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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09

Hylton and his famous information al band with June Clyde is a song studded musical sensation with nine smash sono hits, mirth, girls and gags.
 Thursday evening there's be an-, other ever popular Giant Screeno Party" to which has been added for your amusement and enjoyment, Treasure Jack Pot providing three hundred twenty-five reasons to make it important that you come. Make arrangements now for this gala event.
 Swinging merrily along to the tune of the best songs ever written by the greatest writer of songs in the world, "On The Avenue, at Polls Saturday, represents Irving Berlin at his melodious best, in a musical that's full of pep and de- lightful spirits.
 With Dick Powell and Madeline Carroll making a new and roman tic towsome of musical comedy, this lively Polls musical hit presents a real life romance of New York, in a sohw that's as big as the town.
 Polls great co-attraction Grim inal Lawyer" with Lee Tracy and Margot Grahame is the hurricane love story of man more dangerous than the law breakers he lives on. In short, it's blistering drama.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09
SMOKER PEEASES
 LARGE AUDIENCE
Entertainment Galore Of- fered at St. Margaret's
 Last Evening

Two veteran entertainers, Joe Shea of Jersey City, who presented an exhibition of bag punching, and Eddie Bowling, Irish accordionist, were among the headliners appear ing at the annual smoker of the Holy Name society of St. Margaret's church, last night in the auditorium of the parochial school. Clifford Hirsch, youthful soloist and member of the Mastersingers, also presented most pleasing concert.
 The program included 6 wide variety of talent consisting of excel lent song and dance specialtieS. It was presented before a capacity att tendance. Freddy Hall acted as nas- ter of ceremonies and perhaps the show would still be in progress ex- cept for the fact he had to report for work today. Michael J. Ryle was general chairman of the committee on arrangements.
 The program opened with a lively accordion duet played by Eddie Digimas of St. Josephs Fife and Drum corps who provided several selections of his fife. The Brass City Trio, Billy Young, Eddie Oliver and Joe Grenir, next appeared and won round of approval for their ren- ditions of old tunes everyone ap- preciates hearing again. Joseph and Francis McKenna were then feat ured in Irish step dancing and the stage offering terminated with the appearance of Joseph H. Lazotte and Clifford Hirsch of the Mastersingers, both of whom were heard in sev- eral renditions.
 The mat card consisted of six in- teresting wrestling matches by Har- " Shackley and five good boxing bouts presented by Joe (steele) Mobile.
 In addition to Chairman Ryle, the committee included Patrolmar Richard Baldwin, president of the Holy Name society; Bernard Erwin William T. Harrington, Joseph Kil- bride. George Lezotte, John Moran Harold Brennan, clifford Cotter John Kerwin, Edward Kelly, Henry Loughrain, Thomas Heeney, Patrick Flaherty and Edward Moran.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09

Egypt is establishing many new industrial plants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09
ATTIE and DICKIE want to
 Visit Readers of The DEMOCRAT

presented to you FREE with each purchage of The New Universities Dictionary at only 98 cents. These books are worth far more than the small price we ask, and only large scale production and economical distribution make such low cost possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09

Hollywood-All over the lot: Great waves are flashing a wrecked fish, ing schooner as it losses riadly about. Tangled in the heavy rigging and wire stays of broken mast is Spencer Tracy, half submerged in . boiling sea.
 He pleads with Skipper Lionel Barrymore to cut him loose to drown. His voice is faint in the howling wind.
 Wild-eyed Freddie Bartholomew clings to the rail. He sees the gear break, sees Tracy fall into the water to meet hero's death.
 All this happens on Stage 12 of the M-G-M lot before Director Victor Fleming yells "Cut"! Then the boat stops rocking, the waves become ripples, the gale blows it. self out.
 Tracy, grinning, though seein- ing to be soaking wet, is hauled
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09

Welcome Attic and Dickie 10 your homes. They will make themselves useful in thousand ways. Not only will children welcome the use of such splendid Atlas and Diction- ary, but every member of the family will refer to if continually. The Popular Atlas of the World will be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09
POLES

The spectacular contest of flash ing action Wednesday evening on Polls stage between the Bristol Pros vs Poli's team is an event you should see. For an exciting enter tainment treat you will remember, arrange now to come.
 The outstanding screen attraction Wednesday is the most intriguing and delightful of mystery dramas. Under Cover of Night" starring exquisite Florence Rice and Ed mund Lowe is an engaging pictur- ization so new, 50 unusual, and diff ferent, yoG will be amazed.
 And the second feature "She Shall Have Music, starring Jack
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09
MOVIE SHORTS

Roscoe Karns claims a unique dis tinction. Says he is the only actor of his age, or older. who never has made a dime outside the SOW busi- ness. Started out instock, as 6 kid and then crashed Hollywood.
 Betty Furness Is gaining weight So fast the studio has ordered her to diet.
 Some of the gossip gatherers are trying to build up @ romance be- ween George Brent and Anita Louise. But it's slightly lopsided.
 Anita seems to have . crush on George, while Garbo remains the object of his affections.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09

rife baIls-rellcs of the War Be- tween the States.
 Bradley explained that the site of his home and backyard is iden- tical with that of Q demolished U. 8. arsenal that was built when federal soldiers occupied Tyler during the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09

Civil War. Embedded in the earth are relics of the arms storehouse. In Martins garden may be found pockets of charcoal left from the ruins of Q powder-making branch of the establishment.
 Although he has recovered many different type of shot and war ma
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09

teFials, Bradley was nonplussed Fe- gently when he came upon a spheroid shapd out of iron. It was eaten away by rust but seemingly was solid. Bradley has failed to es- tablish its identity, but he thinks 1t may be q kind of missile fired from an old misunderstanding fieldpiece.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09
GARDENS YIELD
 OLD MUNITIONS

Tyler, Tex. (UP)-"The Gardens That Grow Grape-Shot" might well be the name given to the backyard plots of O. M. Bradley and Jack Martin.
 These two tyler neighbors have discovered that upon digging for po- tatoes they often find mimic balls" " and then furrowing to plant toma- toes, they rake up grapeshot and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09
Movie Schedule

CAMEO-"The Captains Kid" -6:OO-8:45.
 CARROLL-''Hideaway Girl" -2:50-6:15-9:30.
 POLLS - Great Guy"-1:10- 4:OO-6:5O--9:O0-9:45.
 STATE - "StoIen Holiday" -1:20-4:15-7:O0-9:45.
 STRAND-"Go West Young Man"-1:23-4:11-6:5969:56.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-09
CHATFlELD GUARD
 SPONSORS REVUE
First Annual Event To- night in Temple Hall,
 Lezotte Directing

The first annual revue and dance of the Chatfield Guards, Company "E,' 102d Infantry, Connecticut Na- tional Guard, will take place to- night at Temple hall before an an-
Evening star., 1937-11-16
MIR. Justice Robb.

The retirement of Mr.. Justice Robb
from the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia terminates a
career on the Federal judiciary that has
been marked by thirty-one years of dis
tinguished service. At the same time,
it leaves on this highly important ap-
pellate bench only one justice who was
appointed before President Roosevelt
took Office.
The fact that the local Court of Ap-
peals soon will be composed of four
justices named by Mr.. Roosevelt, and
Mr.. Justice Groner, who was appointed
by President Hoover, is a matter of great
interest to members of the bar. The
Court Of Appeals here is second in i'm
portance only to the Supreme Court be-
cause so many suits against the Federal
Government, which have increased
rapidly in number since Mr.. Roosevelt
came into office, must be filed In the
District In order to obtain valid service
on the Government Official named as
defendant. Consequently, the selection
Of capable and impartial justices for the
judicial posts here Is Of more than ordi-
nary Importance.
As yet, Mr.. Roosevelt has made but
Evening star., 1937-11-16

two appointments to this bench, having
named Mr.. Justice Stephens and Mr..
Justice Miller. These men were out
standing in the field of law. and brought
to the bench broad legal and cultural
backgrounds. In each case the appoint
ment was received favorably. The Presi-
dent has now to choose successors to
Chief Justice Martin, who retired several
weeks ago, and to Mr.. Justice Robb. If
his future appointees are of the caliber
OF the men he has named in the past,
the local appellate court will reflect dis
tinct credit on his administration.
Mr.. Justice Robb was appointed to the
bench in 1906 by President Theodore
Roosevelt. A native of Vermont, he had
served as solicitor for the Post Office
Department and as an Assistant Attorney
General before going on the bench. His
service on the court has been marked
by stern devotion to duty, undimin-
ished by illness during recent years, and
an unfailing allegiance to the principles
of justice inherent in his New England
background. Leaving the bench at the
age Of seventy, he can be assured that
he carries with him the respect and the
admiration of his associates and the
members Of the bar.
Evening star., 1937-11-16
One Per Cent in College.

8 From the Santa Monica outlook.
One of the remarkable features of the
general recovery in prosperity is the
great increase in attendance in all COL
leges and universities in America this
year.
For the first time in the history of the
country there will be enrolled this college
year per cent of the total population.
In other words, one person out of every
100 in America will be attending college
or university. This is an extraordinary
proportion. For it, business recovery is
in part responsible. In part, it is due
to the policy of the National Youth Ad-
ing college attendance by assistance
grants.
Americans believe in education, and
they welcome the higher education for
as large a percentage of the population
as possible. Questions, however, of a
serious social character are involved in
this large college attendance. What will
these boys and girls do when they have
completed their college training, or
what are they being fitted for aside from
the usual white-collar pursuits? Does
it mean we are to have more doctors and
physicians and other professional men
crowd into the already overcrowded pro-
fessions? Or will these college boys and
girls take broader view and seek to use
the mental training they receive in busi-
ness and other occupations where, with
continued and expanding activity, there
will be room for men of college training
to secure q toehold and work toward
the top?
If the Nation is to derive the largest
benefit from this great proportion Of men
and women who are seeking the higher
education, 1t must come through diffu-
sion OF their energies and ambitions
among all classes Of social and business
activities.
Evening star., 1937-11-16
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

This may be the sugar age"
The average American today prob
ably consumes more sugar than whole
CITY of Greeks and Romans did 1000
wears ago, says Dr. Frank c. Whitmore,
dean of the School of Chemistry and
PHYSICS of the Pennsylvania State Col
lege. He was citing the abundance OF
sucrose as one of the trlumphs OF organic
chemistry.
Dean Whitmore is probably right.
Almost within memory sugar has changed
from rather expensive luxury to one
of the cheapest and most abundant OF
food stuffs 1t periodically constitutes
an economic problem because of its
abundance. Plenty of sugar is taken as
a -of-course-which might seem
to the ancient Greek about as much OF
a miracle as plenty OF money Tor every
body would seem to the American Oh
today.
We consume sugar uncOnSclously IN
all sorts of forms. from the baby's sucker
to the old mans cocktail. This sugar
age has developed almost unnoticed
amidst the more picturesque develop
ments of the past century. 1t may be
that fundamentally it will prove about
the most fundamental of all the changes
that have come to the world. 1t hardly
can fail to be attended with very signl-
ficant consequences. What men eat is
hound to have profound effects on what
they are, physically and mentally. Sugar
is perhaps the easiest of all foods Tor
the system to assimilate. 1t is the fuel
of life. Once the system had to Work
to extract its sugar from other fooos.
Now it is spared most of this exertlon.
This, perhaps, is the basis for general
physiological laziness which may IN turn
underlie q more far-reaching mental
and spiritual laziness.
It Is like changing from coal furn-
mace to an automatical oil or gas heat
ing system. No more shoveling coal or
cleaning out ashes. The heat comes
without effort, but it must be paid for
just the same.
To less striking degree, Dean Whit
more stressed, much the same situa-
ton obtains for food in general.
Organic chemistry and agriculture have
triumphed, materially If not economi-
cally.
"Over ninety-nine per cent OF our
food" Dean Whitmore said, lis organic
in nature. The organic chemist with his
colleagues, the biochemist and the agri-
culturalist, has changed our foods pro-
foundly. Whereas the caveman prob
ably never had enough to eat, many OF
us eat too much. Various substitutes
have been recommended, such as the
smoking of cigarettes. There again we
have a marked and almost startling dis
tinction between our modern civilization
and most Of the older civilizations. II
there were no other distinction between
man and the lower animals, it could be
stated that man is the animal addicted
to smoking"
This again, he stressed, is partly
matter of organic chemistry. After all,
except for one thing, the twentieth CEN
tury American with little cash prob
ably could get along comfortably enough
in ancient Rome or Athens. He could
accustom himself to depending on fruits
and honey for sweetness. He could
learn to be at ease in the rather cumber-
some costumes. But there would be no
corner drug store at which to buy
pack OF cigarettes 1000 years in
Evening star., 1937-11-16

the future-and it would take a long
lliIle 10 ADJUST to such condition.
Looking TO the future of organic chem
iStry Dean Whltmore said: Since the
organic chemist is active in almost every
Helo OF normal life, he will be at least
as active in every field in war time.
peculiar problem in the matter of cloth
ing may become important as time goes
on. IhlS is the treating of cloth in such
way that 1t will neutralize the effect
OF mustard gas, the most effectively
uangerouS OF war gasses. 1t is said that
the Russians have developed an organic
chemical which will achieve this result"
He dwelt on the possibility that the
next great war will not be between ma
tions or clashing economic PHILOSOPHERS
but between the human race and insects.
Some say" he declared, that the
insects are really better fitted to survive.
1t is the task of the organic chemist
to deprive them of this unfair advantage.
Undoubtedly primitive man knew about
insects and was troubled with them when
he had time to worry about such small
matters. On the other hand he and his
descendants up to very recent times had
their insect troubles limited to local
pests. Since the spread Of transporta-
ton it appears that there will be no
longer any local insect pests. Those
from each locality will spread eventually
to every other locality. This means
trouble.
"At the present. most of the poisons
for insects are inorganic Unfortunately,
they are also poisons for animals. The
present trend. and one which is accelerat-
ing very rapidly, is to use organic insect
icides which are poisonous to insects but
harmless to higher animals and man."
Evening star., 1937-11-16
An.Night Parking.

| In decision of transcendent import
ance to the city, the United States Court
of Appeals has upheld the right of the
District Commissioners to ban parking
on downtown streets during the snow
removal season.
The decision is important not SO much
because of its Endorsement of the Com
missioners' snow removal program but
because it goes so far as to suggest that
| the Commissioners have the further
right-yea, the duty-to restrict park
ing at any and all times if the public
interest demands.
In order to leave no doubt as to the
courts implications, Justice D. Lawrence
Groner added:
Indeed, the time may be soon at
hand when it will be necessary to for
| bid altogether the gar2ging of vehicles
on the main highways of Washington
City at any time, day or night. and we
nave no doubt of the power of the Com
missioners under the act of Congress to
make and enforce such regulations.
iiC tOillA ilCW iOSc UuL Ol UllG his.
taken idea that the owner of an auto
mobile has right to make "a stable
yard of the Kings highway" and loses
sight OF the fact that the real purpose
Of building and maintaining the streets
and roads is to permit the convenient
passing and repassing of the public, free
OF all obstructlons which diminish this
enjoyment.
That is plain language on a much
disputed question. 1t should be read and
pondered by every motorist-indeed by
every citizen interested in traffic safety
and city Identification.
The courts opinion, while enlighten-
ing as to the powers of the Commits
sioners, does not, of course solve the
problem of all-night parking on Wash
ington's thoroughfares.
Solomon in all his glory probably
would be stumped if he were called upon
to find happy solution to that puzzler
He would have to consider that every
third person in Washington owns an
automobile and that 10000 of these
vehicles regularly are making "a stable
yard of the Kings highway" He would
have to weigh the fact that there are
not enough garages or parking lots
available to accommodate all of these
10000 cars.
He would be confronted, on the other
hand, with the fact that traffic hazards
mount as parking congestion increases,
that transportation is slowed up, that
the beauty of the Capitals far-famed
streets is marred by row after row of
parked automobiles of all descriptions.
The District Commissioners are thor
oughly conversant on all these factors.
Encouraged by the opinion of the Court
of Appeals, they may be expected to
widen materially, perhaps drastically,
the scope of parking restrictions in
Washington.
The citizens should support the Com
missioners in any reasonable move they
may make along these lines.
Evening star., 1937-11-16
A Slap on the Wrist.

With a gasp of magnificent futilitv,
the Brussels Conference is about to
breathe its last The CONTEMPLATION of
nine-poWer treaty signatories has at any
rate measured up to expectations. It
has accomplished nothing. Two courses
OF possible action were open to it. The
conference. functioning as mediator,
might have brought Japan and China
together for truce and peace negotia-
tions, or, after the pact powers had
already branded the Japanese the ag-
gressors, the conference might have
taken its courage in it's joint and several
hands and elected to punish the treaty
violators. 1t did neither It decided to
demonstrate and retreat.
Formal steps to that inglorious end
were taken yesterday. Italy and the
three Scandinavian countries abstain
ing, the conference adopted "declara-
ton summarizing the conflict" and
"criticizing Japan" As if to emphasize
the abject innocuousness of their in
action, the conferees, conveying the
impression that they are almost afraid
Of the mere shadow of their pusillanimity,
then voted against sending a copy Of
the declaration" to the Japanese gov
ernment. As Tokio's lines of communi-
cation with Europe are wide open, there
Is no reason to fear that the humiliating
history made at Brussels was not
promptly known at Toxic or failed to
earn for western craftsmanship that
fresh modicum Of contempt which 1t Is
bound to provoke. Japans estimate Of
Evening star., 1937-11-16

the Occident's courage will hardly be
heightened by the circumstance that the
conference prepared to curl up and die
after second and curt refusal by Toxic
to submit the war to international
arbitrament.
given up the ghost. A formal adjourn
ment was taken until next Monday,
ostensibly to permit the conference
chairman, Belgian Foreign Minister
Spaak, to accompany King Leopold on
a state visit to London this week. Be-
hind that pleasing fiction lies the tenu-
GUS expectation that in the meantime
Japan may avail herself of third and
final chance to make some sort of con-
ciliatory gesture. If she does not, the
incorrigible optimists still extant in
Brussels, who seem to include the Ameri-
can delegation, are hopeful that the con-
ference may as last resort generate
sufficient courage at least to debate the
Chinese delegates plea for direct aid
to his country. DR.. Wellington Koo's
appeal is worth recording. Some day it
may serve as the historical symbol and
full measure of western impotence at
a critical hour, when Japan, abetted by
its self-seeking allies in Europe, defied
the rest of the world to strike a blow
worthy of the name for international
law and order.
In our struggle against the forces of
japanese aggression" said DR.. Koo, with
whole nation behind us resolute in
purpose and undaunted in spirit, we do
not ask other signatory powers to fight
for us. But we do need material help
to enable us to continue our effective
resistance. In order to shorten the dura-
ton of hostilities and hasten the restora-
ton of peace it is also necessary to
refrain from contributing to the aggres-
Sor's financial and economic resources
and feeding him with an uninterrupted
flow of arms and raw materials for his
war machine"
The conferences reply to this realistic
proposal was decision to give Japan
slap on the wrist. 1t goes into the
record as "declaration' It is, in fact,
petition in international bankruptcy.