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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

We don't think that this group should be singled out for commercializing the holy seasons of the year, such as Christ mas and Lent. In this respect every bus mess must assume blame if there is any attached to the efforts to promote sea- sonal trade. Naturally the liquor indus try is as anxious to partake in increased trade at holiday seasons. If they have gone bit too far and forgotten the pur- pose of the occasion, then they have simply followed in well-worn footsteps. We can't blame them for that. As for the claim that liquor advertisements offend the sensibilities of the reading public, we don't agree on this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS


 New York, May 20.- It's two day for Keith And three day for Loew And four 8 day for Pantages Wherever you may go. It's five for Fally Markus At only half the dough But two a day for Keith And three a day for Loew Vaudeville song. The cheap rooming houses of the furious forties and the tawdry hotels of the theatrical district are buzz ing with the first whispers of hope since the movie screen spoke the epitaph of vaudeville dozen years ago.
 Here in their dismal rooms. the two-a-day, three-a-day, four- a-day and "grond" acts of a glamorouS entertainment era jubilantlyy re- echo the words now sounding louder and louder through the corridors of the show world: Vaudeville is com- ing back"
 A thousand tragedies could be written about the demise of vaude- i vile, the cardboard world that tum- bled when Al Jolson spoke up and sang in The Jazz Singer" the first talking picture hit. And scores of them are still being acted out by headlincrs and near heardliners who have proudly refused to twist their routines to the night club formula and who have starved genteely wait ing for day they refused to be- lieve would not come again. And now, perhaps, that day is near. In the Casa Manana, little Billy Rose has installed a tremen- dous vaudeville show approximating the famous bills of the old Palace theater, the goal of every vaude- william in days gone by. And audi ence have enthusiastically showed their approval with a spanking $50,000 paid into the box office in the first week of the first show. Phoenix
 A canny snowman with his ear to the cash register. Lee Shubert tOOh IIlC CuC anu dIlIlOullCGu u Ico- toration of vaudeville to the Winter Garden thcater here for the sum- mcr months. At the same time, the brothers Brandt, who control large chain of motion picture houses, an- nounced that they planned to in- stall, as an adjunct to the films, variety entertainment instead of games of chance. And even more impressive news came from the headquarters of the Skouras Broth CTS, perhaps the largest cinema ex- hibitors in America. They too, 1t was said, were thinking of bringing back the songs-and-fancy batter acts, the jugglers and the acrobats of 8 nostalgia period.
 The last attempt to apply pul- motor to vaudeville came two years ago when Gus Edwards served up vaudevillians at the B. s. Moss the- ater. The venture ended in a flood of red ink as had a previous ef- fort by Earl Carroll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20


 What is significant, neverthe- less, is that the upturn marks a distinct break in the previous economic trend.
 All through the winter and spring this trend was steadily downward. Month after month industrial production, employment. wholesale and retail safes con- tinued to diminish. Now for the first time this tailspin course is reversed.
 What makes the improvement doubly encouraging is it's pres ence in key industries. For ex- ample, the index of car load ings between April 30 and May 2 jumped from 73.S to 76.3. As compared to 107.9 a year ago, that is meager showing, but car l0adings are basic index.
 Again, electric power production, another telltale index, rose during this same period from 89.6 to 9O.l Lumber and textile output also increased; the first from 54.4 to 58.5 and the latetr from 84.2 to 89.7. Retail sales are even more cheerful.
 Better Business
 One big obstacle to a revival of production is over stocked in- ventories. Some experts estimate these stocks as high as 5000, 0,O00,- 900. But in the past few weeks inventories have begun to move. Manufacturers have slashed prices and disposed of large quantities to chain-store groups.
 Last week more than Sl2,- 100000 worth of off priced goods were sold in Manhattan alone and the cits was filled with buyers looking for more bar gains. That means two things: First, that the big retail or- ganizations believe there is a market if the price Is right. Second, that shelves and ware houses are being cleared, thus opening the way for new orders to manufacturers.
 Also, it means that the high price level that prevailed last year and was considered by many economists as a major cause of the recession, is beginning to crack. Ball PaSSerS
 Vice President Garner was get ting into his car, about to depart
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
A Book a Day
Today's Battle
 Against Disease
BY BRUCE CATION

l [ A tremendously disturbing book .s Paul de Kruif's "The Fight for Life' (Harcourt, Brace, $3), exploring the ravages of syphilis, tuberculosis, in- tality in this country today. Medical science has recently achieved the greatest progress since the days of Pasteur, MT. de Kruif tells us. Actually, science is ready to wipe out certain deaths which have plagued mankind from the be- ginning of time. These deaths arc absolutely without question prevent able.
 De Kruif takes you behind the scenes of present-day research, writing the brilliant story of the health-men's battle on half-dozen fronts to save human life of such death fighters as Thomas Parran. Joseph Goldberger. Charles Arm- strong. Edward Francis, c. o. Wen ger and may others.
 It is startling drama, stamping out pellagra in the Mississippi flood zone, syphilis in Chicago and other big cities, tuberculosis in Detroit. But the play. de Kruif says, has hardly fight the peoples fight; and in- begun. The job now is to make the credible task in the face of shrink ing national income and universal yowls for economy. Yet, de Kruif argues, the time has come when the fight for life must be pushed by the whole community.
 It is not too much, he ayers, to seek a vast national health cam- paign under the direction of the U. 8. ublic Health Service. The benefits of medical research will not otherwise reach the whole people, adn such a state he bit- terly deplores.
 That is de Kruif's challenge. It should make his book one of the most important of the year. | P. G. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 12:42 a. m. (daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:30 a. m; sets 8:07 D. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Robins are trusting birds. They rarely take the pains to conceal their nests in hidden thickets as do so many of our songsters. Saw one nest with four little eggs in scrub pine right alongside busy garage the other day Another nestled in tall arbor-vitae close to house habited by many children. A swaying poplar housed another nest on the west side of the house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

for the regular weekly cabinet meeting.
 "On your way to the ban gamer" yelled . friend.
 "Not to the ball game" grinned Garner. "To the ball. passers at the other end of Pennsylvania avenue"
 Al Smiths Ghost
 Al Smith has taken umbrage at story recently published in this column which, among other things, stated that Belle Mosko- witz, who died in 1883, wrote most of As speeches"
 Answering the above statement, Josef Israels II, who takes care of AIS public relations and is the son of Belle MoskowitZ, has writ ten us a letter which states:
 'No one ever wrote a speech for former Governor Smith. All of his speeches, now and in the past, were delivered entirely from his own nCtes It Is Obvi- ous to anyone knowing Governor Smith that his utterances are entirely his own and the technique of the preparation and delivery of his speeches makes 1t impossible to state as you do that my mother, the late Belle Moskowitx ever wrote g speech for delivery by the former Governor Smith,"
 We are delighted to print the above denial by MT. lsraels.
 However, in all fairness to our other statesmen who make no se- cret of their ghost writers, 1t is interesting to recall As Jefferson day speech of 1882 in which ap- parently he used the same ghost writer as Franklin Roosevelt.
 At any rate, As speech, de- livered in Washington, April 13, and Roosevelt's speech, delivered in St. Paul on April 18, both con- tained this almost identic para graph:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
Questions and
 Answers
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information 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 o. What is the onicial flower of Missouri?
 A. The Hawthorn, of which there are more than 125 species growing in Missouri.
 e. With what kind of gas was the dirigible 'Hndenburg" inflated A. A combination of hydrogen and blue gas.
 o. Does a ton in England, the United States and France have the same number of pounds?
 A. The English ton is 2,240 pounds avoirdupois, the United States (short) ton is 2,00O pounds; and the French tonne is 1000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
Selected Poem
VAGINAL

 (David Morton in the New York Sun) This being her first spring Now the young tree Thinks what her birds will sing, What leaves may be Swelling the bough along, With bud and bud And something like a song In the eager blood For the sudden bother of birds And the leaves way With murmurous or tapping words And what they say. And every foolish thing That joy can be In being the first spring For young tree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

1. Which of the American colon- les was founded by James Edward Oglethorpe?
 2. Who is chairman of the Gener- al Electric Corporation?
 3. What are gamma rays?
 {. Under which Paresident did William Jennings Bryan serve as Secretary of State?
 s. Name the capital of Illinois.
 6. What body of water separates Long Island from the Connecticut shore?
 2. What is an anemometer?
 8. Name the President of Mexico
 g. What is the plural of the word tempo?
 10. Which country of the world has the largest populations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

Empire is still in tight place-and so on and so on, sentence by sentence.
 But somehow the world did live through 1857 and the dire events which lay on 1857's horizon, and became better and happier place. Is one being fatuous optimist to suggest that we shall ulti- mately be able to say the same thing of 1888 and it's troubles?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

There's no "aside' worse than the radio aside. Funny business off the record with an invisible studio audience and principals having good joke with much laughter is not so funny for the man beside his own mike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Crimea is pronounced kri-mce'- .; not cry'-me-a-

e. Was is necessary for Cana dians to pay a head tax when they entered the United States in 1910?
 A. No; Canadians were not re- quired to pay head tax for legal en- try until Feb. 5, 1917.
 Q. Can you furnish formula for a flypaper?
 A. Water, 2l parts; glucose, 16 parts; sodium silicate, II parts; gly- cerin, 1-2 part. First soak coated paper in a weak alum solution, dry 1t and coat with above mixture.
 c. What is the middle name of Robert H. Jackson, the new solicitor general7
 A. The name is Houghwout, and MT. Jackson pronounces 1t How'-att.
 Q. In which hemisphere is the United States of America situated?
 A. In the western and northern. The earth is geographically divided east and west by the Meridian of Greenwich running from pole to pole, and south and north by the equa- tor. encircling the globe.
 c. What month is windiest?
 A. March is popularly supposed to supply the most wind. but that is not necessarily true, as great va riations occur in wind velocities ex- perienced in that month. In gen. eral, however, meteorological condi- tions in March tend to produce winds, because of the changes in the general temperature occurring be- tween winter and summer condi- tionS.
 If you want Q copy of our booklet MARKETS FOR LITERATURE" write to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington. D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
I< Daily
 cA Washinston .N !,.,W,: Il! !
Business Indexes Show Small But Definite Pick-Up for the First Time;
 Al Smith Denies Belle Moskowitz or
 Any Other Ghost Wrote His Speeches
A BREW RIARoOW
saa D00GRT c A11@s|

WASHINGTON, May 20. = Black clouds that have overhung the economic skies for the past six months at last are beginning to lift.
 That doesn't mean return of clear skies is ''juSt around the corner" Far from it. The business pickup is barely perceptble and conditions have to improve great deal more before the balmy of good times he horizon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

We're getting homesick for those con- fortable times when the only important news was the ball game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

Explanation for the similarity was given at the time by Profess sor Moley. who said that Profess sor Lindsay Rogers of Columbia had submitted the draft of & speech to Smith in March. and then on April 2, thinking Al was not going to use it, had given the same speech to Moley for Rocse- velt's use.
 Smiths office," according to the report carried in The New York Times, admitted obtaining some material from Rogers"
 Merry-G0-Round
 It's remarkable what effect the approach of the ballot box has on politics. One of the most persist ent foes Of Administration meas ures is Rep. Tom McMillan of Charleston, S. c. But when the President debarked in Charles ton from his fishing cruise, the first in line to meet him was Me- Milan. When Roosevelt was safely out of town, McMillan issued a press statement that he had been invited to accompany the President but was unable to do so because of private business =. Burnet Rhett Maybank, able young mayor of Charleston. has been assured vigorous adininistra- tion support in his campaign for governor Republican strate- gists are trying to induce Dr. A. c. Wherry, wealthy Salt Lake dentist, to run against New Deal Senator Ebert D. Thomas of Utah. Some of Wherry's friends are advising him, however, to wait until 1940 and run against Senator King.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

The melting pots in Europe don't seem to melt. They just get red hot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
ROOSEVELT.

"The conse- quences of the Hawley- -Smoot bill have been | r e m c ndous, both directly and indirectly. Directly, Am erican foreign trade ha 8 been steadily dwind. ling. Indirect ly, the h 1 g h schedules of t h e Hawley- s m ot bill caused Euro pean nations to raise their o W II t a riff W al g, a II d t h e so W a Ills W e r 0 raised n o { o n l y against. us but against c q c h ntl,nr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
Test Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
SMITH

"The consc- quences of the Hawley- -Smoot bill have been t r c m e ndous, both directly and indirectly. Directly, Am- erican foreign trade has been steadily dwind. ling. Indirect ly, the h l 6 h schedules of t h e Hawley- s m o o t bil1 caused Euro pean nations to raise their O W II t q Tiff walls. not only against us but against e q c h other"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
A Thought for Today

Come, my people, enter thou into thy cham hers. and shut thy doors about thee: hide thy self as it were for little moment, until the in- dignaton be overpast-Isaiah %6@O.
 Beware of the fury of patient man.-Drydcn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-02

Quaint little town where the sun goes
down
Into an ink-bIuc sea,
And themOOn comes up from the Cuffs
write cup,
Dripping with melody,
Where sponges hold six shades of gold
Young Rembrandt might have
caught
And feathered threats repeat the notes
Both Keats and Shelley sought.
| beg of YOU hold fast and true
That sheltered charm now yours,
Against the tide of those outside
Who beat upon your doors.
Aroad goes through to bring to You
A curious, jOstling crowd 49,.
OiittIe town in hOmeSpun gown
AIoof and brave and proud.
Sell not your soul for any goal
That men may label gain,
Who hold the loom of endless bloom,
Where frost has never lain;
But like some star we see altar
Through mists that wax and Wane,
'onoedc tOnone that battle won
From slow white hours Of pain,
Vivian Yeiser laramOrc
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-02

Ford say we are near" another
boom. Most FIor.diaus who went through
the late rnplcasautuess" will be satisfied
with that proximity
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-02
KEY VESTS DAY OF LIBERATION

July the F&ufth. Out greatest IVA
tional holiday, the day most memorable in
the history cf tie Nation, takes on form
this year. 938, new significance to the
people of Kew West 1t will be written on
the pages of our history as our own In
dependence Day, the day when the
shackIes of circumstance were stricken
from the limbs Of Key West and the day
that marks the time when the city knew
new birth of freedom to rebuild on the
ruins of the past a more glorious civic
edifice than the past had eve comprc-
hended
1t is not possible fitIy to express The
appreciation this city feels for the helping
hand that the Nation has extended to us
when seIf-help was beyond our power.
That appreciation extends on into the
present and TIE future as from the remotest
boundaries of our country come the con
gratulations to the city that carne back"
and from near and distant States, from
near and distant counties Of this great
State the friends pour in to join with US in
our rejoicing at the restoration Of easy
communication with the mainland which
only few months ago was a days journey
distant
open the everlasting arches that arc
an InlPeriSn8ole memorial 81 me heroic
genius OF Henry M FiaRier VINO dreamed
OF Seno'ns " FS''ro"o 70 sea ana ""o mace
''e dream 'ea"'Y' mas 0een '"'o sh'n-
ing ofo0" high"7Y 'ha' ShaiI DC eq"S'y
an enduring testimonial 10 the vision ana
SKIN OF ." e"S"eef - a later daY' - W.
duncan ana MS assoc '"'SS'
fN'y eNP' SSo'0" % "P"' ""'''''
DC incomplete ""'c" o'd not recognize N"
Sp'e""'o way }" "@'o" INC men OF N'y
west a''e' most den'0F"l'A'"R PERIOD ~
oeep deofe'S'o"' "n"oc"S'omcd to the
WORK 'hVo'Ve0 =" of'oFe ana h's""Ay
o"''o'ns' "eoO'',e" themselves 50 wen
'n'' ''ey won inc "0"''' ''''" and respect
they worked.
The highway IS The fruition of long
and arduous gtrueele, the riqors Of which
arc no longer to be remembered AS we re
joice in accomplishment and the Nation
rejoices with us.
Nor does the Nation have - be con
timed to sentimental grounds tor ITS re-
'o'o'"R' r"f i me r@''S are thrown wac
0pF" 70 a" ,S,9"o "''h a" l0V'''c climate
where inc SICK an" INC weary may restore
body and spirit; and the young and viG0r-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-02

Be particularly cautious in driving
your car this month as the July accident
toll each year tops all the other months
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-02

Everything IN Key West is farhcst
south even you visitors are the southern
most visitors i'm the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-27
Meponsst, Grass, Raj Rugs

$40 II. NepOnset nall runners, q =
3x6 II. triple weight grass rugs ID
or AIT II. Colonial effect rag
rugs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-27
Judge Holds $lW
Weekly Enough

LOS ANGELES, July 27 Q.N.So -,
John Mccormick, Hollywood the
atrical agent, need not pay his
estranged wife, Zita Johann, one
time New York stage favorite, ST.
$50 a month as temporary sup
port pending trial Of her divorce,
the Los Angeles Superior Court
ruled.
Mccormick, former husband of
Colleen Moore, film actress, has
done all that he need do for Miss
Johann by paying her 500 a
week, it was decided. The couple
separated last May.
The actress had declared she
needed funds to repleniSh her
wardrobe and to finance a the
atrical comeback" When she
lived with Mccormick she was &C.
cuStomed to two house servants
and q chauffeuT, she added.
b The court declined to determine
the legality of the Mccormick
marriage, which the theatrical
agent questions,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-27
DEWEY PUSHES
HINES INQUIRY

NEW YORK, July ~ U.N.SD
District Attorney Thorn e.
Dewey's prosecution Of Tammany
Leader James j. Hines, awaiting
trial on August Is as the alleged
"fixer" in the late Dutch Schultz
policy racket, took a new turn
today.
In an apparent attempt to link
Hines with an observation-disclosures
ing racket, Dewey served sub
poenas on brokerage houses, call
ing for transcripts. Of accounts
OF 81 persons and firms. Among
the accounts sought are those of
Hines and his two sons, James j.,
jr., and Eugene.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-27
TRAFFIC DEATHS
MOUNT TO 81

Sam Bernstein, So, of 212S
Eighteenth st. N. W., died today
at Emergency Hospital of injuries
he received early today when
struck by a taxicab as he crossed
the street in the 1000 block OF
Fourteenth st. N. w.
His was the fifty-first traffic
fatality this year. Last year at
this date So persons had been
killed.
Police said the driver of the
cab was Ralph r. WinSloW, 20,
of Arlington, Va. They said
WinSloW rushed Bernstein to
Emergency Hospital.
Police are holding Winslow
pending action by the coroner'S
jury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-27
Hunt
For Blonde
Baroness

NEW YORK, July 27.-Federal
agents today we're searching for
StatueSQue Priscilla 6ternberg,
more Familiarity known among tire
women whose bank~oCs she
tapped rs Baroness Pe5rlska Won
GosSo," on charges OF using the
mails to defraud.
Once accused as a 500 900 swim
dler who used the offices of
j. P. Morgan as a setting for her
activities, she is now being sought
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-27

But that the blonde beauty and
the actor have definitely come to
the parting of the ways was more
than evident IS watchers at more
than one listening post told Of the
last quarrel between them.
1t is not the first time they have
quarreled, friends pointed out. and
always before the break has not
been more than, temporary. It is
added, however, that the present
misunderstanding seems to have
about it an air of finality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-27

International News Photo
PRISCILLA STERNBERG
The "B0rOness" Is in TrOu-
Bile Again. Uncle Sam
Wants to See Her About
a Mail Fraud Charge. Miss
Sternberg Is a SeH-PrO-
claimed Former F0UOrite
at Ex-KGiser's Court
on a warrant accusing her of mulcI.
ing scores of women of sums
ranging from $500 to $25, 900.
The attractive blonde, Who
claimed to have been a one-time
faVorite at the court of former
Kaiser Wilhelm II, first appeared
in New York in 1924 as Baroness
Durer. In 1895 she joined a club
organized by prominent business
women.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-27

Hollywood goSSips were saying
that Raft had a meeting with
Virginia Immediately upon his re
turn from Hot Springs. Hot words
were spoken, the quarrel was a
bitter one, friends insist, and
after that the two went their
separate ways.
1t is all too bad, friends insist,
for the Chicago hefress and the
clever George are very much in
love, they say.