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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
Paraglaughs

From the Gagsters: Alice Frost's simile: As clever as the party of the 2nd part in a two-line joke.
 Lots of comedians are quick to catch on, Jack Fulton laments but don't know when to let go.
 Broadway's road to fame, Carl Rove insists, is all pull and a yard wide.
 Bess Johnson tells of the crooner who has just bought new car with reversible headlights.
 Al Jolson knows Hollywood gold digger who got her first love letter from married star and is unde- cided whether to frame 1t or him.
 The well dressed film stars, ob- serves Joe Penner, wear ties with dots, buy suits with stripes and get letters with checks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
Playful Comment

Not long ago a shows press agent could take a wide bow for landing 8 notice about his show in the edi- torial page. Such scoop would be photographically blown up" and displayed prominently in the lobby of the theater.
 Recently, however, @ tabloid de- voted two full columns to Susan and God" and then to Many Man. sions." "I'd Rather Be Right" too, received 8 generous con1mendation in the editorial page of another paper of tabloid size.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
JULIET WINS

Suzanne Larson, youthful singing actress, won first prize at a costume party when she attended dressed as Juliet. Her prize was pair of crys- tai bedroom lamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
MISSING GADGETS

Allan Jones is in bad at home. Daily he takes pictures, ash trays and the like from his Brentwood home to use in his trailer-dressing room on the "Everybody Sing" set. His wife, Irene Hervey, says the house will be bare if she doesn't put a stop to 1t soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
LEIGHTON NOBLE l. PARK ATTRACTION
Popular NEG Orchestra Sunday Night for Dance
 and Music Lovers

Leighton Noble and his famous NEG orchestra, formerly the band directed by the late Orville Knapp,
 opens its first New England ball. room tour at the Hamilton park pavilion Sunday night. Leighton's rise to the leadership of M. c. As
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
SPAGHETTI FEAST

Fanny Brice, fe atured in Metro Goldwyn-Mayer's musical Every body Sing" had to eat practically a pound of spaghetti for one com- edy sequence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
OWN INTERIOR DECORATOR

Betty Furness has turned interior decorator. The Metro Goldwyn- Mayer actress is in the midst of re. decorating her Hollywood apart ment. So far she has just painted her bedroom set, and made Q com- plete set of drapes for the windows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
PISTOL PRACTICE

For his pistol- toting role as Sher- If Jack Rance in "The Girl of the
 Golden Vest Walter Pidgeon is
 taking lessons from Metro- Gold
 wyn- Mayors police chief, w. F Hendry, on the studios pistol range.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
MOVING HOME

Allan Jones'. featured in Metro- Goldwyn- n-Mayer's musical, Every body Sing" and his wife lived in his portable trailer while the interior of his Brentwood Heights home was being repainted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
AULD LANG SINE

Jeanette Macdonald has chosen to keep her old portable dressing room, rather than exchange 1t for the new streamlined one offered her while she is at work in "The Girl of the Golden West"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
It's Kosher

It would not be fair to mention Lum Fong,s place without noting that its proprietor, an amiable Chinaman with the hospitable vir- tues of boniface, runs it in part nership with Moe Levy, the Semitic clothier. They have been partners for year. And that 1t was at the instigation of the you-know-which- end of -the-firm that the menu in- cluded, besides Birds Nest soups, bamboo shoots and Pekin Duck, an incongruous item called gefuellte fish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
SCENE SHOUTER

Reginald Owen is called upon to shout at least once in every scene in which he appears in Metro-G Gold wyn-Mayers musical, Everybody Sing"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
PLAYWRIGHT PRODIGY

William Anthony McGuire wrote his first stage play when he was fifteen years old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
TRIPLE TUTORING

Judy Garland takes singing les- sons from Fanny Brice and Sophie Tucker, as well as her own personal coach, Roger Edens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
MOVIE NOTES
MINIATURE ROOM

Judy Garland, featured in Metro Goldwyn-Mayers musical, Every body Sing" has her own miniature portable dressing room for stage use
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-27
FLUTE STUDENT

Buddy Ebsen had to learn how to play a flute to win his role in Metro Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Girl of the Golden West"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-06-24

ation in the bank "a district and oh
tain catalog information IA t,
Individual associa ions will be held i,
-lrlct confidence, the general Will lat.
n be tabulated and made available
tor general educational purposes, AIR
Adams explains.
The study is part of national
collection OF cooperative statistics be
ing carried on by all II regional CO.
operative banks. Included will he
facts as to total cooperative member
ship, types of organizations, form OF
operation, volume of business, meth
DDS of financing, etc.
"1'he cooperatives have much to
gain from participating in this pro
gram and gaining access to the I'M
portant information that will be dew
eloped when the findings are assemhi-
ed Mr.. Adams commented "There
has long been need for such col
lection of statistics, and the Banks
Tor Cooperatives is glad to contribute
It's services for such beneficial
cause.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-06-24
PASSED In
DAM CONSTRUCTION

Marking another milestone June
IL, 1887, the 2,5O0.OOOth cubic
yard of concrete was placed in Grand
Coulee Dam being constructed by the
Bureau of Reclamation on the Colum-
bia river near here.
This amocnt of concrete would
build a four-foot sidewalk complete
ty around the United States and is but
one item in the building of the project
which is the biggest dam ever under
taken anywhere at any time by man.
Almost 10000 cubic yards OF con
c1ete are being placed each day in the
dam which on completion, will be the
most massive man has ever built Al
ready five-eights oe the total amount
OF concrete covered by the present
contract for construction of the foun-
dation dam have been placed and
this structure now contains about
SO percent as much concrete as did
Boulder dam when it was completed.
John q. Page, Commissioner of Re
cIamation, reported to Secretary OF
Interior Harold j.. Ickes that constr
uction of the dam is more than a year
ahead of schedule and the foundation
dam work will be completed probab-
/, ly by next January.
Ire history of construction of the
Grand Coulee dam has been SO far,
one of breaking records. The 5000
foot west side cofferdam was the
largest in the world. More than 49,
100000 cubic yards of material has
been excavated, most of it moving on
belt onveyors drom the damsite TO
spoil banks in nearby canyons ut
rates as high as $4,000 cubic yards
day, using only one of the two mix
ing plants which are constructed on
the opposite sides of the river. In
the near future both mixing plants
will be in operation simultaneously
and concrete will be placed at the un-
precedented rate of 5000 cubic
yards or more per day.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-06-24
ah individual ma&tse.

lah individual matter.
But nowadays all this has chan
Iged, says A. G. Black, chief econ
omist of the Department of Agri
Iculture. whose booklet, '"The Agri
cultural Review" Is being reat
widely on Capitol hill. Contrary te
common belief, he writes, the pre-.
sent farm plight was not born OF
the depression, but was merely ac-
centuated by it.
Perhaps the most important part
of the New Deal farm program is
the part of educating the farmer
that he is no longer self-sufficient
but he is entirely dependent upon
the man behind the factory
machine. This was clearly demon
! strated during the depression when
| farmers everywhere witnessed a
sharp decrease in Industrial pro-
duction and relatively stable in
dustrial prices, while at the same
tibe, farm production was mainl
tanned at high levels and their
prices crashed to all-time lows.
One OF the big farm problems of
the future--one Of the big problems
Of economic stability and security
flow of Industrial products from
the factories and mines of the ma
ton, Black believes.
Elf the nation is not to suffer
from recurring boonls and depres-
sions, economic stability must be
maintained by keeping farm and
factory production and farm and
city purchasing power balanced,
he says
Reduction of farm production Is
effective in improving farm we'll
being daring times of depression,
but the benefits from achieving a
balance I'M this way arc limited
After certain point has been
reached, further improvement in
farmers well-beirg must come
expanding Industrial pro
1cution."
Finally the economist warns us
chat in maintaining a steadily in
,reasig farm income, we should al
ways remember the truism that we
AN have higher standard of liv-
ng by specializing on those things
% which we, our soil and our eli
nate are best fitted.
Thinking of farm security, Con-
ress is now studying a program
alling for crop insurance against
tests and drought destruction. and I
n ever-nprmal granuary as means
# preventing great fluctuations in
rop supplies.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-06-24
RAIN HALTs CONCRETE
WORK AT COULEE DAM

Concrete production, generally av-
eraging from 5000 to $500 yards per
shift, was cut to mere 200 during
the graveyard shift Of early TUGS
day morning by the continuous rain
fall in the night.
Other trouble caused by the down
pour consisted Of cave-in OF the
dam site highway near the cement al
los. One lway traffic is necessary near
the collapsed part of the road.
Further toward the dam site water
running down the steep incline of the
old slide, covered nearby railroad
tracks with six inches Of mud Great
ing n day work in cleaning up for
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-06-24
COOP SURVEY TO YIELD
DATA OF MUCH VALUE

The first comprehensive survey OF
the farmer cooperative movement
ever undertaken was started last week
by tho Bank for Cooperatives Of Spo-
kane and will contincs throughout the
summer In Washington and the other
three northwest states. it is announc-
ed by A. e. Adams. president.
Graduate stadents in farm finance
from the four northwest agricultural
colleges will contact every coopera-
tive marketing and purchasing assoc
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-06-24

inent economists.
l can remember when a farmer
was in himself almost an indepen-
dent entity. AS the stock phrase
goes, if he needed wagon, he
could cut doun a tree and make
one. His business was vitality neces-
sary to the success of every other
business, while the necessity of
other business to his was not quite
so pronounced. Wealthy farmers
were not uncommon. Planning Was
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-06-24

The eradicate gtudents from Wash
ington State college who viii do the
field work in Washington are A. Mar
win Allyn, Belingham; Calvin D.
Appel, Pullman; Ernest Clark, Che
Ian; and John G. Bower, Ridgefield.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-06-24
armers Not
So Independent

(By Cong. Knute Hill
There is a substantial difference
between the farmer of today and
the farmer of few years ago, ac-
cording to some of our most prom
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

weight title. If successful against Farr Louis will return for a Sep tember go against the best avail able opponent probably Max Schmeling of Germany, only man to conquer Joe since he began living by his fists.
 Mister Jacobs says I'm going to be the busiest champion ever was. ? Joe grinned today. And that sure suits me. I'll fight one month if he can dig them up"
 Joe was challenger last night and got only 17 1-2 per cent of the net receipts. The gross was an- nounced as $715, ,400.74 but the net hasn't been calculated. When 1t is Braddock will be given 50 per cent for the terrific punishment he took at the hands of the coffee-colored challenger.
 But from now on Joe's will be the champions share and with his tre- mendouS drawing power eventually he should build up a fortune to com pare with that amassed by Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.
 There were many today who prais- ed Braddock for his courage in car rying the fight to Louis but they felt, for the most part, that the champion had used poor judgment in his title defense. He fought for the crowd instead of the crown. BoE Pastor, one of the fighters who hopes to challenge Louis, said:
 Jim was too game for his own good. If he had fought waiting fight he would have lasted IS rounds and might have saved his cham pionship."
 One jolting right uppercut in the first round almost retained the title for the Jersey Cinderella man." It whistled upwarc scant eight inches, whipped the challenger un- der the chin and dropped him to the canvas. But Louis took it and was on his feet without count.
 Its only effect was that the brown mans placid features adopted an expression of mingled respect and worry. Thereafter his ordinarily half closed eyes were wide open. He boxed with new caution. When Braddock's uppercut was unleasheo again Louis caught it with his glove
 Braddock took terrific beating from then on and seemed to care little for the stunning blows that ripped his Irish face into a mess of streaming cuts. He lashed out with hearty rights and while they steamed with viciousness Loui, caught or rolled with most of them
 Braddock took punishment that seemed beyond human endurance Even ast he crowd gasped in pity he shook his crimson head and ad. vanced on the jabbing challenger Occasionally left or right woult crash through the negro's guard but almost invariably Louis woult counter, set him back on his heel and follow through with a ripping blow.
 What Braddock saw through tn red mist was . weaving brown fig ure, full of fury. whose fist jolte, with over to dull the heart of al ordinary fighter. The champion ] fought against it in flashes of spiri
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Agawam Angles

With only 16 racing days left, i1l- terest in the Agawam Park meet ing is mounting daily, and General Manager Eddie Brennan and Rac- ing Secretary "Ty" Shea are plan ming a series of features which will certainly bring the sport of kings to new high.
 The mid-week feature will be the Papermakers Handicap, claiming handicap for three year olds and upward over the mile route. It will pay honor to the papermakers of the United States who are in conven- tion here the Fred Boyce Purse will be the secondary feature.
 And Saturday will be quite day in the life of Homer c. Rainau!t, guiding genius of the Valley Arena in Holyoke the president of the famous little sporting institution ln the Connecticut Valley will be 53 on that day and the feature race will be the Valley Arena Handicap, six furlongs sprint which will at tract the outstanding s'ledaddlers on the grounds. Rair. ut will pre- sent the winner a handsome silver cup.
 On June 30th--a week from Wednesday-there will be nine races. One of them will be for the Boston American Christmas Basket Fund. one of the most unselflsh charities ever conceived by newspaper the receipts of the extra race will be taken over to the papers basket fund last year the fund re- ceived close to 5000 from Agawam Park this year, with business showing a 30 percent increase. the Christmas Basket Fund should get even more.
 William Zeigler Jr.. famous New York financier. and Charles k. Fleischman, yeast king, have shipped their stables here. 0. Rossi. veteran jockey, arrived to ride the ziegler mounts. J. J. Powers checked in from Suffolk Downs with .Rod Roamer and Orphan Lass. :.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

street corner dozens of wildly cheer ing negroes joined it. There were 12 special duty policemen to the block and more than 300 all told, but they had little to do. The col ored folks were too happy to make trouble.
 The celebrants contented them- selves with taunting occasional white persons who appeared in the district.
 Hello. Braddock," they would shout. "We-all's having Irish stew or: "How you like da, white man?'
 From time to time the frenziec cries-"Where's dat German boyi Bring him over. We aint skeered is we Joe?"-would ring out. Before the fight Harlem was as quiet as it ever is. There were nc demonstrations and little money was changing hands. The betting boys just couldn't forget what Schmeling had done to them. Louis at three -to-one? Hunh-unh!
 But after that eight round, here they came, from doors. windows alleyWays. bars, clubrooms.
 We got 8 champeen," they chant ed. We got champeen now"
 Father Divine's disciples were as ecstatic as any.
 Peace, it's wonderful" they shout. ed. Dat Joe, he's wonderful, too. Noise Galore
 The whole thing was spontaneous Those who missed the parade hA6 demonstrations of their own. They tied garbage cans to taxicabs. They blew on trumpets. They bore down on automobile horns. They shout ed, screamed and hollered. One group even got out an Ethiopian flag and waved it furiously.
 Toward morning the din diec down and there was considerable evidence that the morning after effects would be terrific.
 But Harlem didn't care. It hae a champion and, like him, hao gone to town"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
AMERICAN BRASS WINNER OF LONE
 DUSTY CONTEST
ScOviIIs Held to Four Hits and Lose S-6 Other
 Game Cancelled

Only one game of two scheduled was played in the Industrial league last night at Hamilton Park, the Chase Waterbury Clock tilt being cancelled because the diamond was decided to be in such poor shape that the game could not be played. In the other game. American Brass came through with an 8 to 6 de- cision over the Scovill squad which looked like runaway for Brass due to four hit pitching by Joe Stroka- laitis but Scovill sluggers got on base often enough to score four more runs in the sixth inning to naket he count respectable. Grady and Ouimet were hit eight times by Brass batters while the heavy stick work was accomplished by Jasilunas. Boroway and Martino for the win- ners and Everett and "Jiggs" Mur- phy for Scovills, got all four hits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Local Women Win
 At Edgewood

Mrs. J. E. Slavin of the East Mountain and Naugaturk Golf clubs and Mrs. Stanley Kovel, also a member of both organi- zati0ns were winners of prizes yesterday in the one day tour- nament sponsored by the Con- necticut Women's Golf associa- tiOn at the Edgewood course in Cromwell. Mrs. Slavin took low gross honor ip the Class E play with an even 100 score, while Mrs. Novel won low net prize in Class c with 113 30--net 83. The tournament was won by Mrs. I. l.. R. Browne of Farm ingt0n with a 90.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
HORTON'S HIT WINS CAME AND.
 T|TLEFOR YALE
Harvard Beaten in IS Innings By Eli Pitcher;
 Score 7 to 6

New Haven, Conn.,, June 23-(UP) Yale today held the championship of the eastern intercollegiate base ball league following 8 15-inning victory over Harvard university's nine here yesterday, to 6.
 A rousing singleto center by Ted Horton, Eli pitching ace, which scored Paul Wargo in the 18th, won the game for the bespectacled hurler after Yale had come from behind three tims to knot the count at 5-all at the end of the ninth frame.
 Yale collected IS hits during the overtime fray, while Harvard gar- nered 12, six of them split between Johns and Sullivan.
 Collins and Wargo got three hits apiece for the Ellis.
 IngallS pitched an excellent game for the Cambridge team, striking out Il of the blue, but Horton's hurling was just too good in the pincheS.
 Score by innings:
 Yale
 ooo30o1oioo1ooi-7 Harvard
 1o1o012 00o1oo oo-s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

that brought the crowd up cheering again and again.
 His eagerness to carry the fight to the younger opponent stirred the crowd into frenzies but most of the. sympathetic spectators yelled for him to settle back to a defensive game. Instead-even in the fatal eighth-Braddock walked into the challenger's fists, taking two or three blows to land one.
 Braddock said afterward that he began to tire under the torrent in the fifth round, but it was not until the sixth that his most ardent sup porters gave up hope.
 In that round a short left hook crashed against the champions jaw. It was in the middle of the round, and before the blaw the Jersey man had landed several stout rights. His knees sagged but he recovered and Louis failed to follow the advantage.
 Then the Bomber surged in with lefts and rights until Braddock was overwhlmed. The bell saved him anad he went to his corner in daze. On his features was a clear record of the storm he had weathered. The seventh was another torture for the champion. Louis lunged from his corner. He Showered man. killing hooks upon the bewildered Braddock. Jim landed two hard rights but Louis hung on.
 How Braddock weathered that round and came out for the eighth still eager to carry the fight to Louis is ring history. The champion was a fighting machine with heart. The nasty swabs of his handlers had failed to stem the flow from his nu- merous gashes.
 His attack did not falter. He tore across the ring aganist the barrier of jabs but the blows he landed were weak in everything but spirit. Their sting was gone.
 Louis shook them off and came back with the precision of an au- donation. He advanced in a half crouch, his fists humping against the Braddock had in sloW-tempo tattoo. Every punch deadened Brad- docks arms, added a weight that reduced his effectiveness. I Finally, Braddock could not get out of the way. The brown man measured the distance to the title with a left. He followed with a tremendous right which batted Braddock to the canvas. Jim did not move as the referee tolled the end of his championship. Joe knew that blow had won before the count was complete. With the same swing of his body that drove the knockout punch home to Brad docks jaw, Louis swung around and walked to the ropes in a neutral corner. His back was turned to the fallen champion. He didn't look back until the count was over and his handlers had rushed into the ring.
 The shrill scream of the excited crowd rose in crescendo as the negro waved his arms in acknowledge ment of the tribute paid his achieve ment.
 There were more than 35,OOO men and women of Joe's race in the park and their joy knew no bounds. They poured out of the exits grinning ecstatically anad danced and sang in the streets of the negro belt into the night.
 The honky-tonks and cabarets of the south side were damned with deleriouS celebrators.
 "Yea man, Joe Louis won!" screamed brown gal stomping in the middle of a crowded street.
 An old nanny sitting in the doorway of the First Church of Jesus the Almighty murmured:
 "The cullud man won. Praise de Lawd."