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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
POLLS

The years outstanding production
from every standpoint, Primrose
Path opened at the popular Loew
Poll theater this afternoon for an
engagement Of four days.
Co-staring lovely Ginger Rogers
and Joel McCrea, primrose Path"
has been adapted TO the screen from
the sensational Broadway stage
play, which absolutely shocked blasc
New York audiences which acclaim
ed every single performance of the
hit. And In spite OF the fact that
many said this play would never
reach the screen, here II rs IN Its
Waterbury premiere, and Is certain
ly q smash triumph.
primrose Path Ii the story Of a
shanty-toWn girl who knew too little
about love, although her mother
knew enough, and In ~: too much
for both Of them. Ginger Rogers On
Ellie May, the dead-Cnd girl from
the wrong side Of the town, dilapid-
ated and dlsreputable Primrose Hill
surpasses any previous performance
she has given on t;le screen and
once again she demonstrates that
amazing versatility with which She
has been credited by leading movie
critics. Ginger utterly forSake8 all
glamor to bring 10 this role the
greatness II demands. and the re-
suit Is one OF the finest pieces OF
acting you have ever neen privileged
TO witness. Joel McCrea, as the
hamburger-stand owner, with whom
she falls In love, gives his role the
dynamic realism II cas- FOR, and he
and Ginger arc destined TO become
one OF your faVorite screen teams.
In addition to these two outstand-
Ing stars. there is q .picked
supporting cast Of faVorites, headed
by Marjorie Rambeau, Queenit
Vassar, Miles Mander little Joar
Carroll and Vivlene Osborne.
"Primrose Path" rs u picture that
certainly belongs on your must.
see" list, 80 make your plans now tt
sec IL at LoeWs Poll.
For the second big hit on this pro-
gram, there is the hilarious story Of
q hen-pecked ghost IN the person ol
Frank Morgan, star OF "The Ghost
Comes Home" delightful comedy
drama. Ann Rutherford and Billie
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD
Hays Office Says mo"
On The Rhythmical
Striptease
BY PAUL HARRISON
EA Service staff COrrespOndent


Hollywood.-All over the ot: The
Paramount people are sulklng be-
cause the mean old Hays office has
mixed couple Of funny sequences
intended for "A Night at Earl Car.
rolls" The deletion OF two laughs
would be bad enough, since Car
roll shows seldom have any TO
spare, but these situations also
happened 10 be part Of the picture
plot
More important was the act IN
which sang Of cuties clad only
In corsets went down into the
audience and asked male patrons
to lace EN- up. This Ii still q
nightly feature OF the Earl'S caba-
ret program here and Is source
OF great fun hilarious emnarrass-
ment and ribaldry among The tour
lists.
In the movie, the situation was
10 have served as n means for the
capture Of q couple Of men by
Brenda and Cobina, two homely oil
heireSSes
The other censored act begins
with man billed as Professor
LAMBERT playing q xylophone
His music always Is half drowned
by thunderous applause, and the
delighted little man takes grateful
bows and Is stimulater " ire
mendous flourishes. What he
doesn't know Is that Miss Helene
Leslie, n stripteoscr, has wandered
on the stage and. standing behind
him. Is rhythmically taking off her
clothes.
DUST BOWL MOVIE
ARTIFICIAL DUST
Republic Is completing q Dust
Bowl picture, with tons OF Fuller's
earth and fine sand being whipped
around by wind machines TO the
discontinue Of everyone on the lot
When members OF North Da-
kota community decide 70 leave
their ruined farms, one faction
wants 10 20 TO California, John
Wayne tells EN- they're farmers
not migrant pickerS, and that they
should pioneer some reclaimed
land IN Oregon, Eventually, most
OF them do,
The studio fears this picture
win be considered quickie vari-
ant OF "The Grapes Of Wrnth "
Actually The story was owned be-
fore the SoinbCck book WAS pub
llshed, but Mt that time nobody
had the nerve TO film IT,
The Bng Crosby Gloria Jean
flicker, "If I Had My way was
supposed 10 have been iinlshcd a
month ago, no II was surprising
10 fino the company working the
other day. IT'S 10 expcnSlVe re.
take.
During the first filming, Miss
Jean had one solo Russian
Nightingale" Later, while Assem-.
bling the picture, Producer jot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

amazing technlcolor adventure Aim
which opens q three-day engage
ment ut the State starting tomor-
row afternoon.
Co-starred In this thriller Is Dor
othy Lamour and Robert Preston
and featured with them Is n giant
cast headed by Lynne overman and
J. Carroll Naish.s
Action starts with the opening
scene, when a sailing vessel foun-
ders In raging seas, and Dorothy Is
the sole survivor. As a little girl she
lands on an uninhabited South Sea
Island, far from regular shipping
lanes. Ten years later, Preston and
Overman, who are fleeing In their
pearl hunting submarine from q
blood thirsty Polynesian chief, are
the first visitors to her paradise.
High-lighting the Aim Is the ter
rife climax. Torrenlal rain stings
down In sheets; wind, full-gale
force, howls q sweeping devasta-
ton; whole palm trees are uprooted
and go hurting by the camera.
Then q mammoth succession Of
tidal waves bolls In, the final crest
topping fifty feet. The wild, awe-in-
spring scene Is hailed as Holly
woods greatest storm triumph, OUT
ranking In masterfulness the earth
quake scenes In san Francisco"
And for four further enjoyment
the management will present the
one and only Charlie Ruggles In n
hilarious newspaper story Opened
BY Mistake, Featured with the
popular star Is Janice Logan, Ro-
bert Paige and William Frawley.
"rorrid Zone" with James Gag
ney, Pat OBrien and Ann Sheri.
dan comes TO the State on Wednes-
day. Put II Oh your must list"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
STATE

Buck Benny Rides Again star
ring Jack Benny, Rochester and a
big east OF faVorltes; also George
Brent and fsa Miranda In "Adven-
ture In Diamonds comprise the
entertaining show coming TO q close
nj the Warner Brothers Slate the
alter this evening.
Topping the entertainment field
In Waterbury Ii "Typhoon", on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
Carroll Cuties Sulk After Censorship; Republic
Doing New DustbOwler ). Other Studio Bits

Pasternak decided the number
was a little precocious, q shade
out OF character for the voungster
wfom he's cautiously grooming as
the kid successor Of Deanna Dur
bin. So the whole company was
brought back TO sit around atten-
lively while Gloria sang "Little
Gray Home In the West"
That was dandy except that
Miss jeans first makeup man
wasn't available, and when the
sequence was screened her make
up didn't match the rest Of the
picture. And now they're doing
II again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
FAN LETTERS
IRK CENSORS

News from the front: You wouldn't
guess that European fan letters TO
Hollywood stars would diSpelase the
military censors, but they do. Stu
do fan mail departments noticed
It at once, and Deanna Durbin says
she has about n hundred letters
from which the entire messages
have been BACKED out.
The reason, It's believed, Is thai
such communication ask fol
money or transportation. disclos-
Ing more poverty and desperation
and lack Of food and clothing.
than the warmakers want Ameri-
cans 10 know about.
John Decker. the able artist who
carica ures celebrities by painting
their heads on the wrong bodies
now Is doing a Job on Charles
Laughton. It's IN the style Of Sir
william Becchey who painted the
portraits OF George ! and other
well-fed monarchS.
Laughton, says Decker, viii be
q little girl Of about 10, with
s.ocky legs, precise curls and OBJ
vious thyroid trouble. sh ell be
shown holding palette and
brush,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
In The Local Theaters

Burke head be supporting cast OF
faVorites.
Wednesday evening another all.
star Broadway vaudeville show will
be presented at Loews Poll In add!-
ton TO a double hit screen show.
Scarlet OHara tVivien Leigh
has q new boy friendl lie rs Robert
Taylor, with whom she Is co-starred
In the powerful Wor-time romance
Waterloo Bridge" Watch for II nj
this theater real soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
ssss.ssssssssstssssssss fssfsssssstssses s'sta
'.DANGER|
CAST OF CHARACTERS

MONNIE MILES-her mania for
fast driving almost wrecked her
romance.
LARRY COLLINS - newspaper
reporter, hunting the murderers
Of his brother.
MIKE BENTLEY - wealthy
fancher, knew too much about
auto accidents.
YESTERDAY: Larry's car is
found abandoned but unchanged.
He talks to Colonel Harris, gets
the details Of the smugglers' OPP
eratiOns. Larry, driving around
towns, Is almost run down by
speeding car, when he crashes a
stop sign. Only the expert driv-
ing Of the other motorist avoids
an accident. Larry discovers the
driver Is q girl. Monnie Miles,
daughter OF Colonel Taylor Miles.
And IL was on the Miles ranch
that Hugh was killed!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Two Virginia tobacco
Markets Set New Peaks
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
Two Virginia tobacco markets set
season high figures yesterday, de-
spite unfavorable traffic conditions
as a result of Tuesdays snowstorm.
The Richmond sun-cured market
disposed of 120012 pounds with a
top price of 81 cents per pound
and saw one of its patrons, w. D.
Wickham of Louisa County, best the
load average record of the season
by selling l,408 pounds at S25.7 per
hundredweight.
Sales Wednesday and Thursday
on Blackstones dark-flred market
amounted to 36.348 pounds for an
average of S1342, the highest since
the market opened
Tobacco brought in Tuesday be-
fore a 24-inch record snow fell,
brought an average of S1154 per
hundred for the 53,1O4 pounds of
dark-flred leaf sold on the Farm
vile market yesterday. Choice lots
brought $50 to $40.
The Lynchburg dark fired market
concluded the weeks sales yester-
day with auctioning of 35 ATT pounds
at an average of $11.84 per hun
dred.
Charles H. Goodman, secretary of
the Petersburg Tobacco Board of
Trade, said that market, scheduled
to close after today's sales, would
remain open through next Friday.
NO sales have been held since
Tuesday and warehousemen ex-
pected no offerings today because
of weather conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Cold Weather Cuts
Retail Volumes
During Week
Store Sales Remoin
3 to 6 Per Cent
Above Year Ago
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Sub-zero
temperatures and heavy SHOWS kept
many potential buyers away from
retail stores this week, Dun e. Brad
street said today in survey.
Although retail trade for the Ma
ton was estimated at t. per cent
more than year ago, volume was
spotty and on the whole only fair.
TN many cities" the review de
clared, the heavy movement of
winter merchandise failed to offset
the slack in other lines, and the
number of centers reporting lower
sales totals than year age was the
largest in some weeks.
In some cities. &hortages of coal
and fuel oil threatened, as sales held
at record totals
Freak weather gave an unusual
twist 10 regional shoWings Sections
of the South and Southwest blan-
keted by heavy SHOWS reported a
boom in sales of sweaters. fur
trimmed coats, blankets, electric
heaters, and galoshes, but total trade
was not more than equal to a year
ago in the Southwest and was less
than S per cent ahead in the South.
Stores found furniture promo
tons opening up slowly but re-
ported heavy bedding and electric
heaters moving IN unprecedented
volume"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Peoria & Eastern Asks
Approval Of Plan

The Peoria & Eastern Railway
asked the Interstate Commerce
Commission today to approve a
plan for readjustment of its capital
structure under the Chandler Act.
The principal proposal is to pay
$3.50 on each of 1886 outstanding
4 per cent consolidated mortgage
bonds. The maturity date of the
unpaid $3.50 of each bond would be
continued for 20 years from April
/, 1910.
The play also calls for payment
of $846,000 of Indiana, Bloomington
e. Western Railway preferred bonds
and 1884 500 payment on a 100000
note held by the securities corpora
ton of the New York Central
Railroad
The Peoria & Eastern would OBJ
tain 100000 from the Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago e. st. Louis
Railway, which operates the Peoria
& Eastern under lease, to carry out
the plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
By the Associated Press.

ny INC ASSOClHteu fiSSS
NEW YORK, Jan. 26-Utility
!, loans added, fresh gains to recent
rally in a narrowly uneven bond
market today.
At the start of the last hour Utli-
ties Power & Light SIS had climbed
more than points, and fractional
gains were scored for Montana Pow
er GAS, Commonwealth Edison con-
vertible 31ss and Columbia Gas &
Electric SIS of 81. Portland General
Electric AIS dipped narrowly.
Bethlehem Steel AIS of 1860
dropped a point on news the COM
pany was considering a refunding
operation for the issue. The COM
pany's 3s4s of 1946-also con-
sidered for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
fractionally.
Rails mostly sold a little higher,
among them Delaware g. Hudson
refunding As, New York Central SIS
and Southern Railway As. December
statements of several roads, includ-
ing New York Central, showed sub
stantial Improvement in net operat-
ing income, compared with the 1888
month. Southern Pacific AIS and
Missouri Pacific SIS of 1877 F were
down a shade.
United States Treasury loans
slipped a little in quiet trading.
Denmark 5l2s dropped more than a
point in the foreign list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Atlantic Refininu
Earns S5,028,O00,
S1.66 a Share
Profit Compares With
S4,310,913, or $1.40
A Shore, in 1898
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Atlantic
Refining Co., in preliminary report
today, listed consolidated net profit
for 1889 of $5,028 900, or 81 Sc COM
mon share, compared with s4,310,913,
or $1.40 share, in 1888.
A. NJ. Byers Co.
A. M. Byers Co., wrought iron
producer of Economy, Pa, and Pitts
burgh, reported net profit for 1889
of 1924, sos, or 81 81 common share,
compared with net loss of 1887 $50 in
1898.
Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc, and
subsidiaries reported net profit for
the December quarter of S327,573,
or SO cents share, compared with
$205 ,230, or 33 cents a share, in the
like 1888 period The company's
fiscal year ends September 80.
Inspiration Copper.
Inspiration Consolidated Copper
Co., with property in ella County,
Ariz., in a preliminary report for
1899 showed net income, before de-
pletion, of s828,914, or 10 cents a
capital share, compared with net
loss of S324,615 in 1898.
Mcintyre Porcupine.
Mcintyre Porcupine Mines, Ltd,
Canadian gold producer, reported
net profit for the December quarter
of S873,145, or S109 a capital share,
compared with S1,002.372, or SIPS a
share, in the like 1888 period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Furniture Trade Laos
Slightly in December
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Jan. 90
Seidman & Seidman, accountants,
reported today that the Nations
furniture industry experienced
slight chills" in December in COM
parison to the mild war fever of the
preceding three months.
The report cited a 80 per cent
drop in untitled orders from No
vember, with the result that the
month was per cent below De-
cember, 1888. The backlog of I'M
filled orders fell off % per cent last
month IN comparison with Novem-
Der but still was 81 per cent above
December, 1888. There were other
minus signs in the November, De-
cember comparison: Shipments
dropped IA per cent, pay rolls were
off 2 per cent; employees, 3 per cent,
and receivables, 9 per cent.
EARLY reports from the January
markets." the report commented,
indicate good but not exceptional
activity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Compulsory Savings
Talked in England
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 26-Reginald Nc
Kenna, chairman of the Midland
Bank, Ltd, told the banks annual
meeting today that if the war was
of long duration compulsory saving
of all increases of income might
be needed to divert spending power
from the British public to the gov
eminent.
McKenna, World War chancel-
lor of the exchequer, added, however,
that public opinion apparently was
not yet ripe for the imposition of
q scheme of compulsory saving
which has been given wide pub
Icity since it was suggested by
J. M. Keynes, the economist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Tire Shipments Reach
10-Year Peak in 1889
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Infuenced
by heavy replacement sales, auto
motive pneumatic casing shipments
during 1899 amounted to 56975,04
units. This was 321 per cent above
shipments during 1888 and repre-
sented the best year since 1929
when over 100000 units were
shipped, according to statistics re-
leased by the Rubber Manufacture
erS Association, Inc.
Replacement units shipped in
1889 are estimated at 37,536608, an
increase of 22S per cent above
1888, and were the highest since
1881.
Original equipment shipments, 1899,
estimated at 18,164,441 units, were
SIT per cent above 1888
Total shipments for December are
estimated at 4.740.112 units. an in
crease of lit per cent over No
vember and 1877 above December
year ago
Original equipment shipments.
the heaviest for any December on
record, are estimated at 2,618O97
units, an increase of 43.6 per cent
over November and 427 per cent
over the 1834,877 units for De-
cember, 1898.
Replacement sales totaled 2,O06,-
1873 units, a decline of 1875 per cent
under November and 146 below the
December, 1888, requirements of
2,348,72 units.
Exports during December amount
ed to 1882 units, which compares
with l24,649 units for November
and 98,149 units for December,
1898.
December production is estimated
at 4,479,386 units, decrease of 8
per cent under November and Z
per cent under December, 1888.
Pneumatic castings in the hands
of manufacturers December 81 were
8,688,215 units, which compares
with 9,243, 1872 units on hand No
vember 80 and 8,451,390 units on
hand December 81, 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Farm Supply Of Wheat
Smaller Than in 1889
By the Associated Press.


The Agriculture Department re-
ported yesterday stocks of wheat on
American farms and in interior
mills. elevators and warehouses on
January totaled 367 1871 900 bushels.
Similar stocks a year ago totaled
417185,O0O bushels, or the highest
on record.
The department said stocks in in
terror mills, elevators and ware
houses totaled 128,846, 900 bushels
Farm stocks made up the balance.
The department said that mill,
elevator and warehouse stocks were
the largest for any January l in
the six years for which records were
available. In Minnesota, the Da-
kotas, Montana, Oklahoma and
Texas, where considerable amounts
of wheat under Government loan
are stored, such stocks were the
highest on record for the January l
date.
The stocks of wheat in all posi-
tons by classes included:
Hard red winter, 128,552 900 BUSH
els; soft red winter, 65,0l6,0O0;
hard red winter, 97,975.OO0; durum,
28,452, 900, and white 47,836,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Newspaper Advertising
Slightly Above 1899
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-Despite a
loss of is per cent in the volume
of newspaper advertising placed by
retailers in 80 major cities during
the week ended January Is, retail
advertising volume in these cities
is still fractionally up in comparison
with the first two weeks of 1899,
Advertising Age reported today.
Volume for the first two weeks of
1910 totaled 32,368,835 lines, COM
pared with 32,l33,962 lines in the
same period last year, for an in
crease of approximately 235 900
lines, or or per cent. For the single
week ended January 13, volume was
16,0o1 ,237 lines, compared with 16,-
243,8lS lines in the corresponding
week of 1899.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Trading on Exchanges
Laos in December
Ely the Associated Press.

The Securities Commission re-
ported yesterday that sales on all
registered securities exchanges in
December totaled $892, 789, 285, a de-
crease of SO per cent from Novem-
Der, and 34.9 per cent below the
December, 1888, total.
Stock sales, excluding rights and
warrants, totaled s767 ,061, FOL, a de-
cline of 81 per cent from November,
while bond sales fell 7.3 per cent from
the previous month to SIPS, 630, 977.
The volume sales of stock totaled
81, 238, 1896. shares, a decrease of ia
per cent from November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
300 Tons of Lead Sold

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 P.-St.
Joseph Lead Co. reported $50 tons
of Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at $685. per 100 pounds
East st. Louis, SO tons at $555 New
York, and 100 tons at the New York
average
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Baldwin Orders
Far Above 1888
In December
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26-The
Baldwin Locomotive Works and sub
salaries, including the Midvale Co.,
reported today that the dollar value
OF orders taken in December, 1889,
was s3,357,716, compared to 1885,
POT for December, 1888.
Bookings last month, the COM
panies said, brought the total for
the group for the II months of last
year to s66,477053, compared to
S25 ,432 907 for 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26

r In bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act or
securities assumed by such companies
Rates OF dividends in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or seni-annual declara-
ton. Unless otherwise noted. special or
extra dividends are not included a Also
extra or extras. d Accumulated dividends
paid last year. e Declared or paid so
far this year. Payable in stock Paid
last year. n Cash or stock k Acculnu-
lated dividends paid or declared this year.
ur Under rule WV With warrants XIV
without warrants. war Warrants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Brokers' Looms Drop
$1,000, 900 in Week
Hy the Associated Press

Ry the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported yesterday that last weeks
loans to brokers and dealers on Sc
curities held by reporting member
banks in New York City totaled
$487, 000, 900.
For the week ended wednesday the
total represented decrease of SILL
100000, when compared with the
previous week.
Loans for the corresponding week
a year ago totaled 1881 200, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
S5,028, 900 Net Shown
By Atlantic Refining
By the Associated Press.

~ zhSoO0lnNCU
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-The
Atlantic Refining Co. has subsidiary
companies reported profit of $685.
600 for the year 1899, equal to $1.66
per common share, compared with
$4,317,000 or $l.40 a share, for the
year 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
New York Bar Silver

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (R.-Bar
silver 343z, unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. Jan. 20 dP.--National As.
ISOLATION Securities Dealers, Inc:
Quotations as of 2 oclock)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK Jan. 26.-Dvidends de-
clared-prepared by Fitch Publishing Co:
Resumed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
FOREIGN.

Danish Con 5I2s % so so 30
Ger Con Nun rs a. 49,. l3l. 13L
Unit FL Svc IS 56 A AL. AL. 441t
WV With warrants. XIV Without warrants.
n New. st tStp) Stamped
sNegotiablity impaired by maturity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
U. S. Treasury Notes
Approx.
te.-Maturity. Bid Asked. Yield.

NEW YORK. Jan. 20 lP)Prices quoted in
dollars and hirty-secnndS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
s federal Lund Banks

NEW YORK. Jan. 20 R,.-Federal Land
nor hNv,l -~~-~