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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
ZION CONFERENCE
 TO END TOMORROW
Bishop Walls to Preach at Services to Be
 Held Sunday

The New England conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, which has been go- ing on at Mount Olive A. M. F. Zion church in this city for the past few days will be formally closed tomorrow evening. Yesterdays principal speakers were Dr. George Hayes, secretary of the race rela. tions department of the Federal Council of Churches and Mrs. Abbie Jackson of Louisville, Ky, Superin- tendent of missionary work in the 5th district.
 Bishop W. J. Walls of Chicago, H., will preach at tomorrow morn ing's services. The speaker will be Rev. H. w. Morrison. Tn the after noon the speakers will be Rev. w. o. Carson of New Haven and Rev. J. H. D. Bailey of New Orleans, La. Charles Foggie will preach the final sermon tomorrow evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
Jail Farm Plan Looms as Reality Soon
COURT SESS|UNS
 ENDING SHORTLY.
Superior Court to Adjourn Next Friday; Six Judges
 Presided During Term

The lDs5-36 term of superior court will end with the short calendar session next Friday morning. Tho next term will open in September.
 Judge Edwin c. Dickenson wiIl hear only court cases next week, the superior court jury having been dismissed this week. A heavy docket is listed for next week, with att torneys seeking to get cases disposed of before the long summer recess.
 Common pleas court will be iSl session until July 3, remaining open a week longer than superior court. Judge Edward J. Finn and Judge Miles McNiff will hear the last cases in that court during the next two weeks.
 The Waterbury Bar association will mark the end on Monday, June 29th, at the Waterbury Country club. A committee of bar associa- ton members is now completing plans for the annual gathering.
 Four criminal sessions were held in superior court during the year, criminal matters coming up in the September, January, April and June sessions. There are one or two criminal matters still on the docket, and they will be disposed of early next week.
 Six judges have presided here at the various court sessions since Sep- tember. They were Judges Newell Jennings, Alfred Baldwin, Fred- erick Peasley, Frank McEvoy, Fare nest Simpson, and Edwin Q. Dick enson. Judges Jennings, Peasley. Simpson and Dickenson presided at criminal sessions.
 The year marked the retirement of Judge Frederick M. Peasiey, who reached the statutory age limit Uk 70 during the winter. Judgde Peas- ley, now state referee, was tonOr- ed by the bar association at tes- timonial dinner at the time of his retirement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
STATE

If you like hot dancing, if you go for lively tunes, if you want star value for your movie money see Jessie Matthews in "1t's Love Again which begins . four day engagement at Warner Brothers State theater today.
 It's generous allotment of dance numbers includes stage, ensembles, tap routines, ballroom figures and finally an exotic Temple Dance which is tops for novelty among any introduced before by Miss Matt thews.
 The pictures song hits, already first favorites on the radio, include T Nearly Let Love co Slipping Through My Fingers. "0ot to Dance My Way to Heaven, "Tonys in Town" and Tt Love Again"
 Cyril Wells gets his first big chance as Miss Matthews dancing partner in "1t's Love Again." Ex- tra star value is offered by the presence of Robert Young as the romantic lead. while comedy Is given over to Sonnie Hale, who has appeared in the previous pictures to populariEe Miss Matthews.
 The story characterizeS Jessie as Q chorus girl who has no job but plenty of nerve. Enough nerve, in fact, to impersonate Q purely imaginary young woman created by Q not-too- conscientious column ist. Once begun, the inpersonation continues until Jessie is called upon to indulge in many oriental ec- centricities, including camel-ridding, tiger-shooting and affaires-du"coeur with assorted Maharajahs.
 How her reward is secured in the shape of stardom Is Q revue. inter- national fame and a handsome hus- band Is told with Q sprightly sense of comedy and story values.
 The companion feature is 'Dra- cula's Daughter. one of the seasons strangest dramas. If you have chills prepare to shed them when you see this super -thriller. The present pie ture is e sequel to 'Dracula", that weirdly fascinating story of vam- pires. Otto Kruger and Gloria H0l- den head Q large cast. Wednesday brings IF. c. Wells amazing forecast for the future, 'Things To Come" also Palm Springs" with Frances Langford. Sir Guy Standing and Smith Ballew, master Of ceremonies on the Shell Chateau radio pro- gram.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
City Court Judges
 Lend Wholehearted
 Support To Project
General Assembly Expected to Adopt Plan Recon mended By Special Commission Success of State
 Farm for Women Serves to Illustrate Features

dean of the Yale Law school, Mrs. William M. Maltbie, wife of the chief justice of the state, and Professor Jerome Davis of Yale University.
 House Voted "No"
 Both candidates for the governor. ship at the last election favored 1t and the senate iadorsed it by e vote of two to one but 1t was defeated in the house. Since then the state board of finance and control has unanimously voted the money for an option for c site for the jail farm.
 The legislative commission on jails has brought in Q report asking that the state proceed to buy the land in Glastonbury for which an option is already held for the estab- lishment of a state farm community. It does not urge immediate con. struction of the whole plant but pre- fers that the institution should be of gradual growth from Q small be- ginning.
 The state committee on Connecti- cut jail farms includes prominent attorneys, judges, manufacturers and penologists in practically every sec- ton of the state, as well as repre-. sentative members of the clergy. The committee is working actively toward the establishment of farm. It points out that the present jails of Connecticut are in such poor condition that if the present meth. ods of incarcerating the jail popula. ton is continued all the jails must be rebuilt or at least reconidtioned and modernized extensively. The federal government inspection of jails in Connecticut ranked them in 1895 as follows: ranked from 70 to 7o per cent; 3 ranked from 60 to 60 per cent; 1 ranked from 50 to S9 per cent; and 3 ranked under DO per cent.
 In other words, the highest rank which Connecticut received Is 7O-70 per cent and six of Connecticut's jails ranked under 60 per cent, two of them being given the lowest rank recorded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
give away.

give away.
 After satisfying myself that the cigar was out of the good pocket, I indiscretely accepted 1t and bit of the end, but before I actu- ally lighted it he first patted me on the back in token of friend- ship and fidelity and beamed up- on me with innocent-l looking eyes-and had the colossal gall to ask me to lend him my umbrella.
 Whether 1t was a conspiracy of the whole crowd to inveigle my umbrella away from me, or Hem ry's private scheme-I wasn't sure. He or any of the others could have afforded to give the bell boy a $20 bill and told him to go out and scare up an urn- brella and keep the change-but 1t was my particular one that they wanted, or at least that Henry did.
 I couldn't help admiring Hen- ry's nerve. He was popular af- ter-dinned story-teller and I thought, like as not he was ring ing-up a yarn to set some future banquet table roaring-so had to be cautious as well as polite, and told him that I was very sorry to refuse him but that I was going out on the street short- ly and would need my umbrella myself.
 But that didn't faze Henry a bit. % no, you misunderstood" " he said, T don't want to borrow your umbrella-I just want to take 1t a minute to hold over Q young lady while she steps from the hotel entrance to a cab, and I'll return it to you in c ji1y."
 With that assurance, I was weak and trusting enough to let him have 1t.
 Five minutes passed, and then ten-but no Henry showed up. Then I went down to the lobby where the crowd was impatiently waitinng.
 "Where'S our umbrella? they demanded, responsibility"
 "Why, haven't you seen HenryP-- he has it." I answered, and went on to explain.
 "Ah hap they muttered. with feined indignation-and twinkling in their eyes. Let us go to the ladies' entrance and question the hall boy"
 "Yes," the hall boy said, e gentelman of the description we gave had gone out of the street door only a few minutes before accompanied by . young lady,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
STRAND

Performances this afternoon and evening at 2:i6 and S:l5 mark your last opportunity to see "A Midsuri- mer Nights Dream" at Warner Brothers strand theater. Choice seats are still available. Phone your reservation or stop in at the Strand box office. This picture will not be shown in any other local theater this season.
 Tomorrow brings the musical hit "show Boat" and regular admission prices will again prevail at the Strand. (Matinee 15c and 2oc; eve- nings 20c and 25c.)
 The Jerome Kern-Oscar Ham, merstein music retains its appeal. The songs which are inseparable from the play are featured in the film and three new tunes were created by the same pair for the 1036 screen version.
 The production is c musical TO- mantle drama, centering on the love story of Magnolia and Ravenal, daShing river gambler and heart breaker. Most of the action takes place aboard Captain Andy Hawks Migsissippi show boat, with some se- Quences in New York, Chicago and in France.
 The cast contains eight principali in roles they played in the stage production. Irene Dunne portrayed Magnolia in the first road company Allan Jones, featured opposite her as Ravenal, first interpreted the character in a St. Louis stock com pany.
 Those who appeared in the orig inal New York company include Charles Winninger as Captain Andy: Helen Morgan as Julie; Francis K. Mahoney as Rubberface and Sammy White as Schultz Paul Robeson, singer of "Old Man River" played Joe in the first London of- fering. There is e singing chorus of 200 voices and e cast of $500. The companion feature will be "Times Square Playboy" with War ren William and June Travis. Thursday next brings Myrna Loy and Robert Montgomery in "Pettl- coat Eover," also Richard Dix in Special Investigator"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
CAPITOL

A beautiful and brilliant women driven from her home by a towns intolerance is the theme of War. ner Bros. new and stirring drama, T Married @ Doctor" which comes to the Capitol theater tomorrow.
 Pat O'Brien and Josephine Hutchinson, who played together on the stage and were reunited in the film hit, "Oil for the Lamps of China" are teamed together in the featured roles in T Married Q Doctor"
 The story is based on the fa- nous novel by Sinclair Lewis, which excoriates the hidebound bigotry of narrow minded small town folk who cruelty Q woman on the cross of gossip. It is said to be dynamic in its revelation of stultified passions; it's biting wit and heart throbbing pathos. But 1t has plenty of comedy relief.
 Pat O,Brien has the role of . country doctor who lnarries a city girl and takes her to his small town home to live. While he is Q kindly, jovial practitioner, his wife's ways are bit too radical to meet with his approval.
 Josephine Hutchinson is the city bred wife who is unable to it her- self into the ways of the small towners, although at first the men folk talk to her because of her beauty, wit and smart attire.
 The companion feature is Drift Fence" starring Larry Buster" Crabbe,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

and he carried an umbrella; but there wasn't any cab there.
 The boys description of Hen- ry's companion tailed perfectly with @ certain fascinating, full- of-the- mischief young lady nenl- Der of our own crowd of tour- ists.
 AS 1t was too wet to go out doors the crowd preferred to keep together and lay plans to get even with Henry. A strategy board was formed, and got into swift action. An intelligent young bell-boy was assigned to detec- tive duty--and sent out to search the town and locate the run-a- ways, who were discovered eating peanuts and popcorn in a nearby dime musemu.
 The detective was sent back to the museum and bribed the announcer to ask in loud tone of voice whether there was gen. tleman named A. M. Henry in the audience-and if so that he was wanted at the Sheriff's of1ce.
 The run-a-ways were not long in appearing before the strategy board, which also acted as Q court of justice. Henry behaved in proper spirit, chivalrously ex- onerated the young lady and threw himself upon the mercy of the court and merrily paid his fine by leading the whole crowd to the drug store next door and treating up to a delicious newly invented concoction called-ice cream soda water, which was hailed as Q vast improvement over the old-fashioned kind that was chiefly bubbles and foam.
 Also the umbrella was returned without injury-though not in . tiny.
 All going to prove that you can have fun in California even on . rainy day.
 CTo be continued in Saturdays DemocraD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

proposed to cast my umbrella of the train to the Indians.
 But now that 1t was raining like all possessed these very peo- pie tuInbled over each other in politeness to me and had the nerve to refer to my own private property--as our umbrella and our beloved umbrella and insist that it be produced at once so that 'we' could decide how we should take turns in using 1t.
 It was first proposed that an escort accompany me to my room. but 1t was finally agreed to trust me to go alone and return promptly to the company who would be waiting in the lobby.
 I had just reached my room and taken the precious umbrella form its hiding place in my bed when Henry came bouncing in all animation and smiles and of- fered me one of his really good cigars. He always treated himself to the choicest brands, but he had 6 habit of carrying some vile ones in another pocket to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Member of Commission farm for women at Mantle as at, example of the excellent work acc complained by institutions of the kind.
 Farm Essential
 Sentencing the eight men to jail yesterday, imposing fines on three others and granting discharges tc three whose records were compara- lively good, Judge Mascolo re- marked upon the apparent futility of dealing with such cases under the present system. He added that he believed Q jail farm was the proper place for such offenders.
 All were rounded up in a police drive begun in response to r1uiner- ous complaints that men were get. ting drunk in the city's parks and annoying passerSby.
 Recommended by the legislative commission on jails, the jail farm proposal has rapidly been gaining ground and Is believed to have an excellent chance of eventual estab' lishment. John IT. Goss, vice-presi'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
BY JOHN BARR

While Comstock Brandon, Hen- ry and I were at luncheon in our hotel at Los Angeles one day away back in the spring of 1886, surrounded by many of our fellow tourists and everybody in a car- nival spirit, a sudden downpour of rain took us by surprise and upset the plans for the afternoon; and I being the only one who had brought an umbrella along became an object of solicitations inter-
 est, even to those who has gibed most at me for the absurdity, as they said, of @ man toting an umbrella three thousand miles to . place where 1t never rained at that season of the year, and had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Judge John ?. McGrath today added his indorsement of the pro- posed jail farm for the rehabilitation of first offenders and persons guilty of minor iH1fractions of the law, the evident need for which was pointed out yesterday by Judge Edward Mas colo with the sentencing of eight men to the county jail on intoxica- ton charges. 1
 Judge Mc0rath said he was heart- fly in favor of the establishment of Q farm. He pointed to the state
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
|WATERBURIAN AIDS
 IN TRAPPING MAN

State Trooper Adolph Pastore, Waterburian and member of the state police department for several years, was instrumental in the trap ping at Hartford Wednesday of 39 year old airplane mechanic charged with attempting to extort money from the girl he was once engaged to marry. Officer Pastore, with County Detective Edward Hickey trapped the man, William WittelS, the alleged blackmailer, at the spot where he had arranged to meet the girl victim. Pastore, who is credited in Hartford papers in making the arrest, will figure prominently as @ states witness in the trial. which opens Tuesday morning in superior court in Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
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 dent of the scovill Manufacturing Company of this city is a member of the state of Connecticut jail commission which unanimously rec- commended a farm after six years of study. Other members of the corn- mittee include George s. Hawley. president of the Bridgeport Gas Light Company, Charles Y. Clark,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
"LIFE'S "REMINISCENCES"

Transcontinental Travellers Reach Los Angeles "Board of Strategy" Effects Return of "Bor- rowed" Umbrella-Scene Set for Series of Ad- ventures on Pacific Coast in Days of 1886.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

"breakawny" is piece of yucca wood light that smashed . hams head he doesn't feel It.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

one of the movies treasured words exploitation" T vet mask for gaudy bayhoo and responsible for some Of end sappiest ddoes in history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Billiards supplied "back of the eight ball." which meant thing in front black "HeS bap Is frst-rate gu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Contrary to humoriSts you don't hear "cOlOSSap am much the studies the enthusiasts favOrnE lesser words and "oustandng" which the same and keep them gng
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Another phrase familiar to everyone who owes his or New York City is up the River" which, of course, me rap at Sing Sing But the most recent nickname for Ossi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Most descriptive of the cnemas inventions widely other connections te doghOuseS To be In the dOghouSe you gre cut of favor with the boses merely waiting until
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

It was in pictures that the word "qicke" found s way language quicke film made plny payroll and she Ib being replaced by the more dignied Glass B. pict
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Tn Hollywood: part the movie colony gets s wcrd age New several terms have been thougt mouthed by the film folk "Ruhes" theirs They're the inspected fright after shoOtng to zee how they are dong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

A man described carrying too much weight" means undertaken big for him. such for example trying smart the law wrinkle depending on contribs to i'll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

When smoothie mentions that has somebody fin thc poCep-he his chump has been slowed away like b
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Both Park Avenue" Brcadway" have Co state o mind the first meaning highly comSouS Of social prestige "ong Broadway meaning to set unbeafabe over success
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

They perfected preview meaning advance showing of new flicker strictly moveak They the photos which don't jump like the movie shots used for lobby dis plays With coming of Hollywood coin into the Broadway these being used nterchangeabv with asghts respectively old show terms tat correspond to them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Hsad-clubbng where the S:t cut especially politicians N is anIon Square rue" meaning doctrines Aso Tam. many adjective fghen voters according to where butter their cookies It Organlsed political bg gles,D who get what they want
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

Boxing has long been fertile field for the word hal each year the crop grows bigger. For . long time down or quit oa signal term now applied to politicians fRAd
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

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