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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
|ENROLLEES PLAN
BENEFIT DANCE.
Camp Cross to Observe
Presidents Birthday
Wednesday Night

The average enrollee at Camp
Cross, 1B2nd company, CCC, West
Cornwall, Conn, is according to a
census taken during the past week,
20 years Of age, five feet, seven and
one-half inches in height, weights
1881 pounds and has a chest ex-
pansion Of three and seven-tenthS
inches. He ha sheen In camp eight
and seven-tenths months and has
had eight and seven-tenths years
Of schooling. He supports four de-
pendents and sends home an over
age Of $23.76 each month. All mem
befs Of the camp are from Connect
cut and over $3.50 In spent each
month in the state Of Connecticut
by 900 dependents of the enrollees.
Colonel r. w. Collins, command
ing officer, 5th CCC district and
Captain H. G.. Berglund, 5th CCC
sub-district inspector visited camp
during the past week on an inspec-
ton tour. Both expressed them
selves as being well pleased with
conditions at the camp and the high
morel Of the enrolleeS.
Final preparations are being made
by the dance committee for the
presidents birthday ball which the
members Of the camp are sponsor
in gat the White Eagle hall in Tor
rington Wednesday evening. All la
dies who attend will be admitted
without charge and a large crowd
Is expected.
Last Thursday evening over so
members of the camp visited the
1191st company in Kent where in
ter-camp contests were conducted in
checkers, cards, ping pong, pool, in
door quoits and spelling bee. The
men from Camp Cross were victors
in checkers, cards and indoor quoits
and the 1191st company walked off
with the honors in pool, ping pong
and the spelling bee. This Thurs
day evening the games will be play
ed at Camp Cross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
STRAND

Crashing through breath-taking
adventures in the jungle, Tarzan
and his mate, as enacted by Johnny
Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan
bring to the screen of Warner Bro
Tiers Strand theater another
breath-t taking adventure romance.
The picture heads the current
double feature program which con-
cludes its engagement tomorrow
night.
"Tarzan Escapes" takes the Edgar
Rice Burroughs character into the
country of giant vampire bats; its
thrills Include battle between an
army Of elephants and savage
warriors. the routing of lions by an
elephant stampede: a dash through
crocodile-infested river, and other
exciting details surrounding the pri-
mitive love story of the series.
In the new story Tarzan Is be-
trayed and captured by the man
who pretends friendship and who
plans to exhibit him as wild man.
Hts faithful mate, played by Miss
OSullivan, and his jungle friends
aid in sensational escape.
Weismuller as Tarzan swings
across wild gorges, on strange vine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
In The Local Theaters

the story depicts how the girl Is torn
between her duty to her country and
her devotion to this handsome,
hunted fellow and how she risks her
life to intercede for the man she
loves and the cause she Is sworn
to oppose.
An imposing cast, featuring Karen
Morley, Henry Stephenson, Jerome
Cowan, noted Broadway stage star
who scored in boy Meets Girl" and
David Niver, Miss Oberon's offscreen
heart, interest, supports the stars.
Others prominent in the cast are
Donald Crisp, Ra Hould, sensational
new child actor, Pat O'Malley, Jack
Mulhall, Wyndham Standing, David
Terrence and Theodore Won EltZ.
The companion feature will be
Mind Your Own Business" a hilar-
ious comedy packed with laughs and
amusing situations from start to
finish and starring those two great
favorites Charlie Ruggles and Alice
Brady. Make your plans right now
to find time to include this deluxe
double feature program which NOV
es into the State for four days
starting Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
OLYMPIC CONTESTS
NAZI PROPAGANDA
NBC Sports Commentator
Tells of Recent Visit
to Germany

DR.. William Slater, NBC broad
caster Of the 1895 olympic games at
Berlin, and headmaster Of Adelpht
academy, Brooklyn, stated last night
that even sports In Germany are
designed to aid Nazi propaganda and
to train Nazi youths to be willing to
die for the fatherland. DR.. Slater
revealed several Nazi peculiariteis In
an address entitled THE Interna-
tional Sport Frontier" at the Sec
ond Congregational church forum
last night.
% say that the Olympic games
we're used to further Nazi propa-
ganda Is to say what everyone knows
to be true" he stated. Special
preparations were made by Germany
to train her athletes for more than
a year prior to the games, so great
was her desire to win, he continued,
and a questionable action was the
addition of several games peculiar
to Germany. Guides assigned to
him during his stay there were more
than eager to expound on the pr:r-
ciples of Nazi-istn, he said, and al
though they knew little or nothing
Of sports they were anxious for vic
tory for Germany. They claimed
that America was owned by the jews
and because Of this, the Americans
had a wrong impression Of Hitler.
DIR. Slater told of sitting near Hit
Ter at the games and said that he
Is a very queer looking man. HE
carried none of the magnetism you
expect in leader Of men," he said,
"he had bulging figure, was pudgy
about the eyes and had little fire,
yet he must have something IN view
of the enthusiasm with which the
Germans greet him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
POLLS

Brilliant in Its beauty, sublime In
It's passion, magnificent in its spec
tacle, Romeo and juliet, starring
Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard
in the most beloved romance, opens
tomorrow at Polls.
Romeo and juliet" Is truly great.
It's a picture that will bear seeing
again and again, picture that
marks an important step in the ad-
vancement of entertainment.
And Miss Shearer is more radi-
ant than ever. It's her finest role.
She rises to every occasion in a
part made famous by the greatest
actresses of the stage. Her Juliet
has a breathless expectancy, a feel
Ing Of vibrant youth SO essential to
the portrayal Of Shakespeare's i'm
mortal heroine.
Towards selection as Romeo was
a happy one. he is every inch
Romeo. Together they make these
young lovers Of Verona live again.
Romeo and Juliet" has been
pictured with fidelity. Beginning
with the opening scenes. which es-
tablish the hatred Of the Monta-
CUES and Capulets, whose feud
causes the young lovers to marry in
secret, the death of Mercutio at the
hands Of Tybalt. Romeo's Staying of
Tybalt to avenge his friends death,
his Punishment and the swift dram
attic events that follow, the picture
is all action. The love story is woven
like a golden thread through this
background Of hate.
Romeo and Juliet" is recon-
mended to every member Of the
family. It Is a picture that will
never be forgotten, for 1t Is a drama
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25

Bigger and better The Monthly Record, published
by inmates of the State Prison Wetherseld is at hand
for January and congrats to the editors and business
staff for the excellence of the paper From cover to
cover it is credit to the boys who put out The ypog
raphy of the magazine is particularly attractive and
that is likewise the product of the boys up there at
Wethersied we take off our hats and incline from the
waist in the general direction of that town. Some of
those upfters who claim that those who spend their
time behind prison bars never learn anything might
change their minds if they could their eyes
the Monthly Record. E. Nice goin, fellowship!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25

bridges, and swims perilous rivers.
Miss O'Sullivan is her charming
character as in former Tarzan pic
lures.
The companion feature Is "The
Gay Desperate" with Nino Mar
tint of stage, radio and opera fame.
He Is given capable support IN this
romantic, musical comedy drama
nv Leo Garlic and Ida Lupino.
wednesday brings Jack Benny
with Martha Rave IN Coiegc
Humor," also Jungle Princess with
the new screen sensational Dorothy
Lamour. :,
Get the STRAND habit" enjoy the
pick of all the hits presented twice
weekly on deluxe double feature
programs. , 81.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25

Waited from Over Biscayne Bay comes the news
that Alicia Morrissey Conroy former resident of this
city and associated with the teaching and newspaper
profession here is for few months tipping off items
of interest from Miami Beach for the Buffalo Evening
News. A. M. Conroy has been Miami Bleaching for the
past few winters and likes it much she even gets
down there before Christmas. This season between
times and when not idling about she's telling the folks
back in windy Buffalo what the sunshiners in and
about Miami doing what flowers are blooming,
what drinks are drunk, what clothes worn, what
horses and dogs running, what dances are being
danced, etc.. etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
Tall Tower
Topics
Good Evening.
WE'RE EASY TO AMusE
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Once 1t was crossword puzzles,
And some worry over them still;
BACKGAMMON, too, had its fling,
We went at tg-saws with will.
There must be something TO pass the time,
Puzzles and games Of sort,
And during all the winter days
Badminton Is a popular sport.
The bridgers, Of course, continue TO bridge;
The cheSs-ers fool with kings and pawns;
Those that sit up all night over games
Witness very many dawns.
Then came Monopoly, tricky game,
In this you would buy and sell;
While beano or bingo, what matter the name
Adds up lots of money, so they tell.
Last year, just to pass the time,
Knock-knock held the floor;
This trick pulled SO much
Became an awful bore
There's always something in the wind
For us supplemented folk;
When wise guys spring something new
We always get the joke.
EN- EN-.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25

that. will live for years.
For those who have read Shakes
speare casually 1t will be revela-
ton. For the romance Of Juliet and
her Romeo Is as modern as the love
story of any boy or girl Of today.
Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard
make the lovers Of Verona real and
human and understandable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
Movie Schedule

CAPITOE-aThe smaTtest Girl
in the. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
LIDO-"Theodora Gees Wlld"-
2:ls-S:52-e:Bs.
POLps-aOne In . Million
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
STATE-"God's Country and
the WOmanT-2:30- :00-5:20-
9:45.
STRAND - "Tarzan Escapes"
3:12-6:2B-9:35.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
MASONIC HOME FUND GROWS

Toledo (PU)-The 100000 Otis
A. Browning trust fund for a Ma
sonic home has increased to more
than 100000 In the last 10 years.
The fund Is to grow for the next
so years beforet he home Is built.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
TO WHoME 1T MAY CONCERN:

TO WHoME 1T MAY CONCERN: Some time back
of Naugatuck wrote in query asking for the author
of the popular sentimental ballad, "I Take You Home
Again Kathleen also his nationality and place of birth
This request about month ago. and strange as 1t
may SEEM this department and other more noted nfor-
nation bureaus still the trail of the author We
have this information to give The song 1--WE discovered
this for ouseves) written by Thomas P. Westendorf
What seemed to be very simple matter became difficult
ene because Westendor proved to be hard person to
trace Before applying to private detective agencies we
looked to other sources and this added information comes
to U.S. Westendorf born in 1847 an American
song writer We still have source offered us,
and should of the past of the author come to light
will broadcast the information through this column Pa
thence is virtue and feel it should be possible to
CLEAN about man who wrote as popular song.
Certainly all sing it, even its origin uncertain
Purely personal. Jack Medford, Holy Cross
freshman, will be honored at testimonial dinner by
his Bunker Hill admirers at Quaker Inn on WatertOWn
avenue Saturday night Jack will bring Cru
sader hoop team from Worcester here next Friday
night to meet his former buddies, the Esquires
Billy HOot" Gibson drove to Bristol last week to
catch the Meriden-B Bristol High hoop game He was
loud in his praise of Henne Darlington and Gus Loner
gan who footed the whistles in the traditional struggle
-. Harry Frank was in charge of the ginger ale
booth when the Hebrew Institute bazaar opened last
week. What ginger that lad has got My! My!
Way out East Bill McGrath and Charlie Boyce
objects of envy with their coats of tan acquired in
our southern climes Joe Pop" Powers observed
recently putting up sign for local concern
Bill Hennessey George Connor and "Red" Parker were
in hurry the other evening to make that downtown
engagement Fred Carey and Tom Hayden were
caught rehashng the good old days the other evening
Tom has been the theatrical road for the last eight
years and it seemed good to make the old home town
once q. AL Paris and Chick Errico looked very
distinguished and typographcaike they waited for
the red light to change at Cherry and East Main
Jack Red Sullivan and Charlie Griffin find plenty to
talk about in the coming Joe Lous-Bob Pastor fight
Both expect to be there Bill McGrath still finds
plenty to argue with him when endeavors to point out
where the highest point in the City of Waterbury i
located
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25

Chairman ~
rick Shea, assistant treasurer;
Michael Sheehan, sergeant-at-arnls,
Joseph Maloney was elected chair
man OF the board Of directors. Mem
bers Of the board are James Lee and
John Laden.
william Conley is retiring presi-
dent of the club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25

Dorothy Ahearn and Billy Arlington.
Others include Jeon Rose, Bob
Bates, Peanuts Bohm, Jack Ryan,
Three La Mare Boys, Joan Marvis,
Kenza Vinton and others, together
with a romping chorus of merry toy
land madcaps in musical numbers
and pretty poses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25

James Sheehan was named TO the
presidency of the Tribune Athletic
club at the annual meeting at the
Baldwin street clubrooms yesterday
afternoon. Other officers were
elected as follows: Connie Shea,
vice-president; John A. Maxim, sec
rotary; John Rock, treasurer; Pat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-25
AnssOers To
Test Questions

Below are the answers
TO test questions printed
ON page 6.
1. Long Island Sound.
z. Frances Sheridan.
3. The murderer Of a king.
4. Lamech.
S. No.
6. st. Paul.
.. American sculptor.
8. Nicotine.
8. Cristobal.
10. Hudson River.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-30

fiood-poIluted foods and medicines away from the people. It would have been ar gued-if anyone had been visionary enough to raise the point-that those things were best left to local manage ment. To have urged that Uncle Sam keep staff of trained men on the pay roll to snoop around the shelves of the corner grocery store would have quail fled man for immediate admittance to the booby hatch.
 But we can see it differently, now. This Food and Drug Administration paid it's way in the Ohio valley flood, if any gov- ernment organization ever did. It saved a great many lives and prevented tre- mendous economic loss through sickness. And the point is that our swollen federal bureaucracy does have it's uses, after all. Ordinarily we overlook the useful work it does and see only the expense. A sud- den disaster that brings swift, sure, and effective help from Washington helps us to see what it is really good for.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-30
To Move Or Not To Move

Superintendent of Streets Thomas J. Fleming suggests in letter to Mayor Frank Hayes in view of the amount ot work necessary to repair the Carrie Well ton Memorial Fountain on the east end of the Green, it would be advisable at this time to remove the entire monument to point within the Green proper. We presume this will stir up diversity of opinion on the same, but the logic of Supt. Fleming's recommendation cannot be ignored.
 Not only is the transfer wise, but it will enable the street to be more properly paved when time comes for this work to be done North Main, we believe, is one of the central streets included in the list of those that will be taken care of with funds to be raised through sale of bonds shortly. As another good reason we might point out that modern traffic re- quirements call for the removal to point where the monument would not be him. drance to traffic And we make this statement not in the interest of any pulp lie parking spot for busses or taXis.
 As useful fountain, catering to the needs of man and beast, the memorial has long since outlived it's usefulness Slowly but surely the city is finding the need of providing such watering spots unnecessary. A check-up has usually proved that the city was vindicated in abandoning horse-troughs Naturally much sentiment attaches to the Carrie Welton Fountain. It is by way of being a fixture right where it is. It won't seem the same, perhaps, if removed and placed we'll inside the Green Nevertheless it is a far better suggestion than to have it put in one of the parks or even to have the Green cut up for parking purposes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-30
William Gillette

William Gillette was Connecticut son. His career as one of Americas first actors took him far and wide, but his end- ing came the other day on home ground. As a matter of fact most of his years since he stopped trouping were spent on his place overlooking the Connecticut, that big dark mass of native granite which might have been the background for one of the Sherlock Holmes saga. The notable actor had reached and passed the four score mark. Despite his years he came back to the stage last year in "Three Wise Fools'' for a brief run. Many times Gillette retired from the stage; even as far back as 1911. But he always staged comeback, much to the delight of his admiring public.
 The passing of William Gillette and others of the old school of acting always brings feeling of poignant loss. We have fine actors today but the old-timers had something that the new ones have not. It's question, which do you enjoy and appreciate most,-the artificial sen- timentality of the old or the artificial brittle realism of the present day school of acting? All of which is matter of opinion At least we know Gillette was as good as they came in his particular style of acting.
 Perhaps Gillette's neatest stage work was his Sherlock Holmes impersonations. He was so much part and parcel of that character that one was apt to think of Sherlock Holmes playing William Gill lette, that is to say or which was the real person and which the impersonator His physique and facial contours, and his un- canny smoothness of speech aided by low lights, effected most satisfying and mys- terious atmosphere, with the result that Gillette, or Holmes, was the most fas- cinating detective character on the stage when Sherlock Holmes" played the boards
 Naturally his fame did not rest wholly on this one effort. He played most suc- cessfully down through the years, Held By the Enemy, Civil War drama, "The Private Secretary, and of course Secret Service, another vehicle we'll suited to his talents. But throughout his career one achievement stands out and that is of course his many many appear ances in Sherlock Holmes" This dra- matic adaptation of the famous Conan Doyle detective stories must have been pretty good theatre, as they say, because over period of forty years it was played and re-played successfully by Gillette, even recently at the age of "A.
 We expect that those of us who never heard William Gillette's, "Quick Watson, the needle, or seen him fit about a low lighted stage, have missed some good stage scenes as fine as they come in the drama of the past and present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-30
Swollen Bureaucracy"

The federal bureaucracy is fearful thing, as everybody knows. It is swol- len organization of political appointees, engaged in officious meddling, which con- sumeS the taxpayers substance and Straddles the neck of Uncle Sam like the Old Man of the Sea. But it does have it's uses, now and then If you are inclined to doubt it, consider the record of the U. s. Food and Drug Administration dur ing the recent Ohio river floods
 As soon as the waters started rising, in- SpectorS for this branch of the bureau cracy started down the great river valley. They had thouSand-mile beat to cover, from Marietta, O., to Cairo, H., and their object was to destroy all fruits, vege- tables, medicines, four and ether food StuffS. that were contaminated by the flood waters. This was tough on the local StorekeeperS, manufacturers, and whole salers. Most of them co-operated with out whimper, though, and those who whimpered had to cooperate anyway. The inspectors were thorough and un- yielding,
 In one town, 200 carloads of flood-dam- aged food were hauled off to a stone quar- " and destroyed. In another, 120 tons of water-soaked coffee were destroye In Louisville, the inspectors went through 95 drugstores and destroyed all commod- ities that the waters had touched. And the result of all this was that not one single epidemic occurred while the flood waters were receding Typhoid, dysen- tery, and the other maladies that ''inevit- ably" take their toll after flood disaster were distinguished by their absence. The bureaucracy had got there ahead of them.
 1t is interesting to measure this actlv- ity against the standards of, say, 50 years ago. At that time no one would have dreamed that it might be a proper func- ton of the federal government to keep
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-30

the world as if he were awaiting the hangman. But workmen are merely preparing to move his statue and another of Julius Sterling Morton, also of Nebraska.
 Merry Round
 Vladimir Hurban, able minister of Czechoslovakia, learned to speak English in a unique way. Serving with the Czech army in Siberia during the World war, he got a cable from President Ma saryk to report in New York as his military aide and to learn English on the way. Hurbaa did. G-Boss J. Edgar Hoover advocates the publication of crime columns in newspapers to edu- cate citizens to protect themselves against the army of 4,300,000 criminals abroad in the USA |. Promoters of an essay contest on "How International Disputes Can Be Settled in Spirit of Under standing" found first support from the Italian embassy in Washington John L. Lewis recessed his strike strategy one afternoon recently to receive a visiting member of the French Chamber of Deputies, Socialist Andri Philippe
 Copyright, 1887, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-30

Claiming that it can't get any help from the city the athletic committee ot the Hartford Public High School is going to appeal to the state for aid in securing land and erecting a suitable athletic field. This reminds us of the dandy athletic field that is being provided for Waterbury schools out on Watertown Avenue. When Hartford has to go to the state to get such a field, we aren't so bad off down here. Tn time every large city in the country will have modern school sta diums that will vie with those in use by various colleges where sports have been raised to paying propositions. Only by putting them on paying basis can high school sports be maintained any more. And certainly the proper facilities are necessary to complete the picture. We sincerely hope that Waterbury's athletic field will be administered in such fash ion that for years to come the school youth of the city will be provided with an outlet for pent-up enthusiasm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-30

A ten-year campaign will come to close today when the first spadeful of earth in the construction of the St. Law renee River bridge at the Thousand Islands is turned. The bridge will be the only vehicular structure between Niagara Falls and Montreal. We have described the bridge and where it will be located several times in these columns. As matter of actual fact there will be sev- eral spans to the bridge, each of them linking islands and all providing via duct across the river at one of it's most picturesque points. It's long-awaited improvement.