her par ents, MT and Mrs John B. Wake lee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-14
GEN COLE HEADS
 NEW RACE BOARD

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Members of Elizabeth Di Sil- vestro lodge, Sons of Italy. last
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The Washington times., 1934-05-31
Introduced to Girl


A young American, travelling ir
India on a trip that combined busi
ness and pleasure, blew into Cal.
cutta one morning for a week oi
soft work and hard drinks. Anc
| it wasn't long before he was intro
duced to the grille in the first
paragraph.
He liked her Immediately, anc
he was soon romancing her in ex.
pert Broadway fashion. But she
was just as wise as he. And the
young man turned to a pal fol
counsel.
Il don't understand that gal,
he complained. II like her plenty
but she's very cold proposition
What does a feller have to do tc
make her show a little interest?'
The other man shrugged his
shoulders.
There isn't a single man in Cal
cutta," he replied, who hasn't
asked himself the same question
None of us has been able to fine
out. So the best I can do is tt
offer a little suggestion:
Deep down that girl is movie
crazy. She thinks she's something
of an actress, and she feels she
could be a screen star if she hao
the opportunity. You know a great
many motion picture people, anc
you might approach her along
those lines"
It was the old screen test" gag
of course, but the American went
to it with a vengeance. Seeing the
girl that night again he raved
about her looks. He told her she
should be on the screen, and that
he was probably the only man ir
the world who could fix it for her
He gave her to understand that nc
picture company ever turned out a
film without first coming to him
for an okay.
But" he added, you'll never
get anywhere by staying here in
Calcutta. I'm leaving for South
ern France next week and I'll
give you my address. If you
really wish to make a stab at
The Washington times., 1934-05-31
Mae Braves Fire To
Provide Film Thrill

Working in an asbestos-lined
stage, and with members of the
entire studio fire department
standing by with extinguishers
in hand, Mae West went through
one of the most dangerous scenes
ever filmed. 1T Amt No SIM"
Mae, dressed in fluffy feathered
outfit, had to set fire to the fur
nishings of a room, then run
through the flames to rescue
Katherine De Mile, locked in
closet. That's one hot scene the
censors can't touch" cracked Mae.
The Washington times., 1934-05-31
Identical I'm Size, Style and Po1Ver
BY Feg Murray

A CHALLENGE IN STYLE
Sweeping rear lines conceal built-in
Luggage and Tire Compartment. 1t
is the Onlv car in the lowest price field
with fully advanced style.
A CHALLENGE IN ECONOMY
with owners sworn statements COW
ering thousands of miles, the rugged
ness and economy of TerraPlane design
and construction is b'unsd.
A CHALLENGE IN RUG
GEDNESS-with double steel body,
The Washington times., 1934-05-31
By Mark HeIIinser

American, strictly on the make,
lied to her about his motion pic
ture connnectionS!...
1t remained for Hugh We'd
lock, jr.. to dig up the last of the
Scotch jokes.
Dear Mark" wries Jack Benny.
Remember the vaudeville act in
which a girl climbed into a nox
and was supposedly cut in half?
We'll, the other day this same
lady caught Mae West talkie-
and now she's telling her friends
to come up and saw her some
time!"
They were taking of a producer
who has had fine season.
Hes a great guy" said one.
why the man never stops laugh.
ing!"
That's right" agreed Groucho
Marx. He never stops laughing
until somebody tells joke" ."...
Then, reports Howard Snyder,
there's the burlesque queen who
quit the stage for Journalism.
She's doing comic Strip!..
At a society gathering on the
coast some months back, Primo
Carnera was among the guests.
Also present was a charming lady
who speaks italian fluently, and
she had a long talk with the
fighter. Primo, a nice guy with a
child-like mind, was speaking Of
his brother.
Hes bigger than I am," said
Carnera, "and heavier, too. But I
don't think he'll ever be fighter"
why not?" asked the lady.
WELL" sighed Primo, hes not
very bright" -.
The genial Ed Lowry has dug
up the most egotistical actress in
Hollywood. This woman is so con.
ceited that even her double has a
Swelled head!...
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pable person. You stated that the
notice of her divorce was pur-
pOsely issued to stimulate sales Of
her novel which appears on June
9Th this year and which you have
tried to prove is really the story
of ELISA Landi'S own life and
careers.
You stated that Miss Landi
had been hurt by the rumOrS of
such a divorce several months ago.
Miss Landi has been a friend of
mine for years and am deeply
hurt by such an illusion to her
supposedly "mercenary" instincts
in exploiting the date Of her d.
yOrce to stimulate the sales of her
novel. Miss Landi's book had keen
guaranteed purchase and sale by
the publishing company several
months before these rumOrs ever
appeared.
Her novel, published in 1882,
was q very successful seller. She
certainly has no need to resort
to stimulation of the sales of this
book by manipulating the date Of
her divorce from Mr.. Lawrence. /
have never known her to be the
tyne of person you picture her as
being. She has maintained a spot
less reputation and it is really a
reflection on our civilization when
Aher private affairs have to be
muddIed W bJ the papers. She
certainly deserves praise and COM
mendatiOn for living a quiet life;
I believe that no publicity ought
to be ms.de out of her misfOr'
tune.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr.. Spivak's reference is to the
paragraph printed here several
days ago in which it was stated:
'Shortly cinema star ELISA Lam
dis latest novel, The Ancestor,
will be releaSed-any day now, I
believe. It is the story of a
prima donna who devotes herself
to her career but being a woman
is eager for love. But marriage
GII&J SOA4ACOAAAA4S OALC LoAAA oSO'
It occurs to me Miss Landi has
timed her request for a divorce
from BarriSter John Cecil Law
renee just far enough in ad-
vance-to stimulate sales. Months
ago, when the columnists limited
the rift, the beautiful ELISA felt
very hurt. That was before her
book was completed, however"
AS an ex-reporter and former
secretary Of Earl Carroll. perhaps
you'd like to know I'm out here
trying to regain my health. I had
= the pleasure of hitch-hiking all
the way from Kansas City, Mo-,
to Dallas, Tex, after they told
me they had no room for me in
two Government hospitals. I saw
you on the screen here with Louis
Dean and it sure gave me laugh.
The press here had a story about
1t. Well, they took my $12 pen
sion away from me but some Of
The Washington times., 1934-05-31
Wampas Stars Keep
Figures, Ban Diets

Frankly admitting they have
sex appeal. 13 Hollywood actresses
with an average weight of 100
pounds, today denounced the Mae
West "curvy" trend in figures,
and confessed they never diet.
The Washington times., 1934-05-31

extra rugged chassis, big, powerful
Bendix Equal Action Brakes.
Join the crowds that have seen and
driven this amazing car. You'll find
the Tenaphne Challenger 6 a worthy
companion to the Tenaphne that are
rapidly becoming the first choice Of
more and more new car buyers today.
HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY
TerrapIane is now offered in 8 Series: The
CHALLENGER, SPECIAL, and MAJOR
Accessory Equipment Slightly Extra
The Washington times., 1934-05-31

The plain facts about this most re-
n1arkable car prove that it is
A CHALLENGE IN SIZE -
with 112-inch wheelbaSe, with big
Hoomy bodies.
A CHALLENGE IN PER-
PORMANcE-wirh 80 Horsepower
it is the most powerful 6 at its price!
Performance even greater than the
TerraPlane 6 that broke one perform
ance record after another - Official
A. A. A. Records.
The Washington times., 1934-05-31
THE VOICE OF
BrOadWa ay
BY Louis SOIDOl
Letters to a CoIumnist!

would make suggestion Why not, week. tab
naton of people who happy7 mean-people who are
happily married for at least five years people who have been
happy their jobs; friendships that have been unbroken
children who have social relations with their parents cera
Because the way things going looks to that when
olo that's
The Washington times., 1934-05-31

the boys gave me $40 and told
me to go West, and 1 went by bus
with my 38-pound valise, cane and
overcoat, and got as far as Kan
sas City and then 1 had to take
to the road. In Dallas, I found
our good old friend Kate Smith
who was at the Majestic, and 1
collapsed in the arms Of Jack Mil,
Ter, her musical director. They
took care of me-and certainly
were very nice. So here am now,
2,780 miles from home, and it
take 10 days to send and receive
mail, and you can't imagine how
it feels to have to wait for a copy
of the Journal and news of the big
town. Do you imagine some of
the boys back home might write
a fellow a line once in awhile?
JERRY ROSE,
U. S. Veterans Hosp,
Whipple, Ariz.
The Washington times., 1934-05-31

SAmerican, strictly on the make,
lied to her about his motion pic
ture connnectionS!.
The Washington times., 1934-05-31

pictures, I'll be only too happy
to help you out.
Because you're so beautiful
dear little girl. And so lovely
And so gracious"
And so on. :.
In due time the young Amer.
ican left Calcutta and went to
Southern France. The girl, of
course, was Immediately forgot.
ten. AS far as he was concerned,
it had all been just a harmless
little gag. And very pleasant,
too.
But the end was not yet. He
received a cable one morning
from Calcutta that contained dis.
turbing news. The girl, it seems,
had taken him at his word. She
, was on a boat bound for South
ern France and was coming right
to the American so that he could
put her in the movies!
That was enough for the young
man. A joke was a joke. The
last thing he wished was to see
this girl again. He knew he
could do nothing for her in
the movie direction, and he
never dreamed she would go this
far. So he packed his bags, and
returned to America.
I hope his wife doesn't see
this story.
Meets Director
And now for the kick: The
girl arrived in Marseilles after
the long journey from Calcutta,
and went Immediately to the ad'
dress the American had given
her. He was back in America by
that time. And there was this
movie-struck girl, some 1000
miles from her home and know
ing no one.
She never did go back to Col
cutta. Somehow or other, she
managed to meet a director who
gave her a small bit She played
in two or three pictures. You
saw her last as one of the wives
in "The Private Life of Henry
VIII" the Charles Laughton pic
ture. A few weeks ago she was
signed by Doug Fairbanks as his
leading lady.
So the girl is now a movie
star. And all because a young
The Washington times., 1934-05-31
All In a Day
Thisa and Thata

In Calcutta, India two there lived little
lady who greatly admired by the gentlemen of That fro
she went out with number of she always smart
enough remember all the things that mother had taught her
The Washington times., 1934-05-31
Siren Carries Weight

A gown, made entirely of jewel
led beads and weighing IS pounds
was worn by Claudette Colbert in
scenes of Cecil B. DeMille's "Cleo-
patra."
The Washington times., 1934-05-31
Colts Before Work
Seein' Stars

Bing Crosby, when he's working,
gets up at 6 o'clock to get in a
round Of golf before he reports to
the studio.
The Washington times., 1934-05-31

I have been a constant reader
and admirer Of your very intelli.
gently written Broadway column
for years and have never taken
exception to any of your articles
or any parts Of them. However,
your recent reference to Miss
ELISA Landi was not called for
and certainly was not an item of
news but merely a matter of Opin-
ION. The reference was SIur on
an intelligent and perfectly Ca
The Washington times., 1934-05-31

Incidentally, Lewis Browne (au.
thor Of "HOw Odd Of God"
stranger Than Fiction" etc.,
has just returned with his wife
from . twO-year trip around the
worldly the way, even after
that they're still in love with each
other. While they were among
the South Sea Islands, Lewis and
Mrs. B., I0afing along in a canoe,
espied figure on shore, and, for
. jest, Lewis hailed him in Yid-
dish. The fellow promptly an
swered in the same language. AS
toniShed, the author said, What
are you doing here?" to which
the man replied, me? I'm a ma.
tive" 1t developed a Brooklyn
doctor had advised him to eat
moro vegetables for his health, so
he ended up in the South Sea
isles where, as long as he had to
have vegetables, he might as we'll
have the best.
SAMSON RAPHAELSON,
Beverly Hills, Calf.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Saturdays Ten Page Daily to
Hurl BIoO at US. lingo Drive
Special Edition to Rouse Masses Against War
lowering Over Us; Wide Sale Urgent

erful anti-war weapon in the hands
of the workers.
Despite serious financial handicaps,
the Daily Worker has been coming
out in special and larger editions
such as the one which printed Dimi-
troff's full courtroom speech, Stains
speech, PROVIDERS pre-convention
speech, and now the snti-war issue,
in order to achieve its revolutionary
task to mobilize the masses for speedy
action against the intensified fas-
cist and war plots of the imperialists,
To Offset the financial deficits made
necessary by the special and larger
editions, to enable the Daily" to con-
tinue its revolutionary work, the cir
culation must be increased for the
special editions, as well as generally
in connection with the circulation
drive for 10000 new Daily" subscribe
ers and 5000 new readers of the
ers and 10000 new readers of the
Intensity your drive for spreading
the DAILY" Spread the anti-war
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them against Roosevelt's war drive
Rush your orders for the SPECIAL ten
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this Saturday at once.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
FSU Convention sho,os Deep Sympathy in Aerca for USSR

Party of Greenfield, Mass, stated in
his speech before the convention: 1--WE
Socialists who are delegates to this
convention, have tradition to live up
to, and that tradition is, Eugene
Debs', who after the Russian Revolu-
ton said, I am a Bolshevik from
head to foot think it is incumbent
upon every Socialist Party member
here, of every rank and file Socialist,
to join in the work of united front
with such groups as are assembled
here today"
SIP. Workers Rally to F.S.U.
The keen desire, on the part of the
convention, for the united front was
demonstrated when a motion that a
Socialist Party delegate from Port
land, Maine, be left off committee
was unanimously voted down. Shortly
after this, Katherine Lewis, a dele
gate from the Socialist Party local of
Holyohe, Mass, stated the following
in a speech to the convention: "A sug-
gestion has been made at this con-
yention that members of the SIP. be
excluded from some of the activities
of this convention I would like to an
ever this suggestion, in the name Of
the S.P. local of which I am a repre-
sentative. There are a great many
members of the SP. who are sincerely
and honestly interested in the de-
Tense of the Soviet Union. There are
a great many members of the S.P.
who are willing to do everything in
their power to defend the Soviet
Union. The recommendation from my
local. is that the F.S.U. do everything
possible to extend their organization
to the locals of the Socialist Party,
which are honestly and sincerely de-
sirous of helping to defend the Soviet
Union and to spread the truth about
he Soviet Union"
"a. F. of L. Members Will Defend
U.S.S.R."
Thomas Slavins, an old trade union
ist and delegate from the Tnterna-
tional Association of Machinists, A. F.
of L., Newport, r. L, declared in a
concluding convention speech: ut is
wrong to think that the rank and file
of the A, F. of L. is not interested in
the Soviet Union. They are. More
than that, they will fight to defend it.
Our union succeeded in getting the
Newport Central Labor Council to
pass q resolution advocating recogni-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Canton Is Rushing
Troops to Fukien
Against Marking
U. S. Agents Trying to
Re-organize Drive On
Chinese Soviets
By Burck

HONGKONG, Feb. I. - Canton
troops were being rushed into South
Fukien province today to meet a
Marking army of 100000 men adj
vancing toward the borders of
Kwangtung province, base of the
Canton government.
Agents of the two rival camps are
feverishly attempting to win over
some 1000 soldiers Of the scattered
10Th Route Army, recently defeated
by Marking following a sell-out by
their officers to the Marking regime.
Three Canton airplanes recon-
noitered over Annoy, South Fukien
seaport today, while Canton officials
freely predicted an early clash with
the Nanhing dictator, Chang Kali
shek.
Meanwhile U. S. imperialist agents
are attempting to patch up the diff
ferences between the two hostile
Kuomintang camps with the aim of
unifying the Chinese militarists for
the imperialist-directed Sixth Often
sive against the Chinese SoViet Re-
public,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
SUPPORT the German Workers
Revolution

HISTORY viii record the fight Of the German Com
muniSt Party for Soviet power as one Of the
examples OF heroism in all the annals Of the working
class.
How those working class fighters over whose heads
murder Turks everywhere, twenty-four hours of each
oay lighters robbed of thousands Of their
forces rise to the struggle with greater courage and
determination each dayg
The Nazis forced to admit It. Only two weeks
ago. Himmler head Of the Political Police Of all Ger
many but Prussia. wrote in the "voelkischer Beo-
bachter'
The main activities Of the Political Police con.
TIME to be directed against the Marxst associations
which are still combating us from cover. There n
no doubt that the Communists have new Illegal lead
ers' and these are working very cautiously and
cleverly."
THE tight OF the German Communist Party for an end
OF the Hitler terror for an end Of the Hitler war
menace for Soviet power, is much more than fight
for the workers Of Germany
1t is key struggle of the world proletariat. Their
victory is victory for u.s. victory for the interna
donal revolutionary movement
This fact gives extraordinary significance Ia che
meeting in Bronx Coliseum next Monday night. called
by the Central Committee of the C. P. U. s. Al n
support the German revolution All f,,ds raise, that
night go to the Central Committee OF tn. German
Party 70 strengthen 1t in It's fight
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Austrian Nazi
Fight Raises
War Danger
Antagonists Heightened
by Struggle Over
Rival Fascists 4
BULLETIN

BULLETIN
VIENNA. Feb. 5.-The Austrian
Cabinet, after a long session. to-
day, instructed Chancellor Engel-
bert Dollfuss to appeal to the
League of Nations to intervene
against the Nazi attempts to cap
ture Austria.
NEW YORK The tangie OF I'M
periaist contradictions in Europe
focused by the constantly growing
NaH aggression toward Austria, j.
daily creating a sharpened danger 81
war.
In Vienna, Chancellor DolIfus was
reported preparing to make an appeal
to the League Of Nations to intervene
in the dispute between his own fas-
cism and the German Naz variety,
following his rebuff both from Hitler
aid from Elgiand. A dispatch from
Geneva reports that preparations are
being made to call special meeting
of the League Council, Monday, Feb.
IL, if Dollfuss' appeal is received.
From Germany comes news that
the law abolishing the old German
states and dividing the country into
new divisions, already makes provi-
sion for incorporation of Austria into
the Reich
While the Danubian states, vassalg
of France, and particularly Czecho-
slovakia, are talking of meeting a Nszi
Austria with armed intervention.
Great Britain has been giving indirect
support to the Nazi plans, which fit
in with the Nazis' bigger plan of TAX
ing the role of European spearhead
in an attack on the Soviet Union.
Austrians Are Nazi Catspaws
Meanwhile, the Nazis are energetic
ally carrying forward their aggressive
plans, both within and outside Of
Austria. Along with sharp economic
pressure on Austria from Germany,
the Nazis have modified and trained
troops of Austrians just within the
German border, while supporting Nad
agitation and terrorism within Aus
tria.
Within Austria, the leaders Of the
Austrian fascist Heimwehr, previous
supporters of Dollfuss, sf--~ ly at
tackled him Sunday on the pretext
that he was playing party politics,
The Austrian Social Democracy has
gone over completely to the support
of Dollfuss fascism, as a lesser evil"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Real United Front Built,
In Guiding Socialists,
A. F. Of L. Unionists

The first national convention Of the
Friends Of the Soviet Union, which
took place in New York. City over this
past weekend, came at a time when
the capitalist world Is In the midst
Of the fifth year Of crisis, and imper-
ialist antagonisms are growing sharp
er as each capitalist nation attempts
to solve its crisis at the expense OF
the other, as well as at the expense Of
the toiling masses at home At the
same time, the Soviet Union gained
in strength through the First Five
Year Plan and became even stronger
as result Of the first year of the
Second Five Year Plan, just complet-
ed. This convention, to which all or
CARNATIONS OF workers, farmers, in
tellectuals and professionals were in
vited, occurring but short, time after
the United States government recog-
nized the Soviet Union, was called to
develop mass organized force for
the support Of the following program:
For the support Of the peace
policy Of the Soviet Union.
For the right Of the Soviet
masses to build Socialism without
interference.
For the defense Of the Soviet
Union against imperialist agrees
sion.
The F.S.U. convention, through the
broad support it obtained, clearly
showed the sympathy for the Soviet
Union existing among the masses of
America. The response came despite
the fact that the F.SU. branches, with
q few exceptions, did not develop the
campaign for the convention among
the trade unions and Socialist Party
locals to more than slight degree.
II there was any doubt before, con-
corning the possibility Of drawing In
such elements, the convention has
dissipated It,
The rapt attention with which the
convention listened to the first re-
port, on the progress of Socialist con-
struction in the Soviet Union, deliv-
cred by Roy Hudson, national secre-
tary and delegate Of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union, is indi-
catiys Of the deep interest In the