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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10
STRAND

Performances tonight conclude the engagement of Mary of Scott land" and Palm Springs. current attractions at Warner Brothers Strand theater. 'The Texas Rang ers", King Vidor's epic of the south- west, begins a four-day engagement at the Strand tomorrow.
 Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie head the cast in roles entirely new to both of them, yet roles to which they give a convincing reality. Both MacMurray and the wise-cracking Oakie are seen as members of. the 1887 Texas Rangers, the fearless body of men who undertook to make Texas "a reasonably safe place in which to live"
 Jean Parker, remembered for the youthful charm she brought to "Se- quoia" and Little Women, has the leading feminine role. that of a daughter of the commander of an outlying Ranger post.
 Placing a romantic, action-f filled plot against . background as vast as the entire outdoors and as hiS- torically accurate as research could make 1t, King Vldor has scored with a film that tops the field from every point of view. The crew which made "The Texas Rangers" spent more than two months in the, desert re- gions of New Mexico and Texas, five hundred miles from Hollywood to record its story.
 No more thrilling scene has ever been made than the Indian war which marks a turn to the story ot Texas Rangers" Staged by mora than 800 players, many of them 1n- dians enlisted from the still prinis tive tribes of New Mexico, it marks a high point of the drama.
 Deeds of the Rangers depicted in Vidor's saga are taken from actual incidents in the history of the or- ganization. Mac Murray, Oakie. Lloyd Nolan and the other chief characters of the picture are drawn from life, patterned after actual Rangers and outlaws of the era.
 Though it sets in action at a single period of the Rangers ,his- tory, the picture succeeds in giving a panoramic view of the growth of Texas, immortalizing the men who. more than any other one group, made the development possible.
 Despite the swift pace of the plot and the real dramatic power of its action, "The Texas Rangers" pro- vides good portion of comedy, of romance and of melody. The Ranger song dominates throughout; othef new tunes are presented by Mac' Murray and Oakie. \
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10
PhiLnteIic NezQS Coronation of King Edward to Be Memorialized by Special Stamp Issues-Boston Planning Bat tie of Tippecanoe" Honoring President Harrison
By ,. F. D..

From London, England, the lat est news in regard to the stamp world has it that stamps to be is- sued in honor of the ascension of Edward VIII to the throne, and, in some instances, his cor onation, will together greatly swell the worlds total of standard stamps.
 It has been said that nearly ten per cent of last years increase was brought about by the 245 stamps issued in commemoration of King Georges Silver Jubilee, the entire output of the year bringing the worlds total to be- tween 59,00 0and 60,000 major or standard varieties.
 The new King Edward issues in DOminiOnS, colonies and territor- ies, it is believed, will produce as many sets as were released during the jubilee. The number of special coronation stamps is a matter of conjecture at the pres ent time, inasmuch as no one seems to be able to predict just what the procedure will be. It has been implied, however, that many of the sets will be available about the time ofthe coronation, which is May 12, 1887, or shortly before that time. Collectors are there- fore wondering, at the present time, if these will take the place of special, coronation stamps.
 At any rate, the present output of British stamps, coupled with those released last year and those which will be issued in connec- tiOn with the coronation of the king, is one which has not been equalled in that country.
 No one has been able to say ex- actly what is the rule which gov- erns scarcity of certain bureau prints because each of the rarer ones has 8 different story con- nected with it, an understanding of which clearly confirms its rar- ity.
 In the case of Lansing, Mich, 11x10 1-2), the entire order was used by one firm in Lansing and according to reports, in one mail- ing. The stamp was used as a seal on a third class circular and the few singles now in collections show the inevitable crease which must result from such use.
 For many years only one block of 4 was known to exist which, to an extent, confirms the history of the stamp as has been handed down.
 Needless to say, bureau print collectors have secured the city of Lansing for singles and few have turned up as a result, all with the ever-present crease.
 But .'bIocke% has been the Ob- iect of the search aan not until
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

ted by the bazooka- playing of Burns: swing music by Louis Pri- mas world-famed band. Western songs, and the antics of Crosby, Burns, the bull, Miss Farmer, and Martha Rave, new screen come dienne "find".
 Rhythm on the Range" intro- duces such song hits as T Cant Escape From You" "The House That Jack Built For Jill" If You Can't Sing It You1l Have To Swing It." Empty Saddles, 2" I'm An old Cow Hand From the Rio Grande" and Roundup Lullaby"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

this past summer was the search rewarded. In the effects of a small retail store in Lansing which once used precancels on it's mall by permit 8 cigar box of stamps, left over from the old days, was found and in that box, 8 block of 8 of Lansing, No. 5l!
 This block is the only known block of its size in existence and is rated by collectors of bureau prints as the hObby's greatest rarity.
 Hoover Brothers, publishers of the Official Precancel Catalogue report that the 1887 edition of the catalog will be ready between De- cember 1st and 5th, 1886. The catalog will contain approximate ly 1900 pages of listings and will include all precancels reported on issues between 1922 and 1885 in- elusive. It will be in loose leaf form so that annual addenba may be supplied at a minimum of cost to the purchaser. The price is $6.35 with heavy paper binder and $6.85 with cloth-covered binder. It will be possible to pur- chase any individual state for $1.5o; two for $1.75 and three for $2.00.
 The following item has been forwarded from the Boston Ca- chet society: "On November 2, 1886, the Boston Cachet society will issue 2 cachaet or historical printed envelope celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Battle of TippecanOe and hOnOring Gov ernOr William Harrison. The bat tie was important in the develop ment of our central states.
 Harrison was our ninth presi- dent and the first one to die in office. The envelope will be artis- tically made and one may be se- cured by sending four cents in stamps or currency to the Boston ;achet society, 25 Kemore road, Maiden, Mass"
 From the San Francisco Chem Der of Commerce comes the fol- lowing item:
 San Francisco is going to have an elaborate celebration for the opening of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridg,. This is one of the finest and greatest bridges in the world. The celebration here is to Le the outstanding feature of the year. A beautiful cachet is proposed and sanctioned by the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Bridge cel- ebration committee for this event. The cachet will be in accordance with the unique festival depicting the bridge and vicinity. m
 The covers will have g signifi- can: and historical value for sou- venirs, School and stamp coliec- tors. Ey>.-ythinR possible will be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

done to make these covers inter- esting. Envelopes sent for this ca- chet should be of standard size with the left hand of the envelope left entirely free for the cachet. All coTers |, be handled free of charge, no limit to quantity.
 Attention Ship Cancellation Soc cieties and those interested in ship cancellations -there will be numerous United States vessels in the bay for the occasion. Cancel lations where possible will be pros cured. Ship cancellation, society rules in effect. {
 All mail should be sent to either of the following addresses: San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce or John D. Long. Ca- chet Diisctor. 770 41st Ave"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

ing liquor use shows a more defi- nite recognition of the social side of the problem than was usual be- fore 1920.
 The liquor laws in most states offer such purpose as flor the public health, peace, and morals of the people," and then proceed to lay down regulations aimed at those objectives.
 So goes the current struggle to solve a problem that is at least as old as Noah. AS well-informed an authority as Mrs. John s. Shep- pard of the New York State Liq- uor Authority believes that pro hibition drinking pushed liquor up to 8 place in the community all but of proportion to its real im- portance."
 But the resurgence of the dry crusade gives promise that it will again be, as it was once, one of the dominant issues in American politics. ls
 THE END
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10
More Women Drinking
BY WILLIS THORNTON

Around drinking by women rageS one of the more formidable battles That more women drink liquor than in the days before prohibition no one can reasonably doubt. The pro- hibition speakeasy put women on even terms with men, and there they stand today.
 The dry attack is based on or ganized efforts to cultivate women's trade. The now famous Open Let ter to American Women on Whiskey," which drew rebuke from Federal Alcohol Director Choate, marked such a high point in this campaign that liquor com panies have now leaned far back ward in their advertising.
 You'll see no pictures of women in liquor ads these days, and hear no liquor ads on the radio.
 All efforts to publicize individ- ual or general liquor products meet with dry disapproval. Bishop F. c. Richardson of Philadelphia (Methodist) distils this objection into '"The liquor traffic is putting on a campaign to win women and young people. Knowing that it is constantly destroying its best cus- toners, it sees the necessity of creating new appetites. Every eff fort is being made to induce drink ing among housewives and young men,"
 Huge Signs Barred
 This matter of encourage or discourage" is the center of many present-day attacks on the liquor problem. California, for instance, provides by law that places selling beer and liquors may not announce the fact by signs of more than 720 square inches. So you see in San Francisco large signs announcing "Beep" or Bees." and it is up to you to guess what they mean.
 Return of the problem to state supervision has provided a conn plexity of laws, rules, and regula- tions, a 48-room laboratory in hQ- uor control.
 Twenty-three states have elabo- rate licensing systems, regulating sale of hquor.' Fifteen have state monopolies, wherein the state it. self sells liquor exclusively, under its own regulation.
 Wisconsin, Vermont, and Idaho ] provide means of denying liquor individually to persons found drunk. Connecticut will not allow women even to work in taverns selling beer, refiecting the dry cry that tn many states "the barmaid has come to AmericasH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10
CARROLL

They haven't got the coyotes singing Hi-Di-Ho, but in almost every other way the Old West has gone swing in Bing Crosby's latest, Rhythm on the Range, which opens tomorrow at the Carroll the ater with Crosby, Frances Farmer and Bob Burns in central roles.
 Rhythm on the Range" makes a cownlan out of Burns, and opens its story when the crooner buys a prize bull at a rodeo in < New York,s Madison Square Garden, then starts West with the animal in a box car. In the reels that follow 8 rollicking romance is punctua-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10
AnszUers To v Test Questions

Below are the answers
 to test questions printed
 on page 6. ..
 1. Victor Hugo.
 2. Whooping cough. 3. Sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils.
 4. Carbon monoxide. 5. Carat.
 6. An institution that Of- fers diagnostic, therapeutic or preventive treatment to am- buIatory patients; Outpatient departments of hospitals.
 2. No. 8. American painter.
 g. A district in the Swiss canton of Fribourg, famed for its cheese.
 10. Either is correct, but grey Is more common in Eng land, and gray in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10
Tall Flower Topics
SILVER SHIP
Bx THE MAN IN THE TOWER

The Hindenburg went over us yesterday
 Without hitch or slip, The Hindenburg, you know, my friends,
 Is an immense giant airship. Windows framed many faces,
 Roofs held scores of people, And when that boat sailed overhead
 It almost touched steeple. Yards and fields, streets and porches,
 Everybody out looking high, Just to see great big ship
 As it went majeSticaly by. Schools let out for time,
 Children shrieked in gee Times much changed since we oldsters were kids
 When kite was sight to see. The Hindenburg went over us yesterday
 On its goodwill tour-quote Quite sight in the morning sun,
 great long silver-boat Elm Elm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

The danger hour. |. {. . According to the statisti- clans this is the time of the year when danger turks at Fro t m %"r;nS ctober r NcvenSer and December death closer to the mOtorist and to the pedestrian than at any corresponding time during the year. It's the early dusk that does the trick. Not to mention the falling leaves wet payments that provoke the skids from which there is return. |. They all go to spell doctor and undertaken blls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

Oscars choice . Presidents, premers, and kings only of the world great who have Smacked their chops the Succuent vands served up by the famed maitre-de-hotel Oscar of New Yorks Waldorf Astoria. On his 70th birthday recently this connoi- as one might imagine, some exotic with name that could only be understood by accomplished lin- gust. In Oscars words "Its boiled beef with nice boiled potato Maybe this some sort of conclusive proof that simple foods like simple joys best And incidentally young men whose girl friends have dis concerting habit of ordering the hgherprced foods care to remind them of Oscars choice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10


 again is raging over . wide
 front, with drys hopeful of
 bringing back prohibition. This
 is the third and last of . series
 telling of the battle that Is be-
 ing waged.
 BY WILLIS THORNTON
 NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 The rejuvenated dry cam paign today has the same spirit and objectives it had in 1878, when pious women knelt outside swinging doors. and when Carrie Nation swung her averaging hatchet 35 years ago.
 While repeal brought about the same legal status as existed m those days, other conditions have changed. It is in the field of those changed conditions that today's drys are concentrating their heaviest fire
 "They are making the most ot the fact, that, in a mechanical age, liquor is a more acute social problem than in the old days Grandpa's horse would get him home safely even if the reins faltered in grandpa's hands, but grandson at the wheel of 8 100- nile-an-hour auto is something else again.
 Mrs: Mary Harris Armour, evan eelistic director for the w. c. T. U.. indicated this line of attack when she told the recent conven- ton of her organization that "Re- peal, because of these deaths due to drunken driving, can right fully be termed murderous fail- ure!"
 whether the increasing traffic toll is due to repeal can not be stated with finality. Increase in population, increase in the num- ber of cars on the road and m their speed are all factors which complicate the issue.
 Statistics in Conflict
 There are no reliable and final statistics. The National Safety Council reported an increase of 13 per cent in the number of drunken drivers involved in motor accidents and 10 per cent in the number of drunken pedestrians who didn't get out of the way.
 But wet St. Louis reports de- crease of fl per cent in such acci- dents, and the general increase in dry states has been about the same as in wet states, while the banner accident day is always Sunday, when liquor sales are barred al- most everywhere.
 It is very hard to make con- elusive case from any figures avail able, though vets, drys, and mod crates agree that there are all too many accidents due to drunken driving.
 Alcoholism furnishes the same opportunity to take your choice of figures. The Methodist board of temperance, prohibition and public morals reports that in 324 cities surveyed, police figures show an in- crease over 1920 of 195 per cent in arrests for intoxication.
 The Metropolitan Life 1nsur- ance O., reports a 13 per cent de- cline in deaths from alcoholism among insured workers, two per 100000 in 1885, lowest for any year since 1921.
 But the Northwestern Life In surance Go. rejected 8 per cent more applicants, on account of ex- cessive use of liquor, last year than the year before, and 32 per cent morethan in 1892. Take your choice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

Dialing. '. Rev. Dr. John c. Walker of the Second Congregational church will take part in the annual Columbus Day service tomorrow at the Italian Congre- gati0naI church on South Elm street where Rev. EasQuaIe COdeIa holds sway. |. i. Rev. Theodore o. B0bin of the First M E. church will make his debut Eek0re WATR micrOphOnes aSweek from tomorrow
 Dadcasting the morning devOtions from his house of &efship. Rev. Carl StenhOlm, rector of the Swedish Lutheran church. will undergo major operation next Neek
 Good Night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

Moviegrams. Fred Stone is quite familiar to picture fans nOw just he to musical comedy in the good old days of Montgomery and Stone and the latter years of his appearances with his daughters His latest cinema finds him working with Ginger Rogers in sMOther Carey'S Chickens" Vincent Sheean known for his fine literary work (San Feice is bestseer to- day) gives Katharine Hepburn fine vehicle in which to emOte-Violette, short story. RKO borrowed the weIl-known comedian, Herman Bing from COlum- lia for Lily POns' second picture. . Estee WinwoOd, of stage fame is appearing in Quality Street." the version of James M. Barries play. Talk about standins. It remained for Maurice MOscOvitch, the Russian actor to have his perform. Their re- gemblance is extremely marked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

This may may not interest you but the Clever Wielders golf championship of the city will be decided farways at the Meriden municipal course tomorrow. Of course reference in this particular is made to Dan Stokes and Al Vaonis who have been at odds over their gOlfing superiority since last spring when an unexceeded rivalry was created When last seen Valonis was on his way out for little work on the greens, while Dan remained at home to inform the neighbOrs just what they expect in the way of results. According to present indications there will be party at the home of Mr. and Mrs Stokes t0mOr- TOW evening. In event of the unexpected, the fete will be in honor of the visitor, and speeches will be limited to 40 minutes each
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

from the roof of the City Ha Lieutenants of the fire
 department Jim Mccoy and Michael FIaherty, Deputy Chief Thomas Cavanaugh. Benny Joy, LeOn-
 ard Murphy, Maurice Ryan, Benny COyle, Assistant Police Superintendent Dan Carson Detective Lieu
 tenants Joseph Bendler William Pollard, Connie Shan
 ahan, Inspector Joseph Stevens, Miss Kathleen Crow
 ley, Matron Miss Elizabeth Lyman Executive Secre-
 tares Thomas P. Kelly and Joseph St. Louis Detective Lieutenant Matthew Balanda, Tmmy HOrgan, Judge
 Dennis J. Slavin Judge Edward MaScOO Clerks Daniel
 Mahaney and Irving Pasternak City Clerk John Fitz-
 maurice and his assistant John DiCOrpO, Town Clerk Dora Egan Personal Tax Collector George A. StOkeS
 Superintendent of Parks James J. Curtin and Gladys
 Howell and gazing towards the county court house
 Francis Clayton Briotti Frank Brickel Frank McCann
 and Head Sheriff James OLeary who stands chatting
 for the moment with Miss Marjorie Bowling
 Doing the Town. . Matt Dunphy and Frank Kerner leaving Democratic Headquarters East Main street Nick Zappone entering eatery for his coffee - Traffic Officer Jack Parker greeting the girls and boys they the street at East Main street and Phoenix avenue, and how those girls do blush and rnurmur, Myl but isn't he handsome policeman. :. /. Martin Bowes the dean of boarding house keepers and so-caled landlord of our Broadway. Paul Guglieno Tom Fitzrnaurice stepping along with Andy Broder- ick George and Ray Havican making their way towards Scovills John Kelly inspector at the same plant heading out East Main way. Another old friend whom we are glad to into none other than Al Coley of Frost Road And he looks better now than he did 10 years ago. Next comes Joseph Xavier Begnal popular superintendent at Riverside cemetery and then John Archie, favorie chef who deals out those meals at ColucciS restaurant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10

Needless to say, bureau print collectors have secured the city of Lansing for singles and . few have turned up as a result, all with the ever-present crease.
 But .'bIockse has been the ob-i iect of the search aan not until
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-10
|Drys Center Their New Smash
 On Liquors ''SociaI Effects ]"
Drunken Driving Is Target;Wome Greater Use of
 Booze Hit

Despite belief of drys in 1920 and vets i'm 1883 that the liquor question was settled, the fight again is raging over q wide front, with drys hopeful of bringing back prohibition. This is the third and last of series telling of the battle that Is be- ing waged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-26
GIRL SCOUTS OF
 TROOP 5ACTTVE
Last Indoor Meeting June Hike to High Rock
 Is Recorded

Verna verpillok scribe for Girl Scout troop s, hos llated tho activi- ties of her troop for the past month as foIl0ws: The last indoor meeting was held on June 8. Following this there was Q hike to High Rock Grove, attended by duldane Kesh. ian, Rena B0wes, Bernice Sullivan, Violh. Coeariff, Rosemary Kane, Rite pusgan. Mary Eahy and our captain, Miss Ttlrnhul, who ft1r- nished the transportation.
 The next week Q swim and eup- per trip was held under hte direc- tion of Miss JAcqueline Yavecohla, at which eighteen members were in attendance.
 The last supper party to date wns held at the home of Mrs. A. b. DRwsota, At which the final course of awards was held for the year. Thos6 present were Mfr. and Mrs. DawBon, Mrs. BelyeA, Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Mcbride, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. MArggraff, and Miss Race of our troop committee, scouts Rose Dressell, Macbeth Campbell, Elsie Markham, Marion Foley, Mary Delaney, June Mcbride, Bernice Sullivan, Airline Bowes, Verna Yer. pilot, Viola Cosgriff, Rosemary Kane, Ann Shay, Roberta Filney, Ruth Senkewich, 0uldane Keshian, Lois Borden, Rena Bowes, and the troop leaders Mrs. Yavecchia, Mrs. schulman and Miss Turnbull, and Shirley Lawson, Agnes Doran, Bet ty Barry, Eileen Cavanaugh, Audrey Kemp, Jane Peck, Rita Duggan, Jacqueline Yavecchia, Lorraine Hampston, Mary Fahy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-26
LIQUOR PERMIT

This 10 to give notice that I, Mor- timer ]. Connor of 1e Eimw0od Ave. Waterbury, have filed an ap. piicatibn dated June 10, l9se. with the Liquor Control Commission for q Wholesale Permit for the sale of 3s2 South Main st. (rear), Water- bury. The business ia owned by Jacob Ruppert, Inc, of 82s South Main St., Rear, Waterbury, and will be conducted by Mortimer !. C0n- nor of le Eimwood Ave-, Water
 MORTIMER !. CoNNoR.
 Dated June 1e, 1886. 0-i9-s6-2t