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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
STATE

City For Conquest" Warner Bros. newest hit, opened its four day en- gagement at Warmers State theater yesterday and according to reports it is the talk of the town.
 The film played to capacity crowds at all performances on the opening day with the standing room only sign out for the evening showings. According to Manager Miss Julia Smith, the picture is destined to break all previous attendance rec ords for the past season. The pie ture is scheduled for a four day showing, and will positively end Sat- urday evening, so don't wait, see it today.
 James Cagney and Ann Sheridan are co-starred and you really haven't seen Cagney and Sheridan together until you've seen them in this pic ture. Besides the stars the picture beasts cast of brilliant supporting players such as Frank Craven, Don- aid Crisp, Frank McHugh, George Tobias, Jerome Conan, Joyce Comp ton and a host of others.
 Cagney is seen as Danny, the stocky slum boy, who tries to con- quer the city with his fists; while Miss Sheridan takes the part of his girl, whose dancing feet carry hel to fame and fortune. Then there is his brother, played by Arthur Kennedy, a musical genus who translates the noises of the city into 8 wonderful symphony. There is also Danny's boyhood pal, played by Ella Kazan, thwarted, embit- tered product of the slumS who seeks to conquer with stiletto and Tommy gun; Frank Craven as the Old Timer, who roams the city's streets, watching over them all and weaves their stories into one sym bolic voice of the city.
 Performances are uniformly ex- cellent, with Cagney and Miss Sher- idan setting the pace for the rest oi the cast. Cagney and Sheridan are truly a perfect screen team; Gag ney's hard-boiled pugnacity and straightforwardness being perfectly offset by Miss Sheridan's volatiel spirits and colorful vivacity.
 All in all "City For Conquest" is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
POLI'S

Tonight at g o'clock Movie Party will be presented at Loew'S Poi. This is the sensational game of fun and fortune at which $100 in cash awards is given away weekly to winning members of the audience. Also there is Skill Award, an ex- tra chance for all money winners.
 The Thin Man, Sherlock Holmes, Nick Carter, Now new adventure with brand new detective, who roarS out of retirement when his bride finds a dead man in the eel lar of their honeymoon cottage. The detective is Robert Montgomery, the bride is Constance Cummings, and the picture is Haunted Honey moon" opening st Loew'S Poli Sat- urday for day engagement only.
 Made in England is the first pie ture to be filmed there since the outbreak of war, Haunted Honey moon" gives Robert Montgomery a role in striking departure from the gangSter- nobleman of his last suc- cess, "The Earl of Chicago AS Lord Peter Wimsey of Haunted Honeymoon" he doesn't use a gun, nor does he talk out of the corner of his mouth. Instead, he is a suave, sophisticated top-hat, and tails man about town. But this slick society sleuth brings you a brand new kind of thriller in a brand new and exciting character ization.
 The fun begins when Lord Peter Wimsey, whose amateur hobby is crime detection, marries Harriet Vane, authoress of detectvie mys- teries. Their one resolve is to get away from anything to do with shop" and with this in mind they trek to a farmhouse far away in the English countryside in the hope of spending peaceful ,.ald undis- turbed honeymoon. This idea is brought to an abrupt end when the body of a dead man Is discovered in the cellar of their honeymoon house.
 Despite the pleas of his incensed bride, Lord Peter Wilnsey Is drawn Into the network of solving the crime. so there is nothing for the wife to do but add her wits to the detection In the hopes of getting the mystery solved as quickly as pos. sible and obtaining that peaceful honeymoon. The mystery is solved all right, an.l tho murderer discov. cred, but the adventurous, romantic and amusing situations which this entails brings about one of the most delightfully."- entertaining detective dramas to reach the screen in many a moon.
 The second smash hIl on the pro- gram ls Q hlllbilly laugh ieot, The WenyeFs mlK polltleh with tie laughs and music until eirih baseball team threatens io ruin Loons cans
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
RECOGNITION FOX
 NEW BATTERY UNIT.

Battery G, 2OSth Coast Artillery, will receive formal federal recogni- tion at exercises to be held at the state armory tonight at 7:30. Prom inent military and civilian figures will be present
 The regular army will be repre- sented by Lieut.. B. N. Diaz and the 208th Coast Artillery by Lieut. Col. Walton Smith of New Haven. Present also will be members of the Citizens Sponsoring committee, led by Mayor Vincent A. Scully.
 Members of both Battery G and its associate unit, Battery E, will be on hand. Lieut.. John J. Egan is in command of Battery G and Capt. Grover c. Baldwin commands Bat tery E. The latter unit has already been federally recognized.
 Organization of the two units be- gan several weeks ago. Many ap- plications were received and the 12O places in the anti-aircraft forces were rapidly filled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
SAMUEL FRANK
 DINNER GUEST
Former YMi1A Basketball Star Presented Purse at
 Testimonial Banquet

Samuel Frank of Cooke street, who will be married to Miss Jac- queline Spearo of Woodlawn Ter race iext Sunday afternoon at Temple Israel on Willow street, was presented a purse at a largely att tended testimonial dinner last evening at the Press Club.
 Presentation of the gift was made by Postmaster Murray Grossman Waterbury's Harry Richman. The principal speakers were City Engi- neer Charles A. Root and City Bud- get pirector Thorvald Olson, who recalled the days when the honored guest was star basketball player with the Y. M. H. A. teams.
 Attending were: Louis Riches, Harry Wertheimer, Herman Nit kowsky, Alfred Drexler, Harry Grus- kay, Louis Franken, Charles Lebo- vitz, Julius Tarr, John w. Farr, Leon Sundel, Ray Riches, Sam Frank, Casper Spearo, Harry Frank, Yale Matzkin, Philip Bernstein, Ben Leopold, H. Leopold, Edward F. Lyons, Jr., Harold Hadley, Samuel Kramer, Joseph Garber, Sal Faila, Charles Curtin, Bernard Feinn.
 Also Geroge KosowSky, Julius Grossman, William Schneer,. Angelo Rotella, I. Greenblatt, Fred Reich, Louis Spirit, Albert Abel, s. B. Spirit, A. L. Spirit, Gale Berardino, Louis Ganch 1T, Frankie Danen, Louis Schneer, Fly Drubner. Thomas Mo her, Walter Colby, William Harnick, Frank Browne, John Donahue, Abe Goldberg, Dutch Freilich, Irving Reiger, Irving Nierenburg, Morris Levine, Benjamin Gruskay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

Wonders will never cease in Waterbury, surprise" party occurred recently which really produced surprise The surprise however in reverse but nevertheless the feature of the program J. Milton Burra is the prn cipal actor in this cast. He took unto himself wife several weeks ago his fellow workers at Scovils Mr. Burra found out about the shindg and the night of the party all his friends gathered around the banquet tables waiting for their honored guest to make his debut. Time went on and no MT. Burran. The tickets being paid for the guests sat down and ate and drank without the honored guest. Finally Tom Cronan noticed waiter wearing wig and without asking any questions went and yanked it off, uncovering J. Milton The Civic Theater makeup expert did the job for Milton and for hours nobody but Patsy Brown knew that the waiter J. Milton Burrall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
The old sucker" game.

The old sucker" game new version of the "sucker" game has been invented by kids in the Meri den Road section of the city. They plant large pocket book in the roadway where it can be plainly seen by passing motorists. Then when victim stops his car and gets out to pick up his treasure bunch of boys located across street the roof of the small garages there give yank to the string they have attached to years back upper Cooke Street boys played the sort of a trick with an old automobile tire wrapped up in brown paper to resemble brand-new one. They had lot of fun until broken up by the motor patrol after motorists complained about the prank.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

Running between the raindrops. :. ,. Three young ragamuffins dashng in and out of the busy traffic flowing in Exchange Place that has "Jmgles DOnahue on merrygo-round chase. Two elderly men standing in front of dress shop on the main stem gesturing wildly and suddenly both of them tangle in fist fight The excitement dies down when one hops aboard bus and the spectators resume their walk :. Hackers wearing great big grins as they wait for passengers at the Union Station and remark ing Mice weather, we're having, ain't it?" Meeting Joe Cipriano of minstrel fame who has brand idea of producing all patriotic musical revue which sounds very good to us
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
STRAND

A sure cure for the blues, rating a laugh a minute, opened at the popular Warner Bros. Strand the ater yesterday for an engagement of four days when T Love You Again" flashed across the screen with Will 'liam Powell and Myrna Loy in the co-Starring leads.
 The film, presenting a fast-mov- ing, 1augh-packed series of Situa- tions, deals with the plight of man who suddenly recovers from an eight-year attack of amneSia and discovers that during that time he has acquired a new personality, a charming wife who is about to di- vorce him, a spotless reputation as the leader of community, bank account and the managers berth in a large pottery firm
 Powell has never had happier screen role than in this film, and once again Myrna Loy is cast as his wife, but she's not the perfect spouse on this occasion. As a mat ter of fact, the usual procedure is reversed, with Powell forced to chase after her instead of the opposite.
 A strong supporting cast turning in top performances includes Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Donald Douglas and Nella Walker.
 Co., featuring the program is a stirring mystery thriller, Money and the Woman" with Jeffrey Lynn and Brenda Marshall in the CO., starring leads.
 Plan now to see this swell show at the Strand before the closing performances Saturday evening.
 And then starting Sunday the Strand will usher in another fine twin bill with "The Great McQlnty" starring Brian Donlevy, Murial An- gelus and Akim TRmiroff in the leading les: while "Turnabout,' adapted from Thorne smiths most hilarious novel, will Do tho co-fea- ture. Adolphe Menjoi, Carole Lan. dis and John Hubbard are featured in the latter film.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

A Negro porter wondered whether he'd have to register, as he had serv- ed 10 years in prison. He was told he'd have to register, but it was a cinch he wouldn't be drafted. He let out loud snort of relief.
 A frequent question is:
 T shall be out of my home town October 16. What shall I do?"
 The reply is: Register in the town or village where you happen to be, and list on the registration card your home address.
 Another frequent query asks correct procedure if the eligible man is out of the country on reg istration day. In that case, he should report back at the regis tration place in his home district within five days after his return to the United States.
 A senator asked whether a vet eran of the World War had to reg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

long. He gets an average of 500 tel ephone calls during his daily office hours, which are from 8 in the morn ing until or 10 or any old time at night.
 Nave his past career specially fitted him for the job. A New York City native, he was real estate man and public relations counselor be- fore he came to Washington as spe- cial assistant to Nathan Straus, Jr., of the U s. Housing Authority. EVEN SENATOR'S
 ASK QUESTIONS
 One of the oldest things about Culligan's day is that senators and representatives-the very fellows who passed the conscription law . are constantly ringing him up to learn its applications. The solonS are being besieged by letters and telegrams from constituents. To get correct re- plies, they phone Culligan.
 Not only that, ut pretty nearly every government official from President Roosevelt on down gets queries about the draft, and these too are referred to Culligan. s One woman, who signed herself Mother" and who evidently is no admirer of the President, asked whether MT. Roosevelt's four sons would march away to war. which she predicted would occur. She wondered whether James would make pictures of other boys marching away, Elliott would de- scribe the scene on the radio, Franklin, Jr, would make writ ten record, and John would try to sell the draftees something.
 One of the answers came next
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
M The Local TheaterS

that very rare thing, motion pie ture without a dull moment, and one that everyone should have on his must" list. See it before the final performances Saturday eve- ming.
 On the same big show is hilari- ous comedy Slightly Tempted" with Hugh Herbert and Johnny Downs.
 Coming to the State on Sunday is Argentine Nights" with the Ritz Brothers and the Andrews Sisters; also '"The Mummy's Hand," thrill CT that makes a sissy out of "FrankenStein."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

On the front at the Armory. Terrific machine gun noise the lads of the National Guard go through their paceS with stern faces Each lad knowing the seriousness of handling the artillery fire Up in the gallery faces of Sweethearts and mothers watching proudly as their struts his stuff for the onlookers New recruits marching into Lieutenant Egans private cubice to enlist with the Coast Guard unit
 Mickey Lang Bill Deno and Louis DeNicola taking the oath for Swear period enlistment that will send them to Virginia Beach with the band corps January 1st.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

Marcele Andrikis, popular member of St. Josephs senior choir will be year older today but can't reveal the number of summers she's enjoyed Camille Fre-- chette works off most of her energy roller skating at Hamilton Park. County Detective Kody filling was rngsider at the Gainer-Sunbald fight at New Haven Tuesday night but he's sorry he didn't stay home and hear Bob Hope instead. Barbara Brodeur, comedy South Main Street lass Is missed at Scovs these days She spraned an ankle the other evening explaining her absence at work Peggy Dermody and Marion Fears are now punching timeclocks at the Waterbury Clock Shop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

iSter. The answer was: Hardly. Present registrants must be between the ages of 21 and 35. A man to come within those limits must have been no more than 13 at the time of the World War. It is hardly likely he enlisted or was con- scripted at that tender age"
 SHALL BUY
 A NEW CART"
 Another man asked:
 Can you tell me whether will be drafted? If I am, will patch up my old car. If not, I'll buy new car"
 He was told it depended on his physical condition, his job and the order in which his number was drawn. So he'll have to gamble on the car problem. Another query came from a young man who confessed he had served sentence at the age of Is. He said he was anxious to get into the army and wondered whether his past would bar him. He was told that if he had com- mitted a felony he would certainly be barred, and probably would be barred regardless of the crime. Felipe, Filipino, drives taxi in Washington. He only rents his taxi, beacuse he hoes to be drafted. He wanted to know how soon he would be called, as he felt this would help him become a full fledged American citizen earlier. He doesn't want to be a national of the Philippines, as he highly disapproves of President Quezon's efforts to unite the islands from the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

Muriel Harrington of New York City is using the guest knives and forks of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chip man of Monroe Avenue, her uncle and aunt. Engi- neers say dew is big why auto paints fade. Whats due the itself is of more interest to finance companies. Wallace Saunders is doing grand job as publicity for the Valley Players of Naugatuck. Their next production will be 'The Bad Man. |. Mrs Burton I. Stevens of Middlebury is patient at the Waterbury Hospital Johnny Dillon of Watertown his studies at the University of Maine. He's the of MT and Mrs John of North Spring Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
. ANSWERS TO
 cRANIUM CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page


 Questions on Comic Page
 1. Trotsky and Nikolai Lenin were key figures in establishing the U. s. s. R.
 2. Trotsky was commisar of for eign affairs and war minister in Russia.
 3. No. The Lenin- -Trotsky revOlu- tion overthrew the Kerensky regime, which had previously deposed the czar
 4. Trotsky reached Mexico Jan. 4, 1887.
 5. Trotsky's real name was Lev David6vich Bronstein. He assumed the name Trotsky after one of his escapes from Siberia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
LOST" TURTLE FOUND

Enid. Okla.-CUP)-F. M. Lamar is looking for one Bill Statham to return Statham's pet terrapin. La- mar found the terrapin near his home. On its back painted in red enamel were the words: Bill Statham, August, 1918" The let ters were legible despite the appa- rent 9 years they had been on the terrapin'S shell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

Items that make news. Tom COppOlO pop waiter of TOrrngtOn invading the Brass City to show Eva Powers of Billy Roses Diamond Horseshoe dance troupe the sights of the town. Tony DeLange has re-Opened his Streamned bowling alleys and has sent in invite to toss in the first ball (Yes you guessed it in the gutter Joe CiaccO of Long Hill has joined the Coast Artillery
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
TWINS PROVE AFFINITY

Rockville, Conn. = (UP)- George and Henry Gacke Ter are twins in every sense of the word. They're 55, do the same sort of work, find identical enjoyment and have the same likes and dislikes. So it wasn't unusual when George went to a hospital for an operation that Henry had to have one, too
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

paien for the eoveFnoFship, in this Republic comedy Grand Ole opry."
 Currently nhowlng at LoeW'g Poll Is Peter LorFe ln . different type story Than ever before, "The stranger on The Third Floor plpA "GlnH Dance, Plenty Hot" wiih Ruth Terry and johnny Downs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
LET'S HAVE A PARTY
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
Good evening.

Let's have party!
 Now that it's cooler weather, Have big crowd in,
 Let's have a get-together. Let's make out list,
 Have a grand affair, Make it course dinner,
 An absolute knockout rare. Let's invite about twenty,
 We can seat that many fine, We'll make 1t sort of swell, Even give them wine, With cocktails in the living room, It's all done over, you know Too bad the rug is old,
 But that will never show. After dinner let's arrange
 Something different and new, Not just game of cards, Though we can manage that too. So shall we say twenty?
 What? oh. all right, We'll just have four for bridge A week from Friday night,
 FEM EM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

Milton BrOnner will answer questions of The Waterbury Democrat readers regarding cOnscriptiOn' rulings and inter pretatiOnS. Address Br0nner, NEA-DemOcrat Selective Serv- ice Information Bureau, 113 Thirteenth St., NV, Washing ton, ID. c. BE SURE TO EN- CLOSE postage prepaid post card or stamped envelope, self addressed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
Selective Service Official
 Getting 800 Queries Daily
First daily articles Milton interpreting rulings the cOnscription program.
BY MILTON BRONNER

NEA-Democrat Selectve Information
 Washington Sept 26 = If Capt. Ernest M. Culigan, public relations officer of the joint army and navy seecve service committee doesn't land in padded cell it will because he has the patience of Job and the constitution pion boxer. :
 Captain Culgan question the draft law Newspapermen other callers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

Good night.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
Elks Prepdre To
Celebrate, Mar. IL!
Roost Turkey. Vodville and
Baseball Fdnning Bee
Set For 800

East Liverpool lodge 25S, Elks, have
secured Rev. Fred Kempster of st.
Marks Episcopal Church, Mt. Leb-
anon, as speaker Of the evening when
the 47th anniversary is celebrated
with roast turkey dinner and enter
tainment in the West Fifth street
temple, Tuesday evening, March IL.
Rev. Kempster is noted baseball
fan and made great hit at a recent
testimonial dinner in honor of the
Cincinnati Reds Bill McKechnie held
in Williamsburg.
Ten acts of vaudeville will be i'm
ported from Pittsburgh to complete
the program. Carroll P. Lynch, F. J.
Dwyer, John Mckee, David Anderson
and John Normile, members of the
committee expect more than 800 Elks
and their friends to be present.
The lodge was organized here on
March 16, 1898, at meeting in
building known as the Red Mems hall
on Dresden avenue, with about 80
charter members. James S. Hilbert of
East Liverpool and William Erlanger
of Florida are the only surviving
charter members.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
FACES IN .FIRELIGHT

Faces in freight intrigue me-
There scores OF faces | see.
There's the boy l knew long, long
years back
Who loaned me note paper and shared
crackerja Jack.
The little lame girl who lived next
door
Who always had smiles though she
had little more,
Who laughed as she said if her dress
was too big
'Twouldn't show in a chair as it would
in jig.
The girl who put me up to miss prayer
meeting
And then lie about it. That got me
beating.
That other girl whose living was
shame
But Pm far from being perfect, I can
not blame.
My mothers face as she worked at
her mending
AS tho she liked it, and it was un-
ending,
My daddy's, too, when he used to
scold
Or crinkly and shining by humor's
mold.
My daughters flower faces when they
were babies,
And as | fancy them looking as grown
up ladies.
Kaleidoscope faces of many lads
That change to the face of my babies
dad.
That face time is trying his best to
tame,
Twas exciting to me and will stay
the same.
| try to see how We'll look when we're
old,
But the fires dying down, I must add
more coal.
Marie Mooring.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-03-07
More MoneyFor
Flood Walls Aim
Of Congressman
Lewis Would Sturt Work on
Wall At Martins Ferry
This Yeur

The War Department Civil Functions
Appropriation Bill was taken up in
the House of Representatives today.
This bill carries an appropriation of
seventy million dollars for flood con-
troll for the entire country. Congress-
man Earl r. Lewis of the 18th Ohio
District in an interview today stated
that the money for the construction Of
the Number Two flood wall at Wells
vile, Ohio is being paid out of the ap-
preparation for 1910 and the plans for
that project are practically completed
and the Army Engineers expect to
start work on it early in the spring.
He further stated that the present
appropriation bill for the fiscal year
of 1941 of seventy million dollars does
not carry any money for the con-
struction of the Martins Ferry flood
wall and that if that flood wall is to
be started this year there will have
to be an increase in the appropriation
for 1941. He also stated that he is
trying to have the appropriation for
l94l cover a sufficient amount to con-
struct the Martins Ferry flood wall,
but at the present moment is not sure
of success. The House today took up
general debate on the appropriation
bill.