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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

troop IS, st. AIMS; troop 10. eouth
Federated and troop Is, Our Lady
Of Lourdes. Carl r. L,oether Is dis
trict chairman and Harry Hyde "
district commissioner. Members Of
the council committee for scout adj
vancement who will be present to-
morrow evening are Carl CULVER
and Walter Green.
District 'B"
On Wednesday evening at the
First Baptist church district "B"
supper meeting for leaders and
roundup will take place under the
direction Of Edward Fitzgerald, dis
trict chairman, and Vernon Abel,
district commissioner. The supper
for leaders will take place at six
o'clock and the scout roundup at
tbs o'clock. Henry J. Donohue, as
sistant scout executive OF the local
council, will be present at all meet
ings. He stated today that all
leaders who wish TO attend the
meeting on Wednesday night are re-
quested to file immediate reserva-
tons at the local headquarters ONCE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
CRIMINAL SESSION
RESUMES TUESDAY
Several Cases Scheduled
for Hearing in Court of
Common Pleas

Several cases which were continu-
ances from last weeks opening ses-
sion OF the criminal terms OF the
sion of the criminal etrms Of theh
court OF common pleas will be tried
tomorrow morning. Hearings In the
following cases will be conducted:
Ethel Rice, keeping house OF III
fame; James Rice, frequenting house
OF Ill fame: Nathan Shulkin, receiv-
Ing stolen goods: Joseph Pecka, vio-
lation Of motor vehicle law, evad-
ing responsibility and Illegal use of
markers.
Ernest Curulla. violation OF Motor
Vehicle laws, defective brakes ana
reckless driving; Donald Harper.
assault; John Griffin, violation Of
motor vehicle law, no operators IL
cense, driving under influence CT
liquor; Ralph F. Henneguinn. VIOLA
ton of motor vehicle law, speeding
William Knight, driving under influ-
ence Of liquor.
Awaiting trial by Judge Edward j..
Finn are Anthony Cianciola and
Orlando Petruzzi, charged with theft,
and Anthony Baranuk, charged with
receiving stolen goods. Several cases
are also waiting for trial by jury but
as yet no Jury for the session has
been impaneled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
UNION SERVICES

OEVAOEN cEkAV ANEO
Rev. DR.. Edwin T. Steele of West
Haven delivered the sermon last
night at the union service of men,
bers Of the First Methodist and
First Baptist churches. The service
was held In the auditorium of the
First Baptist church. The speaker
declared that new individuals are
the keys to new world in which
there will be neither wars. Shutdown
Strukes not economic collapses. He
added that the key does not lie In
education or an increase inb rain
power alone. Competent direction Of
new hearts and new minds, the de-
velopment Of truly new individuals,
Is the answer TO the problem, he
asserted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
TOM MIX PLANS
RETURN TO MOVIE

Hollywood, Cal, Jan. l1--(UP)--
Tom Mix, after two years. Is plan
ming TO return to the screen for a
few starring roles In western pic
lures before starting summer tour
with his circus.
The pioneer western star reported
today that he has received offers
from several studios and also one
from a group Of Buenos Aires busi-
i1essmen who want to finance a SER
les Of pictures clarifying the South
American gaucho. MIX has not yet
decided which Of the offers he will
accept.
He hopes to complete one or two
pictures before April Is when he
starts his circus tour. Mix recently
purchased a large group Of animals
from Ken Maynard, another west
ern actor, who also owns a circus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
SMOKER PLANNED
BY HOLY Manners
Committees to Be Named
at St. Margaret's Meet
ing Tonight

"reminiscences Of activities during
the past year and plans for numer-
Gus events during the months to
come will consume considerable Of
the time tonight at the monthly
meeting Of the st. Margaret's Holy
Name society. President Richard
Baldwin will call the session at 800
o'clock.
In all probabilities the first ACTIVE
ty to be undertaken by the society
will be a smoker and entertainment
Consideration will be given plans
for the naming Of committees TO-
night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
Chairman

NAheSsN hhANsh
ing TO the report Of the auditing
committee.
Basketball
Senior league contests at the
Community house will include two
games as usual tonight. In the open
err at 8 o'clock the Tribunes, with
several new faces In the lineup will
attempt TO return to the win column
at the expense Of the Gents Of the
Hill. In the main game the Bald
win Props will meet the Welles.
ParochiaI League
Leadership In the parochial league
Is dependent upon the game played
In the Community house at 4 o'clock
between the st. Francis Xavier
squad and that Of SS. Peter and
Paul. Neither team has as yet been
defeated and bot.l are confident OF
extending their victories. The other
game will feature st. Mary's against
the Sacred Hearts. Both will be
handled by Referee Chick Carney.
Gents Of the Hill
Numerous important measures will
be discussed Wednesday evening by
the Gents Of the Hill, when they
hold their first meeting OF the New
Year In the parish hall at 800
o'clock The club basketball team
meets the Tribunes tonight and Co.
q Of the National Guards, In the
Armory tomorrow night.
Bowling
The Sundodgers league will open
at the Washington Park Community
house alleys this afternoon at 200
o'clock. Four teams of four men
each are included in the league.
Girls Of the Community club will
bowl as usual tonight In the Com
munity house alleys.
Election Comment
William F. Kelly, past president
and active member Of the Washing
ton Park Community house has an
nounced that under no considera-
ton would he accept the post Of
financial secretary. for which he is
being proposed by several of the
club electors. Mr.. Kelly continues
that he Is desirious OF being an
active member Of the club, but that
he does not wish to hold office.
His name was included In a slate
which Is to be presented Thursday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
SIXTEEN KILLED

Boston, Jan. 1l.-(UP)-Sixteen
persons were killed In motor vehicle
accidents in Massachusetts last
week, according TO the report Of re-
gistrar Frank A. Goodwin. This was
six fewer than In the previous week
and five fewer than in the CORES
ponding period last year. Victims in
c''d"d IA pedestrians and two oc-
cupants,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

A large number Of prominent citi-
Sens In Waterbury. Naueatuck and
otccf towns In the council will serve
on the committee with the chair
man.
Meeting Friday
A meeting Of the team captains
will be held at the Hotel Elton this
Friday evening TO go over the details
Of the campaign plans for this year,
which will be based strictly on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

Elaborate plans are being ar.
ranged for the installation Of Of
fcers who were elected 70 posi-
tons TN the Waterbury Hebrew
Benefit Association last night I'm
the Hebrew Institute. Ceremonies
win be held January "a at the in
stitute and will be followed by q
banquet and entertainment.
Attorney Maurice A. Gruskay
will be installed for his fourth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

Sweet potatoes will provide fuel
for Japan when the government
completes seven factories in Kyushu
to make alcohol which will be mixed
with gasoline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
Elton Heads Scouts
Committee In Appeal
Campaign for $4,000 to Open January zO-PrOdii-
nent Citizens Aiding Captains to Discuss Plans

Announcement made this morning by Walter n
Deacon president Of Mattatuck Council Boy Scouts Of
America that John P. Elton will chairman Of the
supporting group for the local scout drive for $4,000
which will be held from January 20 to January ~.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20
.SQUIREC TO GIVE
 GALA STAGE SHOW
Dancing to Follow Min- streI at Temple Hall
 This Evening

Michael McGivney Circle, 124, Co., lumbian Squires, will present Its Third Annual Minstrel Revue and Dance tonight at 8:30 in Temple Hall. 'sMidshipman's Holiday" is the title of this years performance, which is being directed by Jack Fitzgerald, and 1t is expected to be every bit as successful as past shows on the circle.
 The Waterbury Circle of Squires is unique in that on the records at the Boy Life Bureau at New Ha- ven it is the only circle to present three times in row a minstrel revue, which has been a public att traction in @ city the size of Wa terbury. Other outstanding achieve
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20
ICURATE TO SPEAK
 TOO CHURCH GIRLS
Rev. Frederick Schaffer Secured For St. ThOm-
 ass Breakfast Sunday


 Rev. Frederick Schaffer of the Church of the Sacred Heart will be the principal speaker at the sec ond annual communion breakfast of the Children of Mary of St. Thomas Church at the parish hall Sunday morning following the o:30 o'clock mass. Father Schaffer has selected "The Church, the Sponsor of Intellectual Culture" as his sub- ject. Other speakers will include Rev. Joseph F. Donnelly, spiritual advisor of the sodality, and Miss Grace White, investigator for the Children's Home Commission.
 The committee in charge is head ed by Marguerite Gunshanan, as- sisted by Margaret Sloss, Mildred
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20
OUTING OF COUNCIL
 TO BE BROADCAST

George Wright is general chair man of the committee arranging for an outing of the Waterbury Youth Council at Smiths pond in Water town on June 19. Other committee members include Beverly Tompkins, Larry Krieg, Mary Mecca, Normand Farnloff, Rev. Alan Fairbank, Rev. Harold E. Craw, Ada Beecher, Rev. Matthew Madden, Seth Goodwin and George Brown. A radio broad cast of the outing is being arranged by Rev. Theodore c. Bobilin and Benjamin Shinn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20

ments of the circle are its record of being the first to sponsor a Re- treat for Catholic boys of high school age; two successive Father and Son Communion breakfasts; and a Mother and Son Supper.
 Considerable interest has been shown in tonights minstrel show and a large attendance is expected fyr the occasion. Tickets will be avail able at the door tonight.
 There are eleven musical numbers on the program, two speciality acts, and a series of comic bits. Greg ory Gilmartin is again officiating as master of ceremonies with Peter and James Luddy, Joseph Stevens and Richard Leonard in the roles of comics.
 Frank Brice is scheduled for a ton-twirling act with Harry and Robert Waters giving one of their inimitable piano duets. Balladists include Alfonso Ruzzo, Thomas Bowling, James Arnold, Edgar Jackson and William Joyce.
 Dancing will follow the perform ance.
 The llIrnns1lclSer fish has A row of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20

Names of railway stations in South Africa will be painted on roofs in letters big enough for air. men to read at 5000 feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20
COACH,s CONTROL CooD

Kent, o. (UP)-Ray Novotny, Kent State university basketball coach and former holder of the state scoring record in football, won bet by throwing a football through a regulation gym ring from distance of IS yards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20
SENATOR LAWL0R SAYS: Congratulations, Socony, or Your Clean
 Stations and Your Fine Products"

Thanks indeed. We're mighty proud to print your statement-and you'll be interested to know
 MobiIgas is now the largest-seAing gas in town. Local motorists made it their favorite in year. We're glad you mentioned our service, too. For Socony Dealers aim to make motorists happier by 0 Serving them quickly, courteousy.
 9carefuIIy cleaning the windshield. Check
 ing the condition of tires, oil, radiator.
 @keeping their stations neat and clean. That's how we're giving motorists of this city true Socony Friendly Service-the finest in the world. Standard Oil of New Oil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20

Miss Theresa Fleming, president; Miss Christine Brennan, vice-presi- dent; Miss Helen Leary, secretary; Marguerite Gunshanan, treasurer, and Father Donnelly, chaplain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-20

The lumpsucker fish has a row of suction cups on it's under side and thus anchors itself to rocks.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Hollywood Still Buzzes
Gone With Wind RumOrS
Latest Is That Gable Will Get Role, With a
Big "if'' and That Norma Shearer
Will Play Scarlett
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLLYWooD March "a shall play whom in Gone
the
with the base inhabitants of Hollywood
Evening star., 1937-03-24

president; Wayne Chatfield Taylor,
second vice president; John Saul.
third vice president; Joseph D. Kauf-
man, fourth vice president, and J.
Austin Latimer, secretary.
No nominations for the Executive
Committee were necessary. Those
holding over are: Mrs. Charles A.
Goldsmith, Lloyd B. Wilson and Ber-
nard Wyckoff, with one year each to
serve, and H. Lawrence Choate, Mr..
Flather and Miss Anne Carter Greene,
two years
Mr.. Dodge, active in welfare work,
was elected president Of the Chest in
1884. He is chairman Of the National
Commission for Social Education,
trustee and member of the Executive
Committee of the Brookings Institute
and chairman of the committee, on a
monumental memorial in Washington
for Theodore Roosevelt Island.
Mr.. Flather is president Of William
j. Flather, Jr., Inc, and has been as
sociated with the Community Chest
since it was first organized.
Mr.. Taylor is Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury. Mr.. Saul is president of
the B. F. Saul Co., real estate, and a
former president Of the Board Of
Trade. He has been active in Chest
work, especially as an area chairman
In the Group Solicitation Unit. Mr..
Kaufman also has been affiliated
with the Chest since it was first
formed. He Is president Of the D. j.
kaufman Co. and has served as chair
man Of the Publicity and Metropolitan
Units of the Chest. Mr.. Latimer is a
special assistant to Postmaster Gen.
eral Farley.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

of Norma Shearer has been cast into
the arena of those who want to play
Scarlet O'Hara. Executives in the
Selznick Office are darkly mysterious
when questioned on this point-re-
fuSing the say yes" but also re-
fusing to say no" M-G-M to which
Miss Shearer is under contract, pro-
fesses complete ignorance of the mat
ter We shall see.
How would you like to see Con-
the same picture? Pending an un-
favorable reply to this question, Wal
ter Wanger is considering casting the
sisters as star and Stand-in, respec-
lively, in the Clarence Buddington
Kelland magazine story, "StandIn." "
1t is quite while now since Constance
was rated in the top bracket of stars
But Wanger is hoping that the pop
ularity pull of her younger sister Is
strong enough to bring her back to her
old place in the film sun. Leslie How
ard is wanted for the part of the
pdA4hCA VIII Solllco W I1oliyNOOu lIUili
New York to visit the star and falls
in love with her stand-in, thinking
she is the star.
The singing voice of John Boles is
heard too rarely on the screen. But
if R-K-ORadio has its way, he will
sing with Irene Dunno in the Jerome
Kern-Dorothy Fields mssical, The
Joy of Loving" The pair last ap-
peared together in the age of Inno-
cence."
Evening star., 1937-03-24
MANIAC MENACES
DAVID D. SELzN|CK
Extortion Threats Also Re-
ceived by Anna May
Wonq.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the associated PreSS.
HOLLYWOOD March 24-Man-
tacal extortion threats against the
family Of David o. Selznick, film pro-
ducer, and Anna May Wong, Chinese
actress, were disclosed by district at
torney's investigators today
A note received by Miss Wong yes
terday threatened to disfigure her for
life and cripple her father unless she
advanced $4,000 for financing a mo-
ton picture, Capt. Clyde Plummer
said.
Another letter, intended for Mrs.
David O. Selznick, asked for $4,000
IN unmarked bills on pain of bodily
harm to her young son and to her
father, who was not mentioned by
name. He is Louis B. Mayer, head Of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Studios
Believed to have been selected as
third victim of the extortion plot,
Plummer said, was DR.. E. j. Foote,
chiropractor and Spanish American
War veteran
DR.. Foote, who turned over to Plum
mer threatening note which he said
he also had received, was held as q
material witness. The message COM
manded him to receive the money as
intermediary and hold it for further
instructions if he wished to survive.
Plummer said the projected movie
mentioned by the extortionist appar-
emily was to be on a biblical subject
and suggested Evangelist Aimee Semple
Mcpherson for a role.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
8 PASSENGERS CUT
AS BOYS STONE TRAIN

Eight passengers on a Pennsylvania
Railroad train coming into Washing
ton yesterday were t by shattering
glass from windows broken as three
white boys hurled stones from beside
the tracks.
R. D. Hef1in of Upper Darby, Pa,
| conductor, said the train was between
Eastern Branch and Bladensburg road
when the boys, standing on a bank,
began to throw stones
The victims, all treated at ;he first
aid room in Union Station, were Mrs.
Becky Lippman, 500 Decatur street;
Mrs. Margaret Caffrey, 1929 M street;
Mrs. Minnie Georgens, SO, who gave
Great Neck, N. Y, and Alexandria,
Va, as her addresses; her daughters,
Evelyn and Jacqueline; Mr.. and Mrs.
F. A. Shayness, New York, and Mr..
and Mrs. E. Davis, Yonkers, N. Y.
The boys were not apprehended
Evening star., 1937-03-24
SHORT ILLNESS FATAL
TO MRS. ROSE FINKEL

Mrs. Rose Finkel, 78, widow of Louis
Finkel, died today, after a short ILL
ness, at her residence in the East
Clifton Terrace Apartments.
Mrs. F1nkel had been a Washington
resident about so years. Her husband
was in the tailoring business here.
She is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Dora Tauber and Mrs. J. Rich
ards, both Of this city, and Mrs. Sabina
Goodman, Fresno, Calf; three sons,
DR.. Henry c., Samuel B. and William
A. Finkel all of this city; five grand
children and five great-grandchildre
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. Friday in the chapel of Bernard
Danzansky, 350l Fourteenth street.
Burial will be in Adas Israel Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

An exceedingly strong cast will
support Marion Davies in her next
picture for Warner Brothers, Ever
Since Eve" In addition to Robert
Montgomery, Funsters Allan jenkins,
Hugh Herbert and Louise Fazenda
cavort in the film, dealing with q
beautiful stenographer (Miss Davies)
who loses job after job because her
employers persist in falling in love
with particularly Boss Bob
Montgomery, who appears as a short
sighted playwright, failing to recog-
nize his disguised (spectacled, etc.
secretary as the glamorous girl he
loves in the evenings
News in brief. Remember Mitzi
Green, the nasty little brat who,
aided and abetted by Jackie Searl,
was the pest in every picture in which
she appeared? Mitzi, now a fairly
good-looking young lady in her late
teens, with long record Of show
successes in the East to her credit, is
coming back to Hollywood to star
in saga of the snow and ice, Love
Below Freezing" Jean Harlow
replaces Joan Crawford in Clark
Gables affection in the race track
movie Saratoga" in which Cables
non winning race horse, Beverly Hills,
is another actor.
There's no rest for the producer.
Sam Goldwyn, vacationing in Tucson,
was cornered by the local representa-
tive of Pan-American Airways and
sold the idea for a story to be titled
Transatlantic Flight" Joel
McCrea has called off playing a
native in Hurricane" for the pleasure
of making love to Sylvia Sidney in
Dead End" &. Now that Twentieth
Century-Fox has put the stamp OF
stardom on Jimmy Stewart in "Sev-
enth Heaven" his own studio, M
GIN, is taking him from the boy
loses-girr class and giving him
Academy Winner Luise Rainer for
Once There Was q Lady" =.
Paramount has caught the Civil
War epidemic raging in the Holly
woods, producing Gettysburg" with
hot Trumpet Player Fred McMurray
in the forefront of the battle
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Newspaper Alliance, IncJ
Evening star., 1937-03-24

oiAdAAlbCA Vi NOiii- -
m cree of the
United States.
D 0 d G e was
placed In nom
ination by New
bold N O y e S,
chairman of the
Nominating Com
mittee, and his
election, W / t h
that Of other off,
GERS on the COM
mittee's 81 a t e, ,
was una animous.
The others are:
William j. Fla
ther ir first, vice
Evening star., 1937-03-24

GAbIe from MS M-G-M HlaSCeTS lI-dI
tional will release the famous story
through M-G-M, instead of its usual
United Artists channel. This arrange
Evening star., 1937-03-24

TT takes more than "just a salvs"
/ to draw them out. It takes q
"eounter isritant y And that's
what good old Musterole is-sooth-
ing, warming, penetrating and help
full in drawing out the local conges-
ton and pain when rubbed on the
sore, aching spots.
Muscular lumbago, soreness and
stiffness generally yield promptly to
this treatment, and with continued
application. relief usually follows.
Even better results than the old
fashioned mustard plaster. Used by
millions for rs years. Recommended
by many doctors and nurses. All
druggists. In three strengths: Regu-
lar Strength, Children's (mild), and
Extra Strong. Tested andapprovedby
Good Housekeeping Bureau, No. .4867.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

ment would un-
doubtedly entail
q fat profit for
the willy Leo. But
1t remains to be
seen W h e t h e r
u n / t e d Artists
will be willing to
+ ore go t h e i r
claim on what
promises to be
the most impor-
tant, financially,
of the SelZnick
output.
AS an addi-
tion al brain
teaSer the name
Evening star., 1937-03-24

A sociological survey of sol women
in a Virginia mountain community
showed that 208 per cent had mar
ried under the age of Is.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
DODGE REELECTED
TO DIRECT CHEST.
Officers Nominated at Meet.
ing Are rendered Unani-
NOUS Vote by Trustees.

Clarence Phelps Dodge, for three
years president of the Community
Chest, was reelected by the Board
OF Trustees, meeting yesterday at the
Evening star., 1937-03-24
CANCER FUND URGED
Bone Will Ask 81 900, 900 Appro.
priation by u. 8.

Senator Bone, Democrat, of WASH
ington said today he would urge Con-
gress to appropriate $l,000,OO an
nually for research into the causes
of cancer
He termed cancer "the only major
disease still unmastered by medical
science"
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Prime Minister Lyons of Australia
Is opposing the proposed annexation
Of New Guinea.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-03-19
OFF THE GRLDDLE
(By Jack Wilson,
SWeetbreads

Soak the sweetbreads in Salt and water until tender. Remove skin and slice half an inch thick When cold season each with salt and pepper and mace Dip in egg and crumbs and fry in deep fat until brown Put some butter in the frying pan, add a little flour. Stir this and add vinegar sherry and water and stir until done. Pour over sweetbreads and serve very hot.
 Take the calves Brains tor Bees Brains) and boil them in salt and water for half hour. Then let cold water run over them. Take skin off and chop very fine Take about four or six eggs and scramble and adl brains. Season with salt and pepper and a little white wine. Put some butter ill the frying pan and let it get hot. Pour the mixture in and stir until done. Serve with toast.