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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
POLES

The thousands who have seen the double feature program now play ing at Polls proclaim 1t to be the best seen in this city for long time. Two contrasting pictures, one Q high class comedy and the oth- CT 0 dramatic vehicle, offer every thing a moving picture fan likes to see and hear.
 "Petticoat Fever" with Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy arc back together agin, the first time since they made "When Laidef Meet" and prove that they are ideally suited to one another by outdoing themselves in the fine roles allotted to them.
 The story is an unusual one, taken in Labrador, where Robert Montgomery is working as Q wire- less operator. Isolated from the rest of the world, and women, he well comes Myrna Loy with open arms as she is forced to land her air- plane near his locality as 1t runs out of fuel. He has not seen Q white woman for over two years and the beautiful Myrna is forced to become a virtual prisoner when he refuses to send messages for help. She resents his gracious love- making at the beginning but grad ually succumbs to 1t. Just when everything looks rosy for Mont- gomery, 6 girl he had previously been engaged to marry appears on the scene. There is a laugh Q second in the hilarious situations that arise and you will agree with other Poll patrons who have enjoyed these two stars in "Petticoa Fever" that 1t is one of the years best come- dies.
 "The Ungarded Hour" the com- panion feature is played by Loretta Youn, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone and Roland Young, with the help of an exceptionally fine supporting cast.
 The gala stage presentation booked for Wednesday evening will surpass those presented previously as 1t has been booked directly from Broadway theaters. Five acts have been carefully selected and are all big timers. Another "Screeno" par ty will be played Thursday evening at Q o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
STRAND

Attractions now at Warner Broth CTS Strand theater include Al Jol- son in "The Singing Kid" and Road Gang"
 Thursday brings Warner Baxter in Robin Hood Of Fl Dorado"
 It is an outdoor epic reminiscent of "The Covered Wagon" "The Big Trail" and other spectacular photoplays which stand as mile- stones of motion picture progress.
 Warner Baxter turns in the great est characterization of his career as the dashing good-bad man who rode like an averaging angel through the roaring gold towns of California in the days of '49. leading wild outlaw army of 40 men. It is role that blends romance with fierceness, ten- derness with hate, and to 1t Baxter adds a delightful charm that is certain to captivate feminine hearts.
 Tn the supporting cast are Ann Loring, Margo, Bruce Cabot, J. Car rol Naish, Eric Linden, Edgar Ken- nedy, Charles Trowbridge, Harvey Stephens and many others.
 The companion feature will be 'Snowed Under" Q mad merry scramble of wives. ex-wives. would be-wives and one defenseless hus- band in a snow bound bungalow miles from the nearest jail. George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell, Patricia Ellis and Frank McHugh have the leading roles.
 "6mall Town Girl" and Every body's Old Man" are coming sun- dayi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

GOOD JOKE-Henry P FIecher( left) chairman of the National Republican Committee has told Lyle Wilson, chief is you can judge by the laugh his remark has drawn from Wilson, But with it all Wilson is questioning Fletcher about C. O. P. plans
 big political will find United Press stan correspondent getting the story behind the story.
 With the Republican drawing politics Is front page news
 unbiased comprehensive accurate reports of activities of all political parties printed in the United Press despatches in this newspaper.
 Keep up political developments by reading these reports in The WATERBURY DEMOCRAT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

The annual card tournament of Sk Akargaret's Holy Name society reached Q successful conclusion at ehe parish hall last night at which time the team explained by John Deeley won the championship for &ho 20 week season. The winners were pitted against Captain Dick Baldwin and his Trafflc Men who earlier in the evening won the title for half season by defeating Captain
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

More than 100000 people have left London to reside in the sure rounding aaaintrv since 1naA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

The Waterbury Medical Reserve company will meet tonight at the state arm0ry on Field street. Col. xEackett will speak on the medical aspects of chemical warfare. The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 o'clock. Special notice has been mailed to all members of the re- serve by Lieutenant Colonel IT, DuenneF, M. D., of Hartford, in strpctOr of Medical Department Units, Organized Reserves.
 Members of the Reserved Of- flcers Association of the state are expected to attend the meeting.
Evening star., 1936-06-10

typh Republican well
their lives
They convention giving to fresh
the elder old strife.
able to look at the past and the future effectively
the Republicans here
inexperienced youhfuy
evolution bringing to the top not youthful but business
world.
You can the hap
delegations they arrived
The national committeeman from each State generally represents
old Frank Smith, the who denied Senate seat because
Samuel insult contributed heavily to primary campaign He was
delegation
installed F. Harding highly successful business who has
played around in politics only avocaion
The old Ohio committeeman Walter Brown relic of the Hoover
Postmaster General of the Hoover cabinet
coal Massilon. Ohio
woods What they
the business
doing things.
weeks AGO he started calling chmen the State delegations on
telephone daily that they
about long before the convention assembled The founder of the
telephone lineup technique was was the the M manse @ w w % hays ] wn
will himself be the national chairman
since Hays.
The money plank originated
by Senate Republican Leader IN MGNsry ; y; to wit:
delegate headquarters butonholed the
After catch
delegates looks like
York member
his fist the platform makers desk aud predicting
Republicans wiH unless they adopt
the commodity
told that the rest Of the country larger than his
hideandseek
outlying would
be published location
hide themselves
their honor
indicates that of these delegates
attended a convention before
Evening star., 1936-06-10

papers indicated that would talk
telephoned several the
in
not impossible that diplomatic conversation be held
between Landons friends and the Idaho Senator
willingness harmony
Apparently the has pdno face other
lican a agreeable to all the candidates
baloting held
Landon would the first ballot.
pledged should htched until
the candidates
headquarters sending mt TO
blacklist the Ldndon favored
before Wednesday Ldrdon men"
ton when the
tion will be the basis the original
policy followed
Inc
Evening star., 1936-06-10
c. D. P. WAR CHEST
HOUSES S22O,S56
S435,1 152 Contributed in 3
Months MELONS and
RockefeIIers Donors.
Hv the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
A preconvention campaign chest of
s220.S56 for the Republican National
Committee was shown today in reports
filed with the clerk of the House.
The amount was the cash balance as
of May 81 after the deduction of SSH
SAG in expenses for March. April and
May. During the three-month period
there we're contributions of $435.152.
Some of the larger contributors we're
John D. Rockefeller, $4,000: John D.,
jr.. $4,000: John D.. Sd, $4,000; Law
renee S. Rockefeller, 81 900; Andrew
w. Mellon, Paul Mellon. Richard K.
Mellon, Mrs. Sarah Mellon Scaife and
Mrs. Jennie K Mellon, $4,000 each.
Others contributing $4,000 included
William Woodward, New York: J. F.
Lincoln, Cleveland; E. R. Crawford
McKeesport, Pa: Joseph Wiltshire, New
York; George Whitney, New York; E.
]. Birmingham. Chicago: Mrs Laura
Corigan, New York; James A. Nc
Donough, New York; Mrs. John It.
Pratt. New York; Henry B. du Pont,
Wilmington. Del: John M. Schiff, New
York, and B. H. Kroger, Cincinnati.
Among those listed for more than
81 900 each were: Mrs. David Bruce,
Syosset, Long Island three contribu-
tions totaling s2,500: Walter N. Roths-
child. New York, S2500; Harold z.
Talbot. New York. s2.500: John J.
Watson New York, $4,000; Elton
Hoyt, I'd, Cleveland. $4,000; j. T. Tier
ney, Pittsburgh, $4,000; Henry S.
Morgan, New York, s2,500; jeremiah
Milbank, New York, $2,500; Finley
J. Shepard, New York, $500; Lewis
Spencer Morris, New York, $4,000;
Garrard winston, New York, $2500;
Silas H. Strawn. Chicago, $4,000: D.
GrosSman, St. Louis, $2,500; Hallock
du Pont, Wilmington, Del, $4,000; j.
C. Lincoln, Scottsdale. Ariz., $l.666;
A. G. C. Sage, New York, $4,000; Dun
levy Milbank, New York, $4,000; j.
r. Poste, Columbus. Ohio, $2,500;
Theodore w. Robinson. Chicago, ST.
$50: Frederick v. Geier Oakley. Ohio.
$500: Joseph A. Hall. Cincinnati,
Ohio, 81 ,5oO Albert j. Ferbert. Cleve-
land. $4,000, and James M. Hutton,
IT,. Cincinnati, Ohio, S2,500.
Those who gave $1,000 included:
Colby M. Chester, New York; Oscar
C. Huffman, New York; H. D. Camp
bell. New York; Mrs. Caleb c. Dula,
New York; A. S. Hutchins, New York;
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Frackelton, Cleve-
land; Edison Dick, Chicago; r. Rus
sell Hagy, Swissvale. Pa; Frank Arm
strong, Cleveland; H. A. Gait, Akron,
Ohio; Grant 3. Shipley, Pittsburgh;
A. B. Dick, jr., Chicago; Mrs. Carlos
del Mar, Washington. and John Fran
els Neylan, San Francisco.
Evening star., 1936-06-10

vides much opportunity for debate
and delay. The platform is written,
in the first instance. by the Com
mittee on Resolutions. This is made
up of one delegate from each State.
Each State delegation meets and
elects its member The post Is rec
ognized as important and attended
with honor. Usually one of the
ablest men in the delegation is chosen.
The deliberation this year may take
more than two days. The platform,
after being written. is submitted to
the whole convention for adoption.
This year, as sometimes happens. the
Resolutions Committee may not be
able to agree. There may be. in
deed there is likely to be, two re-
ports, ma ajority one and minority
one On these. in turn. there may be
debate in the full convention.
Opportunity Given Others.
Doubtless the Landon managers and
leaders, if they had as much self-re-
lance and calm as their candidates
strength would justify, could short
cut matters by writing their own plat
form. They could make 1t definite
where they think wise, and elastic
where they think necessary. But they
seem disposed to let ardent advocates
of various views have opportunity for
consideration.
The Republican platform this year
has an unusual element of impor-
t..oo STSo1 Dop,,hlicanc In the "a m
paign, expect to make much of the
failure of President Roosevelt and the
New Dealers to live up to the Demo-
cratic platform of 1882 They will
recall the definite promises and strong
avoWalS the Democrats made four
years ago. They will recall Mr.. Roose-
velts spectacular airplane flight from
Hyde Park to Chicago to say that
that admirable document. the plat
form which you have adopted, Is
clear: accept it 100 per cent The
Republicans win recall to the country
what subsequently happened to the
admirable document"
Since the Republicans intend to en-
phasize New Deal failure to keep
Democratic promises. the Republicans
know that they must themselves make
no promises greater than they can
reasonably expect to be able to keep.
And with the world as it is. it is diff
cult and unwise TO say too rigidly
on June IL. 1896, what a Republican
President, If there should be one,
would be able to do. or find IL wise
to do. toward the end of a four-year
presidential term, say in the year
1910.
Platform Makers Tense.
AS a result of self-consciouSneSs
and the prodding of excited zealots
the Republican leaders here i'll Cleve-
land are more tense about the plat
form than it is wise they should be
Probably in the calm of Topeka--if
it is calm there this week-Gov. Lam
don may be cool enough and far-see-
ing enough to see that the platform
while fortnight about some principles,
should on other matters give leeway
/ to man who may be President dur
ing a turbulent and changing four
StaIo' AAe ANSppis4oIlItS VI tlIe eager
pleaders for platform planks ends
with the convention. The RESPONSE
bility Of presidential candidate may
last four years. or eight. in a world
that was never before so much in
f1ux The best platform may be a
declaration of simple principles with
a candidate on whom the country can
| depend for good faith and for stabiI-
ity Of temperament.
tCopyrlght. 1860
Evening star., 1936-06-10
KNOX DECLARES
FOR GOLD BASIS
ChIcagoan, at Cleveland,
Asks Courageous Platform
or Would Withdraw.
HH the Associated Press.

III ASSOClaIBu freSS.
CLEVELAND. June l0-Frank
Knox of Illinois took personal charge
OF his Cleveland headquarters today
with a declaration for return to the
gold standard and a constitutional
amendment. if necessary. to give the
States power to regulate workers
wages and hours
The Chicagoan joined Senators
Borah Of Idaho and Vandenberg of
Michigan to watch the political de-
velopments out of which their sup
porters hoped might come a fash of
nomination lightning that would strike
some one besides Gov. Alf NJ. Landon
of Kansas
Knox, like Borah before him. as
serted that he was principally inter-
eSted in a courageous platform. He
added that if .one we're not forth
coming he would withdraw from the
presidential race.
The Chicago publisher talked with
newspaper men after conferring with
Borah. The Idahoan has opposed 60
ing back to the gold standard and de-
clared against constitutional amend
ment on wages and hours. Knox said
he would talk also with Vandenberg,
who is not an avowed candidate for
the nomination,
Last TO Arrive.
Strangely enough, the men most
frequently spoken of as possible NOM
inonc ~, thn T of1finr1
movement should succeed arrived in
Cleveland on successive days. VAN
denberg came Sunday morning, Borah
on Monday and Knox today.
Knox would not discuss his conver-
sation with Borah except to say that
currency, one of the thorny platform
problems, was not discussed.
Describing his own currency views,
Knox said in statement that a
sound currency meant this to him:
"A currency convertible into gold
at rate subject to change by Con-
gress only. This does not mean going
back to the old parity. 1t probably
means fixing the parity at something
like the present rate
He also advocated repeal of legisla-
ton giving the President the power
to change the gold content and the
power TO issue greenbacks.
While Knox established himself in
his hotel suite, Borah and Vandenberg
conferred with numerous visitors.
Borah took walk along the Lake Erie.
waterfront while the Michigan Sena-
tor attended the convention.
To his visitors Borah talked plat
form planks, especially the monopoly,
international affairs. currency and for
eign trade proposals which he has
| espoused
Sought by Dawes.
Among those who sought him were
| former Vice President Charles G..
Dawes. Senator James j. Davis of
Pennsylvania and Frank e. Gannett
New York newspaper publisher.
Michigan delegation leaders claimed
that vandenberg might poll from so to
100 votes on the first roll call Thurs
| day. Michigan's SO votes have been
| pledged to him.
Asked whether he thought Gov. ALT
| M. Landon of Kansas has this nomi-
nation in the bag" Knox replied:
I'm not going to discuss Mr.. Lam
| don"
THE question which interests me be-
yond any other at the present mo-
ment," his prepared statement said,
sis that OF the platform TO be adopted"
Evening star., 1936-06-10
Constitution Proves WasI,out
As SOurenir of Contention
Corner Drug Store il, Cleveland Resorts
To Bargain Prices, But Republicans
Run after Supreme Court Ruling.

changing Of it. These were not the
Senator's sentiments before the Su-
preme Court decision.
Anyway. the Constitution or copies
of it, as campaign literature or SOU
venirs like the awful-looking paper
sunf1owerS which the Landon people
pass around, is not to be so hot.
The drug store proprietor is a lit
tie indignant about the matter. Or
perhaps it is better to say. he is a
little confused
Where do the Democrats meet?"
he asked this writer.
And when told they meet in Phil
adelphia he asked if they would come
out for the Constitution. in which
event he might send his stock of
Constitutions to that city. Given
the explanation that there wasn't
much likelihood of that he said:
Seems sort of funny, doesn't it.
You'd think one of them would be in
favor of the Constitution. How about
some of these other parties
Possibly the Communists.
HIS lace DrlgnCeneo.
Maybe the Communists might
come out for it. eh. and we can get
rid of our stock them"
The Supreme Court decision caught
the Republicans Publicity Committee
offguard. however. It was all set for
a splurge about the Constitution As
result each correspondent, when
he got his ticket to the convention,
received little card quoting some
thing the late Oscar w. Underwood,
Democrat. said about the document.
And in the Republicans convention
book they have a double -decked dis
play of the sacred instrument, with
all OF its amendments. But those
who are talking about it are not pro-
claiming what a fine old thing it is,
as they had planned to do. but are
discussing whether the Republicans
shouldn't jump the guns and propose
an amendment. The sturdier inf1u-
ences are counselling that this
wouldn't be jumping any gun at all,
that the reaction would be that the
people would say. there must be
something wrong with that Consti-
tuition, just like the New Dealers have
been saying. when it gets so bad that
even the Republicans want to amend
it."
The drug store proprietor, however,
wishes somebody would come out EN-
phatically for it.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
BY CARLISLE BARGERON.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

CLEVELAND, June 10.-The most
disappointed man in Cleveland is the
proprietor of drug store right across
the square from the Cleveland Hotel
who stocked up on copies of the Con-
stitution. They we're at first offered
at so cents copy. and for convention
goers VINO gather souvenirs, they
seemed to be well worth the money
But today they dropped to the bargain
price of 80 cents. Up the street, Mr..
Woolworth's organization isn't making
any progress in disposing of the copies
which he offers at 10 cents apiece.
The drug store man has changed his
window advertising When the visitors
arrived here a sign in the window
read: The Constitution must be pre-
served Read it for SO cents"
Now this sign reads questioningly:
will the Constitution be preserved?"
And as was said before, the copies are
available, but now going at 80 cents.
Mortician Gets Topic.
The drug store proprietor told this
writer of his troubles. He doesn't
know the mechanics of politics. Says
it really doesn't mean much to him
one way or the other--poltician are
politicians, he supposes. But just be-
fore the Republicans came here he
had heard a lot about the Constitution
People we're talking about it every
where. Then along came glib
tongued salesman whose business it is
to make living in spite of Republican
charges that the New Deal is retarding
recovery. And he told the drug store
proprietor that copies of the Consti-
tuition would be best seller. This
salesman, it seems, gave the drug store
proprietor his first lesson If not in
politics, in political merchandising
The Republicans, he was told. we're
giving big boost to the Constitution
and people everywhere were buying
copies of it in order to be up on what
the Republicans were talking about
Well sir. along came the Supreme
Courts decision on the New York law
prescribing minimum wages for women
and the Republicans have been running
from the Constitution ever since. The
only thing one hears about 1t out here
is whether the Republicans shouldn't
propose change in it themselves.
Keynote Hints Change.
Even Senator Steiwer. in his key
note speech last night, said, in effect,
that what the Republicans had against
the New Dealers was their disorderli-
ness toward the Constitution and he
left the impression that the Repub-
licans wouldn't be ayerse to an orderly
Evening star., 1936-06-10

pledged to him: and Mr.. Warren, with
his delegation from California pledged
to him.
The Landon managers could, quite
probably. run over these men and
nominate Mr. Landon on the first
ballot. But that would be ruthless.
1t will be better to use the first
ballot as an opportunity for favorite
sons and other minor candidates to
register their strength, and thus make
it possible for them to have an extra
line on their tombStones, reciting
that in the year 1886 they received
10 or 30 or 30 votes for the Republi-
can nomination for President of the
United States.
While the nomination OF Gov. Lam
don seems assured. it may be de-
layed. and he may be obliged to take
account of pressure on him to state
his position on some hotly disputed
public question. The usual routine
is to write the platform first. The
program contemplates that the plat
form be written and adopted by to-
night, and that the presidential NOM
ination be taken up tomorrow morn
ing. That program is often slowed
up and probably will be this year.
Platform Pressure Intense.
The platform will deal with some
questions-espeCially currency, tariff,
agriculture and the Constitution
upon which there are not merely two
views. but dozen. each hotly held.
The hotel lobbies and convention ante
rooms contain scores of persons. eager
zealots and self interested urgers.
who have planks on multitude Of
questions. from foreign relations to
birth control. They button hole
leaders, delegates. newspaper men
and others who have more time to
listen.
The writing Of the platform pro-
Evening star., 1936-06-10
G. Q. P. Tense
Over Drafting
of Planks.
Nominee May Need
Much Leeway in
Declaration.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

~ LEVELAND, June l0.-The
4 probability is that Gov. Lam
I don will be nominated on the
~ second ballot. Quite likely he
could be nominated on the first, but
that would be unnecessary and lit
tie ungenerous. It would unneces-
sarily deprive a few men Of a brief
Evening star., 1936-06-10

place IN the sun,
which they prize
very much.
In the con-
vention are many
m e n W h o are
i" favorite son
candidates for
the pr esidential
nomination, but
who don't expect
to get it and
never did, such
men as ] u d g e
Meekins with his
delegation from
North Carolina
ne net orilv
Evening star., 1936-06-10
SLEEP IN SHIFTS
Nome Bunk House Proprietors Act

Nome Bunk House Proprietors Act
to Take Care of Visitors.
NOME, Alaska, June 10 (P.-Nome
visitors were assured of warm beds to-
day, but they can't occupy them over
time.
With all available sleeping quarters
taken and several hundred passengers
due here tomorrow aboard the steamer
Victoria, bunkhouse proprietors ar
ranged to have their guests sleep in
8-hour shifts.
Evening star., 1936-06-10

c h ara c ter will
arise. Some will
argue that the
proposed platform
is too lOngit is
about 1900 words
now-and others
will say that it
does not express
itself sufficiently
on a variety of
quest ions that
have in t h e m
vote e t i n E
strength next No
Sember
B a S i cally the
hlaffnrra could be
Evening star., 1936-06-10
Landon's Problem Child
Kansan's Forces Put Light in the Window for Borah
and Pray He Sees welcome on Mat.
BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.

LEVELAND Ohio June 10 NANA)Snator Borah Landons
child All yesterday
I find to make with Borah.
and those which Landons friends would
the national Republican patSm.
The foreign relations plank of the platform
honorable
possible invasion and broadly speaking they
plank the platform which would the
mimentS which might tie his hands embarra
possible might into
Evening star., 1936-06-10

In the matter OF currency there
might be q diutSton of opinion. One
hears eUeryi0here among Ldndon'S
friends the expression "It the ttDo
points OF dtference-toretgn affairs
and the anti-monopoly plank
could be ironed out, Senator Borah
could take his plank to the floor
and let the convention decide
uhich position it mould take"
Evening star., 1936-06-10

hlllCS Is poison. 11llleS Is pl dCblCdl
politician. He thinks White is
visionary.
The two we're out to lawn party
here. White hung around alone at
one edge of the grass and HilleS
stood, unbending, at the opposite
edge.
. Finally HilleS strolled over to
White. draped an arm across his
shoulder and said:
Bill, I guess we are the only two
nf tho old o,,ard loft