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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
POlI'S

Tonight at g o'clock an outstand- ing vaudeville program will be pre- sented from the stage of the popular Loew Poli theater, marking the re- turn of vaudeville after an absence of two weeks. For tonight's presen- tation the biggest and best show ever has been booked in.
 Headlining the program are the O'Conor brothers and St. Clair with their musical dance varieties that made them the hit of the George White Scandals in recent years. Other stars on the bill include Bal- lard and Rae, two hilarious eccen- trix; Murray White, one of radios most popular singing stars; Tanner and Thomas, leading song stylists, and Warner and Margie, two of the country's leading comedians.
 The tops in music will be furnished for the show by Gus Meyers, Jr., and the Loew Poli theater orchestra.
 On the screen, with no advance in prices, is a double smash hit bill headed by 20th Century Fox's pro- duction of Little Old New York" with Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, Richard Greene and Brenda Joyce sharing top billing. Little Old New York" is spectacular entertainment of the boisterous days, when the whole brawling town cheered the bar maid belle of the waterfront in her fight for the love of handsome Rob- ert Fulton. The film also features Andy Devine, Henry Stephenson, Fritz Field and Ward Bond.
 On the same program is "High School" presenting youthful Jane Withers in her latest and best hit to date.
 Opening at Loew's Poli on Satur- day is the limitation of Northwest Passage" from the famous novel by Kenneth Rogers. Filmed entirely in gorgeous tones of technicolor and starring twice-Academy Award win- ner Spencer Tracy with Robert Young and Walter Brennan, the'pi ture contains million thrills and is packed with adventure and excite ment from beginning to endl For the grandest entertainment of a decade see Northwest Passage"
 On the same program will be Americas most popular family, the Joneses in Young as You Feel" their most riotous hit!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
The Story of a Girl and ealBs% a Boy For or Their Dream ot happ''''
Ann A Paycheck Kept Them Apart ... :. Paul

She tried to think of pleasant things. Her job only SIS a week but just $15 better than nothing. There had been a rather dreadful time before sheN got the job. SEe was lucky that her fingers were clever enough to turn shapeless old hats into smart creations. Her new dress-the picture in the pa- per was stunning, 1t would be lovely for spring. Ann moved restlessly. The dress would be lovely but-where would she wear it2 Who cared whether or not her clothes were lovely? Drowsiness crept over her.
 Suddenly Ann was screaming. She was sitting up in the thin bed, a trembling hand pressed over her mouth to stop the screams. She had been under trampling feet, smother ed, crushed
 Say - something wrong over there?"
 Ann's frightened face turned to the window. Pale yellow light shone from across the alley. She crouched under the blanket, still held by the horror of the dream.
 "Say-what goes on?"
 Ann slid out of bed, her little feet hunting slippers, her hand reaching for robe. She stumbled to the window and leaned out.
 Nothing goes on," she qua Yered. The young man leaned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

two cookies on plate. To give her morale lift, she took two precious silver spoons from bu- reau drawer, reacting delightedly, as always, to their satiny luster.
 She tried to eat, really tried. It was useless. Getting water from the bathroom on the floor below, she washed the dishes. She wrapped the spoons in tissue and put them away. Then she tried all the usual things, an hour of con- structive reading, magazine story, the triumphant, happy end- ing adding to her depression. She played three games of solitaire.
 It was 8:30. Suffocating loneli- ness crowded in on her. The lone- Illness had become so real thing that it seemed to have form and substance, terrifying form and Sub- stance.
 Ann glanced at the evening paper,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
THIRD. TERM THEME
 OF CYO DISCUSSION

Arguments for and against third term for President Roosevelt were heard during an informal discussion period at a meeting of the C.Y.O. unit of St. Margaret's church last night at the parish hall. Plans were made for a formal debate to be held next week.
 Francis X. Leroy, unit president, was named chairman of commit tee directing the bowling leaguge. The league will hold 8 banquet at the close of the season.
 Others appointed to the com- mittee are: Patrick McVerry, league president; Harold Shuts, Walter Calvin, John Fahy, Marie Mullen, Imelda O'Brien and Doris Shuts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
fine twin bill.


 Acclaimed as the most remarkable achievement in screen production since the advent of sound 1t stars Charles Laughton in his most brill- iant characterization and comes to the screen as a thrill-laden, spec tacular limitation of Victor Hugo's noted classic.
 Wierd and wondrous beyond your most daring dreams it boasts a cast of thousands; 100 featured players and IS staggering climatic sequences.
 As local readers of the Victor Hugo novel will recall, the plot con- cerns events during the struggle be- tween the populace and the nobels in the reign of King Louis XI, with the deformed and pitiable Quasi modo, the deaf bell-ringer of Notre Dame, as the story's chief protagonist. It also concerns one Esmeralda, 8 gypsy dancer with whom Quasimodo has fallen des- perately in love.
 In the role of Quasimodo Laugh ton is said to surpass every previous portrayal. Equally splendid is rated Maureen O'Hara in the role of the gypsy dancer. According to critics Miss O'Hara makes a sensational debut. She has been seen once be- fore opposite Laughton in Jamaica Inn".
 Others who turn in notable per- formances include Thomas Mitchell, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and Walter Hampden.
 In addition the management will present "City of Chance" with Lynn Bari and 0. Aubrey Smith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

from his window, outlined clearly by a shaft of moonlight. The two windows were not more than 30 feet apart.
 "Are you there? I can't see you"
 "I'm here"
 T heard you scream"
 Ann tried to laugh. It was 8 shaken little sound. T had Q bad dreafn," she confessed.
 "oh, I say-that's a shame. All right now?"
 "Yes - all right now" She was crying, not because of the dream, but because of the rich sympathy in the young mans voice. It was as if his voice lifted her out of the way of the trampling feet. '
 "well-good night"
 Good night and = and thank you"
 Ann was restless and wide awake. Pulling down, the blind, she switch- ed on the light which dangled from the ceiling. She made a cup of cocoa and drank it slowly. Still in no mood for sleep, she sat down with the paper, turning to the personal column. Ann often read the inti- mate little items, they gave her Q vicarious contact with the hum- ming world about her. Her eyes slid downward and stopped at the word,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
M 7'he Local TheaterS

despair and he decides to show her up by painting g. portrait of wo- man upon whose face he intends to portray all the woe to which the human animal is heir. For his model he selects a guttersnipe named Bes- sic.
 The role of Bessie is played by Ida Lupiro and it is the best role this accomplished actress ever play ed. Torpenhow is portrayed by Walter Huston who handles it with his usual skill and fine feeling.
 There are more than four hun- dred soldiers and natives used in the pictures two big battle scenes.
 Zane Grey's Knights of the Range" is the second big hit of the program. Russell Hayden and Jean Parker are seen in the leading roles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Chapter One
Ann Brown had the fidgets.

Ann Brown had the f1dgets.
 To tell the truth, she was reach- lng the end of her own particular string and whether or not she would be able to hold on to the frayed end was a debatable question. It had been almost year, 328 days, to be exact, since she had found her job it couldn't by any stretch of im- agination be called a position-iE Mrs. Pringle's Make-Over Hat Shop. She had been desperately alone then. She was desperately alone now.
 She heated creamed dried beef, Hrugally held over from the pre- vious evenings dinner, on gas plate in a corner of her uncom- fortable little room. She made a slice of toast. She ladled four stewed figs into dish and placed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

Lonely" It was followed by num- Der, K2o5.
 Refined gentleman wishes to make a friend" she read. If in- terested please write"
 If Ann had found the phrase, Object matrimony," she would not have given the personal an- other thought. But Lonely - 1t caught her interest. Someone else found the city a friendless place.
 If the writer were only a girl-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
STRAND

Two hours of unbroken thrills and magnificence are in the offing for theatergoers attending Warner Bros. Strand theater this afternoon when 1940's big thriller '"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" opens it's four day engagement as the headliner of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

More than anything else Ann wanted a girl friend, someone with whom she could laugh and talk and go to the movies. A refined gentleman well, a refined gentle man might be better than no one at all. Lonely - the pity of being lonely, the dreadful. heart-break- ing pity.
 Ann read the item again and again. Her cheeks grew flushed. She found paper and pen and ink.
 ITO Be Continued)
Evening star., 1940-04-28
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
SCREWY NEWS

CHARLOTTE, o c t. 24.-lR-
Worryians are worried about their
postoffice and their postmaster.
When fire destroyed the postof-
flee at Worry, Small Burke county
town, Postmaster 1. D. Whisenant
suffered a heart attack in the ex-
element.
But perhaps the most unusual
happening recorded in today's edi-
ton of the Carolina Screwy News
Gazette concerns an Orangeburg
motorist who, smelling something
burning, stopped his machine sew
eral times to conduct fruitless in
vestigations. Sometime later he
CHANGED to remove his felt hat
and found a neat round hole in
the top. He had thrown a cigarette
out of the car but the wind carried
it back and it lodged on his head.
A Spartanburg miss who f o r
months had visited a doctor for
one nervous disorder after another
was jokingly advised by the physi-
clan that the best cure for her ills
was to get married. But the doctor
was dumbfounded when, several
days later, the girl telephoned
I'm married, now what am I sup
posed to do"
In Greenwood, S. c., draft board
members still had not heard from
a man who was unable to advise
them of his correct weight. A
member told him to "go over to
those scales and see" how much
he weighed. The man went,
weighed and departed.
An unnamed taxi in Hickory
rolled down a hill and climbed a
wire supporting a telephone pole
but did not overturn.
c. N. Woolard, game warden,
announced the woods in Wilson
county were literally full of wild.
cats, which, he said, were killing
quail and rabbits. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
Hoey Will Appoint
Draft Appeal Boards

RALEIGH, Oct. 24.-LR-Gov-
ernor Hoey worked today on the
personnel to form seven appeal
boards for North Carolinians in
the %selective service military train
ing program.
There will be five men on each
board, the governor said, including
at least one doctor and one law
yer.
mo persons appealing will ap-
pear in person before the appeal
boards" Governor Hoey explain
ed, but there should be a lawyer
on each who can explain what the
law is, and a doctor who can in
terpret the medical report. All in
formation on which a local draft
board acts in its rulings will be
sent to the appeal board in writing
and the appeal group will make its
findings from the records"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25

with 1904 officers and men off Mar
vik, Norway, last tune.
Questioners demanded to know
why mo adequate steps were taken
to rescue many hundreds of survi
vors who remained 4S hours afloat
on RATS"
Labor's increasingly critical atti.
tude toward the government was re
Elected in questions led by Richard
Rapler Stokes and Charles G. Am
mon, both laborites, who demanded
a courtmartial.
"UnfO tunately"
Sir Victor Warrender, financial.
secretary of the admiralty, acknowl-
edged that British aircraft and ships
passed close to the RATS from the
Glorious, but "unfortunatelv did not
See them"
Sir Victor said that a court of in
quiry had been instituted, but that
since Captain Guy Doyle Hughes Of
the Glorious went down with his shiI
much of what happened must Of
%necessit' remain a mystery"
Sir Victor declared he took 1.-THE
strongest possible exception" to any
suggestion of neglect on the part Of
the admiralty or of any flag officer
adding that lowing to some complete
ly inexplicable cause, no signal by
the Glorious vas intercepted"
Sir Archibald Southby, conserva
tive, asked if it was not time to make
public the name Of the officer IRE
sponsibIe' for the disaster, but his
question went unanswered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
COMMONS ARGUES
CONDUCT OF WAR
secret Sessions Started
After Much Criticism
Is Voiced

LONDON, Oct. 24.-QP-The baff-
and controversial questions of
:.oin,s defenses against Adolf Hit
",,s ,ir offensive were debated to-
iei the two Houses of Parliament
~ secret sessions.
III cammons went into closed session
clement r. Attlee, lord privy
Ns had told a q%uestioner that it
| "premature' to approach the
ai+ad States and Soviet Russia con-
larnino postwar collaboration on
seliof reconstruction and interna-
+ional cooperation.
10 said. however, the government
.naro constantly in mind the broad
o~nnsiderations'' raised.
uo also outlined the functions of
.,a new ministry of works and pub
' S bindings headed by Sir John
roitb which is to direct plans for
lrtonsive government building.
Ritter questioning was provoked
the House of Commons over the
1nss of the aircraft carrier Glorious
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
ITALIANS ADMIT
DESTROYER SUNK
Rome Reports Also Tell OF
Battle At Points Near
Sid Barrani

ROME, Oct. "a. - Up - Italian
forces at two places near Sidi Bar
raier, Egypt, were reported today
by the high command to have beat.
en- off an attack by British mocha
nized forces supported by artillery.
A communique said the British
had left a number of dead on the
field while the Italians suffered
some casualties.
At the same time the high com.
mand acknowledged that the Italian
destroyer francesca Nullo had beer
seriously damaged in a Red Sea bat
tie with British naval forces several
days ago and had sunk near the
coast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
COP Spends $16,545
In N. e. Campaign

RALEIGH, Oct. 24.-R-The re-
publican state executive committee
reported today it had received $780,
422.77 in contributions up to october
% and had expended $1G,545 in the
campaign leading UP to the Novem-
Der 5 election.
The report was filed with Thad
Eure, secretary of state, by Brown
low Jackson, secretary-treasurer of
the republican committee, with
headquarters at Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
How One Woman
Lost rs Lbs. Of F at
q inches off Hips
3 inches off Bust
~ inches off Waist
Writes 81 Feel Fine and
Look 10 Years Younger"

How would you like to lose 10 to
20 pounds of fat in a few weeks? How
would you like to lose your double
chin and your too-prominent hips
and abdomen and along with it feel
better perhaps than you have tn
years?
Get on the scales today and see how
much you weigh. Take half a tea
spoonful of Kruschen Salts in a glass
of water first thing every morning.
Cut out pastry and fatty meats-go
light on potatoes, butter, cream and
sugar. After 30 days weigh yourself
again-now you'll know the safe, easy,
sensible way to lose fat.
Start today girls to get a more
charming, attractive, slender figure.
Kruschen comes in either the new
pleasant, bubbling form or plain-a
bottle usually lasts 4 weeks and is In
expensive.
Futrelle's Pharmacy, Saunders Drug
Store, Toms Drug Co, and leading
druggists all over America sell
Kruschen Salts; if not supremely sat
isfied-money back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
Officials Are Barred.
From Appointing Selves

RALEIGH, Oct. 24.-R-A rul-
ing of Attorney General Harry Nc
Mullan held today that town COM
missioners could not appoint enc
of themselves to a salary paying
position without breaking a. law
prohibiting a public officer from
making contracts for his own ben
eft.
MCMILLAN ruled that a town
commissioner could not be en-
ployed as a tax collector and that
a commissioner could not De ap-
pointed inspector of two markets.
Tank trucks, each carrying 1000
to 1900 gallons of waite" for mix
ing with cement, yer i%ndispen-
sable in construction of the Penn
sylvania Turnpike.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
Union Party Leader
Backs F. r. Campaign

WASHINGTON, Oct. "a. Up -
Thomas C. O'Brien, the UnionLpar'
tvs vice presidential candidate in
1886, announced today his support
of a third term for President Roose'
welt after a call at the White House.
O'Brien, who ran on a ticket head
ed by Representative William Lemke
(R-ND) four years ago, said he ex'
pected to make a radio address for
Mr., Roosevelt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
RALEIGH
BRIEFS
Star-News Bureau,
Sir Wa tier Hotel.
BY HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, Oct. 24.-G m
Grissom, Republican candidate for
Congress from the Sixth District
jokingly declares he is going to
have a South Carolina Democrat
for his private secretary when he
gets t Washington.
MI. Grissom, whose wit is keen
and who has never been known
to overlook a chance to shoot a
few barbed phrases at the Dem
Gratis, was talking the other day
with Lynn Nisbet, Raleigh news
man who was born in the sister
Carolina to the south.
Look here, Lynn" quoth Mr..
Grissom, when I'm elected I
want you to be ny private Sec
rotary. There are a lot of crooked
political jobs that a Congressman
has to do, and I will not stoop to
do them myself. 1 don't know Of
anyone better qualified for that
kind Of work than a South Caro-
lima Democrat-that's why I want
you"
There's a lot in being so placed
as to get publicity. Recent. three
charming young ladies', active in
Democratic circles, were invited
to take the stump for the party
in New York. The trio were Mrs.
Bessie B. Phoenix, executive head
OF the N. c. Automobile Dealers
Association; Miss label Penny OF
the Revenue Department; and
Miss Mary Graham Groom, infor.
nation booth custodian in the Cap.
itol.
Miss Groom, sitting where the
reporters see her every day,
passed the word along to report.
ers and got on the front page OF
the morning paper.
Mrs. Phoenix and Miss Penny,
no shrinking violets in the matter
of publicity but not so opportunely
situated, were not mentioned. Mrs.
Phoenix, incidentally, has accept
ed and will visit the Empire State
to speak during the campaign.
Miss Penny hasn't yet made up
her mind; but will likely go if she
can get leave.
The recent city manaper cleo
ton in Raleigh assumed a modi
cum of statewide intcrc t wher
local newspapers played up SC big
certain alleged irregularities ir
some of the precincts where Ne
gro votes predominant. Inference
was that these irregularities were
perpetrated by the faction op-
posed to a city manager. Raleigh:
police court spent all day Tuesday
in trial of an ARRAY case result
ing from election day quarrels
and in the course of that tria
evidence was adduced that cit,
manager folks also paid ex-con
victs for poll work and one prom
inent banker voted illegally for tn.
city manager regime. All of which
just means that while Raleigh pol
itics may not smell like roses thu
odor isn't all on one side.
One of the largest crowds, out
side the Southern Conference Bas
ketball tournament assemblages
ever to fill the Raleigh Memoria
Auditorium ESTIMATED at more
than $4,000 was present for the
United States Marine Bands aft
ernoon concert for school children
Wednesday afternoon.
The bands visit to R c l e i G h
sponsored by the American Legion
post, was a complete artistic sue
cess.
In the high school band parade
the Henderson High school wol
first place and a prize of $50
Second place went to the Rock.;
Mount High School band; third t.
Fayetteville and fourth to Wendell
The parade of a dozen bands wa;
one of the most rolorful in Raj
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-25
To Check Constipation
Get at Its Cause!

If constipation has you down so
you feel heavy, tired and dopey,
it's time you did something about
it. And something more than just
taking a physic! You should get
at the cause of the trouble.
If you eat the s~uper-refned
food most people eat, the chances
are the difficulty is Simple-you
don't get enough "bulk." And
bulk" doesn't mean heavy food.
It's a kind of food that isn't con-
sumed in the body, but leaves a
soft "bulky"mass in the intestines.
If this common form of con-
stipation is your trouble, eat
Kellogg's All-Bran regularly, and
drink plenty Of water. All-Bran
isn't a medicine-it's a crunchy,
toasted cereal. And it will help
you not only to get regular but to
keep regular. Made by Kellogg'S
in Battle Greek. If your condition
is chronic, it is wise to consult
a physician.