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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-25
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= Kaufman ~fatr IN snsrmuusly
amusing comedy staut player fcts
. feN seaaens aga and called u
The Royal ssmiiy.e The publls
anhesltassnaiy accepted th~ss lsv.
abb. harum sussum characters
lesiiea css.sdssh IN The pisyl -
counterpart. of the various Harry
morss rhis ready slsntifisatI.ss
of imaginary characters 9th Nv.
ing psrsons. u waa made sirsr.
Vas intended a. the highest pae.
slhls tribute. testimony that the
American shsatsr bosssed only ans
royal family
Ans hsssesy ~ ~ Aws~vs.
ran stage will alssssss shas
th~ nsssy1sos~s have s~p~ss-
~dty hee~ united In ps~s~Wsss
ties u sessss u The h~ss shsWus
In the sh~at~s. Tkess we've
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hessoa" snd sasis N "Ths
Jest Jshs sHa xthst 10
"Ctais 10 tsune." sssd gthel
John and lioaei is = wssssss
picture "nasputtn."
Now that Lionel seems an.
chorsd Ia Hollywood. Ethel hss
been carrying the banner II the
living thsairr. alone. ana making
grand Job ~ a. John has re-
Gently followed her sssmple by
returning To broadway,
In "yyhtt~eats" IN wks~A
M,ss nsrsymsve sepeas~ hire
April t1ih. ~ plays . grand.
psostses, Inc crisp and salty
Adetine Whiteosks, eyed tet.
nss4ie nseupessbis ls Miss ~ h
Neehe's series ~ "Jstss"
nssris from wh,eh she play
MAS adapted.
Veteran showmsn wifi tell ynsi
that the usfrymofss cislm Ia
stage royalty IL not based on eum.
bers The Hsrrymorss snby what
might almost he called . right II
royal sseers~lon, these men insist.
Perhaps their feeling Mss cam.
prfrniiy expressed ny = hos offiss
man when he issrnsd Miss Mar
fymofs would eoms hers In
"Wh.iroaks'' after the Me~ York.
run
~ always s~~mss IN NJ NJ
s~ssos n ~ ths tep ~ Ne
ststas.. NJ said. "whru sUs u
tise tssr, ussses y ~ ihs ~sy
Ia town"
Ticket Information regarding
t,bsl Barrymore personal sp.
psafsnss Ia Tacoma April 18th
nay be obtained fron Eihsl Sci
fsrt. Fishers eisle center
Ths Eidofad. mines on Great
Hear lsss In Canada and Tbs
belgian Congo mines In Africa
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-25

Wallace Beery graduated TO di-
rector Of silent pictures he
came manager of n studio quit
The job because he rated 10 fire
people holds q transport pilots
license . worked on broadway
as chorus boy he's the son
of a Kansas city policeman 4. 4.
following his fathers footsteps bs
playing police sergeant In Ser
geant Madden" born on April
Fools day owns ranch in
Idaho collects old guns. Cur
reniIy seen at the Music Bos this
week az the yillslnoUs mate Of the
last SLAYER. In slave ship" sea
epic In which he IL eo-starred with
Warner Baxter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-25

hsm this time . N exciting -
and ho>ses : snare esod<rN sitting
than 10 Usually the csse uNnt1ee
dAm sevvss - ths IHspfvetIaa ~
nusA ssnse scticN. while 0see'e
nsastr sid ~ eu<rte sntten -
smilsy Isarnetts naow ~ fhe -
tie hFeee<s II srrsna ssrNu the
mere srsmAEie wQsseoese ~
result II > happy nNsAe~e 90 =
vnss sef No AMAn rvo@ uu1o
MeuntAlne
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rsae msu1y ~ ~ ~ r.
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hsssas =. = seepy. WeoeA -
Its eempnNteN popeWsul = -
es>a1xnt - spsteuA
And -. secs enstn. - - =
nsw hzli which ves peeves1pe1 ~
~ - entertain ~ Nettna oououDo
ssaisrss. ard yua on NJ u>ano
pfeiasfians ~ Nine uoSWvo9v
Riviera sheAles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-25

ist and would have 10 guard her
feelings from gaining control Of
her better judgment
She is quite sincere In her
desire FOR self-improvement and
what polse and confidence she
now possesses. she cultivated by
sheer determination and persls-
tencyn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-25
ARMY VS.. PRINCETON

CALIFORNIA; big Rose bowl 1ss
rsmoisisd under this xgidanes u
Art Director Jack schslxs 70 re-
sembis Mlehis stadium at West
Point for the football sequence. ia
Edward Bmalfs The Duke VI
West Point. nov showing Of ths
Beverly ihsaisr The gains. in tho
picture, II played by teams rsprs-
ssntibK Army and i.rinoston.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-25

tash - ire ease 81 the Riviera
this week where The Man From
Music Mountain sra ~resuesi
rs@p2ss make up tne nsw hs'l
IN hath eases there's dsrtv wssh
~ fhs crossroads and C~ne Ausry
proves tn h~ the hsfo In the FIRST
named rrn@isistlon. whsis raul
Nelly an~s the hcnofs IN the
sesand
Items. MIA h Ne ! wvsssvu
Nal. hes . hsppy way ~ msss.
lag rsssssc wisA hss swe p<sy.
ssd f.s that r~~nee has
crowded sus IT, sshev stepss
~ ~ pavp>p $40 10 ~
h~erts ~ Awsess~s's nm snss
The starry Rspuhiss has given
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-25

The tiaofsdo mines on gr~st
Hear LAKE In Canada and ths
belgian Congo mines In Africa
ATE tho two commercial sksress
~ fsdlsifn In The world
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-25
Dirty Work At The Cross
Roads Theme Of New Films
Man From Music Meurssn" and Forged pssspsssA
New Rivie,s Offerings, Prove There's MsSy
Sip rwizs Ne Cup snd The Lip

Fyryvhere one roes there those who want % MAXI
living the and whether s phoney land deala Or TN
alien racket the border stations fe 1T times 10 -
lust ono crook after another
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01
When Is News?

It is obvious today to the casual reader in Waterbury, and few in the surround ing towns such as Watertown, Prospect, Wolcott and Cheshire, that the Republi- can & American newspapers can give it or leave it alone. Reference is to the peculiarly-devised treatment of the in- dictment of Mr. Rowley w. Phillips on charges involving him with the $21 ,000,- 900 McKesson & Robbins sWindle - as compared with the eXhaustively elaborate treatment of the news stories relating to the Democratic officials and others now on trial for an alleged fraud against the City of Waterbury
 The Republican & American has done it's synthetic best to indict Waterbury officials in it's readers minds by editorials masquerading as news so that the public would find them guilty before their day in court. Its reporters have not been allowed to write reports of the trial as they witnessed the unfolding of evidence, always being required to give the office slant, or in other terminology, a biased version, detrimental to the accused.
 Then, out of a $21,000O00 scandal which is of special concern to hundreds of citizens who invested their savings in lIcKesson & Robbins stock through the media of MT. Phillips company, which recommended it highly, in a constrained description of the sales, comes MT. Phil lips indictment. The Republican & American and it's radio news commen- tator have handled MT. Phillips case with Republican gloves, the kind that are used to plug up joints so that the skeletons relegated to a closet will not rattle.
 Instead, yesterday, the Waterbury Amer can contained another editorial attacking Mayor Frank Hayes, this time for attend ing meeting of the board of finance. Earlier editorials had criticized the mayor for not attending. It is not the intent of this newspaper, nor would it be the pur- pose of any newspaper worthy of the name, to judge MT. Phillips.
 But, when through financial inter- relationship or personal bias framed within the Republican closed corporation of Waterbury, the Republican & Ameri- can shows such marked preference for the indictment of Democratic officials over that of a friendly broker, then the public should be warned about the con- tents of all editorials masquerading as news, which appear daily in the papers of William J. Pape, the man who wanted to be governor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01
Self-Supporting Parks

One of the perpleXing problems that usually comes before the Connecticut Legislature is that of fees or charges for the use of our state parks and forests. So far as we have gone in this state such assessments have usually been limited to parking levieS or small price for use of bathhouse. But the day may be con- ing when the public will learn that public recreational areas may belong to all of us, but we will have to pay to make any use of them. And the reason is the grow ing cost of maintaining the public domain in the style to which we are be- coming accustomed
 More and better services are being pro- vided as each year passes. The cost of such installations and such improve ments is sizeable one and one that forces the department in charge to util- ize most of it's available funds for such purposes and not for acquisition of addi- ttonal land. The situation has been roughly that in Connecticut for quite some few years now. Thanks to federal government aid, as expressed in terms of WPA and eco, lot of work has been done in our state parks and forests that would still be pending if it depended entirely on state funds.
 Impetus towards collection of tolls from all who enter any state park and forest in Connecticut may come from the new policy in our national parks, monuments, reservations, etc. Secretary of the Interior Harold E. Ickes has just announced schedule of rates for their use by the public. The idea is to make such areas pay for themselves. For exam pie to ride through Shenandoah National Park in Virginia would cost motorist dollar Ten cents is charged to go up in the elevator that ascends through the Statue of Liberty on Bedoes Island A trip through the Aztec ruins of New Mexico will set you back 25 cents. And similar assessments will be found all through the national park system.
 Such ideas are catching and unless our Legislature changes radically it's opinion about how much money the State Pax and Forest Commission should be allotted for expenses, you may find the plan being adopted throughout this state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01
Lareest in the counsry

Very few of us here in Waterbury and perhaps in the entire State of Connecti- cut realize that right in New England we have the largest antiquarian real estate trust in the county, namely, the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. More than half a million dollars worth of property is admins tered by this society right now, not to mention it's valuable museum. And all this since 1910 when the society began with 30 members and treasury of $500. It has gone far and deserves the support that will carry it's work even further.
 It is interesting to note that among the properties administered by the society today are thirty-two houses, all of them of great historical and architectural in- terest, two graveyards, grist mill, a McIntire designed barn, a cooperage shop. Right in our own state the society has donated generously in the past for the support and upkeep of such well-known places as the Webb House of Wethersfield, Lee House, East Lyme, the Whitfield and Wildman houses, Guilford. Ensconced in it's Boston museum is one of the finest photograph collections in America.
 Such energetic work to help New Eng land preserve those links with our glori- ous past of colonization and growth deserved not merely the praise of every one, but also whatever may be given from time to time in material support. There are too few individuals and certainly organizations that are concerned with the care of any heritage of ancestral antiqui- ties. Whenever we know of one that has occupied itself so unselfishly in this field it should command not merely our re- spect but our cooperation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01
Book A Day
Merchant Opened Japan's Door

If the historians are going to &C., cept Carl Crows newest book with little question, and 1t appears they should, the schools will have to add a new chapter to the story of Am- erica's first dealings with Japan.
 This is the story of lone New York crockery merchant who single handed, 1t appears, did more to open the Orient to the United States than all Commodore Perry accom- plished with half fleet and 2000 men in 1853-54. He was Townsend Harris. Carl Crow tells his whole amazing story in a book as interest ing as the man himself, He Opened the Door of Japan" (Harpers: $3).
 The story is all the more curious since Japan seems to have pre- served it as almost sacred in it's annals while the United States has neglected 1t for nearly 100 years. But the evidence is incontroverti- ble. It comes largely from Harris own journals and 1t Is well sub- stantiated otherwise.
 4Hc WOIlu 4ldu bCdICCiy uchIQ VI Townsend Harris when he arrived in Japan in the 1850s. He had sold chinaware in New York for 30 years, then with his mothers death he took to liquor. It washed him up at last, on the shores of Japan with a trading vessel, but there Harris got hold of himself again. At length he asked for Q consulate and. because no one else wanted the job he got 1t. The result was that after two years heartbreak- ing negotiating he signed Amer ica's first commercial treaty with Japan ahead of all other nations.
 Thus, says Crow, while Perry showed the door, Harris actually pried 1t open. How he did 1t Is, of course, Carl Crows story. Whether the historians accept 1t right away or not, you can put 1t down as good reading and timely now to boot.-P. c. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01

Representative A. Willis Robertson of Virginia almost disrupted the peaceful proceedings of the House the other day when he started to talk about trout jump ing in streams. And the gentleman from Virginia gave away the fact that he him. self must be an avowed fisherman when spesker se saa imGhs i'm hs %ahngoa Stsl Hng Post haVe noted reference to the fact that the Virginia trout season opens on April 20 and in the article several good trout streams are mentioned. They will be heavily fished streams. What we need most, Mr. Speaker, is an opportunity for solitude in our fishing, to get away from the stress and strain here. know some good trout streams in Virginia where we can find quiet and an opportunity to com mune with Nature and through Nature with Natures God. I shall welcome the privilege of arranging fishing trips after April 20 for any member of the House who wishes to go trout fishing" :. <. |. (Applause).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01

New Haven officialdom is just bit perturbed and somewhat silent these days following the charges made by Assistant City Attorney John A. Maresca that gambling runs rampant through the city and the police department is unable to stem it. True the news of the past has been replete with activities in circles of this nature, but sometimes city runs through a cycle of such events. However, if the charges alleged are to be substan, be carried further by city officials Ger tainly no such charge will be allowed to go unanswered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01

The hearing on billboard regulation in Hartford yesterday must have convinced legislators that Connecticut is really in earnest about stricter adherence to rules that would put this form of outdoor advertising in it's proper sphere and not let it infringe on the natural beauty of our countryside. We feel pretty sure there will be the necessary changes made in the existing statutes to keep the bill- boards away from the roadsides and in strictly business areas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. On what three islands Is New York city situated?
 2. In stunt flying, which is more dangerous, an inside or outside loop?
 3. Can the President of the U. S. suspend or dismiss the governor of State2
 4. What are herbivorous animals?
 5. For what purpose was the Lew is and Clark Expedition organized and authorized by Congress?
 6. How long period is pentad? 2. Tn what vicinity did the le- gendary ship, the Flying Dutch- man." haunt the wateri?
 8. Which State bears the nick name "Sunflower State?"
 9. What is the name of the Japa- nese art of self-defense?
 10. Which State is represented in Congress by Senator James J. Da- wis?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01
Selected Poem
THE OLD ROAD

Laurence Perrine in the New York Times) The long white highway strutted down The countryside and through the town, Head held high as if it said, T, my friends, am thoroughbred" But was tired of puffing pomp. Of marching highways stiff and straight. I wanted a road to run and romp Ramble bit and change it's gait. And there where the highway turned
 and strode
 Dust lay gold, and bush burned red) I came to an old and friendly road Sloughing buttercups as 1t fled. Under willow 1t caught it's breath, Into a forest ran and tapered, Sprinkled spray
 Of pebbles away,
 Kicked up It's heels and capered. Oh, thrushes sang in the sumac there. Trees sprang dancing into the air. A fence jumped blythe aspens shook A moss-green log leapt over brook. And that is the roadway that took.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01
Questions
 and Answers
ny RRRDERICK nL kERB1

ny FREDERICK e. kERB1 Enclose . three-cens stamp Tor reply when addressing any gues- ton Of fact Of information Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau as Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot Dc given, nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mall is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, l0l? Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c.
 e. Does Portland cement deterio- rate with agea
 A. If kept dry and not allowed to cake, 1t does not.
 e. Is scissors a noun in the singular or plural number? If plural how could one designate several of them?
 A. The name of the cutting irn- plement is scissors, . plural noun that has no singular number. When 1t is desired to indicate several of these implements, the customary ex- pression is several pairs of scissors" !"
 e. Can I arrange with the post office to have my mail delivered to me 50 that my husband cannot get 1t?
 A. Write to your postmaster that you desire to have your mail de- livered only to you, as prescribed in the postal laws and regulations, section TIT, paragraph 9.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01
INDUSTRIALIZE VILLAGE EX- TREATMENT SUGGESTED FOR
 PERPETUAL DRUNKARD
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat: Our State Jail Farm Community
 should be a Receiving Station, where all delinquents undergo diagnosis by trained experts; after which, certain groups can be segregated, at expert- mental stations, to be visited and
 governed from the center, thus greatly diminishing initial costs. Example large group of drunks and vagrants. Rich drunks,
 rich vagrants are protected by
 wealth. Poor buns and drunlks 90 to
 Jail--maybe fifty times over, event.
 ually AT GREAT EXPENSE TO
 THE STATE, although often they are hard workers when controlled.
 jailers say. Its the same ones of us
 as comes in here" the prisoner ex-
 plained; When we gets about A,
 they won't take us in the mills any,
 more. We don't know how to milk. so they won't take lis on the farms. We can't get work we drink to
 forget it--they puts us in here" After each jail sentence these psy- chological problems depart, more helpless outcasts everywhere uri-
 welcome. This is not JusticeI We
 would not dare treat the rich that wayl
 Why not try the industriaiized vil-
 lage experiment? Let carefully se- lected burns and vagrants be placed in small groups, in little houses with plots of ground for them to work in- dividually, and trade plants for their instruction, If they be mechanically inclined. Cheshire Reformatory has
 land and trade plants -. Cheshire boys could build the houses, with . little church and school at the cerl- ter. This village government would have no cages, no severe regimenta. ton, no exploitation of prisoners la~ Dor. Our burns and drunks have per- sonalities and talents to be develop ed not merely penalized.
 | Let their government be a self- supporting cooperative, directed and supervised by experts from the State Jail Farm Community, in cone nection with Cheshire Trade Schools and yale,s Institute ol Human Re. lations.
 This industrialized village has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01

there is a spirit of recorum about the place that gives even the beg gar a prosperous feeling.
 So, sauntering out of the sunny richness of Rockefellerdom, we enter immediately upon Sixth Avenue-that part Of 1t not yet free from the shadowy "Ep- where sordid window fronts dis play dingy signs and employment notices This Sixth Avenue sector is the job mart for Manhattan's manual workers, construction gang toilers, dishwashers, chamber maids, and all servitors of Q menial kind.
 Hotels "Alcatraz"
 Then-up any of the side streets that lead to the Great White Way. Tawdry hotels, large and small, dot these arteries that connect with the main human stream. Be- hind their grimy walls are thou- sands of human interest stories which, glided with a little glamor, could supply the fictioneers for years.
 These are the hostelries oc- cupied mainly by ex-vaudevillians, that lost tribe of strutting num- mers whose livelihoods were taken unceremoniously from under their eyes and feet. They live in these unpretentious inns from hand to mouth and away from the gaze Of rent-demanding landlords.
 But they tell tales of warm hearted landlords in these hem med-in streets-tales that do hu- manity credit. In one hotel, for example, where the tenans are Of that exclusive, impoverished ex- vaudeville circle, to say the least.
 But the management has not the heart to put the poor devils out on the street. A year ago, the barren, top floor of the hotel was converted into a vast dormitory, cantly partitioned. There are con- signed the non-payees who are too far in arrears; and they can stay until they are back on their feet. The aerie up there has achieved 8 grim nickname among the hotels guests: AlcatraZ.
 Wander bit farther through these tight little lanes and Broad- way, brash, boisterous, seemingly gay and unconcerned, lies at the feet of it's great mazda sign-gods. Comedy to Tragedy
 Grimmest of the theatrical zones is West Forty-eighth Street, which used to be known as Comedy Lane when Three Men on a Horse" Room Service" and Boy Meets Girl" played there.
 Laughs have turned to tears and life to death along that transform ed thoroughfare.
 For on one side of the street Is Outward Bound" that beautiful ly macabre play which deals with death and suicide victims. And across the way is "The Happiest Days," which tell about two hap less young people who enter into a suicide. pact because of thwarted love.
 They call Forty-eighth Street Shudder Alley, now!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01

fectly than teacher Stone with his opinions, and pupil Douglas with his two-fisted policing of Wall Street.
 Now that Stone and Douglas are seated on the same bench, however, it is doubtful whether the pupil will continue to follow the teacher.
 For with the death of Justice Holmes and the aging of Bran deis. Justice Stone has begun to change. No longer do his opinions have the philosophy of the days when he sat at their knees.
 When the Nine Old Men were knocking off New Deal measures like clay pigeons, Stone was 8 consistent dessenter. Invariably he was with the minority. His dissent in the AAA case gave President Roosevelt a better cam- paign document than his Brain Trust ever could have concocted.
 "The courts are concerned / only with the power to enact statutes, not with their wisdom" Stone wrote in that case. For the removal of unwise laws from the statute books appeal lies not to the courts but to the ballot"
 The opinion was a terrific blow, aimed directly at the Old Deal majority on the bench. But to- day, Stone is usually with that old Deal majority. On no im- portant issue has he dissented this term.
 MOWERS PAL
 The other day when Herbert Hoover returned to Washington, he had a private breakfast with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01

Congress should have been in merry mood this week to commemorate the 15Oth anniversary of the assemblage of the First Congress under our present Constitution. The present Congress is the 76th. What marvellous advances have been made since 1789 when bare handful of national legislators gathered, many of them apprehensive of the future of the small nation starting out on it's own. In fact many members didn't even attend, so sceptical were they.