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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

h lOBODY ever loved joke any more than
M Frank Tnney. of the greatest
] comedians OF his time-except when it
was on himself. In the language of Broadway.
the street that saw his widest escapades he
could dish IL out but as rule he didn't enjoy
taking H."
His off-stage hunnor was usually Of the
variety called practical" that Is 10 say. there,
was a strong element of vgor in II. For
few mad years in the l920's he played the
whole slspstick routine. from exploding cigars
to fake kilograms everybody he came in
contact with--and he came in contact with a
lot Of people.
Then. as though il had suddenly become
fed up the world turned its back on Frank
Tinney and he couldn't stand that. He had
TO have an audience, for after all, what good
is joke If there isn't anybody to laugh att?
Overnight. he turned from a gay prankster
into man old before his time
He tried several comebacks, but they
Topped
Thirteen years dragged by. years of
shutting around in obscurity living on the
charity of hts father and of the colored man,
who had been his valet. The end came the
other day when he died and laid out in a
Long Island funeral parlor.
Ironically enough. he had also started his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

career in a funeral parlor AS a
boy. hard up for cash. he heard
that a local undertaken would pay
anyone five dollars for shaving
the face of a dead man Frank
steeled himself 10 the Job. The
head Of the establishment sat by,
chuckling TO himself and watch
ing him while he worked. The
boy thought that his bungling eff
forts were causing this rather
gruesome merriment but learned
differently 49,
You want 10 know what's so
funny. eh ," asked the mirthful
mortician. I'll tell you We
don't pay five dollars for a job
like this. we only pay twenty-five
cents
When Frank grew TO be a fail
hedged comic the chief victims
Of his humor were his wife. Edna
Davenport. musical comedy star
and his favorite girl friend. the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
ARMY EXAMINERS k VISITING CITIES
All Applicants for Flying
 Cadets to Be Checked ! By Officers

Six New England cities will be visited by the travelling Army Fly ing Cadet Examining Board dur ing Che month of November, it was announced today by Lt.-Col. John l.. Rice, Corps Area Recruiting Off, f1cer. Worcester and Springfield in Massachusetts, Manchester and Con- cord in New Hampshire, Bridgeport in Connecticut, and Burlington in Vermont will be visited.
 The Army Flying Cadet board will give physical examinations to candidates for appointment who are unmarried, who are between their 20th and 27th birthdays, and who have competed tow years of college education. Successful candi- dates receive seven months course of training as pilots, and up com- pletion of the course are given com missions as second lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve.
 Visits of the board will be as fol- lows:
 Nov. 4-5, Worcester, Mass, Post Office building.
 Nov. 6-7. Springfield, Mass, Post Office building.
 Nov. 12-13, Manchester, N. H., 88 Hanover street.
 Nov. IA, Concord, N. H., 3 North State street.
 Nov. 1920, Bridgeport, Conn, Post Office building.
 Nov. 26-27. Burlington, Vt, 209 College street.
 Candidates who lack two years of college work should not see the travelling board. They may apply to the Commanding General, First Corps Area, Boton Army Base, for 8 physical examination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
STRAND

James Cagney and Ann Sheridan are co-starred in City For Con- quest" which opened its four day engagement yesterday at the popu- lar Warmers Strand theater as the headliner of the fine twin bill.
 You really haven't seen Cagney and Sheridan together until you've seen them in this great dramatic hit. Cagney takes the part, of Dan- ny, the stocky slum boy, who tries to conquer the city with his fists; while Miss Sheridan is seen as his girl, whose dancing feet carry her to fame and fortune.
 Then there is Cagney's brother. played by Arthur Kennedy, a musi- cal genius who translates the noises of the city into a wonderful sym phony. There is also Danny's boy hood pal, played by Ella Kazan, thBarted embittered product of the slurhs 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 symbolic voice of the city.
 Performances are uniformly ex- cellent, with Cagney and Miss Sher- idan setting the pace for the rest of the cast. Cagney and Sheridan are truly 8 perfect screen team; Gag ney's hard-boiled pugnacity and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

Attend Loew's Poli tonight and play Movie Party, the fun and for tune game of the age ct which $IOC in cash awards is given away week. ly.
 In the three-ring circus that Charlie Chaplin brings to the Loew Poli csreen tomorrow in ''The Great Dictator" there are many events that would constitute news in any language.
 In the long catalogue of surprises and comedy inventions of "The Great Dictator" Chaplin perpetrates a masterful travesty on an easily recognized ruler. But more than that, it is Chaplin, the tinid little man, looking at power, warily eye ing the big shot. It is the ancient privilege of clowns.
 The beloved little figure with his derby, his tiny muStache, his floppy trousers and eIongated shoes has been 8 pioneer, creator and an inventor. He still is in the new story he tells on the screen.
 Charlie is the quiet little man who wants to be left alone in the ghetto. In his barber shop, he strives almost pathetically to please He speaks, but in frightened mono syllables. He just wants to be left alone.
 And then he is Hynkel, the rag l ing, neurotic dictator. He raves and rants and enits the most violent of guttural explosives.
 The cast in "The Great Dictator commands attention, for it is by far the greatest ever assembled for a Chaplin comedy. Paulette Goddard is at the head of the cast, along with Jack Oakie, Billy Gilbert, Reg inald Gardiner and Henry Daniell.
 The usual continuous performance policy of the Loew Poli theater will prevail during the showing of "The Great Dictator" which means that you may come in at anytime and still see complete show. The fol- lowing prices will be in effect dur ing thei engagement: all matinuees 75c; all evenings $1.10; children, all matinees 28c. Matinee prices will prevail until 6 p. m. every day.
 There will be surrounding pro- gram of outstanding shorts and latest news events.
 Attractions coming to a close at Loew's Poli tonight include Hull abaloo" with Frank Morgan and Ride, Tenderfoot Ride" with Gene Autry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD
Marx Brothers Western Is Short On Horses And Gunplay, But It Has Plenty Of Music
BY PAUL HARRISON

Hollywood. - The maniac Marx Brothers have finished picture called "Go West" but as a western it ranks somewhere between the Coney Island Fun House and a night club rodeo. Which, of course, is as it should be.
 Harpo is glimpsed on a horse in one scene, but you can't say that any of the brothers really does any riding. All westerns have to have big chase sequence, but the one in this picture takes place on train, with the fugitive comics uncoupling cars and making the locomotive scurry around through the sagebrush like an army tank. The MarxeS don't do any fancy Six-gun work, either, although Harpo does blow open a safe with a cannon. He does 1t to get the deed to ranch which is the keystone of dastardly land- grating scheme. That gievs you an idea of the story.
 GROUCHO PLUCKS
 A GUITAR
 Harpo and Chico included their respective harp and piano specialties in every film except Duck Soup" and Room Service" The omissions brought flood of complaints from fans, so Go West" has been given an extra quota of music. Romantic Hero John Carroll has two songs, one with harmonica accompaniment by Harpo, the other with guitar plunking by Groucho.
 It's an odd fact that the eldest Marx, actually guitarist of con- cert skill, never had played it in picture or a show. He wasn't sched- uled to play in this picture, but they finally let him when he began to grow pouty about it. As a guitar Strummer, Groucho thus displays at least one attribute of a horse-opera star.
 They always have 8 tough time Introducing Harpo's solos, and the device used this time is even Sillier than usual. It seems that the screw ball trio, with Carroll and Heroine Diana Lewis, are spending an eve- ming at an Indian reservation. There are lot of pretty squaws about, so Harpo makes news by chasing a few brunets. One of these romantic pursuits leads him to a loom where 8 cutie is working overtime on a rug.
 The cords on the loom look like harp strings. He plucks at them idly and (surpriseD finds them taut and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

resonant and tuned. So he plays By the Waters of the Minneton- ka" On the loom-a feat made dou- ply astonishing by the fact that the period of the picture predates the writing of the song by about 40 years.
 Musical anachronism is nothing in the life of Chico, either. Seated at an, 1870 honky-tonk piano, he clatters through "The Woodpecker Song" a hit of 1940.
 THE COST
 OF CHORDS ..
 Funny thing about Chico is that privately he seems to care nothing about playing. Never plays infor- mally, never practices until shortly before a number must be recorded. Except for his vaudevillistic tricks, he really isn't much of pianist. He always wanted to lead a band, and now he's going to do it. He has a 16-piece orchestra and a contract for an eight-week stage tour.
 The brothers secretary, Rache Linden, gave me another musical note on Harpo. Said that for years she made out checks for him to a piano teacher. "At first I thought he was just versatile" she recalled. Finally found out he still couldn't read music or play the piano either. He'd been paying a piano teacher to play chords so he could work out the same combinations on the harp by ear."
 The picture finished, Groucho is packing his golf clubs and guitar for a cross-continental motor jaunt. Harpo thinks he'll try the stage-in the top role of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" Some movie peo- pie are being recruited for tour, with proceeds to be split between
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
STATE

Currently at the Warner Bros. State theater is the great dramatic hit s@They Knew What They Want ed" which opened its four day en- gagement at that popular theater yesterday, and at no advance in prices.
 Co-starring Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton, the film Is an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning play and is a picture that should be seen by everyone.
 It is a poignant romantic screen drama of the California grapelands. The story told in fortnight fashion, marches with its vividly human characters from heart-warlning be- ginning to bitterly dramatic end. And it advances the art of screen storytelling a significantly long way in doing so.
 The story of the film presents Laughton in his first sympathetic role in five years. He is seen as a lovable excitable Latin vinyardriSt who loves his vast grapelands, and a golden -haired waitress whom he shyly woos by correspOnden Miss Lombard is cast as the friendless, lonely hash-slinger who eagerly &C., cepts the rancher's marriage pro- posal, but can't resist the love call of his amorous foreman, played by William Gargan.
 The two stars turn in superlative performances in their respective roles; roles that are exceptionally sympathetic and ideally suited to them. Laughton will be long remem- bered for his portrayal of the ebul- lient Tony Patucci, as will Miss Lombard for her artistry in her memorable emotional scenes. Gar gan also does a splendid job as the foreman while others who turn in excellent performances include Har- " Carey and Frank Fay.
 Sidesplitting laughs are in store for State audiences during the pre- sentation of the second big hit Mexican Spitfire Out West" which reunites Lupe Velez and Leon Errol with 8 large cast of funsters.
 Coming to the State on Sunday is Rhythm on the River" with Bing Crosby, Mary Martin and Basil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
BUCKS HILL CLUB
 BOOK NAVAL GUEST

Michael Swata, first class quar- termaster of the local navy recruit ing office. will be the guest speaker tomorrow evening at the Bucks Hill Community club.
 Mir. Swata has been in the navy 16 years and his knowledge of far flung places is abundant. He will irnpart some of his experiences in different parts of the world, and in the U. s. Navy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
LIQUOR PERMIT NnTICE OE REPLICATION

This Is to give notice that I. Jeremiah Francis Ring, of 19 Tay- Tor St., Waterbury, Conn.,, have filed with the Liquor Control Commission for a Package Beer Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the prem ises, 766 East Main St., Waterbury. Conn. The business Is owned by Jeremiah Francis Ring, of 19 Tay- Tor St., Waterbury, Conn, and will Conn, as permittee.
 JEREMIAH FRANCIS RING.
 Dated Oct. 21st, 1940. 10-24-31
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
Mrs. Gladys Duggan
 In Bristol Mishap

Bristol, October 31. - An automo- bile operated by Mrs. Gladys Dug gan of IS State street, Waterbury, crashed through a hedge in front of the home of Mrs. George Warner of 3 South street Wednesday after noon when forced to the side of the road by another auto.
 Mrs. Duggan told the police that she would take care of all damage t0 the hedge. Her car was not damaged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
LIQUOR PERMIT

NUIVCE UF- AE.IbhOANAUN
 This is to give notice that !, Vera Viola Zemoitel, of 507 North Main St., Waterbury, Conn, have filed an application Oct. 21st, 1940, with the Liquor Control Commission for a Restaurant Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises, 12S North Elm St., Water bury, Conn. The business is owned by Vera Viola Zemoitel. of 507 North Main St., Waterbury, Conn.,, and will be conducted by Vera Viola Zemoi- tel, of 507 North Main St., Water. bury, Conn.,, as permittee.
 VERA VIOLA ZEMO1TEL.
 Dated Oct. 21st, 1940. 1o-24-31
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
Legal Notices
LIQUOR PERMIT NOTICE or APPLICATION

This is to give notice that l. Antonio Tremaglio, of 1429 Bank St, Waterbury, Conn, have e nle1 with the Liuuor Control Commission for a Tavern Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises, 143I Bank st., Waterbury, Conn. The business is owned by Antonio Tremaglio, of 1929 Bank St, Wa terbury, Conn, and will be con ducted, by Antonio Tremaglio, or 1929 Bank St., Waterbury, Conn., as permittee.
 Dated Oct. 2Sth. 1940. 10-31-l1-7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
LIQUOR PERMIT OE REPLICATION

This is to give notice that l. William Sheehy, of 49 sylvan Ave, Waterbury Conn. have filed an ap- plication dated Oct. 31st, 1940 with Tavern Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises, 29S Hamilton Ave-, Waterbury, Conn. The business is owned by William Sheehy, of 49 Sylvan Ave, Water bury, Conn, and will be conducted by William Sheehy, of 49 sylvan Ave, Waterbury, Conn.,, as permit
 WILLIAM SHEEHY.
 Dated Oct. 31st, 1940. 10-31-11-7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

straight forwardness being perfect ly offset by Miss Sheridan's color full vivacity.
 Others in the cast include Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, George To- bias, Jerome Cowan, Joyce Comp ton and host of others.
 Chock full of howls is the co-fea- ture Elsa Maxwell'S Public Deb. No. l" with George Murphy and Brenda Joyce heading a brilliant cast of well-known screen names.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
ANNs NICKNAME

Ann Rutherford has a new nick name since her recent visit to San Francisco. She wore mink hat fashioned after a trapper's hat while in the Bay City and now her friends there are calling the M-G-M starlet -''D-Ann Boone"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
In TEe Local The0ters

Rathbone in the leading roles. On
 the same show will be the sensa-
 tional picture The World in Flames."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

Clark Gable prepared tea in an electric coffee percolator for the cast of 'tComrade X," his new starr ring film with Hedy Lamar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
CHEF GABLE

Vancouver, B. C., for several week; of hunting and fishing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
MOVIE NOTES
JEANETTE,s LESSONS

Having completed work in Bitter sweet" eJanette MacoDnald is glad to be back on her old practicing schedule. She sings for three hours every day, including her hour and half lesson with Grace Adele Newell, the teacher she has had since she started.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

the Red Cross and British War Re- lief. The customers probably would demand a harp solo, and Marx is wondering whether he could twang the spokes of the play-character's wheel chair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
CARROLL,S HAUNT

John Carroll will again give free
 reoin to his love for the out-of-doors
 following his work in the Marx Bro thers' ""Go Vest. He heads for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
MUSICAL TEAM.

The musical team of Marx and MacC1oys has blossomed forth on the "Go West" set. It comprises Groucho Marx on the guitar and June MasCloy grooming "blues" songs to his accompaniment. The two harmonize between scenes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

HAVING LOST PASSBOOK No. 38637, issued to me by The Citizens & Manufacturers National Bank application is hereby made for g new one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

HAVING LOST PASSBOOK No. 56O3, issued to John Membrino, Trustee, by the Colonial Trust Company, application is hereby made for a new one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
POLFs

Attend Loew's Poll tonight and play Movie Party, the fun and for- tune game of the age ct which $IOO in cash awards is given away week
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-30
THIRTY YEARS AGO-lsI0

II II u
The strawberry season in Kenne-
wick ended with close to $4,000
crates marketed with the average
price being $3.50. At this rate the
total receipts should be close to $780,
600.
At the election Kennewick citi-
zens voted to raise the class from
fourth to third class city. It was
then on a much better basis finan-
cially and commercially and the
general management improved.
M M. Moulton returned from an
eastern trip at which time he had
visited the supreme court at Dies
Moines, Iowa.
Mrs. Thomas McKain had spent
several days in Walla Walla.
A gas engine was installed on the
Charles Conway place.
w. A. Morain had begun his new
business of real estate. Mr.. Moran
saw very large fish in the canal
and was so excited he called the
marshall who shot IL. It turned
out to be speckled salmon trout
80 inches in length and weighed "a
pounds.
Mrs. M. o. Kitten had gone on
a trip to Los Angeles
The pipes for carrying water over
the Olmsted addition were being
hauled on the ground and work was
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-30

A good many who have sat COM
placently by and permitted the
wage hour law to pass without q
protest to their representative have
done so because they deceived them
selves into thinking that 1t did not
concern them. They are all in for
an awakening. In many places
telephone rates have been consider
ably increased to meet the addition
al expense and bank service has
been cursailed. The law will also
result in higher cost of manufact-
ured products that the tiller of the
soil has to buy, but it will not in
crease the price of anything he has
to sell. The wage-hour law is the
most harmful legislation that the
Congress Of this country has ever
passed when it comes to small in
dustries in the rural sections of
America. It will eventually defeat
the plan OF decentralization of in
dustry and drive it into congested
centers, where it can have the adj
vantage Of mass production and the
disadvantage of less desirable liv-
ing conditions for the workers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-30
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TEN YEARS AGO-l930
N2$N2$NG&NGkNS

TEN YEARS AGO-l93O
F'orty-eight names were added
to the Benton county census bring
ing the total to 1882 with record
of 1867 farms reported in the coun-
ty according to notices sent from
Washington, D. G.
Joe Martin was planning to have
his barber shop remodeled during
the summer with new equipment
being installed.
Kennewick was to have a new
super service station which was to
be built by the Texaco company at
a cost Of $4,000. Mrs. Harry Linn
had been elected as one of the state
directors of the B & p. w. Club.
Thieves broke into the house OF
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C.. Tweet on the
Highlands and stole clothing, money
and jewelry.
John Beal was attacked by a rob-
her near Connell and left bound and
gagged in q deserted cabin. He
managed to get loose and notified
the Pasco police which soon led to
the arrest of the robber.
M. M. Moulton went to Olympia
for the purpose of making available
the $4,000 for Highlands Irriga-
ton relief work.
Mrs. Bertha Simsen had a sta
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-30
OVERRIDING IT

On one hand we are told that
women go in for exercise too vio-
lently, that they don't take it in
easy doses but Jump into physical
activity with a vengence. On the
other hand we see that women in
kennewick are active SO much
during a days labor in their homes
that the exercising they might do
outside could not be more strenu-
Gus. They have been warming up
for sports doing vigorous house.
work A mother of a family will
convince you that one day of &C
tivity on her home grounds doing
regular tasks is as much exercise as
a game of golf, tennis or bowling.
This need of caution in exercise
probably would apply more aptly to
the women confined in offices or
who have no household duties to
perform.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-30
DEAD AND GONE

This suggestion may only con-
Germ you during the holiday sea-
son when you are mailing packages
and letters in quantities, but the
postoffices throughout the land can
testify that their dead letter office
is. used through your carelessness
during the year. There are hun
dreds Of thousands of letters that
are mailed without any addresses
on them and hundred times that
many that are misdirected or poor
ly written. There are drafts and
money orders and checks that find
their way into the dead letter Of
fices and are never claimed. If you
can't remember to put your return
address on every piece of mail you
write, have some envelopes printed
with a return on them. We do it in
kennewick at very small COST,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-30

The Logan-Walter bill which has
been introduced in, congress would
subject to judicial review the rul-
ingS of the federal bureaus, boards
and commissions. The bill is good
one and should be made a law. Too
often in the past bureaus and
boards and commissions have been
created and have been given too
much arbitrary power. Under them
our government practically ceases to
be a democracy and becomes a
group of small relationships. Each
board, commission or bureau is q
law unto itself from whose arbitrary
rulings few individuals or corpor-
ations have the resource to appeal
or protest. The fact being known
to these groups tends to make them
all the more arbitrary and auto
cratic. The only difference between
bureaucratic government and die
tatorship is that dictatorship gov
eminent is under one head. Under
the bureaucratic rule it is under
several bureaus.