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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
CIVIC THEATER
 GOES ON ROAD
Our Town" to Be Pre- sented in Watertown,
 Newington

Road presentations will be offered for the first time in the history oi the Civic theater of Waterbury, Inc, next month when "Our Town" Pulitzer Prize play by Thorntol, Wilder, will be shown in neighbor. ing towns, Miss Helen Miner, presi- dent of the theater announced last night. This decision was made at recent meeting of the board of directors.
 There is a widespread interest in the play in neighboring towns because of the similarity of the locale of the story, to almost any typical Connecticut town of thirty years ago. The action of the play depicts the struggles of almost any small-town family of this period.
 Organizations that have hereto fore hesitated to present an offer tations of their stage facilities, ing of this type because of the limi- find that because of the nature of the staging of this production, very few properties and in scenery being used, almost any stage can be adapted to its presentation.
 After the Waterbury perfor. mances, Dec. ' and 8 at the Wo- mems Club, the show will be taken to Watertown where 1t will be presented under the sponsorship of the Watertown Boy Scouts Dec. 9. Major Bannigan, commanding off, cer of the U. s. Veterans Hospital at Newington has invited the group to the hospital for a benefit perfor- nance Dec. 18th. The entire cast will be transported to these places for the showing.
 Robert G. Bardwell, director, has announced the following as com prising the supporting cast: Me- Lean Buckingham, Carlotta Sher- well, Clarissa Deming, Ross Thomp- son, Charlotte Benedict, Lynnette Bown, Frank W. Wilder, William ziegler, Wilfred Colby, Kenneth Downey, Peggi-Jean Smith, Thomas Summa, Gail Merritt, John Stacy, Janet Raymond and Robert Ash ton.
 Principals are: William w. Vos- burgh, Jr., Ellis Akins, John Mel win Cole, Geneva Stettbacher, Bea- trice Wood, William Olander, Elea- nor Culhane, E. H. Davis, Norman Neale and Isaiah Roosin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
DARTMOUTH KEEPS
 BROWDER AWAY
Has Definitely Banned Him as Speaker at College
 Today

Hanover, N. H., Nov. 25 - (U.P) Communist Leader Earl Browder definitely was banned from speaking at Dartmouth College today.
 The Council of Students organiz- ations, after five hours deliberat ton last night, upheld rejection by the committee on lecturers of student petition to permit Browder to speak.
 Their decision was handed down in face of sharp editorial by the Dartmouth, undergraduate news paper, which accused the committee of lecturers of reversing the liberal policy of the college and violating the principal of free speech.
 The Dartmouth Press Club. con. sisting of students correspondents of outside papers, meantime held a meeting and decided they were Ted up" with the Browder incident Thereupon, they invited German American Bund Leader Fritz Kuhn to speak at Hanover.
 The reasons for the councils ac. tion will be outlined in a 6O0-worc reply to the Dartmouth's editorial Consisting of faculty members ant undergraduates, sthe council speci, fically denied Browder use of a col lege lecture hall,
 Harvard and Princeton previousl, had refused permission for Browde, to speak in college buildings or grounds 1t would be Gin poor taste because of his indictment on pass. port forgery charges. Yale Univer- sity, through its President Charles Seymour, has granted permission to Browder to address a mass meeting there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
SCRUBWOMEN TO
 BE QUESTIONED

Boston, Nov. 25-(UP)-Twenty- two scrubwomer, who allegedly were forced by fugitive former Sheriff John F. Dowd to pay about $2o0 each to keep their SIS e week jobs at the county courthouse, will be re-ques- toned Monday, 1t was announced today.
 Assistant District Attorney Fred erick T. Doyle, Investigating pur- ported $60, 900 "shakedown" of county employees, decided to interview the charwomen again as result of new evidence. The new evidence, Doyle said, indicated that an unidentified woman on Thursday night warned the scrubwomen that if they talked" they would be fred.
 Dowd, central figure in the inquiry which already has resulted in the indictment of the ex-sheriff and six other men, still was at large today despite Q nationwide search.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
LABOR BOARD TO
 OPEN HEARINGS
ClO, A. F. of L. Battle to Represent Rubber Com.
 pany Employees

Boston, Nov. 25 - (U.P) Ma. tional Labor Relations Board hear. ings to determine whether the CIO or AFL shall represent 32Oo0 em. ployes of three of the nations larg- est rubber manufacturers open Tuesday at Providence, R. I.
 The hearing will cover the 1850 employees of the United States Rub- Der Company in that city and sub- sequent hearings will be held in other cities where the firm has plants.
 A similar hearing affecting the 3,200 employees of the Hood Rubber Company at Watertown will be held here December l, while other hear ings will determine Jurisdiction in plants of the B. F. Goodrich Com pany.
 Both the CLOS United Rubber Workers of American and the AFL s Rubber Workers Federal Labor Union demand that right to repre- sent the workers in bargaining. Evl- dence wil be heard by a NLRB trial examiner fro mWashington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
Con" Shea To Work Vermont

Cornelius (Con) Shea, one of Connecticut's best known hotel men who lived most of his early life in Waterbury has terminated years of service with the Hotel Stratfleld in Bridgeport. He leaves tomorrow for Burlington, Vt., to join the staff or the Hotel Van Ess, one of the oldest hotels in New England. The hotel is owned by Frank A. Cantwell for many years president and manager of the Hotel Stratfield.
 Con" Shea is extremly well known in Waterbury. He grad- uated from Crosby High School and was always interested in- terested in sports and enjoyed the friendship of Waterbury's sporting fraternity and many other Waterburians. He visited his local friends frequently and was always welcome in their midst,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
POLICE CHECK ON TWO MEN
Jerseyites Held for New Britain Theft; Fur Rob-
 ping Here Linked

Local police are Investigating the capture of two New Jersey men in Milford early this morning, follow ing the burglary of fur shop tr New Britain.
 Captain Joseph P. Stevens, chief inspector of the detective bureau said his department is checking to see whether the captured man had anything to do with the theft of $350 black Persian lamb fur coat from Berger's, TOT West Main street. Nov. 19.
 According to Captain Stevens, the two men, Everett c. Mckay, 45, and Clarence R. DeCraene, 35, both of Newark, were seen by a passerby az they sped from g burglary in New Britain.
 The passerby furnished descrip. tion of the New Jersey car the men were driving, and they were nabbed upon reaching Milford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
BY FREDERICK 0. OTHMAN tTTmfkaA preee GfaN CmrrarmnradaYaf

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 Hollywood, Nov. 25 - (UP) - Twenty-seven American Federation of Labor unions were expected to call a strike today that will paralyze the motion picture industry and close every movie theater in the country.
 Only the grant of a 10 per cent pay raise to 23.O0O union members in Hollywood could forestall the strike and an immediate sympathy strike by some 15,000 projection machine operators, their leaders said.
 The producers, led by Joseph M Schenck, president of the Producers Association, said not a cent more would be forthcoming for the tech- nicians, plasterers, brass polishers, and other workers in their studios. They said, in fact, that wage cuts would be more appropriate at the moment, because the industry has been hit by the closing of its Euro pean market.
 Union Leader Angry
 William Bioff, western head of the International Association of Theat- rical and Stage Employees, strode red-faced from his conference with Schenck and other leading pro- ducers, raced by limousine to his office across town and asserted that his men either got their pay raised today, or walked out of the stu- dios. Asked what time he intended to call the strike, provided he got no promises from the movie makers, Bioff said:
 we won't say. That will be the producers surprise"
 He added that he believed Schenck and his associates were re- sponsible for his embarrassment yes- terday when he was forced to sur render to police on a 17-year-old conviction of pandering in the back room of a Chicago saloon. Released on $1,000 bail he said he intended to fight extradition to Illinois and bat tie the men he believed were respon- sible for reviving the old scandal Chicago authority declared he had not served his sentence for pander- ing.
 Bull In China Shop
 T will be bull in a china shop around here,, Bio'ff said. They'll really take notice of me now"
 When Schenck heard of Bioff's accusations, he dictated still another statement in which he said the pro- ducers not only denied, but resented charges that they were responsible for Bioff's present personal predic- ament." Schenck said he and his associates were proud of their repu- tation for dealing fairly with labor and its representatives.
 Biloff did not reply. He sped to his baronial estate in the San Fernando Valley where guards kept enquirers away. His spokesmen said the next move was "up to the producers"
 The movie makers were in some- thing of a dilemma. They wanted to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
CLYDE PANCBORN
 ESCAPES DEATH
New British Order Almost Proves Fatal for Noted
 Flyer

New York, Nov. 25 -- (UP) - Clyde Pangborn, the first American test pilot for British firm, returned on the President Harding yester- day, relating how he had narrowly escaped death when British anti- aircraft batteries opened fire on plane he was piloting over England
 Pangborn said that all planes making flights in England now must inform military authorities so that they will not be targets for anti aircraft guns. Something slipped one day and Pangborn's plane, car- rying five passengers, was fired up- on.
 In 1881 Pangborn and Hugh Herndon won a $25 5,00o prize for the first nonstop flight from Japan to the United States.
 Two English girls arrived to marry Americans. They are Frances Hard ing, who will become the bride of Douglas Dies, Knoxville. Tenn, newspaper man, and Patricia Swal- low, who will marry Hoyt Pease, of New Britain, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
AIRCRAFT CORP.
 UNION MEN OUT

East Hartford, Conn.,, Nov. 25-- (UP)-All union workers on a United Aircraft Corp, construction job were called from their work to- day to join a protest of West Hart ford building workers against open shop practices here.
 The West Hartford walkout stalled operations on a new building of the Pratt & Whitney division of Niles Bemont-Pond. The Hartford Build- ing and Construction Trades council asserted the strike would continue until building contracts in this area provided for all-union labor.
 Both union and non-union work CTS were employed on the United Aircraft construction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
Movies Expectedt to Be
 Paralyzed By Strike
Only IOpo Pay Raise to 23,OOO Union Members of
 Industry Can Prevent Closing of Theaters in Nation

fight Biof to a showdown, yet they hesitated to risk cutting of their revenues from theaters which sold almost 5000, 100000 worth of tickets last year.
 Fear Dark Theater
 Particularly did they shrink from the possibility of theaters being darkened over the weekend. Satur- days and Sundays are the biggest days in the business.
 The producers said they already had all important branches of labor, from actors to electricians, directors to press agents, under mutually sat- iSfactory contracts. They said they had granted 12O00 of Bioff's men a 10 per event increase only last month and that similar increase for the rest of his followers might be disastrous. As ISchenck put 1t in writing:
 At a meeting of the producers and the labor negotiating commit tees the producers advised the labor representatives that due to the nec- essity for 6 complete readjustmert with which hey are raced, they are not in Q position to grant demands for wage increases at this time."
 Studios Would Close
 There was little doubt that the studios would be closed tighter than drum-head if the strike is called. In the dozen major studios affected there about 25 films in production Although the three organized "tal- ent" groups-actors, writers and di- rectors-would not be affected by the strike call, it would be impos- sible for them to work, and few were expected to risk passing picket lines.
 The 12,000 IATSE members-- mostly electricians and caneramen who were given 10 per cent raise, would strike with the other AFL unions-carpenters, laborers, labora- toyr workers and truck drivers. The studios have more than 100 completed films on their shelves lin the can," they call it-and thus would be in fair shape to withstand a strike so far as a studio shut down is concerned. But they feared the loss of revnue if their theaters too were darkened.
 The men affected earn wide range in pay, from $5 a day for la. borers to three-figure weekly sums for the heads of technical depart- ments, the sound men. cutters and set designers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
THREE DIVORCE
 ACTIONS FILED

Three divorce actions were filed in the Superior Court this morning.
 Laura Grace Terrell seeks 8 di- vorce from her husband, Edwin H. Terrell, on the grounds of desertion and intemperance. The couple were married on Aug. 28, 1918, and the alleged desertion took place in 1895. The custody of two minor childre, is sought.
 Angelo Mastriano seeks a divorce from his wife, Concetta Mastriano, and custody of three minor children. The couple were married April 28, 1919. Intolerable cruelty Is claimed.
 The third action filed was that of Joseph De Lory against his wife, Yvonne De Lory. The couple were married in 1912. Desertion iA claimed the alleged desertion taking place in 1925.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
ROMEO, JULIET
 AGAIN SEP PARATED
Eileen Herrick Disappears, Probably Taken Away
 By Her Parents

New York, Nov. 25-tUP)-Juliet is free to marry Romeo today but, unfortunately she was disappeared.
 Under Q ruling handed down in supreme court 10 days ago by Jus tice Isidor Wasseryogel, Eileen Her. rick, 2o-year-old post-debutante. and George Lowther, 3rd, may meet at p. m. and, if they choose, go at once to a clergyman or a justice of the peace.
 But 24 hours before expiration of the 10-day waiting period decreed by the court, Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Herrick went to the hospital where Eileen has been recuperat- ing from her courtship ordeal and took her away. They did not go to the Herrick's home and their des- tination was unknown.
 Yowther was making no attempt to discover Eileen's whereabouts. The 30-year-old suitor forced his sweetheart's parents to produce her in court Nov. IS with a writ of habeas corpus after they had bar- red the doors of their home to him. He agreed then, after the justice had decided that Eileen was free to marry whom she chose, that he would not attempt to see her for 10 days.
 Justice Wasservogle told Lowther that he might telep;lone Eileen at the hospital but the suitor has been unable to communicate with her because there was no telephone in her room.
 But Lowther said he would start looking for her at 5, p. m. If he did not learn her Whereabouts in the meantime and that they would be married as soon as she said the word.
 The Romeo is an insurance brok- CT and Q Yale graduate. Juliets Father is c former park commis- sioner. Both families are wealthy and socially prominent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
.21 SENTENCED
 TO DEATH PENALTY

Singapore. Nov. 25-(UP)-A Free Press dispatch from Bangkok. Siam said today that 2l persons had been sentenced to death, 22 to life im- prisonment and seven others ac- quilted as a result of a revolutionist plot.
 Three of those sentenced to death, including the son of the late King Chulalongkorn and the commander of Slams expeditionary force in Europe during the World war, later had their sentences commuted to life imprl @lment. the dispatch said. The former commanders two sons, however, were among those con- demned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
TROOP 26, BOY
 SCOUTS, MEET

Troop 26. Boy Scouts, from the church of Our Lady of Loprdes held its weekly meeting last night at the parish hall. One of the features of the meeting was -tieing contest with scout from each of the troops four patrols participating. Fred Biannchini. Anthony Molluci, Henry Sprano and Constine Metro were each awarded a strong sailor rope for demonstrating the various type of knots In which scouts are interested.
 Two new members Anthony Cont and Richard Pelvin were admitted to the troop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
TERRYVILLE MAN
 EGRANTEBNO

Alexander '. Scherba, 33, of Beach street Terryville, arrested Nov. la on e charge of violating the rules of the road, was granted . nolle on payment of $5 by Judge Theobald E. Conway in City Court today4
 Joseph LaRose, IS, of IT West Liberty street, arrested on Nov. n on charges of breach of the peace, was also granted a nolle.
 The case of Alexander Barbieri. 52, of Pearl lake road. arrested Nov. 10 on . charge of selling Nquor with- out a permit was granted Q con. tinuance until Dec. s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
DR. BEVANS GUEST
 OF CHURCH SOCIETY

Dr. Theodore Bevans of this city will be the speaker at the weekly meeting of the Young Peoples so- ciety of the Bunker Hill Congrega- tional church tomorrow afternoon at s o'clock. The Young Peoples society of the First Congregational church will attend the address as guests.
 Rev. Alan M. Fairbank. pastor, will speak at the morning worship at il o'clock on the subject, Thank Godi"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
"TRADE-IN" DRIVE
 PROVES PROFITABLE

New York, Nov. 25-(UP)-The
 Trade-in" drive conducted by Schick Dry Shaver, Inc. from Sept. 13 to Nov. IA lifted sales of Schick Dry Shavers 2s0 per cent over the corresponding 1899 period. Ralph J Cordiner. president, reported today.
 The campaign, he added, produced the greatest September and october sales in the company's nine year history, and increased employment in the company's factory at Stam- ford, Conn, by 450 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
TWO OLOCAL FIRMS
 GET CONTRACTS

Two Waterbury firms and one Naugatuck firm have been given government orders, according to word from Washington.
 The war department has awarded a $9,164 contract to the U. s. Rub- Der Co.,, of Naugatuck for boots.
 The war department has awarded $28,620 contract to the American Brass Co.,, for gliding material. and a $515 contract to the Waterbury Buckle Go. for buckles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25

board when his son, Eddie, IT,, was the high school football hero.
 He sums up the problem:
 "This is a case of lost revenues; of unwillingness by real estate owners to carry Q heavier tax bur- den: of lack of a scheme to create new income; and a public apathetic to school welfare"
 CALLS TAX LEVY
 CIVIC BURDEN"
 Leather-Lunged Walter Baertschi is the most voluble of the opponents to the tax levy. President of a share the wealth organization called Friends and Neighbors, Inc, he takes credit for quashing the proposal at the polls in November. School boardmen say large real estate hold CTS approve his stand. Once a vigorous back of Father Coughlin, he has now split with the radio priest.
 He says:
 we want to make real estate an attractive investment and add to employment. Why burden the beleagured home owner who is on relief with taxes upon taxes?
 "Our teachers salaries are too high. The minimum pay here is $l ,350 while in Columbus, a compar- able town, 1t is only $1,O0O. The maximum pay here is $3,l50, while in Columbus it's $2,000.
 CARRIAGES SCHOOL SITDOWN
 "The school officials and teachers are staging a sitdown strike and are holding the schools as ransom.
 "The Board of Education has em- ployed little school children to hand out false propaganda at election booths. They have offered A marks to students working for them at election time.
 "The schools have on hand $780, 900, and S35l ,000 from the state sub sidy is due this week. Why must we close schools? To force de- ceived public to vote still higher taxesI"
 Toledo, once @ wealthy indus trial town, is making a last ditch fight against the quixotic econom- ics of today and she's fighting without state help.
 Like Micawber, we kept hop ing something would turn up," said school board official. Tt turned up, but 1t was wrong"
 When school closed, Francis
 Adamski looked like a very pug
 zled and unhappy lad. He wants
 that diploma by June, so he can
 get into the Army Air Corps
 school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
TWO BRUSH FIRES
 PUT OUT TODAY

Two brush fires were extinguished by the fire department today: one on property of Piedmont street; the other on property of North River side street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
Fraternal NeUs
GALILEE SHRINE

Galilee Shrine, White Shrine of Jerusalem met at the Masonic Temple last night with Mrs. Her. bert G. Taylor, worthy high priestess and Fred Jackson. watchman of shepards, presiding.
 Plans were made for @ card party to be held on December 8 and for a Christmas party at the meeting scheduled for December 9 and for birthday party for the meeting scheduled for January 12
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
SEEK TO FORCE TAX ELECTION

They say they'll probably settle by forcing another tax levy e!cc- ton.
 Heading the pro-levy forces is President Evans, sprightly and six tyish. He was first elected to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
DORIC CHAPTER

Doric Chapter, Order of De- Molay, installed Thomas Car michael as its senior counsellor at induction ceremonies last night at the Masonic Temple. Other officers had been installed pre- viously.
 Plans were made for . smoker at the next meeting, and for . dance Christmas night It was an- nounced that the chapter will be presented in state basketball and bowling competition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

June Preisser's eighteenth birth day gift was a long-term motion picture contract.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-25

$These totals subject te later correction owing to incomplete re- ports.