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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
MOVIE ROCKERS

All of the comforts of home are now available for actresses on mo- ton picture set, the latest gadget in comfort being a canvas chair on rockers. Virginia Grey introduced the new type of off-stage chair on the set of "Hullabaloo." It was 8 gift from her stand-in and her sister, Lorraine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
MussoliniR Reviews Units of Crack P o River Army
Fails to Make Much- Awaited Speech-Many Nations
 Represented at Spectacle

I ing stand at the head of process sion of 150 motor cars. He stood upright in acknowledging the cheers.
 Twenty-tow battalions of Fascist youths marched by the stand.
 It was expected that at the end Mussolini would speak. But the last battalion passed, and Mussolini de- parted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
HAWAIIAN MOTIF

Since Lana Turner's return from Honolulu - she has adopted Ha- waiian motif for her wardrobe. Hel sport dresses and blouses are of Ha- waiian prints and leis of fresh flow CTS are worn with her evening and dinner gowns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
STUDENT YOUNG

Robert Young is pursuing bit of clinical study. In the new "Dr. Kildare" picture, he's playing a sufferer from an obscure mental Arrangement which Lionel Barry more cures. He made a trip to a state hospital to study visible symp- toms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
MoOie Notes
PHILLY, FILLY

PHILLY FILLY
 White Rose, the white horse which Katharine Hepburn borrowed from Elizabeth Whitney to ride in sThe Philadelphia Story" may have been obtained in Southern California, but 1t belongs" in that story. The aai- nal was bred in Philadelphia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10

The lady who was nice to local yokels because she wanted them on her side when the revolution came, has again displayed her very unusual knack of getting of On the wrong foot. The latest move is to barricade 8 country road that has been used for several generations. Perhaps she saw how the State moved over on the old School House Hill road and figured that a private individual could work things the same way.
 There's as much difference in city people who come to the rural regions. as there is in country pumpkins who go to town. One type of city vacationist observes every rule, puts up bars when he finds them down, gives the milk truck more than half the road, and generally acts the gentleman. Another type barges in here and immediately tries to make over the country. It's our own opinion that newly arrived folks in any community should have all the hospitality available, until they step over the line and try to be- come dictators. Then it's time to boost their tax lists. (We could use more taxes here, especially from folks who close up roads where the cartridges drum and the pheasants dust themselves.)
 We heard a swell story about church going lady who was asked to call at the home of newly arrived city family living nearby. You simply must call and see the C.. .... Family" she told the La- dies Aid. ''They serve the incest ginger ale I ever drank" (That ginger ale was liberally fortified with rye whiskey)
 The cows are lonely at Nate Beardsley's because Nate and Percy have gone to Danbury Fair. Only few cows go. The biggest cash prizes are in the male classes. Bulls, steers, calves hardly big enough to wear a yoke and oxen bulky enough to pull a freight car; they go, while the mothers of calves stay home. This is es- peciaily true of the Devons; red cattle raised from stock bred in Britain before the day of appease- ment. DevOns are draft cattle with long horns and a hide that shines like newly vanished ma hOgany in the sun. Devons have more guts and fight to the pound than lions. They make mighty good beef, too.
 Have you ever visited Nate Beardsley at Danbury Fair? You'll find him in a boxstall at the cattle shed. He can be locat- ed by the crowd, around him and the lively chatter of his Yankee tongue, just as Percy can be found where the silence is heaviest. Nate has a straw-pile for 8 bunk and under that straw he keeps a little brown jug. That jug is filled with liquid gold, beverage that might have come from the Rhine Coun- try or the terraced vineyards of the Moselle. That jug is for Mates special friends. You are one of the Inner Circle when Nate reach- es into the straw and hauls out the jug, but almost every caller is offered a drink of cider.
 Cider and Devons sort of go to- gether. When Percy Hicks the whip over a pair of 5-year-oIds and they lean into the yoke and pull a stOneboat loaded heavy with stone, you'd swear Peree had 0f- fered them swig of cider if they won. They usualEV win. EOO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10

Oliver Gilbert claims that eelS are in almost every pond here in s Ou { hbury, even those bod ies of water with no outlet heavy enough for an eel to swim in. EelS c a n ScO0t along lively on
 wet grass, but we doubt if they can
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD
BY PAUL HARRISON

BY PAUL HARRISON (NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 Hollywood. Behind the screen: A glanor moll rang for her maid. Annette" she said, T haven't done anything temperamental today. Bring me ms- contract so I can tear 1t up"
 Paul Nun. has been out of 'sHud- sons Bay Company" for a few days. He fell into the bay and caught cold. (. 1. Shy Gary Cooper has to sing a song for the first time in Meet John Doe" And Don Ameche must hoof with Betty Grable for Argentine Way" Both gents have stage fright and the sets are closed. 5000 EXTRAS TO BE DROPPED
 The extra situation is nearing an- other attempt at solution, and from where you live you'll be able to hear the walls when the producers and Actors Guild begin slashing about 5000 names from the registered list. Something of the sort seems inevit- able, though, because honest ad- ministration of Central Casting has resulted in such wide distribution of available jobs that none of the 1000 atmosphere players have been making a living.
 It'll be easy to drop a thousand or more from the rolls because the Guild has been examining and re- classifying the extras. For exam pie, about 50 per cent of those who claimed to be dancers were found to be incompetent. At the same time, dozens who never had had a chance in musicals showed they were well worth hiring.
 Ilona Massey and Alma Curtis are waiting only for his divroce to be- come final. Look for split be- tween 8 glamoriSt and her doctor husband. Shirley Temple (re- member?) las six specific offers for picture work, four with major out fits which promise costly produc- tions. What her parents most want, though, is the right story. |
 The Hollywood Reporters London correspondent fears that German bombings may slow up box-ohace re- ceipts in England" Up to 8 few days ago, though, attendance in London was higher than ever in movie history.
 Ho-Hum department: George Raft is under suspension again, this time for his refusal to play in South of Suez." George Brent gets the role and Raft may be released by Warmers to go to Metro to CO., star with Norma Shearer.
 BUT WHAT
 ABOUT JACK?
 | Mary Tivir1pStny1e Mrs Yack Rem
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
TENNIS TROPHY

After a year and a half of tennis, Lee Bowman won his first tourna- ment at the West Side Tennis club and now has silver trophy to show for his efforts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10

John BIacker, who will be mar- ried to Miss Rita Shea next Sat- urday morning at st. Margaret's Church at 8 o'clock, will be hOn- Ored at a testimonial dinner this evening at HarmOn's Grill on Baldwin street. Frank Romano, former orchestra leader and radio entertainer, will be toastmaster. Edward FOssbender is chairman of the dinner committee, assisted by Francis Hogan, Bart Quilter, IT,, Jack Felth, Howard Finkenzeller, John Hahn, John ShieI, Harold BIacker, John Crowley and Arthur Shea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
DASHBOARD TICKS

Once more, the sensitivity of the microphone has been proved. During a scene in an automobile between Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
By BILL GARRIGuS

FLASH! Ex-Governor Will bur L. Cross was Stung on the head by 8 wasp while inspecting the new defective hospital build ingS. ssaSSEsESES SSSEss3SsS1aSSE;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10

for 'The Philadelphia Story" the clock on the dashboard ticked in- terruptionS into the recording Workmen had to remove the time piece.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
BRIGHT FUTURE

DAGAOAAA O OAsE
 Josephine Dillon, Hollywood dra- matic coach and former wife of Clark Gable, has chosen Bill Orr, Warner newcomer. as the most promising actor of the year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
NEW TEAM

James Stewart is to appear next with Hedy Lamar in Come Live With Me-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10

Cider and Devons sort of go to- gether. When Percy Hicks the whip over a pair of Swear odds and they lean into the yoke and pull a stOneboat loaded heavy with stone, you'd swear Peree had 0f- fered them 8 swig of cider if they won. They usually win, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10

BUT WHAT ABOUT JACK?
 Mary Livingstone (Mrs. Jack Ben- ny) has the only sure system of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10

go overland for any great dis tance.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23

Detroit, Oct. 23-AP-A hearing
is scheduled in Wayne Circuit Court
Friday on the plea Of Lee F. Red
man. a commercial photographer.
for a restraining order against bis
son, Lee. Father terms son unfit
competition" charging that Lee,
Jr.. uses his name in direct compe-
tition with him and also initiates
his style OF photography.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Rural Events

TODAY
Denton
Mrs. Lloyd Mulhollen will enter
tain Altruist Glass.
OCTOBER "a
London
Prayer meeting at the London
Church with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Smell.
Cherry Hill
Superior Community Farm Blu
reau will meet at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ivan Galpin.
Oakville
Chop suey supper, fall festival
and bazaar at church annex. Sup
per starts at $50.
OCTOBER rs
London
Alpha Glass OF London Metho-
dist Church will hold pie social at
the church.
Sheldon
Sheldon p. T. A. will give a
Halloween party at the school
house. Everyone is to come dress
ed in old clothes.
Stony Creek
Church Night will be held at
the Stony Creek Methodist Church
with the Junior and Senior Ep.
worth Leagues as sponsors. League
members to present drama, High
lights OF Life.
OCTOBER 20
5egole
Parent Teachers Association will
sponsor a party at the school.
OCTOBER 27
Sheldon
Epworth League will meet at
Denton Church.
OCTOBER %
Sheldon
Miss Mary Wood will entertain
intermediate Glass at party.
OCTOBER 80
Fralns Lake
North Superior Extension group
will meet with Mrs. Otto Jedele,
Dixboro Rd.
Milan
Washtenaw County Association
OF the Order OF the Eastern Star
will be entertained by the Milan
Chapter during the afternoon and
evening Meeting will be held in
the high school auditorium.
East YpsiIantI
Spencer Extension Club will
meet with Mrs. Walter Weaver
in the afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23

Detroit, Oct. 23-AP-Two wom-
en- and six men arrested Tuesday
in a raid on the Brewster Federal
Housing Project. are held for "a
cult Judge Homer Ferguson's gam
bling.graft jury. Police reported con-
fiscating $500. two adding ma
chimes, policy slips, and payoff en-
velOpes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Ann Arbor News
Members Of Company K
to Leave This Afternoon
For Camp Beauregarc

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. 23-Mem'
, bers OF Company X, of the Michi'
gan National Guard are scheduled
to leave Ann Arbor this afternoon
at $50 by train for Camp Beaure.
gard, Alexandria. La. They will
first gather at the Armory at $40
and march to the depot
The Guards were given a rous-
ing sendoff Monday evening al a
farewell dinner in the Michigan
Union at which George j. Burke,
Ann Arbor attorney. was the main
speaker. Mr.. Burke said that the
assembled company OF over 500
persons was fully conscious OF the
duties TO which the men had been
called. But said Until sanity and
respect for the rights OF humani-
ty are restored to the aggressor
nations of this earth there can be
no real assurance OF peace. securi-
ty and liberty for the citizens OF
our own country, unless we are
adequately prepared"
Other speakers were Mayor Wal
ter C. Sadler. and Pres. Alexander
G. Ruthven, OF the University. The
response was made by Capt. G.
l.. Burlingame and Col. Francis VI.
Brennan, OF the University R. 0.
T. c.
Music was furnished by the Uni
versity Glee Club and the Uni
versity band and Prof. David Mat
tern led the group in community
singing. Color guards OF the COM
pany and members of the Ameri-
can Legion also participated in the
program.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Parent Education Group to
Have Citizenship Discussion

1 programs begin at 2:15 p. m. The
enrolment fee OF a local PTA
group will admit all organization
members.
Some OF the speakers on the
three day program are Mrs. H. s.
Mallory, Ann Arbor; Malcolm S.
MacLean, president OF Hampton
Institute; Judge ]. NJ. Braude, boys
court. Chicago; Dr. Howard Y. Nc
Clusky, American Youth Commits
sion. Washington. d. c.; Dean
James b. Edmonson. school OF edu-
cation, University of Michigan DR..
Paul Popenoe. director OF Institute
of Family Relations, Los Angeles,
Calf: Alice V. Keliher. Progress
sive Education Association, New
York City; S. Howard Evans. Ma
tional Municipal League, New York
City; T. V. Smith, congressman at
large from Illinois; Jane d.
Bruce, vice president OF University
OF Michigan; Mrs. ]. x. Pettengill.
past president OF National Con-
gress OF Parents and Teachers.
Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. 23-Flet.
cher Brown, this city, charged with
larceny by conversion, Tuesday
waived examination before Justice
Jay II. Payne here and was bound
10 circuit court. He is held in
county Jail in default OF $500 bond.
Brown was arrested in Jackson
Monday where it is alleged he had
driven his employers truck loaded
with groceries.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Final Services Today
For John w. Craig, II

Ann Arbor. Mich, -Oct. 23-Fu-
neral services were to be conducted
this afternoon in the Staffan Fu-
neral home for John W. Craig, 70,
who passed away Monday evening
at his home. Ernest Adler OF the
Salvation Army officiated and
burial was In Oak Grove Cemetery,
Chelsea.
Mr.. Craig was born April g.
1868, in ST. Louis, Mich. He had
lived in Chelsea a number Of
years, coming to Ann Arbor II
years ago.
Surviving are one brother, A. B.
Skinner, and three sisters, Mrs
Marian Meacham and Mrs. Glenn
Barnes. both OF East Orange. n. j.,
and Mrs. William Rowan, Ann Ar
Dor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Grass Lake Resident
Takes His Own Life

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. % -
Henry Dean, 81. Grass Lake. found
on the floor of his home with a
bullet through his head Tuesday
afternoon, was pronounced a sui
eide by DR.. Edwin c. Ganzhorn,
coroner.
Dean, who had lived alone for
some time, shot himself with his
II guage shotgun. sheriff's officers
said. He was found by Lyle Balm.
miller when Bahnmiller went 70
the house to deliver groceries
When no one answered his knock
he looked through the window and
saw Deans body. he said
Dean left a suicide note and his
relatives, Walter Hill and Miss
Florence Smith, Ann Arbor, were
notified OF the death.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Republicans Will Hold
No Third Term Rally
After Parade Tonight

Ann Arbor. Mich. Oct. 23-Re-
publicans will gather in the Ma
sonic Temple tonight for a NO
Third Term" rally following a
torch light parade through the
business sections. The rally will
start with a dinner at els with the
program following at o'clock.
Principal speaker will be Alon-
70 L. Baker, field secretary Of
the Race Betterment Foundation OF
Battle Greek. Congressman Earl
c. Kitchener, who is seeking reelec-
ton in November. and other coun-
ty candidates are expected to at
tend the meeting.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Sixteen New Voting Booths
Will be in Use November s

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct 23-Six-
teen new voting booths ordered
purchased by the CITY Council at
a cost OF S16S will be in use in the
November 5 election. A survey
made by the city clerk showed the
city needing 22 booths, so the new
purchase will still leave the
city six short OF the required num-
Der OF a booth for each 100 voters.
Two of the precincts. the fourth
ward and the first precinct of the
seventh have more booths than is
required. An effort will be made
to replace them to insure more eff
ficient voting.
There are now 1889 register
ed voters in Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
GRANGE TO TAKE STAND

Pontiac. Mich, Oct. 23-AP-Del-
egate lines at the annual conven-
ton OF the Michigan State Grange
drew tighter today as the members
faced decisions on legislative and
political questions. 1t was authori-
tatively reported that resolutions
opposing the civil service amend
ment to the state constitution and
endorsing proposal No. 3 on the
November 5 ballot, which would
place municipal bus lines under
state control, would be introduced
today with strong support.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. % A
three day conference on Citizen
ship is the scheduled program for
the 11th annual Parent Education
Institute beginning oct. 80 in the
lecture hall of the Horace H. Rack
ham School of Graduate Studies.
The first days program will open
at $50 a. m. and the succeeding
two days at 500. The afternoon
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
EMPLOYMENT UP

Lansing. Oct. 23-AP- Depart
ment Of Labor and Industry report
ed Tuesday that in September en-
ployment in 99s Michigan plants
had increased to 1913 per cent over
the figure for the same month last
year and 1853 per cent over Au-
gust OF this year.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
FACILITIES LACKING

Battle Creek, Mich, Oct. Pap
First concentration Of troops at
Fort Custer here, scheduled for
next week, must be postponed until
November for lack of hospital
facilities, Maj.-Gen. Joseph NJ Cum
Minis, commander OF the fifth divi-
sion. announced Tuesday. Plans
for immediate transfer Of the 10th
infantry from Fort Thomas. KY,
and Fort Hayes. O.. have been post
poned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23

RECIFE, Brazil-UP-The scien.
tific expeditions OF Brown Univer-
sity and the National Geographic
Society which recently observed the
solar eclipse has embarked for the
United States aboard the Donald
MacKay.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
R.E.A. MAKES ALLorMENTs

Washington, Oct. 23-AP-Rura
Electrification Administration re-
ported Tuesday that It had made
these allotments: Tri-County Elec
trio Cooperative. Portland. Mich.
s25O,000, and Cloverland Electric
Cooperative. Sault Ste. Marie
Mich, $4,000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
FOUNDRY oEEIcIAL DIES

Coldwater, Mich, Oct. 23-AP -
The death of Wesley J. Carlisle, II
general manager of the Homer Fur
mace & Foundry Co.. occurred in a
hospital here Tuesday after several
months Illness.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
OCTOBER 81
UIIIII-

~ -
Willis
Young Married Peoples Sunday
School Glass will serve a chicken
supper IN the church annex.
Sheldon
Woman's Society OF Christian
Service will hold their regular
meeting.
East Ypsllantl
Spencer Club will meet with
Mrs. Percy Holloway.
Stony Greek
Committee meeting to be held at
home OF Mrs. Floyd Ganong to
plan menu for annual roast chick
en- Thanksgiving dinner TO be serv-
ed by the w. S. c. S.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Library Suggests Classics
For Winter Reading

by obscurity Of rank II he but has
in him to do the state service
The perfect state can thus be OBJ
tanned, according to Plato in the
Republic"
Until philosophers are kings, or
the kings and princes of this world
have the spirit and power of phil
osophy, and political greatness and
wisdom meet in one, and those
commoner natures who pursue
either to the exclusion of the other
are compelled to stand aside, cities
will never have rest from their
evils-no, nor the human race. as
believe-and then only will this our
state have a possibility of life and
behold the light of day"
Aristotle, in "On the Sublime" p"
makes a statement which would be
pertinent in any age:
What spends the spirit of the
present generation is the apathy
in which all but a few of us pass
our lives, only exciting ourselves or
showing any enterprise for the sake
of getting praise or pleasure out
Of it, never from the honorable and
admirable motive of doing good in
the world"
Herodotus, the historian, had his
idea of the significance of dreams:
THE dreams that wander to and
fro among mankind. will tell thee
of what nature they are-I, who
have seen so many more years
than you Whatever a man has
been thinking of during the day
is won't to hover round him in the
visions of his dreams at night"
As this is the month when income
tax blanks are distributed. the ad-
vice given by Epictetus in EN-
cheiridion" is pertinent:
What is due the state pay as
quickly as you can. and you will
never be asked for that which is
not due"
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Men of Music

By Wallace Brockway and Her.
bert Weinstock. New York.
Simon & Schuster.
The current culture parade of
Publishers Simon & Schuster boasts
a notable addition to its ranks.
Modelled to rub shoulders with those
recent and impressive giants, Treas
ury of Art Masterpieces, History of
Greece" etc, Men of Music" is an
equally distinctive volume which
covers the life span of the musical
art from the religious accents of
Josquin des Pres to the present-day
orchestral clash of Igor Stravinsky.
Co-authors Brockway and Vein
stock, making their first bows in this
field, have conducted their restricted
survey through the biographies of
81 "key" composers, in the following
sequence: Bach, Handel, Gluck,
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Won
Weber, Rossini, Schubert, Mendels-
sohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt,
Wagner, Verdi, Brahms, Tchai-
kovsky, Debussy, Richard, Strauss,
Sibelius, Stravinsky. Deems Taylor,
in chatty introduction. smiles on
the method, which unquestionably
has good points, granting the selec-
tion to be adequate and representa-
tive But Mr.. Taylor then particu-
larizes that the reader is apt to dis
agree bitterly with some of the
critical estimates propounded here
by these authors. Any but the pure
ly novice will concur in this view
before the first chapter is finished
yet few are likely to put the book
aside on this account.
For Men of Music" has the quail
ity of holding interest in spite of
Evening star., 1940-01-07
frequent use of what might be called
critics license"

frequent use of what might be called
critics license"
Not a small factor in the appeal
of this well-patterned geographic
history is the refreshing, up-to-date
style in which it is written. The
authors instill a verve and mobility
in their writing that is irresistible.
They perceive the humor or the
pathos of situation with sharp eyes
but never do they become facetious
or shed excessive tears over the
tragic. The masters, who have lived
and died as legends in the public
eye, are efficiently resuscitated under
the treatment of Authors Brockway
and Weinstock.
There is but one serious fault to
find in the structure. The absence of
photography is well-nigh inconceiv-
able in a book of this nature. Per-
haps the task loomed too exhaustive
a proposition; its exclusion, at any
rate, is a loss to the potential pres
tige of the volume Us.