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Evening star., 1936-06-26

the gentlemen of the fourth estate.
Most of the women standing in front
of the reporters have slave chains
around their ankles
The organ has been blasting con-
tinuously. The fingers of the little
woman at the console, in the pit under
the platform, must be weak by this
time. The band seems to be playing,
but you cant hear it.
Gov. Earle Of Pennsylvania seems
to be the center of attraction. He's
out in the aisle beside the Pennsyl-
vania delegation frantically waving a
banner. A frenzied, thunderous roar
greets him.
An hour has passed. Senator Rob-
inson bangs the gavel for order. The
chair wants to make an announce
ment," he shouts. But the convention
ignores his demand. The noise in
creases instead Of decreases.
Senator Robinson, however, goes to
the microphone and announces despite
the din tha tthe demonstration has
broken the record of every political
convention in history.
Senator Robinson continues to rap
the gavel for order. Democrats" he
shouts. But the Democrats fail to
hear him. The noise is too intense
Evening star., 1936-06-26

Senate, who just yesterday took on the
additional duties of chairman of the
convention, arrives on the platform,
takes one look around the crowded
galleries and without delay pounds the
gavel for order 1t is 12:56-the con-
vention opens just 26 minutes behind
schedule.
Now the daily prayer, this time by
Philadelphia rabbi, William H.
Inghstein. and some announcements
by Secretary Morgan. Senator Rob-
inson urges the delegates milling
around the aisles to take their seats
Mack is now introduced by Senator
Robinson as lifetime friend of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. A wave of cheers rolls
through the hall.
There's little commotion now in one
corner of the platform. Postmaster
General Farley is up there, talking to
a group of $1,000-a-seat boxholders.
The ever alert photographers go into
action and another convention picture
is made.
Mack gets a cheer and another one,
as he touches on some of the high
lights of President Roosevelt's early
political career.
It's getting increasingly warm in the
Auditorium. Many newspaper men
take off their coats and some delegates
from the Southern States take the cue
and follow their lead. Just two days
ago the delegates in warm weather
clothing were shivering.
More cheers and scattered applause
for Mack as he points out some of the
achievements of the New Deal. Ma
rion McDonaugh, petite niece and
secretary to Representative Mary T.
Norton of New Jersey, chairman of
the House District Committee, passes
the press stand and waves to busy
scribe.
Mack nominates President Roose-
welt. There's a deafcning din OF
cheers, applause. The Texas delega-
tion rushes from its front-row seats
to the platform carrying a massive
flag of the Lone Star State. The band
plays Happy Days Are Here Again"
The organist joins in. but the music
can hardly be heard for the noise.
Shouting. cheering delegates pour
into the aisles and another demon
stration for President Roosevelt is
under way.
Delaware's delegation falls in behind
New York with a display of peach
saplings. Not far behind comes
South Cardinals delegation with
new banner inscribed: South Caro-
lina-5O to l for Roosevelt in 80
100 to ! in So" The Kansas delega-
ton carries a banner showing how
Gov Landon balanced the State bud
get. And Colorado has a new one.
Cool Colorado-Hot for Roosevelt"
it reads.
Confetti is pouring from one sec
ton of the balcony now. The demon
stration becomes more intense. 1t
probably will exceed that on the OPEN
ing day of the convention, which
lasted 80 minutes.
twenty-five minutes pass. The
noise grows more deafening. The or
ganist completely browns out the band
Evening star., 1936-06-26
His Best Friend
Told Him

It was his wife and she told him the
truth. But she didn't say he had bad
breath" Instead. she said, MY dear,
you need E-Z Tablets" A hint to the
wise was sufficient. Don't wait for
some one to tell you If you feel slug
gish, headachy, dizzy, or bilious, due
to constipation. you may be quite sure
your breath Is telling others. Get
package of E-Z Tablets today. At all
good drug stores, only Csc.
Evening star., 1936-06-26

with the blessing, Of the President.
He won, and Joseph Guffey. Demo-
crat, was elected to the United States
Senate.
Democrats in Pennsylvania believe
that between Earle. Guffey and John
L. Lewis. Roosevelt ndorsing presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers.
Pennsylvania can be brought into the
Democratic camp next November, and
Earle sent to the United States Senate
to succeed "Puddler Jim" Davis, Re-
publican.
Wife Political Asset.
1t is declared everywhere in Phila-
delphia that Gov. Earle has good politi-
cal equipment, including good speak
ing voice and capacity for writing
speeches, and an unusual advantage in
that even old dealers, who denounce
him furiously, admit that his wife is
not only charming but also gifted
political partner of her husband. Her
political activities are confined mainly,
it seems, to being an admirable hostess
and mixer. Her attractive personality
helps.
Mrs. Earle is a native Of Bowling
Green, capital of Warren County, KY.
Within a few minutes drive from
Bowling Green the cotton belt begins,
in a few small manifestations. Some
cotton. not a great deal, is grown all
along the Tennessee Kentucky border
on the Kentucky side. Mrs. Earle Is OF
pioneer and planter stock, was "bawn
an raised where there isn't any "r"
in the alphabet, even In 1886, and only
her Eastern education prevents, If II
does prevent. her saying "you-all."
Therefore, nobody in Pennsylvania can
say that being Democrat does not
proceed, in her case, naturally, from
birth and early environment.
The Earle Earle partnership Is
therefore a rather unusual and po-
tentially powerful one, not because
women vote nowadays, but because
women influence political history
from time to time. and here and
there, as the world goes round.
(Copyright 1880
Evening star., 1936-06-26
Quaint Philadelphia Ciues Title
OF Ouaiir,t1,esst to Thrift Pldnkers

Economy League, who went before
the Platform Committee and asked
it for a plank on thrift and the
elimination of waste. The committee
looked at them as If it thought they
were crazy.
The writer was discussing them
with a member of the committee
today:
Weren't they quaint?" he said.
You know like to come to conven-
tions and serve on committees because
one meets so many odd people" Get
ting platform plank is something to
be attained, something that comes
under the head of the march of prog
reSS.
Pioneers or Radicals.
Three fellows from the National
Economy League evidently think that
if they keep appearing before platform
committees for. say 90 years, maybe
they can get thrift and elimination
OF waste in a Government plank, be-
cause it tends to educate the public
and sooner or later the idea will catch
OIl anu IIlcIt Will Dt d Dig pubic
demand
The three fellows who appeared at
this time may, therefore. be considered
as pioneers in a cause. They we're not
received this way by the audience or
the committee. though.
The committee members studied
them as if they we're rare specimens.
Three women in the audience kept
up an animated discussion about
them.
I'll bet they are just posers," said
one.
I'll bet they're radicals" the Sec
ond one insisted.
The third one apparently had what
is called a judicial mind
"Oh no. I believe in keeping an
open mind. I think they are sincere
in their way. And after all. George
Washington was called revolutionist,
you know"
Evening star., 1936-06-26
BY CARLYLE BARGERON,
Staff Correspondent of The Star

PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-One
way the convention managers are
trying to keep the visitors here is to
show them a lot of quaint things. The
first quaint things they saw were little
girls going around in Quaker dress.
They are the hostesses of the conven-
ton and are not necessarily Quakers
at all. Indeed, the writer asked If
it was necessary to be a Quaker to
be a hostess and the young lady re-
piled:
"Oh, no, indeed. What one must be
is New Dealer"
Then there was a scrapple breakfast
rendered to the visitors as something
quaint and peculiar to the City of
Brotherly Love- Several days before
the breakfast was served, there was
all sorts of effort to build it up in the
appetites of the visitors. There were
editorials in the newspapers telling
about how many discussions there
have been about the way to make
scrapple and intimating that the mat
ter of how to make scrapple had been
one Of the major controversies Of the
country just like fundamental
PHILOSOPHERS" and going back to
the old order" This writer has heard
discussions about everything else, but
not about scrapple.
Just Build Up.
Manifestly, the editorials were in
the nature of the advertisements
that "the whole town is talking" about
a certain product when the town
may be going about its w. P. A. buSi-
ness and not talking about this prod
uct at all-like the New Dealers
feverishly warning the people not to
get excited about the downfall of
the N. R. A. when they were not the
slightest bit excited about it.
But scrapple and the young lady
hostesses are not by far the quaintest
things which one sees here.
Undoubtedly the quaintest things
seen at this convention were the
three fellows from the National
Evening star., 1936-06-26

linen suit, is up on the platform
renewing old political acquaintance.
He bowed in that hospitable South
ern fashion and shook hands first
with Chairman Doughton of the House
Ways and Means Committee Others
on the platform recognized him and
leave their seats to grasp his hand
Heflin likes it, apparently, and smiles
graciously.
John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, who is to nominate President
Roosevelt for another term in the
White House, is spotted on the plat
form by the photographers. He con-
sents to pose.
Senator Robinson, Democrat, of
Arkansas, majority leader of the
Evening star., 1936-06-26
4.0O0.Year.Old Boat Found.

Said to be 1000 years old. boat
followed from a tree trunk was found
5 feet underground in Sandwich,
England a half mile from the sea.
Evening star., 1936-06-26

'Howball" is an old English word
for "simpleton''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06
ITALY TO TRAIN
 SCREEN PLAYERS
Young School of Stage and Film Actors Formed
 By Educators

ROME-(UP)-Students are being selected for the Royal Academy for Dramatic Art, sponsored by the min- istries of press and propaganda and public education to develop 8 young school of stage and scren actors.
 The new academy replaces by royal decree the Royal Recitation school, popularly referred to in Italy as the "Eleanora Duse school"
 In addition to the new academy touring stock companies will be fi- nanced by the government to give actors experience and keep unem- ployment in theatrical ranks to minimum.
 The academy and stock compan- ies also will be utilized to develop motion picture stars whose services in large numbers will be required when the new cinema city, said to be the largest in Europe, is com pleted here next year.
 Maestro Silvio D'Amico has been appointed director of the academy He has selected staff of instruc- LOTS aIu COdCilco AEOLl dHlOib OiiS best Italian artists. Special profess sors will also give their services for short terms.
 Subjects to be offered include re- citation, dancing, gymnastics, his tory of the theater, fencing, trans formation exercises. film direction photography, scenario writing, styles and history of fashions. Other sub- | jects are to be added.
 A little theater is to be opened ir connection with the academy. Per iodic public performances will be offered, in which instructors will play the leading parts. with students cast in secondary roles. Student, will advance to important parts a. their courses and performances war. rant. Certificates of graduation which permit students to enroll fir the travelling stock companies or en.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06
HARLOW, TRACY
 RIFF RAFF' STARS
Famed Cinema Ends at Strand Tomorrow; 'Ceil-
 ing Zero Sunday

Performances today and tomor- row wind up the engagement, at Warner Brothers Strand theater, ot Riff Raff" with Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy, also "If You Could Only Cook" with Herbert Marshall and Jean Harlow.
 Sunday brings one of the greatest romances of the air ever filmed Ceiling Zero" with James Cagney and Pat O,Brien in the stellar roles
 Based on the Broadway stage hit by Lieut.. Comdr. Frank Wead, the play is crammed with thrills, laugh- ter and love. It concerns the dare devil exploits of three war buddies who have joined the commercial flying forces, to carry mail and pas- sengers in the face of death. Not that they considered their work particularly hazardous, but these pilots frequently flirted with life and death against the orders of their superiors. For the first time in air pictures, the kee-wee, or ground man also gets an inning in the romance of the aviation field and the extreme precautions to guard the safety of the planes by watching the weather maps and warning the flyers constantly by radio, is drarnatized. e Outside of the romance of the subject itself, there are two triangu- lar love affairs, one between Gag ney, @ pilot. June Travis, who has the, feminine lead and plays the part of an air hostess, and another pilot, Q part played by Henry Wads- worth. Cagney also has had an af- fair with . character played by Martha Tibbetts, who later becomes the wife of O'Brien.
 Others in the cast include Barton Macrane, Isabel Jewell, Craig Rey- holds, Richard Purcell, Carlyle Moore, Jr, Addison Richards and Robert Light.
 Howard Hawks, war ace, and di- rector of "Hell's Angels', handled the production.
 The companion feature will be The Widow From Monte Carlo"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06
Hollywood Gossip

Hollywood-If the Rev. Henry Scott Rubel ever gets absent-mind- ed, he's likely to try a couple of vaudeville cracks on his parishion- CTS and then write sermon for Joe Penner.
 Just noW though, he believes re- ligion and entertainment are com- patible enough. T find no conflict between the two fields" is the way he puts 1t. q hope I'm good min- ister and I hope I'm a good song and script winter"
 He seems to be doing all right. At the University of Wisconsin he wrote amateur shows and gags for the college magazine. Then he went to New York and turned out skits and songs for the Grand Street FOllies. He also attended the General Seminary, became an Episcopal minister, and was as- signed to a parish in Chicago.
 But funny ideas kept popping in- to his head, so he took q leave of absence and returned to Manhattan to write radio scripts for an ad- vertiging agency. He met Joe Pen- ner backstage at the Capitol in 1883, and PeDner hired him to collab0rate on songs and dialog.
 Baby Eyeg' and "D0in the Ducky- Wuck" were a couple of their joint efforts. They also work ed together on the films, College Rhythm" and "c0llegiate."
 Father JobD Advises.
 There's a priest ln Culver City the Rev. Father John OI90nDell, Of 60. AugustlDe's Church. gb0 also gives technical advice on problems, ecclesIastical. Ills church is right across the street from the Mso.M studio. and several gears ego q dis- tTaligbt director dashed Into bie studio Co settle a matter involved ln fllming '"fhe White Sister"
 Alter that the priest aided gifb aeyeFal pictures, but never hae dgpe any ncllrg, He's D0w belping with ilDe church oceDes in "itomeo end Juliet"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06
Promising Pictures Featured q Local 7hedters
'KLONDIKE ANNIE
 BOOKED AT STATE
Mae Vests Latest Film Heads Varied Program
 Opening Tomorrow

By this time tomorrow thert won't be a single fiapper in towr left who won't have dropped thu original Mae West line, "Whynchs c'mup'n see me sometime?" in ia. vor of La Vests newest one, Gee feller, you ain't no erl paintin', bu you sure are a fascinatin' monster [
 That's the way she describes Vic. tor McLaglen, in "Klondike Annie, which begins four day engagement tomorrow at Warner Bros. State theater, and we repeat, we'd be will ing to bet that from this time or every one of the millions of West fans all over will be using 1t as a standard form.
 "Klondike Annie" gives Mae West the finest chance of her career to show her versatility. She sings, she walks, she swings, and she mur- murs, and even you loyal fans who thought that you'd seen all possible variations of every movement will learn some new onesl
 Victor McLaglen and Philip Reed head the large and able supporting cast in this entertaining tale of g Barbary coast gambling-house hos tess who, through series of hair raising adventures, winds up imper- sonating a missionary in the frozen Forth. Being Mae West, 1t is ob- vious that there is more than one man after her, and the manner ir which she finally makes the right choice furnishes the finest surprise ending that any West picture has had to datei
 We won't tell 1t to you-see Il for yourself, and enjoy the full flavor of the story.
 Mae sings three new song hit in the picture. I'm an Occidenta Woman" "Mr. Deep Blue Sea" ant Little Bar Butterfly"
 The companion will be Dancing Feet" featuring Ben Lyon, Joar Marsh, Eddie Nugent and Isabe Jewell. It's a tuneful comedy packed with new song hits, and clever dance routines. Others in the cast are Pur' nell Pratt, Vince Barnett, Herber Rawlinson and J. 0. Edwards or chestra.
 Next Wednesdays new show vii be headlined by Warner Bros. new dramatic hit Boulder Dam" witt Ross Alexander and Patricia Ellis also "The Music Goes Round" witf Harry Richman, famous Broadway personality, and lovely Rochelle Hudson.
 Attractions concluding their en- agreements at the State tonight art Next Time We Love-" with Mar garet Sullavan, also Man Hunt with Ricardo Cortez. Marguerite Churchill and "Chic" Sales.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06
STRAND

Frisco Kid" Warner Brothers thrilling tale of the glamorous Bar- bary Coast of old San Francisco, opens at the New Garden theatef today with anl all star cast headed by James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay Ricardo Cortez and Lili Dan1ita.
 James Cagney and Margaret Lindsay, as the two characters, car- " on this strange romance in the midst of Q series of thrilling epi- sodes when the city is rocked by terrific battles between the vigilan- tes and the denizens of the coast.
 More than two score talented ac- tors have important roles in the pie tire while thousands take part in the gigantic riot scenes in which the dens of the waterfront are set ablaze. The leading characters, be- sides those mentioned, include Don- aid Woods, Barton MacLane, George E. Stone, Joseph King, Robert Me- Wade, Joseph Crehan, Robert Strange, Joseph Sawyer, Fred Koh- Ter and Claudia Coleman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06
AWARDS MADE IN
 MOVIE CIRCLES
Victor McLaglen, Bette Davis Were Picked for
 Best Performances
BY ALEXANDER KAHN United Press Staff COrrespOndentl

Hollywood, March 6 - (U.Po -- Lumbering, harsh-voiced Victor McLaglen, and tiny, blonde Bette Davis, both of whom achieved their greatest screen fame when cast in "tough" roles, were hailed today for the best movie performances of l935. McLaglen, wartime provost Of Bagdad and former professional boxer, received the gold statuette of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his portrayal of the title role in "The Informer" story of the Irish rebellion. Miss Davis, believed by many to have been entitled to the award of merit when Claudette Colbert received the statuette last year, won the best performance prize for her role in the production Dangerous"
 Best Production
 Metro Goldwyn- Mayors story of brutality in the British navy more than a century ago, "Mutiny on the Bounty" was acclaimed the best production of 1885. Although the banquet hall where the eighth an- nual academy awards were dis closed was damned with film per- sonalities. Some of the foremost writers and actors boycotted the af- fair because of hostility between their guilds and the academy. John Ford, R. K. o. director of "The 1n- former" was presented a statuette sipnifying leadership in his branch of the profession. "The Informer' was ranked second among pictures Captain Blood" was third.
 Paul Muni achieved the only "write-in" success in the acting lists, finishing second to McLagler for his work in "The Life of Louis Pasteur." Charles Laughton was third for his portrayal of Captain Bligh" in "Mutiny on the Bounty" Among actresses Katharine Hep- burn, temperamental New England CT, was rated second for her work in Alice Adams" Tiny Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian actress, was rank cd third for her performance in the English production, Escape Me Never Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht were rated the best writers of an original screen story. Their win ming production was "The Scoun- drel." Dudley Nichols won a statu- cite for the best adapting job, on "The Informer."
 Best Photography
 Hal Mohr was acclaimed for the best photography of the year ir handling the camera on "Midsum- mer Nights Dream" David Goulc won top honor for dance direction with his routines in Broadway Melody of 1936." Richard Days art direction in Samuel Goldwyn's pro- duction of "The Dark Angel" wor him the award in that section.
 Three awards were presented fol the best short subjects, as follows Cartoons - Walt Disney's "Thret orphan Kittens; comedy-Metro' Goldwyn- Mayors presentation O Romert Benchley in How tt Sleep: novelty - Gaumont-Britisf and Skibo production Wings Ovel Mt. Everest"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06
Hollywood News and Gossip IDEALISTS IN FILMLAND: WELL, ONE AT LEAST!
Mevyn Douglas Divides His Time Between Screen and Stage
 Others Long for Broadway and Stay in Hollywood

heavy moods and vague symbol isms to qualify as an artistic tri- limph.
 Are Stars Artists?
 There's a good deal of doubt in Douglas mind as to whether actors, as a lot, are half the artists people believe them to be. "A painter, writer, or composer really suffers when his work isn't just right" he observed. But an actors sense of values is likely to be mostly corl- mercial. How many actors would turn down a prominent role in Q trashy picture or play that is clear ly marked for financial success? Very few"
 Deserters!
 As one who has helped cast some plays in New York and vainly pleaded for the return of talent- gone-H Hollywood, Douglas is quite concerned about the future of the legitimate stage. AS rapidly as .new talent is developed, 1t deserts to the Gold Coast. Broadway is just a training school for talkie- town.
 Only hope he finds for the thea- ter is that picture executives them- selves are realizing its importance, putting money into its productions and encouraging their performers to go east occasionally and refresh themselves in applause and the glow of footlights.
 Douglas is tall, blond, 34, and not too handsome. Tn IS years he has been in some important plays, and his recent pictures (see "She Married Her Boss'D have won him lot of attention. His wife is Helen Gahagan, almost equally prominent as an actress.
 For the Love of It
 And speaking of acting for arts sake, which is seldom mentioned seriously in Hollywood, there are some who actually appear before the cameras solely as hobby. At least there's one.
 He's Colonel Starrett Ford, form CT army officer, polo player, ranch owner, and one-time production ex- ecutive for Cecil B. DeMille. Very comfortably fixed for money, Ford is. Yet for the last nine years he has worked as an extra and in minor bit parts, just because he likes to.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06
COn1munists Were On Radio For First Time
Earl BrOwder, Secretary of Party in United States,
 Was Speaker-Speech Censored Before Delivery

Americanization league, who carried flags and such banners as, "Browder Is Boring from Within" "Democ- racy Guarantees Free Speech, Com munism Denies It." The pickets inc cluded Lambert Fairchild, chair man of the National Republican Council, John T. Prout, former major general in the Irish Free State army, and William Tobias Butler, the leagues educational di- rector, who displayed proudly an encouraging telegram from Hearst.
 The six New England stations of the "Yankee Network" affiliated with the Columbia system, dropped of the network for the period of Browder's talk, as did the Don- Lee network of the Pacific coast. Columbia offered the speech as a sustaining" feature and it's members were free to accept or reject as they wished. A few other scattered stations rejected.