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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-12
CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS

Los Angeles tUP) The University
OF California has established o new
course. Critical Discussion OF Cur
rent Controversial Topics, I" which 10
expected TO develop new con-
troyersies.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-12
UNIQUE WHARF COPIED

San Francisco's unique Fisher
mans Wharf Is 10 be reproduced at
Metro oldwyn-Mayer studios for
Song Of the City"--so corner on
the local shrimp market can be ex-
s3ected.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-12
Ancient Ring Feud Dug Up Boston General Sports ReOiDdL


Gravity. mt the fsst-fIsiIing
flsss 81 gsiln Henry Lewis light
hssvywsIgIIt champion, stretched
A Essors On the canvas HE this
IN Their return beut At PhiIadeI-
plla. But the decision went 10
Lewis snywsy after Is rounds Of
fast flghtlng. thus squsring ac-
counts for Tire ''hcme town decI-
slen that named Etsore victor In
their previous encounter
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-12
FREDDIE IN FLANNELs

For one sequence In M-d-Ms
Captains Courageous" Freddie
Bartholomew worked ell one day In
long flannel underwear and pair
Of shoes, and that was ell.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-12
snow Is MANUFACTURED

Real snow was made right on the
set at'Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer studies
for scenes with jeanette MacDoa.
nd and Nelson Eddy In "Maytinse."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-12

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Referee Frank Berardl. Time
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Russia plans TO produce ll100o
automobiles annually at the Stain
plant at Moscow.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-12

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The Washington times., 1937-01-14

crosses Of the Metropolitan to un.
heard Of figures. The presentation
Of them was doubly difficult be-
cause the theater had no stage,
curtain or drapes. The only place
to work was a three-foot apron but
the prologues looked so rich that
Mr.. Payette's work was rewarded
nine months after he Joined the
Crandall enterprises with the posi-
ton Of assistant circuit manager.
His new duties brought under his
Jurisdiction the buying and book
ing Of films, continuance Of stage
prologues and assisting in the op-
Grafton Of the circuit.
Named Supervisor
The merger Of the Crandall The.
aters with the Stanley Company
Of America resulted in Mr.. Pay.
cites appointment as supervisor
Of theaters. The acquisition of
the Stanley Company by Warner
Bros. saw him in the berth of gen.
eral zone manager. The Warner
Bros. interests not only added new
theaters to the Washington cir
cult but placed under direct super.
vision Of the Washington houses
additional Warner theaters in
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
and North Carolina. With the
completion OF Warner Bros expan-
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Zone Manager Began Career
As Usher in Local House

the fundamental knowledge Of
buying and booking which was to
be so helpful in later years.
Joins Finn Company
In 1914, came the opportunity
to join General Film Company as
assistant manager. He spent q
year in Washington in that capac-
ity and then was promoted to
branch manager in Baltimore.
With the dissolution Of the com.
pany he became associated as sales
man with the Baltimore outlet Of
WISE (Vitagraph, Lubin. Selig and
Essanay). Then came an offer by
Goldwyn which he accepted 1t
was while he was in Baltimore
that he bought the Southern rights
to J. Stuart Blackton's famous
preparedness picture, THE Battle
Cry Of Peace" which he took per.
sonally on road tour throughout
the South.
With Americas entrance in the
World War, Mr.. Payette enlisted
for service overseas. On his dis
charge from the Army, he joined
Harry M. Crandall's circuit Of the
aterS. Mr.. Crandall, previous to
this, had asked Mr.. Payette to JOIN
his organization which was the
most progressive in Washington.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14

John j. Payette, general zone
manager of Warner Bros. The
aters in the washington territory
including the new Sheridan which
opens tonight, started in show
business at the age of II. Always
drawn by the theater, he rambled
one day through the stage door
Of the old Academy of Music
Theater and came out Of the
front door with the position OF
usher.
Three years later he was made
assistant treasurer of this old
Washington legitimate theater.
He was then fifteen, and the
position necessitated his leaving
high school. However, his prog
ress was fast for at the age OF
seventeen he was appointed
treasurer.
It was in 1910, while still at
the age of II, that Mr.. Payette
became identified with motion
pictures. His work as treasurer Of
the legitimate playhouse brought
him an offer to operate the
Rhode Island Theater, a $50 seat
house, built especially for the
showing of motion pictures. His
affiliation with this theater for
the next four years brought him
The Washington times., 1937-01-14

Back again In the theater operat.
ing field, Mr.. payette was made
assistant manager Of the ace house,
the Metropolitan, rising to the
managerial post within three
weeks.
Managerial Duties
AS manager he not only booked
the house but also staged the pro-
logueS which, were so popular an
adjunct to the entertainment in
those days. These prologues, the
first in Washington, raised the
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
zaSu Pitts Sings
In New Musical

ZaSu Pitts claims that she never
sang in all her life until she sang
a cowboy lament for Sing Me q
Love Song" Cosmopolitan produc-
ton released by First National,
which opens tonight at the Sheri-
dan Theater.
She Swears she never even sang
in a bathtub. And the singer &C.
companying her in the picture was
one of the most popular Of today,
James Melton.
ZaSu says it will also be her last
song.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Hail Jack Haley

Jack Haley, whose latest comedy
role in "Pigskin Parade" musical
satire on intercollegiate football
was hailed by film critics, has been
rewarded by Dairy F. Zanuck,
goth Century-Fox production chief
with a new screen contract.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
LAFAYETTE SUPERWSES 36 TH4EATERS|

sion plans this year, Mr.. payette
will have under his supervision 40
theaters in this territory.
Evening star., 1937-05-16
CAROLINA RETAINS
BAN ON DIVORCES
New Move to Amend State
Constitution Fails in
Legislature.
BY the Associated Press.

Ls tiie 9oSotidtco IiCSS
COLUMBIA, S. c., May l5.-The
State of South Carolina again has de-
cided to let the divorce parade 60 by.
For at least another year the Pal
metto State will be one Of the easiest
places in the United States in which
to get married (no license delay and
the only place where it is impossible
to obtain a divorce.
The States constitution of 1895 in
article II, section 3, reads: Divorces
from the bonds of matrimony shall
not be allowed in this State"
Since that sentence was voted into
the law, attempts have been made to
remove it. The latest failed this week
when the House Of Representatives
continued until the next legislative ses-
sion bill to submit to popular vote 4
constitutional amendment permitting
divorce.
South Carolina's unique matrimonial
situation presents a puzzle. A survey
today disclosed:
couple may gain legal separation
and live apart as they please, so long
as they do not attempt to remarry
Citizens Of another State, granted
divorce by that State, may become
citizens OF South Carolina and marry
again.
But citizen OF South Carolina who
tricks across the State line for divorce
is liable to plenty of investigation
and scrutiny" by the courts should
marital complications arise when he
returns
Evening star., 1937-05-16
GREEK VETERANS HERE
TO HONOR WAR DEAD
New York Delegation to Visit
Tomb and Grave of Soldier
Immigrant,

New York World War veterans Of
Greek extraction will visit Washing
ton today to conduct memorial serv-
ices at the Tomb OF the Unknown
Soldier and at the grave of George
Dilboy, Greek immigrant who died in
the United States service.
The visitors. members of George
Dilboy Post, American Legion, will
arrive in Washington this morning
and will attend services in st. Sophie
Church, Eighth and L streets. at 1870.
The services at the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier will be held at 2:3O
pm. and will be followed by services
at the grave of Dilboy.
Local arrangements are in charge
Of Washington committee, headed by
Soterios Nicholson, chairman, and
composed of George Pistolas. DR..
Charles J. Demas. Harry j. Photis,
William Loomis, Emmanuel Kills and
Steve Demas. The New York group
will be led by the post commander,
George Contemanolis.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

convention at Rochester, NJ Y, &C.
cording to word received here last
night
DR.. Woods has been prominent in
the Washington Torch Club for years
has served as its president and during
the past year has been vice president
of the International Association.
The list of new officers OF the Wash
ington Club, elected at a recent meet
ing in the Raleigh Hotel, was an
nounced as follows: John Ihlder, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Alley Dwelling
Authority, president; DR.. M. c. Merrill
director Of the Bureau OF Information
Department Of Agriculture, vice presi.
Evening star., 1937-05-16
LIFE INSURANCE WEEK
TOPIC OF ADDRESSES
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Draper and George L. Hunt
to Speak,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Ernest G. Draper and George L. Hunt,
vice president of the New England
Life Insurance Co. and national
chairman Of Life Insurance week, will
speak at l:45 pm. tomorrow in the
Commerce Department auditorium on
the Inauguration of Life Insurance
week in the District.
The program also will include pre-
view Of the motion picture, Make
, Way for Tomorrow, adapted from
Josephine LaWrence's novel, The
Years Are So Long"
During Life Insurance week, which
will last through Saturday, the
division of commercial laws of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce is holding an exhibition of
industrial and graphic arts in the
life insurance field in Room 1924,
Commerce Building The exhibit is
open from 10 am. to pm daily.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

Washington Academy OF Medicine at
the auditorium Of the Medical Society
Of the District Of Columbia, 17l8 M
street, Tuesday evening.
This lecture, to which the public is
invited, is the first to be given under
auspices OF the newly formed Academy
OF Medicine. The eminent British
psychologist will speak on the re-
searches which led to his being award
ed the Nobel prize-the identifcat ton
of chemical substances released by
stimulated nerve flbers which seem
to be responsible for physiological re-
sponses.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

dent; Herbert L. Willett, jr., director OF
the Community Chest, secretary-treas-
urer, and these three new directors:
Ihlder. DR.. Merrill and DR.. George E.
B. Tribe. As president, Ihlder sue
ceeds Watson Davis, editor Of Science
Service, Inc.
The Torch Club is not a luncheon
or public service club, according to
an explanation Of its ideals, but "it
does promote free interchange Of opin-
ion among its members on subjects,
civic, religious, philosophic, scientific,
economic and artistic, and by this
comparison OF views 1t stimulates q
Evening star., 1937-05-16
ID. c. Man Aboard Yacht.

L. Corrin Strong. 27l2 Thirty-sec-
ond street, president Of the Hattie M.
Strong Foundation, who was aboard
the Sherwood yacht Flying Cloud
when Albert Graham Ober, jr., of Bal
timore, was pitched overheard by a
sudden lurch Of the craft, had been
on visit in Massachusetts, along with
his wife since Sunday, it was learned
from his home last night Mrs. Strong
Is to return by automobile.
Evening star., 1937-05-16
H0RSEMAN |SL0ST
IN STORM At SEA
Albert Graham 0ber, Jr., of
Baltimore Dies in Coast
Gale.

ey the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May l5.-A two-day rain
storm blew out to sea tonight, after
destroying life and property offshore
and sending New England streams to-
ward flood crests.
Clearing skies quieted flood fears
In Massachusetts, Vermont and New
Hampshire, as rain-drenched noun
tain slopes drained into the Connec-
ticut, Merrimack, Housatonic, VIM
ooski and tributary rivers.
Albert Graham Ober, jr., member
Of prominent Baltimore family, was
pitched into the sea and lost 10 miles
OF Block Island. R. l., when the
yacht, Flying Cloud of Baltimore,
lurched in a heavy sea.
Donald H. Sherwood, owner of the
craft. reported the accident when the
yacht made Newport, R. l., on its trip
from Fairhaven, Mass, to Gibsons
Island, New York.
The three-masted Canadian schoon-
er Minas King. which went aground
near Quoddy Head. Me, last night
was towed to State anchorage in the
nearby JohnSons Bay late today bv
the Coast Guard patrol boat AD-5s
and commercial vessel.
Of Marblehead, the big class j
racing sloop ranger, was dismasted
as 1t was being towed from Bath
Me, to Newport, R. l., where it had
planned to start working out Monday
for Americas Cup competition.
About 100 homes in Keene N. H..
were cut off from electric power
Three and half feet of water COW
cred Highway 302 above the flood-con-
troll dam at East Barre, Vt, and traf-
flc was detoured
The Connecticut River was rising
at the rate of inches an hour.
Victim Was Horseman.
BALTIMORE. May IS (Pj.-Albert
Graham Ober, jr. 49. lost overheard
from the sloop Flying Cloud near
Block Island today. was one of Mary
lands leading gentleman jockeys and
member of a socially prominent
family here.
Ober rode mounts in almost all OF
the States important Steeplechases
and in 1928 went to England to ride
Billy Barton in the Grand National
at Aintree. Technicalities prevented
him from riding, however
Graduated from Princeton in 1909,
Ober was a member of the Maryland
Hunt Cup Committee, the Elkridge
Hounds, the Baltimore Club, and the
Merchants Club. Through his riding
activities he was widely known in
Virginia hunting circles. He also was
IN ardent yachtsman.
Ober was widower. He is survived
by his brother. Frank Ober, an attor-
ney here, and two sisters. Miss Kath-
crime Ober of New York City, and
Mrs. Grace o. Palmer of Baltimore
In addition to Owner Donald Sher-
wood Of Baltimore, aboard the Flying
Cloud on its trip South from Fal-
mouth, Mass Winter quarters to Glib
son Island near here, were Jack Talia-
ferro and c. Ellis Short, both Of
. Baltimore; Charles Williams Of Glib
son Island, and L. Corrin Strong Of
Washington.
Evening star., 1937-05-16
TORCH CLUBS NAME
DR.. WOODS HEAD
D. c. Man Elected President of
international Association of
Professional Men.

DR.. George B. Woods of 1891 Ca
thedral avenue, dean Of the College Of
Liberal Arts OF American University,
was elected president OF the Interna-
tional Association Of Torch Clubs, Inc,
for Professional Men, at the annual
Evening star., 1937-05-16
ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
TO HEAR SIR HENRY DALE

Lecture by Eminent British
Psychologist Tuesday Will Be
Open to Public.
Sir Henry Dale, director Of the Ma
tional Institute OF Medical Research
in London, and 1885 Nobel prize win
ner in biology, will lecture before the
Evening star., 1937-05-16

broader growth Of thought and cul-
ture."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-12
LABOR'S
NON-PORTISAN
League Launches Expansion
Campaign

Washington, D. G. (ILNS)-Major
George L. Berry, president of Labor's
Non-P Partisan League, has announced
the appointment of E. L. Oliver as
executive vice president of the league
in charge of the national headquarters
staff in Washington. His appoint
ment marks the launching of an active
drive for expansion of the permanent
league organization.
Mr.. divers association with Labor's
Non-P Partisan League follows nine
years service as director of the de-
partment of research of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks, from which
he resigned to assume his duties at
the league.
He has been active in farm and
labor organizations for many years
and has been employed by the govern
ment as an expert several times. He
was labor representative on the Tex
tile Work Assignment Board ap-
pointed to study the stretch-out after
the 1884 textile strike, and on three
different occasions has been appointed
to the staff of the federal trade COM
mission. He is a member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
During his association with the
brotherhood he took an active part in
both the preparation and presentation
to congress of railway labor's cause
in the 6-hour-day hearings, the rail-
way labor act of 1884, the emer-
gency railroad transportation act
the Wheeler Crosser bill and other
railroad legislation.
Oliver was employed for four years
by the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers of America as an organizer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-12
Labor Declared Against Proposal
To Give Government Compulsory
Power in Industrial Controversies
Frey For Cautious Approach


John P. Frey, president of the A..
F. of L. metal trades department, in
statement indicated belief that the
question of subpoena powers for Sec
retary Perkins should be approached
cautiously.
He praised the present labor de-
partment conciliation service and
warned that it would be "most unfor-
tunate" if vesting subpoena powers in
the secretary of labor should "in any
manner interfere with or weaken"
that service.
Miss Perkins request for emergency
powers was made in letter to
Speaker Bankhead of the house, and
Majority Leader Robinson of the SEN
ate, asking "The utmost haste COM
patible with sound procedure in the
passage of this act"
Miss Perkins said in her letter:
1T is highly desirable that some
agency have the duty and therefore
the authority to make formal inquiries
and Investigations into the cause of
strikes or lockouts or other industrial
disputes"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-12

the national resources committee, a
detailed report on water usage, entitl-
ed Drainage Basin Problems and
Programs, drawn up by the water re-
sources committee, was submitted to
congress and given to the public.
Only the scantiest summary can be
given. In all the industrialized parts
of the country, increased water sup
ply for cities and abatement of water
pollution through sewage and indust-
trial wastes are the major problems.
Projects for sewage treatment plants
for New York city alone foot up to
nearly $9O,OOo,ooo; and additional
water supply for the metropolis adds
S272,000,000 to the total. Sewage dis
posal in the Philadelphia district adds
up to more than $35, 100000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-12
new CONTRACT
Gives Higher Pay to Indiana
Limestone Workers

Bedford, Ind. (ILNS)-Union work
ers employed in the famous oolitic
limestone belt Of Lawrence, Monroe
and Owen counties, Indiana, have won
wage increases Of cents per hour for
each classification of workers by con-
tracts just signed with the employers
for 1887. The workers were repre-
sented by joint negotiating commit
tee representing the six unions oper-
ating in the limestone district.
One of the outstanding features of
these contracts is the establishing of
a joint committee, that from the in
dustry known as the stone industry
industrial relations committee, and
that from the unions as Federal Coun-
ell of Limestone Trades These COM
mittees were formed to promote the
welfare of the industry and will meet
monthly to discuss ways and means by
which both the industry and the men
will endeavor to help the business
of the district.
Previous agreement had been reach
ed with the stone cutters, carvers and
planemen represented by the Jour
neymen Stonecutters' Union of which
NJ. w. Mitchell is president.
The industry in this district is the
only completely organized limestone
district in the United States.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-12
sources.

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's message to congress
transmitting to that body the recon-
mendations of the national resources
committee for long term planning of
public works is clearly an event of
great Importance. Also, it is an open
ing Of the way that labor long has
sought, and mourned because it found
it not. The American Federation of
Labor in 1880 passed a resolution urg-
ing program of public works of the
same general plan that Roosevelt has
just sent to congress.
The recommendations of the nation
al resources committee may be boiled
down as follows:
l. Plan and revise each year a six
year program of federal construc-
tion.
2. Revision and adoption of this
list of approved projects by con-
gress.
3. A lump sum annual appropria-
tion for expenditure on these projects.
A. An ALLEGATION of these funds by
permanent public works or develop
ment agency.
Many State Plans Adopted
All these points are elaborated more
or less by the national resources COM
mittee. 1t is something of a surprise
to find that many states and % cit
les have adopted long range planning
of some sort. The states range from
New York to California, and from
Wisconsin to Oklahoma The New
York State Planning Board has re-
ported a total of 3,719 projects, to
cost total of 21a billion dollars.
A few quotations taken from differ
ent parts of the committees report
will show the way in which it ap-
proaches the work:
Experience in cities and states
throughout the country, especially
emphasized during the recovery pro-
gram, has shown that advance plan
ming and programming of state and
local public works produces better i'm
provemen.s IS for less money"
| Programs Must Be Ready
| ''If public works are to be used to
mitigate the violence of business cy-
cles, it is obvious that projects must
be ready for construction, authority to
proceed must be promptly forthcom-
ing, and cash must be available to pay
for the work"
"f projects are to be ready for
immediate construction whenever the
word is given to 'go,' great deal of
preparatory work is necessary. Land
must be acquired, authority provided
or legal agreements reached, plans
and specifications made ready and
currently revised"
A brief but enlightening sketch is
given Of the history Of federal public
works. The first came in 1871, an
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-12
Huge Public Works Program Offered
TO Give Employment in Depressions

next year, military and naval con.
struction in 1874; 1922 saw the first
efforts to improve rivers and harbors
and control floods; reclamation prof.
ects began in 1903, and federal aid to
highways in 1919.
Detailed Report on Water Usage
In addition to the general report,
and as an illustration of the work of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-12
SHOE WORKERS WIN STRIKE

Haverhill, Mass. (ILNS)-Their
demand granted after a one-day
strike, 800 workers returned to their
benches at the Unique Shoe Company
plant. Company officials agreed to the
Boot and Shoe Workers Union de-
mand regarding rates for manufac-
ture of second-rate shoes.