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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
BY PAUL HARRISON (NEA Service Staff COrrespoFsdent)

(NEA SefV1Co St6m C0rreSp0mnentD
 Hollywood = Your correspondent went calling on Olsen & Johnson the other day and only got half way through his list. The latter member of the "EIellzapoppin' team had popped down town to rent the big Christmas float, with deer and sleigh, for a ride along Santa Claus Lane on the Fouth of July.
 What I saw of Ole Olsen was a tanned gent who looks a lot like Jack Benny. They're good friends, so Olsen probably won't resent the comparison. They're such good friends, in fact, that Olsen squelch- ed a scheme to use clips from a very old and very bad Benny pie ture in the adaptation of "Hellza- poppin'" for the screen.
 Just how that lunatic hodge podge = which so far has grossed about $4,0OO, 900 on Broadway and the road-iS going to be transferred to celluloid is still anybody's guess. Olsen and Johnson scattered their show all over the theater, making Stooges of the customers. Closest they'll be able to get to movie audi ences will be through a few three diimensional sequences seen with special spectacles.
 OH YES, A PLOT, TOO
 So far as can figure, "Hellza- poppin'" will turn out to be a movie making fun of the dificulties of turning "Hellzapoppin' into movie. Therell be a thread of story in which Martha Rave plays an amorous dipsomaniac and Mischa Auer is a real count who deliber- ately poses as phony count be- cause society is more amused by inn. posters.
 Olsen, after working his way through Northwestern University, got an 8:30. to 5:30 job in a fac- tory, sang Illustrated songs in Q movie house from 6:30 to 10:30, then moved on to a. night club where he warbled until 2 a. m.
 With nothing to do around 6 o'clock in the evenings" he re- called, T got married" That was 29 years ago and you'd never guess it to look at either of the Olsens. They have two daughters, and 26, and an intermediate son.
 A couple of years after his mar riage, Olsen was part of a straw hat quartet billed as "The College Four" They needed a piano play CT. Chic Johnson, who had started in vaudeville with a girl partner, was recommended. ITO hear him talk" Olsen chuckled, you'd have thought he was making $lO,000 a week and was booked for i've years. But he joined us."
 DID WE'LL DOWN UNDER
 They later became a team, Olsen playing a fiddle and Johnson an &C., cordion. More and more goofy com edy was added to the act and they soon became headliners. Along about the time of the death of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
STRAND

Ending this evening at Warmers theater is '"The Great American Broadcast" starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack oakie and host of other screen and radio favorites; also "I'll Wait For You" with Vir- ginia Weilder and Robert Sterling. Combining a story of adventure and romance with the exciting and fascinating chronicle of how Amer ica is training its young men for de- fense in the air T Wanted Wings new aviation spectacle, will come roaring to the Strand screen to- morrow afternoon for an engage ment of four days.
 Hardly ever has a motion picture caused so much excited talk among theatergoers, and there is plenty o1 good reason for it.
 To begin with the Army Air Corps gave its fullest cooperation to the films producers indicating a pic ture of the first rank. Even the in- delible motion picture, Wings" one of the greratest sky films of all time, did not have such suspicious help.
 All this, of course, leads us to take for granted that there will be breathlessly thrilling sky sequences -and that they will all be authentic and accurate, which is always a tremendous benefit in a picture of this sort.
 While the picture stars such bril- liant players as Ray Midland, Will liam Holden, Wayne Morris and Brian Donlevy, there is one player | in the picture to whom considerable attention must be given-and she is Veronica Lake, who has been stir ring up as much comment as has been given to any actress in the past decade.
 A comparative newcomer to the screen, Miss Lake, who has appeared in only three minor roles in the past, dashes towardrs stardom with all the speed and surprise of pur- suit plane. Shes a thoroughly steamlined beauty, honey blonde and, no doubt. plenty of genuine acting ability.
 Others in the cast include Con- stance Moore, Harry Davenport and host of other favorites. The second big hit of this pro- gram Is sensational comedy titled ''The Great MT. Nobody" with Ed- de Albert and Joan Leslie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
Defense Workers
 Too Busy To Fish
 Reports Indicate


 While statewide reports from the Connecticut State Employ ment Service have indicated for weeks past that industry in general has been operating at a high peak, one anomalous note has been struck which has to do with the impact of defense work on the ancient piscatOrial art fishing to you.
 Elizabeth F. Drew, manager of the Willimantic office of the state employment service, has just reported to State Labor Commissioner Danaher that business in general is booming in that town, with one excep- tiOn-a manufacturer of fishing lines. Says Mrs. Drew: "This manufacturer reports 8 slowing up. Dealers are not stocking up with this type of merchandise, feeling that with increased in- dustrial activity there will not be the time or opportunity for sports such as fishing"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08

subject on the crest of a knoll, on top of a high rock, or even a fence to give enough elevation for a low angle shot. With no confusing ele. ments to distract the attention, all interest is centered right where you want 1t. In making the illustra' tion above, a medium yellow fil. ter, commonly called a "K-2," was slipped over the lens, darkening the sky, and thereby separating tha light tones of the figures from the background.
 If any extraneous objects are be. hind the subject. eliminate them by either having the subject move. or by changing the position of your camera. Shooting from a higher or lower angle or moving slightly to one side may often be all that is needed to remove unwanted mate. rial from the field of view.
 Remember that the inclusion or the exclusion of background mate rial is just about as important as the person in the picture and should receive just as much attention. Pose your subjects against the sky, lawn, or other plain area and notice the difference in your next snapshots.
 John van Guilder
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
WEAVING ATTENDS
 NEW HAVEN SCHOOL

Naugatuck. July 8-Edward Weav- ing of 87 Homestead avenue, fire chief of the Naugatuck Chemical company fire department. is att tending the New Haven Air Raid Warden school under the sponsor ship of the state defense council, which started yesterday at Strath- coma Hall, Yale university, and will continue in New Haven through Thursday.
 MT. Weaving is believed to be the only local man taking the course at present. Duties of air-raid wardens in event of a raid were outlined yeS- terday. Enn1net Freeman of Vest port, former local resident, is also taking the course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08

sounds produced by the antiquated original recording.
 Critics who have heard the re- creation agree that it supports the opinion of 8 contemporary reviewer of Booths acting that his voice--a pleasant baritone of medium pitch -"wss & rich and beautiful instru- ment upon which he played with great skill"
 The recording is reading from Shakespeare's "Othello," Act l, Scene 3, in which the Moorish sol- dier defends himself before the Venetian Senate against charges of having seduced Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Barbantio. To the surprise of those who would have expected an actor of the old school to give way to rant and bombast, his recording reveals a re- strained, polished, naturalistic. de- livery generally associated with the best of modern tehcinique of the stage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08

n 4-.- ss
 Long sileneed {. by :, death, 1t has been re-created through chance diacopery and the ingenuity and tireisss collaboration of a Harvard speclalist in public speaking and a rSfe type. of artistically minded lahbkhtory tcchnlcian.
 FAof. Frederick c. Packard, Jr., reco6nted the story behind the res- uffection. .h-'
 One day, some five years ago, he was seated in Holden Chapel, which const flutes a workshop and orator. ica1 museum of which he is collec' tor and curator, when stranger approached.
 Ibid you know" the stranger in- uuired, "that recordings were once made 6f the voice of Edwin Booth"
 Approached by Grandson
 This being long-regretted loop hole in his extensive collection Packard was immediately excited, and somewhat sceptical. He was soon treasured, however, when the straifger identified himself as the great actors grandson, Edwin Booth !. Grossman..
 Unfortunately, the only infroma- ton GrossInann could supply was the fact that in March, 1890, just before his retirement from the stAge; the actor made a series of wax records on one of EdiSon's primitive talking g-machines."
 Fascinated ty the prospect that this new idea of way cylinders < transport his voice to his daughter, would enable him in Chicago to Edwina, in New York. Booth devot- eh several days to reciting down the Ehroat of curious tin hor1l.. Describing his adventure in let ter to Edwiila.. he wrote;
 IT recited Othello's speech for you II. but of course 1t is impossible (Aor me at leaSt1 to recite with full feeling and warmth of. expression in cold blood, as it were."
 For several years after Booths death, the fragile records were played on special occasions, but at length. 1t was decided they might 1itefxI1y be played out" So they wer9. carefully put away-so care fE1lly, in fact, that Packard had to devote months of painstaking sAarchs, with upcertain guidance by the hay reco1lections of contem- ppraries and relatives of the actor, hefor0 he finally found them. SWathed in cotton batting, the wax cylinders : were unearthed among longsfofgotten personal effects in the living quarters which Booth re- served in the mansion he, donated as a. home for actors and which 1ow. e the Players Club of New York.
 Old ,Cylindef Duplicated
 TO prevent further weating away r& the orfginar sound tracks, Pack Krd had the old cylinder duplicated Sy ah electrical casting process. It was now possible to study the prob- lens involved in re-recording by NcdeTn disc methods.
 With infinite patience, Packard Ind laboratory technician manipu- Mted electric sound recording de- Wces until they khad preserved the &liens = claaraE tefiSttcS. of Booths v1leS end o5lBscnsed extraneous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08

Dona Drake. who plays Dorothy Lamour's friend in Paramount's "Aloma of the South Seas" has had i've names. Born Una Noyella. she has used Una Vilcn. Rita Rio and Rita Shaw before getting her cur rent cognomen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08

Bill Cabanne, making his screen bow in Paramount's '.Reap the Wild Wind" is the possessor of Il cups and 27 medals, symbolic of cham pionship performance ct . dozen national swim meets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
WATER TAXI

Because he is so crazy about boats, Stirling Hayden, featured in Para mounts Bahama Passage" rented one to go to and from locations during the making of the picture in the Bahamas and the West Ts1S dies,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
MoUie Notes
REAuTY .DRAFTED0

Sam Ledner, dance director at Paramount, interviewed more than 300 girls to find the 12 most beatt- tiful in Hollywood" who will be used in the Animation of "Louisiana Purchase"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
HE'S . AMERICAN

Cecil Holloway, character actor featured in Paramount's Bahama Passage" was born in South Africa. but his ancestors are part Amer lean, for his great-great-great- grandfather fought in the Amer. ican revolution. AZ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08

The Government of Panama is buying potatoes at railway stations and selling them to retailers with orders as to prices retailers must charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
dwin Booth Speaks, ! old Recording Saved
dRat 1ragedians Voice Preserved Through Means
 of Old Monograph Record
By LANING HUMPHREY VT.st.,a py.,-. Cnrra<nnnHent

aranbridRe Mass-(UP)-The voice that helped make nn Booth the leading actor of the late 18th century is AslnnrsI nrfnir " -.- ]. . !
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08

Joel McCrea is a natlye-boru Southern California. N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08

When the Army officials at Camp Banding, Florida, learned that four attractive Seaboard Railway stew ardess nurses intended to visit the reservation, four top ranking ser. geants of the 43rd Division were selected to escort the young women around the country's second largest Army training area. The Silver Meteor nurses on vacation are the Misses Ann Taylor, Jane Irving, Winkie and Nancy Lee Danton, all of Jacksonville, Florida. The lucky non-coms-Edward J. Bracey, Prov idence, R. l.: Olisse Melada, Mont pelier, Vt: Mario Azzolina, Meri. den, Conn.,, and Ronald J. Luce, Bangor, Me. Melada was awarded
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12
Wartime Policy OF Palestine
Jews Defined By Ben-GuriOn

the fence.
Hundreds of thousands Of Jews
will proceed to Palestine after this
war is over" Ben-Gurion pre-
dicted." White Paper or no White
Paper, Jewish State or no Jewish
State, no one will be able to stop
them" He expressed his person
al opinion that the only way in
which the work in Palestine will
be carried on after the war is by
establishing a Jewish State there.
He regretted the fact that the
Jews are always being referred to
as "Palestinians" in the official
British war communicates. why
must Jewish identity be hidden
under an anonymous designation
when the only reason for the Pal
estine Jew being in the war is the
same as their reason for being in
Palestine-just that they are
Jews" he pointed out.
Ben-Gurion also expressed his
opinion that if Jewish man power
in Palestine were used in full,
(which can only be if Jews. are
enabled to fight in Jewish units, :"
then thousands of Jews in neutral
countries would join the Palestine
forces to fight wherever needed.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12
KaraiteS Elect
To Be Jews

Geneva (JPS)-Given the chance
of choosing whether they would
become Aryans completely or re-
main Jewish in religion, the Kara
ties have told the Nazis that they
would remain Jews. AS result
they are to be confined in ghettos
in Wilma and Luck.
The Karaites were found by the
Nazis as they invaded Russian
territory. They are a religious
sect consisting of Russians OF
"pure Aryan" descent, who 3D.
serve the Jewish Sabbath and otn-
er religious customs.
: In quandary as to whether tne
Karaites were to be treated as
Arvans or Jews, the Nazis put
the question to them. The Kara
ties said they were proud to De
Jews and would remain such.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12

LONDON, (JTA)-The political
attitude of the Jews in Palestine
today can be summarized as one
of resistance to the White Paper
as if there were no war, help TO
Great Britain as if there were no
White Paper, David Ben Gurlon,
chairman of the executive OF the
Jewish Agency declared at a press
conference here.
Ben-Gurion, who flew from Pal-
estine to London to discuss I'M
portant problems concerning the
Jewish interests in Palestine,
charged the British administra-
tion in the Near East with still
being under Munich illusions E
He revealed that no action was
taken by the Palestine admins
tration against lNazi fifth column
oo+iv;ties in Palestine until four
roontbs ago. 1.-THE civil admins
tration" he said, ''has still the
mentality of 1888, but the military
authorities know what they are up
against" ..,4,,ao 90
Speaking about the attitude OF
+to Arabs Ben-Gurion stated that
t,ore are of course, Arabs who
are pro-British, but the majority
81 81 : the Arabs are simply sitting on
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12
President Backing
Refugee Aid

Cincinnati (JPS) - President
Roosevelt has compassion" for
the refugees entering America,
DR.. Stephen S. Wise, member of
the Presidents Advisory Commit
tee on Political Refugees, declared
here, as he visited the Zionist or
ganization convention following a
session of the Committee in Wash
ington with the President.
1.-THE President attended the
meeting" DR.. Wise reported. Il
found him in the finest form, I'M
Outstanding and compassionate
with regard to refugees; inflexibly
resolute in support of the Ameri-
can determination to safeguard
democracy as he has defined it"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12
Firms DENY JEWS
RIGHT TO RETURN
TO FORMER HOMES

London (JPS)-The heavy mana
of German influence is seen in tne
order of the Finnish Government
that Jews who formerly lived IN
viinuri and other territories occu-
pied by the Russians will not De
permitted to return to these re-
eions- now back in Finnish hands.
Until Finland became an any
Of Germany there was no distinc-
tion made between Jews and nom
Jews in the country.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Appoint-
ment of Bernard L. Cohn, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, as field director
of Aleph Zadik Aleph, B'nai
Births youth organization, in
District 5, which includes SO chap
tiers in Maryland, District Of Co.
lumbia, Virginia, North and South
Caroline, Georgia and Florida,
was announced here this week by
Philip M. Klutznick, president of
the Supreme Advisory Council of
A. 2. "A.
Cohn succeeds Sol Breibart, of
Charleston, S. c., who resigned
after serving six years, to contin-
ue his career in the field of edu-
cation.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12


Although technical problems of
administration were the source of
considerable friction during and
between the sessions of the con-
vention, the $50 American Zionist
leaders gathered at Cincinnati
were united in the firm insistence
that Great Britain should not
plead war necessities as a pretext
for evading recognition of the
Jewish role in the future of Pal
estine.
The convention was encouraged
by message from President
Roosevelt, who referred to the
fact that the threat which hung
over Palestine in recent months
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12

has been removed and who ex-
pressed the hope for a happier
future for the Jewish homeland
after the war.
From the point of view of
Americas relation to Great
Britain and Palestine, the most
important action of the con-
vention was expressed in a dec
laration of principles" which was
adopted by the convention. It's
chief points were:
(1 Expression of confidence
that "the final solution of Pales-
tines problem will enable Arabs
and Jews to live side by side in
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12
u. J. A. Broadcast
To Be Presented
September 21st

A special High Holiday radio
program will be presented under
the auspices of the United Jew
ish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas
Needs and Palestine, on Sunday
afternoon, September 21st, over a
nationwide hookup of the Column
bia Broadcasting System. The
broadcast will be heard during the
period from 2:35 to 800 P. NJ,
e. D. S. T.
High Holiday music will be pre-
sented by the Choir of the Central
Synagogue under the direction of
Lamar Weiner. The soloist dur
ing the musical portion of the pro-
gram will be Cantor Frederick
Lechner.
The High Holiday broadcast will
coincide with intensive prepara-
tons in more than 1900 Jewish
communities throughout the coun-
try for fall campaigns to provide
resources for emergency relief and
rehabilitation in European lands,
upbuilding and defense of the Jew
ish homeland in Palestine and
refugee assistance in the United
States.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12

Government with regard to Pales-
tine.
In his talk which dealt with the
Zionist situation at this time, DIR.
Weizmann said that the first year
of the war was a period of ankle
ty in which the Yishuv was called
upon to preserve its structure and
engage in a struggle for small
matters but succeeded in main
tanning it's position despite the
White Paper and hostile admin
iStratiOn.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12
BRITAIN HAS FAILED
TO ACKNOWLEDGE
JEWISH WAR EFFORT

In a conference with the repre-
sentatives of the general and Jew
ish press here, David Ben Gurion,
Chairman of the Executive of the
Jewish Agency for Palestine,
stressed the fact that while Jew
ish Palestine is the only staunch
supporter Of Britain and democra-
cy in the Middle East, its extern
sive contributions in men and ma
terials to the war effort have gone
unrecognized and unacknowledged
by the British Government.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12

sion of Zionist leaders here.
DR.. Weizmann emphasized that
the Importance of a Jewish State
was fully recognized in the United
States and also in certain quart
ers in England. In the course of
his address, the world Zionist
leader observed that while the Sec
ond year of the war was some
what brighter than the first, new
ertheless the White Paper policy
remained fundamentally unchang-
ed under the leadership of Prime
Minister Churchill who had oppos-
ed the position of the Chamberlain
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12
Report Ban On All
German Emigration

New York (JPS)-All Jewish
women, as well as men, between
the ages of 10 and As, will no
longer be allowed to emigrate
from Germany, it is reported by
the Berlin correspondent of the
United Press. The labor short
age in Germany is said to be the
reason for the ban.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12
Zionist Convention Asks
For Jewish Commonwealth
AMERICAN ZIONIST LEADERS MAKE VIGOROUS DE-
MANDS ON ENGLAND FOR GREATER COOPERATION
WITH PALESTINE JEWRY
(BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Cincinnati OPS)-Takng account of political negoti-
atoms understood to have been initiated in the Middle East
by Great Britain the Zionist Organization of America at
its 44th annual convention here adopted political pro-
gram whose chief plank demand for the establishment
of Jewish Commonwealth within the historic boundaries
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-09-12
Only Jewish State Can Cope With Post
War Jewish Problem, Says Weizmann

London (JPSPalcOr)-Only Jewish State in Palestine
will be able to cope with the situation of broken Jewry"
following the end of the present war; Dr. Chain Wezmann,
President of the World Zionist Organization and of the
Jewish Agency for Palestine declared at executive