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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-03
He Wasn't Notified
Officer Tells Court

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 3
G.N.SD.-His vacation proved a
source of embarrassment for
Patrolman Watts Gulan and cost
him SIS and costs today. Officers
found an automobile parked by a
fireplug and towed it to head
quarters. 1t belonged to Gulan.
He explained:
I've been on vacation and
didn't know traffic regulations
were being enforced"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-03
Ten Pickets Are Jailed

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 3 (U.SD.
Ten strike pickets at the Enter.
prise Manuf acturing Company
were arrested yesterday when po-
lice said they found weapons in
their automobiles. They were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-03
DEATH HELD ACCIDENT

Coroner A. Magruder MacDon.
aid today issued a certaificate of
accidental death in the case Of
John j. ditto, 26, of 3917 Thir-
tenth st. N. w. He was treated
at Emergency Hospital yesterday
for acid poisoning and died early
this morning. ditto told police he
drank the acid by mistake.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-03

booked on suspicion. The COM
pany has been operating under po-
lice protection since negotiations
to end the strike, called by an az.
filiate of the Steel Workers Or
ganizing Committee, broke out
Evening star., 1937-02-07

THE DELUGE. Leaping its banks near
the embattled city Of Cairo. the raging Ohio
sweeps suddenly across the Illinois Central
tracks. crippling operation with washouts
car. Photo.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

THE ANXIOUS
SEARCH. Seeking
knowledge Of missing
kinfolk, these flood
refugees in the miss
ing persons bureau at
Louisville tell the
desperate story in
their faces.
0Wide World.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29

a job on the levee and quickly changed his mind about his future. He had become fascinated by the songs.-had decided to transpose their plaintive, simple beauty into orchestral music.
 "St. Louis Blues" was first scrlb- bled on a cigar box. Handy had planned to publish the work on his own account and wanted 10000 copies, which would cost $100 But he had only $2O in cash. After some search he found a printer in Gin. cinnati to turn out the copies on the strength of a $20 deposit. He sold the original shipment of 2.000 copies at five cents each within few days after their arrival, which gave him enough cash to pay for the rest of the order.
 Enlarging his publishing activi. ties, he formed a partnership with one Pace. an official in a Memphis bank. Confident he had something out of the ordinary in music, Handy sought to interest the photograph companies. But the recording rajahs of that period, could see nothing in "St. Louis Blues" They told him blues was a fad that would soon die.
 It was long uphill battle for. Handy, Eventually, several blues singers used 1t in their acts and little by little 1t began to gain rec. ognition. It was not long before 1t was sweeping the country. Up to this year more than a million copies of the piece have been sold. It holds the record for recordings. its total sales In this field exceeding 2.000, ,000. It is now definitely an American classic-'the only blues that is, -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
HOPEVILLE CLUB
 STAGING BAZAAR
Three,Night Event Opens at Club House TOmOr.
 row Evening

Everything is in readiness for the annual bazaar of the Hopeville com- munity club which will be held in the club home on Baldwin street on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of this week Booths are being erected In the downstairs rooms, while bingo and refreshment stands will be upstairs. There will be danc- Ing every evening, music being fur nished by Lex Ahlberg's "Esquires," l." It Is expected that the various col ored booths and decorations will at. tract a large crowd, and the bazaar atmosphere will prevail in the club rooms. Admission to the bazaar will be free.
 Raymond E. French, chairman of the activities committee, has an nounced his committee for this af. fair, and asks that each member at- tend q meeting to be held in the club rooms on Wednesday evening when final preparations will be made. The members of the commit. tee are as follows: Fred Baker, Har- vey Pelletier, Cornelius Holland, Sr, George Doderer, A. II. Blanchard Burton Walter, William O'Keefe. John Grady, sr., William Muus, WI. Ham Pelletier, Walter Wilmot, Roy Dubuque, Alex Mazzarella, James Cameron, Ernest Glastre, Joseph Pilkington, Miss Anna Sweeney, Miss Mary Gaflney, Mrs, Ellis Akins, Mrs Ray French, Mrs. Fred Boucher, Mrs, Alice Gallond, Miss Annie Lewis, Mrs. Joseph Monerat, Mrs Fred Baker, Miss Mary Mazzarella, Mrs. Angelo Rotella and Mrs. Burton Walker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29

Denial of the charge that he had issued O statement attributed to him by Louis Nejame, of the Syrian and American Lebanon club, was made today by Naim Rizk, former off, cer of the club and the delegate chosen by the club as representative at the annual convention at Troy, N. Y.
 There was no mention of taking sides in the coming campaign in the story which appeared In The Waterbury Democrat concerning my appointment as delegate to the con- Vention," MT, Rizk declared: "The story stated that: It was voted that the members of the club take an active and vigorous part in the cam paign,' That Is the only reference made to political activity and fail to see why the Waterbury Republi- can and the American should at- tempt to make political capital of @ statement which was intended to mean only that, as always, the citi- zens of Syrian extraction in Water- bury will take an active part in vot- Ing, continuing tEeir interest in the best conduct of city affairs"
 Letter Published
 MT. Rizk's reference is to a let ter written by MT. Nejame which appeared in the Republican and American on successive days, in which the writer claimed; "The Syrian and Lebanon-A American club wishes to reject the statement made referring to the club taking an active part In the political cam paign."
 The writer continued to remark the fact, earlier pointed out in MT, Rizk's statement in The Democrat, that during the past the club has left the voting up to the better Judgment of each individual mem- Der ..
 The statement made originally by MT. Ri2k, as 1t appeared in The Democrat, contained only one refer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29

WILLIAM c. HANDY may we'll w claim title to the term "Bather Of The Blues" As composer of "St. Louis Blues," Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues" and other folkish American music, he created Q pattern from which jazz and swing music derive
 Now, nearly quarter of Q cen. tury after "St. Louis Blues was composed, a symphonic arrangement has been completed after five years work, and the plaintive negro mel. ody may soon take its place on American concert programs-com. panion piece, perhaps, to Dvorak's "New World Symphony"
 Handy continues to win honors for the work Recently the St.. Louis Music Association and the National Association of Negro Mu. sicians presented him with a plaque for his composition. Handy Is a high ranking member of the Ameri. can Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, (ASCAP). the or. ganiSation which protects the per. forming rights of America's crea. tors of music.
 The high honors heaped upon the est. Louis Blues" were not predict. able when 1t was composed in 1913. Handy, Q native of Florence, Ala. bama, conceived the idea for his in. digo tribute to St. Louis ten years before 1t was written. Strolling along the river front of the city looking for a job, he heard the melan. choly chants of negro levee workers. He needed money to complete his education for the ministry. He got
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
In The Local ThedteYS
STATE

' Performances today and toinor. row conclude the engagement of "Dead End" and "Footloose Heiress" two feature attractions at Warner Brothers State that you will want Q see. Because of the long line of out- standing screen attractions booked for immediate presentation at the State 1t will be impossible for the management of this popular theater to "hold-over' any more of the big attractions being presented weekly. This information is passed along 90 that movie fans can plan according ly, and that they may be appraised of the fact that a new show will be presented each week on Friday and Tuesday. Patrons attending the matinees or early supper shows will be sure of Q seat while late corners, who desire to see only the main fea- ture, will be in time if they arrive at 9:30 p. m. as this is the time the last showing of the main feature is presented nightly.
 Starting Friday the State smashes through with another gala hit in the presentation of Bing Crosbys newest triumph Double or Nothing" in which Martha Kaye has c leading role.
 Scenes you'll remember sons that vii lbe hummed by millions Q heap of good wholesome torn-fool- cry that will tune up your funny bone plus Bing and Martha make Double or Nothing" just about the "tops" in screen entertainment
 Bing and Martha literally lay Q velvet carpet for your approach to the high heaven of fun. They case ually wait seven new sons to starr dom, including, "It's the Natural Thing to Do," ''It's On; It's Off" and "The Moon Got in My Eyes" and All You Want to Do Is Dance" They launch Swing Band" They introduce quick-change night club show that wil make night club his- tory.
 Andy Devine, "gravel-voiced" comedian, is in It, and so is genial William Frawley. With Bing and Martha they make up the four honest fortune hunters who are out to double $6.00o in thirty days. Plotting against them Is Sam HindS whose lovely daughter, played by Mary Carlisle, Is enlisted to entice Bing from finance to romance. 1 Each of the four try on original
 money-inaking scheme. Three Of them fail: Frawley, Q victim of a phcney stock manipulation sired by FIinds; Andy, in a hole-in-one golf enterprise, and Martha in nifty canoe service piloted by chorus girls. This enterprise gives Martha her biggest scene, in which she is backed by a slice of the fleet and breath taking comedy routine. It ends spectacularly with the calling out of . riot squad.
 The companion feature will DO Sophie Lang Goes West" another of those exciting Sophie Lang ad- | venture dramas with Gertrude Michael heading 6 brilliant cast that includes Sandra Storne, Larry Crabhe and Leo Bowman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
MOvieS Playing
 Today
1PoLrs

An interesting and extremely un- usual newspaper story is told in the new picture "The Women Men Marry" which opened at the. Loew Poll theater this Afternoon.
 Produced by Michael Fessier, a former star reporter on Pacific coast newspapers the film Is as di. rect and unexaggerated as a straight news story and as revealing.
 The story presents star reporter assigned to track down a cult of fake mystics. His managing, editor takes advantage of his absence to win his wife. Tn the adventure of his assignment the reporter sees his cameramarl shot to death he realizes that he has lost his wife and then, as might happen in life, he knows that he loves the girl re- porter who has stood by.
 George Murphy, former Broad- way dancing star, is an excellent reporter. Josephine Hutchinson is the girl reporter, and Clin Edwards, the "Ukulele Ike" of stage, screen and radio, is the cameraman. Claire Dodd portrays the reporters un- faithful wife, and Sidney Blackmer is commanding as the managing editor. Others in the cast whose work is uniformly good are John Wray, Peggy Ryan, Helen Jerome Eddy and Toby Wing.
 The director was the efficient Erro1 Taggart = Metro Goldwyn- Mayer went to obvious effort to pro- duce @ true-to-life newspaper story. Scenes in the city room are realis- tic and the characters seem real. The business is conducted with an ordered confusion that every news paperInan will recognize and the pie ttire will do much to straighten out in the public mind the sort of life which an average working newspa- perman lives from day to day. ..
 "The Women Men Marry" was well received this afternoon and certainly evidenced the benefits of Hollywoods new and practical tech- nique. ,.,. ,
 The second big hit on this pro- gram is Harold Bell Wright,s thrill ing, lightning packed drama of "Western Gold" featuring the screens leading singing cowboy, Smith Ballew, and Heather Angel.
 Saturday, Loew's Poli presents the fourth hit of It's greatest movie season, "The Prisoner of zenda," co-starring Ronald Colnan and Madeleine Carroll. ...e,lg..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29

form Subpoenaing telegrams sent and received by the companies. They asserted, in their petition for the high court review, that the act IS an unconstitutional delegation Of authority and an invalid invasion ot personal rights,
 Similarly, the Commodities EX- change Act Is under fire in three suits brought by two members of the Chicago Board o; Trade and the Kansas City Board of Trade itself, in which 1t Is denied that congress has authority to regulate commod- itles futures transactions.
 The only IVA case actually be- fore the court is the petition of the Georgia Power Company for nulli- fcation of the lower court injunc- ton restraining 1t from participate ing with other private utilities in Q different case attacking constitu- tIonality of most of TWAS acts.
 The latter case now Is pending be- fore the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals but Is expected to reach the Supreme Court during the com Ing term.
 Aluminium Case Involved
 The Aluminium company case in wolves the compaay's effort to o5- tain an injunction against the de- partment's prosecuting Its suit in the New York Federal District Court. The company contends that 1t now operates under 0 consent de- cree approved by the Western Penn sylvania District Court in 1912 on conclusion of an earlier antitrust action and that prosecution of the current case in New York consti- tutes an illegal invasion of the Pennsylvania's courts jurisdiction.
 The gold cases were brought by Robert A. Taft Cincinnati attorney and son of William Howard Taft, He charged that the treasury's call was not valid because they refused to pay in gold, offering only the new deValued currency,
 The NLRB cases involve the Bethlehem and Newport News ship building Companies, who contend they do not come under the boards Jurisdiction, The Sit-down strike injunction was issued In connection with labor troubles at the plant of the Apex Hosiery Company In Phll- adelphia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
BAKERS CONVENTION
 COMMITTEE MEETS

Members of the convention com- mittee of the Waterbury bakers who are members of the Connecticut Bakers association met last night to make plans for the third annual convention which will be held in Hartford october G. Adolph Rey- mond presided at the gathering which was held at 2l5 South Elm street.
 Others on the committee are: VII liam V. Lorusso, Adolph StaSkevicis, H. W. Pease, A, Kyrz John zem- browski, George Kuhn and William o. Taylor,
 dustave Schneider Is member of the conventions cake contest com- mittee and Salvatore Spinella is on the convention reception committee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29

cruelty 70 anlmhS to httuCkS Ott constltutionality of the Securities Exchange and Commodities EX- change regulatory acts.
 Among other major questions awaiting the answers of the court are.
 1, Whether the Department Of Justice may continue It's anti trust action to dissolve the Aluminium Company of America for alleged monOpolistlc practices.
 2. How far the Tennessee Valley Authority may go In It's program to lower electricity rates.
 3. Whether Liberty Bond owners who failed to turn In their bonds when they were called by the treas ury two years ago may now col lect in gold on interest coupons
 {. Whether the National Labor Relations Act Is applicable to the shipbuilding industry, and validity of an injunction issued by Q federal district judge against @ threatened sit-doWn strike,
 Watch for New Lineup
 Chief popular interest centered around the courgS so.called "lib- eral conservative" lineup will be during the coming term and what it wlll mean In interpretation ot the Constitution and the laws.
 A question of Interest to all IS that of how Associate Justice Hugo L, Black, ardent New Deal support- or and former senator from Ala bama who was appointed to suc- ceed retired Justice WILLS o, Van- devanted following defeat Of Pres ident Roosevelt's plan to enlarge the courts membership, will com port himself on the bench,
 The court may indicate how much If any, 1t has swung to the liberal side In It's action on an un- puhlicized petition to review Its 1856 ruling holding invalid the Munich pal Bankruptcy Act by a 5 to 4 de- cision.
 The petition, filed by the Merced' Cal irrigation district, says inVan- dation of the act was erroneous and that If the high tribunal should now review the decision, 1t would restore the act to good standing
 Levitt Petition Up
 One of the first rulings the court win be called upon to make will be on the petition of Albert Levitt, former special assistant to Attor- ney General Homer s. Cummings and one-time federal district judge for the Virgin Islands, for permis- sion to bring suit challenging Blacks eligibility to serve on the high bench. Levitt, in a petition, asserted that tho 5l-year-old Alabaman IS oarrea under the Constitution on the grounds that emoluments or the post he fills were increased when congress last spring approved the retirement net under which Vande- Vanter retired,
 Most of the pending petitions Tor reviews of lower court decisions probably will be summarily reJect- cd, as Is the custom.
 SEC Test Awaited
 The attack on validity Of the Be- curities Exchange Act was con tained In group of three suits brought by two Florida oil royalty investment firms who seek perma- nent injunction to prevent the SEC
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
Rifleman Cooper Aims Shot
 At False Ideas On Hollywood
Wants Truth Told About MegaphOne" Directing, Starving
 Extras "Gay" Doings After Sundown

4 "Of course that's silly in this
 advanced age, because these
 guys have all discovered that
 they can make more noise hol-
 lerlng through loud speakers.
 Take extras. People outside Hollywood think of 'eFn as starv- ing and abused actors and acc tresses. Most of 'em are happy, few are ambitious, and regular registered extras make more money than clerks and stenogra- phers. K.
 "Hollywood, now it'S supposed to be . glalnOrous place with some pretty gay doings after ssindown' The fans don't know that they turn off the street lights at mid- night. It's 50 dull that nobody who can escape 1t will stay here over . weekend. o..l 4..
 "It's not a city of stars, either. l doubt if s per cent of the better known players live in Hollywood proper" myl
 His Idea of Fun h" l'.,',...
 Cooper didn't complain. .. about many misconceptions regarding acc tors, except that he, insists. they're not a lot Of crazy spendthrifts. He etimates that T5 per cent of them are saving or investing 76 per cent of their net incomes. .. H
 Of course, your definition oi met income" might not jibe with Mr.. Cooper's. The majority oi players arrive at their net incomes after ;, deducting large sums fol necessities such as swimming pools and iS-room cottages anc large staffs of servants. ..
 Cooper himself Is by no
 means . fair example. His idea
 of . big time ls driving out into
 the country, usually by him.
 self, and shooting jackrabbits
 with . .30..30. a."
 For nocturnal pleasures, 1t seems to me that Hollywood offers just about everything to be found in any city. There are concerts at the Bowl Night club gaiety comes ir all styles and rates. For gambling
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
STRAND

Jack Benny's newest starring hit, Artists and Models" headlines the new show at Warner Brothers Strand today to Saturday and It's a riot of laughs. ..
 And small wonderl With Jack Benny leading a cast of screen and radio stars and hundreds of gor- geous girls, which includes Ida Lu- pino, Gall Patrick, Richard Arlen, Ben Blue. Judy Canova, The Yacht Club Boys, Louis Armstrongs swing orchestra, and Englands most famous and most beautiful model, Sandra Stornne, laugh fans have ample guarantee that they can expect more good, solid chuck les than they'll know what to do withl But just to make sure, Para mount has added, to the already top" cast, speciality acts and rou- tines by such grand stars as Mar. tha Kaye; Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra; Judy, Anne and zeke of radio fame; glorious-voiced Con- nie Boswell; "The Water Waltzers," ," Mary Shepherd and Gloria Whee- den; and the six greatest living American artists--Peter Arno, ere" ator of "The Whoops Sisters; Nc" Clelland Barcley, the Fisher Body Girl" Illustrator; Arthur William Brown; Rube Goldberg: John La Gatta and Russell Patterson!
 Artists and Models" boasts six new song hits--"Whispers in the Dark" Public Melody Number One" Pop Goes the Bubble, "Stopl You're Breaking My Heart Sasha Pasha" and MT. Esquire"
 The companion feature presents Edward. Everett Horton in "Wild Money" with Lynne overman, Por- ter Hall, Louise Campbell, Benny Baker and Ruth Coleman. Eddie holds the purse-strings, and how! He's e penny pincher for a news. paper till he decides to try his hand at reporting-then things begin to happen, and they all cost money.
 It's a great double feature pro. gram. Try to find time to see t before 1t closes on Saturday night
 
 Nearly 60 airplanes took part ti1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
IARRADOR IMPORTS ICE

Battle Harbor, Labrador - (U.Po Labrador, usually pictured as a land of perpetual ice and snow, is importing ice. A scarcity of ice- bergs in the Strait of Belle Isle has farced fishermen to import ice from Canada to pack salmon catch eS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
REVOLVER LEAGUE
 NAMES OFFICIALS

Superintendent of Police William ]. Roach and Postmaster Charles A. Babin have been honored by the re- gently organized Revolver League of Connecticut, according to an a1- nouncement made in this city by Napoleon Patry, president of the league and c prominent New Haven banker.
 supt. Roach has been made an assistant director of the league, while Mir. Babin has been named an assistant director in the postal divi- siofA
 Waterbury will get another ape pointment shortly, member from military circles to be chosen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
BY PAUL HARRISON

NEA Service staff Correspondent
 Hollywood Gary Cooper is @ great fellow for keeping his eyes open and his mouth shut. If ever you walk on a sound stage and see him chat ting with anything like animation its a ten-to-one shot that he's talk ing about dogs, cars or guns. Or maybe all three. .I.
 The other day, though, he got to enumerating with some heat Q lot of popular misconceptions about Hollywood. What started him along that line seems to have been Q printed cartoon in which a movie photographer was shown cranking. camera. .-a . .
 Cooper knows something of car- tooning, having been 8 newspaper artist himself once, and wishes that cartoonists and illustrators and writers-would try to show Holly wood as 1t is. r3r .y.',..
 Millions of people, he feels sure, believe that directors still carry megaphones as symbol of their au- thority, and they shout through these things ct the players. ~
 Looking at me. (though I'm in- nocent), Director Archie Mayo ob- served that some Hollywood corre- spondents use the word mega phone" as e synonym for direct" Like this: Archie Mayo is mega. phoning Adventures of Marco Po-
 sS"s" Extra Happiness en,i,.
 Other trademarks which directors can't live down are fancy pants-- either plus s-fours or riding brooches and boots. 0. B. DeNGille is the last of the boot.wearers. And not since e director named Rupert Julian ap. peared in red, blue and yellow checkered plus-fours has any other movie -lnaker been. found dead or alive in knickers. #
 Cooper said: Assistant directors are supposed to carry mega phones, too, and to wear caps turned around backward, and to 90 around hollering 'Quietl' ell the time. n