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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-27
FIVE-YEAR DRIVE
 FOR CHEAP POWER
Administration Centers Its Activities On Very New
 Objective
By RUSSELL TURNER

United Press Stan COrreSpOnueIU
 Washington, Dec. T.-(UP)-The administration, flve-year drive for cheaper power was focused today on comparatively new objective--a general lowering of rate base valua- tions. Reports indicated that this has been the principle theme of President Roosevelt's recent conver- sations with leaders of the utility in- dustry--to squeeze out write-ups and water" from capital structures of large utility corporations and es- tablish correspondingiy lower rate- bases.
 Asks Court Approval
 Simultaneously, judicial approval of this new program was sought from the supreme court. when the federal power commission asked the tribu- nal to substitute the prudent inc yestment" evaluation theory in place of evaluation rules laid down by the court 80 years ago and still In effect.
 Low rate bases, administration spokesmen explain, result in low rates to consumers. This Is because state regulatory commissions must set rates at a point where they will yield flair" return--llsually from 6 to 6 per cent-on the established value, or rate-base. of the particular utilitys properties.
 Three Theories
 Three theories of evaluating util- ity properties predominate:
 1. Historical cost. Values are set at the amount actually expended in building plants, distributing systems, etc., and whatever may have been
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spent to purchase already-built units.
 ?. Reproduction cost. Values are set according to estimates of what 1t would cost to reproduce the prop. critics at present-day price levels.
 3. Prudent investment, advocated by President Roosevelt. Values are set according to what has been spent prudently in developing the utility. If Q utility pays $i,000,000 for a unit of its system which actually was worth only $600,00Q, the utility would be permitted to value that unit at only s5oo,0o0 in setting the rate-base.
 What Is Proper Weight
 Under the still-efiective judicial dictum laid down in 1898, rate-base figures must be reached by giving proper weight to both historical and reproduction costs. The tribunal failed, however, to state what 1t considered proper weight. "
 One argument cited by the preSi- dent in support of the prudent ir- vestment theory is Q federal trade commission report based on five years study of private utility cor- porate set-ups, which charged that write-ups totaling $i i.600, 900, 900 were found in the capital structures of companies whose values totaled ap- proximately $l0,000, coco.
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STATE 9; ss VI eSNNSSGn,GGuT s%aS;laG T. pnS pIs: HATE COURT, Dec. gsrd, ieS1. 1s;SI late of tho town of Waterbury, In said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis: trlot of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed. six months from the date hereof for tho creditors. of said settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly att tested, wihin said tmle, will Do dee barred recovery. All persons In: debted to said estate are requested
 JOSEPH R. MEMBRINo, t2-27.3t Administrator.
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1887 sTUDEBAKER Dictator Sedan. Large trunk; hill-holder; DeLuxe equipment. Former owners name furnished on request. Geghan Mo- tors, Inc, 37e West Main St.
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Rooms, Board, Hotels
Rooms and Board

BOYS CLUB, Cottage Place--Nice rooms, swimming pool all home cooking. Reception rooms. Mod' crate prices.
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LOUIS A. WALSH ARCHITECT
 m West Main St.
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WHEN-You want Towels. Coats, Aprons, Hoover Aprons or Uni. forms call Russell's Waterbury Towel Supply O.. 892 East Main St Phone 6.1377. By our quality we are known: by our service we have grown.
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Legal Notices

STATE or CONNECTICUT, ss,
 PROBATE COURT, December
 isyT iisTArG IgS',r or JAMES T. BURNS, late of tho town of Waterbury, In said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for tho Dis. trict of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of sntd settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly at. tested, within said time, will be de- barred a recovery. All persons In: debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 MRS. MARY A. BURNS, i2.24.3t Admlnistrat trix.
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BARGAIN SPECIAL! 1883 PLYMOUTH Business Coupe Beautiful blue with immaculate upholstery. A Deluxe P. B. model. In excellent condition S236 throughout .,,,,.,.,,''.,,.
 3s Others-All Makes and Models WATERBURY MOTOR 126 East Main St. Dial 3-4lv7
 (Next to State Theater)
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DEPENDABLE TRANSFORMATION
 AT VERY LOW COST 1o29-48.BUICK VICTORIA - Ex- ceptionally good mechanically. Ex- tra fine tire equipment. Very pre- sentable In appearance. Two S96 years good good riding for io3i-96 BUICK 5-pASS. COUPE Looks and runs better than most cars that are much newer. Has been tuned and checked by our S197 mechanics. Ready to roll for
 Hotchkiss Motor Go.
 USED CAR PLAZA 398 Villain St. Tel 3-3177
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FUR COATS glazed loops changed, $IO0. Fur or cloth coats lined $500. H. CireSi, S8 Winchester Av. S-7259,
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GARMENTS or SUITS = Cleaned and pressed, S9c. State Cleaners & Overs, 787 No. Main st. Called for and delivered free. Phone 4-2S87.
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WINDOW CLEANING = You will save money if you send for us to do your cleaning. Connecticut window Cleaning Co. Of1ce 82 Woodlawn Terrace. Dial 4-4SlI
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Professional Services
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CHESTNUT AVENUE Five room, 2nd floor apartment. Completely Redecorated, $40
 NUHN and NUHN l4i Bank St, Dial 4.2l49
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Merchandise
s6N Mattresses
LiUe Stock

PERSIAN - Kittens, blue ribbon stock, $5 to $S5. Miss Flynn. A0 Bidwell st. Dial S-l96l.
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Automobiles
Auto Springs, Axles, Etc.

AXLES-Frames strengthened cold in car. Bear line up service. Wa. terbury Auto Spring. S8 Brown Place.
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Automobiles
Autos and Trucks For Sale

ATTENTION AUTO BUYERS
 50 Late Model Used Cars Low Down Payments - Easy Terms WATERBURY AUTO SALES 1860 East Main st. Open till 9
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For Rent Real Estate

a Apartments and Tenements
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'91 DODGE DELUXE SEDAN
 Beautiful shape BROADWAY GARAGE, 70 Mill St..
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10 Auto Parts and Accessories

COOKED Well Known Brand $15.12
 6 Ply TRUCK TIRES - JOE'S TIRE SHOP, 24l No. Main St.
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Automobiles
Autos aud Trucks For Sale

1883 FORD--4 Door Sedan. $l75, Waterbury Motors, Inc, 460 West Main St. Tel. 4-6l29.
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Business SerUice

Sl Businsss Services Rendered
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LOST-Grey disc wheel - on Bald win St., near Mill. Dial 4-6206. Reward.
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LosT-white gold wrist watch. Re- ward. Dial 4-0l42.
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COMPLETE FUNERALS
 AT LOWEST PRICES Up-To-Date - - Modern Ernest Mazaika, 10 Porter St. 4-loS7
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Autos and Trucks Tor Sale
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ALLr-Brands washing machines, Vacuum Cleaners and Refriger- ators repaired at low cost. Santar Products. 405 Lakewood Road. Phone 4-308l.
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HAVING LOST my Passbook No. 139978 issued to me by The Water
 bury Savings Bank, hereby apply for new one. Albert Tomosaitis.
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PARTS and SERVICE = For all makes of Electric Refrigerators and Washing Machines. Domestic Appliance. Tel. 3.8848.
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iA Scrv:ce Stations. Repairing
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! Business Announcements
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1883 NASH - Convertible sedan; plenty of reserve transportation at low cost. Former owners name furnished upon request. Qeghan Motors, Inc, 370 West Main St.
 1884 FORD DE LUXE SEDAN S326 GROVE USED CAR FIX. IA Crova st Onen Evenings
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call in a competent furnace man.
For instance, the check damper
may be placed wrong the turn
damper may be out of position;
the regulator may need adjust
ment; there may be caked SCOT in
the smoke-pipe or on the heating
surfaces; radiators may be
wrongly pitched; draft may be
partially choked; a loose bolt or a
rusty joint may be wasting heat.
Those are Just a few of the com
mon things that can keep fur
mace from delivering enough heat.
If you cannot locate the cause
quickly and easily, don't take a
chance on wasting fuel money. A
service man will spot" the trou-
BILE promptly and soon put your
heating plant in comfortable,
healthful, economical working or
der. Send for him Immediately
WNu Service.
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ness in fiat pleats. In making tha
valance, allow enough material to
fold around the ends of the board
as at G; then tack it along the
top, stretching it just enough so
that it is perfectly smooth.
The valance shown here is made
of glazed chintz and matches the
glazed chintz border that faces the
edges of the side drapes. The
glass curtains may be hung just
inside the window frame or to the
bottom of the valance board
Every Homemaker should have
copy of Mrs. Spears new book.
SEWING. Forty-eight pages OF
step-by-step directions for making
slipcovers and dressing tables;
restoring and upholstering chairs,
couches; making curtains for ev-
cry type of room and purpose.
Making lampshades, rugs, otto
mans and other useful articles for
the home. Readers wishing a copy
should send name and address,
enclosing Is cents, to Mrs. Spears,
210 South Desplaines ST., Chicago,
Illinois.
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new is the refreshing, witty treat
ment the story has been given. New
er before have the three featured
players been so deft.
-
ODDS AND ENDS-Cerrude Berg laas
lalrIy Moiped under ioifh foleers recent
" tulen she rounded oui eight years a.
author, producer and Tar ot The Cold
bergs" Players lore To Uork tilh her
she is so patient, So helpful, so like the
compassionate Molly she plays
Dolores Costello makes her comeback Il
the screen in Girls on Probation" ana
according to teilou ,corkers il is bril-
liam comeback James Shuuri get
The grand role opposite Joan Cranford IN
"Shopluorn 4ngei." Gary Cooper, piayec
il in The rersion made years ago
George Rnft is determined 10 b. direc
tor some day, so he has agreed 10 porh
as an apprentice IA rariouss technical DE
parfnenfs oj me studio in ordaf To lsmh
The business thoroughly Ne Gun oni, d.
il feien he is mol acting, Of course, so h.
Is asking Paramount ~ Riie him Hief
long rdcaiions bcttaeen pictures IohH
barrymore Is going 10 make another Baii
deg Drumm0nd picture
s. Western Newspaper Union.
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Safe. Pleasant Way
To Lose Fat

How would you like TO lose Is
pounds of fat in a month and at the
same time increase your energy and
improve your health?
How would you like to lose your
double chin and your too prominent
hips and at the same time make your
skin so clean and clear that it viii
compel admiration
How would you like to get your
weight down to normal and at the
same time develop that urge for ac-
tivity that makes work a pleasure
and also gain in ambition and keen
ness Of mind?
Get on the scales today and see how
much you WelEh-then get bottle of
Kruschen Salts snhfeh viii last you for
weeks and costs out a trifies Take one-haif-
teaspoonfn every morning--modify your
diet--get a little regular gentle exercise
and when you have finished the contents
OF this first bottle weigh yourself again.
Now you will know the pleasant way TO
lose unsightly fat and you'll also know
that the salts Of Kruschen have present
ed you with glorious health.
But be sure for your health's sake that
you ask for and get kruschen Salts. Get
them at any drugstore In the world and
II the result ssraa bottle brings do not de-
light you--do not 1oyfully satisfy you
why money back.
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Thumbtack Your Draperies
to q Board.

TO GIVE draperies the smartly
1 tailored effect obtained by the
professional decorator, a valance
board must be used. A straight
one by two inch board will be
needed. A small finishing nail in
the top of the window casing near
each end and Screw eyes placed
near the top of the back of the
valance board will hold it0in place
as shown at A. Both side Grapes
and valance may be thumbtacked
to the board and then be quickly
hung all at once by hooking the
screw eyes over the finishing
nails. Think of the advantage on
cleaning day! Just lift board and
all off the nails and take outside
for busting.
Tack the side Grapes to the
board first as at B, arranging full
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AROUND
THE HOUSE

Improving Vegetables.-Sugar,
added in the proportion of fourth
of a teaspoon to two cups of vege-
tables, will improve the flavor Of
cooked corn, beets, peas and lima
beans.
Ripening Bananas.-Green ba-
nanas can be ripened by placing
them in a paper bag and keeping
them in dark closet for a day or
two.
Kidneys With Apple Rings.-Cut
three sheep kidneys in halves and
skin. Fry lightly in 2 ounces of
butter Fry also as many small
rounds of bread as there are half
kidneys. and a large cooking APP
pie peeled. cored, and cut into
rings. Place the rings on hot
dish, with piece of fried bread
and a half-kidney on each. Sea-
son and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Put scrap OF Dutter on eacn ana
serve Immediately.
Concerning Mirrors. Never
hang q mirror where it faces a
glare of light. The back of the
mirror should be protected SO that
no light or water could possibly
enter
Manipulating Velvet.-The usual
menod of pressing seams. espe-
cially in velvet, is to get second
person to hold one end of the mate
rial while you hold the other.
Flatten out the two sides of the
seam, then pass the iron along on
the wrong side.
When Mending GIoves.--Slip
thimble on your finger when
mending gloves and the darn can
be made very easily.
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Love u m After,
featuring L c 5 | ] e
Howard, Bette Da-
Wis, and Olivia de
Haviland. 1t does
not sound new. be-
cause it is that old,
old story of the
matinee idol, the.
spitfire leading wom
an who is in love
with him, and the
moonstruck young
woman who blindly
4 $500. t IIfl-s -,
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Home Heating
Q1n&c By John Barclay
l1H1A10 Heating Expert
When Good Fire Won't Deliver
Enough Heat, It's Economy to
Call in Service Man

TT DOESN'T pay to neglect your
heating plant when you know
you have good fire but the heat
is below par. You run up fuel
bills and make for yourself lot
of trouble and worry which could
be avoided.
There are literally dozens of
things that make sick" furnace
refuse to deliver sufficient heat,
and unless you are familiar with
heating plants, it will pay you to
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YOU CAN throw CARDS
IN HIS FACE
ONCE TOO Often


WHEN you have those awful
w cramps; when your nerves
ara all ON edge-don't take 1t out
on the man you love.
Your husband can't possibly
know how you feel for tho simple
reason that no Is a man.
A threo-quartcr wife may DO
no vito at all II she nags her hus-
band seven days out Of every
month.
For Interpretations onewoman
has told another how to 90 ''snil-
Ing through" with Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. It
helps Nature tone up the system,
thus lessening tho discomfortsf from
the functional disorders which
women must endure in tho tllreo
orleals OF life: /. Turning from
girlhood to womanhood. 2. Pre-
pairing for motherhood. 3. APP
proaching middle age"
Don't DO q thrre-quarter wife.
take LYDIA r.. PINkHAAi'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND and
Go Smiling Through .
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her mother her
manager, her vocal
teacher, and the
physician at Univer-
sal studios and they.
are all a little re-
luctant about adding
any further public
appearances to her
already very public
life. Until recently,
Deanna could 60
light-heartedly about
her work at motion
DictIIra and radin
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Advertisinq Did II

In 1869, when advertising was
almost unknown, the total value
of manufactured products in the
United States amounted to only
S. ,385, 860.354. AS a result of Gre
ating a demand through advertis-
ing the value of our manufactured
products increased over a period
of so years to a total of $40, 434,-
B63 ,d43.
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Dawes, Hole

Dawes hole is the astronomical
name for the minute circular spots
on the nucleus Of sun spot, darker
than the rest Of the nucleus. and
supposed 10 be the mouths Of tuhu-
lar orifces penetrating to unknown
depths.
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studios, but lately such crowds have
followed her wherever she went that
t is source of worry to everyone
around her.
ALI the tumult and hysterical
shouting over Fred Aliens return
to his radio program does not mean
that Walter O'Keefe is being neglect
ed or forgotten. O'Keefe SO en-
deared himself to radio listeners
while he was substituting for Fred
Allen that he could have walked
right into another big program, but
he demanded a vacation first.
y
When a young newcomer to the
screen steals most of the glory away
from two enormously popular stars,
you can expect to see her in bigger
and better parts right away. So,
when you see Loretta Young and
Tyrone Power in Second Honey
moon," be all ready to clap hands
for Marjorie Weaver who is the out
standing hit of this gay and giddy
comedy When the picture was pre-
viewed, Marjorie was all set to 60
back home to Louisville, Kentucky,
to make personal appearances with
the picture, but SO great was the
audience response to her perform
ance, the trip was called off.
y
Warner Brothers directors have
decided that they just cannot stand
the strain Of wondering whether
their handsome heroes will be able
to come to work on Monday morn
/ ing, SO they have sent out some
pretty stringent orders about what
| is not to be done over week-ends,
or any other time. Fernand Gravel
has had to give up steeplechase rid
i ing. George Brent and Enrol Flynn
| rannot pilot their planes.
y
Out Of the hundreds Of young &C
sresses who daily apply for work
at New York radio producers of
fees, the majority specialize in one
type of characterization only. In
trying to explain how slim their
thance is of getting anywhere, many
radio producers point to Helen
Claire Of the cast of Aunt Jenny s
Real Life Stories" on CHS. A typ.
ical weeks work for Miss Claire
called for her to play the Serpent
in "Methuselah,' the character OF
Adelina Patti at the ages of sixteen
and forty-one, a hillbilly girl, and
Alice in Alice in Wonderland. "
y
Russell Gleason thought the Tween
tieth Century-Fox studio was kid.
ding him when they told him he had
been cast in Love ON Budget" He
had just announced his engagement
and was taking keen interest in
all Notwithstanding theories. But
very seriously, he had been cast foi
role i'm this latest of the Jones
family series.
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BY far the gayest and most de
lightful of the new pictures is It's
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But the Railroads

But on the other hand, what is to
be done for the railroads? Weak
ness in their stocks is regarded by
the administration experts as one
of the big factors in the recent stock
market slides, and in the general
recession of business. Administra-
ton agents have been delving ca
gerly into the possibility that bust
ness could be revived by railroad
buying. First there was the idea of
lending them more money-pour-
ing it out But they learned that
this would interest only few roads,
chiefly those already in financial
trouble. The stronger roads would
prefer to do their own financing
if-and that has been the trouble
they considered the situation justi-
fad the spending.
So it has become obvious that the
railroads must be permitted to earn
more, not just to have cheap money
loaned to them, in order to start
any real amount Of spending.
On this phase the /. c. c. is in
clined to agree, but it has learned
through sad experience, as indeed
have the railroads, that rate adj
vances are nonguarantee of bigger
earnings. Freight diverts quickly
to trucks. The /. c. c. has rather
reached the conclusion that the only
freight-rate advance that is sure
to produce more money in the rail-
roads treasures is one on products
so heavy that truck hauling is UNI
economic. OF these, coal and ores
stand out like sore thumbs.
But the danger point has been
reached on coal, the bituminous coal
commission believes. 1t is con-
cerned about the switching from
coal to other fuels, though Of course
not concerned with whether traffic
is diverted from the railroads TO
trucks.
q Bell Syndicate. WNU Service.
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STA
DUS
Movie . Radio
tkt BY VIRGINIA VALE ttt

nEANNA DURBIN will do
Il play on Broadway early in
the spring if all the experts
concerned with her upbringing
agree that it won't be too much
of a strain on her.
Any decision affecting her well
fare has to be pondered over by
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A Companion
Choose an author as you choose
a friend Dillon.
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SHIP YOUR POULTRY AND EGGS
to NYSTRAND POULTRY co, Butte
Mont, for top prices and prompt return.
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FIXTURES
For Cafe. Bar or Store Fixtures, Equip
ment and Supplies-Write Northwest
Fixture Co., Billings. Mont.
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BY far the gayest and most de
ightful of the new pictures is ITS
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Radium in Short.

PREPARING for one of the most
unusual short subjects ever pro-
duoed, Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer Is re-
producing 4 scientific laboratory Of
80 years ago.
The picture is "Radium." The lab
oratory is an authentic reproduction
Of the Curie's laboratory In Paris,
where radium was first discovered
Photographs and descriptions OF the
laboratory furnished the material with
which studio technicians have worked
Complete to the last detail. the Ia bora
tory will appear on the screen exactly
"a it was that day in 1900 when the
Cures with Prof. Becouerel, reduced
over 200 tons Of ore to single gram,
one-twenty-eighth of an ounce, OF
radium. That gram Of salts repre-
sented two years Of ceaseless toll.
In addition to the laborat tory, the
studio is preparing armored cameras
lead garments and specially made
tools with which to handle the pioneer
project Of filming radium.
Eight months Of research are rep
resented in the laboratory and the
equipment which WILL be used when
the miracle mineral Is filmed for the
first time by 4 motion picture camera
"Radium' Is Pete Smith speciality
to be produced by Jack Chertok
Jacques Tourneur is directing.