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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14

st. Louis, Dec. l4--(Up)-The Re- publican national executive commit tee, its original list of 36 candidates for chairmanship of It's policy coil1- mittee nearly exhausted, searched for Q leader today among 1000 per- sons recommended for membership on the committee of one hundred. '"rhe possibility of going outside the regular Republican ranks for Q chairman has not been discarded, Executive Chairman John D. M. Hamilton, said. If none of the nominees are found suitable 1t may be the only course left us." The ex. ecutive committee has not disquali- lied any of the original 30 caildi- dates, although 1t admittedly has narrowed that list down appreci- ably. rs
 Virtually nothing was accomplish cd at Mondays sessions. After con. sidering the chairnianship, the ex- ecutiye committee decided the best selection might be made from the list of 1000, and at once started through the names iii alphabetical order, IL was less than half way down tho list when it adjourned.
 Hamilton declared that the policy committee would and should" have.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
LAPS WARN u,sSu.
 GREAT BRITAIN l
Take Ships Away to Be Safe ; Both Nations Have
 Refused Order
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE IC,onyriRht 1897, by United Press)

Shanghai, Dec. l4-(UP)-A Jap- aY,ese navy warning that If the United States and Great Britain wanted to insure safety of their war ships they had better get them out of danger zones with withdrawn to- day after it had evoked American and British intimations that 1t would not be needed. The warning was given as the Japanese govern ment delivered @ note of apology to the American embassy at Tokyo and as American, British and Jap- anese warships worked in concert to rescue survivors of Q Japanese air- plane attack on four United States vessels including the Gunboat Pan- ay. \
 A Japanese navy spokesman dis- closed that the warning had been given. He said 1t was probable" that the United States 0unboat Oahu, delegated to bring most of the survivors down river to Shang. hal, was coming here in response to the warnin.
 The Japanese navy spokesman, announcing the warning, said that 1t had been made direct to both American and British navy authori- ties.
 Warning Ignored
 American and British navy author ities were asked to comment on the warning. Both said that 1t would be disregarded. American authorities added that the statement that the Oahu was being withdrawn was absolutely and unequivocally false"
 Then Japanese authorities through the selni-ofhcial Japanese Domei News Agency telephoned to correspondents that the warning statement was withdrawn, and asked that all dispatches sent on 1t be cancelled.
 Then Admiral Harry E. Yarnell,
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POLITE SLAYER SHOT WOMAN DEAD Fashionable Residence Is Scene of Most Peculiar
 of All Murders
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Abingdon, Pa, Dec. 14.-(uP)-- Police teddy sought q polite young man who calmly killed eone woman, attacked another, and then took 6 leisurely bath before departing from the fashionable Camp Hill home which he had taken over thf eve- ming. VA
 The dead woman was Mrs. Wilma V. Carpenter, 3e, widowed proprie- tor of q beauty shop patronised by Abington's smart set. She was shot in the head, police believed, because she attempted to save Mary Qrif- fin, 22, manager of the beauty shop, from attack.
 After bathing, the killer ripped out all the telephones in Mrs. Car. penter's home, strolled through the grounds to the highway and "thumbed" a ride to the Camp Hill railroad station with . chauffeur
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
STRIKE OF l,2OO
 DRIVERS ENDED
After Three Months of Strife an Agreement Is
 Decided On

Hartford, Dec. 14--(UP)-Settle- ment of a three-months' strike of 1900 eastern Connecticut truck drivers was announced today by the state board of mediation and arbitration.
 Terms of the settlement were ac- cepted by the strikers and opera tors and stipulated wage increases, regulation of hours, but did not in. clude the question of a closed shop.
 Principal Increases
 Over -the-road drivers, 82 cents an hour, an increase of seven cents, and two cents more that offered by managements. Local drivers, 65 cents an hour. an increase of five cents.
 Helpers, platform workers, freight handlers, 55 cents an hour, an in- crease of five cents.
 The normal work week was set ct 48 hours.
 The wage increases were retroac- tive to Sept. %. The walkout was called Sept. 2.
 Time and One.Half
 The agreement provided time and
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JUDGE M'NIFF \.
 RE0PENSGASE
Rendered S5,l36.lO Judg. ment; Decision Hinges
 on Note Signing

Promising that his decision would be changed if the defense could prove accusations made In a motion for re.opening of Judgment in the 90,000 common pleas court action of Stanley Padaigis against Maggie Kane, Judge Miles ?. Nc. Niff today ordered that the judg- ment be re.opened and ordered fur- ther evidence heard in the case.
 Judge McNiff awarded the plain- tiff e Judgment of S6,iS0.i0 in Q de- cision handed down November 30.
 The suit was based on the allega- ton of the plaintiff that the de- fendant had signed a promisory note of $e,000 on May i4, 1887, in which she agreed to pay him the sum with 5 per cent interest.
 Denies Signing Note
 The defendant denies that she signed the note. Attorney Blansfaeld
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14

Shanghai, Dec. l4.-(UP)-Ef- forts to clear up the fate of Ameri- cans and other foreigners involved In the Japanese airplane attack on the United States gunboat Panay and three Standard Oil ships pro- ceeded with painful slowness today. Compilation of reports available from all reliable quarters showed the following situation:
 KNOWN KILLED
 Charles Lee Ensminger, store keeper, first class, gunboat Panay. Next of kin, wife, Lucille O Erls- minger, 1889 Bacon street, Ocean Beach, Calf.
 Sandro Sandri. Italian war cor- respondent, died of wounds.
 KNOWN WOUNDED
 Lieut.. Comdr. James J. Hughes, Washington, D. O.. commanding of- ficer of the Panay. Broken leg.
 Lieut.. A. F. Anders, Vallejo, Cal, executive officer of the Panay, ma chine gun bullet in neck and bomb fragments in body. Reported seri- ouS. D. P. Cassie, clerk in the Ameri- can embassy. Leg wound.
 James Marshall. writer for Col Hers. Arrived at Wuhu with wound in neck.
 J. Hall Paxton, American embassy secretary.
 Roy Squires, Seattle former cap- tain of the Washington U. football team.
 ABOARD BRITISH GUNBoAT LEE
 John A. Bonkoski. gunners mate third class, Conshocken, FA.
 Raymond L. Browning, electri- cians' mate Sd class, Los Angeles,
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LOST STUDENT
 JOINING ARMY

Lawrence, Mass, Rec. 4.-(UP)- Norman Lister, IS, of Lawrence, University of Wisconsin freshman missing for IS days, Is in Long Beach, Cal, @ letter from the U. s. recruiting station there revealed today. City Marshal Charles R. Vose informed the youths parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry Lister, that the letter requested him to check rec ords included in Norman's appli- cation to enlist. The parents said Norman always wanted to go to West Point" They believed he planned to try for West Point appointment through the army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
President Went Over Their Heads to Strike Direct
 at Japanese Guilty CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS
 ANGERED, IMPATIENT Japanese Officials of Army and Navy Given Bitter
 Pill to Swallow
BY HOBART c. MONTEE (Copyright, 1887, by United Press)

BY HOBART .. MONTEE
 Copyright, 1887, by United Press)
 Washington, December IA. - (UP) = Only an apology from Emperor Hirohito of Japan for the destruction of the United States gunboat Panay by Japanese airplanes will satisfy President Roose- welt, high administration of ficials indicated today. coupled with the apology, it was saidS must be assurance from the Emperor that measures will be taken by the Japanese government effectively guaranteeing against 8 repetition of any similar attack in the future" President Roosevelt, taking personal charge of the crisis in American Japanese relations pro- duced by the sinking of the Aineri- can warship and the destruction cf three Standard Oil Company steam CTS by Japanese flyers, made sure that his demands would so over the heads of the Japanese civilian gov- ernment and the war lords who run 1t by instructing that his views on the incident be communicated to the Emperor.
 President In Full Charge
 Secretary of State Cordell Hull was instructed to inform Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito, who had called at the State Department to offer his governments apologies for
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Killed, Wounded, Missing

John A. Dirnhoffer, seaman 1s' class, Syracuse, N. Y.
 Joseph A. Cranes. gunner's mate 1st class, Rochester, N. Y. Thomas Coleman, chief pharma- cist's mate, Lisbon, La.
 William T. Hoyle, machinist's mate, 2d class, Balsam, N. c. Vernon F. Puckett, fnachinist'S mate first class, Corsicana, Tex J. V. Pickering, Cadiz, Ohio, Nan. king, manager for the Standard Ou Go.
 SAFE ASHORE
 0. o. viens, British American To- bacco Go.
 George Atcheson, Jr., American embassy secretary. Capt. Frank N. Roberts, assistant American military attache.
 John L. Hodge, machinist's mate 2d class, Siluria, Ala.
 MISSING
 P. J. Broaderick, Urbana, H., ein- ployed by the Chinese customs ad- ministration.
 Eric Mayell, Fox Movietone cam era man, Hollywood.
 Norman Alley, Universal News. Reel camera man, Hollywood. Capt. c. H. Carlsen, Waterbury Conn.,, master of the Standard Oil steamship Meiping.
 Norman Soong, Honolulu. em- ployed by the New York Times. Weldon James, chief of the United Press bureau at Nanking.
 e. M. Mcdonald, London Timei war correspondent.
 Albert Ros, clerk in the Italiar embassy. Luigi Barzini, Italian war cores. pondent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
MUSSOLlNI IS
 IN SPANISH WAR

Rome, Dec. 14.-tUP)--Prennier Benito Mussolini's first political move following withdrawal of Italy from the League of Nations will pc vigorous" participation in the spanish Civil war, diplomats said today. Having momentarily closed the door to the possibility of an Anglo Italian understanding" by his decision o fSaturday, Mussolini reportedly itends to engage In more active support of Nationalist Gem eralissimo Francisco Franco, ending e period of virtual inactivity in Spain during which Il Duce had hoped to negotiate on on 1talo. British agreement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
Late Ne1Us Bulletins
MARINES MAD

Peiping, Dec 14--(UP)- United States Marines were restricted to Che diplomatic quarters today for fear that in their anger over the Japanese attack on four American ships in the Yangtse they might precip- itate a grave Americana Jap- anese incident. Indignation was great among American and British residents at Japanese attacks on Amer ican and British ships, and there were demands for joint action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
PRIEST DIES

Peabody, Mass, Dec. IA (UP)--The Rev. w. George Mullin, 70, for 10 years pas. tor of St. Johns Catholic church, died at Q hospital of pneumonia today as par. lshlOners were preparing to celebrate the 10th anniver- sary of hls ordination. He had been ill . week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
Body Of Captain
 Carlsen Is Found
Telephoto)

Shanghai, Dec. 14.-tUP)-- The death list In the Panay. Socony bombing was increased when the Augusta officially an- nounced the death of Capt. c. Fl, Carlsen of Waterbury, Conn, master of the Standard oil steamer Meiplng. Japanese found the body and prepared 1t for burial. Later it will be removed to Shanghai.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
'CAMERAMAN HELD

Shanghai, Dec. 14-(UP) Arthur Menken, camera man for Paramount News Reel, was reported today to have been arrested at Man. king by Japanese authori- ties who resented his film ing of Japanese occupation scenes. It was asserted that Menken's camera and films were confscated. Menken is believed to be the only American news reel man still at Ranking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
Join Quints
 in Chvistnsos HoIidoyFun

There's fun for everyone, and the children especially, In the new Quints' Christmas Color Contest which begins today in The Waterbury Dem- ecraG Five sketches, showing the Dionne Qulntuplets and their Christmas gifts will be printed. Color each sketch or . facDlrmiile thereof. and enter your drawings In The Water bury Democrats contest. Valu. able prizes will be awarded the winners, to Dc announced on "Wednesday, Dec. 2s.
 The first drswing and details, of the contest will be found on Page Q ef today's
 DEMOCRAT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
Japanese Officials Hasten To Apologize
Before Demand of President Could Be Presented They Sent Their Regrets Prepared Now to Control
 Government of China
By H. o. THOMPSON

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Tokio, Dec. 14.-(UP)-Japan pre- sented a four-point note of apology to the United States today for the attack on an American gunboat and three American merchant ships.
 The note was delivered to the American embassy just as Ambassa- dor Joseph 0. Grew received @ note of protest from Washington.
 Grew was seeking an appointment with Foreign Minister Koki Hirota, to deliver his note, when Japan's apology was received. The Japanese government, in the note:
 1-Repeated informal apologies for the sinking of the gunboat Panay and the attack on three
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
Capt, Joseph H
 Bagley Has Filed His Application
First of Series of Retirements Expected in Fire Dep Captain Bagley Will Mark His 40 Years of Service
 in Department on December 20

Captain Joseph H. Bagey, oldest member of the local fire department in point of service has filed an application for retirement Action his application will be taken by the board of fire commissioners at its last regular meet ing of the year tomorrow afternoon Withdrawal Of Cap
 tain Bagey from active service is the first of series of retrements expected in the Fire Department Several other members Of the department said to be planning
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Dec. 14--(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Dec. fifth, compared with . year ago: ,rhia Year Expenses Last Year $3,360, 1884, ,sb0.74 s3,0ss,420'pOe.4V ss.e2O.5SO,i ,ii5.sS s1. .7Os. .7Os,ssS.os Deficit s7s9, 9s4,7S5.s5 $1,aoe.7ti,o2i.40 ss.7o1 1,s72,s42.4SS" si,s.S.Sio.So5.ois s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14

to seek retirement, while the fire board may retire others.
 New Appointments Near
 The proposed budget for the Fire Department for 1888 indicates that . number of new appointments to the force will be made. The Fire
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Evening star., 1937-08-27

expose the military hierarchy in
volyed in the Dreyfus affair, it very
neatly sidesteps the obvious fact that
racial issues were At work in the
savage injustice dealt Capt. Dreyfuss
Whereas it implies that Zola investi-
gated and wrote bitterly OF the con-
dition5 in French coal mines, the
point is not raised to the level OF 4
full-grown issue. Film producers re-
gard these matters As hot" and un-
touchable in too serious vein. and
their most sincere attempts to be
aggressively intellectual are. there
fore. mildly stymied by the nature
OF their business.
This has not, be assured. robbed
The Life Of Emile Zola" Of the glory
it attains as 4 drama in the last half
Of the picture, or dimmed the un-
interrupted splendor of Mr.. NUM- 5
performance from his frst moment
in the picture to his last. lola ~
NUM- portrays him Is not 80 exciting
4 person as his Pasteur, to make an
obvious comparison. but the charac-
Evening star., 1937-08-27

gracious relief in an adult story about
persons whose concerns in life were
slightly more profound and stirring
than whimsical love making, cheap
melodramatics and Grass humor.
The Life Of Emile Zola' is not an
"arty' affair, but the picture is plain
ly designed to earn intellectual pres
tige for its producers. Its art is con-
fined to Mr. Munis boundless craft
in reviving the body and soul Of
great man. II, however, Zola s
passion for truth and justice made
him, as Anatole France said, "for .
moment the conscience of man" such
pictures as these also represent mo-
ments in the conscience of the mo-
ton picture industry. 1t is here that
cinemaland dares to admit all is not
rosy in the world, to set aside the
boy-meet-girl and the hero shoot
villain motifs, and assume for once
the stature of fully developed mind.
Even 80, those taboos always to be
considered in selling the product"
are operative and mildly restrictive.
While "Zola' does not hesitate to
Evening star., 1937-08-27

Neville Ray our host, said we could
take bath in 1t If We cared to but We
didn't. We settled, instead. for 4 soft
drink.
ON THE list just ahead OF Selznick
was visit to Claude Binyon, the
plump young man on the fourth floor
Of Paramount's Directors Building
who made Washington nearly die
laughing recently with his Il Met Him
in Paris" at the Earle and Metropoli-
tan. Binyon as writer has no right
in the directors building, you would
think, but there he is. The interview
is conducted amid sound effects pro-
vided by Ernst Lubitsch, who Is con-
ducting a story conference just a cou-
pie OF doors down the hall. Blue
boards Eighth Wife" the subject Of
the story conference, ought to be a
great picture if it is half as funny As
the discussion of it implied.
Although he makes it look easy in
its final form, Binyon confirms the
conviction one gets out here that
screen writing is the most difficult
form Of all. Having written everything
from news stories to novels and plays
he ought to know.
The interview interrupts his work on
"True Confession" which Is going to
be done with Carole Lombard and
Fred MacMurray in the leading roles.
1t Is comedy and Binyon would rather
do comedy than anything else al
though he did one Of his ma jor pieces
Of work on Valiant is the Name for
Carrie" which starred Gladys George
Binyon Is drou in his description of
his working methods. He always writes
he says, with definite players in mind
He writes better that way, even when
it happens, as it occasionally does,
that Fred MacMurray plays role
which he wrote with Clark Gable in
mind. Or when Claudette Colbert in
terprets character which he draped
in ink around the shoulders of Carole
Lombard. Visualizing the interpreta-
tion is the idea, even when he does not
get the Interpreter visualized.
Posscripts: We finally won that
game of getting in touch with Acadia
Newman 1t was worth winning,
too Miss Newman has just been
screen tested by Paramount and the
reports Of the test are excellent
She came here to paint stars, did
Joan Crawford and Carole Lombard,
and may end up by being a star her
self :. She would be q nice subject
for publicity departments to work on
-. When the Ray Dannebaums Of
Twent-Cent-Fox take charge the visi-
tor sees Hollywood in glance j.. The
Dannebaums live on top OF the noun
tain which looks down on Lookout
Mountain . The latter is the spot
from which that sensational shot OF
Los Angeles at night was made for
"A Star Is Born" Remember it,
with all those neon lights flashing In
your eyes? :. The step down from
the Dannebaums porch looks about
200 feet No one ever has taken
1t Mrs. Barrett Kiesling, whose
husbands book, Talking Pictures" is
about to be published. is planning to
announce the event with 4 card stat
ing that the volume, Weighing l
pound and 2 ounces, has been born to
the Kieslings :. And to a great many
schools which are planning to use it
as text on the movies 1t is quite
an event in these parts and Mr.. Kies-
ling, as befits an author, is having to
take a lot OF bows And so, step
up Mr.. Melcher and begin the final
column Of the series >. We are going
home! 1t was so nice Of everybody.
And 80 veddy, veddy busy!
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terization is an almost symphonically
rounded creation-the final chord the
natural outgrowth OF the FIRST.

terlzation Is an almost symphonically
rounded creation-the final chord the
natural outgrowth OF the FIRST.
One actors consistency and skill
in projecting q personality cannot
however, told tightly together a tale
lacking In dramatic unity. This i
the fault apparent in the initial half
Of the film, where such episodes as
the interludes with Paul Cezanne
the highly sentimental meeting with
Mana" the conflict with censorship
authorities, swing loosely and rather
aimlessly, bound together merely by
the fact that NUM- appears In all OF
them and that In each instance he
appears as Zola should be.
When the Dreyfuss case is drawn
into the plot, however, action, direc-
tion, pace, import suddenly take on
new life, and 1t is here that the
picture justifies itself, both as drama
and as entertainment. For this emo
tional Tightening, this ntensiflcation
Of the meaning OF the story, much
credit must be given to Joseph Schild-
kraut as the beleaguered Dreyfuss
to Gale Sondegaard as his wife and
to Donald Crisp-who, as counsel fol
lola in the famous libel suit brought
by the French general stan after
the publication of "JAccuse." sets
the pace for \ court room scene that
Is brilliantly brought OIL.
You must admit, by the way, that
script writer's, director and producer,
alike showed almost incredible re-
straint in sticking to the historical
truth that Capt. Dreyfuss. who was
saved from living hell largely by the
daring and moral courage Of Emile
lola, never met the man who hac
been his chief benefactor (while We
admit that the failure to meet came
about for somewhat different reason,
than those outlined In the film).
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Where and When
|Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"The Life OF Emile
Zola," Paul NUM- in An excellent
aim biography: 2:3o and $50 pm.
(All seats reserved)
PalAce-"Broadway Melody OF 1888"
latest IN the line Of bright musicals: :
1885 am, 2:o5, ABS, 7:o5 and s:35
pm.
Keith's-"Make a WISH" new Bob
by Breen musical: 1870 am, lis, 3,
4:46, $50, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Earle-"Confession," a mother in 4
dramatic battle to save her daughter:
II am, l:35, 4:15, ITO and e:55 pm.
Stage shows: 12:45, $50, 6:25 and
o:10 pm.
Capitol-"Love Under Fire" new
romantic comedy: IL Am, lao. 4:25,
7:l0 and 9:55 pm Stage shows
1880, 3:35, $40 and 9:O5 pm.
Columbia-"You Can't Have Every
thing" bright musical with a lot Of
Ritz brothers madness: Ills am,
lao. $3.50, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Metropolitan - King Solomon's s
Mines" the dramatic jungle search for
King Solomons treasure vaults: 11:4O
am, lao, $40, $40, TAO and s:40
pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Show
runs hour and Is minutes, continuous
from 10 am. until midnight.
Riako-"Dark Journey" wartime
excitement with spies and "Q-boats"::
1850 AM, las, $40, $40, TAO and
o4S pm.
Little-"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" I"
revival Of the Gary Cooper hit: II am,
1, $40. Sis, 7:25 and 9:35 pm.
Ambassador-"A Day at the Races" "
the mad Marxes at their maddest:
Sis, 7:l6 and s:25 pm.
Penn-"Knight Without Armor," !"
love blooms midst revolution: l:40,
$40. $40 TAO and $40 pm.
Sheridan-"Mississippi,"t the popular
Crosby musical revived: 2:35, 4:25,
$40, 3 and 9:45 pm.
Tivol-"Knight Without Armor"::
l:4S, 3:4o. $40, 1888 and 9:35 pm.
Uptown - Exclusive" . gal who
shouldn't plays with = newspaper:
3:0S, 3:55, $50, TAO and s:3op pm.
1sadside-"A Texas Steer" the
famed old satire is revived: $50 pm.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

Belt. and the two viii 60 on a honey.
moon to Ensenada Gold has been
swapping Hollywood's movie stars for
Is years.
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1.-THE Life of Emile ZOla"
Is Adult Film Biography
Paul Muni's Characterization Is One of
Uninterrupted Splendor in Fine
Cinema at the National
BY ROBERT n PHILLIPS Jr

THER annual contribution to the cinemas biographical files the
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