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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, August /. - Manhat-
tan is more of a movie center
than most celluloid addicts imagine.
New York has none of the flam-
boyant film activity OF the west
coast cinema capital, but the max
ing and producing of motion pic
lures is in prograss here the year
round.
There are seven full-fledged mo-
ton picture studios operating
within the Gotham vicinity - the
Paramounts Astoria film factory,
the West Coast Service Studio on
57th Street where so many of the
local screen tests are made for the
Hollywood big-wigs, the Du-Art
Studio, Mountaineering Fox's
studio on Tenth Avenue and War
ner Brothers Vitaphone Studio,
located among the farflung sub
urbs Of Brooklyn.
Within another year the largest
motion picture studio ever to be
erected in New York will be going
| full blast at seth Street, where
Notwithstanding Fox now has
its temporary Manhattan cinema
shop. The studio will passes the
latest in streamlined camera
equipment, and in all possibility
some of the major pictures of the
next few years will be filmed here
in New York only a few blocks away
from the Broadway hurley hurley.
Monastery Studio
Nose of the foreign Language
pictures made In the United States
are filmed here by the Hudson -
Spanish, Yiddish, Czechoslovakian,
Ukranian and Italian movies are
| turned out in profusion. At the
present time two are in productions,
one of them Ukranian musical,
Loves of Marusia" and the other
Yiddish film epic. The latter.
incidentally, Is ION location" out
at the eBnedict Fathers Monastery
at Dover, N. j., the padres having
turned over the premises TO the
Kiddish Gables and Carlos, in
Guiding Moishe Oisher, the singing
star of the picture.
A conservative estimate would
place the number OF folk actually
toiling In the production of pictures
in New York we'll over 1000. All Of
the major newsreels Metrotone
News, Universal, Twentieth Century
Fox, Paramount and Pathe - have
their main offices and crews here.
New York Is the only city in the
country where every single newsreed
maintains constant 24-hour shift,
and all OF the actual developing and
printing of neWsreels is accom-
plished In the midtown sector.
Films Developed Here
| For that matter, most OF the big
gest films made in Hollywood are
printed in Manhattan, and not on
the coast. The master negative Is
shipped here Immediately following
a films completion, and the reels
themselves, which are distributed
10 the four corners OF the globe, are
developed in the midtown labora-
tories. The Deluxe Laboratory
and Consolidated Film Laboratory
are two names you'll never find In
the nations movie gazettss, but they
are the hfe-blood Of the industry.
1t is they who actually bring the
Shirley Temples and Luise Rainers
TO life.
The majority Of the shorts" are
made here in New York City also.
Warner Brothers Brooklyn cinema
center Is veritable beehive OF ac-
tivity. turning out over rs per cent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01

Connecticut Light and Power Com
pany surveyed the floor space of the
house and then said, "Well charge
you so much per month for the priv
ilege Of serving you electricity at
this place" The bigger the place the
bigger the charge. 1t didn't make
any difference how many outlets or
conveniences there were for the use
of electricity.
The company argued, you have a
big house and we're going to soak
you" 1t would have been just as
sensible for the man at the gasoline
pump to charge more per gallon for
putting gasoline into a big car than
into little one.
There might have been some
equity In charge based upon the
number Of electric outlets of the
potential use Of electricity. The
floor space in a house to be served
was simply none Of the Power Com
pany's business and had no direct
relationship to the amount Of elec-
tricity which the company might be
called upon to furnish. That de-
pended on the number of outlets
No matter how big the house was,
If 1t had only one outlet 1t couldn't
use more than the capacity of that
outlet. Nor was the company called
upon to provide more wires, dyna-
mos and transformers than would
be necessary to serve that outlet.
1t was an arbitrary charge. The
fact that on the whole 1t worked out
so that people were not mulcted I'M
duly for their electricity had no
thing to do with the case. A man
may spend dollar cheerfully for
something he wants. yet fight like
a lion at being cheated out Of a
penny.
The company in this case was
arbitrarily cheating its customers
and the customers resented 1t. 1t
would have been an act of good
politics and good craftsmanship for
the Connecticut Light and Power
Company to have gotten rid of that
area charge ten years ago. That
they did get rid OF 1t finally shows
that they are waking up to the fact
that they can no longer depend up
on the legislature to iron out their
public relations with a steam roller,
as in the grand old days of J. Henry
Roraback.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
Queen Marie

Marie Of Rumania was unquestionably
the most interesting queen of modern
times. She was beautiful. She had
brains and intelligence. 1t was natural
that she should escape the bounds that
usually keep royal ladies to a limited
routine and should do startling and spec
tacular things.
1t is said that Queen Marie's popular
ity and success went to her head and that
ambition drove her to seek more power
than she was able to handle She made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
A Book a Day
Julie Loved
a Jail-Bird
BY BRUCE CATION

BY BRUCE CATION
If you remember Francis Stuart
for his Incompatible Pigeon Irish"
and "Colored Dome" you will have
fair warning of the erie sort OF
story awaiting you in his newest
novel, Julie" (Knopf: $3.50.
1t Is possible that you may not
like the book. Certainly, the hero
inc, Julie, Is an erratic figure, and
Goldberg, the one man she follows
to the end Of her days, Is an in
veterate criminal with a vulgarity
all his own. Portions of the book
are thoroughly sordid.
But this much Is sure. You will
not likely lay down the novel un-
I'll you've raced along to the last
page, for Mr.. Stuart has told here
an intensely human story, pathetic,
gripping. One will go far to match
his superb characterizations and the
poetic quality Of his mystic divina-
tons.
Julie is pitiable type, forever
losing herself In the wild currents
OF passion. AS child she had I'M
dergone serious. brain operation
and recovered. But she has never
wholly adjusted herself psychology
ically, sacrificing everything for the
alteration Of a queer, inarticulate
little jail-bird." Where this mental
quirk eventually leads her, Of course,
81 Mr.. Staurt's story.
In many respects this Is the best
novel yet to come from the unusual
Mr.. Stuart OF Australia.-P. q. r.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 1l:07 p m. daylight time).
Sun rises SAT a. m; sets 500 p. m. day
light time).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
High tide at Milford Tuesday, August 2.
1852 p. M; low tide, 1904 p. m. daylight
time).
Moons phases-first quarter, Aug. 2, 9:52 p.
m; full moon, Aug. II, 1:49 a. m; last quar-
ter, Aug. 10, 4:22 p. m; new moon, Aug. Is,
700 a. m. daylight time).
Morning stars-Mars, Jupiter. Saturn; eve
ning-Mercury, Venus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01

We we're wrong in stating that the new
electrical rates in Waterbury will be pro-
rated in the first bills sent out under the
new terms. The rate goes into effect Aug.
l and all bills sent out after that date,
whether service goes back into July will
have the benefit of the elimination of
the fixed charge in it's entirety. So from
now on youse gals and guys can start
figuring out how much the good old c.
L. & P. Co. is saving you a month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01

Cdn you answer scVcH VI
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.
/. Does the Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court cast his vote only
In case Of tie?
2. Will a dead human body con-
duct electricity?
3. What is a seismograph?
4. Was New Hampshire one Of
the thirteen original states?
S. Who were the finalists in the
1888 English women's singles cham
pionship at Wimbledon?
6. In the reign of which Roman
emperor did Rome burn?
7. What is the plural form Of the
word bacterium?
g. How can the area OF circle
be determined?
8. What is the name of the al
10y Of copper and tin?
10. Which planet of the solar
system Is nearest to the sun?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Erotic is pronounced e-rot'-ic;
not er'-Ot-ic.

A. There is very good one. with
many relics OF George Washington
and the American Revolution.
@. Do all kinds Of oysters pro-
duce valuable pearls?
A. While many kinds OF oysters
make pearls, only those produced
by mollusks possessing special type
of shell, with an inner lining of
mother-of-pearl, are In demand.
@. Who is the American minister
to Latvia?
A. Frederick Augustine Sterling.
@. How are signet or emblem
rings usually worn?
A. So that the figure may be
easily distinguishable by the person
opposite.
@. Who received the $1,000 Ross
1888 award Of the American Bar as
ISOLATION, for the best paper on the
discussion Of some important topic
in the field Of law and the admins
tration of justice?
A. Albert e. Stephens Of Oregon.
His subject was 1.-THE Extent to
Which Fact-Finding Boards Should
Be Bound by Rules Of Evidence"
@. What were the principal
causes Of strikes In 1887?
A. Union organization issues such
as recognition, closed shop, and dis
elimination.
@. What Is the total amount of
home owners' mortgages that the
federal government can insure un-
der the act passed in the last ses-
sion Of congress?
A. The total amount is fixed at
two billion dollars In the bill, ex-
cept that 1t may be increased to
three billion with the approval of
the president.
@. How many students have been
helped by the National Youth Ad-
ministration this scholastic year?
A. The administration has given
financial assistance to $4,000 stud
ents, including $4,000 high school
pupils, $4,000 college and under
graduates, and $500 graduate stud
ents.
@. Does the label "pre-shrunk"
guarantee that the garment will
not shrink any further7
A. No; 1t merely states that some
shrinking has taken place.
II you want copy of our book
let THE DOG AND CAT BOOK"
write to the Waterbury Demo-
Gratis Washington Bureau, 1918
Thirteenth Street, Washington,
D. G. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
Area Charge
Equitable But Unpopular" Description of Fixed
Electric Rate tradicted-Arbitrary
Charge Claims Bridgeport Editor.
BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM

The Meriden Daily Journal says
that the area charge which has
been abandoned by the Connecti-
cut Light and Power Company In a
number of Connecticut cities was
scientifically equitable but unpopu-
lar. Few persons understood it."
1t was unpopular simply because
it was negotiable and we think
nearly everybody understood it,
with all due respect to our Meriden
contemporary.
1t was a fiat charge based on the
size of the house which was to be
served with electric current. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01

Speaking of "world flights" an avia-
tor says, "Some day I'm going to fly
around the world from New York, down
along the Atlantic Coast, west along the
Mexican border, north along the Pacific
Coast, then east and back to New York
by way of the Canadian border. and the
Great Lakes"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
Selected Poem
CRICKET

CRICKET
Frances Frost in the New York Sum
The young and happy cloVer-hidden cricket
Fiddling first summer by the cellar-Wall
Conceals in his odd head no thought of autumn.
Here's grass and he has legs and wings; that's ALL
That there will be three silences. the final
Hush his doom beyond the third hard frost,
He does not dream. The clover blooms, quick blow
ing,
Shake over him: here's sun-and nothng's lost
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01

o ftaht company's musical shorts. Ed
ucational Pictures, RKO. Twentieth
Century and Universal are other
major outfits turning out program
filters in the East. Betty Boop"
and those "Looney Tune" animated
films are made on Broadway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01

The current Roosevelt dynasty is GER
tainly carrying out the Theodore Roose-
welt doctrine of anti-race-suicide. And
why don't the Franklin D. Juniors name
that boy for Great-Uncle Ted?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
Green's Refusal To Sit Down At Same
Table With Lewis BoIks Business-Lobor
Treaty; White House Gets Blame for De-
feat of Maverick in Texas Primary Bottle

WASHINGTON, August = far-reaching secret
plan to bring national business and labor leaders together
under government auspices to work out cooperative
program industrial stability being scuttled by the
ferocouS A. F of Lie. I 0. vendetta.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
A Thought for Today

60 we thy people and sheep Of thy pasture
will give thee thanks for ever: will shew forth
thy praise to all OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1913
Praise is the best auxiliary to prayer.-Mel-
Vile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
Questions and
Answers
Copyrisht isss. MA
By Frederick Nj. Kerby

Enclose three-cent stamp for
reply when addressing any ques-
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Waterbury Democrats Service Bu-
reau at Washington. Legal and
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dressed TO the WATERBURY
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REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street,
Washington, d. c.
THE EDITOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01

@. Where is Tyrol?
A. 1t Is province in the west
ern part of the former republic Of
Austria, 1882 square miles in area,
and bounded on the north by Ba-
varia, on the east by Salzburg and
Carinthia, on the south by Italian
Tyrol and on the west by Vorarlberg.
@. I am a native born United
States citizen. Two years ago mar
ried citizen Of Norway who has
lived in the United States for many
years. We wish to visit his relatives
in Norway this summer and I want
to know If I should use a passport
issued by the United States or one
issued by Norway?
A. The passport division of the
U s. Department of State says you
should use United States passport.
@. Is there q museum at Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01
Test Y ur
knowledge

Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-01

II you want copy Of our book
let THE DOG AND CAT BOOK"
write to the Waterbury Demo-
Gratis Washington Bureau, 1918
Thirteenth Street, Washington,
d. G. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
WATERWAYS VESSEL
BU rms, AND SINKS
Captain and Crew of Six
Reach Safety AS Boat
Sinks Near Wilmington

Wilmington, Feb. 1-(AP)-Inland
Waterways motor vessel Thelsea, 1O7
tons, burned and sank in the Cape
Fear river five miles south of Will
mington early today. The captain and
crew of six men, all of Norfolk escap-
ed unhurt.
The craft was owned by the Nor
folk, Baltimore and Carolina Lines,
with head offices in Baltimore. 1t car
ried fifty tons of cargo, all of which
was lost. 1t was bound to Wilmington,
on a weekly schedule between Will
mington and Norfolk.
Captain H. A. Toler, of Norfolk, Va,
said he did not know the origin of the
fire. The flames began in the cargo.
crept up around lie smokestack and
spread rapidly, he said. The fire was
discovered about lis a. m. The craft
burned to the waters edge. The crew
managed to partially beach the vessel,
but it sank in eight feet of water near
the west bank of the river.
The captain and crew took life
boat and rowed eight miles down
stream to a plantation and remained
there during the night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
All Purchases Using State
or Local Funds Must Go
Through State
Division
ALLOW NO PURCHASE
FOR PERSONAL USE
Carolina Inn and Co-Opera-
tive Store at Chapel Hill
Not Included; Division of
Purchase and Contract In
Charge of All Buying

Raleigh, Feb. 1.-(AP)-Attorney
General A. A. F. Seawell, ruled to-
day that all purchases made FOR the
operation of public schools where the
payments are from State or local
funds, must be subject to control Of
State Division of Purchase and Con.
tract.
seawell answered seven questions
asked by Benson Stacy, director of
the division
Other ruling included:
1. The division has authority to re-
iect acquisitions on the grounds that
supplies wanted are of higher quality
than standard fired by the division,
though the division can vary specif:-
cations.
2. That cooperative or semi-indepen-
dent state agencies such as the Caro-
lima Inn and Cooperative Store at
Chapel Hill do not come under the di-
vision in making purchases for max
ing resales, using funds that are not
provided by State appropriations
3. That no purchases can be allowed
for personal use by any State en-
ployees using their private funds to
buy under terms of contracts made
by the division for State supplies.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
4G0[D-SH|RTS" NO
THREAT IN MEXICO
Four Men Killed in Gun
Fights Along U. S. Border;-
Capital Is Calm

Mexico, Feb. (AP)-The deatn OF
four men in gun fights along the u
S. border failed to shake this capltals
calm today despite reports OF tasclst-
inclined "gold-shirts' participation IN
the clashes. From several polnts
along the frontier came rumors tn%
major political developments were
impending" but they were given nt-
tie credence here, where it was SAID
the time was not ripe.
The outlaw "gold shirts" in Mexico
closest appropriation to Fascism.
The capital recalled, however, the
often repeated but seldom realized
threat of General Nicholas Rodriguez,
organizer and leader of the "gold
shirts" whom President Cardenas
exiled in 1886, to send his followers
marching on Mexico City to "save the
country from communism"
Rodriguez said his men number
from 10000 to 100000, but observers
here said that demonstrations in their
heyday never mustered more than 81
600. They discounted the organization
as an important factor in Mexican
politics. ..-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
Estimated Cost of All Acct
dents Placed at So, 7OO,-
100000 for En-
tire Nation
TRAFFIC DEATHS AT
AN ALL-TIME HIGH
80, 7OG Lose Lives in Such
Accidents; Major Disasters
Play Little Part In Total;
New London, Texas, School
Explosion Greatest Dis
aStef

Chicago. Feb. 1.-(APD-Accide
deaths cost the nation 100000 lives in
1887, the National Safety Council
computed today in setting an annual
all-time high of 39,7OO deaths in the
traffic field.
The permanently injured were esti-
mated at $4,000, temporary injured at
100000.
This "gruesome jamboree of kill
ing" the council said set up bill
of $780, 100000.
It was broken down into $2,55O, ,0OO,-
600 in wage loss, and medical ex-
penses, $S7O,OO0,O0O in property dam
age in traffic accidents, and $285,OOO,
OO0 property lost in fires.
Despite a four per cent drop from
1895 in total deaths, the toll was high
er than in any preceding year. Coun-
Gil staticians attributed the decreasi
largely to a mild summer which re-
duced heat deaths by about 4,5O0.
An encouraging phase" was
sharp decline in the child acclden
death rate.
A decline of Is per cent for children
under 15 Adults accidental death de,
creased three per cent.
Major disasters had little effect or
the grand total. Notable however
were school explosion in New London
Texas. in March, claiming 294 lives
and the TIindenburg dirigible explos
ion in which 35 passengers were lost
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
497 TAR HEELS GET
UNEMPLOYMENT PAY

washington, Feb. LAP = The
social security board announced to-
day unemployment benefit checks
totaling $150,387 were sent to 14,908
eligible unemployed workers in 10
states during the first five days of
benefits.
The board said telegraphic reports
based on figures compiled by state un-
employment compensation administra-
tors covering check distributions thro-
ugh January % showed payment OF
$3,564 to 497 recipients in North Caro-
lima and $3,581 to 474 in Virginia.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
Armies Clash in Hand To
Hand Struggle; Both
Sides Claim Heavy
Losses to Enemy
OAHULEAVES NANKING
FOR FUEL, SUPPLIES
Japanese Claim They Have
Pushed Chinese North
ward Toward Pengpu,
Next Jap Objective I'M
March on Suchow; North
ern Sector Is Quiet

SHANGHAI. Feb. 1.-(AP)-Chinese
ord 1ananese armies clashed hand to
hand today in a struggle for the 13O
mile wide corridor, separating areas
1onanese have conquered in almost
coron months of undeclared warfare.
The engagement centered along the
so,thern border of the corridor near
Mingkwang, IS miles northwest of
Nanking. Chinese and Japanese re-
norts of the battles are at odds, with
10Th sides calms taking heavy toll
of enemy lives.
Near Mingkwang, Chinese told OF
renelling Japanese after repeated
bayonet charges against troop rem.
forcements. tanks and airplanes.
Japanese, however, said they push
od chinese northward toward Peng-
MI next objective in the Japanese
drive toward Suchow.
The northern border of the Chinese
corridor was apparently quiet.
Japanese officials in Shanghai con-
tinued to press Investigations OF con-
ditions at Nanking, which had been
protested from the United States gov
arnment. The United States gunEoat
Oshu. which had been at anchor at
Marking since the reopening OF the
limited States Embassy, after Japan
ese conquest of the city, was to leave
for Shanghai for fuel and supplies.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
South and Central
Are New Markets
for N. c. Tobacco

Raleigh, Feb. 1.-(AFD-W. p. Hen.
drick. tobacco marketing specialist of
the State Agriculture Department.
said today that opening of two mar
kets for tobacco in Central and South
America should mean much to North
Carolina growers.
cat present. said Hendrick, "Cen-
trail and South America seem to be
our most promising new market
Benefits to North Carolina tobacc }
growers will depend upon the speed
with which statesmen open up that
field. Increase consumption of tobac-
CO by the British has also helped to-
bacco growers in North Carolina, .
Hendrick said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
N. c. DEMOCRATS TO
BANQUET T RIDAY
~ I 49, =
All Members of States 13
Man Delegation in Wash
ington to Attend

washington, Feb. / (AP)-Members
of the North Carolina Congressional
delegation will be guests of honor at
the North Carolina Democratic club
at a banquet Friday night which will
have an All Tar Heel atmosphere.
All members of the States 13 man
delegation have accepted invitations
as have other North Carolina Demo
Gratis, who hold high government posi-
tions in Washington.
Sponsors have announced party per-
sonalities will be forgotten. United
States Senator Robert Reynolds will,
under the seating arrangement, be
only two seats from Representative
Hancock, of Oxford, his announced OPP
ponent for denomination in the State
primary this year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
H0EY GIVES OATH
TO COURT JUDGE
First Time in Years, If Ever,
Governor Has Sworn In
Superior Judge

Raleigh, Feb. 1 (AP)-An unusual
ceremony with Governor Hoey admin
istering the oath of office to Everett
thompson, of Elizabeth City, recent
ly appointed Superior Court Judge
was set for the governors office THIS
afternoon.
Thompson, appointed to succeed
Judoe Walter l.. Small, asked person
allv that the Governor administer the
oath.
Judge Thompson will hold his first
court in Granville county starting
Monday.
Hoey had the Attorney. General look
up the legality of such procedure ana
announced that he would give the
oath.
Veteran state attaches said it would
he the first time in 20 or more years
that a governor had sworn in judge
if it had ever been done before.