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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-05-21

A camera platform was built out
from the port side Of the schooner 50
that the lens might take in the ocean,
the side of the schooner and the entire
deck. In the forecasfie Harold Min
niear, school teacher. conducted
classes for Bartholomew and Mickey
Rooney, for they're obliged to study .
minimum OF three hours a day even
while at sea.
The property man on this picture was
Johnny Miller. AS property man on
sThe Good Earth for which he collect
ed and handled some 10000 items rang
ing from joss sticks to water buffalo,
Miller figured he had encountered all
the headaches to be had on this mortal
coil But that was before he found out
about Goldfish.
Since this is codfshing story, even
though mostly filmed off the Grand
Banks of Hollywood, it was apparent
that genuine cod would have to appear
in the picture So he began by ship
ping them in from Boston, 1000 pounds
at time, packed in ice.
Pretty soon they were arriving ton
at a time. The patient. cod-fearing
Miller learned to unpack, head. split
and gut Goldfish until every cat In
Greater Los Angeles would follow him
wherever he went.
They had tough time getting the
final storm sequences, for although the
weather was beastly. the sea was calm.
Up and down the coast cruised the
We're Here and the Jennie Cuslnan-
In despair they finally proceeded to
Mazatian and lay there awaiting orders
To proceed through the canal and find
a storm of Florida.
And then, simultaneously with the
sailing orders, came hurricane OIL
Cape San Lucas 1t nearly wrecked the
ships
THAT storm and the deliberate dis
masting of the We're Here during a
race with the CusElman provided the
most perilous moments Of the long voy-
age. Breaking of the mast was accom-
plished by saving it half in two and
then piling on canvas until it popped
and came down
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-05-21

H Nj. S. Bounty to Tahiti and back.
E'IRST thing they did was plink
4 down s23 900 for ship. the Oretha
r. Spinney, 1l0-foot two-masted
schooner. It was reoutftted. renamed
We're Here and ballasted with scrap
iron because everyone suspected that
the holds never again would be filled
with fish.
First they took lots of shots around
Gloucester. Then they sailed to the
Newfoundland Banks, proper locale OF
the story Some genuine codfshlng
scenes were taken there, with hired
feet of as many as 13 schooners. Next
to Nova Scotia for a bit Of heavy
weather. thence to the tropic West In
dies for some fancy cloud shots off the
Cuba Keys and in the Gulf Of Mexico
After good many months OF atmos-
pfere photography, the We're Here
cleared the Panama Canal and began
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-05-21

eombing the Pacific Coast for likely To-
cations After actual production began
it was necessary to sail off Washington
and Oregon for fog, and wind, and of
California and Lower California for
rugged shorelines.
The We're Here has rival in the
story, and for the role of the Jennie
Cushman the studio rented the Mariner,
schooner once owned by John Barry
more In 1928, in the annual race to
Honolulu, this schooner established a
record Of L days and % hours
Other members Of the movie feet in
cIuded two camera barges, tugboat,
two 50-passenger water taxis and five
speedboats. For few of the sequences
some Alaskan halibut boats were sailed
down from Seattle
There were times when the company
wasn't quite sure what it was doing,
because the weather was perverse for
weeks at a time Periods of idleness
would have been even longer but for
occasional shots which were made at
the studio. The Gloucester waterfront
was reproduced in detail on M-G-M's
back lot.
A partial replica of the We're Here
also was constructed on a studio sound
stage. While wind machines whooshed
and waves poured down wooden chutes,
Spencer Tracy met a hero's death when
he was caught and drowned in a welter
of wrecked rigging. Galley, forecastle
and aft cabin also were reproduced In
detail at the studio. The sets were
mounted on rockers.
THE flicker actors didn't always ac-
4 company ships on the longer voy-
ages. Part of the time they were head
quartered in Hollywood and went down
to the sea In lirnousines. And for sew
eral intervals of several weeks they
lived at the leading hotel on Mr. Wrig-
Iey's Santa Catalina Island The hotel
didn't mind that they trouped into the
lobby of an evening in redolent oilslSins
and boots Shiny with FISH scales and
curry II was. fortunately. the OIL
season, and the screen players were the
sole guests in the establishment.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-05-21

the history of seafaring.
The cost has run to something like
So 600, 600, and the elapsed time was
18 months. In that period the principal
ship sailed total of about $4,000 miles
and didn't catch enough fish to make
salad for Wednesday afternoon bridge
club
But it did catch a good deal Of ex-
citernent, together with one Of those
hyper tremendous pictures which will
have place in the nautical season with
aSouls at Sea Slave Ship" and other
epics of the ships -of wood -and-men-o
steel tradition.
Ii was a year ago last autumn tha.
an M-G-M crew left Hollywood for
Gloucester. Mass. to set sail on the
salty saga. There were a couple of
marine technicians, two business mana
gers. and Cameramen Harold Marzorati
and Bob Roberts Also Capt. j. M
Hersey. Metre skipper who sailed
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-05-21
By Paul Harrison

GAs&A AAAk AJOM
HOLLYWOOD
Wv v ELL, they finally nave fin
M ished S h ot ting Captains
Courageous" Thousands OF
fathoms of film are being
reefed in the cutting rooms and slowed
in round tin bulkheads Freddie
Bartholomew is still splitting curves in
the wind, and Spencer Tracy remains
drydocked in a barber shop for ex-
tensive repairs. Old Cap'n Lionel Bar
rymore is figuring on retiring. with
his trusty sextant and his memories
to little vine grown cottage on the
Cape Cod dunes. And the studio su-
percargo who has been auditing the en-
terprise is still pretty seasick
It was long voyage. mates Il made
Columbus look like a week lend excur-
sionist Also it was the most expen-
sive fishing expedition recorded in all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
CITY PLANNING
 SNOW REMOVAL
Works Board Instructed to Arrange With High.
 way Department

Waterbury's board of public works is expected to act at the next meeting on the ruling yesterday by Attorney General Charles J, Me- Laughlln which Is to the effect that cities and towns must make agree- ments with the state highway com missioner if they plan taking ad- vantage of the new law relating to common snow removal operations of municipal portions of state trunk highways.
 The act, a supplement to the gen. eral statutes enacted this year, was introduced by Senator Joseph II, Lawlor, of Waterbury, and requires that one through route, extending approximately north and south, and another, east and west, shall be. come part of highway system of the state in each town and city. Negoti- tionS between the state highway de- pertinent and l80 towns will effect agreement as to which city streets shall be so designated for clearing.
 Annually, since 1925, $400000 has been appropriated for cost of snow removal and highway clearing, but the question of this sum being ade- quate for the present arrangement has not been answered by state of- flcialS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
us. AMBASSADOR
 GREW PROTESTS
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 land or water seeing them. It was understood that the navy depart- mont for the present was con- centrating on Identification of the men who actually participated in the airplane attack. About 20 navy airplaneS are detailed to that par. ticular part of the YangtSe river.
 Rear Admiral Home
 It was asserted in reliable quar- ters today that Rear Admiral Teizo MitSunami, chief of aerial opera- tons in China, had already arrived in Japan and that he would ct once give specific reports to the govern ment regarding the orders which had been issued to aviators by tho Japanese high command. Mitsu- nami was recalled to Tokio as the man responsible for the attacks by the aViators under him and 1t was said that disciplinary action would be taken against him. In token of the governments concern over the attacks 1t was said authoritatively that Admiral Kiyoshi Haesgawa, Japanese navy commander in chief, had himself offered to resign from the navy and thus take responsibil- fly. It was added, however, that he was not permitted to do so because the government thought that re- sponsibility rested largely on Mitsu- nami, among the high officers, as directly in command of aerial ac- tiyitieg,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18

Watervllle, Dec. ie-The Epworth League Society of Grace, Methodist church will hold 0 Christmas party this evening ct 8 o'clock at tho church. Members must attend in rompers or shorts, because the soc cial will be In the form of A Riddles" party.
 A Stag Christmas party for mem- bers of the Casper 8. Davis, Ameri- can Legion will Do held this evening tt Fraternity Hall on Boyden street at @ o'clock. All who attend are asked to bring Q small gift for 0 grab bag.
 Grace Methodist
 Rev. Alison J. Smith, pastor. The Everymans Bible Glass will hold It's regular meeting tomorrow ct 0.i6 Q. m. This will Do an open meeting, and the men and women of Water. vile are invited to attend. The guest speaker will be Rev. Dr, John 0, Walker, pastor of the Second Con. gregational church of Waterbury, and his subject will be "The State of the Churches"
 The regular morning church serv- Ice will Do held ct i0:30 o'clock, at which time Rev. Smith has chosen for his sermon, the topic, "The Old Story, Ever New" Sunday school
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
COP Aldermen Seek
 Some or The Plun1s
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budget provisos.
 To date, the other newcomers from the Fusion upset of October, Tenton ?. Niver, Burton II. Walker, and Joseph Reiner, have not indi- cated with any public stand their selection of Q chief, when the mat ter of the boards presidency comes to ballot. But MT. Bane has been present at several of the recent meetings, accepting the boards in. vitation on one occasion 70 sit at c table with his confrere novitiates as guests" of the aldermen present. ly changing their spots of political preponderance.
 You Can't Blame Them
 'They've waited sixteen years for the chance" an old.time politico of opposite faith pointed out today. "You can't blame them for being greedy"
 The office of the president of the board oS aldermen is the only "pay- Ing" position on the board. The sal- ary is 4750 per annum, (year).
 The peculiar mixture of the recent election, which saw Independent Democrats joined with Republicans, is not expected to carry over the aldermanic boards apportionment of committees, however, was the un. derstanding of some of the alder men. It is more likely, they told The Democrat, that the regular Re. publican organization will take hold" through Chairman Upson, MT. Rowland, end his manager, John J. Bergen, to line things up for possible rebuilding of the local 6. o. p. machine.
 The new board will have as mem. bership the following alignment: Republicans, Aldermen Dubois,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
Epworth League To
 Hold Party Tonight
Members to Attend in ROmpers or ShOrts-LegiOn
 Staging Stag Party at Fraternity Hall Tonight
(Acn,e Telephoto.)
WATERVIlLE Mrs. R. w. Henlon-i7se Thomaston Ave.-EeL S.B4es

1 will Do conducted ct i2 o'clock noon; and evening service of wor- shipu will be held ct 2 o'clock, when Rev. Smith will speak on "The Prince of Peace"
 st. Mlchaers Masses tomorrow will be held ct 8 Q. m. and i0:i5 @. m. Rev. Michael Kcating will ofiieiate. Gospel Hall ( Morning service will be held ct i0:30 o'clock; Sunday school at IA o'clock noon and evening gospel service at 7;30 o'clock. st. Paul's Episcopal
 Rev. Raymond M. D. Adams, rec. tor. Holy Communion ct Q o'clock; Sunday school at o;4b c. m. and morning prayer and sermon ct Il o'clock.
 Waterville Union Miss Elizabeth M. Weeks, minis- ter. Sunday school will Do held ct Il Q. m.; and evening service ct 7:S0 o'clock ct which time Mss | Weeks has chosen for her subject, For God So Loved the World"
 The Court Welch; No. e4, Tores- tors of America, held It's quarterly meeting on Thursday evening, at Foresters' hall. Election of officers took place ct that time and those elected are as follows:
 Chief Ranger, Walter Clark; sub. chief ranger, Arnold Keith; trea- Surer, John Humphrey; financial secretary, George Heckleman; re- eordins secretary, Victor Baker; lecturer, James Coifey; senier wood. ward, Edward Manton; junior wood- ward, Trefly Tardy; senior beadle, Albert Frank; junior beadle, Harold 0angloff; trustees: David 0renier and Edward LaChance.
 Plans were also made ct this meeting for the new membership drive and the activities for the coming year. Refreshments were served which were in charge of Vic- tor Baker, James Cofoy, and John Humphrey, after which Q card tour. namont was held.
 Assembly Held
 A very fine assembly program was presented yesterday afternoon in the gymnasium of sprague school. The entertainers were the pupils of Miss Georges seventh grade, and they aii showed ability. The program was aS follows:
 Announcer Charles Stevens
 Zylophone solo Raymond Buckley Tap dance ,..,...,,,,.,, Alice Buell. Banjo solo ......... Albert Sheldon Tap dance .....,... Theresa Dubay Harmonica solo ... Frank Almeida song-"Red Sails in the Sunset"
 ........,......... Double quartet Poenl-"The Arrest" .......,.,.,
 .,...,,...,.....A Airline Holdsworth song-"Jingle Bells" ............
 .........,. Members of the Glass
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
.MurderCase In Next Superior Court Session
Heaviest Docket in Years Includes Trial of Alleged
 Wife Murderer

The heaviest criminal doc ket in several terms faces Superior Court in January. To date there are 26 cases ready to be heard, several bind-overs are imminent, and several cases which ordinar- ily would be included in the January docket have been eliminated via the bench warrant route.
 Murder, attempted murder, as- sault, robbery with violence, theft, breaking and entering and ambe2. clement are among the charges against the accused awaiting trial.
 Most sensational of the prospec. tive cases is that of Arthur Hlvon of New Haven and Cheshire, who was bound over from the Cheshire town court on 0 charge of murder. n. Is accused of clubbing his wife to death.
 It Is believed that States Attor- ney Lawrence l.. Lewis will call for Q grand jury, in on attempt to in- dict Hivon on c first degree nur. der charge. The Jury will be i'm. panelled after the first of the New Year. Investigation of oil the cases to be heard has been con. ducted by Mr. Lewis, Assistant States Attorney William B. Titz. gerald and County Detective Roland c. Alling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
REP. KOPPLEMAN
 DECLARED WRONG

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 18-(UP)-- The Connecticut flood control com- mission, in letters to U. s. Senators Francis T. Maloney and Augustine Lonergan, charged today Rep. Her. man P. Kopplemann, D., Hartford, misunderstands the proposed Con- necticut river valley flood control compact.
 Kopplemann said recently the compact allegedly was a power as well as a flood control compact.
 The commission took exception to this, asserting MT. Kopplemann has determined to hold up flood control projects until a law is passed turning all power projects over to the Federal government"
 Kopplemann, the O m m S o n said. apparently was unfamiliar wit.l Federal statutes relating to the situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
Corp. Coyle Post

Nearly 175 children will be en- tertained during the annual Christmas party given by the La- dies auxiliary to Corp. Coyle Post, American Legion, which takes place this afternoon at 3, o'clock at the American Legion home on Holmes avenue. The program will include all of the features usually evident at a well arranged event, including the distribution of gifts, candy and fruit, singing Carols, and a va- riety of acts having entertain CTS selected from the crowd as principals.
 Miss Margaret Dillon is char man of the committee on arrange ments, and is assisted by Mrs. Robert Birt, Miss Lucy Shana- han, Miss Anna Dillon, Miss Mol- lie O'Connor, Mrs. Newton Alex ander, Mrs, Victor Baker and Mrs. John Brenneis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
$1O,000 Suit Against
 Bus Company Dropped
Katherine Wells Asked Sum for Death of American
 Brass Engineer, Burned to Death in l932

Superior court action was dropped today in the $l0000 civil suit of Katherine E. Wells against the Con- necticut company, which had been based on the tragic death of George Wells, civil engineer for the Afn- erican Brass company. Withdrawal of action was noted today. The case was awaiting trial by jury.
 George Wells was burned to death May %, i032 when his car went out of control h front of the American Brass company office building on Meadow street, turned over, and burst into flames.
 The plaintiff brought acton, as administrative of the deceaSedS es- tate, against the Connecticut com. pany, who controlled two sets Of trolley tracks on Meadow streets, and who were alleged responsible for their maintenance. It was al- legged in the action that the area within the tracks was in faulty con" dition end that this caused the fatal accident.
 The plaintiff contended that Wells was driving on Meadow street when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18

tCOntlnued rom PlRo D this city. Mangini was taken into custody in Naugatuck. where he was employed in Q barber shop.
 Hid Tn Basement
 Gentil and Waite, both employees of the store where the safe"cracking was attempted, said they hid in the basement of the store after closing time Thursday night. The watch. man, Irving Robinson, was confrot- cd by three masked men, who or. dered him to raise his hands.
 Moved Too Slow
 When he failed to move fast enough to suit them. he was struck over the head with the butt Of e revolver, then bound to q chair. The three hold-up men then proceeded to an upper floor and began drilling the door of the safe.
 The watchman managed to break loose from his bonds and gave the police alarm, the trio fleeing through rear door The arrests yesterday followed recovery of Q drill used by the robbers, and the gun with which Robinson was struck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18


 Islands-in the Pacific ocean. Pri- vately, naval officers have indicated that they favored such Q plan bee cause 1t would serve as c demonstra- ton of U. 8. naval strength.
 Leahy delivered to the president official navy reports that the Panay was flying the American nag when she was bombed and that Japanese surface vessels machine gunned the little gunboat as she sank.
 Secretary Hull Silent
 Secretary of State Cordell Hull said that these reports substantiated earlier eyewitness, but unofiicial, accounts of the attack. He refused to comment, however, on the report that revelations in the Ofiicial doc- uments had made even more grave the threat to Japanese American relations.
 According to Hull the reports have been sent to U. s. Ambassador Joseph Grew at Tokyo to be in- cluded as part of this governments vigorous protest to the JapaEese government.
 Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito. who described the bombing as "a grave blunder," called at the state department again but had no com- munication from Tokyo to deliver. He said that he merely informed the secretary of state of certain ace tivities of his government in con- nection with the incident.
 May Be Further Protest
 It was believed that because ei developments 9 ttse last tWw @Ays that a further formal protest to Japan from this country was likely, oflCials hare would not comment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
Sad News! Forms Arrive to Re. mind Eligibles That Income Tax Pay.
 Enents Are
 Due.

The midnight oil will be burned a-plenty between now and March l6.
 For the state internal revenue ofAces today placed on hand in the local office Q supply of return blanks which must be returned by March IS. Even the holiday spirit failed to keep the blanks away.
 Income taxes are payable after January 1, but must be filed not later than March i6. The local ofilce hes on hand ct present time forms for us in three clAssifcas tions.
 Form l040.A, for use in incomes to 5000;
 Form i040, for use In incomes in excess of S6,000-from rents and businesses and items other than salaries.
 Form li20, for use for payment of corporation income tax.
 Blanks and information are available ct the local ofiice of the internal revenue department in the post office building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18

one week from today, boys and girls is Christmas, and the most Joyous time In ell the year for most of you. But, next Friday morning, aa the date of the 'colossal, stupen- dous, terrific" Christmas party at the Ioew Poll theater. It has been are ranged to help bring the right spirit oe Christmas to us all, because, in addition to seeing this great show which Manager Edward Fitzpatrick ls giving as his Christmas present, we'll be helping spread good tide tngs to many Waterbury homes where there is the darkness of de- gpair, empty food larders, no Santa Claus, woe and suffe, Ing.
 Help Che Needy
 At 9 o'clock next Friday morning you gre invited to come to the Loew
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18
TRIED ESCAPE
 IN GARBAGE CAN

Boston. Dec. i8 -- (U.P0 -- After aE unsuccessful attempt to escape in c garbage container, George Ro- mano, 323, facing a total IF years Imprisonment, was in solitary con- finement at state prison today.
 Romano. convicted of compiicity in the Albany, N. Y, Kidnapping Of John J. O'Connel, Jr" in 1883 and in two Boston holdups, was found near the garbage container after guards discovered he was not in the nearby laundry room where he had been working. They believed he had slid out c laundry chute.
 Romano characterized himself as dead" when sentenced to IS years for the 5000 Hathaway Baking Company holdup last September.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18


 about 90 Japanese troops went out into the river and went alongside. AS c lieutenant and c guard Of twt, men went aboard, the soldiers af" fixed bayonets to their rifles. Tho lieutenant's two guards fixed their bayonets as they stood on the deck of the American warship, James re" ported.
 The Japanese lieutenant aues- toned Lieut.. Comdr. Hughes, James reported, as to his nationality and destination. Then the panay wal permitted to proceed--to her death.
 Sequence Of Events
 Thus, with the missing factor supplied, the sequence of events in an Incident that seemed to observ. CTS here to Do assuming wider pro. portions proved to be as follows:
 Saturday-panay leaves NankinC at about 3 ?. m. because 1t was in urgent danger from Japanese and Chinese fire in their final fight for the capital. Remains under heavy fire from stray shells for 26 min. utes,
 sunday-Japanese troops board Panay at $40 .. m. Japanese bomb- ing airplanes attack Panay ct i:s0 ?. H1i., three miles farther up the river. According to American navy and civilian witnesses, Japanes., aviators machine gunned e boat Ha Fpvly1ap VsaasrdAA RuN..a Sl.~ xa~.-. to shore and two Japanese launch. es, flying the Japanese flag, ina- chine gunned the Panay herself after she had been abandoned. Men from the launches, according to tho witnesses, boarded the ship just be. fore she sank, inspected her and left.
 Japanese Questien U P Man
 Japanese authorities held a presv conference this morning. United Press correspondents asked them if they could repeat previous denials that Japanese launches machine gunned the deserted, sinking Panay just before she sank with the Amer. ican flag at her mast.
 The naval spokesman said:
 "On the basis of present infor. nation no Japanese surface craft were on hand. However, in view of contradictory versions, the Japaness, army and navy are undertaking a new investigation. We are trying to reach the bottom of the entire affair in good faith, in order to bring Q sincere settlement of the in. cident."
 After the conference, the Jap- anese officials completely surround ed United Press Correspondent James. questioning him in detail as to what he personally observed aboard the Panay and ashore as he and others watched the launches at the Panay's side.