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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
SEWER FOR ASH
 STREET DELAYED
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Thomas J. Fleming to repair the surface of the thoroughfare and to fence in the cellar of the old house which until recently stood in the middle of tho street. Later on 1t is possible that the property owners will Do financially fitted to bear the cost of the high layout and grade undertaking.
 DeTlsschOp Claim
 The street committee of the hoard reported on the claims of charles J. DeBisschop that the city ha- dumped stones on his land on East Mountain road, that sand has washed over his property from the road and that drainage from the municipal golf course is running on to his land. The board made it plain that the matter entirely legal one and referred MT. DeBisschop's complaints to Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor. To SuperiTl- tendent Fleming for investigation went Q complaint of Attorney James E. Russell to the effect tlias he had been overcharged e00 on Q water bill. MT. Fleming was also asked to investigate the necessity of c water main in Smith street.
 Johnson Street Sewer
 The board of aldermen was asked to approve the installation of sewer in Johnson street from Fair- view to Manhan streets and side- walk on the north side Of Silver street from Hamilton avenue to the bridge. Hearings on the two projects were held by the board. Assessments ft- c sewer already completed in eunnyside avenue were ordered cole iected.
 Superintendent Fleming was in- structed to take steps to prevent tiFi- dermininR Of ths sidewalk bv watef
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ems to become even more grave and dangerous"
 He gave the pilgrims his apostolic blessing 60 that their prayer ct the Lourdes Shrine in France, where they are found, would obtain from God that help which iS indiSpensi' ble In these moments when there is 50 great c need for prayer"
 Vatican Condemns Spain
 Vatican City, August 10. -- (UP) - OsservatoSe Romano, official newspaper organ of the Vatican severely condemned the Spanish government today for its alleged tolerance and abetting Of atrocities by It's supporters. ..
 "state tribunals swiftly issue death verdictS against rebels and the death penalty N promptly carried out in tho name of the lew or on the grounds of reprisAlg," said the newspaper. "But there has been nc prohibition, no arrest, no trial, nc sentence, for the fI1urdererS, cut throatS, desecratorS of bodies, inc cendiaries, and robbers.
 "Ht S 0 lie to talk of afiafchista or professional criminals aS respons. ibie because the clements concerned are composed of people armed Dy the authorities. They are acting on behalf of the Ioyalists' with the prestige of legality It b prefer. able to throw off tho mask ailo show the real face as executi0neri of christian civilization"
 Spanish War ZephyrS
 Lisbon, Portugal, August 1V. .. (UP) - The rebel radio station at Seville charged today that 1oyalisM had executed 400 prisoners, iiiclud- ing the Bishop of Jaen and mother at Villa Verde while they were being conducted to Madrid. .
 The station said the rebels in Andalusia had occupied Higuere De La Sierra and Aracena, where they annihilated the defenders. Many of the latter threw themselves into the river and were drowned.
 London, August 10. = (UP) = Spanish rebel planes bombed thC British destroyer Blanche off Melil- la, Morocco, on Monday, It was re- vealed today. -.
 The planes mistook the Blanche for the government destroyer, Leader Jose Luis Diez, 1t waS explained when the rebels later conveyed formal apologies. The Blanche wa not damaged.
 London, Aug. io = (UP) - Tht board of trade announced today thai aii licenses for the exportation oi art,,s. ammunition and aircraft N Spain are revoked, effective today The board revoked licenses already granted for 20 categories of articles ranging from cannon, flame throw CTS and tanks to swords, lances ailc almost every kind of missile "except airgun pellets" The order also af' fleets exports to spanish poSsessioili ard the Spanish zone of Morocco"
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CoughIin, TotOnsend
 FoUOUers Con1p0red
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ton in Cleveland last month. these younger followers are Artisans and as the movement spread eastward ik continued to attract the men and women 09 the lower salary oTack- cts and those whose weekly income tS not large Hut there was no pow erty evident among the delegates, Many of them arrived by bus and trailer, it iS true. and some report without benefit of pullman. But cd one or more nights on trains when there was . eall for funds the delegates dropped more than $S,00o cash Into the collection hat and pledged some $laO00 more. ot which only % per cent is likely to be collected,
 No Hunger NIAroheEs
 The followers of pr. Townsend gre not drawn from the ranks of hunger mArehers on state oapitolS nor from the politically radical fringe of American life, They arc ole-hearted conservatives in most things welded to the constitution, closely associated with their churches back home and confident that the United States needs mere ly to adopt the principles of old age revolving pensions, ltds for all tc be right with this country, at least forever,
 AntllSaloon. Cigaret
 Ono senses an anti-Saloon league and anti-cigaret league of America background when TownSendites gather, Their leadership is partly from protestant pulpitS, One of Dr. TownSends first convention ans n0NnceMentS was . ban on smoking in the hAll. He does not smoke and he AhhorS liquor, Convention re-
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 its dread secret police, tho oestapo, were expected to be heard as charg- ed with aiding the defendants in Q plot to eradicate the government and put followers of exiled Leon TrotSky, former co.dictator with Lenin, in power. The German ern- hassy declined an invitation to send an observer, though one of the de- defendants, Frit2 David, Is said to he Q German,
 Was to Shoot stalin
 At the outset of the trial it was charged that David had planned to shoot Stalin at meeting of the Communist lnternationale In July, 1885, but that his seat had been 80 situated that he could not hit him.
 Another defendant, Dimitry Schmidt, being tried in his absence, was to have killed Voroshilov, 1t was alleged. Two other men were to have been removed, 1t was charged, c. K. Ordjonikidxe, coynmissar for heavy industry; and Lasar Kaganovitch, commissar for land transport.
 Judge Ulrleh Presides
 Judge Ulrich, who also presided at the trial of the officers of the Metro.Vickers company on sabotage charges-an international sensation was grim faced. Heavy set, wear. ing c khaki uniform, he sat with three fellow judges behind Q table ct one end of the ohlong room. The prisoners were in Q solid square in the dock to the judges left. In front of the judges, facing the defendants and opposite them, on the judges right, was Prosecutor Vishinslky.
 Zinoviev smiled as the indict- ment was read. Kamenev was most spirited. But the scene was Q gloomy one. It was Q cloudy day and the room was lighted by candelahra, once used for parties of the nobles. Admit Their Guilt .
 Zinoviev, In Q suhdued voice, said ''yes" when asked If he admitted his guilt. Kamenev, looking like . college professor in his white beard and glasses, also said ives" and added:
 T fully acknowledge everything" I, N. Smirnov and P. 8. Holtz- man, also defendants, both said:
 1T admit political and moral rec sponsihility but did not actually participate in the plot"
 "You were aware, were you not, of the plot2" asked Vishinsky.
 Both admitted 1t.
 Vishinsky revealed that the in- vestigation is continuing and there will be Q later trial of 10 more dee fendantS.
 David, the German defendant, was quoted in the indictment as saying he had met an agent of the German secret police named Franz Wietzer. He said the plotters met ct Kamenev's apartment in Moscow to discuss details of the terror plot to seize power.
 TrOtsky Instructed Him
 David was quoted further as con- fessing that Trotxky instructed him to assassinate Stalin at the seventh congress of the communist interna- tional in July, 1885, because Trotzky said it would "cause an interna- tional commotion."
 David's seat at the congress waa too far back for him to get proper aim, the indictment said.
 The indictment charged that Trotzky's main idea was to disor- ganlze the red army. 6. V. Mira chovsky, another defendant, con- fessed that its first aim was te eliminate Stalin.
 According to the confession of v, ?. OlberR. he entered the Sovlel
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peNred to he ot tear type. but il WaS reported to contain Some chlorine and 1t sent the rebels al san Rafael, in the mountains, reel- ing back, coughing and choking, when the loyAllStS hurled the gas bombs at them in Q running attack down . mountain slope, Victims were put under careful observation at hospitals so the type of gas could Do determined, Tho rebels used improved gaS masks of towels, hAndkerchietS and socks soaked in water, (MAdrid ANthoriteiS said that the loyAllstS used tear gas ot the type used by police forcesl
 Cen, MolA DensunoeS lt
 Gen, MolN, in . statement de- nouneing use of the gas said;
 We want the world to know that the Reds started the use ot gas, We knew they were committing atrooi- ties but Wo did not believe they would dare to violate international law by using gas, We. too, could use gaS, We have large stocks, But we arc fighting this war tn AeeorCl- Anee with humane laws"
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 vention, such as mobilizing his fighting forces or any part of them. A two hour survey of otncials ana others we'll informed failed to re. veal one person who believed that Mussolini had threatened to inter- vene, or intended to intervene.
 Ita.y Is Prepared
 That Italy, with It's army ox up. wards of 1000, 0,000 men, is prepared for action anywhere is certain. That 1t Is prepared for action if action is necessary in the Spanish war, ia no less certain. It was revealed to- day that 8 naval squadron under Admiral Umberto Bucci had arrived ct Qaete, between Naples and Rome near the ylianeuvers area. 1t corn- prises i've cruisers, four light cruis- CTS, ii deStroyers and 6 tanker. NO reason was assigned for the shift; maneuvers might be the reason but foreign observers sew Q connection with the spanish situation.
 Planes to Maneuver
 Several hundred airplanes have been detailed to participate in next weeks army maneuvers. These squadron commanders received ore ders yesterday when and where to report for duty in the Inanenvers area. The 1915 class of army cone scripts reported for duty, normally, this week, and the 1914 class was released. No war psychology is ob- servable among ofilcials or members of the public. Persons close to Mus solini say that he does not want c European war and that he believes he and Italy have more to lose by one than to gain. Ofllcials do not deny that Italy would take ener- getic measures to protest Italian lives and property in Spain if nec- eesary. But any such action they said would be taken in consultation with other powers and with no inc tention of provoking trouble be. cause, 1t was said, active interven- ton would start European war.
 Poke On Communists
 Oastel Gandolfo, Italy, August lV. -(UP) - The Pope, addressing . group of Maltese pilgrims today deplored alleged communist exc cesses in Spain. in strong terms "Only the hand of God can bring help to humanity and end the hor' rible massacres which are occur- ring against religion and the priests of God" the Pope said. "All we can do is to pray to God to bring Us his help" The Pope exhorted the pile grirns to ''pray for an upset world ct moment in which the world ts sick of a grave illness which threat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
BOY IS DROWNED

West Haven, Conn, Aug, l9S- (upl-Earl D, Case, Jr~ 10, was drowned in West river late yeSter- day when ho tel from the edge of a dock, Hts neck was broken when his body struck . submerged dredg- ing scoop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD

BY REYNOLDS PACKARD CUnlted Press Stan CelFospenaeNel (CopyFlsAt leSe by United PPess)
 General Headquarters, spanish Rebel Army, BOrgoS, Aug, l0,=(upl "A regiment oe the foreign legion brought from Morocco leee for the 0WAdarrAmA mountains today tn prepArAtoln for Nn attack on Mad. rid, Perfectly drilled and dts. eiplined, some carrying heavy ma. chine guns on theie backs, the Ie- gionnairos left from VAllNdolld, where Gen, Emilio Mola, eommAn. der of the northern armies, re. viewed them yesterday, They pre- sented Q hodge podge picture, some wearing bWshy boards, other clean shAven, handsome looking toURhS recruited from the SlOVnS oe SpAin and other countries.
 Make.Up oe Regiment
 (The foreign legion men, so called, are about % per cent SpanlarIlS, AS opposed to the MoorlSh troops also brought to Spain, Most of tho re- mAining 10 per cent are Portuguese, Germans and Latin AmerleanS,- EdO AS they passed ln review, they wore their khaki uniforms, At the front, according Go their cWS- tom, they win throw away their coats and fight naked from tho waist up to show their wildly tAttooed torsos,
 At Valladolld, Gen, MUlA made preparations for the transfer ot the provisional government" capital to that city, co miles south ot BNrgoS and 100 miles north-northwest of Madrid,
 Rebels Wnd Over Gas
 Rebel leaders were white with anger over the use of gas in the 0uadArrAmR mountains by loyallSts, They intend to forward Q report to all chief powers and to the Inter- national Red Cross, The gas Ap-
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san SeeASaian~lron ara NrAlnzk heavy NtlAckA toyAllNla aEN Na~ vanclNg through Teroel province toward &Ato1a1A, and naAln loyAllst columns from Barcelona are An~ preaching ENgNgoaa and H0eSoM.
 GnyAllSe forces are on the way Co attack SevillN N ts asserted, and others have reached the nelgNnor. hood Of Granada,
 The government attaches RFeAe. est importance to the present light. lng for EAgNgoM end ln the EslrN~ madUrA country, believing that the fate Of the rebellion lies ln them. A rebel victory in either area would leave a direct way open to Madrid for forces cooperating with those in the oUAoNErNnAS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19

College students of Durham, Eng. land, are warning on undergraduates who distTibute eoinmunist pgopagafss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19

Uion on c passport forged by the German secret police and had 12,- 900 Czechoslovakian kronen receiv- cd from Trotzky's son. The indlct- ment said that the defendant 6. v. k6irachkovslky in 1e3o received direct ovdara from Txotxlky.s son.
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ct 42e South Leonard street. 1k was voted to ask the aldermen for permission to hold c public hearing on Q proposed layout for 1sOng Hill road. The board, following Tecom- mendations from Commissioners Q, Arthur DuBOis and James 4. Phel~ an, passed c vote commenting Sue perintendent of Police William ]. Roach for marking out tile mid- road point on the Chase Park boulevard and for setting up keep right" signs on East Main street eind other sections of the city.
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STILLS EXPLODE

Chicopee, Mass, Aug. 10r-(UP)- An explosion followed by fire de- stroyed c wooden dwelling, c barn and three chicken coopS, one of which aliegedly housed . still, in an isolated section of this city early today. Police confiscated four large vats, several five-gallon cans of kerosene, O6 gallons of mOlasses, B. 100 pounds of sugar and equipment used in manufacturing beer. Fire chief Frank D. Landers said he be- lieved the fire was set.
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GREAT BRITAIN IS
 GIVEN ASSURANCE

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FRANK PALKA TO
 FACE NEW TRIAL

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MUSSOLINI FOR
 NO WORLD WAR

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SIXTEEN MEN IN
 MOSCOW TRIAL

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The Washington times., 1936-03-07
AXES A FEATURE IN COLOR WITHOUT ONE TAXED SCENE
Little Lord FauntIeroy
BY Jimmy Starr
Rntinn: SnLendid

R1tlng: Splendid
Produced by David o. seIEnlck for
United Artists release. Starring Fred
die Bartholomew with Dolores Costello
Barrymore and &. Aubrey smith. Dt'
rected by John Cromwell. Story by
Frances HOdgsOn Burnett. Screen play
by Hugh WalpoIe. Photographed by
Charles Kosher.
Fifty years ago, a magazine
story, Little Lord Fontleroy," be-
gan to cause comment aS a classic
piece of writing-and it was only
Is years ago that Mary Pickford
brought Frances Hodgson Burnett's
famous yarn to the screen, playing
both parts of "Fauntleroy" and
Dearest"
Since Mary'S production no wise
movie producer has even thought
of remaking it. Smart David o.
Selznick, the man who gave you
David Copperfield" when other
rival film moguls were worrying
about gangster and G-men plots,
hired sympathetic Scenarist Hugh
Walpole to concoct what might
(but only slightly be considered
as an up-to-date version of Little
Lord Fauntleroy."
Then Selznick, with his eyes al
ways on the box office and pos.
Sible profits, set out to find suit
able actors. Freddie Bartholomew
was a natural. Dolores Costello
Barrymore wanted to stage a cine
matte comeback. The role Of
Dearest" was another natural!
For the part of the crabby old
Earl of Doincourt, clustering
Theodore Roberts was needed.
The screen also was in want of a
lovable, funny old gent. too. C..
Aubrey Smith, just IS years young,
was the third natural.
Selznick had his initial produc-
ton for his International Pic
lures. With John Cromwell at the
megaphone end, Selznick. with his
usual lavish hand, mounted the
production we'll. The result IS a
careful, thorough, workmanlike
cinema, destined to please both
young and old. 1t should be a
money maker.
1t would have done your heart
good to hear the tremendous ova-
ton accorded Dolores Costello
Barrymore at the preview the
other night. She seems more
beautiful than ever, and certainly
is more than charming in the role
of Dearest"
Aside from young Bartholomew
in the title role Cand he is par
ticularly fine), there is some eX'
traordinary work by C. Aubrey
Smith. Guy Kibbee, Henry Ste
phenson, Mickey Rooney, Con
stance Collier, Helen Flint and
others.
The Washington times., 1936-03-07
Taylor Is Given
Role of Jim

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 9.-Robert
Taylor has just received the
choicest role of his sensational
screen career!
He has been cast as the quick
witted American in "Piccadilly
JIM" which will launch the young
actor, whose performance hitherto
have been entirely dramatic, into
richest comedy as the portrayer
of one of the most celebrated Of
all the P. G. Wodehouse char
acterS.
1t is expected that the title role
in the famous story will take Tay-
lor to stardom, which will set
something of a recorder the
young actor has been in pictures
less than two years.
One of the authors bestknown
novels, "Piccadilly jim" Is said by
critics to be written "in the best
Wodehousian manner" 1t is also
the book that established him as
an outstanding author of hilari-
Gus comedy.
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Outdoor Life
Filmed in
Mountains

HOLLYWOOD, March 9-For
the flist time in many months q
motion picture has been made
without the assistance Of a single
faxed scene.
Not one miniature set or a sin
gle process shot" was used in the
filming of Walter Wanger's pro
duction, THE Trail of the Lone
some Pine" first outdoor picture
to be made with the new three
color Technicolor process.
Every scene in the picture,
which shows Sylvia Sidney, Henry
Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Fred
Stone or the other players stroll
ing. fighting or romancing in
mountainous country, actually
was filmed high in the mountains
near Big Bear Lake, about 100
miles from Hollywood.
The bridge across a mountain
canyon was built absolutely &C
Cording to railroad standards.
And the steam shovel, which plays
q very important part in the
story, was as real as they come.
The men assigned the task of get
ting it up the mountain will teS-
tify to that. They spent eight
days on the job.
And when it came time to burn
the camp, Director Henry Hath
away Scoffed at the idea Of using
q miniature set. He saved that
scene for the last and then actu-
ally set fire to the camp in which
the company had been living.
The above instances are just a
few Of the many things done to
make THE Trail of the Lonesome
Pine" the most realistic produc-
tion Of 1885. The decision to film
It in color was made for the same
reason. Any outdoor picture be-
comes infinitely more realistic
when seen in natures own color
ing instead Of the customary black
end white.
In using color photography,
great pains again were taken to
keep it realistic. Alexander Tolu-
boff, Wanger art director, who is
recognized as one of Americas
foremost color authorities, spent
weeks in planning color schemes
that would look natural and at
the same time be reStful to the
eye.
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can be an actor, and a better
actor than the actors on the
screen"
And I said:
"Dick. you're quite right
And cid you ever realize that
that is just human nature
breaking out?
did you ever realize that
every actor thinks he could
be a better manager and pro-
ducer than the men who are
running the moving picture
companies?
"Why, 1 have heard many an
actor say:
"'What do those managers
do that they should get paid
big money? They just sit
around in swivel chairs and
fuss with q few figureS-any-
body can add and SubStract-
and they hire other people to
do their work for them"
It takes talent to be an actor
these thespians say; but anybody
can be a manager.
"Well, Dick said, "if that is
so, why are so many moving
picture companies in bank
ruptcy or near bankruptcy?
"TheSe companies that are
failures have good stars, some
of the very best, good sup
porting actors, good scenario
writer's, good directors. good
photographers, good scenic ar.
tists-everything that a good
company ought to have. All
they lack Is good management.
"Why don't they get some Of
these managers that are so
easy to get?
"Why don't some Of you &C
tors step in and save the COM
panies from bankruptcy by sit
ting in swivel chairs and fuss
ing with q few figures and
adding and subtracting, as any
body can do, and hiring peO-
pie to do the work for you?
'NonsenSe, Dick, 1t Is no
more absurd for the average
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$1,000 OoWeek

Dorothy Fields, composing the
music for the new Rogers-AStaire
picture, Is receiving in excess Of
$1,000 a week for her work. BY the
time they really get story going
and tell her what kind of music
they want she will have garnered
a young fortune. The music from
the last Rogers-Astaire picture.
composed by Irving Berlin, netted
him $3.50 for his inspirations,
and the one before, Roberta"
neted Jerome Kern 100000 for
his effort. So you see, they do pay
for music out there. And speaking
of Roberta" the hit tune, "I
Won't Dance" was written by Kern
some years before and used in
tact, including the same title in an
English stage musical production.
The only thing changed for the
picture was the original lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein.
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make money before they can
pay it, and the best way to help
yourselves is to help the mana
gers.
Harmony and cooperation
are necessary in the moving pic
ture business, as they are in any
successful business.
"And the cranky sOreheadS
that are trying to bring about
division are trying to bring
about destruction.
"They are trying to sink the
ship that you are travelling on
together.
1T is all very well to laugh
at the public when they all
think they can be actors; but
why not save a little laugh for
the actors and the directors who
all think they can be managers?
1T isn't competition that is
the life of trade, and it isn't
contention. It's cooperation"