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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-07
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HE CALLS THE LEGION FASCIST
Worcester Gazette

N'NoASSoOSA NlLCOUC|
 Professor William Gellermann of Northwestern university is, to put it mildly, hot against the American Legion. In a monograph, published by Teachers College, Columbia Uni versity, the professor denounces the Legion as un-American, unpatriotic and Fascist. He accuses it of being pressure group" "reactionary" influence, and "tool' user by the privileged classes" to maintain the status quo and resist any changes in Americas way of life. The thesis was the basis of Ph. D. degree awarded the professor by Teachers College.
 Apparently the author of the entitled "The American Legion as Educator" could find nothing good to say about the organization. To his way of thinking, the average Legionnaire has no control over Legion policies. A few reactionaries at the top run the whole outfit, the professor asserts. He finds the or ganization eXerting a bad influence on the young. It is, he believes allied with the banking, business and military classes" and works hand in hand with the Liberty League and the Black Legion. He wants the teachers of America to break with Legion and instead form an alliance with labor, perhaps taking part in 8 new political part to combat the Legion. Professor Gellermann is a left-winger
 Such an attack, one imagines, will strike most people, who are neither Legionnaires nor left-Wing profess sors, as being too extreme to be sensible. A lot of people find things to criticize in the Legion, as in any other organization. Some don't like It's bonus and pension activity, it's emphasis on armament, or it's boisterous conventions. Some may not like the Legions anti-ommu- mist attitude.
 But attempting to pin a Fascist label on the Legion seems too much of task, even for newly created doctor of philosophy. He apparently is one of those who suspects any thing which is not communist of be- ing, therefore, Fascist.
 The Legion will survive.
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It was an odd place for it to crop up, but at a recent convention of the Flav- bring Extract Manufacturers Associa- tion in Atlantic City speaker proclaimed John Fitch of Connecticut as the real American inventor of the steamboat con- trary to history books claims for Robert Fulton. Fitch is gradually coming into his own in this respect. Even Congress has done something about this forgot ten man.. In time we think all histories will show the important part that Fitch and number of other "Unknowns" played ;n the development of steam navi- gatlon, Fulton, of course, was one of them, but not the first.
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Six of Wan an

As relief from the weighty news of the day you might give moment or two Of thought to the matter of the famous and puzzling-British accent. Hollywood has been doing it's best to instill a true British accent into the vocables of it's stars; so have the radio people; and the result. in most cases, has been some thing fearful and wonderful to hear And the British, in their turn, have long in- sisted that American-made films are un- fit for empire consumption because of the dreadful American accent which per
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets 1:4l a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5;26 a. m; sets 8:27 p. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Weather signs quite obviously failed over the past weekend It had been predicted as unsettled with showers due for New England by Monday. Beyond frequent darkening of the sky as clouds piled up there was no rain lh lhl district. And the warm, pleasant weather strengthened instead of iessening tuesday Again Tuesday night the moon was hay, but Wednesday, while not dawnine clear. turned out marvelotisly warm and sum- mery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-07

If Hartford ever gets possession of the old Farragut flagship, Hartford" it will be after fight, for three other cities also want the vessel if it is, reclaimed with WPA funds. The other towns with "reaching-hands" are Mobile, Ala, Hast ings-on-the-Hudson, and Washington, D. c. Mobile bases it's claim on the famous battle in Mobile Bay; Hastings was Farragut's home Washington is planning national museum of famous old vessels in the Potomac
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A Book a Day
Arabs, Coast Guard, and O'Sullivans

Periodically the Book -a-Day column is conducted by Olive
 Roberts Barton, noted child train
 ing authority. Today Mrs. Bar
 ton reviews the latest books for
 children.
 There is a saying that there are only seven original ideas in the world, but the sage must never have seen a shelf of juvenile books.
 Have you ever read a book about the Bedouin Arabs, about their life on desert and oasis, their tribal wars, plaques of locusts and the danger from that hot, blasting wind-the simeon? Perhaps there wasn't such book month ago. There is now, 'The White Camel" beautifully written by Eden Phill- potts, with authentic drawings by Sheikh Ahmed Dutton: $2). The boy Ali is born at the same time as his lucky white camel, Ben Joseph, and from their birth there is a secret language between them. The dwarf, Seyf, completes the triple friendship.
 When Seyf discovers the invad- ing army of Sheikh Khalid, Ben leads the fighting camels to defeat it, and Ali saves the captured Sheihk from death. When the tribe is suf- ferins from poverty and starvation, it is Ali and Ben who discover the vein of gold that brings riches. And finally, when Ali woos Khalid's daughter, Ben Joseph provides him to win her.
 The tale is told with high optim- ism and plenty of amusement. 9-14 years.)
 An eX-neWSpaper reporter, John J. Floherty, travelled hundreds of miles with the United States coast guard, in order to get material for his stirring account of their work, Sons of the Hurricane" Gippin- cot: $2).
 Fighting through blazing oil- covered waters, to reach the crew of burning ship; turning lava covered coast guard vessel into a refuge for an entire Alaska town i; hacking desperately at fast-forming ice, beautiful and terrible, tha t threatened to pull ship under from it's sheer Weight--these are some of the true tales the author records about the gallant service. Here is an exciting book, and a vastly informative one. Ql-14 years.)
 The O'Sulligan family live in a cottage by the sea in Ireland Mother and Father O'Sullivan; Mi- chael, the oldest: Brigid, who gets into as many scrapes as her broth- CTS; and the twins. Liam and lame Francie, who get into a great many ScrapeS indeed. There isn't much but good spirit in "The Cottage at Bantry Bay" but there is a deal of that, and Q rollicking time is had by all in spite of an occasional empty stomach.
 In the end, however, there Is something about rare find in an old cove, and the author, Hilda van Stockum, ends her book with good fortune smiling broadly on these gay people whom their read- CTS have by now quite taken to their hearts. (Viking. $2. 7-l1 years)
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clearing New York in mid-July for Venezuela will have cargo of cattle, horses, jacks, swine, sheep, goats, and poultry-all alive.
 While most of the Latin Ameri- can governments are improving their store of munitions, Vene-. zuela is improving it's livestock. Its animal industry expert, pr. Menalco Soils, Cornell graduate, has bought about 400 prize breed- ing animals, the largest item be- ing 125 dairy cattle. The highest price is being paid not for a, bull, however, but for a Missouri jack. &.N Unexpected Appointment
 The Presidents appointment of Charles R. Hook, president of the National Manufacturers Associa- tion, as a member of the commits sion to study the British Trade Disputes Act was a great sur prise to official and business circles.
 Not only is Hook one of the
 bittcrcst foes of un:on::-m in the country, but his firm, Ameri- can Rolling Mills, is involved in
 litigation with the National La bor Relations Board.
 The CiO steel workers union charges Hooks plant in Ash, land, Ky, with a forming a
 company union, firing CIO
 members and using spies and
 company police to "brutally as- sault and beat" CIO organizers.
 Hook, incidentally, fought the creation of the Labor Board tooth and nail. Appearing before the Senator Labor Committee when the Wagner Act was under con-, sideration, he urged the commit, tee to show your faith in the. industrial system under which America has become the envy of the world by suppressing this dan gerous legislation"
 Merry-GO-Round
 It begins to look as if Ferd Pecora, liberal N. Y. supreme court justice, is coming up on the rail for governor of New York. The President will not take Attorney General Bennett Homer Martin, ex-preacher head of the United Automobile Workers, now has a majority in. his union and is out to purge the Communists completely .. Charley Poletti, brilliant young N, Y. Supreme Court justice, has upped his prestige with labor by his fight against District Attorney Tom DeWey's constitutional pro- posal permitting use of wire. tapping evidence. Dewey's stand on this has permanently alienated labor support . Governor Leh- man, now running for senator, has already regretted his stand for the purging of relief rolls.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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T est Y UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Tn which ocean is the island Of {
 Madagascar? ,s
 2. Which is the home state o.s..s. Representative Robert F. Rich? sss
 B. Name the manager of the Newtss York Yankees baseball team. 4.q
 4. What is a fennec? - cs,~
 5. What type of boat is a lighter?,s
 6. What is the state flower of (, Ohio? e~y
 2. Under the U. s. Constitution, 2 '. what government body must provides for coining money and regulating.s4 its value? x
 8. Name the capital of the U. S. when George Washington was first@s inaugurated. fsc
 g. What is another name for the@. American puma? .s.
 10. How did the wintergreen plantss. derive it's name? g4s'
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Current Comment

I used to hate the idea of losing
 my hearing, but think of the non- ,, sense you miss ss!-Rupert Hughes, novelist. vr
 ,ssi
 t-tl Christianity and democracy stemc from the same source.--Rev. Wil1-l' jam F. Wefer, of the Presbyterian ., Board of Christian Education. %
 .b I like the American style pretty. :, well, but 1t always reminds me Off, a experimentation of trench warfare :, and higher mathematics.-Lo -' Tweedsmuir, governor general of. Canada, on football. ,~1
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Selected Poem
JOURNAL OF A DAY

(Charles Malam in the Christian Science Monitor l leaned upon a hilltop; The shadow of a tree Leaning from the sunlight Leaned on me.
 And over us the sky, Making bright weather, Leaned upon the hill And all of us together. l broke a blade of grass To bite as I lay Musing on the manner We three were a day, But long, long after Only l could tell Where a root was for rent When the dew fell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-07
Mlle. Lenglen Hard to Refute Claim She Was Worlds Greatest Woman Tennis Player-Certainly Dead French Player Was Most Coorful.
NEW YORK TIMES

Those who remember Suzanne Lenglen on the tennis courts recall a flashing, tempestuous figure vii brant with life. It is pitiful to think of so vivid woman, still young, as victim of the enervating process of anemia. But the years of her tri- umph were gone and her laurels had passed definitely to the most chal- lenging of her old d-time rivals, Little Poker Face" who only last week won her eighth victory at Wimble- don, where Suzanne never won more than five.
 Nevertheless, there are those who say Mile. Lenglen was the greatest woman tennis player who ever lived. It is hard to refute them. She never
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Questions and
 Answers
 vsrisht isaa IRA
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or informal tiOn to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington. D. C.
 THE EDITOR c. Where and when was the steamship, "Leviathan," launched? A. The "Vaterland," later named "Leviathan," was launched in 1913 at the Blohm 81 Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany.
 Q When was helium gas first used to initiate a balloon?
 A. In the CT, a non rigid U. S Navy dirigible, in December 1921. Q. How many persons are en- ployed in the United States Postal Service?
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A. On March 3l, 1888, there were 288, ,O88.
 O. What was the ratio of value between gold coin and paper cur rency between 1862 and 1864, inclu- sive?
 A. During 1862, $100 in gold would buy between $102 and $132 of paper; in 1863, between $125 and $l60; and in 1864, between $155 and I $235.
 Q. What kind of leather is best for razor strops?
 A. A certain part of the horse- hide known as the shell, which con- prises two roughly oval areas, on either side of the backbone in the butt or rear portion near the rump, In the shell the corium or hide is more like cartilage than ordinary skin substance. Q. Is there past tense of ought, as "oughted?"
 A. Ought is mi-auxiliary and takes after 1t the infinitive with to. It IS used only as the present indica- tive, expressing moral obligation. To- cal necessity, or sometimes reason- able expectations.
 Q. Who is considered America S most famous small town editor?
 A. William Allen White, Editor and Publisher of The Emporia (Kansas) Gazette.
 Q. How many divorces per each l,0O0 marriages were granted in 1900. and what are the latest figures? A. In 1900, there were 8l di- vorces per 1000 marriages, and in 1885 there were 164 divorceS.
 Q. Who played the role of the young lover and who was the older man in the motion picture in which Ruth Chatterton played two parts?
 A. The film was entitled "The Right to Love-" David Manners played the young man and Pau Lukas was the older one. Q. How did the English horn get it's name?
 A. From the French cor angle so named because the tube is bent at a slight angle. Angle was misread Anglais, meaning English. 1 Q. Is any flag ever placed above the flag Of the United States? | A. According to the flag code of patriotic societies, it is never proper to place any other flag or pennant above or to the right of the Flag of the United States of America. However, in the U. s. navy, the church pennant is placed above the national flag while church services are being conducted aboard the vessel.
 If you want copy of our booklet "SWIMMING A N ID DIVING" write to the Water
 bury Democrats Washington
 Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C. Enclose 10 | cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-07

The Japanese soldier is said to be using energy tablets" when unduly weakened by long fighting. He'll need plenty of lem before he gets out of China
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-07
Kennedy Sees the Next Six Weeks As Deciding Whether War Breaks This Year;
 Nozs Must Win Spanish Drive Before
 Making Move Against CzechosIoyokic
N DREW PEARSON
, ROBERT a ALLEN

WASHINGTON, July - Probably the most import ant report Ambassador Joe Kennedy gave to the Pres dent during his recent visit the probability of war in Euron
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-07

Mexican Rails Need Money!" We'll! Those folks south of the Rio Grande must be lot like us.
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A Thought for Today

So David prevailed over the Philistine with sling and with stone, and smOte the Philistine' and slew him; but there was no sword III ''e hand of David-I Samuel 17:5O
 Right is might, and ever was, and ever snail DC so.-Hare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-07

Cholera, an older and more dreaded foe than Japan, is now loose in Asia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-07

If you want a copy of our booklet SWIMMING A N ID DIVING" write to the Water bury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, ID. C. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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Careerist's ImpartiaIity

Up until shortly before the Italians tacitly admitted their planes (operating for Franco) had been bombing British ships, State Department boys were putting out word that British ships really were being bombed by Spanish Loyalists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-07
Good Will Cows

Almost every ship clearing New York for Latin America in recent months has had a load of bomb- ing planes, machine guns, rifles, and high explosives. But a ship
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Either may be pronounced ee'- ther or f-ther.

A. On March 3l, 1888, there were
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Marie Opens
Columbia

Twenty years of dramatic his
tory, four years of intensive
preparation and three months
before the camera have been
compressed into two hours
of thrilling entertainment in
Marie Antoinette," starring
Norma Shearer and Tyrone
Power, which opens Friday at
the Columbia for a repeat en-
gagement, making the fourth
week on F Street for this spec
tacular new picture.
Norma Shearer resumes her
brilliant motion picture career
as Marie Antoinette, a girl who
looked upon her marriage to
the Dauphin of France, played
by the young English actor, Rob-
ert Morley, as the great adven-
ture of her life. Instead, she
founded herself welded to a dull
clod, soon to become King Louis
XVI, who gave her neither love
nor protection from her many
enemies at the Palace Of Yer
sailles.
Determined to find happiness
at any cost, Marie Antoinette
became the gayest, giddieSt and
most extravagant woman in
France.
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CLOCK

CAPITOL-Ritz Bros, Richard
Arlen and Ethel Norman,
Straight, Place and Show"
11:10 a. m, 1:50, 4:35, 1920,
1905 p. m. stage: 1880,
3::35, 500, 8 p. m.
PALACE-Henry Fonda, Dorothy
Lamour and Louise Platt,
Spawn of the North" 1880
a. M, 2, 4:30, 7:05. 9:35 p. m.
COLUMBIA Norma Shearer,
Tyrone Power and Gladys
George in Marie Antoinette,"
11:5O a. M, sos, 6:15, $50
p. m.
EARL-James Stewart, Jean
Arthur, You Can't Take 1t
With You," 10:45 a. M, 1925,
4:10, 6:55, 9:40 p. m. Stage:
Lucy Monroe, /, 3:45, $50,
9:15 p. m.
METROPOLTTAN-Lane Sisters,
-Four Daughters" 1880 a. m,
1870, 1855, 5:S5, 7:4O, $40
p. m.
R.K.O.-KEITHS-Joel McCrea,
Andrea Leeds, Frank jerks,
Youth Takes a Fling" 11:55
a. M, 1:55, 3:55, 5:55, 1855,
9:55 p. m.
BELASCO-Ignace Jan Padere-
wski, Marie Tempest, Moon
light Sonata" continuous from
4:30 p. m.
RIALTO-R Richard Gordon,
Eleanor King, THE Birth of
A Baby" II a. m, 1890, 2:05,
3:35, $40, 6:45, 8:15, $50
p. m.
TRANS-LUX - NewSreelS and
shorts, 10, 11:45 a. M: 1890,
1:45, 3, AIS, $50, 6:45, 8,
9:15, 10:45 p. m.
Irene Dunn, Cary
Grant, 1.-The Awful Truth" "
II. 1:05, $40. 5:1s, 7:3O. 9:45
p. m.
MT. VERNON-Drive In-De-
anna Durbin, Leopold Stoko-
wiski, 100 Men and Girl"
8:04, 1924 D, m,
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any feature in the house his
tory. Extra matinees and
upped prices accounted for the
record gross.
HUSTON BEGAN HERE
Walter Huston, who will be
Stumping around the National
stage next week as Peter Stuyve-
SAINT of New Amsterdam. and
singing ballads, made his debut
as an actor of the legitimate
stage here in Washington.
It was at the old Garrick
Theater Con the site of the
Hecht Co. store) and "Mr. Pitt"
was the play. Up to that time
Walter Huston had been on half
of the vaudeville team of Hus-
ton and Whipple.
AS a matter of history it was
a vaudeville war that made Wal
ter Huston a "legit" actor.
When he played his revue on
the Shubert vaudeville circuit
he was automatically barred
from all Keith houses, the big
opposition circuit. So when he
hit in Eugene O'Neill's Desire
Under the Elns," vaudeville lost
him forever.
Just a coincidence, but the
star of "Knickerbocker Holiday"
opening Monday, also played
Abraham Lincoln for the screen.
There will he the opportunity
for Monday nighters to compare
his Characterization with that
of Raymond Massey, on view
this week.
ILLUSION" SCREENED
Grand Illusion" was pre-
vieweG for critics and repre-
Sentatives Of peace groups at
the Belasco Theater yesterday
matinee.
Grand Illusion" is the story
OF a group of Frenchmen in
German prison camps during
the World War. Its subject is
said to be particularly timely
in view of the present state of
the world.
The picture opens regular
screenings at the Belasco Thea
ter next Thursday, following
the engagement of Paderewski's
Moonlight Sonata"
BIRTH" GETS OKAY
Women's Police Bureau rep
resentatives saw Birth of q
Baby" at the Rialto Theater,
reported to Assistant U. S. Dis
trict Attorney Karl Kindel-
berger, who serves as city cen
Sor. That office found no rea,
son to suspend exhibition of the
picture and the engagement
will continue. Dorothy Park.
eE. the 1888 Miss Washington,
has Joined the Greet Drama
School to prepare for a future
screen test. Chester Hale is
looking for a couple of likely
Washington girls who know how
to dance, look well, and are not
over 18 to join unit he is send
ing to London and Paris. Ask
| Marion Venable about it.
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ROMANCE AT RKO KEITH'S
Andrea Leeds, Joel McCreo
Are the Stars Of Breezy
Story of Young Love

"Youth Takes Fling is gentle little comedy about a
Kansas boy who seasruck and Flfh Avenue depart
nent store girl who landubber
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tered tug, Joe suffers from a bad
case of Seasickness, presumably
is cured of his yen for a life on
the ocean wave. Wedding bells
in the distance.
A little side romance between
Frank jerks, and a clever little
comedienne, Dorothea Kent,
really provides more fun than
the main event. This is a young
comedy team worth watching.
Joel McCrea has an excellent
card as the country boy who
longs to have his arms tatooed,
and box the compass. Gives the
role just the right touch of shy
ness and simple honesty, to
make it appealing.
MARCH OF TIME
I think Andrea Leeds is suffer
ing from a "Stage Door" COM
plex. She is deadly serious for a
Cinderella role. Brandon lyman,
Oscar O'Shea, and Grant
Mitchell provide excellent sup
port and Archie Mayo's direc-
tion is okay, once he gets going
in high speed.
Mark Youth Takes a Fling"
as good light entertainment for
those who like to suffer with
young love.
On the supplementary pro-
gram is a new March of Time
issue. This one treats of fire
prevention and how losses can
be reduced, uses up the re-
mainder of the footage with
some background history show
ing what makes Herr Hitler that
way.
A new Mickey Mouse, Brave
Little Tailor" marks the tenth
birthday OF the cartoon comedy,
and there is an up-to-the-minute
issue Of the Pathe newsreel.
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HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Ethel Waters at the Howard

After a record opening week
the Howard continues in the
groove with a second hit week,
featuring a Saturday midnite
show, and headlining Ethel
w ter~America's foremost
song stylist-with Eddie Mallory
and his noted swing aggregation.
The new footlight hit features
such names as the dancing
trumpeteer Taps Miller, Mays
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and Morrison, the old comedy
favorite John Mason and Johnny
Vigal, plus the Addison Carey
tan lovelieS.
In bringing in Ethel Waters,
the Lichtman Theaters are in
keeping with their policy of pro-
viding the finest sepia enter.
tainment available in the coun.
try. Fresh from her triumphant
run at New York's bright Casa
Manana," this may possibly prove
the last opportunity the Ma
tion's Capitol have to see her
as a dynamic singing star, as
her future contract-recently
inked-calls for a dramatic role
in "Mamba's Daughter" slated
for fall production on Broadway.
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dra and lit candle before the statue of St. Joseph praying
he will send her good husband Joe Meadows who goes to
work in the store appears be her prayer