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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19
POLI'S

The Phil Farrell Foursome, lead
ing terpsichorean artists, headline
the all-star Broadway vaudeville
show to be presented tomorrow
evening at 9 o'clock for one per-
Torrance only, on the stage of the
Loew Poll theater.
Other stars who will appear in
person are Bert. Nagle g. Co., the
Mid-nite Serenaders; the Three
Tops, providing Fun on Wheels;
George Bell in a Musical Novelty,
and Star Rollo & Ditson, the Three
Playboys, who will NJ. c. this gala
musical revue.
Furnishing the musical back
ground for the stage show are Gus
Meyers, Jr., and the Loew Poll
theater orchestra. In addition, and
at positively no advance in prices
is double smash hit screen show.
Heading the screen bill which
opened this afternoon at the Loew
Poll theater for an engagement OF
three days is Gallant Sons. with
Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville,
Gene Reynolds and group of ju-
venile stars.
Thrills and comedy are mingled
into rapid-fire entertainment in
Gallant Sons" which is drama
of a group of high school students
who add amateur detective work to
their curriculum.
Directed by George Seitz of
Judge Hardy Family" fame, and
with Gail Patrick and Ian Hunter
providing the adult romance, the
story deals with two boys, close
friends though their fathers are
enemies. One of the men Is con-
victed Of murder, SO the two boys
band together. with their school,
mates to trial down the real killer
and clear the mystery. Through q
musical cue, and amid many mar
row escapes. comical and otherwise,
the youngsters get the details Of
the crime. and cleverly trap the
criminal into disclosing his guilt.
Included In the cast are such 10.
venile stars as June Preigser, who
scored Ia Strike Up the Band" Leo
Corey OF the Dead End Kids. VIII
liam Tracy and Tommy KeilV.
The second big hit on the pro-
gram Is the technicolor Queen OF
Destiny" starring lovely Anna
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19
IS Mystery Quiz
Winners Honored

The fifteen winners of the
Mystery Quiz which ran in the
Waterbury Democrat, NOvem-
Der IA, in conjunction with the
thrilling movie, Escape" fea-
turing Norma Shearer and Rob-
ert Taylor, and which ended
Monday night at LOew's Poll
are: Thomas Ashe, 565 East
Main street; Mary Berry, 81
Rose street; Rose Verrier, ia
Railroad Hill street; Mary
D'Angelo, 225 Baldwin street;
Mary MOyles, 40 Webb street;
Attracta O'ConnOr, 81 Bronson
street; Charlotte Lindquist, SIS
WOodtick road; Jack Casey, II
Walnut avenue; G. HubbelI, 20
Howard street; Peter Kinney,
81 Plank road: Mrs. ]. Cav
anaugh, r. F. ID. No. L; Bobby
Leonard, 1873 LOckhart avenue:
William O'DOnnell, 173 Wolcott
street; Frances VaborOski, 70
Capitol avenue; Margaret o.
Loughlin, 1877 WOlcOtt street.
Tickets will be mailed from
the Waterbury Democrat Office
to the winners.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19
NO SURRENDER BY
BRITAIN--DR. EDDY
Few OMre Victories Will
Change European Situa=
ton, Lecturer Claims

Dr.. D. Brewer Eddy, world tray
eler and lecturer, spoke yesterday
at the Waterbury Women's club on
America Defense Program-For
What?" He declared that Great
Britain will rot surrender and that
if she wins two more victories such
as at laramie, the situation will
be greatly changed.
Favoring a policy of aid to Brit
ain short of war, Dr.. Eddy said
that her fight is ours. Materials Of
war, such as ships. guns and ex-
tending credit when Britain's funds
are exhausted, were urged by DIR.
Eddy But he does not believe that
we should send our men across.
Dr.. Eddy declared that the United
States should make no moves tc
appease Japan for they are putting
up bluff. AS far as the Greek sit
uation is concerned. DR.. Eddy stated
that Hitler's army will come to the
aid of her ally, as he wants his ally
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19
.SERCT. MULCAHY
TO SPEAK HERE

The group school for reserve Of
ficers will have Sergt. Leo j. Null
cahy of the special service division,
Connecticut State police, as speak
er Thursday evening at 800 o'clock
in the aldermanic chambers at the
City Hall.
The Waterbury Chapter, Reserve
Officers association meeting will
come before the group school ses-
sion. Sergt. Mulcahy was assigned
as the speaker for meeting by Com
Edward J. Hickey. The topic of the
speech will be police investigation
methods, a subject that has con-
siderable interest to military men
as we'll as civilians.
The chapter meeting will be pre-
sided by Capt. Edwin C. Gluntz,
Capt. Gluntz will call for the var
ious reports from the different
chapter committees. Attention is now
being directed to the 14th annual
military ball, scheduled for Dec. a..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19
Recommendations Are
Due In Aldermen's
Hands Next Week
Tax Rate of 81 Mills Seems Likely on Basis of Present
Figures Arguments Last Night on Additional
Funds for Health Department

In lengthy session last night, the
finance commissioners heard argu-
ments in favor of an additional
$1,000 for the health department.
Representatives of the citizens adj
visory committee explained that the
money would be used to start long
range program of health department
Improvements, as recommended in
the health survey made early in the
year by a group of the Yale Medical
school.
The board also heard a request
for a $4,000 appropriation for water
mains near the city golf course on
East Mountain. Charles j. DeBiss-
chop, Charles Rosengarten and Nor
ris Kosersky said that installation
of the mains would make possible
the establishment of a large real es-
tate development, which means a
grand list increase of $250,00O and
$500 additional in water rents a
year.
The $1,000 additional item for the
health department has been recon-
mended by Budget Director Thor
valid Olsen. The citizens committee,
represented by William j. Pape,
Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph j.
Valdambrini and Mrs. Bessie Crane,
said that the city needed a full-time
health officer, whose pay would be
sufficient to allow him to give up
private practice.
Members of the board have dis
cussed informally the possibility of
having the delayed east end gym
nasium erected next year with city
funds, since the WPA lacks the
skilled labor necessary for the
project. The cost is estimated at
$65, 900, but available toward that
would be $16,50O appropriated this
year for the city's share of not used.
Sentiment among members seems
to be that no city funds can be made
available for state trade school
here, since the cost would be too
great. The city would have to buy
the land and erect the building, then
pay for lighting and half the jani-
torial costs. The state would fur
nish only equipment, pay for in
structors and the remaining half of
the janitorial costs.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19

The board of finance has gone into
the "home stretch" in preparation
of the city budget for 1941 for, UNI
der new charter requirements. its
recommended appropriations for
next year must be in the hands Of
the board of aldermen next week.
The finance commissioners have yet
to set final figures for several i'm
portant departments and dispose Of
several requests for additional funds
but allotments for most departments
have already been made and no
trouble is expected in getting final
set of recommendations to the al
dermen next week.
The budget as it now stands will
require a tax rate Of 81 mills, a re-
duction Of one and half mills from
this years rate of 325 mills. There
is a chance that the rate can be
made lower, but late demands for
special appropriations and for addi-
lions in regular appropriations make
slch a possibility unlikely.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19
ALBERT SPALDINC
CONCERT SOLOIST
To Be Heard at Opening OF
BridgepOrt's New
Auditorium

Albert Spalding, noted violinist,
who is to be guest soloist with the
Bridgeport WPA Symphony orches-
ira at its initial concert at Bridge
ports new Klein Memorial auditor
ium on Wednesday, November 20,
will play Brahms famous Concerto
in D Major for violin and orchestra.
Despite the heavy advance sale,
Alfred Bishop, president OF the
society, and chairman of the ticket
committee, announces that two
hundred rush seats are being
withheld for sale at the box Office
on Wednesday night.
With the City of Bridgeport as
sponsor of the unit of the Connec-
ticut Music project, and the Choral
Symphony society as co-sponsor, q
record audience is expected to NIL
the beautiful auditorium at the SER
les of twelve concerts which are to
be inaugurated, starting wednesday
evening. =.
The first half of the program will
conist of the famous Brahms Acad-
emic Overture by the orchestra, and
Mr.. Spalding's solo. The last half
will be comprised Of Tschaikowsky's
Fifth Symphony.
The complete program arranged
by Mr.. F'oti for the concert Is as
follows:
Brahms. Academic Festival Over
ture Opus 80
Brahms. 80. Concerto in D Major,
Opus II
Allegro non troppo
Adagio
Allegro giocoSo
Albert Spalding
IntermiSSion
Tschaikowsky -. Fifth Symphony
Opus "a
Andante-Allegro con ANNA
Andante contabile
Allegro moderate
Finale Andante maestoso.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19
STRAND

Spring Parade" starring Deanne
Durbin with Robert Cummings and
Misha Auer, plus Haunted Honey
moon" with Robert Montgomery and
Constance Cummings are the two
splendid pictures coming to close
this evening at the Warner Bros.
Strand Theater.
One of the greatest musical eX-
travaganzas ever brought to the
screen will be the offering for
theatergoers attending the Strand
tomorrow when Down Argentine
Way" opens its four-day engage
ment as the headliner of the fine
twin bill.
Produced in breath taking tech
nicolor the film boasts star-stud-
ed cast headed by Don Ameche,
Betty Cradle, and Carmen Miranda
With emphasis on the spectacular
throughout, down Argentina Way"
has an excellent story featuring an
Ameche- Cradle romance of 5000
miles. from New York to glamorous
Buenoes Aires. Carmen Miranda,
who makes sensational screen
debut, applies her torrid voice to
four grand songs. -Four other catchy
numbers will be heard during the
course of the picture and were writ
ten by aces Mack Gordon and Harry
Warren.
In other important roles In the
cast are such favorites as Char
lyotte Greenwood, j. Carroll Nash,
Henry Stephenson, Katherine AL
bridge, Leonid Kinsky and Chris
pin Martin.
Co-featuring the program will be
Father Is a Prince" a different
and delightful piece Of film farce.
with Grant Mitchell. Mana Bryant
and John Litel In featured roles.
Plan now 10 see this swell show at
the strand starting tomorrow and
remembcr-the Strand still boasts
the lowest prices In town and the
best Of the big hit pictures.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19
Finance Board in Home Stretch on Budget
Fitzmaurice's Team In
Lead In "45" Tourney
John McElugh's Team Close SecOnd-New Teams
Enter Basketball League Official Scorer Retires
WASHINGTON HILL
CORRESPONDENT Mrs. Frank McGrath Telephone 4-6S9O

the Texans and the Baldwin Prepe
engage the East Ends.
James Fitzpatrick, official scorer
for several years, announced his
retirement and successor viii be
appointed at next Monday nights
meeting. At that time, also, appli-
cations will be received from re.
ferees.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19

Neagle, star OF such famous hits as
Nurse Edith Cavell" and the very
recent musical hit. Irene.
Attend Loew's Poll on Thursday
evenings and participate In Movie
Party, thrilling game Of fun and
fortune at which cash awards total
ling 500 will be given away.
Opening q four day engagement
at Loew's Poll on Friday Is Little
Nellie Kelly" starring singing Judy
Garland III the George M. Conan
smash musical which captured
Broadway audiences.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19
Walter WinchelI.
On Br00dW'0y /.
EXTRACTS FROM A LONDON
WAR MARY.
tTssds mara Registered. coVyrght ISsO Daiy MiFFOED

EXTRACTS FROM A LONDON
WAR DIARY:
Thy William Hillman, European
Directors Of Golfers, and London
commentator for NBC, who recently
returned ON the Atlantic Clipper.)
Several peace feelers from Berlin
have gone out during the past four
months, a War Cabinet Minister
tells me. Approaches were made to
SHUTS, of South Africa, and Vatican
Circles-but with little encourage
ment from those sources that the
British would talk at this stage. And
Britain won't even exchange whis-
perS about peace until at the very
least one important condition has
been fulfilled. That condition is Bril-
tain's ability to discuss suggestions
of peace with Germany as an
EQUAL and not as Power on the
defensive.
This is an important angle to
watch. There are elements in Britain
who says the British might talk If
Britain won a resounding though
not necessarily final and complete
victory or battle and the Nazis suf-
fered a distinct setback. The Raj
straffing of Germany and the Luft-
waite and the failure Of Germans to
start invasion of the island re-
stored British prestige after long
series of set-backs.
What would constitute a victory?
A Nal defeat on the Continent is
something which is not expected for
years. An italian defeat would help
but still fall short of the formula.
Certain British statesmen would,
however, consider an American
declaration Of war as a pattern for
victory.
These say a declaration ONLY
would suffice for Britain to be able
to face Germany as an equal at
any peace talks.
Hilda Marchant is woman writer
whom any good American newspa-
per could use. Her pictures OF the
suffering of Cockney London are
imaginative and accurate.
She has theory that the women
are the real heroes of the bombing
of London. Men, she says, are
usually worried about their wives
and children. Women, who stand
childbirth and other vicissitudes of
life with a fortitude which is al
ways taken for granted, are the real
rallying forces of the Battle of Lon
don. Some men panic and talk
peace. Women never-they are real
tough about war.
Here is an example Of the fibre
of British women. The night had
been CHASTITY. The East End shelter
in which I had taken refuge shook
with the nearness of exploding
bombs. Most of the people in the
shelter are Cockney women, wives
with children, wives who are char
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19

A small species Of Guiana spider
camouflages itself from ants by
carrying a dead ant about on its
back.
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TEE IIPi

There are 5000 public and pri-
vate golf courses in the United
States. These cover 100000 square
miles and are worked on by more
than $4,000 persons. Yearly MAIN
tenance costs amount to $4,000
900.
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to uphold her prestige and not be-
come the laughing stock of the
world"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-19

The British Government would
like to have Ambassador Joe Ken
nedy return. If he can't return they
hope he will be made Co-ordinator
of Defense of the United States.
They say he can tell America all
about Britain's mistakes.
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Probes
Continued From First Page.)

Committee Counsel E. N. Toland
asked if he intended, by his opinion,
to hold that company held by the
Labor Board to be a Wagner Act
violator could be refused Govern
ment contracts.
Il didn't state that and I didn't
state anything from which that
inference can be honestly drawn y
the Attorney General said slowly
and emphatically.
Judge Patterson was called to the
stand after Chairman Smith, in out
lining the reasons for the inquiry,
said that some members of Con-
gress were disturbed "by the recent
statement of policy by the Defense
Commission that defense con-
tractors should obey labor laws"
Smith Outlines Stand.
He said the statement, supported
by Mr.. Jackson's informal ruling,
made some members fear that an ef-
fort was being made todo by "indirec-
| ton what Congress has refused to do
directly"-that is, make compliance
with the Wagner Act a prerequisite
to obtaining Government contracts.
He also recalled that President
Roosevelt had turned down pro-
posal by John L. Lewis, head Of
the C. l. O., to invoke such COM
pliance clause in contracts by ex-
ecutive order.
Mr.. Smith pointed out that it was
felt that the Defense Commission
policy might provoke situation
where labor dispute involving one
man, in one of the plants of the
Bethlehem Steel Co.-now having
trouble with the Labor Board
would bar contracts for vitality need
ed supplies from Bethlehem.
Touching on this point in his
testimony, Judge Patterson said the
War Department would pay no at
tention to petty case" of that
kind.
AS soon as the Defense Commits
/ sion issued its statement of policy,
he said, the War Department got
in touch with its procurement Of
ficers and advised them of the sit
/ uation.
Two Kinds Of Contracts.
Judge Patterson explained that
| the department used two kinds Of
contracts-competitive bidding and
negotiated In the competitive bids,
/ he said, the lowest bidder gets the
/ contract irrespective of any other
| consideration. For the negotiated
contracts. he said, an effort now
| is being made to work out Speci-
fication to cover the commission
| plan.
Attorney General Jackson got
laugh at one point, when Repre-
sentative Routzohn, Republican, Of
Ohio asked if President Roosevelt
had consulted him in regard to
Evening star., 1940-10-08

letter the President wrote to Mr..
Lewis, advising that Congress and
not the President could require firms
doing business with the Government
to comply with the Labor Act.
Il think the President has the
same right as criminal to consult
his counsel in confidence" Mr.. Jack
son laughed, but added that the
President had not consulted him on
the letter.
Meanwhile. the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee today launched
an investigation of reports that the
German government has been OBJ
tanning information on the manu-
facture of certain American defense
equipment, such as the Army's priced
bombSight, through longstanding
patent arrangements.
The patent inquiry was author
lied by the Senate yesterday.
Chairman Wheeler of the commit
tee said he would ask the Justice
Department to cooperate in as
sembling evidence of reputed "tie-
up" between some American indus
tries with defense contracts and
German companies.
Nazis Require Reports.
Although Senator Wheeler de-
clined to comment, 1t was reported
reliably that the department has
information that certain American
firms are required by terms of pat
ent arrangements to make detailed
reports OF their sales to the Nazi
Industries to which they are linked.
These arrangements, it was said,
have made German patents avail
able on equipment such as optical
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Germany's Move
Into Rumania Halls
Russian Expansion
Reich's Acts Believed
Surprise, but No Change
In Soviet Course Expected
By PERTINAX.

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 N.A.N.A).-
Germany's advance in Rumania
bars or postpones Russias expan-
sionist policy toward the straits.
German diplomacy has placed Rus
sia in the presence of the accom-
plished fact.
German troops have been moved
into RImania. 1t had Lecome
known last week that German
"technicians" were already installed
in Constanza, Rumania's main port
on the Black Sea. But what was
then an infiltration has been turned
into a major military movement.
There is no need any more of Sc
crecy. Henceforth, Soviet Russia
cannot reasonably entertain the
hope to advance southwark toward
the straits, in accordance with the
imperial tradition of the Romanofs
The Germans have bolted the door
against her
But, in the juncture, did Chan
cellor Hitler and Foreign Minister
Won Ribbentrop take into their con-
f1dence Josef Stain and Premier
Molotoff, in execution of the con-
sultative clause of the German
Russian agreement of September 20,
1899, or were the latter confronted
with an accomplished fact?
The Surprise Was Last Month.
There is good reason to believe
that an unpleasant surprise was
sprung upon the Kremlin neither
yesterday nor Sunday but last
month when Germany, to comply
with the request put forward from
Bucharest, pledged herself to guar
antee the new frontiers of mutilated
Rumania. Obviously the German
pledge meant that an insuperable
obstacle was going to be placed In
the path of Russian expansionist
policy.
The following details. obtained
from a trustworthy source, throw a
good deal of light upon German
Russian relations as they develop at
the present moment.
Count Won Schulenberg, the Ger
man Ambassador in Moscow, when
he was instructed to explain to his
Russian interlocutors the signifi-
canoe of the German guarantee OF
Rumania's frontiers, is reported to
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Railway Signal Men
Assert Readiness for
Defense Activities
Declare Transportation
Systems Are Ready os
Convention Opens

The men who give the ego" to
Americas trains were told today
that there is no bottleneck in the
defense program as far as the rail-
roads of the Nation are concerned.
The message was given before the
46th annual meeting of the Signal
Section, Association Of American
Railroads, by G. H. Buford, vice
president, operations and mainte-
nance department of the association.
Some 500 signalmen from all parts
Of the United States and Canada
are present for the three-day con-
vention at the Wardman Park Hotel
Transportation Declared Vital.
Adequate preparedness will mean
q large expansion in building ships
and armament of various kinds and
In training personnel" Mr.. Buford
said. THE basic need for all these
activities is transportation.
1T is generally known that there
is urgent need for speed in our pre-
paredness program, and the question
naturally arises as to the ability
OF the various agencies to provide all
the transportation needed.
The railroads normally handle
about two-thirds of all freight
transportation in the United States
and on them will fall the ma jor
transportation increase in connec-
ton with the program. They well
come this increase in business and
have said they will provide the ia
Evening star., 1940-10-08
BY the Associated Press.

~ bAe hSSOCihJSo EECoBs
CHICAGO, Oct. 8.-The Dutch
merchant freighter PrinS Willem
III, for three months q prisoner Of
her Dutch crew, headed north on
Lake Michigan today in the second
stage Of her wartime odyssey.
A maritime war refugee. the 2,800-
ton craft nosed up the Lakes toward
Montreal manned by a Canadian
crew of IA and with the original crew
confined to its quarters.
The vessel narrowly escaped Ger
man aircraft bombs off Flushing,
Holland May 10 while en- route to
Chicago with q cargo of seeds and
twine on its maiden voyage.
All 18 members of the Dutch crew
with the exception Of the steward
and Capt. w. P. C. Helsdingen re-
fused to sail the craft out OF Chi
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Dutch Freighter, Held by Crew.
Is Taken Over by Canada

cago July IS, because the freighter
was unarmed and the risk Of cap
ture in the war zone.
Under an agreement between the
Canadian government and the
Oranje Lines Of Holland, owner Of
the vessel, q Canadian crew was
recruited in Montreal and placed
aboard yesterday under the eyes Of
10 private detectives and q boatload
Of Chicago policemen.
Capt. Helsdingen, who remained
in command, said that the boat was
destined for wartime service be-
tween Canada and Great Britain.
The Dutch seamen, Capt. Helsdingen
said, probably would be interned
in Canada II they continued their
passive resistance. American ON
cials refused to allow them to leave
the ship during its three-month
stay here.