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Evening star., 1938-01-01
Bombing of Panay
At Trans.Lux.

or PRINCIPAL note on the Trans
Lux screen this week is, of course
the sinking Of the U. S. S. Panay by
japanese bombing planes. These
auxiously awaited films, taken from
the gunboat itself during the attack,
give a graphic account Of the Incl
dent" and prove to be some of the
most sensational since the Hinden-
burg explosion. The lens flashes
over valiant though futile machine
gun defense by sailors, abandoning
of ship, the survivors and the wound
ed seeking refuge in the brush.
On the Western Hemisphere SEN
ator Nye declares that this is no time
to heckle business" and Assistant
Attorney General Robert H. Jack
son speaks in opposition to monopoly
Construction of the Bonneville Dam
in Oregon nears completion, and the
Pennsylvania Railroad extends its
electrifcation program. In Italy the
River Tiber overflows and sends near
by residents scuttling for safety at
about the same time that Pathe is
photographing the rescue of 500 per-
sons from the liner President Hoover
at Formosa in the Far East.
The sports world offers diverting
glimpses Of bathing BEAUTIES playing
a new game, loop tennis" in Cali
fornia; ski golfers teeing of in Ore
gon, wrestlers teaming up for bouts,
four at time, in Seattle, Wash, and
informative shots on how q champion
Chesapeake Bay retriever performs,
as exemplif1ed by the champ of 'em
all going through his trials for the
next competitions.
Charlie Mccarthy spends a day at
the races with the usual Mccarthy
nonsense to head the list of feature
reels. Then there are Unusual Oc-
cupations," Xavier Cugat and his
torrid rhumba rhythms in a musical
specially and, naturally. the cartoon
of the week, which this time is Little
Red Walking Hood" is.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

fine snowy white: killer who has
risen to gang power on the wings of an
ego inflated by Napoleon complex
1t is not exactly a pleasant fellow Mr.
Robinson plays and he apparently has
taken keen delight in developing to the
fullest every unpleasant facet of the
character.
He is the clustering, boasting, ego
maniacal thug only he can be when
he returns from the old country with
the bride he has chosen by eugenics
and he snarls his way through 10
years of Alcatraz so enthusiastically
you almost have sympathy for him
when he repents in his plan to make
his son his understudy 1t is very nice
that Mr. Robinsons mobster has q
moment when he is right guy after
all, but he has been such a heel all
along you sort of feel he might have
changed his mind and come back fol
the boy had he not been shot dead in
the rain.
THE rest of The Last Gangster" is
not quite SO satisfying as is Mr..
Robinson's portrayal of the last gang
ster. Not that it has any particularly
serious shortcomings, for it is action
melodrama which becomes pretty ex-
cited now and again, but it just seems
to fall below par in a couple OF
aspects. For one thing there are too
many stock gunner and other char
acters about, who always do the things
you expect of them the way you ex-
pect them to do them. And another
thing is that Mr.. James Stewart is not
very convincing as the newspaper man
who quits his job, marries the last
gangster's ex-wife, and becomes a
managing editor in those same 10 years
that Mr. Robinson is aging away on
"the rock"
Miss Rose Stradner, an M-G-M i'm
portation from foreign soil, is cast as
the wife from the old country, per-
mitted to have trouble with her English
to cover up her accent and probable
real difficulties with the language
She doesn't have a whole lot to do ex-
cept look happy while she is married
(both times) and unhappy when she
learns the kind of a thug her first
husband is, but she does these things
well and it is easy to see why M-G-M
imported her.
*
THE Hollywood Band Wagon" revue
brings 8 lot that is entertaining to
the capitol stage It's bright and fast
moving and has comedy, pretty girls,
singing, dancing, colorful sets and all
the things revue should have.
Most Of the comedy is contributed by
a chap named Lou Costello, who has
come up from Americas music halls
and deserves a SPOT in anybody's show.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

good entertainment for those who
enjoy service pictures and for many
who merely enjoy their thrills.
Frank McHugh deserves particular
attention in the acting department
for his humorous efforts, which are
pleasant relief to the steel and
water phases of the picture. Pat
O'Brien plays the chief petty officer
who loses his position on the super
sub to bitter but determined rival
Wayne Morris, saves him with the
lung" relinquishes the girl in the
case, Doris Weston. Messrs O'Brien
and McHugh do well, very well, with
their assignments; the others are ade-
quate. G. A. M,
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Where and When
|Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National - Spring Thaw," new
comedy with Roland Young; 2:30 and
$50 pm.
Palace-"Rosalie," Nelson Eddy and
Eleanor Powell in a lavishly produced
musical: 11:10 am, las, 4:20, 6:55
and $50 pm.
Keith's-"A Damsel in Distress" I"
Mr.. Astaire returns, with Burns and
Allen: 1:01, 2:28, 4:55, 1922 and 9:49
pm.
Capitol-"The Last Gangster," Ed
ward g. Robinson and the introduce
ton Of Rose Stradner: IL am, las,
4:30, tbs and 10 pm. Stage shows:
12:40, 2:25. 6:10 and 8:55 pm.
Earle-"Tovarich," comedy of
Russian nobility turned servants:
1890 am, 1:22, AIS, 7:10 and 1905
pm. Stage shows: 1922, 3:16, 6:10
and 9:05 pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. D-l," an
undersea thriller: 1l:15 am, 1:20,
$3.50, $40, 7:50 and 1905 pm.
Columbia-"Nothing Sacred" Lom-
bard and March singing fists: IL
noon, 2:05, 4, $40, sos and 1915
pm.
Tras-Lux-News and shorts. Show
runs l hour and Is minutes, continu-
ously from 10 am. to midnight.
Theodore Goes Wild" re-
vival Of one of last years maddest
comedies: IL am, 1903. 3:11, 5:2l,
1885 and 9:42 pm. "The River:
1899, 2:4l, 4:50. 7:01 and 9:12 pm.
Ambassador-"Tov :25, $3.50
6:35. TAO and $50 pm.
Penn-"Double Wedding" 10y steals
Powell to save" her sister: l 80, $50,
$50, 7:30 and $50 pm.
Uptown-"The Firefy," jeanette
Macdonald, the Friml music: 1:2O,
4:05, $50 and 9:35 pm.
Sheridan-"Navy Blue and Gold, u
young love and the Army Navy game:
1:25, 3:25. 5:25. 7:25 and 9:25 pm.
Tivoli-"Double Wedding: /, 2:45
4:30, $40. 8:05 and 10 pm.
Howard-"Alcatraz," life and love
at the United States super prison.:
1890, 3, $3.50, 8 and 1890 pm. Stage
shows: las. AIS. 6:45 and e:l5 pm
Evening star., 1938-01-01

mains in the city of mag
4 \ nificent distances, for an
other week, continuing to hold forth
at the Palace. Almost staggering in
its lavishness, the production succeeds
in providing a number of entertaining
interludes. which is to the good, sue
ceeds, too, in losing the appeal of a
tender love story on enormous sets.
For the gargantuan. the producers
have Strived. They have achieved it
to degree that is transcendent, even
by the Hollywood standard. They
have in the process, however, dwarfed
the principal performers, dwarfed a
light-hearted romantic tale, made a
picture sometimes guilty of dullness.
Eleanor Powell, of course, is an ex-
cellent tap dancer. This time she
demonstrates her talent on a series of
huge drums (even the smallest is
huge. Nelson Eddy is an excellent
singer, and he demonstrates his talents
convincingly here, too, but one can
not quite feel the glow of love between
them, partly because Of the glitter,
partly because Miss Powell and Mr..
Eddy are better at dancing and sing
ing than they are at acting, and the
story required considerable quota of
the last.
This tale of an incognito princess
who sets about attaching the affections
of d West Point hero does furnish the
opportunity for Frank Morgan to be
very funny as the king Of the myth
cal country, for Illona Massey, the
young lady from Budapest. to inspire
a we-want-to-see- more of her chorus,
for Ray Bolger to contribute credit
able comedy stint, but not an op-
portunity to prove that he is far, far
better than other male dancers. In
dividual efforts are recommendations
for "Rosalie": its scale Of production is
well-nigh awe-inspiring, but not a
recommendation. GAM.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

standing features Of the stage show,
"Frolics Of 1885," which involves vocal
and orchestral music, dancing, and
comedy specialties. The stage show,
however, is nothing particularly to
bother your head about. Nina Allen
and her eight silvertones, vocalists, do
"Veni, Veni" and several things like
that without fairly lifting you out of
your seat with enthusiasm. Joe and
Evening star., 1938-01-01

good one IN spite OF plot that we
expect to become petrified any day
now. But not, of course, when it is
being whipped around by P. G. Wode-
house, as it is in this particular case.
Reverting to Miss Rogers, who is a
type we revert to- easily, it is a re-
freshing note not to have her around.
1t Is rather fun seeing Astaire going
1t solo, so to speak, in spite of all
the others who contribute so hand
somely to the entertainment of the
picture. He is a natural for Wode-
house hero, a daffy, implausible fel-
low with just the right amount of
drollery in his antics and his accent.
The big dance number of "Damsel
In Distress" is not that drum dance
about which so much has been said,
but a rimble-ramble number which
makes uses of revolving tables. tread
mills. dlstorting mirrors, sliding stairs,
rolling barrels, and few other de-
vices which make amusement parks
amusing. AS partners in this original
conception, Burns and Allen substi-
tute for Miss Rogers and while they
inject deliberately a grotesque tone
here and there, don't you think they
cannot carry their part of the job
of really dancing with Astaire They
will surprise you not only in this big
number but in another involving tap
routine in which everyone is stepping
both lovely and gracefully.
The drum dance is trick affair
IN which Astaire uses hands, heels,
toes and virtually every part of the
anatomy to dash off a pretty compli-
Gated number even for him. It pro-
vides an entirely satisfactory closing
note for a drama which was not born
so exclusively to dance that other i'm
portant elements were ignored.
WODEHOUSE, who is clever that
way, has made neat use of his
talent for daffy characterization in
scenarizing "Damsel in Distress" He
has fed enough lnane dialogue TO
Oracle Allen to nourish her into quite
a funny person again, and his part of
the butler, Keggs, for Reggie Gardner
Is excellent enough to earn him for
giveness for the triteness of some of
his situations. Mr.. Gardner is the per-
feet servant save for the single weak
ness that he plunges madly into arias
from the better operas when any one
smacks high C on the family's piano.
1t is just the kind of thing for which
Evening star., 1938-01-01
S a baby Of s months

Brugh-heard the bells chime in the
New Year at Filley, Nebr., where
Father Brugh kept a grain store.
Deanna Edna Mae) Durbin, a
clucking baby of q days, bridged the
1929 gap in Winnipeg. Canada.
Papa Durbin was poor but honest
broker.
X X
Carole Lombard tells Hollywoodites
she was born into an "old Indiana
family" and said hello to her first
New Year at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Fredric March kept his first date
with the New Year in Racine, Wis. At
the time, Papa Bickel was manufac-
turing furniture. Milwaukee, in the
Evening star., 1938-01-01

With real material he could take on
all corners, for he here brings down the
house. as the boys call it, with a pair
OF skits right out of burlesque with
complete laundering), that have long
white boards. But Mr. Costello makes
them hilarious.
There is more comedy by a tall chap
and a girl who is not so tall, but get
lot of laughs even if we don't know
their names, the fellow who was going
to type up the cast sheets for Loew's
having taken day off or something
yesterday. And there are those top
notch dances you've seen the Keen
twins and Vic and LAMAR do before
and should like again. And there are
a lot of other things which make
Hollywood Band Wagon"a nice start
for the Capitol stages new year.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

Pete Michon are acrobatically comic
and Bert Frohman is all right as mas.
ter OF ceremonies. There is a line of
l6 Gae Foster girls to do some supple.
mental dancing and Teddy Eddys
band is the foundation upon which the
whole thing is built. J.C
Evening star., 1938-01-01
ALWAYS a Woman" :"

JOAN BLONDELL, Melvyn Douglas
Mary Astor and Frances Drake
have been engaged by Columbia for
the leading roles in There's Always a
Woman" based on the magazine story
by Wilson Collision.
Listed as one of the company's out
standing offerings for the new year
it will be directed by Alexander Hall.
Evening star., 1938-01-01

when she cele-
brated the 1906
New Year Day in
H e | e n a, Mont.
F. a t h er, David
williams, worked
at ranching. A
few January-the-
frsts previously,
the State Of Mon
tana lso had
cause for rejoic-
ing with the
presence Of Frank
Gary Cooper.
Robert Taylor
only it was Span
D1Ar ARLINGTON
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Stars Saw First New Year
In Scattered Towns
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

olLYWooD, JAN NANA).-Wrth the their
IL
Norma shearer celebrated her
family Building
(They the wary
Clark Gable /
Evening star., 1938-01-01
"TOvarich" Comes to Earle
AS Gay Screen Comedy
Happy Spirit of Stage Play Lives On
In Picture Version Starring
Boyer and Colbert.

that romantic comedy which delighted
as stage destined delight
picture While
is extraordinarily appeal
which that Hollywood
"boadA teater The Yesterday
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Astaire's Talent Can Live
Without Miss Rogers
"Damsel in Distress" at Keiths
Is Satisfactory Fare of Dance,
Music and Laughter.
By JAY CARMODY.

YOU nave been wondering how Fred Aare could get along without
will ease mind on that quickly
Burns Allen
we'll indeed
Evening star., 1938-01-01
The Law Again Harnesses
Mr.. Edward Robinson
And He's His Old Self in "The Last
Gangster," at the Capitol.
"Band Wagon Revue on Stage.
By HARRY MacARTHUR

Is quite satisfying experience to find Mr. Edward G. Robinson once
the
groWl short squat ugly
the Captols
probably
Evening star., 1938-01-01
TWizzler Answer.

The average speed for the round
trip was not Is wiles per hour, it was
"a miles per hour.
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Palace Holds
big" Film,
"Rosalie"
Splendor Features
Song and Dance
Production.

IID OSALIE," the picture of
- magnificent distances, re-
mains in the city of mag
L nificent distances for an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17
MALLEABLE IRON
 REFLECTS DIBBLE
Charles Brist Named SeC= retary=Treasurer Succeed
 ing Late G. B. WOOlsOn

Naugatuck, Feb. 17.-Lewis A. Dibble was reelected president of the Eastern Malleable Iron company at a meeting yesterday at the fac tory. Charles E. Brist was named secretary treasurer to succeed the late George B. Woolson, killed in an automobile accident several months ago.
 S. L. Howard was named assist ant treasurer; John Walker, vice president; Emil Mannweiler, assist ant to the president; George E Bean, director of sales; T. Rice Da- wis, director of manufacturing James L. Linsley, director of re- search sales: and Arthur L. Wheeler managing director of the Eberharc Manufacturing company in Cleve- land, Ohio, branch of the Eastern Malleable Iron.
 Directors named were: Austin L Adams, George E. Bean, P. Rice Davis, Lewis Dibble, John P. Elton William J. Grippin, John H. Hol- combe, Jr., Clifford L. Hollister James L. Linsley, Emil Mannweiler Charles E. Spencer. Jr., Mark L Sperry, Jr., Carlisle B. Futile, Don. aid s. Futile, John E. Walker, Rob- ert S. Walker, Elton s. Wayland Harris Whittemore, Jr., and Arthur L. Wheeler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17
OLD SCHOOL TIES BIND
 GREEK CHIEF TO REICH
MetaxaS Uses Nazi Methods In Homeland
BY MILTON BRONER NEA Service Staff Correspondent


 London, Feb. Told General Salt Herring-better known as John Me taXas - has made himself more dictator of Greece than ever and more than ever has shown his sym pathy for the Nazi regime of Ger many.
 Metaxas was educated in a Ger men military school. All his life he has been strongly pro-German. He was delighted when his future sovereign, King Constantine, mar ried the sister of Kaiser Wilhelm.
 When the World war broke out, he was Chief of Staff in the Greek army and personal friend and ad- wiser of King 'Tino." When the lat ter fought with the late Premier Venizelos over the position Greece should take ill the war, pro-German Metaxas was strong for benevolent neutrality. When Venizelos in 1917 forced Tinos abdication, faithful MetaXaS went with him. When Tino returned in 1920, General John was right there with him. When Tino again adbicated in 1922, MetaxaS stayed behind to advise Tino'S son, the new sovereign, George II. George too, displeased the people and left the country in 1923.
 Owes Escape
 To HerringS
 That is when Metaxas got his nickname of Salt Herring. He fled the country, making his way to Italy in a fishing smack, laden with salt herring. MetaXas was hidden among the herrings.
 When George II was called back to his country in November, 1885, Metaxas went right back with him. A number of distinguished men stood between him and office. But death proved his strongest ally. One by one Field Marshal Kondylis, for mer Premier Venizelos, Tsaldaris and Domerdjis, and former Presi- dent of the republic Zamais, all died within a short time of each other. Then it was that King George entrusted the premiership to old Salt Herring.
 Draws Red" Herring
 Over Nazi Trail
 He made short work of democratic government. Like real Nazi, he proclaimed the danger" of Con- munist plot, declared martial law and dissolved parliament. He has been riding high ever since. He has banished or imprisoned most of his effective opponents. Lest the army might some day turn upon him and prove the decisive factor, he has taken care to build up statewide police force devoted to his cause.
 Unlike some of the leading Nazis, however, he has remained a poor man. He still dwells in his cheap little flat in Athens. There is none of the swank of General Goering, with his great town house and his country estate, nor of Goebbels with his beautiful home in the su- burban Gruenwald district of Berlin The Greeks are relatively so poor people financially that even their dictator has to live economically and simply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17
Bradford Washburn
 Speaks Here Sunday
Moutaineer and Explorer Coming to Second Congre= gationa Forum m-Engand Lecture Series Successful

exquisitely- -colored lantern slides and moving pictures.
 During the summer of 1887, Brad ford Washburn, with Robert H. Bates, made the first ascent of Mount Lucania, 17,150 feet above the sea level, then the highest un- climbed peak in North America. Lucania was believed to be almost impregnable, partly on account of its tremendous icy cliffs and ridges, and partly because it is almost com- pletely surrounded by ridge upon ridge of virtually impossible noun tain ranges, making an approach to its base even more difficult than the actual climb. MT. WaShburn solved the problem of approach by flying to the base of the mountain and landing only fifteen miles from it in plane equipped with special stainless steel skis which made pos sible a takeoff from the mud flats of the little coastal town of Valdez, Alaska, two hundred and forty miles away, and a landing on rough glazier at the mountain after flying far above the tops of the mountain barrier that surrounds Mount Lu- cania.
 Scaled Mt. Lucania
 They finally succeeded in cross- ing the range, climbing Mount Lu- cania in July 9th on the way and making a second ascent Of Mount Steele, 16,600 feet above the sea level on July II. The two noun taineers had to climb with sixty pound loads over the top of Mount Steele in order to cross the range into Canada, walking ninety miles and finally reaching Burwash Landing, a tiny trading post at Kluane Lake on July 19. They slept in one sleeping bag, threw away almost all of their clothes, except what they had on their backs, reach- ing BurWash with a tent, a sleeping bag, tin gasoline stove, one pot two spoons, two cups and their mega tives which tell of the most thrilling experiences of their lives. To save these negatives, they sacrificed their food, living on squirrels. mushrooms and rabbits until they reached civil ization again. In the words of MT Washburn, this trip was twice as exciting as any he has ever made at times a good deal too exciting for comfort.
 MT. Washburn has just returned from featuring before the Royal Geographic Society of London, England, and reports great success with the lecture. Saturday night Of this week, he is featuring before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17
FRED SMITHS IN
 JOLLY SESSION

New York, Feb. 17-(UP)-'Think of it-President Fred Smith, vice president Fred Smith,"
 It was Fred Smith talking, doing a bit of speculating at the second annual dinner of the benevolent and protective and completely uni versal order of Fred Smiths of America.
 "There are 5000 of us now organ ized throughout the country" said Smith. That means 5000 cells of influence. Fred Smiths, that is a terrific political bloc. And we're growing all the time. By 1940 we may be able to swing the election. Think of it."
 More than 100 MT. and Mrs. Fred Smiths broke bread last night at the Hotel New Yorker, while others banqueted in Chicago, Detroit, Dal- las and Kansas City.
 Fred Smith of Chapaqua, N. r., who founded the order in 1886 when he wearied of telling telephone cal- lers that he was not Fred CMeat MarkeD Smith, Fred (Undertaker) Smith or Fred (Tailor) Smith, was elected provost. Fred Smiths from Plainfield, N. J., Valley Stream, N. Y, Wappinger Falls, N. Y, and New Hampton, N. H., were elected to other posts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17
Prominent Republicans Obtain Reservations
Statewide Interest Shown in Mckinley Dinner Here Next Tuesday-Dr. Glenn Frank Principal Speaker

include many well-known mem bers of the party.
 Frank Speaker
 Dr. Glenn Frank, former presi- dent of the University of Wisconsin and chairman of the Republican National Program Committee, will be the principal speaker. Following precedent, the President, MT. Brad ley, will act as toaStmaSter. Ben- jamin E. Harwood, chairman, Miss Katherine Byrne, vice chairman and Clarence Willard, secretary, of the Republican State Central Commit tee, and Samuel F. Pryor, Jr, na- toinal committeeman, will be pre- sented during the evening.
 Make Reservations
 Among those who have made early reservations are: Former Congress- man Charles M. Bakewell of New Haven; former Lieutenant Governor Ernest E. Rogers of New London; Colonel Anson T. McCook, former state treasurer and candidate for congress in 1884; former Lieutenant Governor Roy c. Wilcox of Meriden; Frank E. Healy of Windsor Locks, former Attorney General; Albert E. Lavery of Fairfield, candidate for lieutenant governor in 1886; Daniel F. B. Hickey of Stamford, House leader in 1885; William c. Blodgett of Winsted, former tax commission CT; Ernest Averill of Branford, for mer deputy attorney general; Ed ward A. Platt of Sherman. high sheriff of Fairfield county; William Hanna of Bethel, speaker of the house in 1883 and 1885; Lewis E. Goodsell of Bethel, president of Con- necticut Young Republicans; War ren Upson of Waterbury. candidate for congress in 1886; Raymond E. Gates of Noroton, former commis- sioner of Welfare; Frederick Baker of New Haven, former clerk of the senate; William c. Putnam of Hart ford, Republican Finance Commit tee chairman: Chauncey E. Hutch ings of Harwinton; Fuller Barnes o1 Bristol; John Wadhams of Litch- field; Ned Allen of Hartford; and Austin Wakeman of Westport.