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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

l New York, Feb. l7.-1n a lean 1 theatrical week, the sole new offer ing has been a play mirroring the class struggle. The title is How to Get Tough About It.; it's author is Robert Ardrey, who is being hailed as a playwright of considerable promise and talent; and its pro- ducer is Guthrie McClintic, who strayed from his own theatrical me tier when he put this one on.
 For How to Get Tough About it" is not a genteel play. Its par ticipants are the disinherited of this earth, the labor racketeers, the muddleheads; and the play tells how two young softies caught in the middle of the hard boiled class struggle, find out how to get tough about it.
 Robert Ardrey writes with an authentic ear for what he hears among the average lot and MT McClintic has given the lines to a capable cast including Kath- erine Locke, the girl from Hay ing Wonderful Time" and Myror Mccormick, who runs the danger of becoming as good as Burgess Meredith.
 But the trouble is that the play wright still is mixed up himself about the class struggle and ir straddling the fence to be on botf sides of a labor dispute, he has his dramaturgic pants caught or a rusty tenterhook. He not only appears not to know where ht stands, but where he sits. Wher he learns how to get tough about it, you may expect an important play from this ambitious dramat- iSt.
 Aut0grapher's Harvest
 If autograph hounds were wise strategists, they would save them selves lot of shoe leather by talk ing up positions in the RKO build ing of Radio City or that building on 18th street and Broadway, poised with pen and pencil.
 StatisticianS at these points claim that 85 per cent of the loca. and visiting stars ply through these two Hobbies on their way tc song publishers, managers and agents offices in these structures.
 For example. during ten-min- ute wait in the RKO lobby the other afternoon, one could have caught a glimpse of Eddie Carr George Olsen, Bob Ripley, Eleanor Powell, Gertrude Lawrence, Judy Garland, Lillian GiSh, Jed Harris Burgess Meredith, Katharine Cor nell, Gary Cooper and Phil Baker passing in and out.
 Gotham Chop Suey
 | Around the Town: Eleanor Holm and Billy Rose emerging from g Chinese restaurant in the Fifties two minutes before Art Jarrett en- ters alone.
 Sir Cedric Hardwicke, stepping out of the stage door of the thea ter where he Is playing and ad- dressing his female admirers Well, girls" he murmurs while glad to give you my autograph, but he obliges with his signature. 'I'm warning you. I'm not one oi these glamor boys, you know" l Nino Martini standing on hi. head near the threshold of a mid. town club to prove to his friend. that 1t Is his matutinal exercise before taking vocal practice.
 Lupe Velez exhibiting Mexican folk dances to the people in new Broadway show and expostulat. ing that they are the true pro genitors of 'The Big Apple"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17
Senator Johnson, Now Fighting Naval Commitments, Was Silent in l932;
 Stmson Went Hull One Better
 In Seeking British Aid Against Japan
and ROBERT . ALLYN
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON, February IT, - The fulminatons of Hiram Johnson regarding Roosevets naval commit ments to the British particularly interesting when compared to the Senator's silence during Henry L. S
 sons dickering with the British in 1882.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17

One person, at least, seems to have been cheered up by this business reces- sion His initials are H. H.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17

The national House of Representatives shows the same old technique on the farm bill, legislating in haste and letting the Senate correct it's work at leisure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17

More trouble in Hollywood = film stars having nervous breakdowns from worrying over their alimony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17

o. Where was the capital of Illi- nois before that state was admitted to the Union?
 A. KaSkanSkia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

movement of the story which deals with two ex-conviets, out on parole and forbidden to marry because the law forbids them.
 The story deals with the struggles of Miss Sidney and Raft to keep an ideally happy marriage together, de- spite their extreme poverty, and Miss Sidney's secret knowledge that she Is an exconvict, out on parole, and forbidden connubial rights.
 When the time comes that Miss Sidney cannot keep her past secret any longer, she confesses all to Raft. Bitterly disillusioned, he leaves her despite all her pleadings to the con- trary, and joins the old gang to re- new his halted career in crime. Per- suading several of his ex-convict friends to join him, he plans a big robbery. However, Miss Sidney is tipped off, and knowing that this means the end of everything for her husband, reveals her knowledge of the coming crime to Harry Carey, whose department store is to be burglariZed.
 The gang is caught red-handed while robbing the store, but Carey, a philanthropist heart, and in grati- tude to Miss Sidney's honesty grants her plea to let them go. free. Raft denounces his wife bitterly, and she disappears.
 Other players who support the two stars and do their part to make this film excellent entertainment in- clude Barton MacLane, Robert
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22
STRAND FEATURES
 TRUE HUMAN FILM
''You And Me-, Opening Sunday, Headlines
 Twin Program

Current attractions to be seen to- day and tomorrow at Warner Bros. Strand theater include; Holiday" co-starring Cary Grant and Kath- crime Hepburn; also When Were You Born" with Margaret Lindsay and Ann May Wong.
 Two of the screens great drama tic stars, Sylvia Sydney and George Raft, will be seen in their most thrilling roles in You and Me-, the timely, human and true film which comes to the screen of Warner Bros. Strand theater for four day run starting with performances Sunday.
 Raft, who scored so decisively as "Powdah in Souls at Sea-, appears again in this picture in an entirely different characterization than the part which won him screen fame in "Scarface". As usual, Miss Sidney is at her best in film of this type, as evidenced by her previous successes in An American Tragedy" Street Scene" Fury" and many other hits
 This film is a new departure from the convential Boy Meets Girl theme and is just tailor-made for the two stars. A new "prescoring' technique is introduced in the pie ture. It is the injection of thematic music into the plot in such a way that it forms an integral part of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22
ROONEY, GARLAND
 AT LOEW'S POLL
"LOve Finds Andy Hardy" Episode From Life of
 Typical American Family

The Judge Hardy Family is loose again! In Love Finds Andy Hardy" they create another alternately hu- morous and dramatic episode from the life of typical American fam fly. Opening tomorrow at the Loew Poli theater, the picture will impress everyone with its youthful charm, its exuberance and scintil- lating moments of high comedy.
 The fourth episode in the life of the Hardy Family is by far the most amusing and entertaining to date. Once more it affords the family, consisting of Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecelia Parker, Fay Holden and Betty Ross Clarke with every opportunity for capitalizing on the homespun drama of everyday life.
 In addition, Judy Garland makes her appearance as one of Mickey's s three girl friends. In one climatic scene, she grows up for night, at tends the big dance of the year with Mickey and takes 1t over with her rendition of three new songs.
 George Seitz handled the direction of the picture expertly, with sure knowledge of the inner workings of average family life nj America.
 Mickey Rooney again proves him. self one of the most versatile &C., tors on the screen with charac- terization surpassing his best previ- ous efforts. Lewis Stone is superb as the head of the family, handling his role adroitly and with an in- nate understanding of the problems of family life. Judy Garland, grow ing up, gives the finest performance of her career.
 The story centers around 6 secondhand car purchased by Mickey without his fathers knoWl- edge. In order to pay for the car he becomes entangled in series of puppy-love affairs that are at once ludicrous and tragic. With the aid of Judy, he extricates himself from a seemingly hopeless dilemma, makes a triumphant appearance at the big dance of the year, and brings forth some of the most spon- taneous laugher heard in many 8 moon.
 Sharing honors on the same pro- gram is another big hit entitled Gall of the Yukon" featuring Richard Arlen and Beverly Rob- erts.
 Attractions ending their engage ment this evening include Made leine Carroll and Henry Fonda in Blockade" and "The Lady in the Morgue" with Preston Foster and Patricia Ellis.
 Attend this theater every We'd nesday evening, and enjoy head- line Broadway vaudevill brought to you at regular popular prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22
BURNS AND RAVE
 IN STATE CINEMA
"Tropic Holiday" s tars Featured Performers of
 "Her Jungle Love"

A newly air conditioned cooling system, the largest and most mod- ern in New England, and conn., plete new show await the theater- going public at Warner Bros. State theater this afternoon.
 The headliner of this double bill, which has been booked for four day run is the new musical con- edy "Tropic Holiday" starring that adoring pair of "Her Jungle Love" Dorothy Lamour and Ray Midland and that equally famous comedy team Bob Burns and Martha Rave.
 Laughs, thrills and surprises set to the rhythm of clicking castanets and merry marimbas will predom- mate in this picture which brings to the screen for the first time, gay and romantic Mexico in all its na- tive color. It's new Mexico that forms the background for this film. Gone are the hard-shooting ban dits, the wild-eyed revolutionists and gringo-hating peasants of the story books. Instead it is the land of breathtaking scenery and smil- ing senoritas.
 The story concerns bored young movie script writer, played by Mill land, who dashes away to rural Mexico to "get away from 1t all.' Although he hopes to gather ma- terial for a new picture, he soon succumbs to the spell of lazy tro- pical skies and the beauty of a native daughter, Miss Eamour. The spell is not broken until his fiancee swoops down upon him by air plane and forces him to choose be- tween a return to his work and the land he has grown to love. His de- cision is just what yours would be under the circumstances.
 Six outstanding musical numbers are featured throughout. They are i unique in combining the touch oi the native rhumba with the swing of Americas best-liked hits. Those destined for widespread popularity on the airways and dance floors are: Tonight Will Live" "The Lamp on the Corner" My First Love" and "Tropic Night"
 A talented supporting cast, which includes many of Mexico's favorite entertainers, increases the charm o1 the production. The lovely British actress, Binnie Barnes, has the role of Milland's fiancee, while Titc Guizar, the serenader last seen ir the Big Broadcast of 1938," plays romantic native.
 Bobby Jordan, star of Dead End and lately of Crime School' re- turns to the screen of the State this afternoon in the second big hit "Reformatory." Jack Holt is cast in the principal role while supporting him are such stellar players as Frankie Darro, Char lotte Winters, Grant Mitchell Ward Bond and others.
 The film exposes the reform school system which breeds crimin- als instead of reforming juvenile lawbreakers. It is a powerful story which casts some light upon one of Americas greatest social prob- lems; the tie-up between crime and political corruption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22
|COMPOUNCE HOLDS
 BATTLE OF MUSIC
Glen Miller and Hal Me- Intyre Attractions
 Sunday in Bristol

An undeclared musical war is on the schedule this coming Sunday night at the Lake Compounce Ball. room in Bristol. The invaders or guest artists for this affair will be none other than Glen Miller and his orchestra, who will pit their musical ability against that of the Mcintyre unit, the orchestra that has become so popular at the lake on Saturday nights.
 This particular battle of music provides a note of especial interest locally, due to the fact that playing first saxophone in the Miller or ganization is hal Mcintyre, the young man who organized the Mo- Intyre band. Two years ago he left the orchestra which still bears his name and went to New York on a personal invitation from Benny Goodman. Goodman gave him an addition and later job writing ar arrangements for his orchestra. About that time Glen Miller was organ izing band under the management of the Rockwell O'Keefe Agency and Hal was invited to join his or ganization as, first sax player. Over period of. two years the Miller unit made rapid strides and has acquired quite reputation in mu- sical circles. The orchestra has had considerable air-time over the NEG network and has played many of the leading hotels, bathrooms and theaters throughout the country. It recently concluded a very success full engagement at the Paradise Res taurart in New York and is coming to Compounce direct from Asbury Park, New Jersey.
 McIntyre's orchestra is enjoying it's third consecutive season at Lake Compounce and is doing just double the business that it did last year. Only recently the band refused sev- eral offers from nationally known promoter.
 The connection which exists be- tween the two bands has created considerable interest in the forth coming battle of music Sunday night at Lake Compounce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

One British concern produces as many as 5,000,000 bricks a day, yet there is a shortage of bricks in England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

The United States contains more Japanese than Shinese in- habitants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

Rainwater can be used in stor- age batters; 1t is much the same as artificially distilled water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

happen. He can detonate a stick of dynamite right at an actors feet without blowing off his hat. Or he could take four sticks of dynamite and place them in a huge movie sound stage in such way that he could guarantee that not a well would be left standing after the charge went off. The latter trick would be done by filling a barrel half full of water then suspending the dynamite half way down in the water.
 For "Spwan of the North" Hoff- man recently had to create the effect of blowing hole in the side of fishing tug, and without hurting anybody. He had a fake side built on the tug, and placed six sticks of dynamite so that the side of the actual boat was only slightly scorched by the blast.
 "The Buccaneer" was another picture that called for a lot of smoke and noise without damage. All the cannons were made of wood, and the expert had to be mighty careful not to blow them to splinters when they were fired.
 Worst accident he ever had was in 1880, in big blast for "T'he Painted Desert"
 He afd his crew spent month planting a ton and a half of black powder in cliff. Huge chunks of rock flew like shrapnel, wrecked some distant trucks and equip ment, and narrowly missed an un- known young actor named Clark Gable. A piece of rock ricocheted and mangled one of Hoffman's hands and broke leg of one of his helpers.
 THE RACKET RACKET
 GOES GREAT GUNS
 At the studio, Hoffman works in shabby overalls and dirty cap, and looks like a laborer. But thousands of lives have depended on his absolute authority during the filming of war scenes and such, and no director can tell him how to do his work. They only can tell him what they want done; then he'll do it his way.
 The special effects department often calls on Hoffman for help. saw him actually shooting the titles for Give Me a Sailor" Title and credits for this picture will appear to come out of the smoke and flame from two cannons pointed directly at the camera.
 More recently he has averaged only about $4800 year, but he expects a new boom in war pie lures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22
Paul Harrison ir1 Hollywood

Hollywood-Walter Hoffman al- ways celebrates the Fourth of July very quietly. Silence is quite a treat for Hoffman because he is a noise- maker by profession-the powder and-smoke man at Paramount.
 For 28 years he has been blowing up things for the movies, and for 16 years before that he was an ex- plosives expert for the army. But nov, at the age of 67, Hoffman still has the healthiest respect for all boom-boom materials, and he does mt believe in monkeying with fire crackers. Neither do his four chill dren or his IS grandchildren. A couple of great-grandchildren still are too young to understand his ear- nest dissertations on the unpredict- ability of firecracker performance.
 When he personally makes a bomb or plants a charge, though, Hoffman knows exactly what will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

Cummings, Warren Hymer, Harry Carey and George E. Stone. Two favorites of the silent days who will be seen during the course of thr screening are Jack Mulhall and Julia Faye.
 Co-featuring the program will be the romantic drama Stolen Heaven, co-starring Gene Raymond and Olympe Bradna. Incidentally Mis-: Brandais the young actress who played opposite George Raft in Souls at Sea-.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

Nadine St. John, charming and beautiful elephant trainer with the Robbins Bros. Circus believes the big fellows to be the most intelli- gent of all dumb animals. Yet they are so big and cumbersome that they are really helpless she says.
 From the Ural Mountains of Eu- rope comes Miss St. John, the most youthful of all elephant trainers. An her life she has spent with the circus representing the third genera tion. Her father before her trained and educated more than 200 of the big fellows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

tend to teams in pairs of chums. They become very devoted to each other and are very jealous. In their prime at 30 years of age. They work until eighty, die at hundred.
 Circus people never call them ele- phants. Even lady elephants are called bulls"
 There are 20 elephants with the Robbins Bros. Circus coming to Wa terbury, Monday, July 25, for per- formances at and 8 p. m., the doors will open at and 2 p. m. An immense street parade will be seen on the downtown streets at II a. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

Here are some facts about ele- phant lore expounded by Miss Allen:
 They eat about 125 pounds of hay every day, almost half ton a week What they love best is apples. Big elephants are much easier to work than small ones. The bigger they are the less nervous they are. But little fellows are always scared somebody may attack them.
 Only females are used in circus acts. They are better natured and more adaptable.
 They are very susceptible to colds and pneumonia. Even the ladies
Evening star., 1938-09-16

Whose infantry and cavalry Wscs
divided between the opposing forces.
For Gen. Merrill the games furnished
the annual test Of his troops.
Advance - Dluss' Checked.
Machine gun and rife fire and the
drone Of akplane motors could be
heard for miles around - more than
$500 soldiers took up their positions
carly this morning. The mimic battle
ragged for IN hour before the Reds"
unloosed such heavy fire that
umpires Of the warfare ruled the
"Blues' must fall back and consolidate
their shattered positions before re-
suming the advance. The planes were
from the Sd Observation SQUADRON.
Langley Field, Va, and were in radio
communication with Logan Field,
Baltimore.
Brig. Gen. Walter Kruger acted -
chief umpire for the battle" with 1t.
Col. q. r. Brownell OF the 34th In
fantry Is chief deputy. Col. VAIN
wright. commander Of the I'd Cavalry
Is senior Red" umpire and 1t. Col.
Isaac GIL. 34th Infantry, senior Blue"
umpire.
"Red" troopers. their guns mounted
on the summit Of Dead Mans Hill,
turned loose . barrage Of fire from
Evening star., 1938-09-16

So-caliber and s7-mf1imstef anti-tank
guns. the latter 1x1ng 1-inch cartridges,
designed to penetrate the armor ol
advancing "Bmes tanks. This 1lrs sue
ceasfully halted the blues" along q
1-naile front.
The only actual casualties Of an
otherwise mimic battle occurred when
several horses Of . Red" Cavalry con.
tingent piled up" ON one Of the mar
rot Fort Meade roads. Corp. Barry
Trearor Of the ID Cavalry vas thrown
from his mount and . pack horse.
Just behind. fell on the corporal,s
horse. Two other horses and their
riders also were thrown. Corp. Trea-
nor suffered = possible broken ankle.
The two other men were injured only
slightly.
Omcers in charge said the current
mAneuvers, which will continue unttl
next friday, oner nothing In the way
Evening star., 1938-09-16
LEGION MARCHES
ON Los ANGELES
Vanguard Of 100,0 900 Begins
to Pour Into City for
20th Convention,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16.-Box cars
and drum corps. fiivvers and sleek ON
cial cars, buck privates and gobs, big
wigs and little, bands and plain en-
thusiasts with whistles began making
their appearance in increasing num-
bers in Los Angeles today.
They were the vanguard Of loo, 900
American Legionnaires. They came
: by air. train, afoot, in buses, trucks
and trailers.
They launched the city into the
frenzy Of convention spirit that will
rise to new heights Sunday, when more
than 100000 men, women and children
are bivouacked here for the 20th an
nual national convention.
-Four special trains and . bus cara
van brought in the Square Post Of Chi
cago and the Kings County delegation
from Brooklyn. Tomorrow 1S spe-
clals will roll in from all parts Of the
country and ~ more are due Sunday.
The Binghampton, N. Y, Post
copped the honors. If any, for getting
here first. They arrived yesterday,
104 strong, in q special train. "A few
hours later, the Commonwealth Edison
Post of Chicago, numbering ITS, and
2lo Connecticut Legionnaires, includ-
Ing the Stratford and Hartford Drum
Corps. came in on special trains.
Forty and Eight headquarters, for
members Of the Legion's clowning
group, were opened today in prepara-
ton for that organizations separate
convention.
Detroit and Miami 40 ct 8 groups
brought the box cars. -Four Miami
boys, first Of q group Of 300 Of their
buddies, Immediately started a noisy
one-car parade. G. P. Edwards, who
drove the locomotive" that pulled the
boxcar. stopped at every intersection
to make an announcement. Natur-
ally. it was about the weather.
I'VE shoulda brought out overcoats,"
he shouted through his loud speaker.
CT was SO in the shade all afternoon)
Evening star., 1938-09-16
BLUES REFUSED
IN MIMIC BATTLE
$500 Troops Take Part
in Hour-Long Fight
Along Patuxent.
BY ROBERT A. ERWIN,
Star stan Correspondent.

FORT GEORGE @. MEADE, Nd,
Sept. le.-"Red" forces commanded
by Col. Jonathan Wainwright CEN
tered their defense on Dead Mans
Hill In the Fort Meade reservation
today ana turned back the attacking
blue" army directed BY Col. Charles
B. Elliott In the second stage OF the
Sd Corps Areas annual Army ma
neuvers.
Airplanes identified by red and blue
paint, ruInbling tanks, cavalry, infan-
try and machine gun squads were
employed by both sides as the blues"
sought to march down the Jessup and
Griffin roads and the adjacent areas
in an effort to drive out the Reds"
and to prevent further crossings Of
the Little Patuxent River.
witnessing the war games from Dead
Mans Hill was Brig. Gen. Dana T.
Merrill, commanding general Of the
Provisional Brigade Of Washington,