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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
Franco Batters Iron Rinq'

T OYALIST Spain'S second Iron
IL ring the one around San
tander on the northern coasts
proving no more invulnerable than
its first-the Notifications about Bill
bao. Rebels have broken through
it, besieging the hungry city and
bombarding its Notifications with
artillery General Frances forces
have captured several important
neighboring towns in Villacarriedo,
considered an important sector.
In communique the national de-
fense ministry at Valencia admitted
that the government had met defeat
in the fighting about Santander, but
claimed the victory had cost the in
surgents heavily in men. 1t also
claimed that an Italian sergeant,
taken prisoner, reported that four
Italian divisions were fighting with
the rebels on the Santander front.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
Premier Sees Long War
DREMIER FUMIMARO K(

DREM1ER FUM1MARO kONOE
declared in Tokyo that there
would be no settlement Of the un-
declared war until Japan had pun
ished" the Chinese army. He ad-
mitted that he believed the fighting
would be of long duration.
The japanese foreign office was
said to have rejected a British plan
to establish neutral zone in Shang-
hal A spokesman said the Chinese
soldiers must withdraw far enough
beyond the limits of the demilitar-
lied zone of 1892 to make an attack
impossible. The governments aim
was expressed as desire to restore
amicable relations between Japan
and China, but to chastise the Chi.
nese militarists.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
STAR ;
DUST ;
Movie . Radio !
XXX By VIRGINIA VALEk%1

CAMUEL GOODWIN is TAX
- ing bows again for sue
ceeding where many other
motion picture producers
have failed. He has made a
new version of an old picture
that is even better than the
old one-and the first "Stella
Dallas" was the best picture
of its year, some twelve years
ago.
This picture is frankly tear-jerk-
er, the story of a millhand's daugh-
ter who married gentleman, but
could never become a lady. But
stella Dallas" was fine and cou-
rageous enough to see to it that
her daughter had a chance to be-
come one of her fathers set rather
than hers. Barbara Stanwyck gives
a sincere and gripping performance
as Stella.
II you would rather laugh than
cry, Paramount and Twentieth Cen
-
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
Declared or Not, It's War

CHANGHAI'S war" OF 1882 was a
- second-rate movie sham battle
compared with what's going on over
there now. The city of 3, 500, 900 in
habitants and its environs are
scene Of destruction, terror, flames
and death on mass scale the hor-
ror of which is lnthinkable.
Thousands upon thousands Of ci-
villains lie dead. dying and wounded,
and the toll increases day after day.
No estimate has even been attempt
ed to determine the amount Of cas-
ualties among the Chinese and jap
anese fighting forces. Indeed such
an estimate today might be woefully
inadequate tomorrow, for reports
tell of whole brigades being shot or
blown to bits in single encounter.
Square mile after square mile, es-
pecially in the native Chapel dis
trict, has been gutted by fires that
rise in the wake Of bombs and artil-
lery shells. Millions of men, wom-
en- and children face slower, even
more terrible death by hunger, for
who is to bring supplies from the
outlying farm fields while the whole
area is under terrific fire?
Even in the international Settle
ment life is feeting, insecure, for
bombs and shells drop there, too.
And with l ZOO, 900 refugees inside to
be fed, shops are rapidly locking
their doors to protect their wares
from rioters.
AS this is written, the Chinese
land forces, outnumbering the Jap
anese four to one, are forcing the
invaders slowly back to the Whang-
poo in fierce ground fighting. Wheth-
er expected japanese reinforce
ments will be able to turn the tide of
battle is problematical. At the same
time japanese warships-haf the
entire japanese feet must be in the
Whangpoo-are showering explod-
ing shells upon huge concentrations
of Chinese soldiers.
In the great aerial battle Of the
war, the Chinese scored a decisive
victory, successfully turning back
scores of Japanese bombers and
fighting planes. The Marking gov
ernment reported that it had brought
down as Japanese planes in the first
ten days of the fighting, including 80
giant bombers, said to cost $3.50, 600
each.
Under the continual threat Of
bombs, and with fires raging on all
sides, the governing council of the
International Settlement admitted
that it was unable to care for its own
ward road Jail. one of the worlds
largest. Plans were being made to
turn loose the 1000 inmates, which
included murderers, thieves and
narcotic addicts.
The japanese were reported at
tempting to land $4,000 fresh troops
as reinforcements for the ground
forces being pounded by the Chinese.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02


Faye sings sad songs and Don
Ameche is a pleasant hero. Funny
part about this picture is that you
will adore Phyllis Brooks who plays
one Of the most unpleasant parts
you have ever seen-a soubrette
whom everybody in the cast loathes
with good reason.
Gene Autrey sets a pace that it
is tough for other cowboys to main
tain. Now producers expect them
all to sing. Buck Jones hasn't fallen
for vocal lessons yet, but he has
hired a heavy for his new picture,
Sudden Bill DORM" who can war
BILE Western ballads with the best of
them. His name is Harold Hodge.
4
Anna May Wong, who will return
to the screen this fall under the
auspices of Paramount, playing a
sort of female Charlie Chan, spent
her time meanwhile playing sum-
mer theaters in the East. At Mount
Kisco, where Frances Farmer had
made tremendous hit, Anna Mae
made a decorative and charming
princess Turandot" in a play
adapted from the opera of that
name.
Dorothy Day, one of the famous
clothes models who worked in Walt
er Wanger's ''Vogues of 1938'' came
to New York for a brief vacation,
and when she returned to Hol-
lywood, she learned that she had a
brand new name. Mervyn LIE Roy,
who gave her a contract to make
pictures for him decided that Doro-
thy Day was not a good name be-
cause there are several actresses
and two authors already using it.
He is going to bill her as Vicki Les
ter, the name Of the character that
Janet Gaynor played in "A Star Is
Born"
When you saw II Met Him in
Paris" you must have wondered
NrfHx AI@
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
"McGufeyisms."

THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF Ohio
L urges a return to 'McGuffey7
ISM for settling modern problems.
Twas in a McGuffey reader that
I met those prize half-wits Of lit
erature-the Spartan boy who let
the fox gnaw his vitals; the chuckle-
headed youth who stood on the burn
ing deck; the congenial idiot who
climbed an alp in midwinter while
wearing nothing but night shirt
and carrying banner labeled ''Ex-
celsior" in order to freeze to death;
the skipper who, when the ship was
sinking, undertook to calm the pas
sengers by-but wait, read the i'm
mortal lines:
1--WE are lost!" the captain shouted,
AS he staggered down the stair.
And then the champion of all-the
Dutch lad who discovered a leak
in the dyke so he stuck his wrist in
the crevice and all night stayed
there. In the morning, when an
early riser came along and asked
what was the general idea. the
heroic urchin said-but let me quote
the exact language of the book:
I am hindering the sea from
running in,' was the simple reply of
the child"
Simple? I'll tell the world!
Nothinp could be SIMMER except an
authority on hydraulics who figures
that, when the Atlantic ocean starts
boring through a crack in a mud
wall, you can hold it back by using
one small Dutch boys arm for a
stopper.
IRWIN S. COBB.
G. Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02

I'll Il OA q Z GA
ready for you with
two mad musical
extravag aganZas. Par
amounts contribu-
ton is Artists and
Models" and it stars
Jack Benny. Twen-
tieth Century's new
one is You Can't
Have Everything,
and in it the Ritz
Brothers are mad
der and merrier
than ever Ali r O
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02

and Mona landed on the cutting
room floor. She hopes for better
luck in the picture that she just
finished, James Cagney's Some
thing to Sing About" She plays
comedy role, a sort of female
Mischa Auer, and she had so much
fun doing it that she doesn't see
why Grand National had to pay her
a salary.
ODDS AND ENDS - Everybody
tUonders if Frances Farmers costumes
in "The Toast Of Neto York" tcere re-
sponsibIe for the reuiuaI OF bustles in
the big Paris fashions shOUings
Benay Venuta, whOse songs are so
popular on the air, got her start dane.
ing in the same ballet tUith Myrna 10y
Burgess Meredith used to sing in
the same church choir Uith Lanny
Ross Eddie Cantor eats his lunch
bettUeen scenes on the set these days,
because he uses his regular lunch hour
to dash OUer to the antique store he
has bought to see hotO business is 60
ing Ina CIaire's Sunday night radio
dramas on MICS blue nehoork are
grot0ing so popular that maybe she
tUOn't come back to make motion pic
lures, after all Cary Cooper has
bought ranch for the old cotOboys
tChO used to uork iUith hin, in Western
dramas Because she lOues sun
bathing Bette Davis UiH have to stay
dtUay from the Warner studio for q
month, most of the time in a dark.
ened room.
Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
what <(fL
thinks
about:
The State of the World.

CANTA MONICA, CALF.
~ up in Montreal a veter-
an Snowman says he talks
with chimpanzees in their
own language. I wish he'd
ask one of his chimpanzee
pals what he thinks about the
present setup of civilization.
Because can't find any humans
who agree as to where we all are
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02

WHY nOOSIt OullB
fed from such an
attractive wife as
the one played by
Mona Barrie. Well,
she explained all
when she arrived in
New York recently
to rehearse for a
stage engagement.
1t seems that there
were long scenes
that explained their
differences, but the
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02

Lle W llle lay hlllio' Irwin S. Cobb
We are likely to lose
confidence even in a comet, once it
starts wobbling on us.
I'm also upset by a statement
from England's greatest star-gazer
they call him the astronomer roy
al, which, by coupling it with the
royal family, naturally gives astron-
omy great social boost in England
and admits it to the best circles.
He says the moon is clear off its
mathematically prescribed course.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02

going and what the
chances are of get
ting there. In fact,
the only two who ap-
pear to be certain
about it are young
Mr.. Corcoran and
young Mr.. Cohen,
and they seem to
hesitate at times
not much, but just a
teeny-weeny Bit
which is disconcert-
ing to the lay mind.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
G Western Newspaper Union.
cabot discovered Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia was discovered by
Cabot in 1897. In 1904 the country
was settled by the French, who
called it Acadia. 1t became Brit
ish in 1713,
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
1{aWu3d W. NGck0td
SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS
g Western Newspaper Union.

tailed SO, 399, 498, 1893; this was $685.
910,3 ,379 less than for the 1886 session,
which included 81, 237. 900. 900 for the
soldiers bonus.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
0N~N~NNNNNNNN~N~N~~~@
Improved 0 SUNDAY
Uniform o~rOOT
-:-LESSON = =
BY REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
g Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for September 5
GOD REQUIRES SOCIAL
JUSTICE.

LESSON TEXT-Leviticus 19:1-l8. 81
81
GOLDEN TEXT-As ye would that
men should do to you, do ye also TO
them likewise. Luke 6:31.
PRIMARY TOPICAL Harvest Time.
JUNIOR TOPICAL Harvest Time.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPIC-Championing the Rights OF 9th
ers.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT
TOPIC-My Responsibility for Social
Justice.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
Cash Versus /. O. us.

ONLY a few weeks ago the front
~ pages were carrying dis
patches saying the adjustment of
Great Britain's defaulted debt was
just around the corner. Economists
and financiers had discussed terms
of settlement. Figures were quoted
mainly figures calling for big re-
ductions on our part, but never mind
that. They were figures anyhow.
Lately the papers have been
strangely silent on the subject. Per-
haps you remember the old story
told on the late John Sharp Will
liams, who frequented a game at
Washington where sportive states
men played poker for heavy stakes
mostly with those quaint little fic-
tional products called 1. o. US as
mediums of exchange.
Early one morning fellow sena-
tor met the famous Mississippian
coming from an all-night session.
II certainly mopped up" he pro-
claimed. Il won $3,000-and what's
more, $8.75 of it was in cash."
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02
Autumn Millinery.

JUST as the poor, bewildered
- males are becoming reconciled
to the prevalent styles in women's
hats, up bobs style creator in New
York warning us that what we've
thus far endured is merely a fore
taste Of what's coming. In other
words, we amt seen nothin'!
For autumn, he predicts
quaint number with a slanted peak
fifteen inches high, which, / take
it. will make the wearer look like
refugee trying to escape from un-
der a collapsing pagoda.
Another is a turban entirely COM
posed of rooster feathers.
A matching coat Of rooster feath'
ers goes with this design. But in the
old days they used hot tar.
A third model features for its top,
hamper series of kalsomine,
brushes sticking straight up. Nat
urally, the hat itself will initiate n
barrel of whitewash.
But the gem of all is a dainty
globular structure Of Scotch plaid.
Can you imagine anything more be-
coming to your lady wife than an
effect suggesting that she's balanc-'
ing a hot-water bag on her brow?
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02

II you would rather laugh than
cry, Paramount and Twentieth Cen
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-02

A bre a h in e
spell. Members
of 18th congress,
happy in adjourn
ment at last, file
out of the Capitol
in Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
Familiar Ring to 1t

The bill calling for construction OF
500, 000, 900 parkway right across the
state OF Connecticut on diagonal line
from Fairfield County to the northeast
ern corner where little Union snuggles
into the lap of the highlands is very
familiar to those who have watched the
course Of legislation for the last decade
or two. Recall the times that private
corporations sought franchises from the
state to do just this very thing. That was
before the Merit Parkway had actually
been started and the express route, to be
privately owned, would probably have
passed over much of its present route.
The new road would go over virgin
territory so far as present-day highways
are concerned. It would, we presume,
too, skirt all centers of population. There
would be up-to-date by-passes for other
highways and rivers and intersections.
Later on if the building proceeded rapid
" there would be another parkway built
which would complete a gigantic x on
the map of Connecticut. This second
road would link northern Litchf1eld
county with New London on direct
route. These are extensive plans, read
ers. They entail years of construction
after more of planning. Such projects
cost money.
Our sole question would be where is
the money coming from. Unless some
thing is said about tolls we are going to
impose on the motorists of the next fifty
years heavy penalty in the way OF taxes.
The parkways are advocated as means
CT highway safety, as well as economy.
That has to be proved. Right now they
on more pressing needs of the state. We
are not opposed to fine roads and to
county parkways, provided we can afford
them But we can't see any great need
to get too excited over super-highway
proposals right now. We have one on
our hands that is, to put it mildly, large
item for the present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
Crisis in Boiled Shirts

The latest news from the diplomatic
sector of Moscow Is serious indeed. Am
bassadors, ministers and secretaries are
in stew over their linen. They can't get
their boiled shirts laundered. With a
greater demand than ever for this luxury
service - which is, of course, bedrock
essential of existence among diplomats
the Red capital has broken down. There
Is a dearth of laundries, laundrymen and
starch. Very likely of soap and flatirons,
too, and whatever else 1t takes to make a
shirt shiny and uncomfortable.
In a truly civilized and sane world,
such situation would probably be re-
garded as blessed. Men would cheerfully
wear comfortable shirts even to swell
parties; and from that, they might pro-
coed to other phases of sartorial comfort
and sanity. But sanity is one thing and
civilization another, and probably never
the twain shall meet.
We expect nothing else from diplomats,
but are surprised by the native Musco-
vites. They themselves seem to be going
in heavily for boiled shirts, wing collars,
long tails, patent leather shoes and all
the paraphernalia of social regimenta-
ton customary in our capitalistic dlcta-
torShipS Communist women, even
working women, grow respondent IN
silks. Where now are the soiled khaki and
sweaters in which Bolshevism successfully
defied the world? Stain has reason to
worry Bolshevism is slipping-slipplng.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06

The retirement of Thomas J. Lynch as
Fire Chief comes after long and honor
able career He was real veteran OF the
department and his promotion several
years ago to succeed the late Henry II.
Hoffman as Chief was well regarded by all
proponents of seniority rules. 1t was too
bad that his health did not permit him
serving longer as head of the department,
but he can feel rewarded in the fact that
at his retirement he had arrived at the
top of the department and won the regard
of his department. His successor, Chief
Thomas F. Cavanaugh is also from the
ranks and should give the same type OF
faithful service. The city can be proud
of these fine veterans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
Make the Most of 1t

Governor Wilbur L. Cross should feel
both proud and happy today. Yesterday
without interruption and objection the
Legislature passed his pet" measure
calling for $25, 000, 900 bond issue by the
State of Connecticut. It marks a new
step in state annals, but not one that will
be regretted. It is in the interests OF
humanity that the state proceeds to bond
itself to this extent. We doubt if there
ever will be any cause to criticize this
step. All officials of both parties are
agreed that it was both necessary and
logical.
The funds realized from the sale of the
bonds will be used to wipe out the present
deficit. We presume, however, that most
legislators regard it as part Of the COM
pact that a balanced budget goes with
retirement of the $14 100000 deficit. With
all the proposed changes in our forms of
running the various state departments
and new taxes of the last few years pro-
ducing far greater income than was an
ticipated there is no reason to believe that
balanced budget cannot be produced.
Whether it will be for the coming bienni-
UNI or that following we don't know, but
would be inclined to think it might be two
years hence.
The funds remaining after the deficit
has been cared for will be used and wisely,
too, to build up state institutions to the
point they should reach in this day and
age. They have not been completely
overlooked in the past two decades, but
they have been allowed to drift along on
scraps. Now they are to get substantial
aid, something they have demanded for
ten years or more. We only hope that the
millions left will 60 around. There are
so many institutions to be taken care of
that even eleven millions won't 20 a long
ways. Several programs have been pre-
sented. We hope that fair one can be
devised to spread the funds as far as they
will 60, so that they will do the most
good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06

The bell to compel all lobbyists to reg
lister their names with the Secretary OF
State and to make available what legis-
lation they are pulling for and what they
will be paid for these duties is apt to
strike the well-known snag in both houses
of the General Assembly. Can't you just
imagine the open-mouthed CONSERVATION
of veteran legislators when they learn
that they may be required to give an
accounting of their extra-curricular &C
tivities. There are very few legislators
going up to Hartford that at some time
or another are not asked to do bit OF
arguing for particular piece of legisla-
ton. While it is a legislators duty to
argue the respective merits of bills, it is
actually not his duty to approach such a
task as an agent for some outside inter-
est which might benefit by passage or
rejection of the bill. There won't be
much enthusiasm among the boys up at
Hartford over this proposal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
Flood Funds From Canada

Thirty-seven years ago there occurred
in Ottawa, Ont, one of the greatest fires
in all Canada's history The United States
sent money to help the Is, 900 persons who
were driven from their homes. The other
day, while American citizens all over the
United States were contributing gener-
GUS sums to Red Cross flood relief funds,
the Ottawa Board Of Trade also passed the
hat locally for donations. Board members
themselves began the fund with $240
solicited on the spot. The public is add
Ag to this.
It must be difficult for people in for
eign lands to grasp the situation here. A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06

flood of such proportions in any Euro
pean country would very nearly submerge
the whole land and PROSTATE the nation.
Our country Is so large that the most
devastating floods touch only a small
portion Of 1t. Business, transportation,
travel, education, industry, entertain
ment everything has gone on as usual
in other sections. There is no need to
minimize the seriousness of the floods in
the unfortunate areas they swept over,
but the fact remains the rest Of the coun-
try Is only slightly affected and well able
to take care of those in need.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
A Book a Day
Panorama of Events
Since Victoria's Time
BY BRUCE CATION

The world has changed prodi-
>iously since Victoria became queen
of England, in 1887. The change is
still going on, and Philip Guedalla
has look at it in 1.-THE Hundred
Years" doubleday, Doran: So. He
offers series of panoramic views
designed to show If not where we
going, at least how we are get
ting there.
His first panorama is that of 1887.
England, just awakening TO indus
triaiization, crowns a girl as queen;
middle Europe drowses under Met
ternich's freezing Of the status quo;
Russia remains medieval and MUIR
ky: France puts UP with her Bour-
bons; America fights off devastat-
irg panic.
Then he moves the camera up
to 1848. There Is revolution across
Europe, with France proclaiming a
republic; the serfs are freed In
r lssia; England shoulders before a
rebellion which misses fire; Amer
lea conquers Mexico and goes to the
Pacific.
Next comes 1861. America begins a
terrible civil war, to test whether
government OF the people, by the
people, and for the people" Is to en-
dure; France sets up an empire;
England wakes rich; the German
ties begin to tug away from Aus
TRAN leadership toward that OF
Prussia.
and so Mr.. Guedalla comes down
toward the present, selecting his
salient points, surveying the worlo
from them, and moving on to the
next. He writes with dry irony
which frequently Is enormously ef-
fective; especially good are his
chapters on the bombardment o.
Fort Sumter and Queen Victoriat
diamond jubilee.
IN the main, his book Is much
better at the beginning than to-
ward the end. His lofty detach-
ment has way Of deserving him
as ne comes down to date; some
Of his final chapters could have
be n written by almost any capable
newspaper rewrite man. But taker
as q whole, "The Hundred Years
Is very much worth the reading.