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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

That young lady who leaves alone and unobstrusively from a Forty Sixth street theater after rehearsals every night is Simone Simon and she can walk down the street and up Broadway without being recognized.
 Henry Roster, the 1llm wizard, has his troubles at the Essex House. Hundreds of mothers with brides and joys who they think are as good as Deanna Durbin (Koster's protege) e'been gang ing up in the lobby there. He has to sneak out the back door.
 This nation of admirers of Mary Martin whose heart belonged so devotedly to Daddy, has seen the last of her as a chestnut-haired lass. As of the other morning, she is a copper (red) head, con- cession she was compelled to make to a new stage role. TOLERANT HART
 When Moss Hart's father, who composed a song entitled "The American Way year ago, wrote the ballad, Men Who Came to Dinner" last week, Irving Berlin agreed to publish 1t. But, he quail flied, "I'd like to make few sug- gestions." "Uh huh," retorted Hart, pere, you write your music and I'll write mine-and I won't criti- cize YOURS"
 Chic Johnson has been running around in pair of tent-cover shorts in the marathon Helix Apoppin. It's a new bit of mad- ness.
 Tempers backstage at the Met ropolitan Opera House already have hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Cause: the furies of baritones, tenors and divas who aren't con- tent with their billing.
 Edwin Walter who has been with "Tobacco Road" since 1t started and that was a long time ago. gives his friends a giggle. The other day he received a handout brochure from an annuity vendor who started his sales talk with "The stage isn't a permanent job. You can't tell how soon you'll be finished!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
TO CURE A COLD (NeW York Sum

London, like New York, is suffer- ing from what the doctors charge a fee for calling coryza and its vic- tins call head cold, and the News Review of that city has examined a cross section of the population to find @ cure. Its authorities include a porter on the underground rail- way, the Minister of Health, the superintendent of a refrigerating company, the manager of a maga- zine devoted to health, a bootblack, a physician-in- n-ordinary to the King and an aviatrice. Summed up the remedies call for:
 Blowing the nose frequently,
 each time on a clean handker?
 chief, while immersed in hot
 bath into which a small bottle
 of eucalyptus has been poured
 in a refrigerated room with
 temperature of 18 degrees Fah-
 renheit, in an airplane flying at
 10000 feet altitude, while eating
 large quantities of curry, the
 hotter the better, with copious
 hot drinks and plenty of opium.
 New Workers taking this cure have one advantage over Londoners. They need not dodge a balloon barrage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
Current Comment

A reasonable tax burden is an important part of sound social well fare planning. John c. Gebhart, director, Na- tional Economy League. The British propaganda is smooth. It is over the dinner table and card table. It's slick. Senator Rush Holt Dem., w. Va.)
  All government ought to be help ing industry to its feet. In fact. 1t even almost ought to err in that direction.
 Atty Gen. Frank Murphy.
 
 Wherever full liberty is left to the evangelistic doctrine, Christian sentiment will penetrate not only the souls of the citizens, but also the manifold diverse activities of public life.
 Pope Plus XII.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

Wonder how Danbury is accepting High Sheriff Edward A. Platt's flat declaration that there is no need for the county jail in that city, Fairfield county has two jails, the one at Danbury and the other at Bridgeport For long time many state and public officials have been trying to get rid of all the county jails and substitute jail-farm system in their place. But the statement of Sheriff Platt was the first, probably that any member of the county government in this state has made against it. Whether or not Danbury regards it's county jail as an institution to be re- tained at all costs we don't know. We do know that when it was suggested that some of the states normal schools be eliminated there was hearty protest from the cities that were to lose the schools. Perhaps the same feeling exists in Dan- bury with regard to the jail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

The celebrated and historic Lebanon Meeting House which was badly dam- aged in the 1888 hurricane may be re- stored through the efforts of the WPA. A ruling was handed down by States Attorney Francis A. Pallotti last week in which he said that this means of restor- ing the venerable old structure is open to the state. There have been several ef- forts made to start work of restoration, but it is a sizeable project and the funds haven't been forthcoming for the real job that must be done to bring pack the original outlines of the church. Inasmuch as this is a real relic of Connecticut an- cestry there is statewide interest in all ef- forts to restore it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

been in the Far West on speak, ing tour since Congress adjourned and the family has been living at 3802 Gramercy where the Nyes have resided for nearly fifteen years. The British censors have not let 1t out, but the British admirals never appointed q board of inquiry to examine the reasons for the sinking of the Royal Oak They knew that any such in- quiry would reveal that they had taken no precautions to prevent submarines from entering Scara Flow. Ordinarily, when a warship is even scratched, board of in- quiry investigates.
 ASSOCIATED GAS
 Believe 1t or rot, but It locks as If the giant Associate Gas and Electric Company, which has bucked Roosevelt more than any other utility, is about to go New Deal.
 Behind this are two immediate factors: CD the company needs cash to meet payments on It's bonds maturing in March. l940; and (2) easiest way to get cash is through the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation.
 Originally Associated Gas ap- piled for $50,0O0,000 of REC funds. It will now get $26.00O,- 900 plus a new executive. Jesse Jones, head of the REC, has strongly recommended Stewart Mcdonald, so "Stew" may be the man.
 Actually there is far more back ground to the Associated Gas pie ture than this. And the most dramatic scenes were in the Sen- ate lobbying investigation of 1884,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
Views of The Press

m., one one or two more in the afternoon.
 Some non-medical persons con- tend that the frequency and severity of the spells are increased by pleasant, sunny weather outside the window. otisers say that the seizure at 3:30 p, m. Is often related to the kind of life the patient has been leading at 3:3o a. m. These theories lack scientific weight, however, and popular confidence in Dr. Jones's diagnosis will be strengthened by the fact that the best remedy he has found Is rest or recreation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

when Howard Hopson, its presi- dent, eluded subpoena -chasers for several weeks, later emitting the most scathing diatribes against the New Deal heard from any utility.
 TOP-HEAvY COMPANY
 Associated Gas Is one of the largest and most intricate utilities in the country. It owes about one billion dollars to stock and bondholders.
 Actually 1t is controlled by two private trusts, the Mange trust, held by chairman of the board, J. I. Mange; and the Hopson trust, held by Howard Hopson. These trusts, in turn. control Associated Gas and Electric Company, which has lot of stock issued against 1t, but no assets except a claim on the Associated Gas and Elec- tric Corporation.
 Under the Corporation there are a lot of incestuous corpora tons. so interlocked that com- panies at the very bottom own stock in those at the very top. Some stock actually has been is- sued as s1 of stock and $99 of surplus and then the company has turned around and paid dividends out of this alleged surplus" And when Company" stockhold- CTS have complained, they have been told that the assets of the company all have been turned over to the Corporation"
 This is just part of the tangle which Stewart Mcdonald may have to unravel.
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 Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
Selected Poem
THE CHESTNUT MAN
lHelen Frith stickney in the Christ

CHelen Firth Stickney in the Christian
 Science MonitorD
 Again welcome fragrance fills the street; The chestnut vendor with his little cart Stands on the corner in the traffic's beat, Waking a warm remembrance in the heart. Here in the city where we scarcely know The seasons passing he brings back again A smell of bonfires faces all aglow, And rainbow leaves along windswept lane. Pausing, we watch him with a gentle eye Envoy of autumn to the metropolis. It is not often that dime will buy Roast chestnuts, and memory like this!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Monkeys Croak
 Noy; I ;Ea Co1,,to

Monkeys Croak
 Nazi-Like Salute
 Ivan T. Sanders0n is rare com
 bination of naturalist, writer,
 artist. As a result, when he
 returns from an exploring
 party to write book, he
 brings the jungle back alive.
 He did so two years ago in
 Animal Treasure; now he
 does so in Caribbean Treas
 ure" (viking: $3), the story
 of his fantastic foray through
 Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti and
 Dutch Guiana. The book
 fairly crawls with mammals
 and adventures as strange as
 the mammals. Just a jot of
 one adventure. about the mon
 Icy" whO gave a Nazi salute,
 excerpted here:
 Half q dozen croaks began at once, croaks that flowed together and coalesced into gargantuan roar, rising in crescendo of sound far surpassing that of the lion house at feeding time. The whole forest seemed to come to life. l sized Up my gun.
 What l saw above me was a sight that I doubt If anyone else has had the good fortune to witness.
 There, upon a great branch, sat person clad in a fur coat of c whiteness equaled only by a pure snow field under an Alpine sun, but twice as vivid as that since 1t was as shiny as the finest satin. Around this majestic parsonage prowled some two dozen great monkeys with black faces and long boards, al! clothed in similarly shining coats but of the richest, reddest, most furnished wine- -colored copper.
 These animals were above the mist in the dazzling morning sun- light. Half of them squatted on the branches, taking deep breaths, sticking out their bearded chins, and roaring. They were red howl CT monkeys, roaring their defiance of my intrusion.
 After several minutes of con- sorted roaring, the great white fellow rose on his four feet and gave two prodigious "Ughs," where upon the assembled company roared its approval like a Nazi salute; then the precentor gave another Ugh" and there was absolute silence. The whole company, hay ing got that of their chests, looked down upon me with what could have sworn was communal look of utmost scorn. Then the troop began to move croaking to each other.
 I fired at the last big adult I could see and there was roar and a crashing like mighty surf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

Waterbury can congratulate its Cham Der of Commerce and Merchants Associa- tion on the fine job it has done in decorat- ing the city streets this year. The Water bury decorative scheme certainly will rank with any in the state in 1889. The festive appearance that frightened the gloom of Saturday afternoon ushered in shopping season that should be an eventful one for all of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
BUSY BATH (Boston Post)

Bath, Maine. like Quincy. is en- toying an unprecedented boom. The Bath Iron Works, the principal in- dustry of the city, after years of ups and downs. is fiourishing. The con- cern is now employing 2642 workers, a greater number than in the busi- est days of the World War.
 Five destroyers are on the ways another will soon be there and three have been launched this year.
 Bath is entitled to Q taste of pros- peritv after many lean years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
THE SEMI SKILLED TRADES
 (Hartford Courant)

Upon his return from the conven- ton of the New England Associa- tion of School Superintendents, Mir. Fred D. Wish reported that educa- tors are deeply interested in the problem of training the youth who will eventually find his life's work in the semi-skilled trades. So import ant did the Association consider this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

SVOIy IS bIlkSs ne civ d curt and strict orders from his physi- clan to quit the baton and retire to Florida for an undisturbed rest.
 After his dan- gerous illness in California sev- eral months ago, 6naW W o I K 6 ( lengthily night and day despite a case of tangled nerves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
Daily Almanac
Moon rises 1l:58 D. m.

Moon rises II; ;58 D. m.
 Sun rises TOO a. m.: sets 4:24 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The moon entered it's last quarter phase yesterday afternoon between and o'clock With the season rapidly nearing the winter solstice this change is indicative ot continued fair weather, accompanied by nlildness, ale though New England variety must be taken into account.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

ing sufficient praise to those other hardy manufacturers who labored in his time and in later years. Let Connecticut clock-making be recognized by a com memorative stamp by all means.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
Questions and Answers
av rRrDERlC M. KERRY


 Enclose a three cent stamp for reuly when addressing any ques- tlon of fact or information tO the Waterbury DemOcrats Service bu. reau at Washington. legal ana medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be cn. dertaken, Be sure all mall is ad. dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU' REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, THE EDITOR,
 o. What Is a pentathlonp
 A. A contest Casually athletic) in which each contestant participates in five separate events as, for ex- ample. discus throwing, 40O-meter race, 100-meter hurdle race, poe vault and running broad jump
 O. How many Italian and Ger n.born persons were in the United States when the last census was taken?\
 A. Italian born, 1,790,422 ana German, l,608,81 A compilation showing the number of foreign-born white persons at the time Of the 1889 census can be obtained ey sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to our Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c. Ask for Foreign Population or the U. S."
 o. What Is the temperature range in the Panama Canal Zonep
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, Dec. 4-All Around the Town: Artie Shaw's sudden split from his band was not due to temperament as some unkind critics rushed to explain. The real
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

A. The highest temperatures known are about 100 degrees and the lowest about 60 degrees.
 Q. Why is the cap forced of a bottle of milk when 1t freezes?
 A. Milk consists largely of wa ter, which expands one-tenth of It's volume when frozen. If bottle is filled with liquid milk, 1t will ex- pand out of the top when frozen, and lift the cap.
 e. How much snow equals one inch of rain?
 A. The Weather Bureau estimates that generally 10 inches of snow equals one inch of rain. When very wet and sticky, seven or eight inches may yield an inch of water. but when very light and feathery, two or even three feet are required to yield similar quantity.
 e. How many persons are ein" ployed in the Federal Executive Civil Service and what Is the total payroll?
 A. As of September 30 1889. there were o39.876 employees and the total monthly payroll was $l4l,629,- 88l.
 e. When must an employer de- duct the Social Security old-age tax from a salesmans commission?
 A. The law requires that this tax on commissions be deducted at the time that the commissions are p,id. If salesman Is permitted to keep the deposit paid on an article as the whole or 6 part of his commis- sion, the tax may be deducted in any way agreed upon by the sales man and his employer, provided 1t Is sent by the employer at the prop CT time to the Bureau Of Internal Revenue.
 if you want q copy of our book let "FAvORITE POEMS" send Co the Waterbury Democrats Wash- lngton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C. Enclose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
A Thought for Today

Ye see then how that by works man IS jus tified, and not by faith Ony.-James S;|4
  As the flower is before the fruit so is faith before good works,-Whately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
DREW PIE A R S ON
 ROBERT s. ALLEN


 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not place a period after let ters embodying government agencies; as, WPA, FILA, NLRB, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

if you want copy of our book let "FAVORITE POEMS" send Co the Waterbury Democrats Wash- lngton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. C. Enclose 10 cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04

A. The highest temperatures known are about 100 degrees and the lowest about 60 degrees.
Evening star., 1939-04-05

ley, heard the announcement over his
dry cell set. Young Glen's cabin
was located on the course OF the
liners flight and earlier in the eve
ming he heard sounds that now he
remembered as being rather queer.
ct was showing hard, but Glen
strapped on his skis, loaded a pack
with provisions and supplies and set
off up the valley) Three hours later
he saw light and came to the
wreckage. Two people were dead,
and another was so badly injured
that unless he had medical attention
pretty quickly he, too, would die.
Glen handed his pack to the unin-
jured pilot and told him to admin
lister to the passengers. Then he
fashioned sled, using his skis as
runners, twisted some saplings into
the shape Of snowshoes and wove
them with green twigs. Then he
wrapped the injured man in blan-
kets, lashed him onto the sled. tied
the crude snoWshoes to his own feet
and set off for the town of Crest.
At daylight the next day Glen
staggered up to Doc Harper's cabin
and turned over his patient.
The patient lived. His name was
J. Robinson Fleming. an important
parsonage in Washington, D. C. Glen
Owens not only received a reward
but he became, overnight, figure of
national reputation.
Three days after this man from
Hollywood, Calf, arrived in Crest.
looked up Glen and offered to pay
him $500 a week to come to Holly
wood and make a moving picture.
Glen smiled and shook his head
Nope" he draWled. Il always
wanted to be a legerdemainist, and
now with this reward money I
reckon I got my chance"
The movie man didn't have the
faintest idea what legerdemainist
was. but he thought Glen was crazy
Good gosh, man, it will take twenty
weeks to make this picture. That's
$4,000! Do you realize that!'
Its a lot of money" Glen agreed.
but suppose folks liked me? Then
I'd have to stay out there and keep
making pictures, and I never would
get to be legerdemainist.
You won't have to worry about
folks liking YOU that much" the
movie man said bluntly You'll be
dumbbell if you don't grab this
chance"
Maybe" said Glen good -natur-
edly, I'm a dumbbell already"
To which not only the movie man.
but blond Leah Conroy. to whom
Glen was engaged, agreed.
Evening star., 1939-04-05

you want to be . trapper al your
life? My land, that trip up the
mountain must have touched your
head!"
Glen stared soberly and wonder
ingly at the exasperated girl. Then
ne looked into the anxious eyes of
the movie producer. He deliberated
for q long time.
Thirty Thousand" said the movie
magnate, desperately.
Glen heaved a deep sigh. 20. K. II
that's the way you want 1t, Leah!"
So Glen Owens went to Hollywood
and made a moving picture. 1t
wasn't very successful from an ar
tistic viewpoint, but 1t made money,
because the public wanted to see the
hero of the hour.
Glen returned to Crest, bearing
his 10000 and the next day he and
Leah journeyed down into Arizona
Within week they had purchased
not q half interest in a ranch, but
q whole ranch.
They were married in the ranch
Evening star., 1939-04-05
Col. keI|ond to Review
Hiqh School Cadets

Col. Frederic G.. Kellond, in charge
of civilian component affairs for
the Sd Corps Area, will be the re-
viewing officer at the climax of two
days of competitive drill between the
white high school cadets in Griffith
Stadium May 9 at $3.50 pm.
Col. Kellond has notified school
officials he will be on hand as the
reviewing officer. He has been pres
ent on the occasion of other cadet
maneuvers in previous years.
The drills will be two days of in
company competition in drill,
manual of arms and general infan-
try maneuvers and will wind up the
cadet season for the year.
Evening star., 1939-04-05

reckon you amt never had han
kering to be something like that"
All of which made swell neWspa-
per copy. The reporters ate it up
So did readers. If Glen had been
famous before, he was twice as IA
nous now. His name was house
hold word.
The next week three movie pro-
ducers arrived on the scene. They
argued and begged and pleaded. One
of them offered a fiat price of $25, ,00(
for single picture.
Leah Conroy was almost in tears
Glen, for goodness sake, try and un-
derstand what this means to both OF
us. In another month you'll be for
gotten. It's your one chance. Do
Evening star., 1939-04-05

For heavens
sake, Glen! What
is the mater?
Last summer you
wanted to start q
dude ranch down
in Arizona, but
you didn't have
any money. So you
decided to 60 trap
ping for one VIM
ter SO you could
S We en- OUT h
money to buy q
half interest in q
ranch and We
could get married
And now you're
offered $4,000 anc
you humble some
thing about being
a leger - leger -
whatever it is"
"Legerdemainist,'
Glen told her pa
fiept1v "Honoy I
Evening star., 1939-04-05
-.-----DAILY SHORT STORY
DAFFY ENOUGH
By Richard Hill Wilkinson

One day last
spring a trans
continental air
liner got off its
beam over the
Rocky Mountains
and smashed up
against a rocky
peak. It happen
ed so suddenly
that the radio op-
orator didn't have
a chance to get off
a message. Hence
1t was q few hours
before disaster
was suspected, and
then the airports
could only guess
at the location of
the Wreckage.
ng Gle n
Owens, sit tin g
alone in his cabin
on the slopes of
White Crest VAL
Evening star., 1939-04-05
New Gun Belts
| Are Blamed for
Spy Scores

Interior Department officials.
mystified by series of telephone
inquiries concerning everything from
spy scare to threats on the lives of
Secretary Ickes and others. have
traced the excitement to new Sam
Brown belts now being tried out by
a number of Interior Department
guards.
The new belts brought out into
the open pistols which formerly
were carried by the guards in hol-
sters under their coats. This, ap-
parently, led to the circulation of
reports that the guards had been
newly armed-for almost any rea-
son those passing along the rumors
could think of.
Nothing to it, explained In
spector E. G. Duncan, inspector of
tie guard force in local public build
ings. Our guards always have car
ried side arms. People just haven't
noticed them before because they
have been under cover
About IL of the new belts are out
on trial. If satisfactory, they prob
ably will be adopted for the entire
public buildings guard force.
In too big hurry to play the game
with safety? The ambulance is
fast, too.
Evening star., 1939-04-05
Siomu Nu Phi Smoker

The annual spring smoker Of the
Washington Alumni Chapter, Sigma
NJ Phi, will be held at 8 o'clock
tomorrow night at Burt's Tavern,
1412 New York avenue NV. The
guest speaker will be Charles Perg-
Ter,
Evening star., 1939-04-05
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