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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15

Pastepot and shears From the Southern New England Telephone News for April GOOD BUSINESS
 Conneccuts Tercenenary will be formally inaugurated on April 26th when there will be joint meeting of the Gen. era Assembly and the Supreme Court of Errors at the State Capitol recognition of the first meeting of the General Court of the Colony Celebration of the Tercentenary gives Connecticut the greatest opportunity it's history to acqant the rest of the country with the nnumerabe creaonal advantages of the stae This will benefit bus
 only this year but in years for is certain that great numbers of those who here this year will come again in the future Both to-day and tomorrow it M be good business to back the program of the Tercen tenary Commission to the limit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
AND SALVAGE WORK ALONE
 WILL COST MILLIONSA SATBOULDER DAM SITE
Great Scenic Center Development Next
 Step Planned

With Boulder Dam near completion, the mammoth task facing builders in dismantllng the vast amount of cquip- mcnt at the site Is told in this story. last of the series of six on this engineering marvel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15

Week-end gleanings. .. Congressman "Joe" Smath tevors us ach the atest edition of the Congressional Whalen s secretary of tue student class o 1886 at St. Marys Hospital Nurses Traimng School. Ken Reitey is moao employed at the vets Hospital m Remington. Nancy Dayer of EdeOard street makes us indebted to her for hfe great bag boz of stanps of al denonna tons and colors devered a tue Toacer door Sdtu day. Thank you. thank you. Ddn Butler hds re- turned to the old home toa after lengthy soourn ln Nea0 York city, =. Emmett "Ter" Guiman is pdnnng to reorgonize his orchestra in the near future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15

Happy birthday to you. It quite day for the aGuv when his official staff gathered around him to cee brate his 73rd birthday. That Wednesday. And Congressman "Joe" Smith all the way from Wash ington to catch the taend of the festivities which were jovia and festive say the very least And the State Senate Thursday got in the proper mood by sending His Excellency Governor Cross Happy Birthday card six by five nches bearing the signatures of the thrtyve members and with this sentiment It may be helova ooken card and funny way to send it, but wishes good luck Ga horseshoe appears at this poin mighty hard and doggone male bend it." The card was of extremely heavy cardboard. . Senator Benjamin E. Harwood of Chester added to the gubernatorial gift by of yoke polished to brilliant degree Didn't mean to suggest that the should bend his neck to the yoke didya, Senator"'
Evening star., 1935-11-03

Bette Davis and
deorge Brent IN
Especial Agent"
Todd and Kelly con
John Boles in
"ked Heads on
cssteon. odOty.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
;Thirty Years of Laughter Link Moore's Big Roles
From "Kid Burns" to Dr..
Moon Long Journey Light
ened by ChuckIes.
TT Is 30 years exactly since Victor
/ Moore stepped out Of his vaude.

Ut Is 30 years exactly since Victor
Moore stepped out Of his vaude-
vile raiments, and came into his
L own as a legitimate stage per-
former. Much water has flowed under
the bridge-in fact, several of the
bridges have been torn down or re-
built-since the night of September
25. 1905, when a young. quivering-
voiced comic first revealed to an
audience in Columbus, Ohio, his
characterization of kid" Barns;
the theater map has undergone
many revisions; stars have come.
and gone and others have taken their
places. but Moore has kept right up
with the trend of the times and to-
day he is even more firmly intrenched
in the affections Of theater-goers than
ever before in his three decades f
stardom. His Rev. DR.. Moon, alias
Public Enemy No. 13, in Anything
Goes" marks the zenith Of a career
devoted to the portrayal Of hard
boiled softies.
kid" Burns was the beginning of
the Moore legend. The play was
"Forty-five Minutes From Broadway"
and it hardly should be necessary to
remind the reader that the author was
George M. Cohan and the leading
woman Fay Templeton. Moore owed
his appearance In the show to the
fact that Sam Harris caught his
vaudeville act at Hammerstein's and
called In his pal. George NJ, to look
him over. Cohan was impressed.
Being engaged at the time in writing
Forty five Minutes" for Miss Tenn
pleton, he decided to include a fea-
tured role in the show for Moore.
Klaw & Erlanger, then the mightiest
Evening star., 1935-11-03

OWEN DAVIS wrote Shorty Nc
~ Cabe," suggested by the Sewell
Ford books, for Moore, and then came
The Happiest Night Of His Life
in which he also had occasion TO
masquerade as minister, just as he
does in Anything Goes"
Appendicitis got him into picture
work. While touring on the Coast
he was compelled to undergo an OPP
Grafton. and when he recovered he
remained in Los Angeles to recuper-
ate. Jesse Lasky, at that time not
yet merged with Famous Players,
signed him and during the year or so
that followed Moore worked in five
pictures.
There followed several years of big
time vaudeville appearances. Still in
the same act He made a couple
of attempts to tour in a new skit,
but his material was not satisfactory.
At this point he became little dis
couraged. He had several disagree
ments with the bookers, whose short.
sightedness played nc small part in
the decline and ultimate collapse OF
vaudeville Moore had a yen 10 re-
turn to the legitimate. A chance
meeting with Owen Davis was the
determining factor. Davis wrote
Easy Come, Easy Co." in which
Moore and Otto Kruger played the
stellar roles And from then on fol.
lowed a list of parts for which the
comedian is best remembered by ths
present generation.
THERE WAS Shorty" MCGEE, the
L softy bootlegger in "Oh, Kay" by
P. G. Wodehouse. Guy Bolton and the
Gershwins, and in the company were
| Gertrude Lawrence, oscar Shaw and
Betty Compton, the present Mrs. jim
mie Walker. This, Incidentally, was
Moore's initial association with Vim.
| ton Freedley. The following Sum-
mer he appeared in his first and only
revue, "Allez-Oop," in which, among
/ other things, he gave an imitation
of Roxy, whose vogue was at its
height, leading band with a bread
stick.
Funny Face" in which the As
taires. Fred and Adele. danced SO
light-heartedly. brought Moore under
Freedleys wing again. The show was
first known as "Smarty" and Moore
came to its rescue when it was having
difficulties during the tryout tour. and.
odd enough it may seem. he replaced
Kathryn Ray. then known as tho
most beautiful girl in the world" He
was Shorty" the cook in a boxers
training camp in Hold Everything"
in which Bert Lahr. Jack Whiting
and Ona Munson also appeared. Later
that season George Murphy replaced
Whiting. And by strange twist Of
coincidence Whiting is now playing
the William Gaxton role in the Lon
don version Of Anything Goes" while
Murphy is doing the same thing in
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

appeared to be jinxed from the outset
People simply would not patronize the
place and they forbade their children
to enter the house And then along
came Forty five Minutes From Broad
way" The show caught on imme-
diately and its reputation spread
throughout the city. The public was
being weaned back into a hoodoo
theater. But memories die hard and
there still existed some uneasiness
which resulted in this curious phe-
nomenon. Whereas, as a rule, it is
the front row locations which are the
most desirable and In greatest demand
here the patrons all asked for the last
rows, so as to be near as possible to the
exit doors. Only with great reluctance
and after they had been repeatedly as
sured that the back rows were all sold
out. did they accept tickets for the
normally better locations. But in spite
Of all this the show made money and
stayed at the Colonial until the end
Of December.
1t opened in New York at the New
Amsterdam Theater on the first day
of the new year The reviewer for the
New York Times, commenting upon
the performance the next morning
seemed to be pretty much of the same
opinion as Mr. Erlanger. "Oil and
water do not mix" he observed
George M. Cohan. that astute young
man." he added, had gone wrong. o.
Moore he wrote:
This Burns Is the source of most
Of the amusement in 'Forty-f1ve Min.
utes.' Played by Victor Moore, who
has only recently transferred from
the vaudeville stage, where he wa.
deservedly a favorite, he repeats his
successes here. He has most Of the
good lines Of the play, but 1t may be
said to his credit that many Others
take on quality of humor simply
because he has natural and unctious
manner of speaking them. And his
occasional lapses into sentiment have
genuine ring"
The shows run at the New Am.
sterdam lasted IL weeks. which wa.
considered rather good at the time
later 1t played II weeks in another
Times Square playhouse Moore ap.
peared in this piece for two years
and so established had the part o,
kid" Burns become by then thai
Cohan wrote sequel to the character
in The Talk Of New York." and thi.
served the comedian as q vehicle fol
three full seasons.
Moore never completely abandone.
his vaudeville act. Change Your Act
or Back to the Woods" During tn
Summer, when the legitimate theate
took time on to catch its breath. h.
trouped the circuits in it. With him
Of course. were his wife, the lat
Emma Littlefield, and Red" Elliott
at present his understudy and dress
er and also a minor member in tn,
cast of "Anything Goes"
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Cohan Credited With Pluck.
ina Comedian From Vaude.
vile Successes.

mix" he Is reported to have declared
to some of his colleagues, land neither
do melodrama and musical comedy"
A. L. was willing to sell his share
of the show for a nickel. Word Of
this got to Cohan and it made him
boiling mad. In those days he could
and did fly OF into something dam
gerously resembling temperamental
rage. Next to the theater was hotel
with rather nice bar. Cohan herded
the entire company into this room
and filled them with more cham
pagne than might be considered ex-
pedient the night before an opening.
Quite a few of the members Of the
cast were, to put it mildly, fairly
intoxicated and had TO be helped to
bed.
But no damage was done. Opening
night came and Colur1bus liked the
show. Moore's little wise hick struck
q responsive chord in the hearts Of
the audience. The same thing hap
pened in the next town, and then
the show landed in Chicago, where
1t settled down for a run. The man
agement wanted to be Q little more
certain of its merchandise before
tempting fate on Broadway.
THERE was q curious sidelight to
the Chicago engagement. The
show was booked into the Colonial
Theater. which was none other than
the rebuilt and renamed 1roquois. the
scene q few seasons earlier Of one OF
the most disastrous fires in the annals
of the stage. The new operators had
tried vaudeville and one or two other
ventures with little luck. The house
Evening star., 1935-11-03

Rigid Restrictions Aim
AtConserving Wild Fowl
Lean Years, Drought and Heavy Shooting
Along Flyways Financed by Hunters Tax.
New Hunting Rules

Here are some of the stringent
rules laid down in the new Fed
eral laws governing the protection
of wild fowl:
There must be no batting and
no live decoys.
There Is a three-shell limit for
auto-loading and repeating shot
guns.
Shotguns only can be used, and
these cannot exceed No. 10 gauge.
A 81 Federal tax stamp must 6c
attached to the hunters license.
Shooting hours are restricted to
between 7 am. and pm.
The bag limit has been cut to
10 in the aggregate of all kinds.
1t is illegal to shoot wood ducks.
ruddy ducks and bufflehead ducks
at any time.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

A great variety Of antelopes are
found In South Africa, ranging from
the diminutive blue buck or mipiti to
the eland. 4
Evening star., 1935-11-03
BANGING.

Prof. and Mrs Acher's Studio. 1927 10th
st. NV. Class and dancing Fridays, $3.50 to
II 80 pm. with Berryman's Orchestra: Pri-
vate lessons by appt. Met. 1880. Est. 1900.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

venture-a combination of q musical
show and q melodrama. A. L. Er-
LANCER saw the dress rehearsal in
Columbus. He did not like it and he
expressed his disfavor with typical
emphasis. "Ou and water do not
Evening star., 1935-11-03

power in the American theater. with
their empire Of playhouses stretching
across the country and into Canada.
were the producers. with Harris serv-
ing as business manager. Cohan had
experimental with a new genre in this
Evening star., 1935-11-03

w. c. Fields In
"The Man on the
Flying Trapeze."
Hnuadv Cart News,
Evening star., 1935-11-03

Nancy Carroll In
j"Atlantic Adventure"
Tim MCCOY In "Riding
wild % Als0 new serial.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week
Saturday

Bob Steele in
kid CouraseouS."
Monte Montana In
THE Circle ofDeath."
Tom Brown in
"Freckles."
Joe Cook comedy.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

ZaSu Pitts IN
"She Gets Her Man.
Nancy Carroll in :.
Atlantic Adventure"
w. G. Fields in Man
on Flying Trapeze."
John Wayne In
"Rainbow Valley"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Rails Do Worse Thar,
 Other Trading Groups
Lack of Pressure Responsible for Early Rse-War
 Troubles Still Prove Factor in Many Issues

high. Montgomery slipped of to a small net loss. The early rise was brought about by lack of pressure rather than new demand. War troubles were still big factor al- though. the street was waiting further indications along that line.
 Business news was in line with expectations. Electricity output in the week ended September 21 was 1895 per cent above the. Hcorrc- spending week of 1884. Steel oper- ,ations, according to the Iron Age, were down 1-2 point mainly be- cause of slowness of the automo- bile industry in getting into pro- duction on new models. ..,.r+.
 Chrysler was the leader in the automobile group. It touched 72 3-4>up 1 1-s aided by it's report !on deliveries for the first. 38 weeks Of 1895, which were 23 per cent over the. total for the entire year 1884. General Motors touched 45 3-4 up 5-S. The group eased from the highs. "e.
 Virginia Carolina Chemical is- sues were whirlcd up, the preferred shares to new highs. The 2 per cent touched 120 up 10 points. It was reported the company would retire part of it's prior preference stock. Air Reduction touched 151 1-2 up 1. Utility stocks moved narrowly. Silvers firmed.
 Bonds were higher with U. S. governments featuring. September wheat roae 2-4 cents A buShel. Cotton was fairly steady.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
CUGCENHEIM TO PROVIDE AID FOR
 ROCKET FLIGHTS
Millions Will Be at Dis- pOsal of Dr. Robert
 GOddard's Tests

Roswell. N. M., Sept. 25.-eUP) Attempts to piece the strato- sphere with rocket flying ma- chimes" capable of 1000 miles an hour or more were promised the permanent support of millions of dollars today by Harry F. Guggen- helm, former ambassador to Cuba, for the Guggenheim foundation.
 Guggenheim announced for pr. Robert H. Goddard of Clark uni- versity, Worcester, Mass, that the physicist already has succeeded in shooting self-propelled rockets to unmeasured heights at a speed of more than 700 miles an hour.
 Dr. Goddard has solved the prob- lem of stabilization of rockets, us- ing a gyroscope principle and hopes with the almost unlimited funds placed at his disposal by the Guggenheim foundation to build rockets considerably larger and more powerful than the 12-foot cy- finders with which he has worked previously.
 Guggenheim spent an entire day in Dr. Goddard's lonely. desert lab- oratory with Col. Charles A. Lind bergh, his technical adviser on aviation subjects, before announc- ing that the foundation he admin isters would continue on an en- larged scale the support 1t has given the experiments for five years.
 Lindbergh interested the late Daniel Guggenheim in Dr. God dard's work in 1890, after the sci- enlist had financed his work al- most alone for IS years. The elder Guggenheim organized an advisory committee of famous men from all branches of science interested in the earth's stratosphere and made 1t possible for Goddard to give his full time to experiment. The Ros- well laboratory was built SO the flight of rockets at blasting speed from the earth would bother no one, and no one would interfere with the experiments.
 Dr. Goddard puts little emphasis on the layman's dream of passen- ger travel through space in one of his projectiles. His primary ob- jcctive is a rocket that will carry meteorological recording instru- ments to heights of 50 miles or more and bring them back safely to earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

C0ntinued from Page n God than their elders" the papal legate said.
 Were our Lord here in the Bles- scd Sacrament to appear to our mortal eyes at this moment, his first greeting would be not so much to the Cardinal lcgatc or the Bish- ops or the priests or to our conse- cratcd reIigious--but rather his eyes would beam upon you chill drcn.
 "Thc child is the model of in- noccncc. Simplicity. humility. obe- diencc. Older people must live in their souls as children"
 Then the fathcrly Cardinal told again the well-remembercd stories of the shepard lad, David, who sav- ed Irsael from the Philistines by staying the giant, Goliath; and the story of the boy Daniel and his three youthful companions who were cast into the lions den and was delivered unscathcd; and the story of the three children cast in- to the fiery furnace.
 Christ so loved his children that he became one of them,' the Cardinal said. "iie could have come into this world as q king, because he was the king of kings. But he would not deny himself the joy of being little child
 Going back through the his- tory of the church, the Cardinal re- called that little children once were not considered serious enough to make their first communion at an early age. He praised the wisdom of Pope Plus x, who 25 years ago decreed that children were among the most acceptable and welcome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Middle West Pondcrs

Chicago, Sept. 25-UP)-Clergy- men of the middle west pondered their replies today to President Roosevelt's letter asking their rec concentrations on the administra- tion of the social security act.
 George Cardinal Mundelcin, head Of the Catholic church In the mid de west, probably will offer the as- sistance of the numerous churches under his jurisdiction, church lead CTS said.
 Bishop George Craig Stewart, head of the Chicago diocese of the Episcopal church, said he would draft a reply "in the near future.'
 R. II. Elliott, head of the edu- cationai branch of the Presbyterian church, said he would reply soon SIS will Paul $. Calhoun, Presby- terlan church moderator, and Dr. Henry 5. Brown, executive sccre- tary of the Chicago headquarters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
WAR PREPARATION OPENS IN ETHIOPIA.
By HERBERT R. EKINS Copyright, 1885, by United Prcss)


 Djibouti, French Somaliland, Sept. 25- OUP)-Despairing of peace, Ethiopia is rushing final preparations Ter war with Italy and has closed prospective battle areas to foreigners, 1t was learned today.
 It was indicated that Ethiopia believes Italy is merely playing for time in it's diplomatic negotiations and has reconciled itself to an at- tack.
 All approaches from the Djibouti- Addis Ababa railway southward into Ogaden province and north ward into Danakil province have been closed.
 There the emperor's forces are entrenching themselves under Rus sian, Swedish, German and Bel gian military engineers, preparing to meet anticipated simultaneous Italian advances from Asmafa, in Eritrca on the northern frontier, and the Ualual region in the south cast bordering on Italian Samali- land.
 Observers and other foreigners, including consular attaches, are forbidden to penetrate the country north of Diredawa, on the railway, or southward of Harar, the impor- tant strategic city which lies just south of the railway.
 Approaches to the great central plateau, including territory along the railway beyond Awash (Awash is 110 miles east of Addis Ababa) is being fortified. Ethiopian mili- tary leaders believe that Italy would attack in that area. seeking to unite it's forces rom the north and southeast along the railway. between Dircdawa and Awash, and make thrust foi the capital
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
SWOANS CLUB TO
 BUY NEW JACKETS

The weekly meeting of the Cwo- ans club was held last evening at the Central Y and featured the announcement by Daniel Manseau that bowling match with team from Ansonia in the near future is In the making. Michael Delpo gave report on the Monday meeting of the Interclub Council while An drew Cambigue, Otto Wilke and Delpo were authorized to purchase new jackets for the members. Dom Tarulio will be in charge of next weeks program. George Cambigue handled the gavel last evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

(Continued from Page 1.)
 seemingly endless trail since he shot and killed a constable at Ellington, Conn.,, 26 days ago, wait- cd impatiently for fresh reports of his whereabouts.
 No needle in a haystack ever was more elusive than this shoot and-run fugitive who has wounded three law officers, one mortally during a 19-year career of crime.
 Bey's latest act of defiance came yesterday when, slipping through a police cordon five miles away in Hadley, he came here. broke into combination grocery store and postal station, and es- capped with cash and provisions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Millerick Will Be | Arraigned d Tomorrow
Waterbury Youth to Face Court on Charge of AssauIt ing Girl at Party; Democrat Town Committee Meets
WOLCOTT
COrrespOndent-Mrs Louise Snyder-Tel. 5-O520

\ William Millerick, 20, of 60 Wa IRerviIle street. Waterbury will be lhrraigned fin town court tomorrow lnight to answer a charge of aS- haulting Frances Milius, 27, of 1O4 EOakville avenue. at a party at Hitchcock Lake early Sunday knOrning.
 The girl is suffering from frac- ikured jaw, black eye, and severe Bruises on the side of her face. She !may place further charges of q leerious nature against the Brass Eity man.
 4 meeting of the democrat town bommittee was held last night at alle home of George Lockshire for the purpose of recommending q candidate for the office of town treasurer for the fall election. The name of Louis A. WinchelI was recommended to fill the position. MT. Winchell is former member
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
PREDICTS ALASKA BOOM

Juneau, Alaska (U.P.)-R. J. Wakelin, who has travelled the trails of Alaska Cor 21 years as drummer" thinks 1885 will be the territory's greatest year. "Nev- CT since started have conditions been moro. favorable than they arc now" he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
By ELMER 0. wALzER

New York, Sept. 25- (UP)- Stocks continued their advance un- til the last hour of today's market and then slipped back to close irregularly higher.
 There was no particular pres sure. Rails did q little worse than other groups. Motors reacted from early highs. Westinghouse Electric fell more than a point from its
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
INSURANCE STOCKS
ON THE SPOT
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS

Dallas, Texas, September 25 - (UP) - Your face looks familiar but the name escapes me-" Officer John Henderson remarked to the barber whose razor was poised. "You sent me to prison once for five years" the barber replied. Henderson. gulped and hoped for the best. There was no blood
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
DIDN'T WATCH STEP

Spokane. Wash, UP) - Earl Phillips. hotel clerk. walked out of his elevator on the first floor. While he was gone another em- ploye moved the elevator to the second floor, and only an empty shaft was there when Phillips stepped back. He fell 20 feet, but will recover,