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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
---- Hollywood News and Gossip - MANY STARS HAVE WON
 SUCCESS BY ACCIDENT!
Infected Throats Automobile Crashes Falls Other Mshaps Have Saved Screen FavOrites From Being Lost to Fame
Hollywood News and Gossip

During long months in q cast, he began to write. Now he's 4 con- tract author in Hollywood specializ- ing in aviation stories. Ceiling Zero" was his latest
 Break for two
 Not so many years ago Raoul Walsh was q little-knOWn actor and his brother George was a star. Raoul finally was assigned leading role and then frightened 1ackrabbit leaped in front of his speeding car and was hurled through the wind gheld. The unusual accident cost Walsh an eye and his acting career.
 So Raonl turned to directing, and today is one of HollyWood's tOp- notchers. His race horses are train cd by Brother George, who also plays few bit parts on the screen.
 That same lucky accident also af- fccted another player--Warner Bax- ter. Baxter seemed tO be about washed up fin the movies; in fact, he washed up in the movies; in fact, he was practically packed and req dy to leave Hollywood in disgust.
 But Raoul Walshs injury sent the studio scurrying in search of another leading man, and Baxter was given the role, along with comeback chance for stardOm.
 Baseball Casualty
 Then there was Jimmy Hogan who broke Il leg sliding into second base during q big-league game in Yankee Stadium. He hobbled out of baseball into movie director ship.
 Harold Lloyd was doing Chaplin limitations when a film explosion nearly robbed him of his sight. Even as he began to recover, 1t seemed certain he'd have to wear glasses the rest of his life. So Lloyd de- tefmined to capitalize on those in- eVitable spectacles, and they have been the trademark of his individual style of comedy ever since.
 There are no lenses in the spec
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the sweetest romances ever told, yet it reaches into the realms of deep est drama. The story will pull tre- mendolsly at your heart strings as has no other motion picture you have ever seen. IL K the cr0Wning achievement of John M. stahl, mas ter Of emotion. whose previous pro- auction includes such outstanding successes as Back Street." "Only Yesterday" and limitation of Life"
 The companion feature is Sunset Of Power" starring Buck Jones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
ALHAMBRA

Another important, outstanding motion picture is coming to the Alhambra theater. Magnificent ObseGsion," the Universal screen offering opens an engagement Sun day at this popular theater.
 Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor are co-staTred in this powerfully stirring production whose cast in- cIudes such screen taVorites As Charles ButterWorth, Betty Fnrness Sara Haden. Ralph Morgan. Henry hrmetta and Gilbert Emery.
 Magnificent Obsesgion" is one OI
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flesh" shows of 14th Street to the glittering palaces of Broadway. It traces his decline under the spite ful control of his society wife. played by Mona Barrie.
 In the climax, the picture shows how this master of entertainment returns to his most spectacular success and to the realization that he had loved Alice Faye all the time.
 Sidney Lanfield directed the pie ture, which features a cluster of brand new tunes from those wizard composers, Jimmy McHugh and Ted Koehlcr "Spreadin' Rhythm Around" Shooting High, Lovely Lady" and "Too Good to be True" are the names of some of them.
 The added attraction is Danger ous Waters" starring Jack Holt.
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VICTOR M'LACLEN
 COMES TO STRAND
Professional Soldier, '' With Freddie BarthOIO-
 new, Starts Sunday

The program at Warner Brothers Strand today and tomorrow is head lined by "The Story Of Louis Pa6- Leux," a page from the life Of this famous French chemist but for Whose discoveries half Of LIS might not be alive today. Paul Muni and Josephine Hutchinson head the cast in this history making screen ui- lImpb. The added attraction is The Milky Way" starring Harold Lloyd, and of course that means hilarious clean comedy Yes sir! Here Is q show kiddieg will enjoy.
 Sunday brings Professional SoI- dier" with Victor McIag!en, star of The Inf0rmer" and winner of IaGt years Motion Picture Academy award. dith little Freddie Bartholo- meW who has won universal fame with his work in David Copperheld" and more recently Little Lord Fauntleroy"
 With q fascinating Damon Rum yon yarn for It's basis. the gusty writing of Gene Fowler and How ard Ellis Smith in the script, this grand adventure picture tells the amazing story of little king and a clustering soldier of fortune who ber one pals in peril.
 10th McLaglen and little Freddie give sterling performances and capable support Is given them by such faVoriteg as Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalcn, Constance Collier and c. Henry Gordon.
 The companion feature will be "Man Hunt," starring Ricardo Cor tez, Marguerite Churchill, William Oargan and "Chic" Sale.
 The story concerns the pursuit of an escaped bank robbcr by fed eral agents and the part taken in 1t by a small town reporter, his sweetheart and a Goddcring TO- fnancing ex-gheria. It's filled with tense action and "Chic" Sale was never better as the old eX-sheritf who has repeated his tales of en- counters with Jesse James and the Dalton gang 50 often that he be- Iieyes them himself.
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tacles now, for Lloyd has complete ly recovered his vision.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
BY PAUL HARRISON
EA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 Hollywood eyer, Heaven for bid, you break your back, Or lose hn eye, or are stricken speeches., you might try cheering yourself with meditation on hll the fortuitous &C., cidents that have happened 10 pco- pie in Hollywood.
 4 throat aimcnt made Bing Crosby 4 crOOner provided him Wilh the soft, husky timbre that has brought him riches. A glandular dig order left Eddie Cantor pop-eycd, and those same eyes are the trade marks Of his comedy technique.
 4 talented German girl was studying the violin and might have become Il minor concert artist --- if she hadn't broken finger. Disc0ur- aged, she became an extra among the Berlin movie studios. where she soon began to attract attention. That was Marlene Dietrich. Voice Changed
 Claudettc Colbert hoped to have an operatic career, but throat ih- lection took away her voice. When she regained 1t, 1t was Il remarkably deep contralto that helped her to prominence as an actress.
 Frances Langford, too. Waa just a fairly good soprano until il ton- silectOmy gave her n c0ntralto range and 4 radio job. Now She can also hit the high spots.
 And 1t was Il throat operation that made Libby Holman Il torch singer.
 Lieut.. Com. Frank Wead was one of the nayy's greatest pilots until. one day at home, he fell down il couple of steps and broke his back. ter suddenly realizing thaG IT was Alice Faye he had loved all the time.
 The added attraction is "It Had to Happen" starring George Raft and Rosalind Russell.
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Determined to Succeed

b~St'H bDVg ASA AStSJa Att%b NS"hHANs~- ly recovered his vision.
 
 Determined t0 Succeed
 Even Carole Lombard might not have reached dramatic prominence --and certainly not as soon--if she hadn't been severely lacerated in an automobile accident. Before that she had been only flicker bathing beauty, but fear of disfigurement brought determination to try for straight acting roles.
 William Wellman probably would be a transport pilot today, if he hadn't been injured SO severely in crash at the front during the war. At least, he wanted to continue fly ing. but the Department of Com merce decided he wasn't physically fit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
The Greatest Show on Earth = By Frank M smi

at this banquet we are told came
from another judge.
None other than District Police
Magistrate Edward N. Curran.
And if you think because you've
faced him upholding the stern
dignity Of his court that he hasn't
a sense of humor, well you ought
to have been at the banquet.
Judge Curran did an imitation
of AL Smith offering a political
speech. Prefacing his remarks
with the assertion that they were
the words of the walker-outer and
not his own, the judge launched
into a speech, The Man In the
Brown Derby" made in 1928; from
there he went to one that had
been delivered in the last cam
paign.
And then, to make things even
better he gave you his idea of what
Al Smith would say in a political
campaign of the future. It brought
down the house.
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force during the World War, was
designated to relieve what some
members of Congress considered
serious emergency. Real estate
men combatted the idea on the
grounds that there wasn't any
emergency and that building was
expanding to such an extent that
Washington would be able to take
care of everyone who wanted a
place toslive without interference
from congress.
It looks today like the housing
situation is going to be a personal
issue with Mr.. Ellenbogen, this
session. In fact it has become a
personal issue already. He was
discovered in his office recently in
a very angry state. He can't find
an apartment in the city.
He can't find anything that suits
him and he is practically burned
to a crisp"
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ELECTED TODAY

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was
elected the thirty-second President
of these United States today.
OF course it isn't official as yet
We will have to wait until Jan
uary 6 before the presiding
officer of the Senate at a joint
session of the House and Senate
counts the votes. But all indica
lions are that As out of the "a
States cast their votes for the
Democratic candidate.
The vote, if I'm not mistaken
will be 523 to 8.
Of course, there was an election
November 3, but if you remember
that was only to elect the Elec
toral College which under the
strict rules OF our Republican
form of government met today to
give us a President.
The Presidential electors in the
different States met in their re
spective State capitals and the
certificates, credentials and votes
are expected in Washington by
mail in a very few days.
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Every Husband Knows

WITH women battling for, and winning, lights
w throughout most of the world, the French Senate
has leaped to the defense Of the male by decreeng that
the husband is the official head of the family
By law, then, the married man will wear the pants
By law he alone has the choice to where the family
may live"
In our humble opinion, the French Senate by this.
stroke of legislation merely transformed about 80
per cent of French wives into scofflaws.
May we point out that similar rulings have been
made in this country? That here the wife is bound
Theoretically to live where her husband decides to
make his home?
And may we point out, also that don't know a
single American husband who has darn thing to say
about the house, apartment hotel which the missus
decides suits HER!
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A Vote for Washing
ton Residents
(Duily Times, Watertown, N. Y,
NoU. 30, 1885,

(Duily Times, Waterfront, N. y
NoU. 30, 1856
Efforts will be renewed at the
coming session of Congress to pro
vide a vote for residents OF the
District of Columbia. Probably the
average person today has no idea
of the reason why the constitu-
tional convention wanted Congress
to control the seat of Government
and to that end denied the right
of suffrage to residents OF the
Federal district. 1t all came about
because of an unfortunate occur
renee in 1888. The Continental
Congress, meeting in Philadelphia,
was invaded by detachment OF
soldiers demanding their back pay.
It looked for a time as though
members of Congress might be sub
jected to bodily harm, but still the
local police force refused to inter
fere. The convention four years
later wanted to make sure that
the Government would always be
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able to command forces to pro-
tect itself.
The Washington Times has re-
Gently begun an aggressive cam
paign in behalf of the residents
of the District. It is directing its
attention to the creation of senti-
ment outside of Washington, in
the States up and down the Nation,
and this is right, for the District
is already convinced and alert to
have justice done. The work must
be done elsewhere.
The District of Columbia is now
governed by three Commissioners
appointed by the President. Con-
greSs acts as a board of aldermen
for the City of Washington. Con-
gress also appropriateS toward the
expense of the Government of the
District because much of the prop
erty there is aforementioned.
There are over 100000 citizens
in the District of Columbia eligible
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were removed. These citizens,
many of whom own homes in the
District, say that taxation without
representation is tyranny. There
fore, they demand the right to
vote, to elect their own governing
body and to have something to
say about their own affairs.
They are right. If there was
ever a reason why residents of the
District of Columbia should be de-
MED vote that reason has long
since disappeared. Certainly Con-
gress does not need to fear armed
attack nor is anyone going to shoot
at the White House. Residents Of
the District of Columbia should
have the same privilege of citizen
ship that everyone else enjoys and
Congress should take steps imme-
diately to remedy an injustice Of
many years standing.
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leaves the average parent gasping.
Then who's to tell the youngster
what's right? Where's he to find
key to the cruel chaos surround
ing him?
In just one place-his own eager
mind, his own fighting heart.
Give the modern youngster a
chance to think things through
and talk things out-and, nine
times out of ten, he'll get the an
swerS straight.
PUT YOUNG AMERICA ON
THE STUMP! GIVE THE PEG
PIE WHO ARE GOING TO RUN
THE SHOW A CHANCE TO SIZE
1T UP - AND THEN SPEAK
THEIR MINDS!
OPEN FORUM
There's the front-page cry Of
1936-from homes and shops,
campuses, factories and work
lines-a demand backed by hun
dreds of letters daily to this col
umn. And here's the answer
We're putting Young America
on the stump!
Starting here beginning
now this column will be
thrown open once week to Young
America. Every Monday the young
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names of the great in football.
Here and there were others who
had won their fame on the grid
iron or in other branches of our
great national pastimes.
Also there were present lovers
of sports who had gained the
right to have their names plas-
tered high because of excellent
work in other fields.
For instance, this list included:
J. Edgar Hoover, chief Oman;
Representative Sam Rayburn,
Representative John O'Connor
(these two are battling it out for
the majority leadership of the
House,; George P. Marshall,
Senator Pat McCarran; Senator
Joseph C.. O'Mahoney and others
of like fame.
These men were introduced one
by one. They arose took their bow
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And here's betting all the chips
that the world gets an earful.
Subjects? Anything that re,
lateS to Youth, and these strange,
new problems which modern youth
is facing.
GoodneSs-What is it?
Marriage-when can we?
Chaperons-Should they?
Education-how much and what
kind? Does the present brand
work? Is it getting youth some
where or holding it back?
Pay checks-who should hold
them, the youngster, or Nom?
Homes-how about 'em?
ParentS-what should we do
with them?
sweethearts free love q.
separate latch keys and apart
mentS :?
The list is endless! Never were
there so many new and vital queS-
lions before young life as today
d44O VIC 4UOu1S VI L4AC 4dCC NC
ponds upon Youths answer to
those questions.
THEIR ANSWER
Very we'll, here's where Youth
will give that answer, while the
whole world listens! And perhaps
YOURS will be the first answer
printed.
The rules? Easy. The writer
must be under 80. Make your
letter Short-not more than 500
words. Give name and address.
Send it to ELSIE ROBINSON
in care Of this paper. Then stick
around and watch for results.
Once a week, ONE particu-
larly' fine letter will be printed
and the writer will receive SIS.
Maybe more. Depends!
So-oo-o-o-All ready! Beginning
noW-Starting here
YOUNG AMERICA IS ON THE
STUMP!
Copyright. 1886, by King Features
Syndicate, Tne.)
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CIVIL SERVICE

Comparison of the English civil
service system and the one in eff
feet in the United States has al
ways been particularly odious to
proponents of the American syS-
tenn.
Every time a heated argument
arises on the Hill about the in
ACCESSIBILITY of extending the syS-
tenn in this country someone
brings up the fact that all the
civil servants in the British Empire
are under that country's classified
ton system. Those who like this
arrangement point with pride to
the efficiency with which the ser
wants of the British government
work with their elective officials.
But at the Capitol there are
members of Congress who fight
shy of setting up a burocracy in
this country that would have any
greater hold on Government poll
cies than it has today.
In a conversation recently with
a member who is dead-set against
extending our civil service to in
clude any policy-making position,
the matter of the English system
was brough up. The member re-
torted with a smile:
eyes, the English system is
far flung. 1t extends to very
high positions, but look, they
have a King that can't get
married"
At that time Edwards abdica-
ton had not been announced but
the weight of the government fell
upon him and today although he
is going to get married he is no
longer King.
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land sat down. Each man was &C
corded a nice welcome. And then.
And then: A square shouldered,
square jawed judge from the
rustic State of Texas was intro
duced. Pandamonium broke loose.
The crowd not only clapped,
they shouted. The applause was
prolonged. It was enthusiastic.
The judge was called upon to
get up and bow four times. Then
he stood behind his place at
the table and shook hands with
man after man in the audience
who pressed forward.
He was Representatives.
Clyde Garrett.
The reason?
He is the man who beat Tom
Blanton.
LIVELY BIT
One of the lively bits presented
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Votes for Washington

National representation in Congress and the right to
vote for President be secured for Washington only
through the action of the people of the vaous States and
their congressional representatives Following fen
of the editorials printed By newspapers throughout the
country pedging support to the movement for adoption
of constitutional amendment granting the District of
Columbia representation IN Congress and IN the Electoral
College, They printed IN response to letter from
The Washington Times outlining the Districts VoteleSs
status.
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Inaugural Plans

FNHE appointment of chairman of the inaugural COM
i mttee has been delayed so long that less than six
weeks remain in which to make preparation for the
monies attending the second taking of the oath Pres
dent by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
While the shortness of the period available for making
arrangements is regreable, its very brevty makes it
IMPERATIVE THAT CHAIRMAN CARY T. GRAY
SON AND THOSE HE NAMES TO ASSIST HIM
BUCKLE DOWN TO THE JOB WITH AN ENERGY
NEVER BEFORE REQUIRED ON A SIMILAR OC-
CASION.
Fortunately Admiral Grayson is not novice at
handling the complicated details of Inauguration.
He served chairman of the committee in charge of
the Presidents first induction into office and his ap
pontment this year is tribute to the in which
the earlier ceremonies were conducted.
In view of the fact that the prelmnaries to the APP
pointment of Admiral Grayson had to be conducted while
the President out of the country important
mission the new chairman has not been able to confer
with him as to the kind and type of ceremonial which
will mark January 20.
Definite indications as to the Presidents Wishes how
ever will undoubtedly be given to Admiral Grayson this
week. and will then be possible to envision the prepare
lions which Mr. Roosevelt will approve.
T. WEHOPE THAT BOTH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
AND HIS INAUGURAL CHAIRMAN WILL BE MIND
Full OF THE WIDELY EXPRESSED WISH THAT
THE INAUGURATION BE MADE A GALA OCCA-
SION.
There are many reasons why on this particular
sion Americans should be given opportunity to cele
brate in happy fashion the oath taking.
The of prosperity settling the country is prob
ably the outstanding why the parade and other
features should be on the grand SCALE
Another is the solidty of support which Mr..
Roosevelt was given in the November elections.
Still another is the triumph which democracy badly
split prior to the election has achieved in bringing about
a unity of the country.
THE DEEP PERSONAL FEELING WHICH MANY
AMERICANS HAVE FOR THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD INDUCE Hun TO LET DOWN THE BARS
AND GIVE THESE FELLOW CITIZENS AN OPPOR-
TUNITY TO CONGRATULATE AND INDUCT HIM
INTO OFFICE IN A MANNER SIGNIFICANT OF
THEIR AFFECTION.
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STEALS SHOW

Popularity is built on things that
no man can fatnom.
It happened at the Touchdown
Banquet. All the. great heroes c.
sports that could be gathered to.
gether were there. The speakers
table practically groaned with the
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bill, is having
his troubles.
r e p r eSenta.
tive Ellenbogen
is very much in.
terested in the
housing prob
lens in the Dis
trict; in fact, he
was a moving
figure in t h e
plan at the last
session to set UP
a rent commits
sion here. This
re t commits
sion, modelled
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chances are, it's
anything but!
For Machine
Age Youth is a
long leap from
the Dire a m y
d a W dli ng of
D a DIS young
days. In 3 0
years, the hui
man picture has
changed more
than in the pre-
c e in g 300.
There's a new
set,-llO all along
the line . . a
Set.lln hich