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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

The gem, cousin or the uaAmonu and exceeded only by 1t in hardness, abounds in the gravel bars of streams where miners once banned fortunes in gold.
 Men who "dug for gold in the rain and cold" are gone and nniil~ ing camps are ghost towns, but the war in Europe, and resulting block ade, may fill the Treasure States mountains again - this time with sapphire hunters.
 For the blue gems are becoming increasingly important in the rla~ tional defense program.
 Because they are much cheaper than diamonds and only Q little less hard and resistant to wear, the sap phire is widely used in watches, sci- entiflc instruments of al kinds, scales, gauges, campasses, electric meters and airplane and navigation instruments
 once Montana Sapphires began to assume some importance in the Swiss watch industry, but demand collapsed when a Frenchman de. vlsed & better "mousetrap'-a Syr- thetic sapphire-in 1881.
 For seven years Montana stones were forgotten. Then came the war and the western world was deprived of the French synthetic by the blockade. Then, too, It. was proved the imitation stone was inferior to the natural sapphire for many in- dustrial uses because 1t burst under pressure.
 Tn 1888 prospectors and miners began to heed the increasing de- mand for the blue gem and once more began to work the bars and gravel beds that once produced the famous Yogo sapphires. Today elec- trical manufacturing companies and makers of scientific precision instruments are turning to Mon- tana for Q supply of blue stones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Ladies' Aid Enjoys
 Parish Card Party
st. Mlchaels Women Sponsor Competition; Grace
 Methodist Choir to Rehearse This Evening
w ERVILLE
CorvespOndent- R ". Henion. Telephone S-SAss

Diocesan Bureau of Waterbury. Rev. Francis c. Higgins, pastor of St. Mlchael's Church, is chairman of the Waterville drive.
 The goal is 2,000 new members and those working through this com munity are, Mrs, Edward Finn, Mrs. John Humphrey, Mrs. c. Arthur DuBois, Mrs. William Rooney, Mrs. John Kelly Mrs. Joseph Seery, Mrs, Joseph McArdle, Mrs. Joseph Ken ney, Mrs. William Heaney, Mrs. Leonard Gaugler, Mrs. Martin Dunn, Miss Margaret Stevens, Mrs. Fran ciS Whalen, Mrs. George Lynch and Mrs. George Goggin.
 The drive will come to a close with a dinner at the Hotel Elton, June 2.
 The weekly choir rehearsal of the Grace Methodist Church will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock, under the direction of Charles Probert.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
LOEFFLER HEADS
 HILL COMMITTEE

A recent meeting of the Fourth of July committee of Bunker Hill was held at the Bunker Hill Congre- gat!ohal church with the following elections:
 General Chairman, Albert Loeff- Ter; financial chairman, Raymond Sage; assistant financial chairman, Ralph Webb; Parade chairman, William Dillon; assistant parade chairman, Jerry Murphy; treasurer, Carl Heebner; secretary, Barbara J. Doherty.
 The next meeting will be held May 26 at the Bunker Hill Congre- gational church,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Heard And Ouerheard At The State Capitol Minor Court Judgeship Agreement May Become Paramount Issue-Picture Complicated at Present-McCarthy, Cooney Clash at
 Caucus-State's Aeroplane in
 Near "Crack-Up'
remark: "You pays your money and takes your choice"


 and takes your choice"
 John Royston, secretary to State Insurance Commissioner John c. Blackall may be named Q deputy in the insurance department. Royston has done considerable work in connection with the pas- sage of the savings bank life in- surance bill, and probably will be moved up to deputy's post hav- ing charge of supervision of this act.
 Now that State Auditor Lewis w. Phelps, Andover Democrat, has been confirmed aS state finance commissioner for the next two years, attention Is turning to the fate of Former State Finance Commissioner o. Glenn Saxon, who is still getting $500 . month from the state for advisory" work in financial matters.
 It can be stated on excellent authority that, up to a few days ago, Saxon wasn't seen at the capitol in nearly . month.
 A good guess would be that Saxon's contract with the state will not be renewed after June 30, when it lapseS. There is 8 clause in the contract which permits re- hiring of Saxon after that date at $500 monthly, but Phelps prob ably will not find his services vital to the administration of the fi- nance division.
 The official state of Connecti- cut airplane, after long service. has now been virtually withdrawn from service because of Q terrify- ing incident few days ago. This plane, a closed cabin affair seat ing four or five persons, nearly collapsed III inid.air shortly after @ take-oif.
 The s.ate aviation department is getting new two-passenger plane, and it's probable no new four or five passenger machine VIII DC purchaSeu.
 Passengers in the old plane when the incident occurred were state Aviation Commissioner Thomas Lockhart, State Senate Chaplain E. Dent Lackey, Pilot Charles Tennstedt, and this writer. The official facts are thesei The planes motor gave out on the take-off. the machine nearly hit the Connecticut. river. like. at Brainard field, and then almost flopped into the river. Pilot Tenn stedt. however, succeeded in keep. ing the plane aloft, gaining suisi- cient altitude to return intact to the field.
 Thcre was no crash, and no-one was hurt. The airplane probably will be disposed of soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
TRINITY, ANSONlA
 CHOIRS IN CONCERT

The combined boys ctoirs of Trinity church, this city, and Christ church, AnSonia, offered c diversi- fled concert in the local church last evening featuring Soios by Frederick Nichols, tenor, and Charles Keav- ney, baritone, both members of the Prospect street choir.
 The prelude and postlude was played by Charles Taiadge, Christ church choirmaster, while the serv. ice music was played by Stanley R. waterman, local cloirmagter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Waterville, May g. - The Ladies Aid Society of St. Michael's Church held . card party Wednesday eve- ming in the Parish Hall, attended by the following: Mrs. Pollard, Mrs Francis Whalen, Mrs. James Cor man, Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, Mrs, Joseph Seery, Mrs. William Heaney, Mrs. Frank Seery, Mrs. H. Cunning ham, Mrs. John Humphrey, Mrs, J. Boylan, Mrs. R. w. Walsh, Mrs. D. A. McNulty, Mrs. Clifford North wop. Mrs. Frank Keliber. Mrs, Wal ter Norman, Mrs. P. S. Donahue, Mrs. Russell Atherton, Mrs, Lester Platt, Mrs. Thomas Buckley, Mrs, Edward Weathered, Mrs. Blair Graves, Mrs. Louis Bryant, Mrs, Harold Hughson, Mrs. William 1fornbecker, Mir. and Mrs. c. Plourde, Mr. and Mrs. William Dubay, Mr, and Mrs. P. Dubay, Mrs. J. Waters, Mrs. Fred Gillespie, MT. and Mrs. George Graham, Mrs. Harry True love, Mrs. John Lynch, Mrs. John Chauvell, Mrs. George Goggins, Mrs, Harry Stevens, Mrs. Edward Barlow, Mrs. Catherine Malia, Mrs. William Dunlavey, Mrs. Hiram Smith, Mrs. P. J. Sullivan, Mrs. J. F. Hench, Mrs. A. Champagne, Mrs. Harry Platt, Mrs. Frank Brown, Mrs. Albert Paul, Mrs. Ray Paradis, Mrs. John Me- Mahon, Mrs. Mary Blinn, Mrs, Will lam Moore, Mrs. James Hughes, Mrs, James Kennehan, Mrs. Louis Da- dario, Mrs. John Brenneis, Mrs, Leonard Gaugler, Mrs. George Deary, Mrs Miriam Gaugler, Mrs, William Rooney, Mrs. John Me Aree, Mrs. James McAree and Mrs. John Byrnes.
 The party was in charge of com mittee of Mrs. John Byrnes, Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, Mrs. Fred Giles pie, Mrs. Thomas Buckley, Mrs. John McAree and Mrs. James McAree.
 Rev. Charles Goodwin, rector Of St. Paul's Episcopal Church has announced the services for Sunday as follows: Holy Communion at 8 a. fn.; Sunday School at 9:30 a. m. and morning prayer and sermon at 10:45 o'clock.
 Missionary Here
 The guest speaker at the meeting of the Ekryman's Bible Class Sun day wifi be Rev. William Henry Sullivan, who has recently returned with Mrs. Sullivan from the Philip pines, where they were missionaries for tEe past five years. The meeting will take place at o'clock at the Grace Methodist Church, with Vim cent Leonard in charge.
 Canvassers are working In the Waterville district in conjunction with the annual membership drive of the Waterbury Council of Cath olic Women, Mrs. George Goggin of Huntingdon Avenue is chairlady of the Waterbury Council, and is directing the drive with Rev. Flu gene P. Cryne, director of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
EARTH's MOVEMENTS

Our earth not oly turns on It's axis every 24 hours and whlrlg around the sun once every S06 days, but 1t aiso travels ceaselesS. ly in Q northerly direction ct the rate of 43,200 miles an hour
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
LOWEST INFANT MORTALITY

With 36.4 babies out of every 1000 dying during their first year, Minnesota has the lowest infant mortality rate in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
VALUABLE CRANBERRY

Industrial chemists have found the humble cranberry to be rich fiji ursolic cald, afl emulsifying agent worth eighty dollars an ounce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Sapphire Mining Rooms In Gold-Panned Streams

Montana, the land of the aiming nations defense machine becanse Of Mleknown and longgnored sone-the sapphire
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
SULLIVAN AWARDED
 R.O.T.C. COMMISSION

Edmund c. Sullivan o fthis city was one of POO cadets receiving commissions or commission certifi- cates from the Louisiana State Uni Versity R. O. T. o, yesterday.
 John T. Linehan of Montoe road, this city, a member of the R.O.TC. at the University of Connecticut, has been ordered to report June l3 at Fort Devens, Mass, for a train ing period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Everything seemed to be under way satisfactorily late last week until Republican leaders passed out the story that a 50-50 agree- ment on the minor courts had been reached. This, of course, found Democrats furious, espec- ially the state senators who have not been given too much informa- ton from the administration since the session started.
 State Sen. Albert |. Coles, Bridgeport, the Democratic leader, publicly said he didn't know what was going on, and couldn't ex- plain to the iratc senators. Only State Chairman John T. McCarthy and Gov. Hurley represented the DemccartS In the early confer ences.
 The 50-50 story was denied by Gov. Hurley, and relations be- tween the two parties were sev- cred over the week -end. On Tues day, Sen. William J. Shea, Man. chester, the senate Republican leader, visited Gov. Hurley, and later that day discussions were renewed. They are still going on.
 Meantime, Chairman Mccarthy moved into the senate caucus to explain the situation to the Demo- crats, and to quiet their aroused feelings at being left In the dark. Mccarthy and Sen. Joseph P. Cooney, Hartford, clashed at this caucus. Later. Cooney attacked his party's leadership for holding up confirmation of two judges
 The Governor still has to appoin two more Superior Court judges, and this has a considerable part to play in present situation. the Governor indicated one of these appointments would be Republi- can, and asked for an official list. Former Gov. Raymond E. Bald win and Howard Alcorn, Suftleld, were eliminated. Sen, Shea and Rep. William L. Hadder, west Haven, the House leader, still are in the picture.
 But Attorney General Francis A. PalIotti has believed himself In the picture, and both sides are now running around trying to ex- plain Just how Pallottl was led to feel he might receive the nomination.
 The fate of county commission CTS, Common Pleas judges, prose- cutory, clerks and other court attaches hangs in the balance as these maneuvers proceed. Both sides maintain they don't care what happens. Republicans say they are willing to let the Cover nor make the appointments. Dem Ocrats say their benefit will be much greater if the Governor makes the court appointments. . remark: You pays PYarfgtharftl
 As to what will happen, it IS refreshing to recall the legendary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

unregistered car, reinstated.
 Ralph Nappi, 1l9 East Farm street, speeding, financial case closed to get unlimited license.
 John A. Kyauswas, 159 Charles street, operating under the influ- ence, Nov. II. 1926, given white slip to take test for reinstatment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
By JACK AMMAN United Press Staff Correspondent)

(UnAtCu fTeSS Otssu NWEGSVVHuChsl
 Hartford, Conn, May 22-(UP) The question whether there will be a minor court judgeship agree ment in the General Assembly is now the paramount issue, and even a guess would be hazardous.
 But there is one significant thing: Legislative leaders of both major parties are meeting to dis cuss the situation. That means the door to an agreement is not closed, and a bipartisan court slate may be worked oVt.
 The situation is extremely com plicated for both parties, with considerable legislation being held as hostage until a decision is reached. It Is now clear this leg islature is, and has been, more interested in patronage than in legislation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Rev. Charles Goodwin, rector Of St. Paul's Episcopal Church has announced the services for Sunday as follows: Holy Communion at 8 q. m; Sunday School at 9:30 a, m. and morning prayer and sermon at 10:45 o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-09-02

illC WIZ
incensed director went to the star S
quarters, led him TO the center of
the stage and there before the entire
troupe berated him for a solid five
minutes. One of the director S
precious lines was: "Guys like you
are everything that's wrong with
Hollywood!'
X u X
In when Ladies Meet" Greer
Carson gives a dramatic perform
ance unapproached since "Good-by
Mr.. Chips" But she has right to
feel bit disguised. All the good
photography went to Joan Crawford,
the bad to Greer.
That same picture points up more
forcibly than ever the gloomy lead
ing man situation in Hollywood.
Herbert Marshall, in his flfties. and
looking a little slow next to Robert
Taylor, is not the fans fancy of a
fellow two gorgeous young women
will fall madly in love with. And
yet it would be difficult to name a
more suitable substitute.
Hollywood correspondents who feel
low can always brighten their day
by opening the morning mail. Here's
the flash bulletin from Paramount
today: Patricia Morisons Shorn
locks (she cut them off for her role
in The Morning After) were given
to telescope laboratory in Holly
wood. They will be used for the
cross-hairs on gun sights"
One of Hedy Lamarr's pet peeves
at M-G-M is that they won't give
her a role in which she can wear
long red fingernails. If she had her
way there would be two-inch nails
incorporated in her contract
Victor McLaglen and Edmund
Lowe were measured for six Marine
Corps uniforms each-three dress
and three service-which implies
that Call Out the Marines" will
develop plenty of rough-housing.
Tourists who visit Hollywood after
September 10 have a standing invi-
ldtlOli W OIllc Will SIldIIi SAldll-
at a reasonable fee, we hasten to
add. Sidney Toler, who succeeded
the late Warner GLAND in the Chan
character, is opening a drive-in res
taurant just two blocks from his
studio on Pico boulevard. II Toler
keeps his eatery in the black, he'll
be the first screen actor to make a
success of the restaurant business.
Many have tried, too.
n X
The world premiere junket is
taken for a final ride in the new
Gene Autry picture. Down Mex
leo Way" and the Warner Bros,
who originated that sort of whoop-
te-do, are raising an eyebrow. The
story shows couple of unscrupu-
lous promoters going to various
small but historical towns and
raising money for a movie. venture
on the promise they'll hold a world
premiere junket in that town.
"The Third Alarm" fire story
made in 1928, which starred Ralph
Lewis and which crossed a mint,
will be remade and streamlined by
Republic. Some day a Hollywood
Evening star., 1941-09-02

studio will announce its intention
OF making something besides a re-
make-and that will be news! Ever
stop to count how many old-time
celluloidS have been rebuilt SO far
this year? The astonishing total
would show to what depths the Hol-
lywood story market has fallen.
Carmen Miranda spent whole
day at M-G-M giving Mickey
Rooney a lift on his impersonation
of herself in Babes on Broadway"
After the sequence was finished, the
studio discovered permission must
first be obtained from the Shuberts
before Miranda can be burleSqued
in any manner. So far the Shuberts
haven't said yes or no, leaving
Mickey and M-G-M dangling on the
fence.
Jane Withers is thrilled to death
She's playing the other woman"
in Young America" and will be
shown trying to steal the heart of
Robert Cornell from Lynn Roberts
Of course. she sees the error of her
ways before the end of the eighth
reel.
Acting on the theory that movie
crowds are surfeited with the noises
of warfare, most studios are drop
ping all sound effects out of scenes
that would seem to demand them
In Confirm or Deny" the bombing
of London is shown as Don Ameche
and Joan Bennett, as couple of
reporters, Scurry about gathering
news of the event and cabling it to
the United States. But not a plane
is seen. Likewise, in Hot Spot"
super-duper murder mystery in
volving Betty Cradle and Victor
Mature, not shot is fired or a gun
brought into view.
The body beautiful" insurance
gag exploded in the face of publicity
men when Marlene Dietrich slipped
and broke her shapely leg. After
all the blurbs, the Dietrich $4,000
leg policy turned out to be just an
other myth. The star is paying her
own medical bills.
released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Ine)
Evening star., 1941-09-02

mysterious-and its dialogue is the
sort of cumbersome punnishneSs
which always has made actors such
bores on and off the stage. Sample;
But don't get me wrong, 1t was
strictly a plutonic affair" 1t Will
kill YOU. and we mean DEAD.
X X
Mr.. Fennelly's play suffers the
serious overall defect of looking
like bad paraphrase of several re-
cent successes. Its most conspicu-
Gus single defect of this character
is the presence of a corpulent, wad-
ding, extensively arrogant writer
chap who comes unWanted to
Maine home, not for dinner, but
for months. He comes in rather
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
NatiOnaI-"Two-Story House" new
mystery-comedy by Parker Fennel-
ly: $50 pm.
Screen.
Earle-"Dive Bomber" Enrol
Flynn and Fred MacMurray fly for
the Navy: GAS am. 12:40. $40,
$40 and 9:35 pm. Stage shows:
1905, 3:05, sos and 9:05 pm.
Keith's-"Citizen Kane" the
Orson Welles opus: 1l:25 am,
1:55, 4:25. 7 and $50 pm.
Palace-"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde. =
Spencer Tracy alternately gentle
and berserk; II am, 1:40, 4:20, 7
and 9:40 pm.
CapitoI-"Life Begins for Andy
Hardy" and seriously, in the big
city: 1925 am, lis. 4:10. 7 and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1890, 3:20,
6:15 and 9:10 pm.
Metropolitan - The Smilin g
Ghost" comedy thriller: 11:40 am,
lao, $40, $40, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Little-'Intermezzo," subtitled "A
Love Story" with Ingrid Bergman
and Leslie Howard; II am, 12:45,
2:35, 4:20. 6:10, 8 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Charle Aunt" with
Jack Benny in the well-known i'm
personation: 11:55 am, 1:55, $50,
5:45, TAO and 9:35 pm.
In the Country.
Roadside-"TenneSsee's Pardner,"
classic tear-jerker of the COS:
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Mr.. Woolley STAYS

Monty Woolley's intention to re-
turn to Broadway as soon as he COM
pleted the title role in The Man
Who Came to Dinner" has been
changed by the proffer of another
contract from Warner Bros.
When he quit the stage production
of the Hart play to re-
create his role in the Warner film in
which he is co-starred with Bette
Davis and Ann Sheridan, the beard
ed star signed for only the one pic
ture.
Both the studio and Woolley
found their association agreeable,
for when Warmers, convinced it has
a new character star on its roster,
offered to sign him for more pic
lures, Woolley made deal to do
two more and to give the studio an
option on his future services.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
'Two>Story House Launches
The Mystery>C Comedy Season
But Play at National Suffers by Being
Neither Very Mysterious nor Funny, and
From Resemblance to Several Others
BY JAY CARMODY.

Advance reports 1.-TWO Story House which opened last night at
the depends
entirely what Producer Brook Peberton who coined the des
shudd The logical surmse considering his connection
pne-chilng affairs full
fhn il nneE
Evening star., 1941-09-02

we're under the impression that he
is married to Myrna 10y.
One-third of his letters, he de-
clared, are from Chinese-many OF
them named 10y or Foy.
Evening star., 1941-09-02

Fred MacMurray makes stocks for
his dozen hunting and target rifles.
Evening star., 1941-09-02

early and it is the perfect tip-otf
that Mr.. Fennelly, an old actor HIM
self, is going to do one OF those
plays with interesting characters
no matter how impossible it is to
relate the doings of one to any of
the others.
1t never is quite clear what Two
Story House" is about unless 1t is
about absolutely nothing. Its locale
is Maine. 1t is winter and there's
a blank of a blizzard. TranSporta-
ton is at a standstill, but not at
such a standstill that lonely farm
house, Harmony Hearth, is not
packed in a few minutes with stray
paSsersby. One of them, don't ask
us which (although we finally found
OUT is an escaped maniac from a
nearby asylum, who Speciallzes In
strangling women. Three others are
gents who are supposedly foreign
agents anxious to lay their noses
on a knockout gas which the young
owner of the farmhouse has in
vented as secret weapon to
frighten Hitler. The distinguishing
mark of the maniac is supposed to
be a prediction for quoting Omar
Khayam, but it turns out that every
one in the house, including the
offensive writer fellow is nuts about
the Rubyiat. That's Mr.. Fennelly's
idea for confusing you, see? And
why not, considering how 1t con-
fused him?
By way of further heightening
what is supposed to be the mystery
of the thing. tie playwright resorts
to an Our Town" touch by inject
ing a narrator into the proceedings
now and then. The play opens, in
deed. with the old felloW-a sort OF
Frank Craven-telling you. that
there have been strange doin's at
Harmony Hearth and that you are
neighbors have analyZed them. At
the end of the second act he reap
pears. to say that the act you just
saw was a crazy writer's version Che
was telling usD and that the neigh
bors' slant on it would be covered
in the third act. The neighbors'
version wasn't much better, only
longer. And when the maniac turns
out once more to be the guy who
seemed least mad and murderous,
you wish that the convention of
mystery writing had not spread as
far as Maine. There ought to be one
place in the world where the OBJ
viously guilty person in a mystery
play would turn out to be guilty.
Maine always seemed just the place,
and now that's spoiled!
It's weakness as play. structurally
and as to dialogue, cannot keep
wo-Story House from producing
a couple of reasonably interesting
and well-played characters.
There is, for example. a deputy
sheriff, played by Percy Kilbride,
who could be interesting if he had
no other asset than an ability to
pronounce English as Down Eastern
ers are supposed to pronounce it
supposed by us Dixie people to pro-
nounce it. He has other assets. So
does Frederic Tozere, accent Teu-
tonic, in the part of an evil genius
who talks glibly of murder without
ever doing much about it. Howard
Freeman is not bad as the man who
came to dinner for months. 1t Is
just that the character is now a
bad paraphrase.
Antoinette Perry directed Two
Story House" and John Root de-
signed its single setting, a farm
house living room. Neither Of those
things made us like it, as you may
have noticed.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
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